far cry 4

So brought the game, will give this FPS a try.

You probably won't like it given your thoughts regarding FPS.

Price has fell within my attention zone now - so question is whether its interesting enough campaign and multiplayer wise to be fun and worth £30 notes.

Or should I just buy the Ethernet faceplates and tidy up my wiring.

It's just like FC3, good fun but you don't get to the end

That's not true,what you actually mean is you have never completed a game attention span of a Gnat......

Behave yourself Swanster! Actually I didn't get to the end of FC3 to be fair, but FC4 I did and I've still got so many side missions to do, it's like a whole new go at the game.

I'm saving it for when a buddy gets his PS4, probably April.

Edited by mrnelster (Fri 13-Feb-15 18:31:18)

If you have a reasonable attention span, the campaign is really enjoyable. Not genre defining or any such hype, but enjoyable. FPS and vehicles, there aren't that many titles that try to do that properly, let alone do it well. I think FC4 does it really well. There are a few little glitches with the NPC's from time to time, but nothing game breaking

The mechanics are great and the visuals a really big step up from the last installment. With that, all the side missions and the user generated content, this game is a real keeper if you like simply doing your own thang.

There is of course the PvP as well, but that didn't interest me in the slightest, so I haven't bothered to try it.

Should have a first impression set of comments on Wednesday evening

this one seems to have had some effort put into the single player, so I am giving it a shot.

Well a couple hours of play later and it is a visual feast but pace does nothing for me, ie with other games there is a bit of a buzz but the openness makes it feel too wishy washy, and trying to get around in trucks seems to end in crashing.

Games brilliant and driving trucks ,boats ,hand gliders is easy peasy

Driving is easy, but the darned roads are so windy and trees or cliffs get in the way.

Might get more used to the map and figuring out where to go to do stuff eventually, massive universe rather than the rail based aspects. More time to get the hang of it perhaps.

Visually though cannot fault it.

Stunning looking game world and superb FPS at its best.

Nice weapon variety, but the actual shooting is a little lack lustre for me
Maybe multiplayer will ramp it up, but like to do campaigns first.

Did splurge on Kinetic Sports which is on offer for £8.60 currently, and World of Tanks is on its way to the bone, so will be interesting to compare with the PC version I play.

That's a good point and always a real danger with open world games. The story can end up a little fragmented and that's probably a fair accusation to level at this game. Even if only because there are so many side missions it's hard to stay focused on what you are doing.

I felt the same way about the driving at first, but once I got used to it, I found it thoroughly enjoyable. Remember to change the vehicle control scheme to classic, the default twin stick method is atrocious.

I picked up Kinect sports rivals too mate but from the US store for roughly £6

Cannot wait for World of tanks to come to the Bone!!

Is world of tanks decent then,played it on my mobile and deleted it 30 seconds later it was that interesting

Yeah played it for a while on 360 and I also have it on my iMac.

Ta - will try classic once done with work

WoT Love it on the PC, after having previously played it on 360.

Much more planning involved to figure out where to shoot opposition and tactics vary from map to map. It feels a slower game until you find yourself face to face with 3 or more other tanks and reload times become critical

World of Warships might be fun once its out - missed the beta

Plan to try the tennis and bowling tonight.

500GB hard drive is not a lot, down to 90GB, probably get a load back if I get rid of demo's that are on it, but looks like external drive add-on for the summer.

Also need to explore the new upload studio changes

It's something the PS4 is woeful for not supporting. And I don't understand why, it's not as if Sony sells a competing internal hard drive replacement and doesn't want it's toes trodden on.

Yet the PS4 will support USB sticks when it suits them.

Second night and the vehicle control change has made a big difference and routes on roads are now showing up.

Gone from a 6/10 to an 8/10

Glad it helped. I'd give it an 8/8.5 too.

Now go find that off road buggy and get it flat out.

Far Cry 4 only 8.5���You serious ? Deserves a 9.5 in Timey land ,In fact its perfect alongside The Order 1886 which gets a 2/10 for Graphics and thats it.

It's my GOTY for last year, but I still think the structure is a little haphazard.

For playability, visuals and sheer fun it's superb, but you have to keep those big scores for something really special, The Last of Us being one example. Driven to Destruction was another. Man I loved that game!