“I left college and I didn’t go into the world knowing who I am. “You never really have an idea of yourself fully formed unless you experience something new,” says Thompson. Even though Ajay is a native of Kyrat returning home after a long time, he’s still rediscovering himself – much like the player. One of the principle draws of Far Cry 4 is how it places players in the boots of a protagonist who is a fish out of water. It’s a problem Mark Thompson, the narrative director on Far Cry 4 is all too aware of. How do you craft a narrative around a game structure that encourages players to hurtle off-piste at a moment’s notice? The land of Kyrat is like mainlining ADD players on their way to complete a mission are a likely to get purloined by myriad side-quests, firefights, map unlocks and dynamic events. The paradox of freedomīut who really cares about any of that when you can flip a jeep filled with enemies off the side of a mountain pass with an elephant? As important as narrative and plot have become in shooters over the last five or so years – and the jury on this importance is still out – the principle draw of games like Far Cry 4 is the ability of players to cause unparalleled mayhem.įar Cry 4 offers more opportunities for anarchy than most players can ram elephants with SUVs, detonate sticky explosives on the back of rhinos and fire bazookas at peacocks. The outcome of Far Cry 4, we are told, will largely depend on how the player interacts with these conflicting forces and what choices they make.
Min and the leaders of The Golden Path are locked in a battle for Ajay’s soul. Kyrat’s controlling voice is its flamboyant dictator, Pagan Min, a sharp-suited, silver-tongued psychopath who is as charming as he is lethal. The other, Amrita, is a liberal pragmatist who sees nothing wrong with taking over Kyrat’s drug cartels if the profits allow for the construction of schools and hospitals. One of its leaders, Sabal, is a religious zealot who places a premium on the sanctity of human life. On the one side stands The Golden Path, a rebel movement that’s seen better days and whose loyalties are split down the middle. The fourth title in Ubisoft’s free-roaming adventure series tells the story of a prodigal son, Ajay Ghale, returning to his native land to find it torn apart by civil war. It is the perfect place for a Far Cry adventure. An amalgamation of Nepal, Thailand and Tibet, its culture and landscape mix ancient lore and the realities of the developing world into a wholly unique cocktail of violence, redemption and intrigue. T he fictional land of Kyrat is ripe with storytelling potential.
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