Beautiful Himalayan setting and graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Kyrat is beautiful, and I mean beautiful. This game doesn’t look like it’s from 2014.”
Steam review · 49.6 h played ↗
Far Cry® 4
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%Ubisoft Montreal, Red Storm, Shanghai, Toronto, Kiev2014FPS · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A polished, beautiful Himalayan open-world shooter with a standout villain, but it's much like Far Cry 3. Skip it if Ubisoft Connect, broken co-op or repetitive loops would bother you.
Great for
Far Cry 3 fans who want more open-world chaos, outposts, wildlife and a charismatic villain, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Ubisoft Connect login or ownership errors can make the game unplayable, plus broken co-op and PC optimization issues
What players love
Charismatic villain Pagan Min
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Pagan Min wasn't just a villain; he was a scene-stealer with a custom pink velvet suit and an terrifyingly casual attitude toward extreme violence.”
Steam review · 25.4 h played ↗
Strong story, choices and multiple endings
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the choices you make can actually affect how certain situations and the story unfold”
Steam review · 64.8 h played ↗
Fun open-world gameplay with lots of freedom
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The tactical variety is insane—you can snipe, sneak in with a bow, drop grenades from a mini-copter, or just charge in on an elephant.”
Steam review · 47 h played ↗
Improved on Far Cry 3
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The grappling hook and the buzzer completely fix the traversal issues from the last game.”
Steam review · 47 h played ↗
Huge variety of weapons, vehicles and activities
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Ability to ride and attack with Elephants is absolute fun!”
Steam review · 49.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Ubisoft Connect login and ownership errors
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Bought Far Cry 4 on Steam and literally can't play the game because Ubisoft Connect says there's an ownership authentication error.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Poor PC optimization, fps drops and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“it's badly optimized, i can't even get constant frames even on a good pc.”
Steam review · 2.9 h played ↗
Weak story and blank protagonist, villain underused
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The most boring protagonist in videogame history.”
Steam review · 13.3 h played ↗
Co-op broken or unusable
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“co op dosent work in any way we tried everything VPN and all fixes but non works”
Steam review · 4.4 h played ↗
Repetitive, boring content and gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“it ends up being too slow and too repetative”
Steam review · 7.7 h played ↗
Wildlife and enemies constantly interrupt
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“My biggest gripe is the world is trying to kill you in outrageous proportions”
Steam review · 39.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable30 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
Processor2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
Storage30 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
Processor2.5 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-2400S or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 or better
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 or AMD Radeon R9 290X or better (2 GB VRAM)
Storage30 GB available space
OSWindows 10 (64-bit)
Processor2.6 GHz Intel® Core™ i5-750 or 3.2 GHz AMD Phenom™ II X4 955
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 or AMD Radeon HD5850 (1 GB VRAM)
Storage30 GB available space
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