FAR CRY 4 VERSUS THE GAMING WORLD ------------------------ FRY CRY 4 AIMS FOR THE NEW HEIGHT Set to Release Tuesday, -------------------------------------------------------------------- An article by Ajay Jajani - We Struck Magazines Lead Africa Reporter from Lagos, Nigeria - Covering music, film, and games. -----------------------------------------------------------// Ubisoft is out to build on the success of its Far Cry video game franchise with a new instalment promising players more choices and smarter enemies in an expansive world. The action-adventure game set for release on Tuesday will be the fourth edition in the series, which has sold a reported 20 million copies since the first version was released in early 2004. About half of those sales have been credited to Far Cry 3, which won legions of fans after it hit the market at the end of 2012. Far Cry is a sleeper in some ways, but it is building momentum, analyst Scott Steinberg of high-tech consulting firm TechSavvy told AFP. It has become a popular franchise but still has plenty of room to grow. Far Cry 4, due out on Tuesday, is billed as the most expansive and immersive version yet of the open-world, first-person shooter franchise. While its predecessor played out on a tropical island, the story in Far Cry 4 is set in a fictional region of the Himalayas serving as a stronghold for a self-appointed despot. The first idea for Far Cry was not to put it in the mountains; it was that someone on the team wanted to ride an elephant, game executive director Dan Hay told AFP while providing an early glimpse at the new version. Maybe we took a hard road, but we asked what we wanted to do as game players. Outposts on crack The Montreal Ubisoft studio behind the game set out to imbue Far Cry 4 with features people loved in its predecessor and unexpected new twists. For example, players can indeed ride elephants while attacking mountain fortresses that Hay described as outposts on crack that can fight back. Artificial intelligence built into the game has resulted in virtual enemies even surprising its creators with reactions to situations. Even the fictional villain in the game, a character named Pagan Min, is billed as deviously insightful. Everyone has that friend in the past who was bad for them, Hay said while describing Pagan Min. They are a blast to hang out with; but if you hang out with them you are going to wind up dead or in jail. This is that guy. Versions of the game for play on current and previous generation Xbox or PlayStation consoles, as well as on computers powered by Windows software, will launch at a price of $60, according to France-based Ubisoft. ----------------------------------// For more news like this as well as an all new hub for news, reviews and art; find us - At: Our facebook - Http://facebook/dumbstruckwritinghouse And follow us on Twitter! @stilldumbstruck (We Struck Magazine was Formerly Dumb Struck Magazine) ------------------------------------ Article by Ajay Jajani: Lead contributor - Africa, Located in Lagos, Nigeria; covering Music, Film, and video games. All rights reserved BMI 2014 We Struck Magazine is the original News and original Art publisher of a slew of international contributors. We are the future of free enterprise news that is the internet; and free peoples everywhere who wish to share their vision and voice. Official website coming soon; see Http://facebook/dumbstruckwritinghouse and dumbstruckwritinghouse.blogspot/ for current content with readership per article in the thousands. We Struck Magazine is owned by Christopher Sengelaub and Brittany Schrecengost. Want to contribute? Join the crew? Maybe even get offered to be paid for your work? Start today, email us at dumbstruckwriting.contribute@yahoo or contact Corey on the Facebook, Twitter, or our new Tumblr feed at: Http://dumbstruckwritinghouse.tumblr/
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