Those of you that have been around here for a while will know that I love a bit of Far Cry. Sure, my relationship with the series has soured somewhat with some of the more recent entries, but Far Cry 3 in particular is an absolute all-timer - and 2014's Far Cry 4 isn't far behind either. This was the series at its absolute peak in my opinion!
FC4 took the rock-solid foundations of its predecessor, mixed things up with a gorgeous Himalayan setting, delivered yet another compelling villain and threw it on the Xbox One to boot. That made it one beautiful open world playground to go and explore - one that's also running at 60FPS these days if you play on Xbox Series X|S.
The shooting mechanics were tightened up quite nicely with this entry too, and combined with some fun & trippy side missions and super varied environments in open-world Kyrat, Far Cry 4 really does stand the test of time as a great Xbox shooter. It's not revolutionary, but if you're into just messing about with loads of guns and gadgets in a big old open world, look no further than this upcoming XGP addition.
On that note, Far Cry 4 officially joins the Xbox Game Pass library on April 30th, so that's definitely something to look forward to at the end of the month here. Sure, most of us have probably had the chance to get stuck into this first-person shooter already, but if you haven't, the end of this month will be a very good time to do so. Xbox Game Pass delivers again!
