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Far Cry 4 creative director discusses mythical scenarios

Far Cry 4 will go beyond the modern times, allowing players to live out historical myths. Shacknews learns more in an interview with creative director Alex Hutchinson.

Ozzie Mejia

September 8, 2014 2:30 PM

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Far Cry 4 is going to be a bit more story-heavy than previous entries to the series, if recent footage is any indication. This includes new worlds filled with their own backgrounds, narratives, and histories. To learn more about this aspect of the game, Shacknews spoke to creative director Alex Hutchinson.

"We worked on establishing more back story for the worlds," Hutchinson told Shacknews. "So we did a lot of research, we wrote fictional religions for our characters, we wrote fictional mythologies for them. Then we thought, 'These are really cool. Why are we just leaving them in documents?' And we thought that maybe we could actually play them."

By meditating on certain tapestry-like items, players will be able to re-live these myths in playable scenarios. This will change up the formula significantly by removing the modern, automatic weaponry that players have become familiar with. Examples of these mythical instances include the new Shangri-La area revealed at Gamescom.

For more on Far Cry 4, including some of the new weapons, skills, and stealth aspects of the game, be sure to check out the video below.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?