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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: E3 Interview: Far Cry [Watch (HLS stream): E3 Interview: Far Cry](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/rEJwgpHO.m3u8) (2:20)  _Published 2014-06-16. Unlike some games that might start with a plot idea and build from there, Far Cry 4 began with a very specific gameplay element: Elephants._ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:50 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Far Cry 5 Official Announce Trailer](/video/a1rmsVcQ/) ### Far Cry 5 Official Announce Trailer [Far Cry 5 Teaser Trailer](/video/xDfxJepW/) ### Far Cry 5 Teaser Trailer [Far Cry Primal Trailer](/video/AmQwi3KA/) ### Far Cry Primal Trailer --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Far Cry 4, we, we wanted to, to bring the player elsewhere, right? Give them a totally new experience. In a new country, with new volumes, new wildlife, new things to explore, and a complete new culture to to discover. Get up, boy. I'd recognize those eyes anywhere. [ LAUGH ]. So, as a player, you play A. J, with, was born in Kyrat raised in the USA and he's coming back in the country to actually scatter the ashes of his mother. You get in the country, everything goes south right. [ NOISE ] In the, Kyrat, your family is super, arena on. But you don't know at all what your family is about. For just a little bit I want to get to the [ INAUDIBLE ]. Sure, right into the camera, there we are. Awesome. And as a player, you'll have to decide the fate of Kyrat by choosing, who you side with. We first look at the wildlife we wanted to have, so we asked ourself, we want an elephant? Where, where could we go in the world? So quickly we, we focuses on, India, Nepal, Bhutan, and all those countries. In Far Cry 4 you can expect to go from jungle to mountain tops. And all the gradient in between. Where you can just dive off the cliff, use your windsuit. And go down and have those super extreme sport kind of moments. We also have the grapple tool that enables you to climb up, [ UNKNOWN ] ledges and stuff like that. Our biggest new feature of course is the co- op. And we don't call it co- op, we call it Guns For Hire. You are in the open world, you can ask a friend to join in, and he can play with you [ UNKNOWN ] this entire feature set, right? It's the same mode. You continue to progress as A. 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