Far Cry 4’s Indian Connection

Introduction

Far Cry 4 is an open world, first person shooter made and released by Ubisoft Montreal in 2014 and is the fourth installment in the popular Far Cry series. The game takes place in Kyrat, a fictional Himalayan country based on Nepal,Indian and Tibetan Himalayan frontier. The main story follows Ajay Ghale, a young Kyrati-American, where he is caught in a civil war involving Kyrat’s Royal Army, controlled by the tyrannical king Pagan Min, and a rebel movement called the Golden Path.

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Interesting Features

The story is loosely inspired by the Nepalese Civil War, an armed conflict between the Government of Nepal and the Communist party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) between 1996 to 2006. The games’s location is modeled on the Himalayas and the developers have done an amazing job on the all the details.The game has many interesting characters and as per the Far Cry tradition, the villain, Pagan Min, takes the spotlight in an amazing performance Troy Baker. The local ‘Kyratis’ speak Hindi and their religion, temples, monasteries and culture are inspired by Hinduism and Buddhism. There are even missions based on Buddhist legends and folklore. The game, in its parallels, aptly portrays the adrenaline rush and dread of the real civil war and mountain warfare. Even the melee weapon is the Khukri which is famous for it’s association with Gurkhas. The names of all the places, regions, landmarks and frontiers sound very Desi showing the developers did their homework by visiting and studying the locations they modeled the whole game on. The soundtrack by Cliff Martinez consists of usage of traditional Nepalese and Indian instruments which combined with electronic samples had high octane action and mystical wondering.