More Far Cry – Ephemerality

I wrote recently about my first experience with a Far Cry game: Far Cry 4. I recounted how David Bowie saved me from his homicidal mercenaries and flew me to his personal 5-star diner, only for me to ungraciously sneak away and, after unlocking coop mode, systematically start murdering all his hired help with Joe.

All games have quirks, some by design and some not, like the time I tried to throw a grenade off a moving truck but threw a chuck of meat instead–which still accomplished the objective as wolves showed up and mauled the enemies. I also discovered I’m really careless with stealth, much to Joe’s ire. I flew us over the base we were supposed to capture with a helicopter, thus alerting the keen soldiers to our presence and triggering 2 waves of reinforcements. After killing everyone, Joe showed his irritation with my carelessness by immolating me with a Molotov.

I also managed to grab a couple screenshots for viewing amusement. I figured out how to screen capture from the Xbox itself, then download the captures, so they’re of much better quality than prior attempts of me taking photos of the TV:

I’ll stop killing your men when pigs fly.

Looting items from the recently-slain is a primary way to make money, but there are some things I wouldn’t take. Why does the image show it open as if it were already used? And were I to take that, who would buy it?

This valley of death has no end to amusing violence and improbable encounters which lead to…more death. No wonder David Bowie was drawn to this land.

–Simon