Far Cry 4 in Nepal

Posted by Anup Baral June 10, 2015 :

Far Cry 3‘s Rook Islands might have been an incredibly fun open world to get lost in, but most people who played the game would probably struggle if asked to point to the game’s setting on a world map. This is not the case with Ubisoft’s upcoming entry in the series, Far Cry 4, which from its first announcement has been touted as a full-bodied exploration of the Himalayas. To get a little bit to the part of the world that they were attempting to create virtually, Far Cry 4 narrative director Mark Thompson and production manager Philippe Fournier took a trip to Nepal to explore the country and culture upon which the game’s fictional nation of Kyrat is heavily based. The pair were accompanied by Vice journalist Krishna Andavolu, and the journey was documented in a three-part developer diary. The documentary is pretty fascinating, covering Fournier, Thompson and Andavolu’s journey from the sprawling, overcrowded urban environment of Kathmandu to Himalayan gateway town Pokhara and then deeper into the mountains along the Guerilla Trail. It features several interviews with the people of Nepal, including former rebel soldiers who fought in the civil war upon which Far Cry 4‘s conflict is based.