Far Cry 4’s weather system will never put a downer on your day and you’ll never need to kill 5 goats to craft an umbrella. Why? Well, Kyrat doesn’t get rain, simply put.
And if you thought that you would be strolling up the Himalayas every other day, stretching your digital legs, then you’re going to be sorely disappointed.
The Creative Director for Far Cry 4 has confirmed that players won’t be able to access the Himalayas at any time, but at mission specific intervals. Bit of a downer, but at least we now have a reason to go an explore the real Himalayas.
Not only that, but he also confirmed that Kyrat doesn’t get any rain. Ever. Though the game has a day and night system, as did Far Cry 3, the weather system for Far Cry 4 is a little different in that there’s no rain, but there will be fog and snow. There’s sunshine too, but that’s pretty obvious.
My question is; how does anything grow on Kyrat without rain? Is Pagan Min really a sorcerer? Or is there a booming trade in importing rain? Who knows, we’ll just have to wait and see when the game comes out.
Far Cry 4 is out this November 18th for the PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. You can pre-order from Amazon and get some cheeky exclusive DLC. Tidy.