Ubisoft Montreal’s upcoming open-world first-person shooter title, Far Cry 4, has received an official rating summary from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB).
Rated as Mature by ESRB, Far Cry 4 has been categorised under “Blood, Intense Violence, Nudity, Sexual Themes, Strong Language and Use of Drugs” on the website.
(Note: minor spoilers relating to Far Cry 4 can be found below.)
“This is a first-person shooter in which players assume the role of a man (Ajay Ghale) returning to his ancestral home to spread his mother’s ashes,” reads the rating summary issued by ESRB. “Players engage in a variety of frenetic combat missions and use machine guns, pistols, shotguns, knives, and explosives to kill enemy fighters amid mountainous environments. Players can also perform stealth attacks (i.e., sneaking up on enemies and slitting throats/stabbing chests).
“Battles are highlighted by screams of pain, realistic gunfire, and large blood-splatter effects. Some levels/cutscenes depict further violence: characters tortured via electrocution, stabbed repeatedly in the neck, executed with bladed weapons.
“The game includes some sexual/suggestive material, including dialogue referencing sexual activity (e.g., “The army forces us to take drugs and then gives us more if we do sex for wealthy men”; “Some of the people in my village, the army forced them to become prostitutes”; “I think sex is fun;” “[I] was with this girl and she was into some crazy S&M. . .”).
“In one battle sequence, a man’s genitals are briefly exposed while falling/being attacked. During the course of the game, two characters are depicted smoking marijuana; players’ character also consumes the drug, resulting in blurred-screen effects and occasional hallucinations. The words “f**k,” “sh*t,” and “a*shole” appear in the dialogue.”
Running on the Dunia Engine 2, Far Cry 4, the follow-up instalment to the critically acclaimed Far Cry 3, is scheduled to launch in North America and Europe on November 18th, 2014 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC.