Blasting through Far Cry 4's main story may not take as long as Far Cry 3's, but seeing everything its dense world has to play could take much longer.

"Because we know the game can take people anywhere between 15 and 60 hours to complete, we didn't want people just to see Pagan Min everywhere," Narrative Director Mark Thompson told IGN.He continued to explain that the influence of Far Cry's villain contributes to the scope and breadth of Far Cry 4's size. "We wanted the world to feel like it was owned by someone, we wanted you to feel Pagan Min everywhere. But, specifically, region to region, we have a different character who owns it, and that kind of colors the outposts, the side-quests, the specific characters and personalities."Far Cry 4 is already one of the year's most promising examples of elephant-related violence . IGN recently spent a few hours with Ubisoft's open-world action game. Look for more on Far Cry 4 here on IGN.

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