This is my favorite game of all time, it is also one of the first games I ever played so this is probably mostly nostalgia.

The biggest reason I love this game is because of the setting. Kyrat is the most beautiful setting I've ever played in, and then it also has Shangri-la added onto it. If I had the choice for one game to get updated to modern graphics, it would be this.

The story is completely okay, I don't think it's really anything special at all and characters like Bhadra desperately need more screentime.

Gameplay is fantastic, the feeling of running between cover while desperately looking for ammunition is great and it is pretty punishing. Of course the whole thing can be circumnavigated by the stealth which lets you breeze through encounters. I really wish that the movement could be slightly more dynamic, but then it wouldn't really fit the setting unless the Shangri-la trips gave AJ powers or something.