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I honestly don't see the appeal of Far Cry. Everybody has their favorite pizza I suppose. 
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I dont think Far Cry can really be directly compared to Fallout and Elder Scrolls, apar from being first person in an open world. The bethesda games are RPGs (to varying degrees). Apart from a very simple ability tree, Far Cry is no more an RPG than Grand Theft Auto. 

What Far Cry 2, 3 and 4 did very well was put you in a very hostile world where you didnt feel safe at all, but also made you feel very capable and powerful at the same-time. I didnt play 2 all the way through but it has a fairly sophisticated narrative. I loved Far Cry 3 for its story and presentation, the narrative is actually quite deep and deconstructs not only the 'mighty whitey' traveller trope but also the action-shooter genre and its ties to psycopathy in general. Not to mention all the cool reality blurring drug stuff.

4 basically amped up all the fun gameplay of 3 but was lighter on the story. Still a fun game though, but it has to be taken for what it is, an open world action FPS.