Fixed the mouse acceleration, made it through the prologue without being spotted,d sicced a bear on some enemies, got into a firefight and an avalanche and wound up in the friendly village. The Tibetan -ish snowy mountain scenery is a nice refresh from FC3, and game play is nearly identical. Trying to work out the grappling hook physics so I can visit the bell tower and something in it or to it (?).

Haven't got that far yet, but looking forward to it.

The "bell tower" is the counterpart of the FC3 radio towers, except it's made out of 2x4s instead of angle iron. Climb to the top, disable a radio thingy, earn experience points and unlock weapons. This is beginning to feel more like a FC3 expansion pack. Fantastic scenery though. Looking forward to getting better acquainted with the main villain & minions. I've got FC3 with "Ziggy's mod" functioning as a tactical sandbox, checking out some different weapons and loadouts. The Desert Eagle pistol, though it doesn't have a suppressor (in the mod), deals some serious damage and is plausible as a shotgun replacement. I also got the AMR sniper rifle, which is frankly meh. Oh yeah, one more FC4 point: the grappling hook is clever and well-executed. Having said that, it breaks the open world concept because it only works on the game designers' predefined targets and not, for example, on random cliff faces or inside the bell tower, where it would be very useful.  :-(

Pagan Min is a total star.

I have the distinct impression of a mean, vicious little bastard, and you don't get a second chance to make a first impression.

Oh he is, an utter, utter one. But a star, nonetheless. He delivers a very funny one-off line on the subject of candles.