Factions

Far Cry 4’s online modes include several tried-and-true multiplayer standards, but with just enough of a Kyrati twist that they can be disorienting at first. Here’s how to hit the ground running.

Factions

In most shooters, the only difference between the two sides fighting is the color of their fatigues. It’s soldiers vs. soldiers (or terrorists) and everybody has more or less the same pool of gear and abilities. Not so in Far Cry 4, whose two factions, the Golden Path and the Rakshasa, are about as different from one another as they can possibly get.

Don’t think you can get away with learning the ins and outs of just one of the two sides, either. Every match will have you playing first as one faction, then the other.