They don’t move as fast as some vehicles, but they’re heaps of more fun to use as a mode of transport, not least because any car, enemy or hostile animal you come across can quickly be turned into paint. Once you have unlocked the requisite skill on your talent tree, these animals can be mounted and ridden. The one animal you should consider giving a free pass to is the noble elephant and not just because it’s incredibly tough and hard to kill. Once we’d bagged some marsupials, we could rectify this situation. You wouldn’t believe how many useful items we had to throw away in our hands-on thanks to the fact we could only carry thirty items at a time. Not only does this rack up experience and unlock parts of the Kyrat guide, it gives you a chance to gather animal pelts that they can either sell for arms and ammo, or craft into bandoliers, wallets and the like, allowing you to increase the size of your various inventory lists – money, items and ammo. Don’t let that put you off, though the countryside is a veritable shooting gallery and it behoves you to bag as much prey as humanly possible. Kyrat is teaming with wildlife that’s both beautiful and unique.
