Far Cry 5 is Ubisoft’s continued AAA dominance. I don’t think there’s another AAA developer out there that continuously pushes out solid entries in all of their franchises as consistently as Ubisoft does. The Division, Siege, Far Cry, Ghost Recon…hell even Assassin’s Creed… all solid. For reference, I skipped Far Cry 4 and Primal, but after enjoying some of Ubisoft’s more recent tiles picked this up on launch. I’ll likely be going back and playing them after enjoying this game.
Running out of interesting sandbox locations to base a game in, Far Cry 5 takes place in the wilderness of Montana, where a local cult has grown to the size of a small governing state, wreaking havoc for local civilians. You play, as a silent protagonist, a U.S. Marshall, who is flown in to arrest the leader of the cult. Naturally, things go wrong, and you find yourself escaping the crazy cult members, needing help from locals and resources to rescue your colleagues and put an end to the cult for good.
FC5 borrows a little bit of the mechanics from Wildlands where the game doesn’t put you up against one big baddie from the start, you need to conquer the three lieutenants before taking on the head honcho. You do this by liberating the three providences under the regime, by liberating towns, taking out convoy trucks, saving civilians upgrading your weapons and moving on to the next area.
The game goes out of it’s way to make sure you realize there is precisely ONE tower to climb and unlock. And that’s really only for you to learn about the zipline tutorial. Thank you, Ubisoft. I was getting tired of climbing towers in every one of your other installments. Climbing 17 towers in FC3 was getting much too repetitive and boring.
I thought the Division and Wildlands looked good but game looks gorgeous. They really have opened up the world for you to dive into; so big they allow the use of helicopters and planes. Beautiful color pallet has made the environment much more stunning and immersive.
The best newest idea in the Far Cry franchise is allowing players to add in an NPC that will fight along your side. Each NPC has a different strength, whether it be sniping, stealth, flam thrower and even a guy that flies in a plane above you and drops bombs on targets. You even get a dog and/or bear sidekick who will seek out enemies and revive you if you’re wounded. The side missions are fun and relatively original so you do not have to worry about doing the same mission over and over again. In fact, there is one side mission involving UFOs that was practically joyous.
Overall, I’d say this is the best entry in the series thus far. I honestly wouldn’t expect anything less from Ubisoft at this point. The deathmatch multiplayer modes are quite fun as well.
You can also have fun with some hilarious co-op
Running out of interesting sandbox locations to base a game in, Far Cry 5 takes place in the wilderness of Montana, where a local cult has grown to the size of a small governing state, wreaking havoc for local civilians. You play, as a silent protagonist, a U.S. Marshall, who is flown in to arrest the leader of the cult. Naturally, things go wrong, and you find yourself escaping the crazy cult members, needing help from locals and resources to rescue your colleagues and put an end to the cult for good.
FC5 borrows a little bit of the mechanics from Wildlands where the game doesn’t put you up against one big baddie from the start, you need to conquer the three lieutenants before taking on the head honcho. You do this by liberating the three providences under the regime, by liberating towns, taking out convoy trucks, saving civilians upgrading your weapons and moving on to the next area.
The game goes out of it’s way to make sure you realize there is precisely ONE tower to climb and unlock. And that’s really only for you to learn about the zipline tutorial. Thank you, Ubisoft. I was getting tired of climbing towers in every one of your other installments. Climbing 17 towers in FC3 was getting much too repetitive and boring.
I thought the Division and Wildlands looked good but game looks gorgeous. They really have opened up the world for you to dive into; so big they allow the use of helicopters and planes. Beautiful color pallet has made the environment much more stunning and immersive.
The best newest idea in the Far Cry franchise is allowing players to add in an NPC that will fight along your side. Each NPC has a different strength, whether it be sniping, stealth, flam thrower and even a guy that flies in a plane above you and drops bombs on targets. You even get a dog and/or bear sidekick who will seek out enemies and revive you if you’re wounded. The side missions are fun and relatively original so you do not have to worry about doing the same mission over and over again. In fact, there is one side mission involving UFOs that was practically joyous.
Overall, I’d say this is the best entry in the series thus far. I honestly wouldn’t expect anything less from Ubisoft at this point. The deathmatch multiplayer modes are quite fun as well.
You can also have fun with some hilarious co-op