Far Cry 5

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  1. Lireal
    Apr 3, 2018
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. All 3 endings, the good, the bad, and the "hidden" ending, are absolute garbage. The ending to Mass Effect 3 was better, and reflected your choices from the game more. No matter what you choose, no matter who you save, no matter how many outpost you liberate or collectables you find, you are screwed in the end. Insanity or a nuclear wasteland Montana are all that await you after hours of gameplay.

    This is a massive F-YOU from Ubisoft.    … Expand
  2. EpsilonGoodfelt
    Mar 29, 2018
    3
    The original establishment of a personal relationship between the protagonist and the antagonist as seen in Far Cry 3 and far Cry 4 are abandoned for a more linear approach, where the protagonist is simply a mute version of the player. The original formula of taking the fight to the antagonist has been changed into a three-way structure where the player must first work his/her way up theThe original establishment of a personal relationship between the protagonist and the antagonist as seen in Far Cry 3 and far Cry 4 are abandoned for a more linear approach, where the protagonist is simply a mute version of the player. The original formula of taking the fight to the antagonist has been changed into a three-way structure where the player must first work his/her way up the ladder and take down the lieutenants before confronting the main antagonist of the game, Joseph Seed. The player must now work his/her way thought numerous main and side quests, the majority of which boil down to either following an NPC and clearing some area occupied by the enemy, or going to find and retrieve something the individual which gave you the mission has lost or needs.

    The story of this game could have been very, very intriguing if it had followed a more focused mission format where the player truly feels the mission which he/she is undertaking is worth their while, and not for the sole purpose of building up enough RP (Resistance Points) to progress in the main story. This interrupts the flow of the game, where when the player finally has progressed far enough to view one or two very thought-provoking cut scenes, ones that make the player truly question the morality of what it is they are doing, the game automatically cuts any chance to dwell on these questions raised by the antagonists and place them back into the open world where they must, once again, build up enough RP via fetch quests and etc to progress further in the story. By the end of the game, the player truly feels like he/she has had enough of the game and simply rushes to complete the story because of how similarly it plays out for each of the three regions.

    The map of Hope County has been divided into three separate regions with two islands in the middle. Two or three hours into the game, the player can notice the lack of anything intuiting, where the majority of the land mass is composed of trees and hills, with buildings here and there. The map, because of this, feels very small, and the player cannot help but feel cramped in the roads where he/she will encounter the enemy what feels like every thirty seconds (This is not exaggerated, when the player travels by road, the game truly plays out this way).

    The majority of what made the previous two main installments Far Cry games has also been removed for a more simplistic alternatives. Crafting, once a great way to improve ones' player and give them a real, solid reason for them to go out and hunt the diverse wildlife these games has been removed, save a few explosives and homeopathic medicine which can be crafted to aid in the players game play. The mini map has also been replaced with a bar at the top of the player's interface which does not really help with anything, and often fails to highlight key things like collectibles and even vehicles. It does, however, highlight enemies when few have been left in the area where the player is, so he/she may track them down without a problem, but even that comes of little use when the dog companion, Boomer, can simply dag them and make them glow red so they may be visible behind objects and buildings.

    Although this game does offer micro-transactions, they never feel as if they come in the way of the player's experience as they are reserved for purely cosmetic purposes, cosmetics which can also be purchased with virtual, in game dollars the player has accumulated over the course of the game.

    Overall, Far Cry 5, although it carried nuggets of what could have been a spectacular game, tries too hard to try new things which simply do not pay off. The villain, although an intriguing character which does have valid points of the many things he talks about, is wasted on a mute character which simply stares at him while he is talking and has nothing to say. It is in these times where the silence becomes especially evident the player realizes how great the game could have been if the player were able to communicate with some of the strongest characters in the entire franchise instead of wordlessly absorb everything they say. The reason player found the previous entries so intriguing was because of he odd relationships between the protagonists and the antagonists like the menacing and crazed Vass and Jason Brody, or even Ajay Ghale and the comedic and often times oddly protective Pagan Min. The relationship between the antagonist and the protagonist was what made players want to keep playing these games, listening to the conversations they had with each other and how it reflected their personalizes.

    Far Cry 5's biggest problem is the developer's desire to give the player a different experience, one which the players are not willing to partake in because of the numerous flaws the game has as well as the tedium it brings with it which, after finishing the game, just makes them feel like something is missing.    … Expand
  3. The_Sphess
    Apr 16, 2018
    0
    No minimap
    annoying bloom effect
    Stupid useless team AI
    everyone constantly shooting at you while you driving.
    weapons feels awful
    single player microtransaction for money

    This game is feels really downgraded compared for the older FC games.
    When I play it, it just not feels right

    FarCry3 even FarCry 4 was a better game...
  4. skdursh
    Mar 27, 2018
    4
    The AI is awful with enemies literally shooting at walls endlessly for no reason, crashing their cars almost every time you let them or see them driving. Absolutely no skill required in fighting them. Game can be kind of fun at first but quickly became boring and repetitive. Characters and story are particularly shallow. Could have worked just as well as a Far Cry 4 DLC. Overall it's notThe AI is awful with enemies literally shooting at walls endlessly for no reason, crashing their cars almost every time you let them or see them driving. Absolutely no skill required in fighting them. Game can be kind of fun at first but quickly became boring and repetitive. Characters and story are particularly shallow. Could have worked just as well as a Far Cry 4 DLC. Overall it's not awful, but it's also not really that good. Good sound though.… Expand
  5. NobodyAU
    Mar 27, 2018
    3
    Kind of boring if I am completely honest, theres no direction, some like that, I personally don't, progression doesn't equate to anything, nothing is beneficial from moving forward in the story line, which so far isn't that appealing, I'd love if they went into more detail about the cultist leaders, more of a backstory etc. What happened to them? Where are their parents? How did they beginKind of boring if I am completely honest, theres no direction, some like that, I personally don't, progression doesn't equate to anything, nothing is beneficial from moving forward in the story line, which so far isn't that appealing, I'd love if they went into more detail about the cultist leaders, more of a backstory etc. What happened to them? Where are their parents? How did they begin their journey?
    Enemies are pretty generic as-well, mostly copy pasted versions with different beards.

    Crafting has been removed for upgrading stuff like your wallet etc which isn't a good thing imo, hunting is just another way to make money, that's it, of which money doesn't get you much, as there isn't much to actually buy other than the expensive things like vehicles which are just re-skinned versions of one another.

    - They removed too many features and didn't replace them with anything interesting to fill the void, hell even more weapons to buy would of been nice as it's lacking pretty bad.

    You're simply running around the world mindlessly doing a quest here and there and it just feels bland as you're constantly running into enemies that chase you, like how Police in GTA act when you're at 5 stars.

    The perk system is pretty generic, etc more health, more ammo.

    The game has so much potential but unfortunately it falls really short, specially the story, it should of been expanded into a more interesting story, but even that feels generic.

    Most of the quests are go here, kill these guys etc.

    I am extremely disappointed, unfortunately DLC won't even expand upon the main games story-line which could of been so great.

    - Value for money is simply not here, I'd wait for a sale if I could go back knowing about the game.    … Expand
  6. Val-835
    Mar 27, 2018
    3
    Moronic and predictable story. Basically, a Far Cry 4 with different environments and characters thrown around. Microtransactions by the bucket. Game is too easy on any difficulty since AI is non-existent.
    You shoot one guy and others start running towards you mindlessly or just sit around doing nothing.
    Ubisoft knows the recipe by now. Why make a good game every 3-4 years when you can    Moronic and predictable story. Basically, a Far Cry 4 with different environments and characters thrown around. Microtransactions by the bucket. Game is too easy on any difficulty since AI is non-existent.
    You shoot one guy and others start running towards you mindlessly or just sit around doing nothing.
    Ubisoft knows the recipe by now. Why make a good game every 3-4 years when you can make a lousy one every year for 3-4 years. The money is the same. Other franchises like Assasins Creed and Ghost Recon have suffered the same fate.
    If you want a good game these days, it will most likely come from PS4, that's where most good game developers are now. On the PC side, all we have is Ubisoft, EA and Bethesda churning out garbage year after year.
    I gave the game a 3 for the graphics.    … Expand
  7. AlaPhenom
    May 26, 2018
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. pros
    - Awsome graphics
    - Big & beautiful open world full of life
    - lots of missions & activities
    - The gameplay is solid as usual, it contains all the gameplay elements of the old far cry games with 1
    or 2 new things, which is great cuz if something is good then keep it running.
    - the companions addition is great for the gameplay, u can be strategic in ur gameplay in many ways.

    Cons - minor spoilers alert!!
    - The stupidest most awful story ever in the history of far cry, or ubisoft, or videogames, or mankind.
    - The entire game & characters have the stupidest logic ever, there was many ways to solve their problem in much easier ways & end that stupid cult, but for the sake of the stupid game they decided to fight back the cult, not using a freakin plane or helicopter to flee out & call the freakin national guard. Personally, I felt putting up with all the **** the story & the character brought was un-digestible.
    - Boring main characters with no depth what so ever & easily forgettable.
    - Weak conversation that makes u detached to most of the game's characters or events.
    - The mission system is creative. However, the implementation of it is the worst!!! the entire games feels like side missions that fills boss meters to a certain degree to enter main cinematic scene or main mission three times before the boss fight.
    - once the boss meter is filled to 1/4 , 2/4, 3/4 or 4/4 u will be forced to do the main mission, regardless of where u are, with whom or what are you doing, even if u r in a freaking plane in the sky, the boss hunting team will manage to hunt u down.
    -The games bosses hunts u down 10 times through the game!!!! 11 times based on ur choices, who told ubisoft that this is a good idea??? the idea that ur enemy manage to catch u 11 times where ur life is in their hands & u still manage to kill all of them (will, most of them!!) doesn't feel right at all, & makes u feel that nothing u do matters, no matter how many enemies u killed, or camps u free, ur enemies will hunt u any time they want.

    - the bosses are stupid & annoying, specially Faith!!!!. Please give me the opportunity to make the them shut up in their moments before they die, I don't want to hear an **** that I wanna kill so bad to speak his mind. & give me the opportunity to kill Faith slowly & painfully for every irritating moment she gave to me. & pls developers of the entertainment industry, stop trying to give women reasons for why they are with the bad guys, stop trying to make us sympathies with evil female characters. women can be evil too & deserve to be torn apart for what they did, so stop victimizing women! I don't want to sympathies with an evil character just because she is a woman! I want to rip them apart too & make them suffer for their bad deeds just like all other guys!!    … Expand
  8. TwoEars
    May 1, 2018
    7
    It's a lot of fun to play in the open world and the gameplay mechanics are fantastic, but the story kidnaps you and railroads you into a very strange narrative which doesn't really fit all that well with the rest of the gameplay experience. The open-world experience is quite "happy-go-lucky" and a lot like Just Cause in tone. But then you're kidnapped at several points in the story andIt's a lot of fun to play in the open world and the gameplay mechanics are fantastic, but the story kidnaps you and railroads you into a very strange narrative which doesn't really fit all that well with the rest of the gameplay experience. The open-world experience is quite "happy-go-lucky" and a lot like Just Cause in tone. But then you're kidnapped at several points in the story and railroaded into these serious doom and gloom religious monologues. It's just jarring, tedious, unbelievable and takes control away from the player. And the ending sucks, it completely disregards any choice you've made before the ending and makes the rest of the game more or less irrelevant. And it's not exactly a good ending either. In fact, I disliked the ending so much I didn't even want to continue playing the game afterwards. Out of the 4 main antagonists the one I liked the most was faith, and her corner of the world was also the one I enjoyed the most. The dreams sequences with her, and also how the world became a hallucination, was quite fun so there was some potential here. But overall the story is a big, big let down, Far Cry 3 and Vaas is still the best Far Cry villain and story arc.… Expand
  9. mrq
    Jun 15, 2018
    6
    First off, this game is absolutely beautiful. Loved the world, the detail, but... the story really doesn't sit right with me. I get the whole nihilistic thing, but it was just handled poorly by Ubisoft.

    I also detested the cutscenes. Nearly everything you did generated the points that drove the meter forward to the next "kidnapping". You weren't even halfway done with an area and, boom,    First off, this game is absolutely beautiful. Loved the world, the detail, but... the story really doesn't sit right with me. I get the whole nihilistic thing, but it was just handled poorly by Ubisoft.

    I also detested the cutscenes. Nearly everything you did generated the points that drove the meter forward to the next "kidnapping". You weren't even halfway done with an area and, boom, you were fighting the boss. You had no control over when it would happen, you couldn't run away, and there was no solid reason for why you woke up in one spot 10 miles away, except some twinkling lights, or an arrow to the leg. Frustrating.

    There were some great stories in each area, but the game moved so fast I didn't feel like I had a chance to enjoy them. You can still finish the quests after the finale, but trust me, you won't want to. I don't, the impetus isn't there without the threat of the boss and his minions hanging over me. Another testament to the "nothing matters" mantra of the game; you don't even want to play it again...

    Oh, and props to Ubisoft for making a antagonist that I so thoroughly despised that every time I saw his face I wanted him dead.    … Expand
  10. Krilinmortal
    Apr 22, 2018
    7
    Awesome cinematics dignifying a 2018 AAA game, appropriate map size, any charismatics characters, and no more. Throughout the game experience, you feel a deja vu sense from the very beginning of the game, there is not practically innovation from the Far Cry 3 and 4 releases, missions are repetitive and boring, and after fulfilling it achievements you do not experience any gratification, itAwesome cinematics dignifying a 2018 AAA game, appropriate map size, any charismatics characters, and no more. Throughout the game experience, you feel a deja vu sense from the very beginning of the game, there is not practically innovation from the Far Cry 3 and 4 releases, missions are repetitive and boring, and after fulfilling it achievements you do not experience any gratification, it is like: go there and kill this guy, go back and pick up this item....This game has no soul and despite not being a bad game it is the worst Far Cry released.… Expand
  11. Ned94
    Apr 22, 2018
    7
    A great game till you realize there is no sense in playing

    The game's story is interesting up to one point, it is not very serious unfortunately. The gameplay can become repetitive. What is especially annoying is when you are taken several times no matter what you are doing in the game. You will be marked and randomly taken. To say something good about the gameplay is that we have    A great game till you realize there is no sense in playing

    The game's story is interesting up to one point, it is not very serious unfortunately.
    The gameplay can become repetitive. What is especially annoying is when you are taken several times no matter what you are doing in the game. You will be marked and randomly taken. To say something good about the gameplay is that we have great main missions with good ideas.
    The characters can be great, you have a nearly clear line of good and bad. In a way the bad characters can be observed as also good, depends on how you look at it. There is always an explanation of why the characters are acting in the way they do. We have funny, serious, lovable and broken characters, a good mix.
    Graphics are good and the music is just astounding, even if there are not a lot of songs.

    All in all, I enjoyed the game up until the ending when I felt I did everything for nothing. That's why in my opinion it isn't serious enough. I still give 7 out of 10 because it is overall enjoyable.    … Expand
  12. RoyalCityMan
    Jul 8, 2020
    4
    Far Cry 5 is a game made by and for the emotionally bereft. Every character in this game talks with the same emotional connection that they would have to a tree. I've never seen Hurk and Willis more lifeless. Story for me is important. Since 'People' liked Vaas so much from 3 (forgetting about all the other amazing actors as well), you get captured a ton of times with some magic bulletFar Cry 5 is a game made by and for the emotionally bereft. Every character in this game talks with the same emotional connection that they would have to a tree. I've never seen Hurk and Willis more lifeless. Story for me is important. Since 'People' liked Vaas so much from 3 (forgetting about all the other amazing actors as well), you get captured a ton of times with some magic bullet (I'm not kidding here) for each of 4 enemies to lord over you in their own unique and demented fashion. Somehow these "Magic Bullets" don't show up in the final battle when it would be so easy to just knock you out and slit your throat. So the story is both functionally and logically re******. There is not adequate em or mocap except with the demented bosses. If you are expecting a payoff for all your hard work, well? Would you like a kick to the balls or a kick to the teeth? The only good ending happens in the very beginning when you can choose to walk away. I would say take that a step further...don't even buy this game. That's really the very best ending. Save your money and avoid the disappointment. For people who just want to play with the toys, FC5 does not disappoint. There are way more toys in the sandbox than any other game I've ever known. The soundtrack is decent as well. Yet 'Story' and connection are my payoffs and this game is empty in that department.… Expand
  13. eafx
    Apr 26, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not the best. Ending was pretty disappointing, especially that nuclear ending, what?! They tried to do something creative and fun but they f#$ked up. Joseph doesn't die in any of these endings. Basically it's Far Cry 4 with different environment. At least they learned bad guys also can win.… Expand
  14. Macbaine
    Mar 3, 2019
    2
    I finish the main story ... my god first time I Hate a strory that much...
    univers is cool but de story kill my fun ...
    everyone constantly shooting at you while you driving.
    single player microtransaction for money ... stupid you paid today for a trainer..
  15. inzynierpd
    Feb 24, 2020
    0
    A bit repetitive, too much stupid, unnecessary activities but the worst thing about this game is streaming textures stuttering. It's unbelievable that Ubisoft don't care about it and didn't fix it. The game is 8/10 but it's unacceptable to release any game with issues like that, that's not what I paid for. Ubisoft, you should disappear forever, I won't buy any of your games again.
  16. Noname02
    Jun 22, 2020
    0
    Biggest **** I have ever played. I dont know how this game has like 80 critics score when its such a ****
  17. Bodislav
    Jan 9, 2022
    4
    Funny monkey .
  18. jnnnnn
    Aug 17, 2020
    0
    Ending makes the whole game pointless.

    I wish this game had never been made.
  19. jc_denton
    Nov 24, 2020
    3
    Ubisoft games are the McDonald's burgers of the gaming world. Not the tastiest food, but they're served quickly and the quality is consistent. In other words, you know what you're getting. If you like the stuff, good for you. If you don't, do yourself a favor and don't play them.

    Far Cry 5 is the worst Far Cry to date. The formula is extremely stale at this point and there's very little    Ubisoft games are the McDonald's burgers of the gaming world. Not the tastiest food, but they're served quickly and the quality is consistent. In other words, you know what you're getting. If you like the stuff, good for you. If you don't, do yourself a favor and don't play them.

    Far Cry 5 is the worst Far Cry to date. The formula is extremely stale at this point and there's very little that's going to surprise you in this game. You've seen it all before in Far Cry 3 and 4, and other Ubisoft games.

    Far Cry 3 was a good game since what they brought out was fresh, and they had great villains (and some great other characters as well). Far Cry 4 was a copypaste job that didn't improve on Far Cry 3 except for graphics in some parts. In fact, I'd say Pagan Min was the only reason Far Cry 4 was even playable from start to finish. The gameplay was just as boring, but my desire to learn more about this dude kept me playing.

    Far Cry 5 doesn't have a charming villain or anything fresh in it to redeem it as a gaming experience. It's the same goddamn McDouble you've have had the chance to eat for the past 10 years. It's not going to magically taste better all of a sudden.    … Expand
  20. Zocress
    Jul 12, 2020
    4
    I find the story premise great, a cult has taken up arms in the rural United States. This could have been amazing if the writing wasn't so terrible. Granted, Far Cry writing has never top of the line, but this is taking it to a new low. Whenever the story interrupts your gameplay of wiping an enemy outpost with an attack helicopter to force you to listen to boring to monotone, meaninglessI find the story premise great, a cult has taken up arms in the rural United States. This could have been amazing if the writing wasn't so terrible. Granted, Far Cry writing has never top of the line, but this is taking it to a new low. Whenever the story interrupts your gameplay of wiping an enemy outpost with an attack helicopter to force you to listen to boring to monotone, meaningless cult ramblings, and partake juvenile acid trip sequences. After finally fighting your way through the very skippable story and go to settle the score and redecorate a church with some cult leader brains - the game just flips the bird and makes fun of you for even wanting to massacre faceless bad guys with C4 in the first place. Because they couldn't finish off a boring story, without setting it into perspective how stupid you are for having purchased their microtransactions filled piece of garbage in the first place. If I could remove everything, but taking over outposts with increasingly volatile weaponry. I would.… Expand
  21. Cleanermonkey
    Apr 13, 2018
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really really liked the game and I really like the co-op ability. The world is a blast to run around in and the mission structure is so seamlessly good that you get caught up in just running around helping people, fishing and base jumping etc. But oh the ending(s) were SO spineless and predictable that it shaved at least 2-3 off of the score. I really hate games that let's you run free in an open world without letting you feel forced into doing stuff. This ending was just up there with Dying Light where the ending was so bad and linear that it ruined the re-playability of the game FC5's endings just felt wrong and contrived and so obvious that they would do it this way that I actually didn't want to do this last leader mission as I knew it would ruin the game.… Expand
  22. Atyne
    Jan 11, 2022
    4
    +decent gunplay
    +decent audio-visuals
    +option to skip cutscenes

    -boring story
    -the worst possible setting
    -terrible level design
    -simplified takedowns
    -stupid skill/perk system
    -no crafting
    -huge downgrade from FC3/4/Primal
  23. m0rb
    Oct 22, 2018
    1
    I BOUGHT the game, same as with 3, 4, Primal and lately, part 5...

    Installed it - did not work; re-install it; did not work. Searched the web for 2 whole days for a solution, still got the same error message and NOTHING worked! Just for **** and giggles, I PIRATED a version, for I have PAID for it and maybe with a version not tied to uplay, steam or **** Said so, did that and...    I BOUGHT the game, same as with 3, 4, Primal and lately, part 5...

    Installed it - did not work; re-install it; did not work.
    Searched the web for 2 whole days for a solution, still got the same error message and NOTHING worked!

    Just for **** and giggles, I PIRATED a version, for I have PAID for it and maybe with a version not tied to uplay, steam or ****

    Said so, did that and... did NOT work either!

    BUT... when runnoing the programme as a standalone, I have been able to open my game through another programme, named "NVIDIA GeForce Experience" and that can be used to optimize games... I did not to that, I simply started the game via this other platform/vehicle/app..

    FUN FACT: up until now, I have played about 20 hours with sufferi g just ONE system-failure (crash).
    compare this to the day I tried running the original uplay version, I got BLUESCREENS left and right - even though I could not get the game to actually go beyond the menue!

    That was that, the really embarrassing part about the game, the one reason, why you should NOT BUY THIS GAME!
    "Technical issues" of that magnitude and the lack of a proper fix by Ubisoft - making paying customers(!) have to download a pirated version - just to being able to play the game°
    This is really sick and most definitely NOT how it is supposed to be.... and some people still don't understand why others oirate. :(

    Customers are treated like **** served unfinished products - in no other industry would this be possible, imagine getting half-cooked spaghetti, or a j´halfass-sewen jacket you cannot close - that is what UBISUCKS is doing here!
    They sell us a game in an unfinished, unpolished, buggy state, so bad, it is even UNPLAYABLE ojn many systems. This is not okay and definitely the last Far Cry title I'm going to buy in the next few years....BUT, AT LEAST THERE WERE ONLY AN ABSOLUTE MINIMUM AMOUNT FOR "towers you HAVE TO climb (like a dick or an ape)". ;)

    play FC 4 - so far the best in the series, though, even 3 has more charme and far fewer problems, than this POS game! I am really sad to say this, as I really liked the series a lot, from the start, btw.
    UNFORTUNATELY, this game franchis has been "UBISOFTED", whichh should be defined a "a frsnchise recipe, that is rinsed and repeat every so often, until even the greatest fans could not stand it any longer".
    They have done it to "Assassin's Creed" - too many games, far to little innovation /PLUS TOWERS TO CLIMB)! and now they are trying to milk "Far Cry" in exactly the same way. Please, stop supporting this, as this is - clearly - MADNESS (not Sparta, not at all)!    … Expand
  24. Kvasi
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Boring story, stupid dialogue, characters I don't care about. Technically the game is fine but the rest is just boring.
  25. leSange
    Aug 16, 2020
    1
    я аж отупел от этого абсолютно бесполезного потраченного времени
  26. FixEr
    Aug 6, 2021
    2
    First of all I must say I am a Far Cry fan, since the first game, and Far Cry 5 is terrible. I played almost 5 hours and there is 0 second of peace, game constantly spawning new enemies, every second someone shooting at you or some wild animal trying to kill you:
    cultists on pickup,
    cultist on pickup with gun, cultist on truck, cultist on van, cultist on board, cultist on ATV,    First of all I must say I am a Far Cry fan, since the first game, and Far Cry 5 is terrible. I played almost 5 hours and there is 0 second of peace, game constantly spawning new enemies, every second someone shooting at you or some wild animal trying to kill you:
    cultists on pickup,
    cultist on pickup with gun,
    cultist on truck,
    cultist on van,
    cultist on board,
    cultist on ATV,
    cultist on plane,
    angel cultist.
    And there no way to stop this, except to complete 150 quests, you cant just clear outpost like in previous games, because there 0 outposts showing on map. As a result I have statistic 582 kills in 4.52 hours and 28% story progress. Storyline weak, and has very annoying feature forced cut-scenes and forced dumb quests to "involve" you to the story. That ruins your game-play. And of course game has single player microtransaction. Cool graphics and sound doesn't help much. Shooting feels like it has 0 changes but that`s nice, it was good enough.    … Expand
  27. dr_yev
    Jul 30, 2020
    3
    Picked this one up at a deep discount and it was still disappointing. There are no meaningful graphical or mechanical improvements over FC3 and the story is lacking. This title feels like an MMORPG version of the previous games; the experience is very similar to wrapping up Skyrim and jumping into ES Online. It looks and feels similar for a bit, until you get into the action, youPicked this one up at a deep discount and it was still disappointing. There are no meaningful graphical or mechanical improvements over FC3 and the story is lacking. This title feels like an MMORPG version of the previous games; the experience is very similar to wrapping up Skyrim and jumping into ES Online. It looks and feels similar for a bit, until you get into the action, you realize you've been had. Just smoke and mirrors that keep your attention long enough to get past the refund window.

    Story-wise it gets into the weeds of good preppers vs bad preppers--which is a bit weird and possibly promising--but, honestly, who cares if the game isn't fun? On top of it, it's buggy as hell. Things and characters just kind of spawn. There is little continuity. I thought it would be better on a gaming rig (that's why I didn't pick it up the console editions) but it's the least satisfying shooter I've played in years.    … Expand
  28. SexiPlexi
    Mar 25, 2019
    5
    Worse Far Cry I ever played Primal was gold compared to this. Everything feels wrong and the story is just a load of hillybilly nonsense
  29. obaib
    Jul 15, 2020
    2
    Juego muy malo con una IA pésima, es muchísimo pero que el Far Cry 3. Típico juego malo de Ubisoft.
  30. MetalRobot69
    Feb 3, 2022
    4
    I've got super disappointed with this game, after all, FC4 is one of my favorite games of all time.

    But FC5 screwed the franchise up. FC4 was an evolution of FC3, some people didn't like the story but at least everything that was in FC3 was in FC4, they just add new things (like vehicles, new takedowns animations, weapons, etc) FC5 on the other hand simply removed many cool things    I've got super disappointed with this game, after all, FC4 is one of my favorite games of all time.

    But FC5 screwed the franchise up. FC4 was an evolution of FC3, some people didn't like the story but at least everything that was in FC3 was in FC4, they just add new things (like vehicles, new takedowns animations, weapons, etc)

    FC5 on the other hand simply removed many cool things from FC4, especially the healing animations that were cool as **** and many options of takedown. I've loved those things and I've got super disappointed, without those things, FC5 becomes just a generic third-person shooter game. The only special thing in FC5 is the possibility of bringing allies in your fights. I didn't like this mechanic because they are OP and they removed the challenge of the game. It was so fun and challenging in the previous FCs just trying to kill everyone at stealth with the many takedowns as possible. Now your "guns for hire" just do everything for you.

    The story is also bad. The beginning is cool but after that is just a downfall since you don't care at all about the protagonist (he is literally a nobody without a story) and your allies are just comic relief so you can't take them seriously, you can't even take the story seriously.    … Expand
  31. breddy_gud
    Jul 29, 2020
    3
    Ubisoft once again proving that the only way THEY can tell a story is by removing player interaction. Every boss fight is announced by drugging you and dragging you off. Even in the middle of a base with zero interaction around you. The gameplay loop is boring, most mechanics are irrelevant, perks are only good to relieve some limitations and the rest is pointless, as is crafting or moneyUbisoft once again proving that the only way THEY can tell a story is by removing player interaction. Every boss fight is announced by drugging you and dragging you off. Even in the middle of a base with zero interaction around you. The gameplay loop is boring, most mechanics are irrelevant, perks are only good to relieve some limitations and the rest is pointless, as is crafting or money once you've unlocked the 2-3 things you actually need. The is absolutely no emergent gameplay because the only things that happen outside of scripted events are random patrols that are dispatched within seconds and exist to provide you with a few progression points, that's all. Buy at less than $10, lower if you can.… Expand
  32. wangweixun
    Dec 7, 2020
    5
    I don't remember much since it was a long time ago. All I remember was "Meh".
  33. botanicaldafi
    Jun 17, 2018
    5
    The AI ruined the game for me. For a 2018 game it is just awful. It ruined the whole experience. I cannot recommend this game. Also, the Hours of darkness dlc has even worst AI than the base game (do not know how) and it is very boring and 3 hours long.
  34. DoomCronos
    Oct 1, 2018
    4
    Good Story concept idea and characters are falling behind bad AI, gameplay and gunplay. Repetitive voice lines by companions, bad sound design and boring gameplay which at first is quiet good.
    The story is good however has a lot of holes that are so questionable and left unanswered. Character design and concept art are fascinating. Character development is very good and best point of this    Good Story concept idea and characters are falling behind bad AI, gameplay and gunplay. Repetitive voice lines by companions, bad sound design and boring gameplay which at first is quiet good.
    The story is good however has a lot of holes that are so questionable and left unanswered. Character design and concept art are fascinating. Character development is very good and best point of this game. But overall this game falls behind all my expectation and I go with very low rank.

    In-game Cinematic: 8.5
    Gameplay:4
    Gunplay:4
    sound design: 2
    design and concept: 8
    Script & story: 5    … Expand
  35. bolachanegresco
    Sep 15, 2018
    3
    Terrible game. I couldn't play it more than 3 hours and uninstalled from my pc. First, few guns. In this time i used 2 assault rifles, 1 pistol, 1 rocket launcher and 1 arc. Second, everything is a copy from Far Cry 3, but in Montana. Third, extremely repetitive missions and side missions. Fourth, cars impossible to drive. And lastly and worst, you can't stay 1 minute alone without beingTerrible game. I couldn't play it more than 3 hours and uninstalled from my pc. First, few guns. In this time i used 2 assault rifles, 1 pistol, 1 rocket launcher and 1 arc. Second, everything is a copy from Far Cry 3, but in Montana. Third, extremely repetitive missions and side missions. Fourth, cars impossible to drive. And lastly and worst, you can't stay 1 minute alone without being attacked. I once attacked a truck in a road and had to stay 20 minutes killing enemies so i could move forward, and only 2 or 3 were because of the truck, the rest just kept randomly spawning where i was.

    The only good point is the graphics, which are great.

    I am sad, because i really enjoyed Far Cry 3 and i liked (not so much) Far Cry 4, but Far Cry 5 was disappointing, and i was really looking forward this game cause i like those "country states" like Montana, Idaho and Wyoming    … Expand
  36. enei200
    Jan 25, 2021
    4
    One of the worst FPS experiences I ever had. As soon as I was starting to get any fun from the game it ruined everything by showing nasty bugs, from flying enemies and quest items getting stuck to respawning in a area you have never been at before. The story is interesting in the start, but it just getting more boring from every new repetitive cutscene it shows. The best thing they haveOne of the worst FPS experiences I ever had. As soon as I was starting to get any fun from the game it ruined everything by showing nasty bugs, from flying enemies and quest items getting stuck to respawning in a area you have never been at before. The story is interesting in the start, but it just getting more boring from every new repetitive cutscene it shows. The best thing they have in the game is the amazing graphics, but that's about it.… Expand
  37. laskovayamama
    Jul 28, 2020
    0
    This game made me cry, I cried when I was finally able to pass it, cried when a second after the credits I came out and began to remove it from my steam. The last Far Cry I played was 3, and it was a great game, it had charm, it had energy and fun, because of that I don't understand how the developers could **** it all up. The game is disgusting at all levels, the gameplay has degraded,This game made me cry, I cried when I was finally able to pass it, cried when a second after the credits I came out and began to remove it from my steam. The last Far Cry I played was 3, and it was a great game, it had charm, it had energy and fun, because of that I don't understand how the developers could **** it all up. The game is disgusting at all levels, the gameplay has degraded, the garbage plot written by an idiot and the same idiots is approved, quests of the format Give / kill / destroy 5 trucks which are not on the whole map. I hate you ubisoft… Expand
  38. Pharaoshka
    Jun 12, 2019
    4
    Boring and uninteresting. No innovations. You somehow appear on the island and save him from bad people. Hunting and fishing are boring, it makes no sense to do this. The only cool update in the series is additional tasks from people, but tasks are still boring. Go there and save someone, check if someone survived there, take the car there, kill him and I will give it to you ... NoBoring and uninteresting. No innovations. You somehow appear on the island and save him from bad people. Hunting and fishing are boring, it makes no sense to do this. The only cool update in the series is additional tasks from people, but tasks are still boring. Go there and save someone, check if someone survived there, take the car there, kill him and I will give it to you ... No variety. All you do is go from point A to point B and kill a crowd of people, and then you get a reward for it. No interesting craft, where animation, animation of animals. There is no selection animation, just press E and that's it. All enemies have the same faces. Useless team that only prevents you from completing tasks.
    Bad story that does not reveal. How did these thugs hit the island? Why do they kill people? Why do people protect themselves from them? ...
    Playing stealth is no longer interesting, as in 3 or 4 parts. Just put the muffler on the machine gun and that's it. Remove the silencers, add more variety of weapons, increase recoil, take the ammunition from the player and start playing more interesting.
    At the very beginning of the game I had a lot of ammo, excellent weapons and all consumables.
    Change the concept of the game, it is impossible to play the same game for more than 10 years. From the first part only the graphics have changed, the rest is still bad.    … Expand
  39. mertdost
    Jan 26, 2019
    6
    Amazingly stupid useless AI, always same faces, no minimap, awful endings, boring story but Far Cry.
  40. nodo134
    Jun 17, 2019
    3
    Я думал что хуже 4 и праймл сделать нельзя , я ошибался .
    Нет мини карты,микро транзакции,убран крафт зачем тогда в игре вообще животные ,
    напарники бесполезны но может быть только пума ничего,оружия толкового мало. сюжет бредовый ,финал это вообще просто дно. Похоже игру делала не профессиональная студия , а персонажи фильма Идиократия. +2 бала за локации сделаны класно. +1 бал за    Я думал что хуже 4 и праймл сделать нельзя , я ошибался .
    Нет мини карты,микро транзакции,убран крафт зачем тогда в игре вообще животные ,
    напарники бесполезны но может быть только пума ничего,оружия толкового мало.
    сюжет бредовый ,финал это вообще просто дно.
    Похоже игру делала не профессиональная студия , а персонажи фильма Идиократия.
    +2 бала за локации сделаны класно.
    +1 бал за рыбалку.    … Expand
  41. Tabyreka_1337
    Feb 3, 2019
    2
    Yubisoft this is the company that produces **** It's time for them to close and not to create these boring games,
  42. RedPlammer
    Jun 14, 2019
    1
    Boring as **** Endless, useless cut scenes, tiny inventory capacity, disappointing as all get out.
  43. TheKZOShow
    Mar 10, 2020
    1
    This game is one of the biggest waste of time experiences I've ever had. In essence it is a remastering and re-patched special edition of Far Cry 3. That would be fine because Far Cry 3 was a really good game, but Far Cry 5 isn't. First off I think that when you have a first person shooter the weapons need to hit where you aim and not have shots fly off to the sides when you're trying toThis game is one of the biggest waste of time experiences I've ever had. In essence it is a remastering and re-patched special edition of Far Cry 3. That would be fine because Far Cry 3 was a really good game, but Far Cry 5 isn't. First off I think that when you have a first person shooter the weapons need to hit where you aim and not have shots fly off to the sides when you're trying to snipe a gut on a rooftop so you don't alert anyone. Every weapon seems like it's not adjusted so you shoot left and right off your target while laying down prone with a 8x scope fixed on an enemy's head and he's standing still.
    The map is fine and the elements of fishing and hunting work just like in Far Cry 3, so that's fine, but it doesn't make a difference at all to the game if it is in or not. enemies spawn all over the place ALL THE TIME, so you can't go anywhere without bumping into enemies and constantly have to kill 8 guys at every turn in the road. Visually the game looks good. nice colors and environment and the wildlife acts somewhat close to real wildlife so hunting feels real in some ways without being to boring. physics, especially while driving boats and flying are atrocious but you don't really care since it gets the job done and you don't depend that much on it.
    All this wouldn't mean a bad game if it was Far Cry 3 but this is Far Cry 5 and this game has the most idiotic and stupid story.... maybe of all time. You don't have a clue what is going on at any point of what the overall goal is with your actions or what the main villains plan is. You get kidnapped over and over to signal a new chapter in the story where you repeat the same over and over and over. I more or less figured out there was some thing about a certain sentence (won't spoil it) but you blast your way through enemies and bosses and you wait for that reward of finally nailing The Father and his family so you push on. Through the game I found myself not understanding why anyone would ever follow The Father since he strikes me as the opposite of a real cult leader, since he's talking about the bible all the time but it's gibberish, with zero context, not real bible quotes, quotes that don't fit any of the situations, Greg Bryk does a good job with the character but he's not a leader, he's a frail **** with an end goal that makes no sense and you don't care because there is no connection between the Potagonist and the Father and his family. You sit through cut scene after cut scene and plow your way through enemies in the thousands and in the end the game gives you the worst ever ending I've ever seen in any game that feels like a real and finish product. You feel like you got spit in the face and not in the good way where you want to do it all again to show who's boss but in the way where you feel like you just completely wasted 30 hours of your life on this stupid cash grab.    … Expand
  44. gessie00
    Mar 26, 2020
    1
    What at first seems like an immensely atmospheric game in which the developers learned from previous mistakes (damn scout towers) quickly devolves into a pretty world with no substance. The story is hollow, poorly written trash while the subject material is inherently controversial - a combination which takes effort to achieve. The gameplay is ludicrously simple if you think about whichWhat at first seems like an immensely atmospheric game in which the developers learned from previous mistakes (damn scout towers) quickly devolves into a pretty world with no substance. The story is hollow, poorly written trash while the subject material is inherently controversial - a combination which takes effort to achieve. The gameplay is ludicrously simple if you think about which companions you recruit (self-reviving snipers don't need help from the player), and strategy is never worth using.

    Sure, the player dies in a few hits on the hardest mode, but when your companions can casually clear any situation the challenge is entirely gone. The devs seem to have realized this to some extent, adding enemies which spawn in constantly and randomly, but this only adds a dreadfully monotonous nuisance which again the companions deal with easily by themselves.

    To top it off, once explosive weapons are unlocked the player doesn't even need his companions anymore.

    In a nutshell, fun for the casual gamer who doesn't pay attention to the story, but awful for those who require a challenge and/or immersion.    … Expand
  45. lapkina
    Apr 13, 2020
    3
    Few good sides: nice vegetation, animal models, can be fun with friends. THAT'S IT. Everything else is worse than EVER in FC series.
  46. bennymate
    Dec 9, 2022
    3
    This game had so much potential, the setting, music and graphics are pretty damn good and its just a shame that its tarnished with putrid story telling, game direction and development.

    Another classic from Ubish**
  47. Nightmare1911
    Apr 4, 2020
    2
    Such a bull **** some missions are so **** stupid ... that makes you want to quit in particular i had to hunt down GRIZLYYY BEARS and all i saw is wolves and black bears on a **** GRIZLY bear grounds... + The dream sequences just cut it off already come up with something better.
  48. Batty99
    Apr 1, 2022
    0
    Absolute disaster. Its just another soulless ubisoft game that they prioritise over Rayman. You know? An actually likable franchise? I really dont get why would you ever play this or any other sh*tty uninspired garbage
  49. FoxForce
    Jun 8, 2021
    4
    Ubisoft's game design philosophy mimics that of mobile game designers. They have made a very basic foundation for a game and in each iteration they update or redesign the art by using software that employ procedural content generation(Houdini for example) to automate the process as much as possible.
    The core concepts of gameplay could be described as a very short and average main campaign    Ubisoft's game design philosophy mimics that of mobile game designers. They have made a very basic foundation for a game and in each iteration they update or redesign the art by using software that employ procedural content generation(Houdini for example) to automate the process as much as possible.
    The core concepts of gameplay could be described as a very short and average main campaign that is slowed and hindered to a halt by artificial and unintuitive grinds to keep the player invested and sometimes to encourage purchase of boosters to pass these forced limitations. This review as far as I know could be attributed to all of modern Ubisoft games    … Expand
  50. gappyz
    Dec 6, 2021
    2
    There is a lot of bad game in UBI,
    but this thing is absolutely the worst for sure
  51. Relkad
    Apr 24, 2020
    2
    This game throws loads of unnecessary stuff at your face and you have to waste your time with them to finish the game
    annoying effects , mediocre weapons and shooting , definitely not satisfying ending (or exciting)
    I feel like far cry gets worse every game ( as in 3>4>5)
  52. Raskolnikoc
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    I didn't get off to a great start with Far Cry 5, despite being a big fan of 3 and 4. I received the game for free from Ubisoft, then for reasons I do not know, it got linked to my Steam account. I don't own the game on Steam, so I wasn't able to play it. Whatever. I bought the game on discount, so now I can play it. One star gets knocked off for Ubisoft's licensing nonsense.

    First off,    I didn't get off to a great start with Far Cry 5, despite being a big fan of 3 and 4. I received the game for free from Ubisoft, then for reasons I do not know, it got linked to my Steam account. I don't own the game on Steam, so I wasn't able to play it. Whatever. I bought the game on discount, so now I can play it. One star gets knocked off for Ubisoft's licensing nonsense.

    First off, I encountered the 30-minute opening cinematic. Yep, right off the bat you're blasted with 30 minutes of unskippable cinematics. Minus one star. It's not bad the first time you play it, but if you were to ever go back, it would be a serious annoyance. Just as annoying as Skyrim. It just goes on and on and on and on. You can't even walk away and do something else, because it ANNOYINGLY makes you press w to walk and w to take off a seat belt. I would go so far as to say this is the most annoying intro to any game I have ever played. Then you finally get to play a completely annoying rails shooter / cinematic, then, you guessed it, you're bombarded with another 20 minutes or so of unskippable cinematics. Absolutely awful.

    It's a BUGGY MESS, worse than Skyrim. So many things glitch out.

    The story isn't very good. Someone at Ubisoft should have asked if anyone outside of Montana cares if it's taken over by cultists.

    AI henchmen are totally useless. It's hard to believe they paid someone to program that feature.

    Overall, Far Cry 5 is a HUGE disappointment. Two big thumbs down, not recommended to anyone, even Far Cry fans. This game just sucks, and that's coming from a huge fan of Far Cry 3 and 4.    … Expand
  53. vwnerd
    Apr 1, 2020
    4
    I really wish I could give this game a better score, honestly. I've been a fan of the series since the original. Tedious cut scenes (yes you can skip them but then you don't know what's happening) and enemies constantly, ludicrously, spawning practically right into my back pocket really steal all of the enjoyment I would otherwise get from the quests. Literally every quest, at someI really wish I could give this game a better score, honestly. I've been a fan of the series since the original. Tedious cut scenes (yes you can skip them but then you don't know what's happening) and enemies constantly, ludicrously, spawning practically right into my back pocket really steal all of the enjoyment I would otherwise get from the quests. Literally every quest, at some point, I find myself spinning around in a panic trying to figure out who is shooting me and invariably it's an NPC standing about 4 microns away right behind me. After the magic NPC has murdered me I get to start over, and likely have the same thing happen. Past FC games have made the challenges rewarding, and I've enjoyed that - but something about this experience just makes me rage quit after an hour long session, rather than buckle down and try harder. Both the exploratory play and the quests are made a lot less fun by the constant disappearing of ... everything. Want to go back to that vehicle you had to park in order to deal with half a dozen enemy trucks that magically appeared directly behind you? Too bad, it's probably gone. Want to loot all the enemy bodies after helping defend an outpost? Too bad, they're definitely all gone. Want to skin that animal you just shot? Good luck finding the carcass before it despawns. I'll probably finish playing all the way through, just because I'm a stubborn jerk and want to get my $15 worth. I can't see myself spending any extra time after the main story is done, in exploratory game play, like I have for countless hours with previous FC games. It's such a heart breaker because this game had so much potential. I really like the mechanics and the realtime visuals, and the environment is gorgeous - those are all areas where this game improves upon previous games, in my opinion. Unfortunately, at least for me, they amount to precious little saving grace (pun fully intended) in the face of the routine and fundamental frustrations. I know I know... "get gud". No thanks, I'd rather drag my sack across the pavement. I'd be real ticked off if I had paid full price for this game, but for $15 it's fine I guess.… Expand
  54. jamesthegamer
    Apr 9, 2020
    1
    Awesome graphics, BUT constant crashes, bugs, micro-transactionsfor single player, no real weapon feedback and so on, just read the other reviews here
  55. Lumikami
    Jul 19, 2020
    5
    Ubisoft committed a cardinal sin, by changing it's formula after moving on from Far Cry 2, and now they've done it again, just as they started to figure out how to make it work. Far Cry 5 on it's core is one of the most average games you can find on the market. It's saved by same reasons, as some other titles in the franchise, beautiful visuals, intriguing themes and some of theUbisoft committed a cardinal sin, by changing it's formula after moving on from Far Cry 2, and now they've done it again, just as they started to figure out how to make it work. Far Cry 5 on it's core is one of the most average games you can find on the market. It's saved by same reasons, as some other titles in the franchise, beautiful visuals, intriguing themes and some of the entertaining missions, that really help you get to the end of it. In the heart of it, it's boring, and frustrating, even to finish.… Expand
  56. Natedog1985
    Oct 21, 2021
    0
    Piece of **** glitchy game. Even now you'll fall straight through the ground. The voice audio stops in the middle of the conversation.
  57. Artomer
    Jul 9, 2021
    4
    Terrible entry in the Far Cry series. Game is nothing compared to previous two. Boring story, terrible AI etc. Suggest you to buy it only on 80 - 90% discount.
  58. abadonna302b
    May 17, 2020
    1
    Ugly mix of FC3 with Mad Max. High HW requierements does not correlate with improvements in graphics. Religion used in main plot is so dumb. At least I had it on Epic only for 5 Eurous with coupon.
  59. deadwave
    May 22, 2020
    3
    Скажу сразу: Я фанат игр серии фар край , я проходил 2,3,4 части.
    Начнем.
    Во-первых - сюжет.Он ужасен.Сама идея сюжета была хорошая,но раскрыли они ее ужасно.Героя называют "Помощником",а еще мы всю игру молчим.*понравилось метро* Геймплей.Слишком много мусора.Добавили конвои , грузовики ,которые можно украсть , большие колонки с горючим , наемники. Зачем? Я перфекционист и всегда    Скажу сразу: Я фанат игр серии фар край , я проходил 2,3,4 части.
    Начнем.
    Во-первых - сюжет.Он ужасен.Сама идея сюжета была хорошая,но раскрыли они ее ужасно.Героя называют "Помощником",а еще мы всю игру молчим.*понравилось метро*
    Геймплей.Слишком много мусора.Добавили конвои , грузовики ,которые можно украсть , большие колонки с горючим , наемники. Зачем? Я перфекционист и всегда пытаюсь пройти игру на 100 % , захватывая все.Еще и бензоколонки взрываются с двух-трех магазинов,рофл.
    А так,стрельба стала чуть хуже ,убрали хилл без аптечек ,что повысило сложность игры.
    Оптимизация.Хорошо,очень даже хорошо.На моей микроволновке все пошло на чуть выше средних настройках,что хорошо для игры 2к18 года.Графика как по мне хорошая,но слишком яркая , чтоли.
    Кастомизация.М-да.Просто промолчу.
    Вообщем,я игру эту просто не смог пройти,она безумно скучная и не интересная.Герои унылые , мне никто не запомнился.Проходить не собираюсь.Это была последняя часть фар край для меня.    … Expand
  60. makek_scott
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    Интересная игра,с хорошей графикой,но заданий очень много,еще чтоб закончить полностью эту игру,надо играть в New Dawn.
  61. LastingVacancy
    Jul 9, 2020
    3
    I was so, so excited for Far Cry 5, and for the first dozen hours or so I was pleased as punch about it. But the gameplay is largely unchanged, and as fun as it is, you settle into a state of dull compliance - similar to how I felt about the story, actually. Can we talk about the story?

    It's a goddamn mess. The tone is wildly inconsistent - one moment, it's a serious look into the    I was so, so excited for Far Cry 5, and for the first dozen hours or so I was pleased as punch about it. But the gameplay is largely unchanged, and as fun as it is, you settle into a state of dull compliance - similar to how I felt about the story, actually. Can we talk about the story?

    It's a goddamn mess. The tone is wildly inconsistent - one moment, it's a serious look into the 'christian' cults of North America and their methods of inducting members, chilling descriptions of the cult's brainwashing techniques repeated and professed by honest, earnest believers. The next moment, there's a drug called Bliss that lobotomises people, or sometimes it brainwashes people, and sometimes it's temporary but usually it's not, and it gives you telepathic powers? And the cult has been using it to indoctrinate people, and also fuel their explosives and... it's a contrived Deus Ex Machina, shoehorned into what could have been a sobering commentary on religious cult behaviours and abuses of power.

    Not to mention the staple of Far Cry - the villains - fall kind of flat. Joseph Seed is played very well by Greg Bryk but he's not really in it all that much compared to his three lieutenants - Jacob is a zealot obsessed with natural selection (work that one out) John is a... lawyer? Torturer? TV Show host? He's really keen on the word 'Yes' and it gets so uncomfortable the game tries to have a cute joke about it by giving you a mission where you blow up a sign that says "Yes" in the mountains, and calling it "No Means No." Cute, Ubisoft. And then there's Faith, who is manipulative, but also a hippy, but also manipulated by Joseph, and she's a telepath and she loves the Bliss, and... I struggled enough to care about Joseph, and in the end i just disliked them and their stupid circular logic to the point i was grumbling at the characters themselves. Maybe that's the point, but that doesn't mean i have to like it.

    Don't even get me STARTED on the ending. It's terrible no matter which way you slice it - contrived, unsatisfying, and makes everything feel like a waste of time.Again, maybe that's the point - but again, the point is dumb and terrible and i hate it.

    The rest of the game? it's pretty good, i guess. The core gameplay loop is fun and satisfying, you get to customise your character, and with every outpost captured you get closer to being captured yourself! Yes, after having fun in the wide open world you get railroaded into a cutscene with one of the boring cult lieutenants, then a short, linear gameplay section where you escape, and this... this happens about nine times over the course of the game. It's cartoonish, and by the time you're taking on your third lieutenant you'll just be sick of it. The Guns for Hire and npcs you meet are pretty likeable, and some of them even have good character arcs - but they're underutilised in a game that claims to be about a community coming together to fight against a huge threat.

    All in all, i can't really recommend Far cry 5. The story had potential, but it doesn't just fall flat - it crashes and burns, causing a 70-car pile-up with no survivors - not the characters, not the fun side activities, not even the staple Far Cry gameplay can get past the story's bloat. Which is a shame, considering how much I like the rest of the series.    … Expand
  62. Citra24
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    I pre-ordered this game and that was one of the biggest mistakes in my life. I waas soooo disappointed.
    I was a big fan of far cry series, but after fc5, I will not buy ubisoft games anymore
  63. RuidE
    Jul 16, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Самая худшая часть фар край. Эта игра не заслуживает чтобы ее покупали.… Expand
  64. cezar88augusto
    Nov 20, 2020
    4
    Please, before buying or downloading the game, read this review. Before downloading Far Cry 5, I decided to take a look at the reviews here. I didn't believe the game would be so bad in the way it was scored and described by the other players. The game looks interesting up to a point. But the story gets absurdly boring after a few hours of play. This appears to be a chronic defect in thePlease, before buying or downloading the game, read this review. Before downloading Far Cry 5, I decided to take a look at the reviews here. I didn't believe the game would be so bad in the way it was scored and described by the other players. The game looks interesting up to a point. But the story gets absurdly boring after a few hours of play. This appears to be a chronic defect in the Far Cry series. The last hours of the game, I confess that I played only to finish the game. Very boring story with a very disappointing ending. Without a doubt, the worst Far Cry of the whole series.… Expand
  65. Leonardo10
    Aug 16, 2020
    6
    I feel the developers tried to make the fifth game similar to the third because the third was so successful but they did not succeed this time.
  66. jackyoff
    Oct 3, 2020
    0
    Far Cry 5 simply takes everything players loved about the previous games, and made them worse.

    Minimap replaced with a compass reticule at the top feels odd after playing 4 games with a minimap. Very annoying having to constantly open the Map interface to find anything past 100 meters. Stealth mechanics simply suck. What's the point of having a silencer if enemy NPC's are still    Far Cry 5 simply takes everything players loved about the previous games, and made them worse.

    Minimap replaced with a compass reticule at the top feels odd after playing 4 games with a minimap. Very annoying having to constantly open the Map interface to find anything past 100 meters.

    Stealth mechanics simply suck. What's the point of having a silencer if enemy NPC's are still alerted to your position when you shoot an NPC from a bush. Especially when the enemy NPC is alone and the body isn't found.

    Chain takedowns only work half the time, pistol takedowns work a quarter of a time, vehicle takedowns are no longer a thing, death from above now only works undetected, and death from below was used only once during the tutorial. Can no longer drag bodies after taking them down, making stealth much harder as well. Enemy NPCS will often spot you through bushes while crouched.

    Weapon variety went from nearly 40+ guns in Far Cry 4, to like 15 guns max in Far Cry 5. Basically, for each category (Handgun/Rifle/SMG/Sniper), the starter version is better than most of the upgrades you spend hours to unlock.

    Forced main missions make clearing up the side mission list annoying.
    NPC's in ATV's and trucks literally spawn like every 50m. You practically can't run anywhere without attracting someone's attention and getting shot at.

    Companion system is new and fun, but basically as worthless as the Death from Below mechanic. After the first companion, you will essentially pretend that the other companions you unlock exist.

    The game is pretty though.    … Expand
  67. Assisstent
    Oct 17, 2020
    0
    Возможно в игре хороший сюжет и красивая графика, но какая разница, если в ней просто не хочется находиться? Здесь скучно абсолютно всё: скучно рыбачить(зачем это вообще надо??), скучно охотиться(??), даже сектантов убивать скучно. Я долго думал, на что похож новый фар край. На фалаут 4 с его огромным, но бесполезным арсеналом? На ведьмак 3, с его безжизненным открытым миром? НаВозможно в игре хороший сюжет и красивая графика, но какая разница, если в ней просто не хочется находиться? Здесь скучно абсолютно всё: скучно рыбачить(зачем это вообще надо??), скучно охотиться(??), даже сектантов убивать скучно. Я долго думал, на что похож новый фар край. На фалаут 4 с его огромным, но бесполезным арсеналом? На ведьмак 3, с его безжизненным открытым миром? На последнего ассассина с его неуклюжим стелсом и тупыми врагами? Нет. Чтобы понять нужно капнуть глубже. "Far Cry 5" - это "Just cause 2". И теперь всё сходится. Точно также разрушаем башни и аванпосты ради "Хаоса", точно также на выбор огромный арсенал, из которого только 2-3 пушки используются постоянно, точно такой же пустой и мертвый, но при этом необъятный(зачем?) мир. Юбики изобрели в 2018 то, что было изобретено в 2010. Но исполнили еще хуже.… Expand
  68. GODSPEED7
    Jul 26, 2021
    4
    My previous experience with the Far Cry franchise is Far Cry and Far Cry 2.

    Far Cry (the original game by Crytek) was a pretty original game, nice open world and interesting story, with some flaws. At the time, it was a fresh take on the shooter genre that was way more linear, giving it a touch of that Bethesda open-world RPG (minus the RPG part, naturally). Far Cry 2 (by Ubisoft    My previous experience with the Far Cry franchise is Far Cry and Far Cry 2.

    Far Cry (the original game by Crytek) was a pretty original game, nice open world and interesting story, with some flaws. At the time, it was a fresh take on the shooter genre that was way more linear, giving it a touch of that Bethesda open-world RPG (minus the RPG part, naturally).

    Far Cry 2 (by Ubisoft Montreal) had many cool features going for it, like spreading fire and an interesting location... but honestly, it felt like a far cry ( haha.. pun inteded) from what Crytek had came up with. It didn't take me long to realize Ubisoft had simply capitalized on the success of the first game by Crytek and launched its own cookie-cutter version. It seems to be around the time Ubisoft went down the drain with the copy/paste formula of generic games.

    I had such a dislike for the formula Far Cry 2 offered; being rinse & repeat gameplay, that I haven't played ANY Far Cry game since that one. I FINALLY decided to give Far Cry 5 a try, eventhough I know how generic Ubisoft games are.

    I want to give it to Ubisoft for creating a very good looking world, great shooting mechanics and what appears at first to be a very interesting story/setting.

    Unfortunately, that's pretty much where the positives stop for me.

    Ubisoft really are the masters of generic gameplay. While I don't like comapring different styles of games or different companies, I feel like pointing out some comparison with Bethesda. Bethesda also have found some sort of formula... but unlike Ubisoft, they seem to always work on the next game and bring some kind of fresh take, whether it's game mechanics, story or setting.

    Far Cry 5 has some of the most annoying character dialogue I've ever heard, and cutscenes that I skip because nothing feels sincere.. everything feels out of place, fake and bloated clichés. The gameplay hasn't changed at all since Far Cry 2.. and from what I've seen on Youtube from previous entries, Far Cry 5 is simply another copy/paste job with boosted graphics.

    this is where I feel like games like GTA, Elder Scrolls, Red Dead Redemption, Fallout, etc... really shine because they come up with a linear story that takes you for a ride, but they still offer you some open-ended features.

    Unfortunately, for me Far Cry 5 feels like I'm playing any of the other Ubisoft games. I dislike generic games where you do the same thing over and over and over.. Capture this spot, defend this spot, attack this spot.. over and over and over. Even the Main Missions are just as cookie-cutter with very little intrigue or suspense.

    I think I'll be taking another extended break from Ubisoft games for the next 10 years. Too generic for my taste.    … Expand
  69. FirstSand
    Jan 16, 2021
    0
    Game with beautiful world and old-western atmosphere, gameplay isnt that original compared to FC3-4, but still brings some good experience, BUT 5-th part of Far Cry franchise is fantastically stupid game, i feel like it was made by someone who suffers from autism. The plot is unbelievebely generic and boring, the dialogues are such a stupid spent of your freetime, that just trust me - youGame with beautiful world and old-western atmosphere, gameplay isnt that original compared to FC3-4, but still brings some good experience, BUT 5-th part of Far Cry franchise is fantastically stupid game, i feel like it was made by someone who suffers from autism. The plot is unbelievebely generic and boring, the dialogues are such a stupid spent of your freetime, that just trust me - you will simply skip 95% of them. The game feels like Ubisoft wanted to make maximum cash from good looking sandbox, and just left player suffer in one of the most stupid in-game worlds in terms of storytale. And i dont mean that we all need The last of us level of story - but something player will at least BELIEVE is necessar, as in Far Cry 5 the plot seems as a very low-price circus play.… Expand
  70. AlphonseX
    Oct 17, 2021
    2
    trash quest design and still buggy as hell 3 years after release. Repetitive Ubisoft **** won't buy new Ubisoft games anymore unless they change their formula
  71. vova22379
    Nov 26, 2022
    4
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  72. PenisWoman
    Dec 21, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Абсолютнейший и сранейший кал без адекватного сюжета, абсолютно дебильная игра… Expand
  73. Civilizador
    Mar 10, 2021
    2
    I have a lot to talk about here. Let's start: The game is a disappointment for those who liked Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 4. Well, I don't want to say that because of this the game is bad, but you can't kill what enchanted your fans. I mean, we left adventures on an isolated island and adventures in the Himalayas to go to a typical North American landscape. See, I think a lot of gamesI have a lot to talk about here. Let's start: The game is a disappointment for those who liked Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 4. Well, I don't want to say that because of this the game is bad, but you can't kill what enchanted your fans. I mean, we left adventures on an isolated island and adventures in the Himalayas to go to a typical North American landscape. See, I think a lot of games already exploit this environment, so it doesn't seem very smart to follow this process. In addition, the game removes things that many fans loved, such as climbing towers, dressings, outposts and, most importantly, an interesting character, not a zombie. I mean, the game has lost some of its essence. But OK. Worst of all is the story. Man, what a story without a head or a head ... everything there is strange and meaningless. Everything is poorly explained, the main character is a nobody, his friends are strangers and the antagonists are distant and poorly explained. The beginning is ok, although clueless. But the rest ... Strange missions, strange place. It looks more like a resident evil than a Far Cry. And the ending, well ... strange, boring ... forced. I didn't like it.… Expand
  74. TiredAlfred
    Dec 29, 2021
    1
    Welcome to Hope County, Montana. This idyllic location is home to a community of freedom-loving people - and a fanatical doomsday cult known by many as T
  75. hyunwest123
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    terrible. the story is so boring and the ending takes the cake with joseph seed becoming our ally??? **** this ****
  76. LKSGIB
    Jul 1, 2021
    0
    The gamaplay is ok! It´s funny clean out the cultists around and develop your mute and no named character. This game isnt in your hand at all..
    The story is absolute **** Totally on rail and don´t respond to what u want to do.
    The end is the most retarded **** I´ve ever seen. I just ended it and I am absolute frustated. Boss battles are boring. This game should have body dismembering.    The gamaplay is ok! It´s funny clean out the cultists around and develop your mute and no named character. This game isnt in your hand at all..
    The story is absolute **** Totally on rail and don´t respond to what u want to do.
    The end is the most retarded **** I´ve ever seen.
    I just ended it and I am absolute frustated.
    Boss battles are boring. This game should have body dismembering.
    In one hand is agressive and violent.. but corpses respond to weapons as invunerable dummys.    … Expand
  77. GalaxyGlyder
    Oct 4, 2021
    6
    Far Cry 5 is fun but not too memorable. The guns and mechanics in this game are great and satisfying, however the story is ok at best.
  78. fsq111111
    Oct 10, 2021
    2
    The plot is so badly written that the boss can't be killed until you finish the sequel.
  79. jhongams2014
    Oct 18, 2021
    3
    this game that Ubisoft puts out every year has the same old objective "Kill the big bad guy terrorist dude". the only changes that Ubisoft makes are the map and more pew pews. when this game came out in 2018 it looked ok but even in my first playthrough, I was kind of disappointed in the end it is not an exciting game. the DLC get a solid 0/10 that are more rushed out than EA's gamesthis game that Ubisoft puts out every year has the same old objective "Kill the big bad guy terrorist dude". the only changes that Ubisoft makes are the map and more pew pews. when this game came out in 2018 it looked ok but even in my first playthrough, I was kind of disappointed in the end it is not an exciting game. the DLC get a solid 0/10 that are more rushed out than EA's games making them about as exciting as you would think the direction Ubisoft is going which is "else the same game every year with more guns the same story with minimal changes between each game and last but not less is more poorly made DLC and Microtransactions.… Expand
  80. RahKiel
    Aug 23, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'll be franck.

    It's not a bad game. But from a AAA, it's awful.

    Pros :
    - Visually neat. Except usual clipping and a couple of missing texture, game's beautiful
    - Soundtrack is good while not memorable.
    - Lot of things to do, as usual. You can switch off your brain and enjoy cause lot of them are useless.

    Cons :
    - Gunfeel is awful. Weapons with so much recoil you can forget auto mode.
    - Story is not a bad idea, but is baddly done. Could really done a change of style, and explore morality involved, but no. You'll be FORCED to witness cinematics of variable quality, with sometimes irritating antagonist, and be teleported somewhere else on the map. YOU CAN'T AVOID IT. It's so **** up, so FORCED on the player i can't believe it passed QA or even brainstorming. Needless to say, there is next to no choice involved.
    - The rest of the story is doing the same randomly things (outpost, kill random event, some secondary mission) to th next cinematics, until you fill the gauge.
    - Did only one boss before overloading during the 2nd area and uninstalling th game. Faith is a **** boss. Neither giving satisfaction or fun. NPC are infuriating of dumbness (as much as your character)

    Like most AAA games, it play not baddly, but is SUBPAR in quality.    … Expand
  81. 1nquisitor1
    Oct 26, 2021
    1
    Far cry 5 is an acceptable Ubisoft open-world game with an offensively mediocre story. I was convinced to make a Metacritic account just to warn others of how bad this is. Also don't forget the game will pull you out of the gameplay to force you into cutscenes by kidnapping you somehow while you're in a plane or at the bottom of a lake or in an allied bunker. This happens 9 times.
  82. Recepsamet
    Nov 22, 2021
    0
    önceki oyunu kopyala sadece hikaye ve grafikleri değiştir bitti hemen sıkılacağın rezalet bir oyun sadece 1 saat dayanabildim
  83. 0ld3ubo1
    Dec 5, 2021
    2
    Sadly this game is not properly working. First of all, Draw distance. Enemies, trees, rocks literally anything in the game just pops out somewhere. While you driving or walking, doesnt matter really. While you doing some things on the road, the ranch which you passed like 15 seconds ago, began crawling with enemies. Just like magic! Lets say you hunted a deer from far distance. When youSadly this game is not properly working. First of all, Draw distance. Enemies, trees, rocks literally anything in the game just pops out somewhere. While you driving or walking, doesnt matter really. While you doing some things on the road, the ranch which you passed like 15 seconds ago, began crawling with enemies. Just like magic! Lets say you hunted a deer from far distance. When you arrive the area of dead deer, you find literally nothing! Because deer ran a little bit out of your draw distance and poof, it gone forever. I was fully ready to doing same things in this game. Cause i know its Ubi. But gameplay of Far Cry often fun and entertaining. Unfortunately Far Cry 5 dont let player play the game with fun. The things written on top just a tip of the iceberg. Tons of glitches, bugs and one-star missions etc. already exist in game. I just wanted some far cry-like fun but this game doesnt even let me fun. I really like Far-Cry brand, i honestly do. Yet this game gave me just suffer.… Expand
  84. mrTanner
    Jan 4, 2022
    4
    Anyone who has played Far Cry 3 knows. The game has no old taste. Cinematic transitions, gameplay and gunfire, nonsense events... I deleted it halfway through the game.Play the game straight, there is no flow order. They just did the graphics. The story is not as good as you think. Those who played the series will agree with me. Just 4 point for graphics.
  85. janwe04
    Apr 25, 2022
    4
    Its so boring and everything is the same. You kill the same people over and over. Nothing new, nothing special is coming to you. There are many bugs and the cut scenes are so bad, boring and even kinda cringe. Its not even worth trying tbh
  86. zDITC5
    Jan 30, 2022
    0
    I'm not going to talk about the story itself or anything, I kinda liked the intro, but only reached the point where you met with the guy after you escape (No spoilers, it's almost the same in all Far Cry, they don't know any other way on how to start a game) and I had to hit ALT+F4 because I only got 40 FPS on Low 1080p when my computer it's capable of running it on High 60 FPS 1080p. I'veI'm not going to talk about the story itself or anything, I kinda liked the intro, but only reached the point where you met with the guy after you escape (No spoilers, it's almost the same in all Far Cry, they don't know any other way on how to start a game) and I had to hit ALT+F4 because I only got 40 FPS on Low 1080p when my computer it's capable of running it on High 60 FPS 1080p. I've reached a point where I'm not going to buy anything from Bugisoft, all their games are optimized by 4 monkeys in an office in South Cameroon. I said I'm gonna give it a try, bought it twice on Steam to make sure, and it's the same **** tried everything and the game still runs like **** the only Far Cry than runs decent are 3, 4 and Primal. The Division, doesn't matter which one is the same **** Watch Dogs, both of them ofc, the same **** learn how to optimize games Ubisoft. I'm 20, been playing games since 2 (not kidding lol) and never saw such a garbage company except from EA, Apple and the rest of this ****ty magnitude. Don't buy their trash games, at least until they make something which can be playable by a PC which meet both recommended and minimum requierements and it still runs like ****… Expand
  87. BigFattDog
    Mar 28, 2022
    0
    Story 0/10
    Game play 3/10
    Bugs 10/10
    Petting animals 10/10
    if petting and bugs weren't in the game it would have been worse than Anthem
  88. PETRAKITO
    May 31, 2022
    1
    Just finished Far Cry 4 and i dived into 5. OMG. Game begins like Call of duty, lotta similarities and i didnt like that, you killing Far Cry magic that way. What else i didnt like - Music, no map, weapons are **** somehow, missions are total **** and its kind of boring. cufk alll that. I dont recomend this game to Far Cry fans..
  89. CoolBR
    Nov 8, 2022
    4
    I've got super disappointed with this game, after all, FC4 is one of my favorite games of all time.

    But FC5 screwed the franchise up. FC4 was an evolution of FC3, some people didn't like the story but at least everything that was in FC3 was in FC4, they just add new things (like vehicles, new takedowns animations, weapons, etc) FC5 on the other hand simply removed many cool things    I've got super disappointed with this game, after all, FC4 is one of my favorite games of all time.

    But FC5 screwed the franchise up. FC4 was an evolution of FC3, some people didn't like the story but at least everything that was in FC3 was in FC4, they just add new things (like vehicles, new takedowns animations, weapons, etc)

    FC5 on the other hand simply removed many cool things from FC4, especially the healing animations that were cool as **** and many options of takedown. I've loved those things and I've got super disappointed, without those things, FC5 becomes just a generic third-person shooter game. The only special thing in FC5 is the possibility of bringing allies in your fights. I didn't like this mechanic because they are OP and they removed the challenge of the game. It was so fun and challenging in the previous FCs just trying to kill everyone at stealth with the many takedowns as possible. Now your "guns for hire" just do everything for you.

    The story is also bad. The beginning is cool but after that is just a downfall since you don't care at all about the protagonist (he is literally a nobody without a story) and your allies are just comic relief so you can't take them seriously, you can't even take the story seriously.    … Expand
  90. Ryugengo
    Aug 9, 2022
    4
    I have played FC2, 3 and 4, and I liked them. Although 4 was basically a copy of 3 (like most Ubisoft games), 3 was so good that playing the same game did not bother me. Now this game, while still being a copy of 3, it is also a lot worse than it. Garbage story with characters that you will never care about, idiotic story progression system that is based on filling a bar with points (whichI have played FC2, 3 and 4, and I liked them. Although 4 was basically a copy of 3 (like most Ubisoft games), 3 was so good that playing the same game did not bother me. Now this game, while still being a copy of 3, it is also a lot worse than it. Garbage story with characters that you will never care about, idiotic story progression system that is based on filling a bar with points (which cancels the remaining missions when you fill it), mmo style main story missions like "kill 2 bears", moron ai, and the absence of the feeling of "conquering the map" which is what made the previous games fun in my opinion. I played this game on game pass and if I separately bought it I would be really mad.… Expand
  91. Pereira2000
    Nov 12, 2022
    3
    Es un juego monotono y una simple copia de far cry 3 deberia llamarse far cry 3.6 lo unico que lo salva un poco es que pilotar y disparar tiene su gracia
  92. h3is3nb3rg
    Dec 10, 2022
    4
    Pretty boring open world and not engaging from the start like FC3 and FC4 were. Also, the story missions feel like side missions and the plot is bad as well.
  93. AnriKelman
    Dec 1, 2022
    4
    Душная однообразная никакая. Лучше пройти мимо.
    Похожа на конструктор из красивых деталей из которого в результате собрали чтопопало
  94. HOWDOIPERESSW
    Dec 22, 2022
    0
    the worst 20$ i have spend for a video game ubisoft make very mediocre ****
    the worst part about this game is the ai, is that even a ai? first every time enemies will spot me 300 mt away but sometimes they will not spot me when i am 1 mt away from them **** you ubisoft
  95. KaiES91
    Apr 4, 2018
    5
    The game is... so lala. The gameplay itself is horrid fun, no doubt about that, but the story... such potential, wasted by bad writing. And the endings are seriously bad. Just... after having sat through first was was supposed to be the 'bad' enging and then the 'good' ending afterwards, I've lost all interest to play this game for a while. At this point, I consider the bad ending theThe game is... so lala. The gameplay itself is horrid fun, no doubt about that, but the story... such potential, wasted by bad writing. And the endings are seriously bad. Just... after having sat through first was was supposed to be the 'bad' enging and then the 'good' ending afterwards, I've lost all interest to play this game for a while. At this point, I consider the bad ending the good/canon one, ignoring the twist at the very end.
    Add to that a couple of annoying bugs and the presence of Microtransactions, and I am really not impressed by the game. I was so certain I'd by the seasons pass after finishing the main story, but now I most certainly wont.    … Expand
  96. Catchy
    Apr 15, 2018
    7
    The story and cutscene dialogue is very bland, slow and boring. Seems they hired the dialogue writers from the walking dead, thank god they added a skip cutscene buttons.

    Graphics and modify the guns was great. Gameplay was fun at start, but towards the end the feeling of "please let it end soon" was creeping in, Farcry has ubisofts standard openworld system, where it can be quite    The story and cutscene dialogue is very bland, slow and boring. Seems they hired the dialogue writers from the walking dead, thank god they added a skip cutscene buttons.

    Graphics and modify the guns was great. Gameplay was fun at start, but towards the end the feeling of "please let it end soon" was creeping in, Farcry has ubisofts standard openworld system, where it can be quite rinse and repeatish after a while.

    A huge plus was the posibility to play the campaingstory with a friend, without that I probably wouldn't finished the game.

    In short: Fun to play with a friend but solo it is boring.    … Expand
  97. InsidiaGaming
    Apr 3, 2018
    5
    First off the actual game play itself is not too bad, in fact I'd say it's on top with the top AAA games out today. That's unfortunately where I believe it ends for Far Cry 5. Following the success of Far Cry 3 and the memorable antagonist Ubisoft have basically made the series about the antagonists, so much so that in Far Cry 5 there is actually zero back story to the character you play,First off the actual game play itself is not too bad, in fact I'd say it's on top with the top AAA games out today. That's unfortunately where I believe it ends for Far Cry 5. Following the success of Far Cry 3 and the memorable antagonist Ubisoft have basically made the series about the antagonists, so much so that in Far Cry 5 there is actually zero back story to the character you play, you're just known as "Rookie" or "Rook", the story is about the bad guys as usual not about you.

    The AI isn't perfect by a long shot, and in fact at times have proven to be more of a liability by getting in the way, starting a gun fight when we're supposed to be quiet and just generally getting in the way. There really isn't too much going into the back story of any of you're "companions" either, all you'll basically know is there names, a small piece about them and what the specials are.

    The enemy AI has eagle eyed vision, they literally can see you from a mile off at times way before you see them, considering you're the one approaching it's a bit unfair at times. Especially when the game decides to drop you smack in the middle of a bunch of mobs.

    Faith's area frustrated me greatly, i get the whole drug area but I should be concerned about being spotted, or killed by peggies not having to keep one eye open just in case a bear decides to spawn next to me, kinda spoilt it a little. Also some NPC's have bugged and not done what they were supposed to be doing (ie instead of using the radio at the tower I escorted him to he just stood there) so I've had to reload from the last checkpoint a number of times.

    Until you've liberated an area going along the road is just too much trouble, I once stent 20 minutes trying to get out of an area I've fast travelled to because there was several patrols and a bunch of planes all in that area.

    No actual online co-op aside from having people on your friends list? Kinda **** considering you can make your own maps, you have a pvp section and all to me that's a big piece missing. If they are planning on adding this then they need to do this now because in a months time we're going to be playing something else.

    At least it doesn't rape your CPU like Origin's does.    … Expand
  98. TomSEA
    May 3, 2018
    5
    I love the Far Cry series, and was really looking forward to this one. Unfortunately, disappointed.

    First of all, the graphics and artwork is beautiful, no complaints there. But my three largest complaints are save glitches, pacing and repetitiveness. Seems to be no rhyme or reason where I end up when I save. And there have been numerous times where tasks that I've completed weren't    I love the Far Cry series, and was really looking forward to this one. Unfortunately, disappointed.

    First of all, the graphics and artwork is beautiful, no complaints there.

    But my three largest complaints are save glitches, pacing and repetitiveness. Seems to be no rhyme or reason where I end up when I save. And there have been numerous times where tasks that I've completed weren't saved and I had to re-do them. During a hostage situation, I killed the same guy 3 times, saved and when I came back he was there again. Finally gave up and didn't bother.

    There's no pacing to this game. You are either attacking or being attacked non-stop. I miss the undisturbed hikes or drives drives in Far Cry 3. It's like they took a map, jumbled up 10 thousand fight/task instances (whether man or animal) and just dropped them on the map.

    Too much repetition. How many cars, trucks, roadblocks do you need to take out? Only to have them reappear the next time you're in the area? It's like shooting for shooting's sake.

    So although not awful, this game could have been a lot better. Hopefully Ubisoft takes notice of these negative to mixed reviews and goes back to Far Cry's roots for the next game.    … Expand
  99. siman0
    Apr 21, 2018
    4
    Its so bad its annoying to play...

    To many events to enjoy yourself Boss battles are just annoying they are not even fun and lack anything new Good luck flying the planes, or operating anything other than your feet Weapon fire select is broken Story is unremarkable weapons feel like toys and the selection and modifications are horridly bland AI sucks, most notably your squad's AI    Its so bad its annoying to play...

    To many events to enjoy yourself
    Boss battles are just annoying they are not even fun and lack anything new
    Good luck flying the planes, or operating anything other than your feet
    Weapon fire select is broken
    Story is unremarkable
    weapons feel like toys and the selection and modifications are horridly bland
    AI sucks, most notably your squad's AI
    Characters are not well flushed out
    Perk system makes stealth early game next to impossible
    I can keep going...

    As for why I didn't rate this lower... really there are only two things this game does well. That is visual and audio. That's it, only redeeming qualities it has...    … Expand
  100. Crackfarmer
    Apr 4, 2018
    6
    So i've completed the Game within 10 hours.

    Bought a legitimate copy, not pirated. But now i wish, i did not buy it. The Story itself is nice and i like it but a lot of things ruin the fun for me. Clutch Nixon missios are beyond stupid and annoying. The Game forces you to do the main plot, at a given % of one region liberated it forces you to fight the bosses. You have to skip    So i've completed the Game within 10 hours.

    Bought a legitimate copy, not pirated. But now i wish, i did not buy it.

    The Story itself is nice and i like it but a lot of things ruin the fun for me.

    Clutch Nixon missios are beyond stupid and annoying.

    The Game forces you to do the main plot, at a given % of one region liberated it forces you to fight the bosses.
    You have to skip main plot in order to do everything.

    The Collectibles are stupid, side missions like ran deers over and bring the flesh is retarded.

    But the main thing what ruined the fun is the ending, regardless of what you pick, you cannot get back into the game and complete leftover stuff.    … Expand
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#84 Best PC Game of 2018
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#26 Most Shared PC Game of 2018

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78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Sep 13, 2018
    60
    Far Cry 5 is a nice and funny FPS that you’ll enjoy most in co-op. The well-proven concept would deserve a rejuvenation and adding a story that is adequate to the rest of the game. [Issue#285]
  2. Jeuxvideo.com
    Jun 6, 2018
    80
    This fresh take on the Far Cry franchise is clearly visible content-wise, but a tad more discrete on the style. If you're not bothered by the slightly repetitive formula, you'll enjoy the many strengths of this episode.
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  3. Riot Pixels
    Apr 30, 2018
    73
    Far Cry 5 doesn’t propel the series forward — it just refines all of its elements and relegates the infamous towers to the dustbin of history. So if you‘re allergic to open worlds from Ubisoft, don’t say I didn’t warn you. But if you’re eager to meet new wacky characters, complete dozens of missions and enjoy the sights, welcome to Hope County, sinners!
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