Far Cry 5

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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. 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
  10. wangweixun
    Dec 7, 2020
    5
    I don't remember much since it was a long time ago. All I remember was "Meh".
  11. 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.
  12. mertdost
    Jan 26, 2019
    6
    Amazingly stupid useless AI, always same faces, no minimap, awful endings, boring story but Far Cry.
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. zero3384
    Apr 3, 2018
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I want to like this game. i really really do...all they had to do was give me a game that was fun and exciting and just had tons to do with a good story. Something missing from Farcry 3...4...and especially Primal.

    This game's world is big, entertaining, and lush. There's things happening all the time and it's easy to get lost in it. But then when you actually start gaining resistance points....you get railroaded into a "captured" mission. These stupid sequences interrupt everything you're trying for...going fishing? Too bad...wanna hide from the capture parties? Oh well....you can't defned yourself, you can't hide, and you can't escape them. It dampens your fun.

    The reall killer though is the story and how it ends. You've finally come face to face with Joseph Seed....it's time for the final confrontation

    A. You turn around and leave

    or

    B. You capture him...he blows up Hope county...and then takes you prisoner to start his cult again

    This left such a sour taste in my mouth....literally, everything I did was for NOTHING. There is no closure...all the torture, the brainwashing, the literal agony your character goes through....and you don't get ANY closure. Furthermore, after the credits....well, you can do all the side stuff in hope county...but there's no one left to shoot, all the bad guys are now gone....it becomes empty and boring.

    Again, I wanted to enjoy this game...I loved some of the characters (Hurk is still as awesome as ever) and some missions are just too insane for words (reclaiming the Widowmaker)....but the story just ruins all hype I had for this game...to the point where I regret getting it.

    A 4.5/10    … Expand
  22. denmark98
    Mar 28, 2018
    5
    This from another review sums up my placement "Plane control on keyboard. -> Blocker of progress in game. It is impossible to hit target in plane therefore keyboard has one degree of sensitivity. Why ubisoft do not use mouse?"

    I am stuck, ok, I click on this mission but I can't get out of it. Why is it like this, what is ubisoft thinking. Yes it has nice stuff, music, story and my    This from another review sums up my placement "Plane control on keyboard. -> Blocker of progress in game. It is impossible to hit target in plane therefore keyboard has one degree of sensitivity. Why ubisoft do not use mouse?"

    I am stuck, ok, I click on this mission but I can't get out of it. Why is it like this, what is ubisoft thinking. Yes it has nice stuff, music, story and my dog, i love my dog. Can you rename the dog? Would be awesome...

    Really the AI ruins the game play. Only after a few hours it ranks up there with Mafia 3 as simple terrible AI and I am only playing in Normal, can't imagine how terrible hard would be.

    My expectations where higher around the gameplay and it seems the AI is worse off than Far Cry 4 but how can that be? The repetitiveness is visible already and it will drive me boredom in about 20 more hours on this game.    … Expand
  23. akarnokd
    Apr 8, 2018
    7
    Far Cry comes to the United States where guns are plenty but ammo is premium. Where you get harassed by wild and household animals every 5 meters except when you take a hunting mission and they practically disappear from the landscape. The landscape is fabulous and helicopter sightseeing is fantastic, especially because plane controls are terrible with mouse and keyboard. There is no rainFar Cry comes to the United States where guns are plenty but ammo is premium. Where you get harassed by wild and household animals every 5 meters except when you take a hunting mission and they practically disappear from the landscape. The landscape is fabulous and helicopter sightseeing is fantastic, especially because plane controls are terrible with mouse and keyboard. There is no rain so you can wash your cars with sponges, bare chested bald bullet sponges easily eating multiple high caliber bullets to the head. You'll be tasked to take down a family, but they will take you down first, 9 times, while you fly through the sky or hide in a bunker nobody ever heard of. At the end you'll face a choice, an important choice, whether or not start the final main mission to witness a pointless and unsatisfactory ending.

    Pros:
    - U.S.A. setting
    - Visuals are stunning
    - Well optimized
    - Side missions are varying and interesting
    - Characters are funny
    - Hunting, fishing (after you get high power gear)
    - Cars, helicopters
    - Chaotic firefights while chased by an airplane and wildlife at the same time
    - Free roaming
    - Mars setting in later DLC!

    Cons:
    - Constant harassment by enemies and wildlife
    - Terrible scripted main missions
    - Repeatedly getting abducted from anywhere (seriously, when you see the prompts, just stand next to a road and wait)
    - Not enough and underpowered weapons (i.e., no Vector SMG?)
    - Unable to carry more of .50 cal ammo and bait (due to balance?)
    - Story is basic and weightless
    - Ending(s)

    Verdict: 7/10 - buy if you never played Far Cry before, wait otherwise (for patches and all-in-one release).    … Expand
  24. Adreankael
    Apr 19, 2018
    5
    Pros: A truly immersive game setting, story premise, NPC personality depth, music, antagonist personality and back story.

    Cons: The story was either lazily written or it was chopped up due to time constraints. Extremely annoying and all too often no way out scenarios that result in you feeling frustrated and annoyed. I would be singing this games praise but for a few things that have    Pros: A truly immersive game setting, story premise, NPC personality depth, music, antagonist personality and back story.

    Cons: The story was either lazily written or it was chopped up due to time constraints. Extremely annoying and all too often no way out scenarios that result in you feeling frustrated and annoyed.

    I would be singing this games praise but for a few things that have turned an otherwise amazing experience completely sour. Far Cry 5 could have and should been the best of the far cry games so far but due to either sloppy and very lazy writing or horrible production it's the worst. The premise of the story is excellent but the execution of it is atrocious. I'll try very hard not to include spoilers but suffice it to say they make the protagonist and the antagonist not only impotent but stupid as well. I have never seen a story either so lazily written or so horribly rushed. It makes no logical sense. The story pins the protagonist into a no win scenario time and time again, giving the antagonist opportunity after opportunity to end the conflict. Once or twice would have been fine but it gets tedious and annoying after 20 times. Do the antagonists act on those opportunities? Take a guess. To add insult to injury it resorts to the use of deus ex machina to get him out. It reeks of rushed and cut story or amateurish writing.

    The game play is standard far cry albeit without the towers. The graphics are beautiful and the setting is amazing. The music is wonderful and probably the best part of the game. All of these things add up to what should have been the best game of 2018, but with the no win scenarios every 20 minutes it ruins it.

    TL;DR: They botched this either due to bad writers or a moronic production team. If you don't care about the story making no logical sense this is a great game.    … Expand
  25. PaulRo
    Apr 16, 2018
    6
    Mediocre is the best way to describe it. Solid mechanics, but a a god awful pretentious story. It was so bad after the first few monologues I had to skip the rest and you will get extremely irritated everytime you're "kidnapped". I would either get Far Cry 3 (because that's pretty cheap now) or better yet the Original Far Cry. I wished I had waited until it was on sale, instead ofMediocre is the best way to describe it. Solid mechanics, but a a god awful pretentious story. It was so bad after the first few monologues I had to skip the rest and you will get extremely irritated everytime you're "kidnapped". I would either get Far Cry 3 (because that's pretty cheap now) or better yet the Original Far Cry. I wished I had waited until it was on sale, instead of paying full price. It's not terrible, but there are so many better games out there… Expand
  26. Linkmunken
    May 12, 2018
    5
    Mediocre at best. The AI, even at the hardest setting is awful and stupid half the time or awful and all seeing the other half. The pre-release co-op feature turned out a big hoax and was nothing like what I consider a fully cooperative game to be.
    It's a really sloppy job that Ubisoft has done here. I've played most games in the FC series and this one comes out as the worst. Love the    Mediocre at best. The AI, even at the hardest setting is awful and stupid half the time or awful and all seeing the other half. The pre-release co-op feature turned out a big hoax and was nothing like what I consider a fully cooperative game to be.
    It's a really sloppy job that Ubisoft has done here. I've played most games in the FC series and this one comes out as the worst. Love the setting though! Too bad they left it so empty of content and with repetetive and boring gameplay...    … Expand
  27. trooper1993
    Mar 28, 2018
    5
    It's not a bad game per se but it doesn't really match the hype at all.

    Graphically speaking the game looks visually stunning and gives off a fresh new immersive vibe. Bugs and Glitches are present here and there but really not as bad as most of today's Early Access titles. While the storyline at times is pure sensationalised fiction it is saved by the authentic acting that allows    It's not a bad game per se but it doesn't really match the hype at all.

    Graphically speaking the game looks visually stunning and gives off a fresh new immersive vibe. Bugs and Glitches are present here and there but really not as bad as most of today's Early Access titles.

    While the storyline at times is pure sensationalised fiction it is saved by the authentic acting that allows for immersion to resurface. There are also some major flaws in logic (e.g. Where does everyone live?) in the environment and story but granted it's a 'Far Cry' game it's best to just ignore these. Side Activities become boring after the first 2-3 tries.

    Shooting and gameplay mechanisms aren't particularly bad or good. For precision shooting I find myself always using a mouse. For Vehicles (especially Helicopters or Planes) and Open World exploring I suggest a controller.

    It's important to note that Map design is particularly bad as you're always clustered between the next wild animal or enemy AI. This overpopulation does not fit at all with the geographical area and does get frustrating both for gameplay and immersion.

    I was also pretty sad to see the core mechanism of crafting removed and substituted by a simplistic perk design. Considered this iteration doesn't drift too far away in all other areas from its predecessors I would have liked them to keep the original system.

    Microtransactions are present in the game but serve more of a cheat engine than as aiding the core of the game.
    I found it pretty easy to ignore them and suggest others to do the same. Just download a trainer in the future or something because it's nothing more than cheating.

    Overall having played and enjoyed all iterations of Far Cry, I would tie this one with FC4 or Primal. It's a game you will most likely finish but hardly remember. This is mainly due to the fact that 'Far Cry' series for me has always felt like taking a 'vacation' in an adventurous place and unfortunately Montana does not possess enough intriguing or mystic attributes to keep me hooked. I also really despise the big purple truck. This ain't Saints Row c'mon.    … Expand
  28. Danceswithsheep
    Apr 9, 2018
    5
    A great looking far cry game spoilt by forced cutscenes that are just people delivering monologues and a cynical ending.
  29. isg1983
    Apr 17, 2018
    5
    Nothing is different on far cry 3-4, do not waste your money, this series turned into another FIFA, released new one every year without content
  30. e6r6i6c
    May 22, 2018
    5
    Far cry 5 looks and sounds great but the gameplay is just mediocre. The game on hard difficulty is not hard, this is because the enemy AI is really awful. You can also unlock/loot powerful weapons way to early in the game, and when you buy a attack helicopter there is not much competition left and you can run/fly and gun all through the game. Sure you can make it harder yourself by usingFar cry 5 looks and sounds great but the gameplay is just mediocre. The game on hard difficulty is not hard, this is because the enemy AI is really awful. You can also unlock/loot powerful weapons way to early in the game, and when you buy a attack helicopter there is not much competition left and you can run/fly and gun all through the game. Sure you can make it harder yourself by using only the bow and use stealth, but it is just not good game design, they should have made it much harder to get all the good weapons and vehicles.

    The story line is average at best, you only get to see the main bad guys/bosses in a couple of cutscenes that tell you the story and that's it.Ubisoft made a very big map with way to much repetitive missions, A lot of quest just repeat the same stuff over and over, kill something over here, get something over there, and the map is packed with enemies, you can't walk for 2 minutes or there are enemies coming for you, it's just to much.
    instead they should look at games like Yakuza 6, it has a way smaller map/world, but with lots of interesting stuff to do, and also a better way of telling the story.

    I should have known better this being a Far cry/Ubisoft game, but I guess for the casual gamer this game is awesome, and they just keep selling this junk. For gamers that expect a challenge a good story and good and fun gameplay, stay away from this game!!!!    … Expand
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#84 Best PC Game of 2018
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#6 Most Discussed 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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