Far Cry 5

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  1. thegamemaster8
    Nov 22, 2019
    6
    My score to this game is 6.The good things in the game are graphics,music,characters and some missions.But there are lots of glitches,70% of missions are boring,awful plot,and small length of the game.This is not bad game but it isnt a masterpiece.
  2. SurujSingha
    May 14, 2020
    6
    Quite disappointed with it. The story opens in a great way with a brilliant graphical demonstration of the Dunia engine and thats it. The plot stagnates and never develops. There arent surprises lying in the story. The actual story is awfully short and you wont realize it because you will be tasked with a bunch of random missions to actually unlock the story missions. Taking over outpostsQuite disappointed with it. The story opens in a great way with a brilliant graphical demonstration of the Dunia engine and thats it. The plot stagnates and never develops. There arent surprises lying in the story. The actual story is awfully short and you wont realize it because you will be tasked with a bunch of random missions to actually unlock the story missions. Taking over outposts used to fun back in Far cry 3 & 4, now its feels boring because there is no innovation, every mechanic is basically a rip-off from the previous Far cry's. And all those hallucinating crap is not interesting anymore, it has BECOME FRUSTRATING! And yeah, most of the side missions SUCKS! But the soundtrack is undeniably good that tries its best to create the Montana ambience that we were expecting but the seemingly empty, less detailed map negates it.… Expand
  3. iBodom
    Jul 14, 2020
    6
    Средненькая игра, практически никаких изменений с предыдущими играми. Понравилось то что убрали миллиард вышек, как это было в 4 части (но все равно добавили другой хуйни), понравился главный злодей. А так типичная игра современного Юбисофт, неплохой и наполненный мелочами мир, без души, без лица.Средненькая игра, практически никаких изменений с предыдущими играми. Понравилось то что убрали миллиард вышек, как это было в 4 части (но все равно добавили другой хуйни), понравился главный злодей. А так типичная игра современного Юбисофт, неплохой и наполненный мелочами мир, без души, без лица.
  4. 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.
  5. jarvitom
    Nov 15, 2021
    6
    Uninteresting story, mediocare characters, location is basic USA forests, etc.. Couldn't play through
  6. Axelle_1
    Sep 6, 2021
    6
    главный злодей интересный только в теории а на деле юбики как обычно серанули
  7. Areegos
    Feb 12, 2022
    6
    1 Fun gameplay
    2 bad story
    4 good open world
    5 great music
    6 haven't protagonist
    7 boring side-missions
  8. BeeSting1
    Jan 1, 2021
    6
    FC5 took away most of the things I loved about the last two titles.

    - Gameplay - In terms of combat and stealth, Far Cry 5 plays the same as Far Cry 3 and 4, which is good. But they removed the ability to hunt and craft. You can still hunt, but you can't craft. You can only sell what you've hunted, which completely defeats the purpose of hunting. The devs might as well replace all the    FC5 took away most of the things I loved about the last two titles.

    - Gameplay -
    In terms of combat and stealth, Far Cry 5 plays the same as Far Cry 3 and 4, which is good. But they removed the ability to hunt and craft. You can still hunt, but you can't craft. You can only sell what you've hunted, which completely defeats the purpose of hunting. The devs might as well replace all the animal locations with a bunch of treasure chests. Animal were also far and few in between. You'd rarely see random animal attacks, and the variety of animals was very narrow. I didn't like these changes at all.

    Scaling radio towers to view an area on the map is taken out, it's now done automatically when you've passed by that area. I personally really like climbing the radio towers in the older Far Crys. It was a bit thrilling, since I'm scared of heights in real life and would never climb that high.

    The perk system works relatively the same way, but I would say it's a bit harder to gain perk points compared to before. There aren't any over powered perks like "run forever", which is reasonable, as those perks in the old titles gave the player too much power. The boss fights were mostly silly. Especially the final boss. Very underwhelming and repetitive compared to past titles.

    - Narrative -
    This has got to be the part I disliked the most, but this is more of a personal taste. The antagonists of Far Cry 5 are a radical religious cult. I've seen a fair share of cult documentaries, and they are interesting to learn about. The craziness shown in the villains were also really well done. You could clearly see they were mentally on a different channel. Though at the same time, the villains all felt too similar in personality. There are 4 of them, and they have A LOT of monologues. Going through each area began to feel like a chore after I defeated first villain. By the end of it, I just got burnt out by that empty blank look they had, along with their cold monologues. Why did they do this? Far Cry 3 and 4 had villains of varied personalities and agendas. Far Cry 5 felt like it had 1 villain but times four.

    I also didn't like the fact that the protagonist was you. I liked AJ Ghale. I liked Jason Brody. One had a goal you wanted to fight for. The latter had an interesting personality change along his journey. There's a lot of customisation you can make to your avatar, but you never actually see him...so WHAT's THE POINT?

    - Visuals & Sounds -
    The game looks beautiful, and the facial expressions are REALLY well done. When the cult leader leans into your face and talks to you, he truly looks insane. The devs did a very, very good job with portraying a radical cult leader. The environment looks beautiful too. It's unfortunate the setting doesn't have as much mountains as the locations in previous Far Crys.

    - Replay value -
    There are a lot of things to collect, and side missions to complete after you finish the game. But it all feels very repetitive. The things you do in side missions and main missions just feel too similar. Plus, given the way the game ended, there's little reason to complete any of it, as it'll be all for naught.    … Expand
  9. rigard
    Jun 16, 2021
    6
    It's OK. It's the Far Cry formula refined, which is great, however, the perks system seems pointless in this one, the different weapons seem pointless, money seems pointless, the AI partners are a good concept but don't contribute in any majorly meaningful way. Overall, I got a good 20 hours or so of moderately enjoyable gameplay out of it, but despite being beautiful, it mostly justIt's OK. It's the Far Cry formula refined, which is great, however, the perks system seems pointless in this one, the different weapons seem pointless, money seems pointless, the AI partners are a good concept but don't contribute in any majorly meaningful way. Overall, I got a good 20 hours or so of moderately enjoyable gameplay out of it, but despite being beautiful, it mostly just leaves me with a fairly 'meh' feeling.… Expand
  10. tymqe
    Apr 16, 2021
    6
    Personally i didn't enjoy it. It is a good game but i think it's the worst so far from Far cry series. Looking forward to FC6 though.
  11. davitolucena
    May 3, 2023
    6
    bom no começo mais com 2 horas de jogatina ja enjoa pior que o FC6 tumara que a franquia evoluar nos proximos jogos
  12. 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.
  13. Nick7000
    Feb 8, 2023
    6
    Ну как то очееень средненько. Вырезали много крутых элементов геймплея, которые были в предыдущих частях, сделали крутую задумку, и превратили в унылую тягомотину. Проходить сайд квесты надоедает буквально через несколько часов, второстепенные персонажи серые и блеклые. Зато добавили ОЧЕНЬ важные самолеты. Но все это мелочи по сравнению с гг. Вы думали, что Аджай блеклый и невзрачныйНу как то очееень средненько. Вырезали много крутых элементов геймплея, которые были в предыдущих частях, сделали крутую задумку, и превратили в унылую тягомотину. Проходить сайд квесты надоедает буквально через несколько часов, второстепенные персонажи серые и блеклые. Зато добавили ОЧЕНЬ важные самолеты. Но все это мелочи по сравнению с гг. Вы думали, что Аджай блеклый и невзрачный персонаж? В этой части ГГ это просто болванчик. Без имени, без реплик, без мотивации. Где-то сквозь всю эту посредственность проглядывается дух Далекого Плача, жаль что совсем чутка.… Expand
  14. imreviewingstuf
    Mar 29, 2022
    6
    One of the better far cry games but suffers from the typical ubisoft features.
  15. realWhiteMan
    Apr 9, 2023
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My rating is based on my impressions of the game. This is not an objective review. I play quite a big number of titles per year and decided to review them as a peace of art and not as a product.… Expand
  16. Snjake
    Mar 18, 2023
    6
    The gameplay is alright but the way every single interaction between you and the seeds is made is beyond lazy just randomly drugging you at certain points in the game to feed you exposition and doing that at least 3 times for each of them then spawning you at the location that the story requires you to be at THAT IS LAZY
  17. dklingen
    Jul 31, 2018
    5
    Graphics = 10/10
    Gun play & fun = 8/10
    Sound = 9/10 Vehicle Controls = 7/10 (super simplified) Story = -9/10 (not my cup of tea and offensive - IMO done for shock value - the game gets repetative) Strangely I wanted this for the Mars Game which I enjoyed! BTW since I played Mars first I discovered midway through that I could use the Mars guns in Far Cry - this was super cool and    Graphics = 10/10
    Gun play & fun = 8/10
    Sound = 9/10
    Vehicle Controls = 7/10 (super simplified)
    Story = -9/10 (not my cup of tea and offensive - IMO done for shock value - the game gets repetative)

    Strangely I wanted this for the Mars Game which I enjoyed! BTW since I played Mars first I discovered midway through that I could use the Mars guns in Far Cry - this was super cool and made defeating everyone pretty easy since I kind of got bored with the game repetition.    … Expand
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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.
  21. Anthrob
    May 11, 2018
    5
    I thus far have never been compelled to leave a review on metacritic, but do after finishing this game. It is a beautiful game that promises much in terms of open-world freedom of choice, but then belies that promise continually throughout its narrative. The culmination of this terrible juxtaposition between freedom of gameplay and railing of narrative is at the end of the game. Do notI thus far have never been compelled to leave a review on metacritic, but do after finishing this game. It is a beautiful game that promises much in terms of open-world freedom of choice, but then belies that promise continually throughout its narrative. The culmination of this terrible juxtaposition between freedom of gameplay and railing of narrative is at the end of the game. Do not purchase this game unless you do not, in to any degree whatsoever, care about the story. It is a great open-world shooter with beautiful geography. But great work by the level designers is severely diminished by the poor, shallow character-building. And I'm not even talking about the typical game journalist critique of this game, which I happen to agree with, that it has the opportunity to speak to the present political moment. I'm leaving that critique aside and only talking about the game itself here.… Expand
  22. peikko
    Apr 9, 2019
    5
    The good
    1. Graphics are decent
    2. Voice acting is good 3. Driving isn’t that bad 4. It is fun for a while. The bad 1. Guns feel underpowered and not true to real life - a M16 should do more damage than a MP5 for instance. Plus there is no variation in the weapons. 2. Animals are bullet sponges.. even with repeated headshots from an M16 they don't die. 3. Car autopilot cannot    The good
    1. Graphics are decent
    2. Voice acting is good
    3. Driving isn’t that bad
    4. It is fun for a while.

    The bad
    1. Guns feel underpowered and not true to real life - a M16 should do more damage than a MP5 for instance. Plus there is no variation in the weapons.
    2. Animals are bullet sponges.. even with repeated headshots from an M16 they don't die.
    3. Car autopilot cannot avoid other vehicles
    4. Simply too many enemies kicking around all the time. You get no peace just to wander about
    5. The weapon progression lock system sucks.
    6. The signature weapons are gone and replaced by flashy reskinned versions of the base weapons (that have no performance enhancements)
    7. Cash for in game credit to buy flashy things for your character....
    8. Mission progression is a bit iffy as in tries to be open world but then forces certain events onto you.
    9. Inventory management is poor (or at least i have never found an equipped screen or an inventory screen)
    10. In world store can lag like crazy as though it is on line.
    1. Skill system is overhauled    … Expand
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. Nemyue
    May 5, 2018
    5
    The story is the biggest weakness of the game. I would like to give 3 out of 10 for the story. These endings are nothing special yet quite narrow and blend. The plot of this game is not better than Far Cry 2,3, or 4. You don't expect this quality and this kind of storyline from an AAA(pricewise), trigger-happy, and run and gun( and a tiny bit of stealthy) game.

    The graphics are as good    The story is the biggest weakness of the game. I would like to give 3 out of 10 for the story. These endings are nothing special yet quite narrow and blend. The plot of this game is not better than Far Cry 2,3, or 4. You don't expect this quality and this kind of storyline from an AAA(pricewise), trigger-happy, and run and gun( and a tiny bit of stealthy) game.

    The graphics are as good as Far Cry 5 But it requires much stronger pc to run it smoothly. Yet I felt like the map is somewhat empty. all the maps have the same repetetive random encounters, and these are not good enough. when you see one, you handle it in 5 secs and move along.

    The music and songs are pretty good. But the sound effects(especially guns) are bad.

    There are no unique characters compared to the prequels. Pretty much the same characters.

    I would not be surprised if someone introduced that this game was released before Farcry 4.
    This game has got no improvements but degeneration.

    It is still a fair game for killing time.    … Expand
  28. ukrScorpion
    Mar 30, 2018
    5
    -----terrible character progress system
    ----microtransactions
    --no minimap
    -terrible enemy spawn system

    +++++good optimization
    ++++good story
    +++good graphics
  29. Goreaffection
    May 2, 2018
    5
    Lets put bullet points.
    Downgraded from Far Cry 4 graphics and gameplay in every way
    Terrible AI. Smtimes the enemy dnt notice me at all, nd sometimes invisible enemies shoot me down Horrible ending. If they were going for a unexpected ending, they simply disappointed us. Numerous glithes I rate 5 out of ten only for some cool moments and satisfying helicopter fights This game is    Lets put bullet points.
    Downgraded from Far Cry 4 graphics and gameplay in every way
    Terrible AI. Smtimes the enemy dnt notice me at all, nd sometimes invisible enemies shoot me down
    Horrible ending. If they were going for a unexpected ending, they simply disappointed us.
    Numerous glithes
    I rate 5 out of ten only for some cool moments and satisfying helicopter fights
    This game is just one of the latest among the AAA betrayal trend that is going on

    PS if you really want to understand the difference between a great open world FPS and a mediocre one, play Dying Light and the Following. It really surpasses Far Cry 5 in every way.    … Expand
  30. EliOli123
    Dec 2, 2019
    5
    As far as the game mechanics go, this is a pretty decent game. I didn't like certain aspects, where you would just get captured and pulled away from whatever you were doing to go through their pre-scripted stuff. It was annoying and interrupted the flow of the game. My biggest issue with this game though is their need to exaggerate and ridicule the conservative right and their fallingAs far as the game mechanics go, this is a pretty decent game. I didn't like certain aspects, where you would just get captured and pulled away from whatever you were doing to go through their pre-scripted stuff. It was annoying and interrupted the flow of the game. My biggest issue with this game though is their need to exaggerate and ridicule the conservative right and their falling into the current popular "religious people are wackos" story line. They appear to encourage the belief that Christians are just one step away from turning into evil mindless zombies that will follow anyone that claims to have all the answers. We see this all the time in modern pop culture and it's simply not true. Give us a break from this stuff already. I game to get away from all this political indoctrination we see everywhere, not to receive more of it.

    I knew this was going to be part of this game from what I had already seen of it, but I bought it because it came down so far in price on Steam. I like the Far Cry games and I'm trying to ignore the not so veiled leftist anti-Christian slant, but some of the stuff just ticks me off.    … Expand
  31. emrahoz
    Apr 21, 2018
    5
    Bad AI,bad spawns,repetitive gameplay..Only fun thing is the coop mode,but it gets boring in 2-3 hours,too.
  32. Legendb2015
    May 30, 2018
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ok, so I just started playing and admit I could only make it through to the first safe house with the bald man before I wanted to come start this review, I'll update it later but something already glaring in my mind I wanted to get off my chest. The graphics are pretty cool so far, and im enjoying myself..so I'll give it a 7/10 to begin with. However, as of right now the story already starts off making 0 sense. Small spoiler ahead...You start off going to arrest a guy with a federal warrant whose surrounded by a bunch of cultists with guns in a compound...you have a local sheriff with you that fills in the lead US marshal that the guy you're going to arrest is a cult leader, has heavy followers with guns, and pleads with you to reconsider as its going to be dangerous...LETS STOP RIGHT THERE. First off, you're a FEDERAL Marshal, therefor you have a FEDERAL boss that would be expecting you to check in at some point. When the local sheriff announces all these problems to you, a FEDERAL agent would def. call in backup to begin with. So the whole "nobodies coming to save you" and 4 people going in to arrest this cult leader makes 0 sense..the national guard/army/swat team would have been called in for backup. Story fails from beginning, so i'm taking off 3 ticks for that alone. I'll update this when/if I ever finish this already ridiculous story or anything else starts to deduct from my now 7/10 score. Thanks. **update** I've removed 2 bars (now 5/10) due to starting to see all the repetitive filler added for nothing other than some joker's idea of "content" or "fun". Also the enemy AI is pathetic...its literally a 0 challenge effort on the dev's part. This series needs a long break or wait 2-3 years in between and add worthwhile content.… Expand
  33. 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
  34. 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
  35. BenW91NE
    Jun 20, 2018
    5
    Way to easy if you play with allies, skip normal mode, and get right into it or your going to be bored, If i had a dollar for every time i was kidnapped...i would have about 14$
  36. parallax_84
    Jun 5, 2018
    5
    Well its not better than FC3 or even FC4 , the game is too repetitive, the AI is really bad, the environment that many people says its beautiful is almost the same the entire game. The first 6 hours you may be having fun but then you realize that ubisoft is making the same game over and over since 2012...
  37. magdiellima
    Apr 28, 2018
    5
    Em algumas horas de jogo já nota-se que o game continuará o declínio da franquia, missões repetitivas e chatas, IA terrível tanto nos inimigos quanto nos aliados. É comum ver inimigos atirando no nada, correndo em direções sem sentido e etc. O mundo não recompensa a exploração, baseia-se nos já conhecidos coletáveis em excesso da Ubisoft. Os personagens não tem carisma algum, inclusive oEm algumas horas de jogo já nota-se que o game continuará o declínio da franquia, missões repetitivas e chatas, IA terrível tanto nos inimigos quanto nos aliados. É comum ver inimigos atirando no nada, correndo em direções sem sentido e etc. O mundo não recompensa a exploração, baseia-se nos já conhecidos coletáveis em excesso da Ubisoft. Os personagens não tem carisma algum, inclusive o vilão, outra tentativa exaustiva de reviver a frieza e a insanidade de Vaas. Se com os inimigos o game falha com os companheiros pior ainda, todos descartáveis e facilmente esquecíveis. Resumindo-o em uma palavra, TEDIOSO.… Expand
  38. lhmtgame
    Apr 17, 2018
    5
    FC5 is actually worse than FC Primal and FC4.

    Pros:
    + The game has been optimized really well on PC.
    + Letting you choose character's gender.

    Cons:
    - Too many glitches.
    - Poor background music, animals, outpost, mission and story.
    - The game has smallest map in FC series.

    In conclusion, FC5 doesn't make me feel satisfied. Way worse than AC Origin.
  39. 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
  40. 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
  41. roundy
    Apr 20, 2018
    5
    It's pretty, yes. And the story is not bad either. I endured the game for a few hours until I got to the Testy Festy mission. In the barn where the truck/trailer is, there is an air compressor against the back wall. I shot at its tank which spouted flaming jets, which in turn caught the barn on fire. The air compressor. That's when I decided this game was not for me. What kind ofIt's pretty, yes. And the story is not bad either. I endured the game for a few hours until I got to the Testy Festy mission. In the barn where the truck/trailer is, there is an air compressor against the back wall. I shot at its tank which spouted flaming jets, which in turn caught the barn on fire. The air compressor. That's when I decided this game was not for me. What kind of people develop these games?… Expand
  42. JinxterMeta
    Feb 24, 2019
    5
    Great open world with decent gameplay and horrible story. Worth playing if you like nice views.
  43. wangweixun
    Dec 7, 2020
    5
    I don't remember much since it was a long time ago. All I remember was "Meh".
  44. 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.
  45. 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
  46. SaberwolfTribal
    Oct 25, 2020
    5
    the most average open world game I ever played. gunplay and events are ok but not good and god the story was so bad. In the end nothing really matters, I really won't spoil it but the story was lackluster and pointless. Maybe they were setting up the next Far Cry but this was my first played through Far Cry and probably also my last. There are a few characters in game that are fun tothe most average open world game I ever played. gunplay and events are ok but not good and god the story was so bad. In the end nothing really matters, I really won't spoil it but the story was lackluster and pointless. Maybe they were setting up the next Far Cry but this was my first played through Far Cry and probably also my last. There are a few characters in game that are fun to listen to but for the most part you are just pointing your finger on a map and moving to the next fire fight.
    I played with a friend which probably made this more enjoyable than what it really is but even then their progress doesn't count towards your progress, forcing you to switch back and forth between both games for unlocks and New Game+. Except why would you play it twice with neither ending being decent. If you like drugs you'll like this game, because every major story event practically drugs you to start, yanking you from whatever quest you were trying to do to take part in a mediocre story. They really need to work on their story writing in the future. Even the friend I was playing with that usually takes things better than I do gave the game a 6 out of 10. We won't be finishing my game as we both agreed that it was pretty garbage and quit to do other things.    … Expand
  47. VESPA5
    Mar 28, 2018
    5
    Ubisoft appears to have played this latest installment in the franchise very conservatively. Basically, if you played Far Cry 3 and 4, within an hour of playing Far Cry 5, you'll realize that this is the same game with a different number (in this case: '5'). One thing that's peculiar is that this has to be the most diverse town in Montana. Both the protagonists and antagonists are quiteUbisoft appears to have played this latest installment in the franchise very conservatively. Basically, if you played Far Cry 3 and 4, within an hour of playing Far Cry 5, you'll realize that this is the same game with a different number (in this case: '5'). One thing that's peculiar is that this has to be the most diverse town in Montana. Both the protagonists and antagonists are quite diverse (not saying this is bad at all). But it definitely takes away some immersion. Some fans thought this would be an opportunity to fight against potential racists or Nazi-like regimes. That's until you realize that there are persons of color in every corner of every faction of every part of Hope County. There is also an equal amount of men and women on both sides. I admire Ubisoft for trying to make sure that this game doesn't offend too many fans, but with that in mind, it makes for very very limited creativity. Far Cry 5 is fun. But it's nothing different. If there was anything very bad about this game, it's the A.I. Oh gawd, that A.I. You'd have to see it to believe it. Overall, it's a very beautiful game that runs great on a decent PC rig. But after a few hours in, you'll realize to yourself: "Geez, I played this all before." It's that same gut punch feeling I had when I played Assassins Creed Origins. New look. New installment. SAME formula.… Expand
  48. 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
  49. echobooming
    Apr 14, 2018
    5
    Let me preface this by saying I've always been tolerant of games that people love to hate - Watch_Dogs, Homefront: The Revolution, etc. I thoroughly enjoyed those. I've always been a very big fan of the Far Cry series. I was very excited for this game to come out and it was really one of the only things on my radar I cared about. After all was said and done, I'm so deeply disappointed andLet me preface this by saying I've always been tolerant of games that people love to hate - Watch_Dogs, Homefront: The Revolution, etc. I thoroughly enjoyed those. I've always been a very big fan of the Far Cry series. I was very excited for this game to come out and it was really one of the only things on my radar I cared about. After all was said and done, I'm so deeply disappointed and I really didn't want to feel that way. The gameplay itself is fun, I'll give it that. If you care at all about story, though, this is one of the worst experiences I've ever had in a video game. It plays more like a movie at key moments and gives you absolutely no choice in how things end. It's worth a playthrough, but I'd wait until it is deeply discounted and on sale and prepare yourself for an extremely lackluster, uninspired story. I hate saying this.… Expand
  50. BarbaroSkull
    Apr 25, 2018
    5
    Un juego regulero. Algo aburrido y sin historia. Mucho humo y poca pasión. Me gustó mucho mas el far cry 4 o incluso el 3.
  51. eiecctro
    May 30, 2018
    5
    Got boring honestly, some parts are fun, most are boring, after all your work the ending will just disappoint.
  52. Zhivaev
    May 12, 2018
    5
    The worst Far Cry. I've been playing Far Cry since third part. It seems that the game goes down. There are some positive moments:
    1: Aviation. I was glad to drive a plane and helicopter! it was really needed in the past.
    2: Teammates. Awesome to play with them. There were no stupid natives with simple guns. Let's admit that in past parts they were cannon fodder for your enemies. 3:    The worst Far Cry. I've been playing Far Cry since third part. It seems that the game goes down. There are some positive moments:
    1: Aviation. I was glad to drive a plane and helicopter! it was really needed in the past.
    2: Teammates. Awesome to play with them. There were no stupid natives with simple guns. Let's admit that in past parts they were cannon fodder for your enemies.
    3: Fishing. Aw yeah, that's really good thing. Shooting can annoy. It is really relaxing.
    4: Prepper Stashes. Interesting mini-quests.
    Negative moments:
    1: Who is the main character? It seems that i'm playing for a robot without emotions, problems, his own history, type of character, thoughts. It is bot which we just control. That's awful!
    2: Against whom we play?? I can't feel any emotions against! No hate, no anger. Lets compare with Far Cry 3. I hated Vaas and Hoyt. In fourth it was Yuma. Here is no one to hate.
    3: Millions of stupid enemies everywhere. I can't simply drive a car because every 100 meters i am under attack. That's really annoying.
    4: Sniper rilfes are awful. The problem is that they are neccesary.
    5: So big map and so small number of outposts. It is interesting to take them. [Subjectively]
    Conclusion:
    It is dissapointing that the great series of games is degrading. If we could sum the gameplay in Far Cry 5 (without sniper rilfes) and plot in Far Cry 3, the result would be awesome. I wish Ubisoft will make the awesome sixth part. I will wait for it
    P.S. Sorry for my English :D    … Expand
  53. 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
  54. Hagal
    Mar 5, 2020
    5
    Far Cry 5, a fun but buggy mess.

    I have played it since day one (not all this time, but then and now). It is a quite immersive and beautiful world perfectly made for fun sandbox/havoc experience where you can play around with guns, vehicles and side activities. The antagonist(s) are in my meaning quite interestingly written, but not to well incorporated in the game. The only way you    Far Cry 5, a fun but buggy mess.

    I have played it since day one (not all this time, but then and now). It is a quite immersive and beautiful world perfectly made for fun sandbox/havoc experience where you can play around with guns, vehicles and side activities. The antagonist(s) are in my meaning quite interestingly written, but not to well incorporated in the game. The only way you interact with them is through forced cutscenes/events which, in MY meaning is not the best way to use these characters.

    Anyway, when I first started playing Far Cry 5 (day one), I thought it was awesome, and now, 2 years later I find that it is just the same. I mean that literally. I´m not to well aware of post launch patches and fixes, but it doesn´t seem to have been any. You still, after 2 years since launch, fall through the world, get stuck in animation, vehicles and trees, framerate drops and laggy/buggy (as hell) coop. The only difference is that there are more stuff to buy (for real currency) in the store. sigh...

    This level of negligence is not really okay for a game by release, but even less so for a game 2 years After release. It´s sad to see the lack of care Ubisoft has given Far Cry 5, which lowers the score and the probability for me to recommend this as a buy, especially as Ubisoft still wants full price for it even though they have skipped out on making it work properly.    … Expand
  55. Adil_Ahmad
    Sep 1, 2018
    5
    The game is very boring compared to other / previous far cry game
    Gameplay is not very great 6/10
    story 8/10
    Graphics not good
    filled with bugs
    bad Ai
  56. Creolur
    Mar 7, 2019
    5
    Horrible Far Cry, even worse than FC 4, gameplay is a somewhat good, but everything else is awful.
    What I hate most is we are forced to face the bosses after cleaning up some mess, and you'll be at the end of the story in a blink of eye!
  57. Dr_9658516
    Aug 5, 2018
    5
    I think this game don't need the PVP Mode.
    Just focus on Story & Arcade Mode, that will be very good.
  58. pA1N
    Nov 30, 2018
    5
    its fun to play with friend, any game with coop will be better, but im sick of the envil engine in all their games. it feels like you play same game with replaced textures and some tweaks 5/10
  59. ITHIRSIZI
    Jul 6, 2023
    5
    Are you really tired of making the same game? Because we are tired of playing the same game...
  60. FinnWolfey
    May 17, 2019
    5
    Holy County

    Far Cry 5 is an average game and a bad Far Cry. The story is the highlight here. Faith and Jacob's regions were fun to play but the Jonh's region was an utter mess. That zone took a lot from the game making it much worse than what it could have been. The story kept me interested till the end though. Moving to gameplay, It downgraded most of the systems from previous titles    Holy County

    Far Cry 5 is an average game and a bad Far Cry.
    The story is the highlight here. Faith and Jacob's regions were fun to play but the Jonh's region was an utter mess. That zone took a lot from the game making it much worse than what it could have been. The story kept me interested till the end though. Moving to gameplay, It downgraded most of the systems from previous titles while introducing mediocre game mechanics and a horrible A.I. On PC this game is an unoptimised mess, hitting low frames and constant stuttering on computers that should handle it. I would not recommend getting this game, especially if you enjoyed previous Far Cry games.    … Expand
  61. Meth-Weasel
    Mar 11, 2019
    5
    It's exactly what you would expect from a far cry game counting the last two titles. If that's what you want, this will probably hit the mark. The story is fine, and the side missions are a chore but thats more the streamlining of Ubisoft games. DLC is fine-ish. There's no minimap so that is a bit of an issue at times, and weapons feel a bit jankie when firing, but if it's on sale there'sIt's exactly what you would expect from a far cry game counting the last two titles. If that's what you want, this will probably hit the mark. The story is fine, and the side missions are a chore but thats more the streamlining of Ubisoft games. DLC is fine-ish. There's no minimap so that is a bit of an issue at times, and weapons feel a bit jankie when firing, but if it's on sale there's plenty to do, even if most of what you do is a chore.… Expand
  62. elolugo
    Jul 4, 2019
    5
    Lack of enemy variety makes the game very repetitive even at early game. Lack of weapon variety. A large number of missions can be reduced to "Go to this location and kill everything". Could only kill 1 boss and got bored as F***
  63. gamer7800
    Jun 5, 2019
    5
    Game has really good graphics,sound effects and realistic blood effects.Most of the characters are very fun.But most of the missions are really very boring, the game looks like a poor version of far cry 3 and far cry 4.And the game has lots of stupid glitches.
  64. glomman
    Apr 30, 2022
    5
    Farcry 5 is the third installment I have played so far and if the later Farcrys are similarly bland, this will be the last one I will have played. Seldom have I seen such a bland, undynamic open world, it exists 100 meters ahead and 100 meters behind you, but beyond that it seems utterly dead with only mission objectives inhabiting it. I like the new perk system, where new skills are notFarcry 5 is the third installment I have played so far and if the later Farcrys are similarly bland, this will be the last one I will have played. Seldom have I seen such a bland, undynamic open world, it exists 100 meters ahead and 100 meters behind you, but beyond that it seems utterly dead with only mission objectives inhabiting it. I like the new perk system, where new skills are not earned through XP, but merely by exploring the world and solving puzzles. I sorta like the companions, they're dumb, sure, but at least they make you feel less alone. Still, Fallout 4 had better written and fleshed out companions 3 years before the release of this game. Somehow there are also cameos of YouTubers in the German version of the game, not that the experience was immersive in the first place, but hearing their blaring voices utterly ripped me out of it. Also I highly recommend you not to play like 90% of the side-quests, most of them only give you money, not even a cool side-story or an interesting item.

    All in all, an alright game that loses its fervor way before you hit the end of the story.

    I don't want to talk about Joseph Seed here, but the writing is comically bad to the point where you just want to be killed by him and his goons just to let the suffering come to an end.    … Expand
  65. V0X_Populi
    Jul 21, 2020
    5
    Отличная стрельба и хорошая оптимизация. Остальное не особо понравилось. Переоценённый среднячок.
  66. MorbidFable
    Feb 2, 2022
    5
    Far Cry has a terrible crutch with their villains, and they really made a hipster a cult leader who has no real motivations, ideals, or anything.

    The gameplay is fine, it's not incredible but its just slightly improved far cry 4, or slightly inferior new dawn, at least mechanically. If you buy this game, you are buying it for the story, because if you want the gameplay you can just play    Far Cry has a terrible crutch with their villains, and they really made a hipster a cult leader who has no real motivations, ideals, or anything.

    The gameplay is fine, it's not incredible but its just slightly improved far cry 4, or slightly inferior new dawn, at least mechanically. If you buy this game, you are buying it for the story, because if you want the gameplay you can just play the other ones. This game story alone does not carry it, there are some great characters and great performances, but by far the weakest far cry villain I've ever seen.    … Expand
  67. Ihonestlydontkn
    Jan 15, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I've left spoilers at the end.

    I feel like this is like 50% of 2 different games crammed into 1. Each would be decent on their own, but put together it clashes immensely, and neither are completely finished.

    One part of the game, is an action game, you can stealth, or fly planes or choppers and blast all the enemies, no one care who they are or how they die. Even innocents can be killed without any consequence. This part of the game is the "Just Cause" part of the game. You're free to roam the entire world, and are tasked with liberating it through various small side missions. This part of the game is fine, but gets rather repetitive as there are not much variation in enemies or armory. It's over the top, you're killing enemies by the hundreds. It's decent fun, but feels like it could use a bit more before its finished, and then it would simply be Just Cause.

    The other game is not an action game but like a horror thriller. This part of the game is all the cut-scenes and all the forced upon you, unskippable story missions. It's how the game starts out. You need to stealth and getting hit by an enemy is serious. The villains try to get into your head. It would be interesting to have an entire game focusing on this part, a bit, I don't know, Resident Evil 7 or Adam Wake.

    Spoilers below

    But these two games clashes horribly in Far Cry 5. You go from being an unstoppable killing machine, to auto hit with sleep bullets that again, and again drag you into this completely other experience, where it's suddenly supposed to be very real and dark and gritty.

    I think letting players be in control when you get hit by the sleep attacks is a mistake. Surely it could be done better just keeping it all in a cut-scene. I once fought of the entire hit squad from John, but another just comes along. If you do want the player to have a fighting chance, don't give the enemies HP and the player a gun and active control.

    I felt very little connection to the NPCs. And the 4 main villains seems to be meant as "Oh they're crazy, but don't they kinda have a point?" but it's just insanity all the way down, and the protagonist never calls it out. And then at the very end of the game, it's revealed that the villains were right all along. The world was ending, or you could walk away. Both so unsatisfying endings. No ending leads to the death of the madman behind all of the horrors, and they even vindicate him. I gave up on the game several times, but finally I figured at least I would get to kill Joseph, but no. Magic and a Deus Ex nuclear Armageddon happens.

    The EXTREMELY super natural drugs were also so out of place to me. UNLESS you went the Just Cause cheeky action packed way completely. Combined with the serious cut-scenes and unskippable story missions, it was so weird to have "magic" in it.    … Expand
  68. 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
  69. SarzarIon
    Jul 20, 2021
    5
    Even though I heard that a lot of people talk about how they didn't like the game or how it was mediocre, I still wanted to give it a fair chance and was kind of excited to play it. I liked Far Cry 4 and I was looking for a good co-op game to play with my cousin, unlike Far Cry 4 you can play all the missions after the tutorial with a buddy. I did really like the game at first, but then IEven though I heard that a lot of people talk about how they didn't like the game or how it was mediocre, I still wanted to give it a fair chance and was kind of excited to play it. I liked Far Cry 4 and I was looking for a good co-op game to play with my cousin, unlike Far Cry 4 you can play all the missions after the tutorial with a buddy. I did really like the game at first, but then I started to see a lot of the game's problems as we continued. A lot of problems weren't as clear because I was playing it co-op and co-op can make even a bad game fun. Co-op may of been my favorite part about the game, but at the same time it has so many problems. A big aspect of the co-op that will not take long to notice that you can only get so far from other the player before it teleports you back and in certain missions it can end in failure. First of all, the I don't believe that players should be forced to be that close to one another. I get having a limit on how far they can get from one another, but it is ridiculous at how limited it is. I don't think I would have as many issues with the distance if it wasn't for the fact that it caused me to fail missions multiple times. I would say the biggest example of this is actually in the last mission of the game. Without spoiling anything, the last mission is a driving sequence where both players seperate into two different vehicles. The issue with this segment is that the host player's vehicle is faster than their buddy's. If the host player gets too far ahead of the other player the mission fails. This is supposed to be a pretty crazy part of the game and it's ruined by forcing the host player to wait up for the other player so they don't fail. That is just one example of the limited distance being an issue. There are other issues with the co-op as well. Another issue is the inconveniences it causes for the player who joins the host's world. When I played with my cousin I was in his world so a lot more things were limited to me than him. One of the annoyances was me not being able to start any of the mission and being forced to wait for my cousin to get over there and do it. This is more of problem I just have with the game and I get why they wouldn't want the player that joined the world to have that ability. I still think they should give the host player the ability to choose if they want the other player to be able to do so. Compared to the next issue I had with the game that problem doesn't matter to me that much . Throughout the game, me and my cousin would complete a lot of missions and beat a lot of regions. By doing that my cousin was able to upgrade his health some more and even a get an 3 weapon slot while I couldn't get any of that. All that effort I made with my cousin and I got nothing too big out of it. There were so many things that I wanted, but couldn't get any of it because I didn't do that stuff on my world. So I decided to play it on my world as well all the way through. This was miserable especially sense during that time sense I started Far Cry 5, I started playing Far Cry 3 and beat it. Far Cry 3 is a much better game and after playing it, Far Cry 5 really started to fall apart. One those aspects was the villains. Even before I Far Cry 3 I didn't care for Joseph Seed or any of the other Far Cry 5 villians. But when I noticed how much better Far Cry 3's Vaas was, I was just bored anytime I saw any of the Far Cry 5 villians were onscreen. It wasn't helped by how the missions were done leading to encountering the villians. The game tries to give you freedom on what missions you wanna tackle. You can pick which region you wanna take over and then within the region you get to choose which missions within it. Each main mission, side mission, outpost you beat, and whatever other things you do in a region adds up points to completing the region. An interesting aspect is that you don't have to do all the main missions to complete a region. For me, I personally don't like that mechanic. It makes a lot of missions feel like they really don't matter because another playthrough I may never play that mission and still beat the game. What makes it worse is that the main missions already on their own feel like bland side missions. Speaking of side missions, they are almost indistquishable from the main missions. There is no cutscene, just some stiff person talking to you. The mission is just as simple as kill these people, protect this place, or get this thing. Not all the main missions are like this, there are good ones, but not many stick out. Then there are the main missions with the villains. What I hate about these is that I am trying to do my own thing and complete other missions, but then suddenly I am dragged into these main missions even if I don't want to. It makes the main missions feel like inconveniences and I think I would of enjoyed them more if I wasn't forced into them. Overall the game just felt frustrating and boring.… Expand
  70. eakzit
    Jan 22, 2021
    5
    Justy fyi I bought this game in 2021 and still got npcs stuck inside or under textures. Thats ubisoft at its best they **** up HOMM seriers and they don't care about supporting their own product. Almost three whole years after release and I am getting npcs stuck in textures, HDR incopatibility, polygon collision overdue, falty textures and many more (that only 20-40 minutes of playJusty fyi I bought this game in 2021 and still got npcs stuck inside or under textures. Thats ubisoft at its best they **** up HOMM seriers and they don't care about supporting their own product. Almost three whole years after release and I am getting npcs stuck in textures, HDR incopatibility, polygon collision overdue, falty textures and many more (that only 20-40 minutes of play time(intro + tutorial). It's not the game I dislike but the approach Ubisoft took… Expand
  71. S3XU4LH34L1NG
    Jul 11, 2022
    5
    This game is a mess and the first far cry game i didnt 100% or even finish. It's a result of multiple factors:
    -good but boring scenery
    -the shooting is snappy but the guns are kinda boring and the ai is dog ****
    -the air and boat stuff controls badly
    -the bases and all structures have no verticality at all
  72. Bushido95
    Sep 28, 2021
    5
    Вроде бы и всё на месте, а ничего интересного игра из себя не представляет так и не смог осилить.
  73. izlee
    Dec 28, 2021
    5
    Gra bardzo nudna i powtarzająca się, nie potrafiłem kompletnie wciągnąć się w fabułę, przeciwnicy rodzą się na polu bitwy.

    Jedyne plusy dla tej gry to dobra grafika i dobry tryb co-op
  74. Lavrenty
    Aug 27, 2021
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Практически ничем не отличается от FAR CRY 4. Ожидаешь как минимум новых зданий, новых дополнений по карте, новую анимацию лица. Нет, всё тоже что и раньше. Не могу назвать хотя бы одного пункта, по которому эта игра лучше предыдущих частей. Довольно скучный сюжет, те же аванпосты , практически такая же графика. Жду выхода шестой части! судя по трейлеру должно быть и веселее и качественнее !… Expand
  75. kokakola
    Jan 26, 2023
    5
    Played this game on PC and PS4. I like story in game but it's my personal preference. The whole other game is awful. You will be constantly attacked by cultists, bears, wolfs, fish and all other species. Worth to play if you have this game from game pass or ps+ so you don't spend extra money. Also I hate this system where you need complete big amount not interesting missions for story.
  76. Izoeros
    Jan 4, 2023
    5
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  77. Jackie_Jackson
    May 26, 2022
    5
    Юбисофтики мои малютки как никто другой умеет держать планку качества своих продуктов каждый всё хуже и хуже
  78. Danvie
    Oct 5, 2022
    5
    Просрать такую ахуенную концепцию ради рыбалки и зумеров, это надо уметь :)
  79. Chillaoi
    Jan 14, 2023
    5
    Review só pra lembrar a nota que dei pro jogo:
    Vilão principal e ideia interessantes mas o jogo é repleto de bugs, repetitivo e monótono, a jogabilidade é a mesma de Far cry 3, a adição de companheiros é interessantes mas são claramente existem alguns que estão lá apenas para falar que tem.
  80. JustSingleGamer
    Jan 27, 2023
    5
    It has kinda interesting atmosphere with cult theme but I couldn't finish the game. I want to get back when It's possible.
  81. dunuch
    Aug 31, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers. 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 allThis review contains spoilers. 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.… Expand
  82. LJZB
    Aug 10, 2023
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The open world is gorgeous, the story starts really cool. But as time passes, the plot becomes predictable, the trippy drug sequences are annoying and make no sense. The ending is not bad at all, excepting for the bad guy being bullet-proof. There´s too much Deus Ex Machina in this game. It makes no sense that Joseph survives, it makes no sense the nuclear holocaust he created inside the US, and that the main character and him could make it to the bunker.… Expand
  83. Vasot
    Apr 7, 2018
    4
    Good graphics and well optimized for PC but that's where the positive things end with this game. Unfortunately the story and the characters are very boring it's like watching a weird and cliche bad movie. As for the gameplay this hasn't much improved it gets repetitive fast and the enemy A.I is really stupid. Most of the time the enemies just appear out of thin air (enemy spawning isGood graphics and well optimized for PC but that's where the positive things end with this game. Unfortunately the story and the characters are very boring it's like watching a weird and cliche bad movie. As for the gameplay this hasn't much improved it gets repetitive fast and the enemy A.I is really stupid. Most of the time the enemies just appear out of thin air (enemy spawning is crazy) they run to your face without cover they even just crash their cars all the time while following you they are hilariously stupid. Game has 3 endings and all of them are bad (not going to spoil them for you). Game also includes Denuvo DRM which i hate with passion also includes micro-transactions (another thing that i hate) and some annoying bugs. They ask 60 dollars/euros for this sorry but it feels like a scam. It's like playing a mod of Farcry 4 and not a new game. (Didn't bother with multiplayer)… Expand
  84. LordHoggington
    Dec 3, 2019
    4
    Incredibly MEDIOCRE game. Absolutely nothing this game does is exceptional or 'good.'

    The gameplay is par for the course for FirstPersonShooters. The world is boring; it's the exact same thing everywhere you go; forested hills, with a bunch of twisty roads and trails. The enemies are all exactly the same, and often despawn when killed, so you can't even loot them. Very little weapon    Incredibly MEDIOCRE game. Absolutely nothing this game does is exceptional or 'good.'

    The gameplay is par for the course for FirstPersonShooters. The world is boring; it's the exact same thing everywhere you go; forested hills, with a bunch of twisty roads and trails. The enemies are all exactly the same, and often despawn when killed, so you can't even loot them. Very little weapon selection. The story is incredibly cliched and cheesy as hell. Numerous times you lose control of your character and forced into various scenarios and cut-scenes. The missions are boring, uninspired, and just not fun or satisfying or rewarding. Often forced into contrived rushing, due to some mission that you have to "hurry up!" and complete. Overall the game is incredibly repetitive and bland.

    I'm less than 10hrs into this, I can barely grind on. This is a bad game, for people with bad taste.    … Expand
  85. Zerreth
    Apr 8, 2018
    4
    Beautiful world, but the main protagonist keeps getting caught in the most idiotic ways. The game at moments takes completely over and doesn't care at ALL about player choice. It's an open world game, yet you're constantly herded to exact locations for extremely flimsy story reasons. Enemies/Bosses become invulrerable because of the stupid story flow. Higher tier enemies and animals areBeautiful world, but the main protagonist keeps getting caught in the most idiotic ways. The game at moments takes completely over and doesn't care at ALL about player choice. It's an open world game, yet you're constantly herded to exact locations for extremely flimsy story reasons. Enemies/Bosses become invulrerable because of the stupid story flow. Higher tier enemies and animals are just extreme bullet spunges and are not fun at ALL to fight. RINSE AND REPEAT. It's an interactive B movie with unlikeable dumb characters.… Expand
  86. choppy
    May 5, 2018
    4
    You should only buy this game if it's under $30. It's just a reskin of FC4.

    It really should have been DLC for FC4, as there are no major changes to the game itself except for the location. The graphics and gameplay are actually worse, unbelievable as that is - they've made takedown animations and fire animations noticeably worse. The theme - redneck craziness - is fun, but the "story"    You should only buy this game if it's under $30. It's just a reskin of FC4.

    It really should have been DLC for FC4, as there are no major changes to the game itself except for the location. The graphics and gameplay are actually worse, unbelievable as that is - they've made takedown animations and fire animations noticeably worse. The theme - redneck craziness - is fun, but the "story" is just a mess. You constantly get kidnapped when you're in the middle of doing something else, but that's not the worst part...

    The worst part is the same as every other Far Cry game so far: you get brutal villains who do terrible things to you, and who you desperately want to kill. You can explode, burn and mutilate anyone else in the game, but not the boss villains. No, you always get some B.S. quicktime event where you go through a long boss-battle, and once it's played out, you get a long speech from the villain who tells you endlessly how much they hate you and how wrong you were to kill them. Then, they cough a bit and simply lay back and die quietly. It's the most unsatisfying boss deaths in the history of gaming. You never get the satisfaction of really killing them - the game does it for you through unstoppable cut-scenes. No spoilers, but I guarantee YOU WILL HATE THE ENDING. Remember, I warned you! Boycott this trash, or buy only when it's heavily discounted, or best of all, just play FC4 again. It's a much better game than this is. This is just a straight-up cash-grab.    … Expand
  87. 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
  88. Roflkk
    Jul 31, 2018
    4
    It's a sandbox that can be fun at times and in small doses. The graphics engine was almost perfected with Far Cry 4, but with Far Cry 5 it just lacks any real depth. The lightning and post-processing has taken a completely wrong turn, making the game uncomfortable to look at in various conditions. The mechanics have been dumbed down so much that it feels like there's no reward for doingIt's a sandbox that can be fun at times and in small doses. The graphics engine was almost perfected with Far Cry 4, but with Far Cry 5 it just lacks any real depth. The lightning and post-processing has taken a completely wrong turn, making the game uncomfortable to look at in various conditions. The mechanics have been dumbed down so much that it feels like there's no reward for doing anything. The story is completely uninspiring and is for the most part way too predictable. I loved Far Cry 3. Far Cry 4 was OK, but a step down. Far Cry 5 is a major disappointment in almost all aspects. The game is so repetitive and boring that I struggled with wanting to finish the game.… Expand
  89. 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
  90. 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
  91. VIII
    May 30, 2018
    4
    to sum it up: the gfx is top notch for 2018 but things are killing it for me in this game:

    1. you as the player is almost god-like and very hard to be killed by your own grenades/explosives and also require a lot of bullets to retire. not as for your enemy is too easy to kill! 2. the religious baboons have only 2 kinds of npc. posture, faces, figures, is all the same which, is kinda    to sum it up: the gfx is top notch for 2018 but things are killing it for me in this game:

    1. you as the player is almost god-like and very hard to be killed by your own grenades/explosives and also require a lot of bullets to retire. not as for your enemy is too easy to kill!

    2. the religious baboons have only 2 kinds of npc. posture, faces, figures, is all the same which, is kinda let's say unreal and boring to shoot at. 2-0-1-8 no less!!

    3. stop deciding for us which keyboard keys we can use and which we cant! (capslock been disabled for me in this game and i use that for crouching!!! a-s-d > capslock)

    4. make a dayhlight/nighttime length slider (5,10,20,30 minutes) in game options so we can decide how long the daylight lives and dies.

    5. all npc's when you punch them they die, why don't you make is a random generated strength that some die instantly and others are much more problem to deal with and some fall and run away, some pretend to die and then come after you, some try to grab your gun/rifle and a fight scene happens! or they come from behind (one or a group) whenever this is possible (don't be boring!!!)

    6. UBISOFT don't you ever forget. Where we all came from, developers and artists. We all love games. good games, rememberable games, funny games, enlightening games, inspirational games..

    UBISOFT: MAKE IT HAPPY AND HAPPY, WILL COME ACROSS YOUR PATH TOO! ($$$$$)    … Expand
  92. Rrichard
    Sep 16, 2018
    4
    One of the dullest stories in any FPS I've played. Too many characters. The best cutscenes were the ones I could skip. Written to be unoffensive and banal.

    Only played through due to the cool setting - America - and the good gunplay and vehicles.
  93. Serenityinaz12
    May 3, 2018
    4
    Well, I figured despite the negative feedback that I would almost certainly love the game. I haven't even finished one of the sections yet and I've been having to force myself to play this past week and tonight I just finally gave up and uninstalled. I'm simply not having fun. Anytime a game gets to that place where I'm forcing myself to play I know it just isn't for me. It's just soWell, I figured despite the negative feedback that I would almost certainly love the game. I haven't even finished one of the sections yet and I've been having to force myself to play this past week and tonight I just finally gave up and uninstalled. I'm simply not having fun. Anytime a game gets to that place where I'm forcing myself to play I know it just isn't for me. It's just so incredibly blah to me, and the cult thing sounded cool but the way they implemented it is just so dumb and uninteresting. It's not creepy it's just hillbilly and dumb, and SO unbelievable. Like oh yeah this cult is so powerful even the government can't do anything about them!! YAWN. The character advancement is super simple and boring, the hunting is boring and uninspired, the story is beyond boring, etc etc.… Expand
  94. Twirlenkiller
    Apr 1, 2018
    4
    I played it for a few hours yesterday and today and it's ... **** There are few upgrades from Far Cry 4 graphically wise and weapon wise. The weapons sounds and feel great. Everything else is downgraded. The AI is dumb as **** The spawn points for enemies and animals is completely insane. You can't go 3 meters in the game without someone or something attacking you. The perk system isI played it for a few hours yesterday and today and it's ... **** There are few upgrades from Far Cry 4 graphically wise and weapon wise. The weapons sounds and feel great. Everything else is downgraded. The AI is dumb as **** The spawn points for enemies and animals is completely insane. You can't go 3 meters in the game without someone or something attacking you. The perk system is stupid. The one in Far Cry 4 was way better. The challenges are boring. Lockpicking something is boring. You just need to hold one button and it's done. They really didn't have the time and creativity to create some mini game for it? Also, Montana as a whole is a boring destination for me. Kyrat was much better.

    In the end, it feels like more souless game than previous ones for me. There are some improvements, but they quickly fade behind the boring gameplay.    … Expand
  95. MrRedMarsmallow
    Apr 6, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Absolutely loved the game but the ending completely ruined it for me. It's like Ubisoft basically took a massive dump right in my mouth. I don't even feel like playing it anymore because the ending is that bad. If you're going to play it do so, just don't complete the campaign.… Expand
  96. kurniau
    Apr 1, 2018
    4
    Открытый мир и неплохие текстуры окружения, больше ничего в этой игре интересного нет. Сюжет пустой, всё тупо сводится к отстрелу тупых NPC и выполнению однотипных заданий. Появились напарники, но играть лучше с другом, так как NPC напарники тоже тупые. Far Cry 3 мне больше понравился, там хоть сюжет более проработан был, а тут только красивая картинкаОткрытый мир и неплохие текстуры окружения, больше ничего в этой игре интересного нет. Сюжет пустой, всё тупо сводится к отстрелу тупых NPC и выполнению однотипных заданий. Появились напарники, но играть лучше с другом, так как NPC напарники тоже тупые. Far Cry 3 мне больше понравился, там хоть сюжет более проработан был, а тут только красивая картинка
  97. NeuroShock
    May 21, 2018
    4
    STORY: 2/10
    - Poor characterization: The main character's job is to complete a mission --> get captured or high --> get tortured --> get free => Repeat!!!
    - ALL ENDINGS ARE DISAPPOINTING: This is a big reason to not play this game. Nothing you do actually matters in the game. GAMEPLAY: 6/10 - Worst AI: The AI has not improved since Farcry 3. The AI is too easy to trick and not    STORY: 2/10
    - Poor characterization: The main character's job is to complete a mission --> get captured or high --> get tortured --> get free => Repeat!!!
    - ALL ENDINGS ARE DISAPPOINTING: This is a big reason to not play this game. Nothing you do actually matters in the game.

    GAMEPLAY: 6/10
    - Worst AI: The AI has not improved since Farcry 3. The AI is too easy to trick and not tactful enough. If you had fun
    +/- The mini-games are fun but they become too grindy after a bit.
    + Guns are all interesting and diverse and fun to play with.
    + You get AI teammates that are fun but often act poorly.
    +/- Skill tree is the there. Nothing new.
    - Enemy spawns are to close to the player in areas that take you out of the game.

    GRAPHICS: 8/10: I love the artistic style of this game

    SOUND: 8/10 The sound reflex the tone on the game and integrate nicely with the game.    … Expand
  98. Felice_Enellen
    May 3, 2018
    4
    The game has a bug for many people that sticks you with eternal night. It was reported last week (Edit: now last month) and the forum support staff claim it was passed on to the dev team. No response at all from the dev side, no fix incoming. I don't care how many people worked on this game and how much effort they expended--if you guys don't care about the players enough to fix thisThe game has a bug for many people that sticks you with eternal night. It was reported last week (Edit: now last month) and the forum support staff claim it was passed on to the dev team. No response at all from the dev side, no fix incoming. I don't care how many people worked on this game and how much effort they expended--if you guys don't care about the players enough to fix this kind of thing ASAP, you get a 1 (Edit: now a 4, see notes below for adjustments).

    Edit: I would have upgraded this to a 7 or 8 if it were fixed. But it's been weeks now and Ubi still hasn't even claimed to have a fix for it. A patch came out and very few of the big bugs people have reported were fixed. The game is broken and Ubi doesn't care. I'm leaving it as a 1.

    Edit 2: Honestly, I'm not sure I'd even go as high as an 8, even without the bugs. It's just not that great a game. The story is tedious and obvious and very cowardly when it comes to dealing with the actual issues at hand in the subject matter. Horizon Zero Dawn was somewhat criticized for taking their format largely from Far Cry, but honestly, they did it far better, with a much more robust codebase, a far superior and much more detailed and moving story, and just a better experience overall. If you want content like this, but clean and good and produced by people and a company that desperately care about getting things right, play HZD instead.

    Edit 3: I've finished the game. The ending is absolutely terrible. It makes you wish you hadn't bothered. And, in case you've been led to believe otherwise, there's really only one ending. There are three ways the game can end, but only one is really an ending. Don't think you might get a better one. Still, I kinda fell in love with some of the soundtrack, so I'm going to be undeservedly generous and bump this up to a 2, but only because they commissioned some really lovely music.

    Edit 4: Well, it took them five weeks to do it, but they finally fixed the always-midnight bug. I'll up it to a 4. The game deserves about a 6 or 7 on its own merits, but I can't let Ubi get away with such callous disregard for the players who bought their game at launch. I suggest you do not purchase Ubisoft games at launch. You are bound to save money by waiting for a sale, and you'll skip the period in which they seemingly refuse to get off of their a**es to fix the host of bugs they thought were fine to launch with.    … Expand
  99. 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
  100. 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
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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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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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