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
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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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Metascore
78

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

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