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  1. Jul 29, 2021
    10
    This is great.Дальше не знаю как по английски писать,но игра очень атмосферная и можно закрыть глаза на сюжет.Короче 12/10
  2. Aug 2, 2021
    10
    Интересная часть франшизы. Многие моменты, в сравнении даже с предыдущей частью оказуалили, но некоторые стали лучше такие как снятие шкуры убитых животных. Харизматичные антагонисты. Расстраивает только концовка. Более заваленной концовки еще нужно поискать. Хотя для такой безбашенной серии, наверное, это нормально. Но по сути то, ради чего сражался (мир и покой) так и не наступили. ВИнтересная часть франшизы. Многие моменты, в сравнении даже с предыдущей частью оказуалили, но некоторые стали лучше такие как снятие шкуры убитых животных. Харизматичные антагонисты. Расстраивает только концовка. Более заваленной концовки еще нужно поискать. Хотя для такой безбашенной серии, наверное, это нормально. Но по сути то, ради чего сражался (мир и покой) так и не наступили. В итоге все прохождение, с точки зрения сюжетного повествования является бессмысленным. Тем не менее сетинг очень крутой. Expand
  3. Aug 21, 2022
    8
    Far cry 5, is an fps action adventure game.
    Well, every gamer has know this sequel series since last decade. Far cry series has 6 main games in 2022, and nearly all the games are criticized for the similarity to each other. All the 6 games aspects like mechanics, map design or game design is nearly identical. And i think, far cry 5 can be easily criticized for this lack of variety. But
    Far cry 5, is an fps action adventure game.
    Well, every gamer has know this sequel series since last decade. Far cry series has 6 main games in 2022, and nearly all the games are criticized for the similarity to each other. All the 6 games aspects like mechanics, map design or game design is nearly identical. And i think, far cry 5 can be easily criticized for this lack of variety. But still, with each game of the sequel, Far cry games quality is increasing constantly. And i can say, Far cry 5's game elements are flawless.
    I know there is only one thing separates far cry games to each other and it is the story and atmosphere. And this game's American spirit atmosphere is really strong. But still, game's devoloped simple mechanics are quite enjoyable. They just same with the 4 other games before, but it still feels fresh and quality. I think the most important thing that makes the game enjoyable is the short playtime. Game can be finished easily under 20 hours. And it is awesome, because story is predictable and the game's mechanics are kind a linear.
    Long story short, this is an obviously good game.
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  4. 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
  5. Sep 8, 2021
    10
    Literally one of the most fun games I've ever played. Best co-op game ever created. If you have a friend to play with, then buy this game. I have played it multiple times with the same friend. It is a very funny game with awesome themes of America and liberty.
  6. Sep 19, 2021
    10
    One of the best games i've ever played. I love story and Seed family is interesting. Faith is my favorite villain in this game. Graphics is the best. So much better than in overrated GTA V! I love modern ubisoft open world games. It's the best. Far Cry 5 for this day september 2021 is the best in frachise.
  7. Sep 26, 2021
    8
    Despite the fact that Far Cry 4 is just Far Cry 3, with a new story and a new locat
  8. Jul 13, 2022
    10
    They'll look high and they'll look low
    They'll look everywhere we go
    But when the sinners find us we won't hide They'll come loud and they'll come fast But we shoot first and we can last Keep your rifle by your side Singing Oh Lord, this Earth was made for us Singing Oh Lord, this sinful life just ain't enough So we'll take a stand 'cause we must protect our land Keep your
    They'll look high and they'll look low
    They'll look everywhere we go
    But when the sinners find us we won't hide
    They'll come loud and they'll come fast
    But we shoot first and we can last
    Keep your rifle by your side

    Singing
    Oh Lord, this Earth was made for us
    Singing
    Oh Lord, this sinful life just ain't enough
    So we'll take a stand 'cause we must protect our land
    Keep your rifle by your side

    They'll come day and they'll come night
    They'll have our children in their sights
    But if they don't have faith their eyes are blind
    They can scream and they can shout
    But they can never smoke us out
    Keep your rifle by your side

    Singing
    Oh Lord, this Earth was made for us
    Singing
    Oh Lord, this sinful life just ain't enough

    When we hear the voice, we know we have no other choice
    Keep your rifle by your side

    They'll have bombs and they'll have tanks
    'Cause they've got money in their banks
    But we won't fall as long as we can fight
    They'll go on and preach their hate
    But they won't get past the gate
    Keep your rifle by your side

    Singing
    Oh Lord this Earth was made for us
    Singing
    Oh Lord this sinful life just ain't enough
    When I see your face
    I know I must protect my place
    I'll keep my rifle by my side

    Singing
    Oh Lord this Earth was made for us
    Singing
    Oh Lord this sinful life just ain't enough

    When I see your face
    I know I must protect my place I'll keep my rifle by my side Keep my rifle by my side Keep your rifle by your side
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  9. Feb 22, 2022
    9
    I've finished this title 3 times and 4th is more worth than finish FC6 1st time. Great sandbox and map location. Story - not bad, very moody, but not much suspenseful.
    Currently almost hasn't any bugs.
    My FC rank order FC5>FC3>FC4>FC6>FC2
  10. Oct 14, 2021
    9
    Геймплей приятный, динамичный.
    Сюжет на любителя, но есть реально интригующие персонажи.
    Графика на уровне, саундтрэк тоже.
  11. Dec 20, 2021
    10
    Игра лучшая в серии far cry!!! Графика на низких почти не мыльная(если разрешение экрана на 1 стоит,а не на 0.5) Анимации красивые как и сами оружия,много транспорта.
  12. Nov 5, 2021
    8
    It’s ok. Not as good as 3, but better then 4. Story ok, nothing special, but good setting an amazing world.
  13. Nov 19, 2021
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Far Cry 5 is my Best Game because its have very very beautiful nature and it have a multiplayer game and its have a Great resolution Expand
  14. Apr 3, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Прошёл игру меньше, чем за неделю, играя очень много. Скорее всего, это более 30 часов. Графика очень красивая. Интерфейса намного меньше(мне так больше нравится). Оптимизацию, на удивление, завезли. Открытый мир большой и интересный. Эта часть имеет совершенно полностью переработанные все аспекты. Концовка меня вообще поразила (Иосиф был прав, коллапс настал). Единственный минус, который я нашёл - то, что вырезали эффектное добивание с пронзанием врага насквозь, которое было в предыдущих частях. Офигенная игра. Expand
  15. Dec 12, 2021
    8
    One of the best things in this game is ability to throw shovels into people faces. Too bad they basically removed melee weapons in Far Cry 6.
  16. Dec 14, 2021
    10
    неплохая игра можно поиграть всяко лучше чем шестая часть
  17. Dec 14, 2021
    7
    Lovely graphics, realistic movement, good story, stellar voice acting, terrible combat and mentally impaired AI.
  18. Dec 27, 2022
    8
    Great game. The story is decent. The scoring is great, visual is really amazing, the voice & sound is also amazing
  19. Jan 28, 2023
    8
    Suffers from being a game made by nu-Ubisoft. But the story, characters, music and setting really carry the game.
  20. Feb 5, 2022
    10
    The best part ever. I can't believe that players don't like this game so much, because game engine is rock, World is highly interactive, shooting is not boring, companions system is interesting, DLC about the Mars was very professionally made. I have played almost every AAA game and this one gave my one of the best gaming experience, it was what i want to see from shooters. I think thatThe best part ever. I can't believe that players don't like this game so much, because game engine is rock, World is highly interactive, shooting is not boring, companions system is interesting, DLC about the Mars was very professionally made. I have played almost every AAA game and this one gave my one of the best gaming experience, it was what i want to see from shooters. I think that this game deserves 10 points. Comparing this game to others someone can say that scenario is not very intriguing. I think that if you want just relax and have a good time then this game is good choice. Expand
  21. Mar 2, 2022
    8
    ---{ Graphics }---
    ☐ You forget what reality is
    ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of
    ---{ Graphics }---
    ☐ You forget what reality is
    ☑ Beautiful
    ☐ Good
    ☐ Decent
    ☐ Bad
    ☐ Don‘t look too long at it
    ☐ MS-DOS

    ---{ Gameplay }---
    ☐ Very good
    ☐ Good
    ☑ It's just gameplay
    ☐ Mehh
    ☐ Watch paint dry instead
    ☐ Just don't

    ---{ Story }---
    ☐ No Story
    ☐ Some lore
    ☐ Average
    ☑ Good
    ☐ Lovely
    ☐ It'll replace your life

    ---{ Game Time }---
    ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
    ☐ Short
    ☑ Average
    ☐ Long
    ☐ To infinity and beyond

    ---{ Price }---
    ☐ It's free!
    ☑ Worth the price
    ☐ If it's on sale
    ☐ If u have some spare money left
    ☐ Not recommended
    ☐ You could also just burn your money
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  22. Jan 26, 2023
    8
    Story
    -Main story 4/5
    -Side Quests 3/5
    -Story Direction 3/5
    -side characters 3/4
    Gameplay
    -Controls(keyboard and mouse) 5/5
    -Combat 4/5
    -stealth 3/5
    -open world 4/5
    -general gameplay 4/5
    Graphics 4/5
    -Environmental design 4/5
    -Animations 3/5
    -optimization 4/5
    on record : 32h
  23. Apr 27, 2022
    9
    Such a great game. It singlehandedly got me back into first person shooters. The story is fun and intriguing, and the soundtrack is one my favorite from and game.
  24. May 26, 2022
    5
    Юбисофтики мои малютки как никто другой умеет держать планку качества своих продуктов каждый всё хуже и хуже
  25. Jun 15, 2022
    8
    Добрый день, хоть я и не фанат серии Far Cry, но эта часть серии заставила меня обратить внимание на эту франшизу. Но почему 8/10 ? Сейчас объясню : 1 Сюжет тут интересный, главный ,,злодей, а точнее злодеи,, выполнены в запоминающимся стиле, все их диалоги пропитаны частичкой чего-то непостижимого, при устранении каждого из них будет уникальная миссия, и вы ее точно не забудете. КартаДобрый день, хоть я и не фанат серии Far Cry, но эта часть серии заставила меня обратить внимание на эту франшизу. Но почему 8/10 ? Сейчас объясню : 1 Сюжет тут интересный, главный ,,злодей, а точнее злодеи,, выполнены в запоминающимся стиле, все их диалоги пропитаны частичкой чего-то непостижимого, при устранении каждого из них будет уникальная миссия, и вы ее точно не забудете. Карта состоит из нескольких регионов со своими игровыми особенностями, врагами и друзьями... 2 Но хватит о сюжете, геймплей тоже важен. И с ним проблем нет, все в рамках стандартных игр от Ubisoft, выполняем миссии, убиваем сектантов,очищаем аванпосты, ищем союзников, завершаем сюжетную арку, тюнингуем оружие и машину, и снова двигаем в следующий регион... Ну в общем вы поняли.
    3 А нам необходимо поговорить о графике. Ну что можно сказать, все великолепно смотрится , трава и деревья радуют глаз, вода прозрачная, дома и персонажи на высоте, в общем к графике нареканий нет( игра тестировалась на 2к мониторе с процессом i7 7700k с частотой 4000, видеокарта rtx 3070ti Asus rog strix, оперативка 16 Гб, настройки ультра, разрешение рендеринга 160% в 60-75 fps). 4 Игра однозначно стоит вашего внимания, только 2 проблемы: очень неинтересное начало, после вступительной миссии можно повеситься, но если разобраться и выбрать правильный путь , то игра откроется вам во всех красках. И ещё очень тупой ИИ, и сравнивая с АС Вальхалла или АС Одиссея вам будет скучно идти в бой или играть по стелсу, хотя это уже личные нарекания.

    ****Удачи вам на просторах округа... и смотрите не напейтесь блажи..!****
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  26. Oct 24, 2022
    8
    I had a good time playing FC5. The plot (even tho predictable) was great. Some characters had quite the personality. Many things to do, didn't bored me.
    There was just a major issue : the fact that the main plot is catching up with you if you don't do the main quests, and that's pain in the A, for an open world, in my opinion. Oh and the AI or friendly AI was also kinda stupid sometimes.
    I had a good time playing FC5. The plot (even tho predictable) was great. Some characters had quite the personality. Many things to do, didn't bored me.
    There was just a major issue : the fact that the main plot is catching up with you if you don't do the main quests, and that's pain in the A, for an open world, in my opinion. Oh and the AI or friendly AI was also kinda stupid sometimes.
    But if I take a step-back, I really liked the game overall.
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  27. Jul 7, 2022
    9
    Đây là tựa game thứ năm trong seri farcry mà tui chơi rồi và phần nào cũng khiến tui thích thú với gameplay và đồ họa đẹp mắt .
  28. Jul 24, 2022
    8
    this game is just perfect with that beautiful music , characters and atmosphere
  29. B9K
    Aug 26, 2022
    9
    Really, really great game. Nearly ideal. Plot is amazing. I had fantastic time while playing this game.
  30. Aug 30, 2022
    8
    Were a good game, but just not like other Far Cry games. Missed something, that connection. Villains were very good and also side missions for the first time. Graphics as always were amazingly good.
  31. Oct 25, 2022
    9
    I only played around 10h but Ubisoft really put an absurd amount of work into this. I was very pleasantly surprised. The story is intelligent and well implemented, gameplay is fun (at least when you only play every other far cry, there are similar - shocking!).
  32. Oct 26, 2022
    10
    For me, this is the best part of Far Cry at the moment, the weapons feel great, the graphics are very nice, just what you need to relax after work.
  33. Jan 10, 2023
    8
    Excellent Narrative and antagonist as always with FC games. Running on RTX3080 Like butter
  34. Apr 17, 2018
    7
    This is your basic Far Cry game - nothing more, nothing less. The assault rifle's accuracy is terrible, and it's not just because of bullet drop. You're basically not able to hit the broad side of a barn from 100 meters away. The rounds aren't just affected by the force of gravity, but apparently also by the rotation of the earth and extreme crosswinds/mini-cyclones. The bow and arrow, onThis is your basic Far Cry game - nothing more, nothing less. The assault rifle's accuracy is terrible, and it's not just because of bullet drop. You're basically not able to hit the broad side of a barn from 100 meters away. The rounds aren't just affected by the force of gravity, but apparently also by the rotation of the earth and extreme crosswinds/mini-cyclones. The bow and arrow, on the other hand, is extremely accurate in that the arrows are only affected by gravity, which is basically linear across distance. The graphics are great on PC, and the game runs flawlessly on an i7-8700K. The world is also meticulously crafted and immersive.

    The only major drawback is the frequent cutscene hijacking. They've done this in all the FarCrys, but they really laid it on thick in this one. It's pretty common to be meandering along aimlessly and then suddenly get pulled into some boring cutscene where you're forced to listen to some lengthy monologue from one of the game's villains. These will often culminate in some sort of battle royale with real or imagined persons or apparitions, respectively. It's frustrating and grating.

    Also, I originally rated this game as an 8/10, but had to knock it down to a 7/10 after playing it for several more hours and experiencing the unusually and unnecessarily short campaign. The game really tries to rush you through the main story. In fact, it's the only game I've ever played where I found that I was progressing way faster than I actually thought I was (if that makes any sense at all). For example, missions don't necessarily advance the story and push you forward to "boss battles." By this I mean, merely killing NPCs advances your progress meter in a given area of the game, and once it hits a certain number, then you're cutscene hijacked to a boss battle. It doesn't take a particularly long time to fill up those progress meters, either. You could conceivably finish this game in twelve hours. The reason why this is odd is because the world is pretty big (not Witcher 3 big, but big nonetheless), so it's not clear to me why the developers wanted to "Call of Duty" the campaign length. They had plenty of digital real estate to work with, and there's a lot of side missions, so it's not like they didn't have voice actors on hand. It's like the writers and the map developers worked in completely separate installations and never communicated about their respective visions. Also, the villains and characters are basically never developed at all, and this is entirely because of the remarkably short campaign length. It's by far the shortest campaign from any of the Far Crys.

    Also, I agree with others that have noted that you'll encounter enemies every 100 yards, roughly. Not so much whilst ambling about the woods, but definitely on the road way. I think if you pay an extra ten bucks for the "deluxe edition," you get a helicopter with machine guns and rockets equipped from the moment you're able to access a helicopter (which is very early on). That's not a small advantage, either. The helicopter essentially allows you to rain death down on your enemies from on high with infinite ammo. With no helicopter, you're essentially fighting them off with a musket or bow and arrow (see first paragraph). You're AI partners will come in handy - so far, I've unlocked the archer (female, can't remember name), and a grenadier named "Herk." They're both equally useful in their own right.

    Anyway, I recommend the game, particularly if you've enjoyed past Far Crys.
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  35. Jun 21, 2020
    6
    Nothing in this game will give you any kind of satisfaction. The guns are weird, the AI is stupid, the enemy spawn makes no sense, the goddamn bloom effect is just annoying, the story is boring, you don't care about side characters and everything is absolutely easy, even on hard difficult, The hardest this on the campaign is to catch a fish for a quest. Oh! And every DLC sucks.
  36. Vel
    May 25, 2018
    3
    In some ways better than Farcry 3 or 4, probably not as good as 2, it's a mixture of extreme good and extreme bad. The graphics, setting, and sound are all great. The gameplay mechanics are generally solid, and the missions and characters pretty interesting. You really do feel like you are skulking through the Montana wilderness, fighting a crazed cult.

    On the other hand, the AI is
    In some ways better than Farcry 3 or 4, probably not as good as 2, it's a mixture of extreme good and extreme bad. The graphics, setting, and sound are all great. The gameplay mechanics are generally solid, and the missions and characters pretty interesting. You really do feel like you are skulking through the Montana wilderness, fighting a crazed cult.

    On the other hand, the AI is pretty terrible. And I mean you will encounter a least a couple of times where the AI will screw up whatever mission you are on. Also, you can play the game stealthy, but for the major cutscenes and sequences, you will all the sudden be grabbed and shoved onto rails. Plus, the storyline is actually terrible, and the ending a huge disappointment. In summary, playing the game and doing missions and quests can be fun, but eventually you will have to complete parts of the story, and those parts of the game SUCK.
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  37. Nov 15, 2019
    7
    The FarCry series has always been fun, but the formula is getting pretty tired and this game is proof.
  38. May 1, 2023
    2
    While this game looks amazing (textures etc), this game is supposed to simulate real life, yet the 4 boss's cutscenes/interactions and powers are utterly illogical. So stupid. I cannot appreciate it at all.
  39. 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
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  40. Apr 26, 2018
    7
    Looks beautiful, fun gameplay but perhaps too easy, physics can get crazy but hilarious, main storyline is quickly finished & then you're just left with busy work (collecting baseballs & lighters), Arcade mode is disappointing at the moment; hopefully they work on it. DLC SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED AS STANDARD, probably not going to be worth the extra money.
  41. Oct 12, 2021
    7
    Если 4 часть можно было назвать хорошим повторением отличной игры, то здесь уже начинает надоедать привычный геймплей. Мир не чувствуется живым, противники появляются в зачищенных регионах, как будто ничего и не изменилось.Если 4 часть можно было назвать хорошим повторением отличной игры, то здесь уже начинает надоедать привычный геймплей. Мир не чувствуется живым, противники появляются в зачищенных регионах, как будто ничего и не изменилось.
  42. Aug 13, 2018
    3
    Probably the worst Far Cry since Far Cry 3, this is basically a dumb down version of Far Cry 4, they remove towers that to some people were annoying for others were fun little puzzles, they reduce the amount of random missions, and for some reason they remove the wide variety of weapons, it's pathetic the amount of weapons you have, snipers are basically the same ARs with sniper scopes,Probably the worst Far Cry since Far Cry 3, this is basically a dumb down version of Far Cry 4, they remove towers that to some people were annoying for others were fun little puzzles, they reduce the amount of random missions, and for some reason they remove the wide variety of weapons, it's pathetic the amount of weapons you have, snipers are basically the same ARs with sniper scopes, other weapons are more expensive just for the skins, you have 2 choices, an M4 or an AK and its variations, extremely lame. The story is interesting, however not the best, the gameplay is aimed to more casual players, and this is concerning because this is already a very casual franchise that has never been characterized for its difficulty, with this installment they went full retard in terms of how easy the game is, even in hard is super easy to beat because the AI is so dumb. Outposts are way less challenging than previous entries and the skill tree was merged and now your progression is based on achievements instead of gaining experience like any other RPG, the choices you have on your skill tree are simple and boring, they remove so many interesting options and merged certain skills into one, like chained take down, drop down take down and such. There is no reason to save money to buy vehicles, because the helicopters and cars are just skins of the ones you get for free. At one point the only reason you save money is to save for ammo and health packs. The fauna is boring, you have lots of different animals but there is no point to hunt them other than to sell their skins for more money, and like I said, money is only used for ammo or health later on. The game is so pathetic you can just save and buy the best sniper from the first area, and you are good to go, a silence sniper is super OP considering how stupid the enemies are. Everything you loved from Far Cry 3 and 4 is gone in here or has been dumb down. The graphics are beautiful and the place they picked is amazing however the gameplay killed this, they missed a big opportunity with this location, is amazing that a game set in United States has little to no weapon variety, absolutely ridiculous from Ubisoft, and the DLCs are just terrible, simply terrible. If you want this game, just wait for a sale because is not worth $60 dollars, it might be a mediocre FPS open world game, but a terrible Far Cry. Expand
  43. Dec 28, 2018
    7
    Good - Stunning visuals, vastly improved gameplay and movement animation, missions come in naturally so exploring is encouraged

    Bad - Horrid story, countless plotholes and the main character feels insanely uninspiring
  44. Sep 1, 2018
    7
    Gameplay : 7
    Graphics : 8
    Story : 6
    Sound : 8
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    Overall : 7
  45. Jan 9, 2023
    6
    The game doesnt have the mysterious location that other Far Cry games have. But I continued playing and eventually get over that. It is still an enjoyable shooter with a pretty nice open world. I prefer Far Cry in a far land full of mystery instead of a national park in one of the most developed countries in the world. But it is still a decent open world shooter.
  46. May 30, 2018
    7
    Far Cry 5 starts with a few promising moments that hint towards a worthwhile experience. Yet the closer the player's journey comes to an end, the clearer the game's unforgivable missteps get.
  47. Feb 5, 2023
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I just replayed FC5 thinking I was too harsh the first time around, and I must have really been distracted to think this game was anything other than complete garbage. The story was a complete zero due to the nonsensical aspects that are passed off as reality (a single nuke takes out the world, or that torturing and murdering is "preparing", or that the US police would have ignored all of it). What destroys it is that it is all for nothing. Everything you did is undone at the end of it, unless you let the murderer continue on, making it all for nothing in a slightly slower manner. This was the worst FC game to date, and most of the other complaints (bad minimap, bugs galore, missions triggering before you even get to the area, getting "captured" multiple times while flying, etc) are all true FIVE YEARS later. Supposedly some of this was fixed in FC6 which I will try next. But FC5 is something I will never play again. FC3 and 4 are FAR better, in almost every way (except graphics, and even then they are passable). Expand
  48. May 14, 2023
    7
    I ignored this game because I hated Far Cry 2.
    My friend was playing this game so bought a copy for me as well.
    I shouldn't have ignored this game as it's quite fun if you just feel like killing and destroying, reminds me quite a lot of Just Cause 2 which I liked. I like the open world and it's fun trying to destroy the cult. However I dislike how the story is implemented and how it
    I ignored this game because I hated Far Cry 2.
    My friend was playing this game so bought a copy for me as well.
    I shouldn't have ignored this game as it's quite fun if you just feel like killing and destroying, reminds me quite a lot of Just Cause 2 which I liked.

    I like the open world and it's fun trying to destroy the cult. However I dislike how the story is implemented and how it has forced kidnappings you can't avoid and the game does feel too repetitive. I didn't mind the ending.

    AI companions are stupid of course, often get in your way or step in front of your line of sight. I had a companion step in front of me just as I was firing a rocket which you can guess the outcome of that.

    I hate being forced to use the Ubisoft launcher. The launcher sometimes has problems of often not being able to sync cloud save data or their servers not working. I lost several hours of progress as the cloud save did not sync properly.
    The game does have bugs, I liberated a outpost and a helicopter was spawned inside a building and was levitating and wobbling around clattering against the ceiling which eventually caused it to explode.
    Overall I found the game fun enjoyed it and didn't feel bored playing.
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  49. Aug 26, 2018
    7
    This game is glitchy, and after first boss gets boring. But I like that you have different enemies in other regions. Montana is visually beautiful, but the game didn't amaze me !
    Endings, as always are unbelievable, i couldn't sleep after i have finished the game.
  50. 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.
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  51. May 5, 2018
    7
    Far Cry 5
    Pretty Bland
    Far Cry 5 is the first numbered game I’ve played in the series since far cry 2… After hearing such great things about this game I thought my experience would be even better since Far Cry 5 would feel so fresh and new to me because I haven’t played 3 or 4.. I wouldn’t have that this is just more of the same kind feeling.. And despite this.. that feeling is
    Far Cry 5
    Pretty Bland
    Far Cry 5 is the first numbered game I’ve played in the series since far cry 2…
    After hearing such great things about this game I thought my experience would be even better since Far Cry 5 would feel so fresh and new to me because I haven’t played 3 or 4..
    I wouldn’t have that this is just more of the same kind feeling..
    And despite this.. that feeling is exactly what I got here..
    Far Cry 5 feels like just another bland and boring shooter…
    The game takes play in a fictional hope county Montana USA
    you play as your own created character out to take down Joseph Seed… A cult leader..
    But to get to him in car cry fashion you have to regain control and liberate 3 different territories and take down his 3 siblings….
    You can take them down in and order you’d like.. though the game suggests you start in the south and make your way up, so this is exactly what I did starting with John Seed…
    And by this games roughly 28 hour long campaign you’ll understand exactly why the game suggests you start at the bottom and work your way up..
    John seeds section is easily the strongest part of the game in terms of world building and level design… every area of this section of the map is memorable, it feels worth exploring for its treasures, the side quests feel worth doing…
    And this is the majority of the campaign as well, taking me about 13 hours to clear, and then it’s on top faith seed which took about 10 hours to clear… the world building is miles weaker, but these 10 hours are saved by one of my favorite villains in video game history..
    This was hands down my favorite chunk of the game thanks to how unique her individual missions are as you’re dealing with something called the bliss.. this causes hallucinations, and a creepily charming, seductive and hypnotic crazy girl that we’ve all dated before, and then the final 5 hours of the game is dealing with the mediocre Jacob seed section…
    the world building in the north of this map is mind numbing garbage.. no heart here whatsoever…
    so I’m happy it takes up so little of the campaign time…
    But to get to these story missions you have to bring these characters out.. you have to cause mayhem around the world..
    and this is what far cry fans love about the game…
    liberating posts, destroying property, rescuing characters and animals like cheese burger the bear to call them in to help you during missions, you Can even play through the world co op with friends
    and after you’ve done enough damage you’ll be marked and they will hunt you down and you then have to escape whatever scenario you find yourself in.. sadly, though there are only 3 missions for each character aside from their introduction…
    such a massive disappointment..
    especially with a character such as faith seed..
    it’s a shame how underused she is
    I honestly would’ve preferred if she was the only character in the game, and we were constantly dealing with her tricks and seduction..
    shes so well written,
    sadly this isn’t what we get… I feel that the first chunk if this game is the only section where any of this chaos causing gar cry fans enjoy is any fun
    the faith seed section is saved by the character, but that’s the only redeeming quality.. the world gets more bland as the game goes on
    After I cleared the first part of the map I resorted to just clearing missions with a helicopter.. that’s how little I cared to explore..
    outside of the campaign there is a decently fun arcade mode where you can build your own singpleypalyer, co op, or death match maps using assets from the past far cry games and even games like assassins creed..
    plenty to get creative with..
    but if you’re like me and creating the levels isn’t your thing you can just hop in to play other peoples maps or even have some decently fun competitive play with some alright maps thrown in there…
    there isn’t the call of duty polish here, but I had a decent amount of fun.
    Far Cry 5 has its moments of greatness despite feeling a bit lazy as it goes on.
    this would’ve been a better game had it been smaller and more polished with much more narrative focus
    I know Ubisoft would disagree with such a statement but at the end of the game I think we can all agree
    We need a faith seed game
    I give Far Cry 5
    a 7.5/10
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  52. Mar 6, 2023
    3
    In a nutshell the game is basically like the most recent FC games - same engine and basic system as FC3 / 4 / Primal and runs smooth, but has terrible story progression (forced capture missions are terrible), and an awful ending to the game which makes your accomplishments feel pointless - skip this one. Final Rating: 3 / 10
  53. Dec 12, 2018
    7
    Well let me start off by saying that the graphics of this game are AMAZING. Playing at ultra graphics with TSAA x4 made the game look really really impressive. Also neat gun mehcanics, shooting with most of the weapons felt really cool. Now let's on to the bad stuff. Far Cry 5 ditches the minimap. This made finding things like skinnable carcasses more difficult to locate and I dont believeWell let me start off by saying that the graphics of this game are AMAZING. Playing at ultra graphics with TSAA x4 made the game look really really impressive. Also neat gun mehcanics, shooting with most of the weapons felt really cool. Now let's on to the bad stuff. Far Cry 5 ditches the minimap. This made finding things like skinnable carcasses more difficult to locate and I dont believe that it contributed to being immersed in the game. For me, only Boomer worked properly, all the other AI had a lot of issues.The story was straight up **** BORING. in my opinion, ALL the characters were terrbile, ALL the dialogues were dull, unoriginal and full with cliches and overall it was just a bad, poorly written and rushed script. The narrative was as linear as it gets and the choices that the player made didn't seem to hold any value whatsover. Far Cry 3 and 4 both had amazing villains that kept sending chills down the player's spine everytime they had a convresation with the protagonist but now we got a pseudohipster with a man bun that was rather laughable than imposing or menacing. Only the ending came out to be a little unexpected but nothing shocking enough to alter my opinion on the whole of the story. Also, I really enjoyed Far Cry's classic system of activating radio towers and liberating outposts to unlock new areas. I see why the devs decided to try a more open and free approach but it made the story look incoherent. Overall, I had a time fooling aroudn and blowing up stuff and liberating outposts, but I kept rolling my eyes to the very back of my head everytime I listened to a dialogue concerning the main story. Expand
  54. Jun 3, 2018
    7
    Far cry 5 is what I consider to be a great game filled with many flaws. The AI are absolutely brain dead, which is unfortunately typical for Ubisoft titles. The gun play is solid, so many will still garner enjoyment from slaying baddies, even if they are legally retarded. The stealth is super forgiving, which kind of sucks as far as having a challenge goes, but also enables even the mostFar cry 5 is what I consider to be a great game filled with many flaws. The AI are absolutely brain dead, which is unfortunately typical for Ubisoft titles. The gun play is solid, so many will still garner enjoyment from slaying baddies, even if they are legally retarded. The stealth is super forgiving, which kind of sucks as far as having a challenge goes, but also enables even the most clumsy of pulling off potentially gratifying stealth takeovers.

    The graphics are good, but appear to have little to no improvement over Far cry 4, which I found disappointing. However, for me on a 1070 the game ran flawlessly on 1080p max settings with zero stutters or frame drop outs. The world is incredibly well done, having a very organic, life like feel that's fun to explore. Most side quests actually have engaging characters with unique story lines. Loot locations, which are essentially survivalist bunkers filled with goodies, aren't your typical go fetch this objective. They each have their own little puzzle in order to get inside which often comes with an entertaining mini-plot, which makes completing them a helluva lot more gratifying then what's oft seen in other Ubisoft titles.

    The characters are - well, nuts. Their back stories are horrific and this seems to be both the explanation and justification for their heinous behavior. If you're not a fan of really dark dialogue, you're going to find it way too over the top and unpleasantly disturbing. I personally found it captivating, even if the overall plot didn't really make a whole lot of sense. Since the antagonists are bat sh1t crazy, it's understandable that their motivations don't align well with a rational reality.

    What I didn't care for was the manner in which your main character interacts with the villains. Once you reach a certain point in progression, you just repeatedly get knocked out only to then awaken in the captivity of the cult king pins. This literally happens a dozen times throughout the game and gets repetitive real fast. It seems like a lazy way of progressing the story and gives the main cult leaders an unexplained air of supernatural divinity. In other words, they can do with you whatever they want, whenever they want, but this runs extremely counter to your sense of agency and objective. It's like the entire game wants to keep reminding you that there's really no good reason for you to bother trying since you're just a mere mortal playing hero at the mercy of the gods. I didn't find that narrative to be particularly satisfying, so I mainly tried to ignore it.

    The endings basically reinforce this message of futility. Whereas some will find them commendable, others will find them disappointing. I was personally left with a profound sense of dissatisfaction that really took away from my overall experience of the game, but this appears to be the sentiment Ubisoft was gunning for all along anyways.

    As a final note, your character doesn't talk at all. This is a trope I've disliked in games from the beginning. The Master Chief doesn't talk a whole lot, but you do have a sense of what kind of person he is. Your character in FC5 is just an empty shell, being lead along from one checkpoint to the next, doing little more than observing the show. It makes the character you're playing seem really dense to the point of mindlessness. You're just a powerless pawn doing what the game wants you to do, whether that be good for your character or not. And in the end, whatever choices you appear to have really aren't choices at all. Anarchic nihilism is at the heart of this game's soul. Which is unfortunate considering the vibrancy with which the main characters and open world have.
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  55. Sep 7, 2020
    7
    And I saw, behold it was a white horse... and hell followed with him.

    Ubisoft do your work as usual is good. Game release is extremely beautiful and have unbelievable atmosphere. It is there case, where you play in a game, which you like just walking around of land, driving a car on long distance, and going in edge map, where don't step foot of human. You just relax, when playing this
    And I saw, behold it was a white horse... and hell followed with him.

    Ubisoft do your work as usual is good. Game release is extremely beautiful and have unbelievable atmosphere. It is there case, where you play in a game, which you like just walking around of land, driving a car on long distance, and going in edge map, where don't step foot of human. You just relax, when playing this game. Particular when you clear map from religion zealots, map get clear and world become calm, making beautiful yet.

    Game design as always amaze me. Guys working in Ubisoft - you my precious. Make such a land's need try did. Okey, I do stop my compliments and release review. By the way, I take this game on 100%.

    Let's analyze the plot and what is happening in the game. Event's game happen kinda in our time. In County Hope, a fictional region in Montana. In this County captured religion zealots at the head Father (Joseph Seed) and his two brothers and one sister - who calls heralds. Map is split on three part, on every part we have a boss (heralds). You playing for deputy of sheriff, you come in there that restore order. We need clear every land, helping people from resistance and defeat bosses.

    As usually plot is not very good. He is primitive, even main quest. You are Rambo, kill everyone on your way. But i researcher and me just relax walking for world and do as i will. Yes, if you wanna play in game with difficult plot - fc5 isn't your choice.

    Game have a three ends. And three addons. Talking about second, although what we have talking about? I don't play in it all, but I reading a lot of reviews and they all as one proclaim, that addons is **** Don't believe me? Take read yourself.

    Yes, I almost forgot about soundtrack. It's so pretty, particular part with sister of Joseph - Siren.

    'key, what in outcome. In outcome, we have lovely Far Cry, which become still more beautiful, but with not the most delicious filling. Although main antagonists have some charisma.

    7/10
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  56. Jul 10, 2018
    7
    Графика, оптимизация, музыка и баги тут на высоте! Особенно баги. Одна из тех игр, в которой баги только красят игру. Столько весёлых и рандомных смертей, что каждый вечер можно веселить знакомых. Игра очень весёлая и бодренькая, а вот сами миссии однотипные и неинтересные. Да и сам сюжет бессмысленный. Неоднозначная часть. Некая помесь Postal и GTA.Графика, оптимизация, музыка и баги тут на высоте! Особенно баги. Одна из тех игр, в которой баги только красят игру. Столько весёлых и рандомных смертей, что каждый вечер можно веселить знакомых. Игра очень весёлая и бодренькая, а вот сами миссии однотипные и неинтересные. Да и сам сюжет бессмысленный. Неоднозначная часть. Некая помесь Postal и GTA.
  57. Feb 24, 2019
    5
    Great open world with decent gameplay and horrible story. Worth playing if you like nice views.
  58. 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.
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  59. Apr 3, 2018
    7
    PROS:
    1. Open world full of life and action
    2. Super fun gun play 3. Lots of fun different quests 4. Lots of cars, boats, helicopters and planes with even more skins on them. 5. Guns for hire - you can now recruit one (two with perk) guy to help you fight, and there's various of classes of them too. 6. No mini-map also plus in my book (it kinda makes you to be more aware of your
    PROS:
    1. Open world full of life and action
    2. Super fun gun play
    3. Lots of fun different quests
    4. Lots of cars, boats, helicopters and planes with even more skins on them.
    5. Guns for hire - you can now recruit one (two with perk) guy to help you fight, and there's various of classes of them too.
    6. No mini-map also plus in my book (it kinda makes you to be more aware of your surroundings)
    7. Optimization is not bad (totally better than AC: Origins was on a release)

    CONS:
    1. Sometime AI is just terrible and super dumb
    2. Story is "meh" and the characters of the game are not so memorable (comparing with FC3 or even FC4 - pagan min was awsome)
    3. There are some few annoying bugs
    4. Game's world sometimes is way too chaotic - you can't drive in a new area calmly for even 2 minutes without encountering lots of random enemies, then bear attacks you out of nowhere, then helicopters starts shooting rockets at you, then reinforcements come etc. So If you want to travel calmly, you need to do it in the woods by foot.
    5. This game lacks of guns. There's only about two proper assault rifles - AR-C and AK-M and those too also aren't so good too.
    6. Those f*****g microtransactions. Although you simply can buy everything with in-game currency, the prices for weapons and cars (boats, planes) skins are insanely high.
    7. No more crafting. Instead of that you have to make lots of stupid challenges to get perk points and with those you can unlock new abilities like extra gun slot, carry more ammo, swim faster, walk silently etc. (sp for example: you wanna get 3 perk points? kill 15 enemies with flamethrower, wanna get another 2 or 3 points? hunt down 3 grizzlies etc...).

    I haven't tried co-op, although I've read lots of forum about how stupid it is, when someone joins friend's game there's no story progression, no guns progression etc... For me Far Cry always been about singleplayer and I still think it's worth buying it. You'll get lots of different quests, great gameplay there's really a lot of doing in this game.

    EDIT: Those gamers who says it's too easy, put difficulty on hard, turn off x-ray vision and indicators as well. Then the gameplay, for example liberating outposts will be pain in the ass, no joke.
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  60. Mar 27, 2018
    6
    Bad story , downgraded gameplay from 4 and no weatherproof effect. The plot is just so unrealistic and the ending really shows that.
  61. Mar 28, 2018
    10
    Incredible graphics, great combat, huge amount of content, and an interesting story. How are people upset at this?
  62. Jan 2, 2022
    7
    I'm writing a review after playing 5 hours of FC6 and absolutely hating it. FC5>FC6. I recommend FC5 especially at the price of $9.99.
  63. Jun 4, 2018
    7
    Новая часть серии Far cry унаследовала почти все фишки предыдущих игр, такие как напарники, стелс, противники и т.д. Но в отличии от великолепной Far cry 3, пятая часть имеет ужасный сюжет и концовки, после прохождения не хочется проходить игру повторно. Теперь место главного героя нам дают манекен, который не имеет ни чувств, не характера. Многие напарники настолько тупые что могут толькоНовая часть серии Far cry унаследовала почти все фишки предыдущих игр, такие как напарники, стелс, противники и т.д. Но в отличии от великолепной Far cry 3, пятая часть имеет ужасный сюжет и концовки, после прохождения не хочется проходить игру повторно. Теперь место главного героя нам дают манекен, который не имеет ни чувств, не характера. Многие напарники настолько тупые что могут только мешать прохождению, например вы можете сесть на транспорт со стороны пассажира, тогда напарник моментально садится на место водителя и просто сидит, чтобы сесть на место водителя надо выйти из транспорта, сесть со стороны водителя, это очень тормозит игру. Игра очень легкая, нет ни одного момента который нельзя было бы пройти со второго раза, особенно с напарниками. Прокачка очень изменилась и теперь чтобы получить навык надо выполнить определённое действие. Транспорта стало больше, вертолёт выполнен прекрасно, на нём одно удовольствие летать, но самолёты это самый худший транспорт, он очень тяжёлый в управлении, что делает его бесполезным. Микротранзакции в игре присутствуют, они не навязчивые, но они ЕСТЬ в относительно однопользовательской игре. Графика в пятой части на высоте, что даже на средних настройках графики она выглядит сочно, ярко, и свежо. Игру можно порекомендовать тем кто либо не играл в Far cry вообще ил тем кто просто хочет убить время в простой игре со слабым сюжетом. Expand
  64. May 16, 2018
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What is one of the most important elements of a single player game ? It's a story. And the story in Far Cry 5 is peace of shame. I am very disappointed, because almost everything else is great. I felt really relaxed when just liberating outposts, hunting and so on. I also didn't enjoy racing side missions, but there are just few of them, hopefully. It must be emphasised that graphics and audio are really awesome. Weapons customisations is also good. Another important and well done thing is environment. Yes, those forests and animals are superb. And these are the things why I don't regret time I spent with this game. It was so relaxing. Expand
  65. Jun 6, 2018
    7
    Un Farcry más, un Farcry mejor e igual
    En primer lugar hay que ser consecuente con lo que estamos analizando, y es un título más de la icónica saga, hay unos elementos que vamos a tener siempre, tiroteos, persecuciones, “homeopatía”...
    A todo eso, en esta saga hay que añadir puntos a favor: -Físicas de los enemigos al recibir disparos -Han vuelto a recrear un malo, bastante
    Un Farcry más, un Farcry mejor e igual
    En primer lugar hay que ser consecuente con lo que estamos analizando, y es un título más de la icónica saga, hay unos elementos que vamos a tener siempre, tiroteos, persecuciones, “homeopatía”...

    A todo eso, en esta saga hay que añadir puntos a favor:
    -Físicas de los enemigos al recibir disparos
    -Han vuelto a recrear un malo, bastante carismático
    -En su versión de Pc, está muy bien optimizado

    Y como puntos negativos:
    -destructibilidad de los escenarios, puedes vaciar un cargador en una tv, que es imperturbable
    -la conducción es más o menos agradable pero ir por carretera es un suplicio.
    -Demasiada insistencia con EL GOZO, se hace pesado
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  66. Jun 8, 2018
    6
    This is an okay game.

    Great audio, great visuals. Gameplay...if you've played Far Cry 3, then you've practically played FC 4 and FC 5 as well. The guns feel good, but the AI is dumb. It's just gratifying to headshot the enemies, as it always has been in the FC series. But yeah. Same old same old. Oh but they added planes. So...yay? Story...They just copy-pasted everything, even
    This is an okay game.

    Great audio, great visuals.

    Gameplay...if you've played Far Cry 3, then you've practically played FC 4 and FC 5 as well. The guns feel good, but the AI is dumb. It's just gratifying to headshot the enemies, as it always has been in the FC series. But yeah. Same old same old. Oh but they added planes. So...yay?

    Story...They just copy-pasted everything, even the stupid joker-like villains. Once was enough. Vaas was enough. The FC 4 and FC 5 heath-ledger-joker-wanna-be villains just make you roll your eyes, groan, and mash the Esc key to skip every cut-scene with them in it. Somehow the story is WORSE and MORE STUPID in FC 5 than it was in FC 3 and FC 4. It's just so, so...stupid. And god, that ending. One of the worst video game endings I've ever seen, no matter what "choice" you pick. Did...did Ubisoft go out of their way to hire a really really STUPID WRITER? I don't know what happened here but my score is so low in no small part due to the INSULTINGLY STUPID PLOT of FC 5. It's not difficult to write a simple backdrop for an FPS game, but somehow they managed to f*** it up, despite a multi-million dollar budget. Did they spend 20 bucks on the writer or something? The story literally almost sapped all the fun out of shooting the virtual bad guys.

    6/10. Okay game.

    UBI needs to mix up the FC formula DRASTICALLY cause it's pretty stale now, and somehow the plots are getting more and more braindead, which is no good.
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  67. 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.
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  68. 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!
  69. Dec 23, 2021
    6
    NPCs talk too much. It's annoying. We can skip but it kills the story. Its 6.
  70. Oct 16, 2018
    7
    Good game, but far from perfect, if you hate repetitiveness in games, you won't like it. By far, one of the best things about the far cry series is its bad guys, and that still applies to far cry 5, the main antagonist are all more developped than the silent main character and all the people that the game considers good guys.
  71. Aug 13, 2021
    7
    This game isnt bad, just AI is dumb and easy to kill, In hard difficult they shoot like they have aimbot, avanposts are boring too.
  72. Nov 11, 2018
    7
    The game play is pretty decent as other far cry entries. You got a lot of choices when it comes to the arsenals, including handguns, assault rifles, bows, rocket launchers, and many more. Again, this is what you expect from a far cry game, so at least they did a good job with that. However, when it comes to missions and activities, it could get pretty repetitive. This is of courseThe game play is pretty decent as other far cry entries. You got a lot of choices when it comes to the arsenals, including handguns, assault rifles, bows, rocket launchers, and many more. Again, this is what you expect from a far cry game, so at least they did a good job with that. However, when it comes to missions and activities, it could get pretty repetitive. This is of course subjective, some people might like this kind of loop where there is always a lot of markers and huge area to cover just for the sake of completion, but others just want something enjoyable within proportion. But with the huge area of map, there could be several opportunities of variety when it comes to game play, for example, you could stealthily eliminating enemies one by one to take the base, or you could go all out and drive your truck to mow down the cultists, just to be interrupted by a helicopter that you could take down with your grenade launcher. This kind of freedom is mandatory for any open world game and far cry 5 nailed a great job at it. Expand
  73. Feb 17, 2019
    6
    Far Cry 5 is a good game, but at the same time it is not far from its predecessor Far Cry 3 and in fact has not brought anything new.

    However, I note that the towers were finally removed from the game. Added interactive events and various activities, such as fishing, while walking around the world. Ubisoft has finally abandoned the plot in the style of find and revenge. The game is
    Far Cry 5 is a good game, but at the same time it is not far from its predecessor Far Cry 3 and in fact has not brought anything new.

    However, I note that the towers were finally removed from the game. Added interactive events and various activities, such as fishing, while walking around the world. Ubisoft has finally abandoned the plot in the style of find and revenge.
    The game is pretty high quality and dynamic firefights with opponents.
    The world is finally gone from the setting of mountains and tropics. Now we move across the plains.

    On the other hand, the plot does not stand out outstanding. Throughout the game, the main events lose their momentum and we get bored. As a result, I could not even get through the game to the end. Really new cool mechanic in the game did not appear. Remains all the same capture outposts. In addition, Far Cry 5 was the first harbinger of the appearance of microtransactions in Ubisoft games.

    Verdict
    The game is not bad, you can play. But it could have been better.
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  74. 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
  75. Feb 15, 2019
    6
    Нормальная игра на один раз, сюжет прямолинейный, звезд с неба не хватает, игра не дает челленжа даже на хардкоре, однако калорит и общая безумность событий более-менее вытягивают повествование.
    Крепкий середнячок.
  76. Nov 26, 2018
    6
    The gameplay is a lot better compared to FC 3 and FC 4 but I felt a lack of weapons and things to do.
    And the main plot... and don't want to spoiler anything... but it really suck and it's just a bunch of secondary missions with about 15 main quests.
    To me it reaches the sufficiency only for the improved gameplay (apart from the helpers who really suck). Besides, the ending (the most
    The gameplay is a lot better compared to FC 3 and FC 4 but I felt a lack of weapons and things to do.
    And the main plot... and don't want to spoiler anything... but it really suck and it's just a bunch of secondary missions with about 15 main quests.
    To me it reaches the sufficiency only for the improved gameplay (apart from the helpers who really suck).
    Besides, the ending (the most plausible and entertaining one ) leaves no room for a possible FC 6 to my opinion.
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  77. May 21, 2020
    7
    First of all, the game has good optimization and excellent graphics. The magnificent atmosphere of the provincial remote American wilderness, which features farm fields, lake and river wilderness, and mountain ranges. You can rise to a maximum height by helicopter and see almost the entire map of the game. It’s a good idea to work with teammates who can drive as well while you shoot. ButFirst of all, the game has good optimization and excellent graphics. The magnificent atmosphere of the provincial remote American wilderness, which features farm fields, lake and river wilderness, and mountain ranges. You can rise to a maximum height by helicopter and see almost the entire map of the game. It’s a good idea to work with teammates who can drive as well while you shoot. But their AI doesn’t really "shine with miracles". By the way, the car's auto driving is a little bit crooked but sometimes it was useful. I liked the hunting and fishing, as the searching of different things like lighters and whiskey and the plot justification of that(extremely simple but no needed something more). For more, there were side full-fledged quests and the same caches, each of which had to be opened/found in a new way. Some side quests, by the way, were very interesting and funny. But some were dumb(flat toilet humor). That’s all what I liked in that game... And now the opposite:
    The release of outposts resets the bodies(and it is impossible to collect trophies from them). You can not hide completed quests(It's not new but It would be extremely convenient and I surprised and disappoint that many games ignore this). An extremely poor and not convenient inventory and store(What a fool came up with idea to make mechanics that ammunition you need to buy exclusively all at once?! You need bullets to rifle? - NO! you will buy ammunition to everything).
    Loot system: You pick up a half of it yourself, and a half are grabbed automatically(It’s extremely uncomfortable to think about where you need to press “F”, and where you just run past. Such situations make you "stumble" on looting). Plane flying is critically awful. AWFUL!.
    -Dumb AI(the eagle flies away from its place, enemies freeze in a car or near a tree during an attack, etc.), small bugs like opening companion's window instead of map when you receive new quest.
    Some other broken mechanics(in shallow water you can’t jump or climb the stairs, a scripted parachute - a low jump kills if the activation of the parachute started but did not have time to end).
    A co-op only for the chaos and fun, the Campaign resets the progress of the second player from you when you enter the game next time. Half of the skills are useless(I throw away planning of skills after getting 40% of them).
    And the most heavy sin: Story. An interesting idea is ruined by a tasteless, predictable and crooked script. Just a few things in each region were interesting, and all of them are a battle with the boss of the region. The drama of religion fanatical monologues are the opposite of the anarchy and "meat grinder" that they arrange in game, which kills any sympathy or attempt to understand their motives. It was understandable only for brother-hunter from mountains(Only strongest will survive). The ending of game was potentially interesting and unexpected, but extremely sharp and short. And not interesting from the side of the behavior and conversations of the main enemy at the end.
    A separate dislike of how this plot is basically presented: Each boss catches you 4 times, pushes a fanatical speech and ... let you go. 4 goddamn times. So in general, instead of trying to kill the enemy, you are caught and released 16 times. Seriously?! ...But the most strong fire was when it happened during a new quest. The NPC began to give the quest and during that they turn me off and catch me. It is wretched, stupid and tasteless.
    I am done.
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  78. Dec 25, 2018
    7
    In the fifth main installment in the Far Cry series you follow an unnamed deputy sheriff to liberate the county of a doomsday cult and its leader Joseph Seed. The game takes place in the fictional region of Montana, USA.

    While the graphics look stunning and the sound design is excellent, the dumb AI drags the game down. There is no real challenge and the game becomes repetitive. Ubisoft
    In the fifth main installment in the Far Cry series you follow an unnamed deputy sheriff to liberate the county of a doomsday cult and its leader Joseph Seed. The game takes place in the fictional region of Montana, USA.

    While the graphics look stunning and the sound design is excellent, the dumb AI drags the game down. There is no real challenge and the game becomes repetitive. Ubisoft needs to reinvent their formula to overcome stagnation in its main franchises.
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  79. Jan 2, 2019
    8
    I loved this game so far i played around 20 hours and sometimes it gets boring. BUT sometimes you need to stop playing the main story and do some side cuests, and pepoel dont relly enjou that. and the story has a very strong love or hate fell to it. this game has some glitches, but i have seen wors, expetely big open world, falout or skyrim. and Fallout 76 is way more glighy then thisI loved this game so far i played around 20 hours and sometimes it gets boring. BUT sometimes you need to stop playing the main story and do some side cuests, and pepoel dont relly enjou that. and the story has a very strong love or hate fell to it. this game has some glitches, but i have seen wors, expetely big open world, falout or skyrim. and Fallout 76 is way more glighy then this game, and there is a story. idk i engoid it, its up too you if you'll do too. Expand
  80. Apr 19, 2019
    7
    + World Design
    + Sound & music
    + Good written villains + The amount of Content If you're looking for a non-stop action packed shooter game this isn't the game for you. The developers focused a lot of their time on writing a good story with great villains. Lots of people here saying the game is repetitive. Yes, if you only play the main story and skip every thing else then yes it
    + World Design
    + Sound & music
    + Good written villains
    + The amount of Content

    If you're looking for a non-stop action packed shooter game this isn't the game for you. The developers focused a lot of their time on writing a good story with great villains. Lots of people here saying the game is repetitive. Yes, if you only play the main story and skip every thing else then yes it comes down to 3 underboses which capture you and you have to overcome their torture. But if you're like me and you like to be immersed into a story then you won't call these 3 events from the 3 villains repetitive, you welcome those events with open arms! The cruelty your character has to overcome in these events and cut-scenes are pure gold. And the side-quest are fun and never felt like a grind. Actually the side quest felt really rewarding. Another pro is the world design, the map is big but not too big, I never felt he need to fast travel, not once! It fun to travel on foot or by a vehicle.

    - Weapon sounds while suppressed
    - Bugs
    - Microtransaction in a singleplayer/co-op game...

    The weapon soundeffects unsuppressed are realistic, however if you put a suppressor on it then it suddenly sounds like a paintball gun. bugs and glitches like randomly exploding cars will happen from time to time.
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  81. Jul 6, 2023
    5
    Are you really tired of making the same game? Because we are tired of playing the same game...
  82. 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.
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  83. Mar 10, 2019
    7
    I know that this is just a conveyor game, but i was damned hooked, i don't know why. Country music is especially good, i fell in love with these tracks.
    Although it has a lot of bugs, i enjoyed the environment.
  84. Feb 7, 2023
    7
    ====================IIIIIIIIII GAME SCORE : 73 IIIIIIIIII====================
  85. Mar 3, 2019
    7
    I thought this wouldn't be my cup of tea, but I can't stop playing the game now. The soundtrack is fantastic, it fits into this environment and a selection of songs in a car? Perfection. Graphics is well optimized, I run on hight with my 1050 ti and a really old i5. Only thing that bothers me a lot is that my character doesn't speak. It seems like a commonplace nowadays, but this game damnI thought this wouldn't be my cup of tea, but I can't stop playing the game now. The soundtrack is fantastic, it fits into this environment and a selection of songs in a car? Perfection. Graphics is well optimized, I run on hight with my 1050 ti and a really old i5. Only thing that bothers me a lot is that my character doesn't speak. It seems like a commonplace nowadays, but this game damn much miss it. Expand
  86. Apr 14, 2019
    7
    What is good:
    +Perfect optimization
    +Good story (not perfect)
    +Perfect FPS system,

    What is bad?
    -Bad NPCs
    -Micro-transaction
    -Awful weapons
  87. Dec 18, 2019
    6
    O que mais me entristece em relação ao Far Cry 5 é que ele poderia ser muito melhor se tivesse atenção/recursos necessários por parte da Ubisoft.

    A gameplay ainda é divertida, apesar de estar se tornando defasada - no sentido que é mais do mesmo. Não há uma variedade de armas muito grande - e nem precisa. Mesmo jogando na dificuldade Hard, senti uma facilidade imensa, visto que o TTK é
    O que mais me entristece em relação ao Far Cry 5 é que ele poderia ser muito melhor se tivesse atenção/recursos necessários por parte da Ubisoft.

    A gameplay ainda é divertida, apesar de estar se tornando defasada - no sentido que é mais do mesmo. Não há uma variedade de armas muito grande - e nem precisa. Mesmo jogando na dificuldade Hard, senti uma facilidade imensa, visto que o TTK é baixo demais, e apesar de amar isso em jogos multiplayer, sinto que isso facilita muitos as coisas quando estamos jogando contra uma IA particularmente burra.

    Os gráficos são bonitos e a trilha sonora é muito atraente, porém a otimização é incrivelmente ruim, ou melhor, padrão ubisoft. Em certos momentos, meu fps caia pra 50, mesmo com meu processador na casa dos 30%. Vamos aprender a usar os núcleos/threads, Ubisoft???

    Quanto a historia: É fraca. Um enorme potencial jogado fora. Não aprofundam em nada e possui furos inexplicavelmente escrachados. Os personagens são superficiais e não agregam em nada, os vilões principais não são carismáticos pelo simples fato de que a ubisoft não soube como trabalhar com eles. O final seria muito mais interessante se fosse pouco previsível por parte de referenciais, mas nem isso. Não houve impacto significante nenhum.

    Detalhe: As SideQuests, em suma maioria, são chatas e entediantes, como: Destrua isso, busque aquilo, faça isso. Nunca é algo que verdadeiramente te intriga, como numa side de The Witcher.
    Outra coisa chata é a quantidade de inimigos nas ruas. Serio, você não consegue andar em paz por 5 min. A caça no jogo foi completamente descartada e o ponto anterior corrobora mais ainda pra isso. Também não podemos esquecer do modo que os vilões te capturam. Simplesmente preguiçoso.

    Só vou dar nota 6 porque me senti entretido do inicio ao fim, exceto em raros momentos. Mas esse jogo merecia nota menor.
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  88. 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***
  89. 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.
  90. 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.
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  91. Sep 9, 2020
    7
    Far Cry 5 is different from other Far Cry games.
    In Far Cry 5, graphics are far far better than the other ones. (I just saw a screenshot of Far Cry 3 and really saw the progress in graphics!)
    The other difference is the story. This time we're not stuck in an island with a psychopath leader. The leader is stuck with psychopath attackers! The biggest difference between this Far Cry and
    Far Cry 5 is different from other Far Cry games.
    In Far Cry 5, graphics are far far better than the other ones. (I just saw a screenshot of Far Cry 3 and really saw the progress in graphics!)
    The other difference is the story. This time we're not stuck in an island with a psychopath leader. The leader is stuck with psychopath attackers!
    The biggest difference between this Far Cry and others, is probably their antagonists. Antagonist, Joseph Seed, has really good personality. And as far as game tells us, he was right about all the things he had said. The entire Seed family are characterized really well.
    Another negative point of game is that the main character doesn't speak at all. He just watches things without any reactions. The Junior Deputy is the first mute Protagonist in the entire franchise.
    Despite having same-looking boring missions, the big environment of the game made it look less boring!
    Overally, it's worth to play it for those who are fan of open-world games.
    (April-May-June 2020)
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  92. Nov 26, 2021
    6
    Even though this game is filled with bugs, ads, microtransactions, and DLCs I don't care about, I still had a ton of fun outside of that. If those were absent from this game my rating would have been a LOT higher.
  93. Sep 16, 2021
    7
    Good humor (eg. towers). Good Npc behaviors. Good gunplay. Good progression system that motivates you to try everything. Was fun but its traditional Ubisoft formula.
  94. Oct 31, 2020
    4
    Pretty much the same game as every other Far Cry with a declining story. Fails to meet the standard that was Far Cry 3.
  95. Nov 9, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. este es un caso interesante pues tiene cosas realmente buenas pero otras muy molestas, empezando por las malas su campaña principal es repetitiva haciéndote hacer casi las mismas cosas una y otra vez en las 3 regiones del juego y creo que este es el punto mas débil de todo el juego ya que al contrario a como debería ser la campaña llega a sentirse incluso pesada pues cada cierto tiempo al avanzar en cada región del mapa te obligara siempre de la misma manera a que hagas una misión de la historia lo cual puede ser molesto si tu solo quieres explorar libremente.
    Ya lo segundo de las cosas malas es que trae muy poca innovación en cuanto a los far cry anteriores no se siente una gran evolución entre la tercera o cuarta entrega de la franquicia.

    Ya dejando de lado lo malo el juego tiene una jugabilidad realmente buena que hace que sea muy entretenido siendo esto de lejos lo mejor del juego y acompañado de mucho contenido por lo que puedes perderte explorando su mundo y encontrando cosas que hacer con la única molestia de que al avanzar mucho una zona el juego mismo obliga a continuar la historia de una manera muy poco sutil.
    con todo eso es un juego recomendable si eres fan de la franquicia de far cry pues es mas de lo mismo mejorando un poco algunas cosas y si no eres un fan pues no haría daño esperar para comprarlo en una rebaja.
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  96. 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.
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  97. Apr 14, 2020
    7
    Плюсы:
    1) хорошая графика
    2) приятный геймплей 3) вечером после работы можно расслабится и забыть о проблемах Минусы: 1) отсутствие нормального сюжета 2) главный герой - маникен без языка и имени (не понимаю вообще с каких пор разработчики стали считать, что играть за безмолвную куклу - это круто) 3) отсутствие харизматичных персонажей 4) отсутствие разнообразия оружия у врагов
    Плюсы:
    1) хорошая графика
    2) приятный геймплей
    3) вечером после работы можно расслабится и забыть о проблемах

    Минусы:
    1) отсутствие нормального сюжета
    2) главный герой - маникен без языка и имени (не понимаю вообще с каких пор разработчики стали считать, что играть за безмолвную куклу - это круто)
    3) отсутствие харизматичных персонажей
    4) отсутствие разнообразия оружия у врагов (все ходят с одними и теми же пушками)
    5) ТЕХНИЧЕСКАЯ СОСТАВЛЯЮЩАЯ! игра вылетает без ошибки и ни чем это не лечится, и это спустя полтора года после выхода игры (комп более чем подходит системным требованиям, стоят последние драйвера, последний directx, все необходимые библиотеки)
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  98. Dec 6, 2020
    6
    Game is a bit boring. Don't like the way you need to go through story. Graphics are not as good.
  99. Jan 17, 2022
    6
    그래픽 좀 개선시키고 등장인물 이름바꾸고 스토리 조금 바꾸는거 말고는 할 줄 모르는 유비. EA처럼 섣부른 변화로 프랜차이즈가 망하는것보다야 낫다지만 새로운 시도를 전혀 하지 않고 매번 산소호흡기만 달아주는 유비가 밉다.
  100. Jul 30, 2020
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A fun game with a truly awful script.

    (Spoilers in the latter half of the review, but I give a warning before they appear)

    Pros:
    Realy enjoyable gameplay.
    Amazing graphics.
    Great companion characters.
    The addition of helicopters adds so much to the game.
    The new perk system is very well done and makes progression super fun.
    The DLC is just different enough to be a fun experience.
    Fun hunting activities.

    Cons:
    Repetitive mission design.

    Mediocre AI

    Unfair and poorly executed moments in the story that force the player to lose in-game fights, even if they take no damage.

    The worst writing I have ever seen in any game ever. The stupidity in the script is downright inexcusable. The reality that earplugs exist is a devastating plothole. The script is that weak.

    The review.
    Do you want to single-handedly dismantle a cult? Do you want a game that lets you hunt Bison with a semi-automatic 50 cal sniper rifle for profit? Do you want to be a one-person war machine causing unprecedented mayhem in rural America? Then look no further. This game is for you.
    … Unless you’re really bothered by a bad story and STUPID game mechanics. My biggest gripe with the gameplay is that throughout the main story of Far Cry 5, you are kidnapped constantly. You are a one-man/ one-woman death machine who can swat down gunships like gnats and walk off bear attacks, yet you are constantly being overpowered and kidnapped. I think it happens 9 times. I don't know who designed this “open-world” “sandbox” game, but the point is to allow the player to control their own destiny. To do what they want when they want. Not to randomly be kidnapped in forced, unfair sequences that are literally unbeatable. Every once in a while a “ capture party” will come for you. I, having played this game quite a lot, absolutely decimated several capture parties only to have an arrow spawn out of thin air, knock me out, and initiate a cut scene and a mission sequence I had no interest in participating in. It doesn't matter if you're too good to be captured, the game will force it. It will break your immersion, and become unfair just so you can “experience” the story. Which brings me to my main gripe, the story. It's dumb. It's really dumb. I have never seen a game try to sabotage itself with such an awful story before. I am going to go into spoilers here. If you're not interested in spoilers please stop reading. The reason you're kidnapped constantly is so you can be brainwashed. You're brainwashed so that if you choose the ending where you save your friends and to go get the National Guard, the game can have a shocking ending where you kill all your cop buddies. Wow. Edgy. But this isn't even the worst part, the reason I hate this is that while you were in the process of being brainwashed, it is made very clear to the player that the bad guy who brainwashes you, Jacob, can gain control of your mind by playing a specific song over the loudspeakers/ radio. So, dear reader, I asked you, why doesn’t the main character just invest in a pair of earplugs? Or they could just do what I would do, get a pair of headphones, blare some death metal and wipe out everyone in Jacob's base including Jacob so you don’t have to engage in this nonsense. But no, this is the world of Far Cry 5, where logic can't happen because the ending needs to be shocking. Also after you wipe out the Lieutenant's of the cult, and several hundred of their members, as well as much of their supplies, they magically kidnap all your friends in the end. Why? How? Because reasons. Why put effort into your writing when nonsense endings pay the bills. Oh, by the way, the other ending is that you defeat the main bad guy, he nukes the area, killing all of your friends undoing all the work you’ve done, souring the entire experience of playing the game because it was all for nothing… And the main character becomes his personal slave. Excellent writing yall. There's nothing quite as fun as a dominating everything in sight throughout the entirety of a game just to lose in the final cutscene.

    My rating:
    7.5/10

    (The way I recommend playing this game.)
    Skip all the cutscenes, completely ignore the story, or write your own, and just flat-out refuse to engage in the endings.

    My rating when I ignore the story:
    8.5/10
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 31
  2. 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. 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.
  3. 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!