Far Cry 5

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  1. agent13
    Sep 19, 2018
    6
    i just finished it,
    +nice graphics
    +exciting gameplay
    -bad story
    -repetitive missions
  2. herrhubi
    Apr 7, 2018
    7
    Lustiger Shooter mit guter Grafik. Leider ist die KI grausam schlecht. Auch die Zerrstörbarkeit der Umgebung ist im Vergleich mit z.B. Far Cry 2 schwach. Far Cry 5 existiert.... man spielt es und vergisst es danach.
  3. I_StillAlive_
    Jun 22, 2018
    7
    Far Cry 5 is the first FarCry game I've been playing since Far Cry 1 on PC because I like the idea of fighting some weird and crazy Catholic cult in the US ... And it was the best experience in FarCry series... Much more complex map, great location of Montana based world, good visual look and fun gameplay with companions, fishing and prepper stashes, Arcade mode... But on the other handFar Cry 5 is the first FarCry game I've been playing since Far Cry 1 on PC because I like the idea of fighting some weird and crazy Catholic cult in the US ... And it was the best experience in FarCry series... Much more complex map, great location of Montana based world, good visual look and fun gameplay with companions, fishing and prepper stashes, Arcade mode... But on the other hand there is a bunch of imperfections which we are used to in Ubisoft games.. like small amount of weapons to use, no dificulty cause enemies are very dumb, lengthy and quite stupid story, your main hero is void and without character, very unconvincing ending.... So for me, yeah, it's worth the money but after you finish it, there are no things that will force you to play it again, except of few hours in Arcade mode ... Final rating is 7/10.… Expand
  4. PeRsPeCtIvE
    May 1, 2018
    6
    I really wanted to enjoy this game, took the day off work and all. But No. The main issue is that you are never more than a couple feet from an enemy. They start fighting you and a hundred men come over, planes cars boats helicopters (no helicopters) . There is no way of just going from one objective to the other because all the beef you just can't relax and the game itself is just not good.
  5. SerSpooge
    Dec 13, 2018
    6
    The story alone is all that saves this game from a poor rating. After Ubisoft made a big deal about changing everything in their repetitive series nothing changed, the setting was promising but never delivered, The encounters with each cult member became repetitive and lazy. Overall the main story was a compelling one, every meeting with the cultist leader was the only upside, he was aThe story alone is all that saves this game from a poor rating. After Ubisoft made a big deal about changing everything in their repetitive series nothing changed, the setting was promising but never delivered, The encounters with each cult member became repetitive and lazy. Overall the main story was a compelling one, every meeting with the cultist leader was the only upside, he was a fantastically written character, claiming to be trying to save the people but he barely saved this game,… Expand
  6. chuchu1chuuu
    Dec 29, 2018
    6
    To hard to drive cars and motocycles, the game is too dificult( i play in medium and i usualy die 3 times in each mission playing like a normal person and the history of the game is horrible. The only thing that saves the game is the good graphics.
  7. tupaiquispo1764
    Oct 31, 2019
    0
    El juego en lo personal me aburrió ni bien lo abrí un mal personaje que no expresa nada y un basto mundo casi vació de fauna en lo que explore a diferencia del 3 que se sentía mas vivo y lo peor el como tu vida se recupera era lo mejor del juego para mi lo que hacia far cry aparte de las extensas pantallas de carga me quito el interés a las pocas horas que ya ni lo abro y me decidí aEl juego en lo personal me aburrió ni bien lo abrí un mal personaje que no expresa nada y un basto mundo casi vació de fauna en lo que explore a diferencia del 3 que se sentía mas vivo y lo peor el como tu vida se recupera era lo mejor del juego para mi lo que hacia far cry aparte de las extensas pantallas de carga me quito el interés a las pocas horas que ya ni lo abro y me decidí a volver a jugar el 3 no hablo mas para ahorrar spoilers pero si te das cuenta de que el personaje de este juego no ira evolucionando como el del 3 sabes que va ser patético, la idea de un nuevo entorno era algo bueno para la saga pero sino sabes como desarrollarlo sera una caída eso es lo que es para mí Far cry 5… Expand
  8. TameSimpala
    Jul 13, 2020
    0
    Am I the only one that was incredibly disappointed by this game? This was my first (and last) time playing a game in this series. The missions were super repetitive, the combat was awful, all guns felt the exact same, story was absurd, and everything just felt so scripted, the world might be open but the missions couldn’t be more linear and predictable. Truly awful game.
  9. a1z1k
    Jan 26, 2021
    8
    Прокачка:
    Особое внимание хочется уделить прокачки навыков и фарму денег. В пятой части серии игр Far Cry побочные задания потерпели серьезные испытания - теперь большинство из них действительны интересны и не являются однотипными как "захвати аванпост, поднимись на вышку". Кстати, вышки, которые открывали частично карту полностью убрали, теперь игроку приходится исследовать все    Прокачка:
    Особое внимание хочется уделить прокачки навыков и фарму денег. В пятой части серии игр Far Cry побочные задания потерпели серьезные испытания - теперь большинство из них действительны интересны и не являются однотипными как "захвати аванпост, поднимись на вышку". Кстати, вышки, которые открывали частично карту полностью убрали, теперь игроку приходится исследовать все самостоятельно. За удачно пройденные испытания пользователь получает очки, которые можно потратить на приобретение для персонала новых способностей, их улучшения. А за деньги можно приобретать все, что угодно (оружие, модификации к оружию, одежда, автомобиль, самолет и тд) - это одна из причин, почему хочется проходить все больше и больше заданий. Если говорить о донате с "экономией времени", как это любят Ubisoft - тут конечно такое присутствует в виде "серебряных слитков", однако все предметы покупаются легко без доната.

    Мультиплеер:
    Основным преимуществом Far Cry 5 стала возможность проходить игру в компании с другом. Подобная возможность была еще в FC4, но там мультиплеер был сильно ограничен. Если говорить кратко, то игра становится намного интереснее при игре с другом.

    Звук/Саундтрек:
    Большое разнообразие музыкальных композиций самых разных жанров — жуткие сцены становятся еще более пугающими, а во время веселых миссий включаются задорные треки. К локализации тоже трудно придраться.

    Итог:
    Великолепное продолжение серии. Far Cry 5 сохранила достоинства предшественниц и отлично подкорректировала формулу — выглядит и ощущается свежо.    … Expand
  10. Carvor
    Mar 28, 2018
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Far cry 5 is a great game, the gunplay is fantastic, the graphics are extraordinary and the world truly feels alive, this game was set to be one of my all-time favorites until the ending came. I can say without hesitation that Far cry 5 has one of the worst endings I have ever seen in fiction, and it utterly ruined the entire experience.… Expand
  11. Benhume
    Mar 28, 2018
    6
    Just a preliminary review but so far it totally feels outdated, (world) graphics are nice but the way the non player characters act and move just is not up to par. (enemy's most of the time don't even notice you until you're right up to shoot them in the face) And when you see exactly the same character every fifth enemy I'm done! This is totally ridiculous in 2018 Ubisoft! Now and thenJust a preliminary review but so far it totally feels outdated, (world) graphics are nice but the way the non player characters act and move just is not up to par. (enemy's most of the time don't even notice you until you're right up to shoot them in the face) And when you see exactly the same character every fifth enemy I'm done! This is totally ridiculous in 2018 Ubisoft! Now and then total chaotic attacks by spawning animals and stuff? Cars which pop up in the middle of a road .. what where they thinking? With a xbox one x I do'nt expect popups at all. Somehow it feels like they mixed up a bunch of stuff from several of their franchises but in total it just isn't doing it justice.
    In the end i'm disappointed with Far Cry 5, the bar has been raised much higher these days.

    P.s. Ubisoft, please share the effort and knowledge of the different teams?
    For Example: The water in A.C. Origins is unbelievably awesome, in Far Cry 5 it's just Méh! Why?    … Expand
  12. Avodeskorm
    Mar 30, 2018
    3
    It's not good. I could walk into a base armed with a shovel and kill 20 people just by holding and letting go of the right trigger. WOW. It honestly feels like I'm playing a cutscene. (There's also a perk where you just press a button and your character kills everyone nearby them) STEER CLEAR: if you want gameplay that is fun to master or deeply rewarding.

    I bought this mainly because    It's not good. I could walk into a base armed with a shovel and kill 20 people just by holding and letting go of the right trigger. WOW. It honestly feels like I'm playing a cutscene. (There's also a perk where you just press a button and your character kills everyone nearby them) STEER CLEAR: if you want gameplay that is fun to master or deeply rewarding.

    I bought this mainly because of the multiplayer and custom maps. But the core gameplay ruins much of the fun you could be having, by including instant death animations by someone jumping on your head by a meter higher in elevation, explosions being OP, one-shot headshots leaving lower fire rate weapons already at a disadvantage, etc, etc...

    If you are playing with a friend sure you could have fun for maybe at most 6 hours before realizing how deep this game isn't.    … Expand
  13. astormofswords1
    Apr 4, 2018
    0
    I honestly can't comprehend how much of a mess this game is. Incredibly glitchy, to the point where it's infuriating and numerous players have had to restart the entire game (including myself) due to random mission glitches (and not just one particular mission, numerous missions can cause this).
    The game is just stuffed full of constant nothingness. You're attacked by AI almost    I honestly can't comprehend how much of a mess this game is. Incredibly glitchy, to the point where it's infuriating and numerous players have had to restart the entire game (including myself) due to random mission glitches (and not just one particular mission, numerous missions can cause this).
    The game is just stuffed full of constant nothingness. You're attacked by AI almost constantly. Seems like Ubisoft was trying to make the game extra exciting but instead they made it painful to play, you walk/drive/swim anywhere and are guaranteed you will be attacked. You can't drive down a road without a passing car spotting you after 10 seconds and then hunting you down. You can't walk through a field without a random AI trying to gun you down. You can't even bloody go fishing without a skunk/snake biting at your balls.
    The game itself is just a mess. So unpolished. The characters are incredibly dull and boring. AI are moronic for a 2018 game. The story is lackluster. Voice acting is poor. Controls are poor. They've done nothing to better the game from the previous. The ranking system is trash. Ubisoft putting in in-game purchases pretty much says it all.

    I used to love Far Cry games, but after this one, I'm never buying another. Never felt this way about a game before, absolute trash. Positive the game review sites have just been paid off to give this thing 80%. Please avoid for your own sanity.    … Expand
  14. mgroman
    Mar 29, 2018
    7
    The story is definitely questionable...but there have been moments it has shined. The feel, things to do, everything thats awesome about far cry are all a stellar 10.
    The weapons customization is laughable in this day in age where games (Escape from Tarkov) allow users to modify virtually anything and everything on the weapon from rails to grips to different variations of sites, ammo and    The story is definitely questionable...but there have been moments it has shined. The feel, things to do, everything thats awesome about far cry are all a stellar 10.
    The weapons customization is laughable in this day in age where games (Escape from Tarkov) allow users to modify virtually anything and everything on the weapon from rails to grips to different variations of sites, ammo and suppressors. Far cry has a bare bones approach with a select few options just like in other far crys. I wish they improved on this.
    The mechanics and perk system are amazing. Seriously, they are great.
    The followers you gain are useful...but to an extent of ai. The enemy AI is laughably stupid.
    That being said, the game is what it is and a great and fun time at that.    … Expand
  15. TredZ
    Apr 10, 2018
    1
    Bad story, bad driving, as usual, I don't understand every test before the release... were they paid ?!
    Big deception: cannot play in coop from start to the end with a friend because the guest does NOT save any progression! Even smallest studios give this feature...
  16. Theirlaw
    Apr 2, 2018
    9
    Fantastic game! Can't understand the issue people have with micro-transactions, haven't even considered using them, I'm too busy fishing! Fishing in itself is better than most fishing games...

    Great characters, exceptional animation of voice acting which is also excellent. Really immersive. The combat is the best it's been. Stealth or full on battles, play how you like. Great    Fantastic game! Can't understand the issue people have with micro-transactions, haven't even considered using them, I'm too busy fishing! Fishing in itself is better than most fishing games...

    Great characters, exceptional animation of voice acting which is also excellent. Really immersive.

    The combat is the best it's been. Stealth or full on battles, play how you like.

    Great story. Some may not like it as it pokes at a few politicians, but hey, it's a game and it's blooming great fun so why so serious, people?

    All of my annoyances in the last game have gone. Climbing is better and there are less impassable 3 foot high rocks than ever :)

    Best Far Cry yet, having a blast!    … Expand
  17. subarusauruswrx
    Apr 1, 2018
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Top 5 reasons this game isn't that great
    1. You get kidnapped/drugged 9 times.
    2. You can't drive the slowest cars I've ever seen in a game 50 feet without an animal or friendly running out into the road, or getting shot at.
    3. The airplanes/helicopters troll you more than the dragons did in Skyrim.
    4. Most of the weapons are just reskins. There's maybe 10 guns in the game.
    5. The ending is terrible. After a short 30 hour or so campaign you would have been better off just walking away at the beginning.    … Expand
  18. LaurenKron
    Mar 29, 2018
    6
    You know you will get fun which you want from game but in first 6 hour, after that game will repeat itself again ,again and again. For me this game is Far Cry 3 v1.2 like with better graphics, the bad guy who is crazy but he believe that is doing right things which we have in far cry 3, 4 and bla bla bla. Is game good? yeah, actually depends on you , but does game worth 40$ no you can buyYou know you will get fun which you want from game but in first 6 hour, after that game will repeat itself again ,again and again. For me this game is Far Cry 3 v1.2 like with better graphics, the bad guy who is crazy but he believe that is doing right things which we have in far cry 3, 4 and bla bla bla. Is game good? yeah, actually depends on you , but does game worth 40$ no you can buy it for 20, max 25-27$. Again game will be fun and interesting in 6-7 hours then you will get bored like just shut up Ai ,give me gun and I will kill people which you want and will get my reward after it.… Expand
  19. Grapetrap
    Apr 3, 2018
    9
    Big world, big characters and Big Sky Country. Ubisoft have successfully made open world less tedious in a game that takes all the good stuff from the previous Far Cry games and makes it better. Combat is tight, driving is a joy, and exploration is adventurous. The world seems alive with people and interactions. A few people have been less than impressed with story but fear not, theBig world, big characters and Big Sky Country. Ubisoft have successfully made open world less tedious in a game that takes all the good stuff from the previous Far Cry games and makes it better. Combat is tight, driving is a joy, and exploration is adventurous. The world seems alive with people and interactions. A few people have been less than impressed with story but fear not, the over the top villain and his terrifyingly relatable ideals are all there. it may not be the alt-right bashing, anti Trump story it seems some folks wanted but it's a Far Cry story, not a documentary. If you are looking for something deeper you shouldn't be looking at a Far Cry game to begin with.

    Don't listen to the trolls. if you like even one of the last four Far Cry main series games, you will love this!

    Final thoughts: You can run around a fictional Montana wilderness with a bear named Cheeseburger and cougar named Peaches, together, as your hunting companions, and they will lick you back alive when you get blown up too much.    … Expand
  20. morpheus_7081
    Mar 27, 2018
    9
    Great graphics and an interesting story. The map is absolutely huge which is nice and the open world let's you play and explore the game at your own pace. Overall, it's a great game. A must buy in my opinion especially if you enjoyed other entries in the Far Cry series.
  21. Captiosus
    Apr 1, 2018
    7
    - Gameplay was pretty solid, though it felt like there were too few gun types per category. SMGs had like 3 variants of the MP5, for example. Driving controls are better this time around but flying controls are just… ugh. I’d rather have Ghost Recon Wildlands’ helicopter controls over FC5’s. Also, I must say I did NOT like how the game would force you into story missions each time you'd- Gameplay was pretty solid, though it felt like there were too few gun types per category. SMGs had like 3 variants of the MP5, for example. Driving controls are better this time around but flying controls are just… ugh. I’d rather have Ghost Recon Wildlands’ helicopter controls over FC5’s. Also, I must say I did NOT like how the game would force you into story missions each time you'd reach a new resistance level, especially since doing so could make you miss main story missions if something untoward happened to a quest NPC during the forced story event.

    - Soundtrack was fantastic. I really appreciated the hand crafted hymnals which were created specifically for Eden's Gate and the ambient Americana music while exploring fit very well.

    - John Seed’s story arc was probably the best of the three because it fit the crazy cult story line the closest. Faith Seed and Jacob Seed were essentially the same mindscrew, except one used drugs and the other used psychological conditioning. Neither were really interesting, IMO. I would have preferred they stuck with the crazy cult concept for Jacob and left Faith as the only character with metaphysical elements.

    - Fishing was on point and I spent too much time fishing. Hunting, conversely, was just a boring exercise. If I didn't HAVE to do it, I didn't bother. It was easy enough to earn money from side missions and fishing to the point where hunting wasn't really necessary.

    - Graphically, much like Guerrila Games did with Horizon a year ago, Ubisoft really nailed the Rocky Mountain west. The terrain, rivers, flora and fauna - all very well done and makes Hope County Montana a very believable and interesting location.

    - Far Cry Arcade has potential but right now there’s limited curation meaning most of the maps you get are pretty weak. Hopefully it gets better as more assets are added and people get more time behind the map creator.

    - And finally, the ending(s) were absolutely awful. I realize "Far Cry Ending is Bad" has practically become a meme at this point but these endings doubled down on that and went almost Mass Effect 3 levels of bad. I can't really go into detail here without spoilers but the endings were so disappointing that they soured my entire view of the game and makes me not want to play it again. I'm knocking a full point off the score for this fact alone.

    All in all, decent. But part of me wishes I had just rented it instead.    … Expand
  22. JPG127
    Mar 31, 2018
    5
    Visually and sound wise, it is beautiful and runs smoothly on the PS4. But it is repetitive and the endings are all complete bummers. It is Mass Effect 3 redux.
  23. Metempsychosis
    Apr 3, 2018
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Has decent graphics, not good, for this generation. Most of my play sessions had at least one bug that killed a quest or was just generally annoying.

    The sound design is great, though.

    There is almost no variation in guns, and most of them are the same, so there is no point.

    Characters are pretty fun, except the 'villains'. They're just annoying, talking way too much when my character is the most passive waste of a main character when they're not shooting stuff.

    Most of the gameplay is fun (in the absence of bugs), but one particular boss fight forces you through very bad airplane controls to fight another plane and it's just frustrating. And there is no satisfaction of killing them because the game is too enamored with them to allow the main character to overcome them. You kill one of these **** and the game turns it on you as if you're the bad person. Because torture, drugging and brainwashing is now acceptable, apparently. This is all because of the sewage that is called 'story' with this game.

    The real problem is with the story, then. Turns out that the evil **** kidnaping people, drugging them, stealing, destroying property, abusing animals, torturing people, was right all along, and the only way to get a half good ending is to not play the game, giving up before the end of the prologue. And that is assuming that it's not all just in vain because of an asspull of a plot twist of nuclear weapons being detonated. In Montana. The obvious implication being that Joseph was right, actually had prophesized the future, was protected by God, and... I don't know. Nothing makes any sense in that ending to the point there are people theorizing it's a hallucination because of the drugs the guy dumps on the ground before the final fight. Makes more sense than the actual story...

    It's said that there are signs of it all over, like the radio, that I never listened to because every time I was on a car, there were murderous cultists crawling up my ass, trying to kill me or one of Joseph's lieutenants spewing their **** all over again, as if you're supposed to feel bad for playing the game. And that is when the NPCs weren't bugging and repeating their lines over and over.

    What a piece of **** So, I guess this is games now. A story that punishes you for playing the game. How about people punish Ubisoft for terrible writing by not playing their games? People complained of Mass Effect 3, but in that game, you didn't lose, even though you had won. People complained of Mass Effect: Andromeda, but at least, the whole gameplay isn't pointless because the villain wasn't right all along. People complained about ET, way back in the Atari 2600, but at least the story wasn't a pointless waste of time!    … Expand
  24. naser_sadigh
    Mar 27, 2018
    8
    nice graphic , nice gameplay , a lot of bugs , but totally not bad far cry always good maybe ubisoft release a update to improve gameplay and graphic to this lovely game.
  25. saturday_youth
    Mar 28, 2018
    3
    Weapon and Car Progression is locked behind microtransactions... why is that ok?
    Besides that the game gets way to chaotic, it won't give you a moment to look at the scenery or landscapes. The AI might be the dumbest i've witnessed since Call of Juarez, the Cartel.
  26. draen
    Apr 18, 2018
    6
    the graphics are impressive, the gameplay has been improved and it has millions of small details BUT the game is VERY boring, bland characters, bad story and bad endings.

    a pity because the idea of ​​fighting a religious sect saba for a lot but it has been nothing, as it is possible that in FC3 devoted more than 80 hours in the story mode, in FC4 the same but in FC5 I just wanted to    the graphics are impressive, the gameplay has been improved and it has millions of small details BUT the game is VERY boring, bland characters, bad story and bad endings.

    a pity because the idea of ​​fighting a religious sect saba for a lot but it has been nothing, as it is possible that in FC3 devoted more than 80 hours in the story mode, in FC4 the same but in FC5 I just wanted to finish the game and ya, ahy stays in the box to not play again until the DLC (I bought them for idiot)    … Expand
  27. KaeNTy
    Apr 2, 2018
    7
    Pros:
    -game mechanic's
    -look's beautiful
    -exploration gives you a lot of fun
    Cons:
    -story
    -Faith's and Jacob's mumbo jubo
    -its just another far cry with only cosmetic improvements and new setting
  28. fakfarkry
    May 22, 2018
    0
    Not good, do not buy. beware. same game over and over. nothing new. played one, played em all.
  29. worldcitizen19
    Mar 30, 2018
    0
    Find this to be very poor in gameplay and story us almost non existent. Can’t play stealth or strategy. One quest I had to park a car and because I parked it a little far away from the quest giver I couldn’t finish’s the quest and thr game would not let me in the truck again to move it so I had to replay the entire quest about 5 times from the beginning. Save games should be user initiatedFind this to be very poor in gameplay and story us almost non existent. Can’t play stealth or strategy. One quest I had to park a car and because I parked it a little far away from the quest giver I couldn’t finish’s the quest and thr game would not let me in the truck again to move it so I had to replay the entire quest about 5 times from the beginning. Save games should be user initiated not stupid checkpoints. Nothing worse than starting all over again after playing for half an hour. Nothing near Far Cry quality. I made a huge mistake buying this game. Bought it today and want my money back already. Not recommended. Don’t believe the hype. It’s bull dust.… Expand
  30. Jeb24965
    Apr 13, 2018
    0
    Meh mediocre piece of **** extremely annoying throughout please avoid this game
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 83 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 70 out of 83
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 83
  3. Negative: 0 out of 83
  1. 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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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    May 21, 2018
    80
    A mostly excellent sandbox that delights with its gorgeous world, breadth of activities, and stellar shootouts. It can be a bit grindy, mind.[June 2018, p.93]
  3. GameGrin
    May 7, 2018
    85
    Far Cry 5 established itself as one of the best in the series, The game features some gorgeous scenery, an engaging story and the overall story is great fun and the theme is very realistic. The game mixes up the missions so it doesn't get repetitive halfway through the game. Far Cry 5 is a great entry to the series for newbies and veterans alike.
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