Far Cry 5

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7.2

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  1. fnenamg
    Sep 8, 2023
    5
    A typical Ubisoft-style game 4.
  2. JJ2FAS4U
    Aug 5, 2023
    6
    Atmosphere: 8
    Enjoyment: 5
    Gameplay: 5
    Graphics: 6
    Music: 4
    Story: 6
    Total: 5.67
  3. Dunkaccino
    Jun 22, 2023
    7
    The plot starts off decent, but it quickly spirals into repetitiveness, finally arriving at one of the most unsatisfying endings I've ever witnessed.
  4. Formula3
    Mar 9, 2023
    9
    O segundo melhor jogo ate a data de hoje... mas imbatível continua o Far Cry 3
  5. sniffany
    Mar 4, 2023
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I do enjoy far cry but they have always suffered from ubisoft syndrome. I did not find this with far cry 5. The story (for a modern day triple A studio at least) is dark and entertaining the gameplay is far cry fun and their is even a twist ending.… Expand
  6. Flashyboy89
    Jan 12, 2023
    5
    Playing this on Game Pass. Meh, it’s the same s***, different day with Far Cry games. The same thing over and over and over since Far Cry 3. Nothing has really changed
  7. Sadra_The_Gamer
    Jan 2, 2023
    8
    Undoubtedly, Far Cry 5 is one of the best games of this franchise, which has a great story, very good characters, beautiful world and good gameplay as always, but suffers in the artificial intelligence of the enemies, the facial animation and technical parts.
  8. goodgriff33
    Dec 24, 2022
    8
    Answer: 75 characters is between 10 words and 19 words with spaces included in the character count. If spaces are not included in the character count, then 75 characters is between 12 words and 25 words.
  9. funnymystical
    Sep 17, 2022
    7
    game is ok
    review:
    story: 6.8/10
    characters: 6.3/10
    combat: 7.4/10
    flying: 9/10 very fun
    bugs: minor
    graphics: 9/10
    bots AI: 5/10
  10. nfs7379
    Sep 4, 2022
    5
    5/10.......................................................................
  11. MagisterJedi_66
    Aug 29, 2022
    7
    Despite a good plot, excellent graphics and an unexpected ending, this game is rather dull in terms of gameplay and does not bring anything interesting.
  12. Zumbie101
    Aug 26, 2022
    9
    A fun, easy and relaxing game to just cut loose with. Setting is interesting and characters are good enough. I do find the game is very buggy particulalry with the amount characters stop dialogue etc but overall no major problems.
  13. Lubomir
    Jul 30, 2022
    7
    игра хорошая, очень приятная атмосфера, неплохой сюжет, правда большинство заданий по типу:пойди, освободи,убей, украли. но есть и крутые задания, с Иосифом, иаковым, верой и Иоанном.
  14. Esperalx
    Jul 29, 2022
    0
    Clutch. Nixon. This freaking mission really made me puke. Repeatitve, you cannot connect mouse/keyboard on Xbox? Wtf? GL in FPS on gamepad.
  15. igorhim
    Jul 8, 2022
    10
    I really liked far cry 5. My rating is 10, even though I prefer New Dawn
  16. iTarnishedShura
    Jul 5, 2022
    8
    Far Cry 5 is one of the most fun first-person shooter open world action-adventure games. Thanks to FPS Boost, it runs smoothly on the powerful Xbox Series X, and it always gets a discount.
  17. MoratoryMold249
    Jun 12, 2022
    9
    "Oh the bliss"- это то, что заставило меня поставить этой игре 9.
  18. Lucaz1n
    Jun 11, 2022
    8
    Não tão bom quanto o 3, mas definitivamente melhor que o 4. O vil]ao é muito marcante, tanto quanto seus irmão. O sistema do jogo permitir qual região tu prefere ir a cada irmão derrotado é muito massa, fora que cada uma desbloqueia coisas únicas. A dificuldade é boa, mas poderia ser mais difícil, principalmente quando jogado co-op. Que aliás é outro ponto extremamente positivo. Assim comoNão tão bom quanto o 3, mas definitivamente melhor que o 4. O vil]ao é muito marcante, tanto quanto seus irmão. O sistema do jogo permitir qual região tu prefere ir a cada irmão derrotado é muito massa, fora que cada uma desbloqueia coisas únicas. A dificuldade é boa, mas poderia ser mais difícil, principalmente quando jogado co-op. Que aliás é outro ponto extremamente positivo. Assim como recrutar gente ou bichos pra ajudar. Amei esse sistema. Enfim é um excelente Far Cry.… Expand
  19. Art2020
    Mar 7, 2022
    7
    Good story, good combat and the followers you gat are great. Its the best Farcry game I've played´
  20. Lua-Nog
    Feb 23, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. One of the best Far Cry ever! After 3, of course! The story is very current, involves very interesting issues and the villains are very intense and crazy!! Several new things. Very cool!… Expand
  21. AndreDeDe
    Jan 19, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O melhor jogo da franquia lutas de chefes fodas Final foda tudo explodindo Chegou até arrepiar… Expand
  22. TheQuietGamer
    Jan 16, 2022
    8
    One of the most satisfying open-world power fantasies I've ever played. It doesn't waste any time letting you off the leash either. After a relatively brief opening and quickly customizing your character, you're set free to take out the highest-ranking members of a cult however and in any order you see fit to draw out their leader. The structure is very similar to the Just Cause series inOne of the most satisfying open-world power fantasies I've ever played. It doesn't waste any time letting you off the leash either. After a relatively brief opening and quickly customizing your character, you're set free to take out the highest-ranking members of a cult however and in any order you see fit to draw out their leader. The structure is very similar to the Just Cause series in that pulling your targets out of hiding requires you to destabilize their presence in a region by completing missions and destroying their property, among other things. The whole process is a joy thanks to how great shooting feels and the amount of flexibility you're given in your approach to tackling objectives. There's also a healthy feeling of growth as completing challenges, a lot of which you'll do naturally without even trying, rewards you with "Perk Points" you can use to buy a variety of beneficial abilities and any cash found can be spent at shops on attachments for your arsenal of weapons. All of which have the potential to turn you into a nigh unstoppable killing machine. You can even bring a buddy along for the ride on top of being able to recruit a diverse assortment of AI companions with their own unique skills.

    By far the biggest reason this is so much fun though has got to be the map. The Montana countryside setting leads to a lot of distinctive scenery you can't find anywhere else and the world is brought to life by a believable ecosystem that allows for a wide range of naturalistic animal and human NPC behavior for you to notice. It's also a blast to traverse to the point where I often forsook vehicles entirely in favor of reaching my next destination on foot. Did I mention the plethora of activities littered about it to boot?

    Not everything is perfect however. Vehicular combat is a drag because driving in first-person is loose and aiming while behind the wheel is unreliable at best. Particularly in anything that leaves the ground. The load times are fairly lengthy as well and you can't skip the splash screens at the startup before the main menu which is annoying.

    There is an online component called "Arcade" where you can try out player-created solo experiences and deathmatch arenas, or make your own. The actual multiplayer side of it is dead though. Next to nobody is online anymore so unless you just want to build stuff that's unlikely to be seen by anyone else you can safely ignore this portion of the game.

    Based solely on the strength of its single-player (or cooperative) offering alone however, this is still a worthy purchase. It's a massive sandbox filled with enough content to keep you busy for quite a long time and all the toys you'll need to turn it into your very own playground of destruction, that happened to garner a lot of controversy for its story. Which is weird given what a largely inconsequential feature that ended up being. The cutscenes are little more than a minor nuisance that slow you down from getting back to trying to murder the twisted villains talking at you rather than anything to get worked up over. As a result, an interest has been sparked in me for this franchise that I've been entirely content to let pass me by until now. Far Cry 5's commitment to freedom and transforming you into an undeniable force to be reckoned with led to some of the most enjoyable escapist thrills I've found this side of Saint's Row: The Third and IV. I can't recommend it highly enough.

    8.5/10    … Expand
  23. Der_Sperling_
    Jan 14, 2022
    4
    Лютое дерьмо. С 3 части ничего не изменилось в лучшую сторону, только ухудшилось. Единственное, что тут радует – графика, но только на ней далеко не уедешь. Интересных квестов просто нет, сюжет – банальнее некуда. Я бы оценил эту игру в 1 доллар, тупо чтобы поиграть часа два и удалить.Лютое дерьмо. С 3 части ничего не изменилось в лучшую сторону, только ухудшилось. Единственное, что тут радует – графика, но только на ней далеко не уедешь. Интересных квестов просто нет, сюжет – банальнее некуда. Я бы оценил эту игру в 1 доллар, тупо чтобы поиграть часа два и удалить.
  24. Ravenous
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is easily the most bland and least fun Far Cry game ever made. It is a complete disaster.

    1. The story and side quests are almost all really boring, but even worse are the boss battles. They are extremely repetitive and you can't take your companions with you for any of them... which is when you really want to take them. On top of that, the final boss battle is possibly the most pathetic final battle I have ever played. It is so bad that it is embarrassing, and the ending that I got was one of the most dissatisfying endings I've ever seen. Total failure on the part of Ubisoft.

    2. Getting captured and having to escape has become a total cliche in these kinds of games, and I was hoping that they would finally get rid of that nonsense for this game. It's been done to death, and it's just EXTREMELY lazy writing at this point. But in this game you get captured over and over again (like 10 times). It is beyond stupid. Getting captured once or twice in a game like this is MORE than enough. After that, I can no longer take the game seriously. What on earth were they thinking?

    3. Much like in GR Wildlands, there is just too much stuff happening all over the place ALL THE TIME. This completely kills the sense of being immersed in a remote wilderness. Far Cry 3 did the best job when it came to immersion, as you could sneak through the jungle and really feel like there wasn't a soul around. This made those surprise animal encounters or enemy patrols even more exciting. But since then, Ubisoft has gone overboard with this stuff, and has programmed way too much activity everywhere you go. You can barely even loot bodies on the road without another enemy vehicle rolling up, and then another, and then another.... Wildlands had this problem too, and it was one of the biggest complaints that people had about it. For some unknown reason they did the same thing with Far Cry 5. It really sucks.

    4. The weapon selection is extremely limited - shockingly so - and there is no weapon screen for me to check my weapons/attachments/etc. It doesn't even tell you how many rounds are in your magazine. Somebody at Ubisoft just phoned it in and forgot to add this stuff.

    5. There is no mini map, so you are constantly having to stop and check the main map. Again, somebody at Ubisoft forgot to add this useful feature.

    6. Weapons switching is broken. Like in previous Far cry games, you are supposed to be able to switch back and forth between two weapons using the Y button, but in this game as soon as you travel it resets them, and so it constantly pulls out the wrong weapon when you press Y. This is very irritating.

    7. They kept saying that John was dead even before I started his main mission to go kill him.

    8. There are way too many drug effects throughout the game.... like it is the central theme. It's cheesy and annoying. Sometimes you just pass out for no known reason and end up someplace else. It's just one dumb thing after another with this game.

    Overall, Far Cry 5 is a MASSIVE disappointment, one of the biggest of all-time. It is nowhere near as fun as Far Cry 3 or 4, and it isn't even as good as Wildlands. This game is truly terrible, and everyone I know is already bored with it.    … Expand
  25. Rex0n
    Oct 3, 2021
    8
    Really good Far Cry. This is best part of the series. I recommended this. Love
  26. Arodin78
    Sep 14, 2021
    7
    Pros:
    . When the game is not throwing 5 tons of crap at you, the gameplay is mostly the same chaotic blast as it's always been. The Guns/Fangs-For-Hire are also a lot of fun to use. . Whilst not to the same extent as FC 4, the game has a good amount of visual appeal to it.
    . The soundtrack may genuinely be the best in the series. . Side missions actually have a relative amount of depth    Pros:
    . When the game is not throwing 5 tons of crap at you, the gameplay is mostly the same chaotic blast as it's always been. The Guns/Fangs-For-Hire are also a lot of fun to use. . Whilst not to the same extent as FC 4, the game has a good amount of visual appeal to it.
    . The soundtrack may genuinely be the best in the series.
    . Side missions actually have a relative amount of depth to them (for better or worse). Actually having their own little stories which make them more memorable. . The enhanced customisation for vehicles and your character are a nice touch. . Joseph Seed is a decent antagonist, and a change of pace from the usual psychos. He is also humanised in a similar way to Pagan Min, allowing for more empathy towards him, asking the question of whether or not he really is the bad guy.

    Cons:
    . Despite what I said about Joseph, FC 5 may have one of the worst casts in the series. To begin with, the protagonist is a mute, allowing for no chemistry with any other character, which was badly needed here. It doesn't help that a lot of the supporting cast are generic and forgettable at best, and completely annoying at worst.
    . FC 5 may also have one of the worst plots in the series. Ubisoft got cold feet over the use of religious and political views for the game, instead regressing the story to a painfully generic liberation plot that can be a slow-plodding grind to complete as you move through each region. . The ending may also be one of the worst in video game history, as it makes everything you did completely pointless and makes every good guy in the game look like idiots.
    . There is also no consistency in the plot as not many missions actually factor to the overall story at all. In fact the only missions that do are the ones the game FORCES you to do, when you are captured by one of the Seed Family. 1.There is no way to stop the captures from happening, 2. It can happen at ANY time, even in the middle of a completely ulreated mission, 3. It happens way too often (a grand total of 8 TIMES), which can completely ruin the enjoyment of the game.
    . Despite the praise I gave the gameplay, they did make some very questionable decisions over some of the changes they made. They've removed crafting upgrades for your character, making hunting utterly pointless. Manual healing without medkits (a staple of the series), was also removed. A lot of takedown animations and some weapons, including the machete (another series staple) are also absent.
    . Even though the game visually looks pretty, the map is also a bland and samey place to Traverse. Montana doesn't really hold up alongside Kyrat and the Rook Islands.

    Score:
    . Story - 4/10
    . Characters - 5/10
    . Gameplay - 7/10
    . Presentation - 8/10

    . Combined Score: 24/40
    . Final Score: 7/10 (Just)    … Expand
  27. CondeDarkII
    Sep 2, 2021
    9
    I have loved the game a lot, with its gigantic open world and part of the missions are funny, entertaining and not so annoying. NPCs are a bit tedious, but they make you laugh when they do something stupid during the game. I don't know why they say that Joseph Seed and his brothers are predictable, but I loved them, religious people who predict a "Fall". It's as if they were the same TheI have loved the game a lot, with its gigantic open world and part of the missions are funny, entertaining and not so annoying. NPCs are a bit tedious, but they make you laugh when they do something stupid during the game. I don't know why they say that Joseph Seed and his brothers are predictable, but I loved them, religious people who predict a "Fall". It's as if they were the same The Jackal, but with brothers xd. Still, I really liked it and it was worth playing.… Expand
  28. sajjad_ghomi
    Aug 18, 2021
    9
    The characterization of The Father and his friends was fantastic. Graphically it improved. It provided fun gameplay and was not as dull as the previous versions. I just wish the main character of the game could talk and they would give him a good characterization. Overall it was very good and deserves this score
  29. Double17
    Aug 16, 2021
    0
    Update: after playing ~33% of the game enemies became unrealistically tough. Two magazines in a head from close distance from M-16. Screw you, guys (GDs of the game obviously). It's a single player game, I am here to have fun but not searching for ammo and having death from every second T-1000. Any PvP is much more fair - I can kill player by shooting them, not by making them consist ofUpdate: after playing ~33% of the game enemies became unrealistically tough. Two magazines in a head from close distance from M-16. Screw you, guys (GDs of the game obviously). It's a single player game, I am here to have fun but not searching for ammo and having death from every second T-1000. Any PvP is much more fair - I can kill player by shooting them, not by making them consist of 80% of lead.

    Far Cry 5 was free this weekend for Xbox Game Pass owners I've gave it a try and... it is surprisely good! Graphics, controls, difficutly level, narrative and soundtrack - all good or even better, I am impressed. After a quite midiocre Valhalla that I thought should have been good but it's not, Far Cry 5 convicned me to pay for the game! So I can continue playing after the weekend. Nice work, guys! Keep it up.    … Expand
  30. lieutenantpanda
    Jul 29, 2021
    8
    Best Far Cry game on xbox , better then the other games i have seen. If you didn't play this game before please do.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  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. CD-Action
    Jun 5, 2018
    70
    Far Cry 5 is exactly what you would expect from a Far Cry game and not much more. It does the open world really well, but the bland story drags it down. The game touches a sensitive subject, but doesn’t have guts to actually say something and couldn’t convince me even for a minute that what’s happening could be real. What the franchise obviously needs is a new beginning, a leap of faith Assassin’s Creed Origins was brave enough to take. [05/2018, p.56]
  3. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    May 26, 2018
    80
    Murderous and mad, this is one of the silliest, most immersive open worlds on Xbox. [June 2018, p.73]
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