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Far Cry 5 Reviews

Northeastmonk

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The best Far Cry yet, with well written characters, lots of freedom to play how you want, and a lot of fun to be had on your own or with a friend.


http://www.godisageek.com/reviews/far-cry-5-review/


Far Cry 5 is the best Far Cry to date. The great additions and refinements made to the franchise are fantastic. Along with the inclusion of Far Cry Arcade, which extends your play time, Far Cry 5 is the ultimate open-world first person shooter.


https://www.psu.com/reviews/far-cry-5-review-ps4/


Far Cry 5 is a game that struggles in trying to serve two purposes. On one hand, there's a dark, horrific tale of a cult taking over a small town. On the other, it's a playground of destruction, letting players fly and drive around, blowing up things with a bear and a dog. Both sides are good, but they don't really meet in the middle. If you can survive the tonal whiplash, you'll find a great game here and Far Cry Arcade only makes it better.


https://www.usgamer.net/articles/far-cry-5-review


Far Cry 5 is hands down the best yet for the series, and may be the best Ubisoft title ever. I have loved my time with this game, and with the 35 or so hours I have invested so far, I feel that I still have a lot of content left to discover, with more side quests and character missions to do beyond the main story. The areas are unique, the gameplay is tight and the characters are memorable. This honestly disturbing look at an alternate America is the exact thing this series needed stand out and make a name for itself amid all of the other open world RPG games out there. We are still at the beginning of this year, with an enormous host of outstanding looking games on the horizon, but I can almost guarantee that Far Cry 5 will not be absent from anyone’s Game of the Year discussions once we close the book on 2018.
http://www.gaming-age.com/2018/03/far-cry-5-review-for-ps4-xbox-one-pc/
 

NickFire

Member
I really want to try this based on the reviews and videos I have seen. But I'm really hesitant to pay more than $30 - $35 at this point, because I expect it will hit that spot fairly quickly in a sale, and I am not convinced there will be much replay value when the story ends. Have a 20% off code available so I'll be watching word of mouth in the next couple days.
 

scydrex

Member
I really want to try this based on the reviews and videos I have seen. But I'm really hesitant to pay more than $30 - $35 at this point, because I expect it will hit that spot fairly quickly in a sale, and I am not convinced there will be much replay value when the story ends. Have a 20% off code available so I'll be watching word of mouth in the next couple days.

Same for me i will try it but later... Monster Hunter was at $45 brand new in Amazon these past days and the game just came out.
 
Not sure how I feel about the minimap and points of interest being removed off of the main map. Call me a simpleton or old curmudgeon, but Id rather have some sort of direction instead of just wandering around aimlessly hoping to run into something.

Also the idea of the cult becoming more and more aggressive over time (with planes dropping bombs on you regularly and shit sounds like it would get annoying).

I’ll still grab it eventually, just not any time soon.
 
Love the series. I thought 4 got a bit too samey at times, but it was still crazy fun and I'm happy that this game keeps it up instead of being ultra serious. I'll pick it up.
 

NickFire

Member
Reviews in progress but 9 over at Gamespot and 8.9 at IGN.

Amazing scores.
I'm pretty sure, not certain, but pretty sure that Gamespot put a video out where the people playing were a little troubled or confused by the content. Assuming I am right on my recollection, a 9 from them would mean a lot.
 

Carl

Member
Unfortunately i thought 4 was total rubbish. So the good reviews don't really convince me to get it, as 4 got glowing reviews also. If my friends say it's good then i might pick it up at the end up the year for 10 quid but definitely not a launch buy

Good to see it get good reviews though.
 

Hendrick's

If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Unfortunately i thought 4 was total rubbish. So the good reviews don't really convince me to get it, as 4 got glowing reviews also. If my friends say it's good then i might pick it up at the end up the year for 10 quid but definitely not a launch buy

Good to see it get good reviews though.
FC4 wasn't a bad game, but it wasn't very good either. If this one is the best yet, meaning better than 3, I'm going to love it.
 
FC4 wasn't a bad game, but it wasn't very good either. If this one is the best yet, meaning better than 3, I'm going to love it.

Don’t see how it will be better than 3 since Vaas isn’t in it.

They haven’t said shit about the character of Seed and memorable antagonists have been a staple of the series since 2.
 

Hendrick's

If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
Don’t see how it will be better than 3 since Vaas isn’t in it.

They haven’t said shit about the character of Seed and memorable antagonists have been a staple of the series since 2.
Yeah, I have my doubts too, but am hoping to be surprised.
 

F0rneus

Tears in the rain
I'm pretty sure, not certain, but pretty sure that Gamespot put a video out where the people playing were a little troubled or confused by the content. Assuming I am right on my recollection, a 9 from them would mean a lot.

Well they say some of the main missions are a chore, so it's probably that. But the review is really glowing, so I don't think that impacts the quality of the game too much.
 

F0rneus

Tears in the rain
A 6.5 from Polygon.

A very enjoyable game with an immense number of things to do, a beautifully recreated portion of the United States, and a collection of missions with wildly varying tones and structure. It’s a finely tuned open-world game stapled onto a story that’s insultingly bad.

As for why the story is bad...well
It’s a timely story that could at least try to address the polarized nature of current American politics, or talk about the issues inherent in a country that seems to worship firearms. But I never saw anything that hinted at how these cultists were radicalized. [...]

However, the game totally fails to recognize the horror of shooting American drug addicts while the nation deals with a very real ongoing opioid crisis.

That's kind of dumb IMO. The review, not the story. I don't see what a game about a radical doomsday cult has to do with the current nature of US politics. Unless you are equating conservatives with cultists, which is a pretty shitty statement. And I say that as a liberal.
 
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A 6.5 fromPolygon.



As for why the story is bad...well


That's kind dumb IMO. The review, not the story. I don't see what a game about a radical doomsday cult has to do with the current nature of US politics. Unless you are equating conservatives with cultists, which is a pretty shitty statement. And I say that as a liberal.
The Guardian gave it a 6, for what seems like similar reasons.

There are great individual moments in Far Cry 5. The gunplay is excellent, its unpredictable world generates daring stories of accidental heroism, and when it leans into the whole red-blooded American patriotism schtick, it’s genuinely funny. It doesn’t always fit together as well as it should, sometimes forcing the player to work around the game rather than with it – but the wildly vacillating tone is the bigger issue. It’s at once disorienting and noncommittal. Paradoxically, this is an extreme satire of modern America that says pretty much nothing about it.

I would have thought the most important part of a game is the gameplay. Knocking marks off because of the story seems a little odd, but maybe that's just me. I'll find out for myself shortly.
 

sunnz

Member
game looks very very good. Now do i get it on the ps4 or Pc. I think my pc is starting to show it's age and might struggle but I just love mouse aiming.
but I love the simplicity of console and controller for vehicle controlling ...
Need to play an fps on ps4 to see how it aiming feels, been a while.

Am I the only who actually loved 2 the most and miss it? Had small issues but overall one of a kind game.
 
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Game is looking good. And the map editor is the icing on the cake.

game looks very very good. Now do i get it on the ps4 or Pc. I think my pc is starting to show it's age and might struggle but I just love mouse aiming.
but I love the simplicity of console and controller for vehicle controlling ...
Need to play an fps on ps4 to see how it aiming feels, been a while.

I'll be playing on PC with a controller. You can use m/k to shoot and controller for driving.
 
I'm pretty sure, not certain, but pretty sure that Gamespot put a video out where the people playing were a little troubled or confused by the content. Assuming I am right on my recollection, a 9 from them would mean a lot.
They were confused on a conservative republican, that calls Obama voters "libtards", not being a villain but a quest giver (and one called it uncomfortable because his player character he created was black). Then both liberals and conservatives came together to roast them in comments.

A 6.5 from Polygon.

As for why the story is bad...well

That's kind dumb IMO. The review, not the story. I don't see what a game about a radical doomsday cult has to do with the current nature of US politics. Unless you are equating conservatives with cultists, which is a pretty shitty statement. And I say that as a liberal.
It's Polygon, this is what they do. Given it's a FPS, I would be surprised if they can actually play it. OOHHH-HOHOHO!
 
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Hendrick's

If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
A 6.5 from Polygon.



As for why the story is bad...well


That's kind dumb IMO. The review, not the story. I don't see what a game about a radical doomsday cult has to do with the current nature of US politics. Unless you are equating conservatives with cultists, which is a pretty shitty statement. And I say that as a liberal.
The Guardian gave it a 6, for what seems like similar reasons.



I would have thought the most important part of a game is the gameplay. Knocking marks off because of the story seems a little odd, but maybe that's just me. I'll find out for myself shortly.
I'm not shocked these (some) sites are getting political with their reviews.
 

sunnz

Member
Game is looking good. And the map editor is the icing on the cake.



I'll be playing on PC with a controller. You can use m/k to shoot and controller for driving.

I've tried but I keep having an issue with the camera keep moving up in-game if i connect my ps4 controller. Works find on steam In but in game fucks up. Nothing else is connected so unsure why.
 

Dunki

Member
The Guardian gave it a 6, for what seems like similar reasons.



I would have thought the most important part of a game is the gameplay. Knocking marks off because of the story seems a little odd, but maybe that's just me. I'll find out for myself shortly.
Put Austin Walker in there too,

https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/qvxbeb/far-cry-5-review

They are all on the same ideological level putting Trump in their reviews etc. Also let us not forget that this game was already in development before trump but hey as long you can bring your political ideology into a review its fine.

A least they are not as scummy as Guardian and Polygon since they are not using review scores.
 

Hendrick's

If only my penis was as big as my GamerScore!
What bothers me about these political reviews is not that they come from openly biased sources, but rather that they are pretending that they didn't already know that Far Cry is just an over the top and pretty silly game series. Acting like they are disappointed it did not provide a thoughtful and nuanced exploration of American culture relevant to today's issues is laughably disingenuous.
 

Barakov

Gold Member
What bothers me about these political reviews is not that they come from openly biased sources, but rather that they are pretending that they didn't already know that Far Cry is just an over the top and pretty silly game series. Acting like they are disappointed it did not provide a thoughtful and nuanced exploration of American culture relevant to today's issues is laughably disingenuous.
It's still completely bananas that a great swath of people thought this was going to have some great message about Trump, the alt-right or whatever. Like you said Far Cry has always been this big, crazy, dumb game series. Pretending it was going to be anything else is just as crazy as the series itself.
 
A 6.5 from Polygon.

As for why the story is bad...well

That's kind dumb IMO. The review, not the story. I don't see what a game about a radical doomsday cult has to do with the current nature of US politics. Unless you are equating conservatives with cultists, which is a pretty shitty statement. And I say that as a liberal.

Oh my God fuck Polygon so much.
 
A 6.5 from Polygon.
That's kind dumb IMO. The review, not the story. I don't see what a game about a radical doomsday cult has to do with the current nature of US politics.

I'm so tired of every review of a movie or game now has to address the "social impact" of the art on today's current climate...like a bloody video game is really going to change minds or have some impact. It's like no one can take a story for face value and always has to look for the "secret political message" in everything. Like these game developers and directors are ALWAYS sitting there thinking "Gee, how can we hide our evil political agenda in the plot?"

It just gets tiresome. Half the country hates politics anyway.
 
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magikarp7

Member
These reviews make me feel better. I saw eurogamers review first and was worried for a while they compared the game to filler dlc for fc4.
 

NickFire

Member
They were confused on a conservative republican, that calls Obama voters "libtards", not being a villain but a quest giver (and one called it uncomfortable because his player character he created was black). Then both liberals and conservatives came together to roast them in comments.

I will give props to anyone who can detach their personal political beliefs from review scores. If they cannot, like Polygon, then I give them no attention and try my best to avoid giving them clicks even for guides. They are entitled to review games however they want, but I likewise choose to ignore reviews that focus on politics over gameplay.
 

PowerUpAU

Neo Member
It's still completely bananas that a great swath of people thought this was going to have some great message about Trump, the alt-right or whatever. Like you said Far Cry has always been this big, crazy, dumb game series. Pretending it was going to be anything else is just as crazy as the series itself.

Not to mention that it's been in development for years, so the story and setting have been set for ages.
 
Not to mention that it's been in development for years, so the story and setting have been set for ages.

And yet alright still got butt hurt about Wolfenstein 2.

Really, Far Cry 5 Isabel Evangelical America. That does not include the president.
 
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Dunki

Member
And yet alright still got butt hurt about Wolfenstein 2.

Really, Far Cry 5 Isabel Evangelical America. That does not include the president.
There is a saying. Always be better than the people you despise. Stop acting like a spoiled brat and try to do what they did.

As for Wolfenstein. Fuck Germany for censoring this game so to shit that they even had to change Hitlers character model because Nazis are a taboo here...
I would have loved to play it.
 

Kadayi

Banned
Looking forward to EDGE's review.

The Guardian review makes me question the game's payoff.

You know EDGE reviews are basically all just anonymous freelancers right? Sure it's a cool magazine for gaming history articles and the like, but the reviews are themselves kind of garbage because ultimately at the end of the day if it's a poorly done review (and there have been plenty of those in its history) there is no accountability on behalf of the writers. At least with Polygon and Waypoint, you know what you are getting in terms of their inevitable political angle, and can account for it, EDGE...who the fuck knows. As long as the copy is good they'll print it, regardless of how poorly of a job the actual reviewer does. Case in point, IIRC EDGE gave the original Witcher Game 5/10 which was the games the lowest score. All fine and dandy (EDGE is notorious, for being hard), but what was egregious was that to anyone who'd played the game, it was clear from the text of the review that the reviewer hadn't even gotten past the first couple of chapters and into the game proper before submitting their copy.
 
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Northeastmonk

Gold Member
5 most random review sites ive seen...ill wait for the larger outlets

They're large enough to get a review copy sent to them. Not just once, but multiple Triple A games. :)

I have realized that a big outlet can have anyone reviewing their games. You could too if you were a journalist.
 
They're large enough to get a review copy sent to them. Not just once, but multiple Triple A games. :)

I have realized that a big outlet can have anyone reviewing their games. You could too if you were a journalist.

game reviewers are not journalists they are enthusiasts.
 
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