Far Cry 5 (PC/PS4/XB1) - March 27, 2018

[6souls]

Rumor: Cowboy Western Adventure

http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...-Are-you-ready

[Qalbert]

[Qalbert]

potential plot stuff, grain of salt etc
https://www.reddit.com/r/farcry/comm..._like/dhpju38/

Spoiler: show

The idea of doing it in Montana was the predominant idea -- like many of you, we were kind of led to believe at first that it would be a Wild West motif, just to see what we thought of that idea -- but that changed when they started to show us character profiles and other collateral. The general thrust of this game is that it will take place in present day, and feature the protagonist taking on a Jim Jones or David Koresh-like religious cult in a small town in Montana that's been populated by, essentially, Doomsday-preppers bent on furthering their cause. So, modern-day weaponry and modern-day vehicles, plus a hilly, mountainous backdrop. Honestly, it sounded at the time like they were using that to their advantage, given that when you think of Far Cry you kind of think of mountains and hills and the kind of backdrop Montana has in spades.

They showed us some basic promotional videos featuring a heavily -- HEAVILY -- religious angle to the evil. A person (presumably the protagonist) walking through a town that was completely empty, only to walk into a church to discover the congregation is made up of everyone in town staring in rapt attention at a shirtless lunatic leader brandishing an assault rifle in one hand and a Bible in the other. Even at the time, I wondered how they were going to handle the presentation of religious zealotry to the type of Middle America that purchases games for their kids. If they proceed on the path that I saw... they're not even trying to pretend. They're steering the vehicle into the curve.

We saw candids and profiles of many of the characters in the game -- left out of those were any kind of details about the primary protagonist, and there wasn't much on the antagonist-preacher either. Instead, we got views of what I'd presume are some of the support characters. A female mechanic (who I strongly suspect is a love interest, or someone giving you missions) who helps you. An old burnt-out hippie character. Various and sundry small-town folks. And the second-in-command bad guy, who was basically being portrayed as Tom Cruise -- an A-list celebrity who became a ranking member of the high council. There were also some oblique references to this religion sharing some commonalities with Scientology, and I wonder if those will make the cut. The only thing about the Tom Cruise cypher that didn't seem to make a hell of a lot of sense is that he was supposed to have garnered his fame, at least in partial, from working in pornography. If anything's gonna change, I'd hope it's this element, because I'm not sure small-town America's all that ready for porno-Tom-Cruise-turned-religious-nutjob-murderer.

We didn't learn much about weapons or vehicles, aside from the fact that they specifically mentioned the types of things we saw in FC3/4 -- ATVs, Jeeps, etc.

The overall feeling I got from the animatic videos we saw is that they're really playing up a sense of dread. This is a small town and is filled with small-town sensibilities, the kind of place where God's word is law, and the sense you get is that the antagonist-preacher found a perfect place for his quasi-religion to take root.

No word on multiplayer during this session. They were only interested in showing us stuff from the campaign, and even then just a few key elements.

Most of what I saw wasn't imminently memorable, with the exception of the couple characters and the cool idea of pitting the protagonist against a Branch Davidian-like cult. Mostly what the focus group was gauging was reactions to videos and still images -- asking us questions about "how this character would sound," or "does this person seem like someone you'd like to get to know" and whatnot. When it came time for open feedback, you may be happy to know that I railed them a bit for reusing the map from FC4 for Primal, which felt like lazy bullshit to me.

[Cail]

I wasn't a huge fan of 4 or primal (or whatever the prehistoric one was)..

I hope they change some stuff up or add some new stuff....just felt like shit got so repetitive

[Kalmado]

There were parts of 4 where I was having a blast and then parts where I would just shake my head. Hopefully they give more of the former and have less repetitive nonsense. Didn't play Primal so no thoughts on it.

[Qalbert]

[Waraji]

Farcry 5: Dynasty of Ducks - "Make Montana Great Again!"

I'm out. Haven't even finished F4, which I got for free.

[shidobu]

Ill wait till i see a trailer to judge that harshly, tho things arent looking to good atm lol

[-Zer0-]

I hope Jon Hamm's Reverend from Kimmy Schmidt is the main villain of this one.

[Kalmado]

If I have to climb 800 towers to get unique weapons I'm going to be pissed.

[AvidLoki]

I hope Jon Hamm's Reverend from Kimmy Schmidt is the main villain of this one.

Lmao if that happens this would be a day one for me no matter how bad it is.

[Qalbert]

[tyven]

is every far cry aside from primal the exact same game?

I've only played 3

[6souls]

[6souls]

Pre-Order Details & Pricing

Across any version, if you preorder Far Cry 5 you will receive the “Doomsaday Prepper Pack,” which includes the prepper outfit, gun and vehicle skin, and additional consumables.

If you’re not interested in just the mere Standard Edition for $59.99 USD and want some extra goodies for a small price-hike, then the Deluxe Edition ($69.99 USD) might be for you. It includes: the Big Game Hunter Pack, Ace Pilot Pack, Explosive Pack, Chaos Pack, AR-C Assault Rifle, and .44 Magnum Handgun with Unique Skins.

Deluxe Edition not fancy enough for you? Well then, may I present the Gold Edition ($89.99 USD), which includes everything in the Deluxe Edition, but also comes with the Season Pass. At the moment the Season Pass has not been detailed, but it does mention expansions and exclusive content.

Not fancy enough? Well then — okay — good thing I saved the best for the last: the Steelbook Gold Edition for $99.99 USD. This comes with everything the Gold Edition has, along with a steelbook case.

http://www.dualshockers.com/far-cry-...s-season-pass/

[Qalbert]

apparently it's got customizable characters and full coop for the campaign

[tyven]

this game looks cool was 4 good? should i play 4? it looked exactly like 3 which is why i previously asked if these are just all the same

[Kalmado]

I enjoyed 4 for what it was. I liked Pagen Min. I didn't like the LSD missions tho (you'll know it when you get there). I say it's worth a play if you liked 3. FC3 Blood Dragon is neat if you haven't played that one either. My only thing with it is it's hard to play for extended periods for me due to the colors.

I think this one so far looks pretty cool. I'm hoping for a decent story.

[6souls]

Finally watched the trailer. It seems the assets were lifted from Wildlands (just as they had lifted from FC4). I'll play it, but I probably won't buy it at launch. I did enjoy FC4 until I ran out of bases to conquer. Much of the side content was boring to me, but I enjoyed the main storyline.

[-Zer0-]

FC4 was awesome coop. If full coop means 4 players, I'm sold, Jon Hamm or not.