1.5 Years...

[baconator™]

I've been waiting for a place to review this game. It really took about 1.5 years for Ubisoft to release the worst Far Cry game on Steam. I was one of the idiots who bought the $120 version of the game on the Ubisoft store on initial release. I will never make that mistake again. If I were you, I would avoid this game at all costs. It's extremely woke, repetitive, boring, dull, and it's the exact same thing we've been playing since 2012.

Here is a list of things wrong with this game:

• Was a Ubisoft/Epic store exclusive
  
• The story is awful (will explain later)
  
• The graphics somehow look WORSE than the previous installments
  
• There are simply too many side villains that the story barely focuses on
  
• The main villain and his son are barely in the game, except for a few cutscenes
  
• The ending is probably one of the most unsatisfying in recent games
  
• Lots of repetitive content
  
• Lots of repetitive content
  
• Lots of repetitive filler missions
  
• Forced third person cutscenes
  
• The new character mission intros
  
• The forced wokeness of characters
  
• The city of Esperanza

Despite being large exciting map with different locations, most of the city is blocked off completely, giving players the illusion that they can explore the first large city in a Far Cry game, when in reality, you're ducking into alleyways and zig-zagging your way to the center or sides. It's not hard for players to peek over blockades to see an undeveloped empty street on the other side.

While others may disagree with me on this, I was disappointed to see third person cutscenes in a Far Cry game. Far Cry is known for its first person immersion, and I can't help but feel like I'm just watching a movie instead of being a part of the action. And since were talking about movies, why put "Ubisoft original" in the beginning? This isn't a Netflix series. Understandably, these are some of the few things Ubisoft tried differently with this game, so I support their decision in trying something new.

About the story, (spoilers)
As stated above, the main villain and his son are rarely in the game. The most you get from the story are the side villains, who you know almost nothing about. The side villain fights last about 5 minutes each, and are very easy to deal with. I don't mind if a game gets political, but Far Cry 6 is blatantly woke with some side characters that you have to help in order to progress the main story. These characters basically add nothing to the main story other than to satisfy the customers after Ubisoft's PR disaster a couple of years back. I wouldn't mind these characters if they weren't so obviously forced into the game and main story. After hours of repetitive content and missions, you finally get to the end, where you're greeted with a cutscene of the main character taking care of himself for you.

I apologize if any details are incorrect, this is just from what I remember. I haven't played the main game since my first playthrough on release. The only reason i bought the edition was for the DLC, which wasn't too bad. Unfortunately, unlike all of the other Far Cry games, this one was forgettable for me. I absolutely love the Far Cry franchise and want the best for it, but This game is probably the worst in the series, right under the "DLC" Far Cry New Dawn. Like all of the Far Cry games, I was very excited for Far Cry 6 to be released, but was disappointed when i finished Far Cry 6. Other than the issues listed above, the map, mechanics, and gameplay were pretty good, and although we had it before, I loved the tropical setting and great map that Ubisoft made once again.

[Grubbs008]

for $20 CAD the game is a steal, but the DLC is absolute garbage.

[baconator™]

Originally posted by Grubbs008:

for $20 CAD the game is a steal, but the DLC is absolute garbage.

They know how bad it is. They're probably trying to make up for the fact that it was an exclusive for over a year

[Excitable Boy]

Welcome to the hype of any up & coming new release from the triple a's. Get shown trailers that aren't made from actual game footage. Get a buggy game barely playable on day of release. Have the game hacked to ribbons so they can milk you on the DLC. Include microtransactions (although this business model was so unpopular it has largely been abandoned) Claim that there are things in the game that aren't there. I learned not to believe all the hype when I swallowed the lies told about No Man's Sky. I stopped buying games pre-sale after that. Welcome to the eternal quest to part you from your hard earned dollar.

[Die Hand Gottes]

I only bought the 20€ version, I don't need the DLC's that's exactly what I didn't like about Far Cry 5, the dream sequences.
Otherwise I found FC5 the best so far and I think it will stay that way.

[baconator™]

Originally posted by Excitable Boy:

Welcome to the hype of any up & coming new release from the triple a's. Get shown trailers that aren't made from actual game footage. Get a buggy game barely playable on day of release. Have the game hacked to ribbons so they can milk you on the DLC. Include microtransactions (although this business model was so unpopular it has largely been abandoned) Claim that there are things in the game that aren't there. I learned not to believe all the hype when I swallowed the lies told about No Man's Sky. I stopped buying games pre-sale after that. Welcome to the eternal quest to part you from your hard earned dollar.:bandit:

Lesson learned. I thought the Far Cry series was different. I was blind but now I see

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Originally posted by Excitable Boy:

Welcome to the hype of any up & coming new release from the triple a's. Get shown trailers that aren't made from actual game footage. Get a buggy game barely playable on day of release. Have the game hacked to ribbons so they can milk you on the DLC. Include microtransactions (although this business model was so unpopular it has largely been abandoned) Claim that there are things in the game that aren't there. I learned not to believe all the hype when I swallowed the lies told about No Man's Sky. I stopped buying games pre-sale after that. Welcome to the eternal quest to part you from your hard earned dollar.:bandit:

No Man's Sky is actually a pretty good game now. Hello Games really turned that around. Ubisoft cannot say that about anything.

[The Father]

You forgot:

1. Bullet sponge enemies with health bars.
2. No skills tree
3. Full RPG with tons of grinding
4. Endless chests and looting
5. Infinite enemies respawn while you are still in the same area.

All in all, they ruined it similar to GR:Breakpoint by copying and pasting the division mechanics into this. At least in GR:Breakpoint, they apologized and worked hard to rectify the situation and released many patches for it, not like its good now, but at least they tried, but this one is left as ♥♥♥♥ like it is now.

[Excitable Boy]

No Man's Sky is actually a pretty good game now. Hello Games really turned that around. Ubisoft cannot say that about anything. [/quote]

I'll totally agree that No Man's Sky has turned completely around & went from
to a great game. I refunded it day of release but bought again about 2-2 1/2 years later. It's now the game it should have been on original release. I forget what company bought them out before they had the game ready & massively pushed the team to get it out the door in any state. Once again that's the way it is when big money takes over.

[Detaz]

Originally posted by Excitable Boy:

I forget what company bought them out before they had the game ready & massively pushed the team to get it out the door in any state. Once again that's the way it is when big money takes over.

They didn't get bought, they made a deal with Sony to publish and market it.
They bit over more than they could chew and since they now had a deadline, had to release a half-baked product.

NMS' mess of a release was fully on Hello Games, the developers, but they've shown they care and won back a lot of goodwill in my eyes.

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Originally posted by KittyCatCanCan:

Originally posted by Excitable Boy:

I forget what company bought them out before they had the game ready & massively pushed the team to get it out the door in any state. Once again that's the way it is when big money takes over.

They didn't get bought, they made a deal with, and took money from, Sony to publish and market it. They bit over more than they could chew and since they now had a deadline, had to release a half-baked product.

NMS' mess of a release was fully on Hello Games, the developers, but they've shown they care and won back a lot of goodwill in my eyes.

They also didn't have many giant ambitious games like NMS, they made Joe Danger 1 and 2 before and those were just indie side scrolling race/stunt games. They certainly did bite off more than they could chew.

Hello Games is a very good company for putting in the work and not abandoning NMS like most other companies would have done.

[Excitable Boy]

They easily win the top award for stickintuitiveness. (Ever saw that many words strung together?) I'm a very old geezer (boomer) Sony was floating around in my subconscious mind when I was typing about them being sold, but my 1 poor brain cell wasn't listening, he's lonely... Oh another big no on this one is the denuvo. I don't want any program running at kernel level while accessing the mother ship. They could do anything they want including hijacking your rig,

[Annihilator]

I like it.

[[STD]Random Lead]

“Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.”

“Mos Eisley, you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”

“I guess every once in a while both suns shine on a womp rat’s tail.”

“Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.”

“Can I offer you a libation to celebrate the closing of our shared narrative?”

[Zoopy]

Originally posted by The Father:

5. Infinite enemies respawn while you are still in the same area.

Ah man, I was hoping they would have fixed this ♥♥♥♥ by now. It ruined the game for me at release so that I stopped playing it.

[Will]

I was going to just buy the DLCs cuz it's so cheap but then I looked into them a bit more and was like hell no, I don't even remember who these guys are from the previous game, what were they thinking? Like who the ♥♥♥♥ is going to remember these characters 3 years down the line?