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JackieTheDemon Apr 5, 2018 @ 5:48am
Eli (Spoiler) (And upsetti)
Why the hell would Ubisoft give me the illusion of choice here? I restarted my entire game just to go back through Jacob's area into the final capture segment, only to realize that there is no option to NOT KILL ELI.

The timer just runs out and you lose if you fail to shoot Eli.... Thank you game. Glad my choices mattered.
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Starwight/ttv Apr 5, 2018 @ 5:50am 
Originally posted by Syzygy:
Why the hell would Ubisoft give me the illusion of choice here? I restarted my entire game just to go back through Jacob's area into the final capture segment, only to realize that there is no option to NOT KILL ELI.

The timer just runs out and you lose if you fail to shoot Eli.... Thank you game. Glad my choices mattered.

Farcry has never been about lots of choices. It's a sandbox shooter, not Skyrim.
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JackieTheDemon Apr 5, 2018 @ 5:51am 
Originally posted by alonesilverwolf:

Farcry has never been about lots of choices. It's a sandbox shooter, not Skyrim.

I was given choices in the other games that mattered, this wouldn't have been a hard thing to do.
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Starwight/ttv Apr 5, 2018 @ 5:53am 
Originally posted by Syzygy:
Originally posted by alonesilverwolf:

Farcry has never been about lots of choices. It's a sandbox shooter, not Skyrim.

I was given choices in the other games that mattered, this wouldn't have been a hard thing to do.

But on the whole, FC has had a set story they are telling and a small number of endings. In the story they are telling, Eli dies.
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JackieTheDemon Apr 5, 2018 @ 5:57am 
And I'm saying he shouldn't have to, and making it feel like the player's fault is a terrible move. How hard would it have been to make a cool cutscene where Jacob gets salty that he failed to train you?
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Mile Apr 5, 2018 @ 6:00am 
Jacob seed cucked me and laid his seed in me, and now I can not be the hero hope county needs. The Cult Won. #THC
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nang wizard Apr 5, 2018 @ 6:02am 
Originally posted by Syzygy:
And I'm saying he shouldn't have to, and making it feel like the player's fault is a terrible move. How hard would it have been to make a cool cutscene where Jacob gets salty that he failed to train you?
If you didn't pick it up already, of course there's no option to not kill Eli because you're brainwashed. Jacob is controlling you. You genuinely have no choice.
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The Reaper Apr 9, 2018 @ 11:37pm 
I have to agree with Syzygy.
On the one hand I understand Ubisoft that they are just telling us a story and in it the MC kills Eli. On the other hand I don't like that they give you the illusion of choice. You are constantly forced into captivity of the different liuetenants and unexplicably get freed or escape every single time. Sure, you could argue that Jacob for instance sets you free because he wants you to be trusted by the people at the Wolf's Den. But the other siblings should have just killed you the second time they got their hands on you.

My thoughts :) Otherwise the game creates a magnificent atmosphere with fantastic music!

But why the HELL does a whole outpost go on full alert once I silence-snipe a watchout that no one of the other peggies can see??!!?!
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kryeed Apr 9, 2018 @ 11:41pm 
It could be argued that eli DID have to die, especially for the story they were telling. The illusion of choice is a point. If you could just not be brainwashed you'd be a magical main character who happened to resist one of the big bads. It sets Jacob up to being a competant monster and the point of brainwashing is to make someone compliant when they don't want to be.
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JackieTheDemon Apr 10, 2018 @ 6:08am 
I'm saying it should have been a secret choice, because I'm sure we all went guns blazing around that final corner knowing there was a guy there. Those who were careful about who to shoot should be rewarded with Eli living!
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nang wizard Apr 10, 2018 @ 6:17am 
No, because that's not the point of the whole brainwashing thing.
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Angela Apr 10, 2018 @ 6:20am 
I just shot everything that moved to gtfo of there and get back to the open world.

Was like "ehh oh well" when I saw that was Eli, slightly bummed that he couldn't give any more missions.
Last edited by Angela; Apr 10, 2018 @ 6:20am
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JackieTheDemon Apr 10, 2018 @ 6:26am 
The whole brainwashing thing is forced-on garbage that happened in 5 seconds without any explanation as to how.
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Corpulent Swine Apr 10, 2018 @ 7:42am 
Only youuuuuuuuu...
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Cdr.Keen Apr 10, 2018 @ 7:49am 
I do not like at all to shoot him, so i decided to aim at his foot, but he accidentally died by a headshot. There must be a second shooter, it wasn't me who killed him.

An option to chose whould be very cool, but overall if so, there is a lot to work to do to keep the story on. New dialogues, new or other missions, another ending - too much opportunitis.
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millerboy04 Apr 10, 2018 @ 8:20am 
Originally posted by Cdr.Keen:
I do not like at all to shoot him, so i decided to aim at his foot, but he accidentally died by a headshot. There must be a second shooter, it wasn't me who killed him.

An option to chose whould be very cool, but overall if so, there is a lot to work to do to keep the story on. New dialogues, new or other missions, another ending - too much opportunitis.
But there is no option, you are under the influence of Jacob, he controls you, you have no choice but to shoot Eli.
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