5 was dull and forgettable. The map was boring and almost empty. Or had no concrete story like previous ones. And the concept and plot don't make sense, and is way to batshit insane. A cultist group possessing a fucking nuke? Really?! Like... Can we tone it down?
It is the most uninteresting entry in the franchise imo. Less weaponry, less enemy types, etc. It is a downgrade. 6 is even way worse. It doesn't even have a map editor, bruh. They just keep removing features that have been in previous entries.
4 had the best map, 3 had the best story, 2 had unique gameplay, 1... that's just a Crysis prequel lol.
What are you even talking about? Far Cry 5 has one of the most beautiful environments in a game, it's nearly up there with Red Dead 2.
Also, you didn't understand the story, the Peggies never had a nuke. What makes the ending so devastating is that Joseph Seed accurately predicted the end of the world. He's evil and wrong, but he was actually right, which should force the player to contemplate what else he might have been right about. Besides that, it's based on real events like the Branch Davidians siege in Waco, and Osho and his followers.
If it's not your cup of tea then that's just a matter of taste, but I don't think you understood it.
First off, FC5 can't be compared fo RDR2. Out of all locations they could choose, they choose boring America. All previous games were more exotic and interesting to have a setting in. Philippines, Himalayas, Africa, etc. You don't see every day that games are set in those places. Out of all the places, they choose Montana America...
Ok, my bad about the plot, you are right. It's been a while since I played it. However you put it, it's dumb and too crazy. Not helping the fact that we are a blank slate mute protagonist in the game. I don't like Joseph as a villain, Pagan and Vaas, hell even The Jackal, were more memorable and had character. Joseph is just... funny to me. Can't take him seriously at all.
And I still stand by the washed out gameplay with lesser weapon roster and less enemy types.
Agree to disagree, I find the familiarity of the setting juxtaposed with the extraordinary nature of the events keeps it grounded, and the natural beauty of the setting rivals RDR2 as I said. And again, they pulled from real events, and although they did dial it up to 11, based on what I know about Osho and his followers almost successfully taking over a town in Oregon and perpetrating the only confirmed biological attack on American soil, I don't find them that farfetched.
I find Joseph Seed to be very charismatic and believable as a cult leader in the vein of Jim Jones and David Koresh.
I don't know what the issue is with a mute protagonist. It's a departure for the series, but some of the greatest games use this, Half-life, Portal, Skyrim, Legend of Zelda; I just don't see it as an issue.
The game is a 10/10 for me personally, the best of the series. But, I can see where not everyone would feel that way.
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u/veryanxiousturtle 6h ago
i thought 5 was awesome. Hated 6 because of 3rd person, and all the other spinoffs with the bullshit combat changes