Far Cry 6 and Far Cry series

Much as I like Ubisoft (despite all the hate they get), I'll probably pass on this game. I'm not much of a first-person shooter fan unless it involves decision-making, like Fallout or Deus Ex.

And Takkar is voiced by Adam Jensen from Deus Ex.

Here comes a post-apocalyptic Far Cry installment.

uk.ign.com/articles/2018/12/05/new-far-cry-game-teased

So the drug ridden nonsense of a story that it was Far Cry 5 was actually true...

Anyway, seems like they are totally going the Fallout way. Color me interested.

So... am I the only one finding this whole premise fishy?

This game aparently takes place after far cry 5, and yet we see nature going back to normal after just a couple of years after the events of the previous game. But I'm pretty sure nature wouldn't recover like that at the ground zero of a nuclear blast.

A lot of fun and i would love to take some target practice and i prefer the weapon on the right and you may all guess where my croshair is pointing it will be quite bloody ... and i never miss mwuhahahaha.  

For me it all depends on the reviews so i at least will not buy this game when it releases and if this game is anything like Far cry 5 then my answer will be definitely a big NO. Because in that game i'm at 12% and i will most probably never finish it for at least two reasons ( there are more though ). The easy mode is still way! to difficult for me and FC5 has the worst ending no matter what choice you make in a game that i have ever seen.

And Anthem yeah i would really love to play that game too but it is online only and i'm not a fan of online gaming.   

With my Anthem access being limited, I might sneak in some New Dawn this week.

I rather enjoyed Far Cry 5 as some 'dumb fun' so this looks entertaining enough.

Time to repair / upgrade / collect / shoot / all the things...

As much as I liked Far Cry 3 and 4 and as much as I think the gmaeplay of those is fantastic, I also am not at all interested in the new one. In fact, the 5th part already lost me. IMO, the series desperately need a complete reboot.

Might as well have called this one Far Cry: New Yawn.

Honestly, New Dawn is way worse than Far cry 5 story-wise. And weak writing of villains played a huge part in it. So am I suppose to believe that two 20 something years old brats are fearsome? And everyone in their gang listen to them? In a post apocalyptic world, where power is the main currency?
Seeds built their community literally for years prior to the events of FC5. They had Jacob, who served in military, John who bought half of Hope County over the years and Joseph, who brainwashed them over time. They started with nothing and build their people over time and authority they had over them made sense.
Why would highwaymen accept Mickey and Lou as leaders? They don't strike me as the strongest/smartest. Plus they killed their father, who was leader and founder of a gang and supposedly was respected by his people.
They really needed more time to work on characters in New Dawn. Year spent on development really shows.

Currently playing FC5 as part of the free Ubi month. I have to say, the game is much better than I expected (granted, my expectations were very low). As someone who played all the FC games before, I didn't get this one so far because I heard the story was bad, the scenario as weird, the world was unexplorable due to combat all the time everywhere and just generally it was a bad iteration of the FC franchise. (Hehe, see Kappa Neko 's post right above me ).

I gotta say, I can barely understand any of it.
Ok, the complaint I get the most is about the story. That really is nonsensical. Once you are through the intro sequence, you and the Marshal try to get out of Hope County in a pickup truck in order to come back with the national guard. Seems like the right idea but unfortunately, you are prevented from doing it. However, about an hour or so later (if even that) is usually when you first pilot a freaking airplane. Why don't I just fly out? I have no idea. The entire scenario is complete bollocks but then, it's Far Cry. It's not like any of the games were ever great on that front, so I just roll with it.
- The cult leaders, I actually "like" (as villains). They don't quite compare to the likes of Vaas and Pagan Min but they aren't supposed to either. They are just a different kind of crazy and far (dealt with John Seed and currently dealing with Faith) the interactions with them are the right mix of creepy and just plain insane. It's ok.
- The other characters and side quests are typical Far Cry fare as far as I can see with all sorts of weirdness all around. Of course, they make plenty of fun about (rural) Americans, and no all of it is fair (not by a long shot) but then, their previous depictions of Africans (FC2), Islanders (FC3) and Asians (FC4) wasn't better, so I am kinda getting a kick out of seeing the over the top insane Far Cry treatment applied to a first world country for a change. Some scenes like when pilot Nick goes on an emotional roller coaster where- and whenever his pregnant wife is concerned are even almost a bit sweet.
- I heard people complain a lot about the abduction events, that drive the story forward and that you only have very limited control over (basically, they just start on their own once you did enough stuff in one region of the map). I get why some would not like this mechanic but I think it actually improves the pacing of the game by forcing you to progress bit by bit through the story as you explore. At least for me, if I have access to an open world, I'll usually go explore first, then do all the story stuff at the end. Being forced through the story in this manner is actually giving me a little dose of story every now and then and keeps me involved more than I would if I could just trigger things myself and delay forever. So I don't mind that at all.

But tbh story and characters are not the real reason for me to play this game anyway. I play FC for the gameplay. And here, IMO, FC5 surpasses all the predecessors.

- General gameplay mechanics are the same as in FC4. You shoot and/or stealth through enemies, free bases and do missions in the open world and develop a light RPG element (a perk system in this case) to help you and give you gadgets and such.
What I always liked most about this series is the freedom of movement it goves you. It really immerses you into the world. Whatever you see, you can usually use it in exactly the way you'd expect. See a car? Drive it, be a passenger and shoot out the window (or use a mounted gun if available) release the breaks to mess with the next driver, sabotage it to use as an IED. See a rockface with a hook on top? use yur rope to climb up. On top of a mountain? Jump down with your wingsuit or parashoot.
- And here is also the best improvement to FC4, instead of just those flimsy gyrocopters, now you actually have proper planes and helicopters, some of them even armed with guns and rockets. It almost feels like playing Just cause now but not quite as insane. But there is nothing quite like lighting up a cult convoy on the road with your onboard weaponry. The transition from being on foot to any vehicle is Fc-typical super smooth and the handling works very well (though it is very arcade). In planes, you can even fight WW1 style air battles (though I'll admit, it's not a flight sim, so don't expect too much there).
- The vehicles are also where your NPC companions can come in handy. Remember how in the old FCs, it was always so annoying that you couldn't drive and shoot the 50cal on the roof at the same time? Well, now you companion will drive you to your designated waypoint if you want them to while you stay on the gun (or the other way round).

In short, in terms of gameplay, FC5 kept all that was good from FC4 and added some cool new toys to it. Fantastic!

The world of Hope County, Montana is quite beautiful and well worth exploring. One of the most important reasons for me not to buy the game back in the day was though that I heard there is combat around every corner and you never get to explore the world. Since too much combat was already an issue for me in FC4, I was super sensitive to this point. However, I am not sure if they patched this in the mean time or not but I didn't feel overwhelmed so far. Yes, of course there are enemies everywhere (cue ME1 voice over) but at least, once you liberate the base nearby, the frequency of encounters goes down significantly and - most important of all - they'll never come back (I ahted having to defend my liberated outposts all the time in FC4). And once you secure a region (kill one of 4 cultist leaders) there will be barely any enemies around anymore in that part of the map. So you can then just go explore and enjoy the scenery, hunt or fish a little, etc.
So it's much more fair than I had thought. I mean, of course it's all crazy as crap but it's Far Cry and that means it's a shooter after all.

The way I usually approach Far Cry since the second game, which is, I just want a shooter that allows me lot's of freedom in how I do things, has an immersive world but is also good for playing just a few fun missions here and there without taking itself too seriously, that way, the game works absolutely brilliantly. All in all I am very positively surprised by the game and will definitely finish it.

Also tried the DLCs, Vietnam and Mars. They couldn't hold me for long though. Both have you just do repetitive liberation and destruction missions on smaller maps with smaller arsenals of weapons and a bare bones story in each (the Mars DLC also uses ME1-style overheating weapons without Ammo, which is very weird in a fairly pure shooter game). Was hoping for more there, won't finish those.

I can see your point there. They just started with the airplanes a few hours ago and yea, I am not a fan either. They are not too bad for me because I usually either fast travel to where I need to be these days or use vehicles with mounted guns (ideally helicopters). With those, I can make short work of the planes and/or am simply too fast for them anyway. But yea, I had one instance, where I was on foot and the guy got on my nerves. But for these circumstances, I carry that missile launcher that can lock onto vehicles.
But I agree, would probably have been better to either not give them airplanes or spawn them very very rarely.


Ha, didn't even think of the coop aspect there. That is indeed weird. It's odd how developers make all these coop features these days but then seem to deliberately sabotage it with their own design. Same goes for Wolfenstein Youngblood, where they said it's all supposed to be about fun coop gameplay but then they encourage you to search the levels for collectables. Who wants to do that in a coop game?
Anyway, I am not affected by this because I'm playing solo but again, good point.

BTW, just finished off Faith yesterday. Almost sad about it, too. I did kinda like it in the Bliss. Such relaxing music.