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lilORANG
06/09/19 8:55:13 PM
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I got it for 15 bucks this weekend during the PSN sale. The mechanics are technically tight, but it literally takes place in a wide open rural county in Montana. So after about 8 hours of gameplay, all I've really done is drive through samey looking woods and mountains to tiny little farmhouses, killing the baddies, and moving on to the next. Is there more to the game than this?
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Irony
06/09/19 8:56:38 PM
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Ya
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Hexenherz
06/09/19 8:57:20 PM
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I thought it was pretty fun, more exciting than 3 or 4. Only thing I didn't like were the forced story advancement points.
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specialkid8
06/09/19 8:58:40 PM
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It's better than 3 and 4 but it's still pretty average.
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eston
06/09/19 8:59:49 PM
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It has good mechanics and a really good world, but it feels like it's missing something. 4 was a much better game IMO
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Freddie_Mercury
06/09/19 9:00:48 PM
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the gameplay is better but the story is total garbage
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Makeveli_lives
06/09/19 9:02:18 PM
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Every game has been the same since 3 with one or two major mechanics added. Still fun but if you've played one it feels like you played them all.
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ThunderTrain
06/09/19 9:07:30 PM
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Having a silent protagonist took away from the story but I found it really entertaining still.
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modena
06/09/19 9:13:26 PM
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I really enjoyed the graphics and gunplay,but towards the end the story let me down.Recommend getting it on sale.
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RiderofHogs
06/09/19 9:23:36 PM
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Hexenherz posted...
Only thing I didn't like were the forced story advancement points.

How many times total do you get drugged in that game? The final boss should have been Bill Cosby.
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viewmaster_pi
06/09/19 9:29:09 PM
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shitty weapon selection, shitty character progression, shitty forced story missions

good gunplay, great fishing, but that ain't enough to save it. whole thing's pointless
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glitteringfairy
06/09/19 9:31:34 PM
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eston posted...
It has good mechanics and a really good world, but it feels like it's missing something. 4 was a much better game IMO

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lilORANG
06/11/19 8:27:28 PM
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Makeveli_lives posted...
if you've played one it feels like you played them all.

this is my first one. But I'm already kinda bored, just driving through a wooded area to the next farmhouse. am I missing anything?
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specialkid8
06/11/19 9:19:18 PM
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Not really. They aren't particularly immersive games or anything. I like just driving around sometimes but unless you're going to something marked on the map there isn't much to see. Just go from point A to point B and try to have fun shooting people.
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Lairen
06/11/19 9:21:32 PM
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The dog that spots everything makes stuff real easy.
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jumi
06/11/19 9:24:38 PM
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Lairen posted...
The dog that spots everything makes stuff real easy.


Oh, just wait.

You can get a fucking bear and cougar.
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Lairen
06/11/19 9:27:31 PM
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jumi posted...
Lairen posted...
The dog that spots everything makes stuff real easy.


Oh, just wait.

You can get a fucking bear and cougar.


But i mean the dogs ability that literally spots and marks everything making it ultra easy.
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Lost_All_Senses
06/11/19 9:32:07 PM
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It's fun once your guns are good enough to completely ditch stealth and go everywhere guns blazing. The stealth just makes it feel like the boring parts of every other FPS you've played this gen
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BobanMarjanovic
06/11/19 9:33:02 PM
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GotY for me, was such a fun game.
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UnfairRepresent
06/11/19 9:49:36 PM
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It's not bad IMO, it's merely okay. "More of the same." Which is actually arguably worse than being bad in some senses.

Far Cry 1 was a goofy level based arcadey game about an agent and a hot chick stopping an evil doctor from making cyborg zombies take over the world.

Far Cry 2 turned into a sandbox and took it more seriously, but had a terrible story and awful gameplay.

Far Cry 3 was Fay Cry 2 again but better.

Far Cry 4 was Far Cry 3 again but worse

Far Cry 5 was Far Cry 3 again but worse

Far Cry New Dawn was Far Cry 3 again but worse

The game is well made, responsive controls, lots of "Activities" to do, well voice acted. All that jazz.

But it's just so passionless and souless. "here's the same shit you like again one more time now with less effort and thought."

Ubisoft seem keen on making Ass Creed and Far Cry the poster children for being risk adverse. Just release the same shit over and over until the diehard fans eyes bleed from repitition.

But if you liked Far Cry 3, haven't played it in ages and got 5 cheap, you will enjoy it.
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jumi
06/11/19 10:00:01 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
It's not bad IMO, it's merely okay. "More of the same." Which is actually arguably worse than being bad in some senses.

Far Cry 1 was a goofy level based arcadey game about an agent and a hot chick stopping an evil doctor from making cyborg zombies take over the world.

Far Cry 2 turned into a sandbox and took it more seriously, but had a terrible story and awful gameplay.

Far Cry 3 was Fay Cry 2 again but better.

Far Cry 4 was Far Cry 3 again but worse

Far Cry 5 was Far Cry 3 again but worse

Far Cry New Dawn was Far Cry 3 again but worse

The game is well made, responsive controls, lots of "Activities" to do, well voice acted. All that jazz.

But it's just so passionless and souless. "here's the same shit you like again one more time now with less effort and thought."

Ubisoft seem keen on making Ass Creed and Far Cry the poster children for being risk adverse. Just release the same shit over and over until the diehard fans eyes bleed from repitition.

But if you liked Far Cry 3, haven't played it in ages and got 5 cheap, you will enjoy it.


You forgot Primal.
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UnfairRepresent
06/11/19 10:01:07 PM
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jumi posted...

You forgot Primal.

I haven't played it.

But I give both it and Blood Dragon props for at least being different.

New Dawn was just more of the same v_v
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CADE FOSTER
06/11/19 10:03:52 PM
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specialkid8
06/11/19 10:39:32 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Far Cry 2 turned into a sandbox and took it more seriously, but had a terrible story and awful gameplay.


The gameplay was great and the world is still breathtakingly immersive.

UnfairRepresent posted...
Far Cry 3 was Fay Cry 2 again but better.


Apart from both being open world they share almost nothing in common. Also Farcry 3 is worse.
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CADE FOSTER
06/11/19 10:40:18 PM
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DezDroppedFreak
06/11/19 10:41:26 PM
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Cant believe none of yall are mentioning how fucking buggy it is or how braindead the AI is
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mach25687
06/11/19 10:47:13 PM
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I just want a sequel to blood dragon.
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50Blessings
06/11/19 10:48:08 PM
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The worst Far Cry imo

Its soooooo boring somehow. The enemies suck, setting sucks, story is awful. Flight combat was dumb.

Entire game was a set up for the spin off.
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CADE FOSTER
06/11/19 10:49:08 PM
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50Blessings
06/11/19 10:50:01 PM
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CADE FOSTER posted...
remember when Americans cried cuz it was picking on Christians


No.
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CADE FOSTER
06/11/19 10:51:24 PM
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50Blessings posted...
CADE FOSTER posted...
remember when Americans cried cuz it was picking on Christians


yes.

didnt go to the far cry boards did you or watch any fox news
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Lost_All_Senses
06/11/19 10:51:42 PM
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Far Cry 2 was for a completely different crowd apparently. I like every one to an extent except that one. 3 is easily my favorite.
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50Blessings
06/11/19 10:53:40 PM
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Lost_All_Senses posted...
Far Cry 2 was for a completely different crowd apparently. I like every one to an extent except that one. 3 is easily my favorite.


Far Cry still didnt have a set style so they went super realistic after how crazy the console spin offs of Far Cry were.
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Popcorn_Fairy
06/11/19 10:54:13 PM
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Far Cry 5 is my favorite so far. Love the setting, the plot may be simple, but goddamn am I a sucker for this kind of story.
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50Blessings
06/11/19 10:55:50 PM
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CADE FOSTER posted...
50Blessings posted...
CADE FOSTER posted...
remember when Americans cried cuz it was picking on Christians


yes.

didnt go to the far cry boards did you or watch any fox news


Was this like 3 church people that nobody cared about?
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Lost_All_Senses
06/11/19 11:01:03 PM
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50Blessings posted...
Lost_All_Senses posted...
Far Cry 2 was for a completely different crowd apparently. I like every one to an extent except that one. 3 is easily my favorite.


Far Cry still didnt have a set style so they went super realistic after how crazy the console spin offs of Far Cry were.


I didn't specify that all my experience was on console. So I wasn't taking into consideration the original which I just played half of last year. I have no idea what people thought of that one at the time but it didn't age the best.
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UnfairRepresent
06/12/19 12:10:26 AM
#38:


specialkid8 posted...


The gameplay was great and the world is still breathtakingly immersive.

If you say so.

Terrible AI
Boring missions
Bland characters
Jamming Weapons
Constantly respawning enemies and checkpoints.
Complete lack of difficulty.
Malaria forcing you keep going back and getting pills
Lack of rewards for exploring or gathering diamonds which is also boring.

I think of all the Far Cry Games 2 has the worst gameplay.

It just seems to be designed for people who think boring edginess is the greatest thing ever. Which is fine but not for me.

I like a game to either be fun or well designed. Terribly designed and boring is a combo I'm not into.

Far Cry 3 did a great job of "Let's take all of this and make it good"
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dave_is_slick
06/12/19 12:15:59 AM
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specialkid8 posted...
Also Farcry 3 is worse.

Oh hell no.
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AlleyViper620
06/12/19 7:32:09 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Constantly respawning enemies and checkpoints.


This was the worst of it all. You could clear a roadblock and by the time you got back in your jeep they would have respawned.
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MabusIncarnate
06/12/19 7:34:28 PM
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It was my least favorite of all of them except Primal. I think at this point i've played every Far Cry game that has released.
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eston
06/12/19 7:40:31 PM
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I give New Dawn a lot of credit for trying some interesting new things. The biggest one is it's finally trying to address Far Cry's recurring problem of getting easier as you progress. Every game since 3 has you basically playing on an empty map by the end.
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Southernfatman
06/12/19 7:44:33 PM
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As someone new-ish to the Far Cry series (only played Blood Dragon previously) it was pretty fun besides the stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid, story that was forced on you at certain points. Just ignore the story, brute force yourself through the missions foisted on you and you'll be gravy.
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