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Far Cry 5 : The same Far Cry formula but without the balance.

Completed - Far Cry 5


With its own cast of multiple unique bosses tied to seperate regions, Far Cry 5 offers four epic and intense game finales instead of one,but the journey to these isn't always pleasant.


Having your own Roster and  matching music with the different themes of every region are steps forward.


Sparing these, the game doesn't offer any major upgrade and has its own set of drawbacks : flawed flying mechanics, unsatisfactory exploration and prolonged traversing, an impersonal story and ineffective depth to the perk and hunting reward system to name a few.


Far Cry 5 in three words would be : Quantity over Quality.


If you have played any far cry game released from 3, then in a way you have experienced them all, except only Far Cry 3 seems to have a balanced flow of the main campaign with its open world.

Ironically, the definition of insanity very well applies to ubisoft's practice of exploiting their same formula in videogames.


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