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[Keyrock]

- Far Cry 5 trailer -

As someone who lives in the US, this is about the least compelling location they could have chosen, even if I've never been to Big Sky Country.  Obviously, for people living in other countries, or even other people living in the US, this may be different.  The crazy Christian cult is a fine take on Far Cry's usual fight against the evil totalitarian regime trope, granted, you've dealt with religious zealots before in the series.  Ultimately, it's going to come down to how interesting and charismatic the antagonist and major characters in the game are and if the story is strong enough to carry you through the tedium of Ubi's infamous open world grind.

Edited May 26, 2017 by Keyrock

[Chilloutman]

I will be pissed it its not black feminist as main antagonist xD

[SonicMage117]

I will be pissed it its not black feminist as main antagonist xD

Even better if they are from another country and English is their second language. It would definitely make things more interesting lol

[Lexx]

Trailer looks stupid. At first I was intrigued, but now not much anymore. Besides, it's just going to be exactly the same as always before anyway... so no loss for me, I guess.

[Belle Sorciere]

 

 

 

I'm going to laugh so hard if the main character doesn't have a beard!!!! It's going to be saying something lol

Obviously the main character will be a babyfaced, inexperienced youth that will have his notions of the world challenged by a more charismatic villain. He will also chase collectibles endlessly across an open world for no reason whatsoever. I mean; this is an Ubisoft game, I know what to expect.

Or you know... it could be an older man, still in the military, therefore has to keep a clean cut for service and his wife and has survival experience

 

Did anyone expect Far Cry 5 to be in Montana and the enemies to be Duck Dynasty clones? I think not, either way, we'll find out soon enough. I'll laugh even harder if it's a female character. Im sure people would start whining about Ubisoft being feminists all over the net then lol Either way, I'm going to buy it regardless of what the SJW's and ubi haters say on Twitter and Ign, I'm thankful that Ubisoft is always pushing the envelope. That's what makes the Far Cry games so great (except Primal which did suck bad for alot of reasons)

 

Edit: Here's something that was also interesting:

 

Oh man, here's comes the heat! :D

If it's on the west side of merica, those need to be Mormons. Very religious military armed isolationists with own compounds that defy govt from sticking nose in. I REALLY hope it's that and we deal with cults.

If it's the east coast, then those need to be Tennessee or Georgia mountain, but the isolated good ole boys (squeal for me piggy!) aren't as zeolous or military as the Mormons though.

Mormons be a much better choice bc it's already there.

 

 

To be fair, the US has had its share of isolationist religious cults that aren't Mormon. It's not unrealistic for the game to give us one that isn't.

 

Just for one example: David Koresh.

 

As far as the game's premise, it seems interesting to me. I'm not sure if I'll buy it since I don't usually buy Ubisoft games.

Edited May 26, 2017 by Belle Sorciere

[SonicMage117]

I have to be honest, when I first saw Pagan, I thought he was going to he the worst antogonist ever but played through the game and loved how different the story and characters were from Far Cry 3. It took me awhile to like Pagan as an antogonist while Vaas made me laugh and is a BA from the start.

 

Thr main difference being how Vaas from Far Cry 3 was a "bad guy" who's sole purpose was to hunt you down and make your life a living hell, while Pagan Min was a "misunderstood" guy who played pychological games with the protagonist, not making his true intentions clear. I think it's those differences that ultimately create a totally different experience despite the open world mechanics remaining very much the same.

 

The "Welcome to the family" or "religeous cult" premise is being used in gaming more .. Outlast 2, Resident Evil VII and overused in cinema... Rob Zombie movies and so on. We have probably hundreds of them but I'm looking forward to what this will bring to the table. I'm just unsure why Ubi is getting hate for this type of thing when others have been already doing it the last few years. Maybe because it isn't horror? Or maybe this new Far Cry will have horror elements and we just don't know? It's got me oveethinking alot on the possibilities of where they want to go. I expect to be surprised and if I'm not, it will be underwhelming as someone who wants Far Cry to do well.

 

I want to know more technical things about the game like map size, weapons, if hunting animals and skinning them will remain or if crafting will go another way, if upgrading is the same, ect. Visuals don't look much improved over FC4 or Primal. From the trailer, looks like the same old Dunia engine with not as great optimization as FC4.

 

Edit:

Uggghhh. Announcement for customizable character here...

 

Now all we need is base building and slow-mo anti-targeting

Edited May 26, 2017 by SonicMage117

[Belle Sorciere]

To be fair, customization is also in Saints Row, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Elder Scrolls, and several MMOs.

 

Character customization is a good thing. Yes, it has opportunity costs in other ways, but overall it has several advantages over a pre-created protagonist.

[SonicMage117]

Was just being playful lol. I usually prefer pre-made/forced character in Far Cry games but I think this will be nice. I will finally be able to be a female character in a Far Cry game which makes me happy hopefully it has alot of options like Saints Row!

Edited May 26, 2017 by SonicMage117

[Belle Sorciere]

I kind of figured you were being playful but it's early and sometimes I take things literally.

 

Before anyone says anything, I also think that pre-generated protagonists have a lot of advantages over customizable protagonists.

 

And then we get games that hybridize the two.

[Agiel]

Some time ago a buddy of mine once opined that Ubisoft should have looked to the Revenant for inspiration for their next effort in the series if the modern setting was no limitation in light of Primal. I suppose now that we have a better idea of what the game is Ubisoft met him half-way on the concept, and they may yet do a spin-off that takes place back in time.

Edited May 27, 2017 by Agiel

[Orogun01]

Was just being playful lol. I usually prefer pre-made/forced character in Far Cry games but I think this will be nice. I will finally be able to be a female character in a Far Cry game which makes me happy hopefully it has alot of options like Saints Row!

Apparently the character will be customizable, maybe there will be female option.

 

[Belle Sorciere]

 

Was just being playful lol. I usually prefer pre-made/forced character in Far Cry games but I think this will be nice. I will finally be able to be a female character in a Far Cry game which makes me happy hopefully it has alot of options like Saints Row!

Apparently the character will be customizable, maybe there will be female option.

 

 

 

Yeah, that's what we were talking about.

[Orogun01]

 

 

Was just being playful lol. I usually prefer pre-made/forced character in Far Cry games but I think this will be nice. I will finally be able to be a female character in a Far Cry game which makes me happy hopefully it has alot of options like Saints Row!

Apparently the character will be customizable, maybe there will be female option.

 

 

 

Yeah, that's what we were talking about.

 

Totally missed it.

[sorophx]

by the looks of it it will be exactly like Wildlands. not a bad thing, necessarily, since Wildlands itself plays a lot like the first Far Cry

[HoonDing]

 

Was just being playful lol. I usually prefer pre-made/forced character in Far Cry games but I think this will be nice. I will finally be able to be a female character in a Far Cry game which makes me happy hopefully it has alot of options like Saints Row!

Apparently the character will be customizable, maybe there will be female option.

 

 

That's a really long neck.

[SonicMage117]

That's a really long neck.

As thin people tend to have I suppose.

 

Here's something else...

 

https://youtu.be/ZGrF9kp3ixY

 

I'm betting this is true.

[Orogun01]

 

 

Was just being playful lol. I usually prefer pre-made/forced character in Far Cry games but I think this will be nice. I will finally be able to be a female character in a Far Cry game which makes me happy hopefully it has alot of options like Saints Row!

Apparently the character will be customizable, maybe there will be female option.

 

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That's a really long neck.

 

Oh you have no ****ing clue mate!

I'm actually in a position at my work that I get a look at assets from Ubisoft; all their neck are like freaking giraffes, specially in the AC series from 3 onward. I assumed that it had to with the fact that in AC the characters had a lot of gear around their neck and they needed the extra space to make it look pleasing. Now I'm not so sure, maybe one of the owners has a thing for long necks and demands that his/her fetish be catered to?

[SonicMage117]

Lol What about the brontosaurus necks in FO3, New Vegas, Skyrim and FO4? I loved playing with them in character creation tbh...

[SonicMage117]

Hmmm... so it's going to be soon!

 

Edited May 28, 2017 by SonicMage117

[Gorgon]

Trailer looks stupid. At first I was intrigued, but now not much anymore. Besides, it's just going to be exactly the same as always before anyway... so no loss for me, I guess.

Yup.

 

Instead of American frat boy goes to Laos or whatever it's American frat boy drives out to the sticks. Aaand there will radio towers and cougars and black bears and whatever else they can cram in there.  A Jared Leto-ish preacher bad guy by the look of things, who is going to be overly familiar with the protagonist for no reason.

[SonicMage117]

FC5 has character creation this time though, so that means no more frat boy I guess.

 

I honestly thought the protagonist for this one was going to be a high school girl who runs away from home, then the main antagonist, the leader of the cult would fall instantly in love with her at first sight and try to force her to be his bride but the girl refuses so the cult gets mad and imprisons her, and she escapes so they hunt her down. I thought that premise would be logical since this is type of situation is not uncommon in cults and yet it would make the game even more controversial. Which would only be good for sales as controversy only would drive up the sales.

 

I cant wait to see the newest addition to animals.... the cow

[Lexx]

I honestly thought the protagonist for this one was going to be a high school girl who runs away from home, then the main antagonist, the leader of the cult would fall instantly in love with her at first sight and try to force her to be his bride but the girl refuses so the cult gets mad and imprisons her, and she escapes so they hunt her down. I thought that premise would be logical since this is type of situation is not uncommon in cults and yet it would make the game even more controversial. Which would only be good for sales as controversy only would drive up the sales.

 

I am not sure right now if you're serious or just make stuff up for lolz.

[Orogun01]

FC5 has character creation this time though, so that means no more frat boy I guess.

 

I honestly thought the protagonist for this one was going to be a high school girl who runs away from home, then the main antagonist, the leader of the cult would fall instantly in love with her at first sight and try to force her to be his bride but the girl refuses so the cult gets mad and imprisons her, and she escapes so they hunt her down. I thought that premise would be logical since this is type of situation is not uncommon in cults and yet it would make the game even more controversial. Which would only be good for sales as controversy only would drive up the sales.

 

I cant wait to see the newest addition to animals.... the cow

Nah, the most dangerous beast in the wilderness is the deer. Just ask anybody.

[SonicMage117]

Speaking of...

 

Ubisoft released a new trailer today to stir the pot even further by saying "We actually went to Montana and what we met alot of people that didn't want to be bothered, they just wanted to be left alone" and "We don't trust the government, we'll do it ourselves."

 

And goes on to saying at the end of the trailer: "I think that bar is actually in Montana" impyling that bars like the one in the game exists, where the owner openly pulls guns on customers and such.

 

What I really want to know is what exactly did he mean when he said: "Each character has their own opinions, you'll see that they're just not a.i. they have personalities"

... Will they be as good as the townfolk will be in Deadfire I wonder?

 

https://youtu.be/dTW-fMr24d8

Edited May 28, 2017 by SonicMage117

[Blarghagh]

I get the controversy. This game is nowhere near accurate to the sticks in Montana. For a more accurate portrayal, try Outlast 2.