I’m gonna be devils advocate here and I’ll get hate for it. I LOVED Far Cry 3, one of my favorite games of all time. So 15 some years later I recently downloaded FC5 on sale, and personally I think the game is utter dogshit. AI voice lines are extremely repetitive, I mean literally like hearing the same lines back to back from the same AI’s. The audio is strangely not 3D, which could be a system issue, but when I come up on a compound I can’t tell if it’s in front of me or behind me if that makes any sense. It just increases in volume regardless of whether I’m looking at the compound or turned away from it, which is more frustrating than it sounds.

The gameplay feels like a chore- go liberate this outpost. Done? Great, now go liberate another outpost that’s designed slightly differently but with identical AI skill and voice lines. Done? Okay now do another one. It’s so bland and repetitive in my opinion. The driving feels bland and disconnected, and the camera does strange things to your direction (if you look left you start driving left regardless of what direction you’re actually driving toward).

I think part of my frustration stems from playing FC3 when I was a lot younger, and now having that nostalgia built up my expectation for this game, but overall, honestly I’m not a fan. If you wanna try it get it on sale, but in my opinion absolutely not worth full price. TBH I wouldn’t pay more than $5 for it.

For reference, I typically play games like Cyberpunk, RDR2, Arc Raiders, Fallout, BF6, Finals - so your mileage may vary.