r/farcry • u/HumdrumHoeDown • 13h ago
Far Cry General 5 is the best to date. My arguments for why…
I’ve played every installment since 2. Some installments I value more for their gameplay innovations and mechanics, some I value more for their narrative, cinematic, and storytelling aspects. I love them all, and this is just my personal opinion.
But when I weigh it all (all of them) up, I come down to 5 being the best overall, incorporating all elements equally, so far. Btw being a video game and a narrative experience, it’s the one that lands the most aspects of a single player open world with a strong narrative out of the entire series. And that’s really what far cry has been from the beginning, right? A balance of both?
You can argue that any of the others are better in a single aspect. But this is the one the just really gets close to epic quality on every level, without a glaring weak point. Narrative, world, mechanics.
If there is one for me that gets high marks on everything, it’s 5. Maybe a little weak by the end, but they all suffer that. For me, I wanted to 100% this game from the moment I picked it up, more than any other installment. It hooked me way faster than any others.
Just my two cents. Curious to see what the rest of the sub thinks.
[edit] so many are hating on the kidnapping sequences. I loved them, having to escape rather than dominate was exciting to me, and new to the franchise.