Dear Ubisoft and Far Cry Community,
First of all I am no stranger to the Far Cry franchise, I am a series veteran and played all titles starting from Far Cry Predator. After completing Far Cry 4 I decided to take a look at the wishes people have for the next installment in the Far Cry franchise and make a wish list out of it. This thread serves for the sole purpose of conveying the wishes from the Far Cry community to the developers. I also ask for help from the community managers.
One of the strongest criticisms Far Cry 4 took was being a re-skin or Far Cry 3.5. I strongly agree with that point of view, the game did not really feel new and the whole recycling all assets from FC3 made it worse. What gamers expected from Far Cry 4 was the next level in the series, but ultimately it stayed the same. I am in no way implying that the formula is bad or that you should fix something that isn’t broken. However, you should expand on the formula and innovate in order to avoid the copy paste feeling. I do expect some radical changes in the next iteration.
Location
Lets Kick things off with the location for FC5 or other titles in the future. In the last Longinus quest he explains to Ajay that he will probably go next to South America or Cuba but he has not decided yet. Nice Easter egg from the developers. I think South America or Cuba would be amazing since there are many new fresh possibilities with such a setting.
However these locations were also widely discussed in the forums and could happen in a future themed Far Cry:
• Alaska or Antarctica
• Arabia
• Australia
• South America; Peru, Colombia
• 1960s Vietnam War
• Russia (placed in Siberia)
The main series should have a realistic/plausible setting simply because that is what people like about the franchise. The whole Sci-Fi, vampire, dinosaur themed Far Cry settings should be kept as a DLC or a new IP.
Weapons
I think a complete new arsenal for FC5 is a MUST, since FC4 recycled every millimeter from FC3, which by the way was a huge disappointment. Please Ubisoft do not recycle any weapons from FC3/FC4 into FC5 again. Make the next title feel fresh and play around with the weaponry. What I mean is you could offer weapons from different eras and not just stick to modern day weaponry. Such as; more WW2, Vietnam War (early M16s), Cold war weapons.
Many people in the community have requested the following weapons;
• HK G36 or G36C
• HK G3A3
• Steyr Aug A1 or A3
• L85A1
• FN P90
• FN Fal
• AKM
• M4
• M16
• UMP-45
• MP7
• AS VAL
• M60E
• PSG-1
• CheyTac M200
• Dart Rifle (FC2)
• Remington 870
• Mossberg 500
• Winchester 1300 defender
WW2 Era
• StG 44
• FG42
• MP 40
• Sten mk2
• PPSH-41
• Mosin nagant 1891
• Lee-Enfield
• Karabiner 98k
• Fedorov Avtomat
• M1 Carbine
• Luger
KrAzY1337 made an amazing wish list for FC4 a while ago. I hope the developers will read his thread and consider as many of his ideas as possible. Especially the gameplay and AI section is great. Link below!
http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...ishlist-Forums
Requests/Ideas for FC5
• No more recycled assets from FC3/FC4 in the next game (animations, weapons etc.). We don’t want another Far Cry 3.5 please respect that.
• Realistic/proper weather system (rain, fog, mud etc.)
• No Last Gen support (next/current gen only)
• New enemy AI, FC4 AI was very poor in terms of organization and they would just storm at you.
• New NPC classes; for example spec ops soldier (thank you KrAzY1337 for the idea)
• Dunia 3 engine (last gen held back the potential for FC4)
• Different map structure; instead of one big map or two big islands how about an archipelago with one section being an entire fully fledged urban city.
• Pilotable Planes, but not just one type of plane. We want a variety.
• More types of Helicopters (not just the buzzer we want something like the AH-6 little bird).
• Urban cities, as in actual big concrete cities and not just tiny villages like Banapur etc.
• Outposts should get the next level of evolution. You get easily bored after taking over 4 outposts. There should be more types of outposts. New outposts could be for example military bases (armored vehicles, helicopters, huge area), Spec ops/secret bases (organized spec ops soldiers with the best gear and flash bang grenades), weapons stash depots (a new way to unlock weapons).
• Portable Mortars (like in FC2)
• More into depth weapons customization.
• New set of weapons.
• Weapons degradation (I know some people won't support this, but why not make it optional?)
• Fewer animal attacks e.g. eagle attacks.
• Ability to leave markers on the map.
• Map editor for multiplayer (volumes to tell on that topic here)
• Less drugged or Shangri La missions.
If you have any other ideas please comment and I will incorporate your ideas to the list.
Thank You


