Wanted to give some constructive feedback [SPOILERS]
Intro:
I've played every Far Cry since it's original in 2014 I think it was? I have been a long time fan of the series. I never really felt the need to voice my opinion but I felt compelled to this time around because to be honest, this wasn't my favorite Far Cry. In this post I would like to share both my positive and negative outlook on the latest title. I understand not everyone will share my views and thats okay. I not here to trash talk Ubi or devs, not here to online troll. I'm just a typical gamer fan. So let me begin.
I'm Glad There Is Real Endgame:
Finally!!!!! A reason to keep playing!!! It's nice being able to still see enemies present after the game ends, individually reset outposts I can re-take forever. Expeditions were a nice add on, however I wish There were other missions available to choose from other than grab and run. Like kill a number of VIP's, free and save hostages, chase and kill an enemy before they make getaway. I hope this feature is kept because I feel like a lot more can be done with it.
I Did NOT Enjoy The Weapon And Enemy Tiers/ Rarities
It's not that it's a bad feature, I like the concept of being able to upgrade and advance weapons But I hate how enemies become bullet sponges if you don't have the right tier weapons. Yes it began to feel more normal, even Overpowered once you get your elite weapons, but Far Cry has always been a run and gun style, single player shooter.I didn't mind the heavy armored enemy with large vest and thick helm from time to time before but the first time I unloaded my entire clip from my grey machinegun into my first purple enemies head, and not even phase him was just so disheartening. or throwing 5 C4's at a gold enemy and still not kill them. Not to mention I hate seeing the numbers and health bars now, wouldn't even be necessary if this stuff didn't have new rarities to begin with. I like being able to win with skill and accuracy, now I just build an OP weapon that can one shot everything. That just isn't Far Cry and I honestly feel that game was trying to be something that it's not, and never was.
No More Squads? Lack of Air Combat? Guns for Hire Recruiting?
I know a lot of people complain that the game was to easy, but easy doesn't mean it wasn't fun. Was it easy to take an outpost with air squadron with Nick Rye, Adele Drumbman and myself in an attack chopper? Yeah easy. But was it fun? HECK YEAH IT WAS. Or being able to command Peaches and Jess Black to take an outpost stealthily while I disable the alarms. Even the Guns for hire recruits were fun leveling them up to get their perks, I wish they had done more with that like being able to make a custom gun for hire where you choose from limited weapons for them and a perk or 2, I don't know. I just don't like how now I can only have 1 Gun for hire to fight an outpost of bullet sponges. And I get that it's the apocalypse but I really miss Air combat. One of my favorite things to do was wait to get dive'd by an enemy plane and try and snipe the pilot out with the .50 cal. I know we still get helicopters, but even then I just feel like there was even more of a lack of air enemy presence, Even Far Cry 5 didn't have that much to begin with and was pretty almost existent once you took out Johns Region, minus a heilo here and there. They could have given enemies the ability to call air support, or give them lock on launchers or anti aircraft guns, There's a lot they could have done to make it challenging than just removing the features entirely. One of the best things about the series was just having a sandbox with cool toys to play around mess with and I just feel like there were less cool toys in New Dawns sandbox. Again I know it's the apocalypse and there probably wouldn't be a lot of that but like I said, fine line between realistic and fun.
The map wasn't bad
I felt it was changed enough to feel different and I like having those bits of nestalgia coming across locations I remembered. Plus I really like having a home base with all sorts of shops available in one place. I like being able to upgrade and unlock new features and I felt this was executed really well. I loved the mission when the highwaymen attacked and I wish you could do more base and outpost defence oriented stuff. Like maybe a time limit to fortify and set traps before the invasion. The Gladiatorial fight pits and race durbies were AMAZING. Brought me back to the fight pit of FC4. I would love to see more stuff like that.
Mickey and Lou, and the Highwaymen in general lacked depth.
I liked the concept of twins but they seemed to lack character till the very end. The highwaymen....I mean, where did they come from? I get that there would be gangs after the world ends but how did one single gang manage to recruit so many members, have multiple chapter and holds across America? WTF does the Eye Symbol mean or represent? Out of all the gangs that had to of spring up after the bombs dropped, what made the Highwaymen this powerful? There just didn't seem to be a lot of effort into their story, origin, or anything. The most you get out of the twins is they had a father who saw the mom as a problem, took the twins, went soft in the head, so the twins killed the dad and.....thats it. When it came to the Seeds and Edens Gate, they had that and more. They had a beginning, the recruiting and brain washing process, walking the path, a clear purpose through the word of the father, their first church. Far Cry 5 did exceptionally well establishing the presence of the Cult, Joseph Seed and his siblings. The did the research on real world cults and it SHOWED. Yeah some were not fond of the story, sure it had some holes like where's the military during it all and they said they disabled radios and phone connections, it wasn't perfect but could see the effort made to make it all believable, In FC4, there was a great story with Ajay, Pagin Min, his dead mother and father, the affair and how you tied into it all, the character they claimed to know your parents and all the culture of Kyrat. When it comes to the twins and the highwaymen, I just don't see it. I don't get how they got to where they are, became so powerful with a huge presence across the country, they aren't unique and don't really seem different than any other gang in real life. There was no real introduction. it was just "hey this is the apocalypse, these are highwaymen, kill them and don't ask questions" I mean just go look at the Wiki for Highwaymen and then compare it to Project at Edens Gate, you can clearly see what had more content in terms of background and effort put into it but i guess thats why they had the cheaper price tag. I wish I didn't pre order anda wish I had got this on sale.
Thanks For Listening
Far Cry is still my favorite series, and though I was a bit disappointed and caught off guard on New Dawn, I'm still hoping the minds behind the series see some of the response and feedback of others around the web and adjust accordingly. Again Most of this is just my opinion and I know not everyone will agree with me and thats okay. I just wanted the chance to speak out and say what I felt about the newest release. I know its kind of a wall of text, but if you managed to read till the end, thanks.
Long Live Far Cry