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    The arena (FC4): back for more in FC5?

    Far Cry 4 had a bunch of new concepts (shooting from vehicles, climbing mountains, baiting animals etc...) but one of the things I truly loved about the game was the arena.

    I liked the fact it was linked to the story in some meaningful way, but fighting in the pit even after the story bit concerning the arena ended was great. That's why I truly hope this will come back in some way in FC5. In 4, it was a good way to test our skills, earn money and even fight rare/unique ennemies (war rhino/war elephant/rare animal variations/Elite Royal guards...).

    Since Hope county seems based on freedom and violence, there are chances that we'll end up in a big barn or maybe a logging camp fighting against other men and animals while inbred rednecks will shout at us and make bets. The guy holding the wolf could totally be a man tired of pitting roosters one against another and decided to do the same with humans.

    One thing that could be epic would be to add coop to that specific part of the game (was impossible in FC4) and offer at least 2 fighting pits (the one and only arena of Shanath from Far Cry 4 proposed a "choice of arena" with only Shanath available to choose from... too bad.).

    So what about you? Would you like to get the arena back as an optional feature of the game? Feel free to share your opinion on the idea.
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    +1 on this

    The arena was great fun and to see it return in some form in FC5 would be awesome. I like the idea of some kind of converted barn being used to house vicious fights between people and maybe even animals, does Montana have any large animals that could be considered dangerous!

    Regardless, I too hope it returns in some form.
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    Originally Posted by angstik Go to original post
    Far Cry 4 had a bunch of new concepts (shooting from vehicles, climbing mountains, baiting animals etc...)
    Shooting from vehicles was something you could do right at the start, sure you could do it on the original Far Cry on PC 2004 - You could on all the Instincts games 2005 onwards, glad they brought that back with FC4 and hope it stays that way with FC5.

    Back then you could also go prone and crawl around on the ground, that is a feature I would love to see return same as been able to use a knife while swiming so rather than been a simple takedown you could use the knife in multiplayer under water and hack your oponents to death - wondering with Far Cry 3 in MP why we could not do a takedown on another player under water.
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    Buddah: concerning the shooting from vehicles, etc, I mainly talk about the entries that made the series worlwide known, so from FC2 and others later. Yet you're totally right.

    Originally Posted by mistados Go to original post
    +1 on this

    The arena was great fun and to see it return in some form in FC5 would be awesome. I like the idea of some kind of converted barn being used to house vicious fights between people and maybe even animals, does Montana have any large animals that could be considered dangerous!

    Regardless, I too hope it returns in some form.
    [SPOILERS concerning Resident Evil 7]: RE7 totally had a big barn boss arena, and the barn was pretty huge even though it was only for the few cows the family had. We could totally end up hiding behind hay or rusty farm equipement wild firing at other contestants.
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    Yeah no worries, as for the Arena I liked it but it felt a little unfinished, I think they could have done a lot more and had many more arenas dotted all over the SP map, it might be a FC4 only thing as that character / story is dead but who knows Ubisoft have a way of using ideas and pushing them further so it would be great to see the Arena return in some form.

    I think it was Fino who made an Arena on PC using the same building items via a MOD - Would be great if there were an editor with FC5 to do that kind of thing, maybe even have it for coop and get a score so the one who kills the most players the time given is the overall winner - then issue challenges to players and blast it out 1v1 with them, have a message type thing that shows up on the menu for it saying X-Player beat X-Player in the Arena and ststs showing wins / deaths.
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    Multiplayer area mode! LOL!
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    I really hope the arena is back in some form, because it was one of the best things about FC4. I just found it to be such an exhilarating and intense experience!
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    Maybe the ex-military Seed brother runs fighting pits to get the new "recruits" into fighting shape and so at some point we get tossed in there! There is your story justification for it! I agree though, they'd need to find a way to mix the arena up a bit every time. Maybe within the arena have a obstacle / cover randomizer system so it's a bit different every time...
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    Id bet there will be MULTIPLE arenas, in different styles in different areas that you run into as the story progresses. You probably right.

    I can picture some like small towns with barred off egress, logging camps like you said, missile silos underground, caves, corn fields, a mountain top, etc...
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    I don't think there will be any arenas in FC5, I just don't see it happening with the story unless they throw town folk into some kind of area because they won't convert to Joseph's religious cult and make them fight it out among themselves or be killed - those winning maybe get a 2nd chance to convert.

    I think Arenas are a FC4 thing and won't be back - I liked them so hope I am wrong, better still if we can make our own Horde type mode with the in game editor.
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