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    Members of Far Cry Focus Group from September 2016

    I was part of the group. Are any of you here on this forum?

    I lived in Montana for 8 years. I have seen the trailers. The visuals look a lot like the western third of the state where the Rocky Mountains are located. Most of eastern Montana is open range and prairies. Some things I noticed missing in the trailers.

    Where are the ICBM's? Montana has A LOT of missile silos in the ground. Seems a perfect detail for the new psycho dude to try and gain control.

    What about Native Americans? Montana has at least three tribes in the state (Blackfoot, Crow and Cree). Seems to me they should be represented in the game.

    My general feeling about Far Cry 5 at this point is that it looks like Far Cry 3 but with different clothes. Same formula used in FC4 and Primal (same old same old). I hope I'm wrong, especially after having participated in a focus group to give the developers our feedback from previous releases.

    When will a new Far Cry actually be a "far cry" from what we have gotten used to playing? I thought that was the point of the series.
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    I think i was part of that focus group as well, still live in MT as well. That focus group really seemed to be about how to better interact with the community, not necessarily feedback on the games themselves....
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    I remember there was a portion of time spent discussing multiplayer. I think that is what you're referring to. But we also talked about the in-game experiences we had as well, regardless of whether it was a campaign or coop online.

    Also, I lived in Montana for 8 years (Great Falls). Where are you if you don't mind me asking?
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    Is that the one where we had access to that exclusive website and the whole NDA thing lol
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    Originally Posted by scrapser Go to original post
    I remember there was a portion of time spent discussing multiplayer. I think that is what you're referring to. But we also talked about the in-game experiences we had as well, regardless of whether it was a campaign or coop online.

    Also, I lived in Montana for 8 years (Great Falls). Where are you if you don't mind me asking?
    I had some OTJ training in Great Falls last year, I live in Missoula...

    Originally Posted by mistados Go to original post
    Is that the one where we had access to that exclusive website and the whole NDA thing lol
    Yeah and completing tasks to get points & unlock rewards... Got a FCP sweatshirt thats actually really nice though so ....
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    Yea cool, I was there. I got a shirt too, it smells really weird though lol

    I like to think the Devs listened to our points of view
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    Originally Posted by mistados Go to original post
    Yea cool, I was there. I got a shirt too, it smells really weird though lol

    I like to think the Devs listened to our points of view
    Mathias said he was looking into creating a sub forum so we could all stay in contact after the focus group. He lied lol

    (Just kidding Mathias, you're alright)
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    Originally Posted by HorTyS Go to original post
    I had some OTJ training in Great Falls last year, I live in Missoula
    Cool. I lived in Great Falls from 1959 to 1964 and again from 1976 to 1978. Great Falls nearly doubled in population between those periods but after Anaconda shut down it really hit Great Falls hard (the jobs did not go to China...LOL). I went to Missoula in 1977 for a Marshal Tucker concert at the University. What a drive that was along Rt. 200. There's a sign on the Continental Divide that reads, "Coldest temperature recorded in the lower 48...78 degrees below zero Fahrenheit." It went down to minus 55 when I lived there in 77.
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    I have to say after watching one of the trailers for this game it does look interesting. Flying and being able to enlist AI characters to attack the enemy will be new. I do hope they put a premium on realism this time around or at least include the option for strong realism so the game does not have the carnival atmosphere the last three games have had. And that applies especially to having screen prompts throughout the game and the stupid take downs. We will see.
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    Originally Posted by mistados Go to original post
    Mathias said he was looking into creating a sub forum so we could all stay in contact after the focus group. He lied lol

    (Just kidding Mathias, you're alright)
    lol thanks mistados!
    I honestly didn't get the time to do it and thought the wider forum would be a better place for Community-related discussions anyways, once we announce FC5.
    Where we do read comments! So if you have any specific to the Community & activities we can organize to make it a better place, please suggest!
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    Originally Posted by mistados Go to original post
    Mathias said he was looking into creating a sub forum so we could all stay in contact after the focus group. He lied lol

    (Just kidding Mathias, you're alright)
    lol thanks mistados!
    I honestly didn't get the time to do it and thought the wider forum would be a better place for Community-related discussions anyways, once we announce FC5.
    Where we do read comments! So if you have any specific to the Community & activities we can organize to make it a better place, please suggest!
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