Preload starts today for PC
Eventhough I liked FC3 I agree with most of this. 4 was a rehash and it killed my interest in the franchise and every gameplay video I see of FC5 makes it seem like yet another reskin.
Hype is at zero, but as with most Ubi games, I will probably get it eventually, on some sale.
The environment seems the worst part of the game. It really lacks character in that regard.
No kidding. Wake me when Far Cry is in a volcano. Or space.
Hello mr @Scotch_Lufkin - this is me waking you up, since Far Cry 5 DLC is set on Mars, which is technically in space.
Earth is in space too.
Hmm. It would appear my sarcastic tone didn’t bleed through.
Fantasy Far Cry with dragons and spells.
I wish Ubisoft would use their considerable resources and made a proper New Vegaseque/Kingdom Comesque or at least Witcheresque RPG (no, Origins is not it) instead of rehashing same games over and over (yes I know their smaller games are pretty unique).
I would play the shit out of that.
I watched someone playing on Twitch and guess what he was doing? Climbing a tower. Apparently the formula didn’t change much. Maybe Ubi meant “less towers”?
I mean, there will still be actual towers in the game, vertical places you can climb (towers do exist in Montana) but they don’t have any gameplay benefit other than height advantage for sniping. Or did the player climbing that tower actually unlock something? I haven’t watched much footage, I’m going by this:
EDIT - There is one early tower that’s an in-joke, and after you climb it you are specifically told by the NPC buddy they won’t be making you climb towers all over Hope County. Is that what you saw, and maybe missed the dialog/joke?
That could of have been the only tower, I didn’t watch much of it. Could be like how Thief II has exactly two zombies in the entire game, as an inside joke to all the players who complained about too many zombies in the first game.
There are plenty of radio towers in this game. They are there for sniping, zip line access, and sometimes a collectible doodads is hidden at the top. Climbing towers just doesn’t unfog areas or unlock POIs like they used to.
Basically it’s similar to how AC:Origins devalued towers.
Its set in a fantasy version of the present day. Why cant I just look at my phone and get a nearly perfect map of the area?
Who’s got the best deal on this? Are the 3rd party resellers providing keys yet?
edit: hmmm I guess the “20% off with 100 Ubi Units” on the official store isn’t bad. Brings the price almost down to GMG’s level. Got to spend them on something…
Isn’t 20% off better than GMG? Last time I looked they only offered 10% off?
It is really weird how out of touch many forums and the press seem to be in the last couple of years with Ubisoft titles. Rainbow Six Siege, Assassin’s Creed Origins, The Division, Ghost Recon Wildlands, and even For Honor have all done really well for Ubisoft and yet I still see articles and forum posts suggesting that they’re underappreciated.
Ubisoft is completely killing it recently and I’m sure Far Cry 5 will be no exception.
Answering my own Q, Newegg actually has the Xbox digital gold edition for 10% off no code needed, so I bit on that.
Yes the Ubi discount percentage is higher, but GMG’s USD base price is a fair bit lower than the base price Ubi sets in local currency here in their store. :(
So it works out that Ubi is still like $2 more, even with 20% vs 10%.