Analysis: What Happened to Far Cry?

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

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[@Simplebutsandy]

Far Cry 2 had its flaws, but I will never fault it for how utterly bleak and brutal it was.

[@bronzin1445]

I feel like I’m the only who thought Far Cry 3 was a downgrade; or rather 1 step forward - 2 steps backwards. Also kind of proves my argument that people only like 3 for Vaas. The game takes a nose dive after the 1st act

[@CyanRooper]

The fact that the protagonist swallows pills without water is enough to make the Far Cry 2 protagonist the most hardcore in the series.

[@s0daapoppin]

@@CyanRooper He also pulls out bullets and shrapnels when he's wounded from parts of his body without screaming even a bit, how much more hardcore can you get than that.

[@TheMC1102]

I guess you can say the Far Cry series is a FAR CRY from what it used to be... I will see myself out.

[@somik-i3x]

Use the window, not the door.

[@rauldejesus-e4s]

Lol thanks for leaving

[@KOS_Nova]

I feel like Ubisoft (and a lot of others dev companies) played GTA V in 2013 and saw how successful it was at weaving those kind of comedic moments into the story. Then the Ubisoft execs saw that GTA V made billions of dollars and thought that if they added those comedic elements to their games that theyd make a ton of money too. But GTA is meant to be satire, and that doesnt fit in with how Far Cry used to depict its world. We need to leave a lot of these AAA companies behind and focus on AA and indie games made by people who arent out of touch and driven by market trends

[@CyanRooper]

I always had a suspicion that the success of the Marvel movies of the time led to game developers trying to copy the Marvel formula of trying to always add a funny moment in every scene. Wolfenstein the New Colossus had a similar issue where they tried to add funny moments in serious scenes where they shouldn't have.

[@bronzin1445]

Which is ironic because it’s one of the reasons why I hate gta 5 and this is coming from someone who grew up on the ps2 trilogy

[@cactusmanbwl1990]

​@CyanRooper yep, I was going to say the same thing. The Marvel-ification of things has become so frustrating. Everytime i see a movie trailer with a remixed classic rock song, I can't help but cringe.

[@relvean5626]

I'd disagree with the story of Far Cry 3 being about Jason becoming accustomed to killing. Instead, I'd posit it's the story of him learning that he loves killing. The most telling scene in that regard is an optional conversation between him and Daisy. It starts out with him asking her what winning a swimming competition felt like. After she answers, he confessed that he never knew what that felt like until he came to the island and started killing people. "Killing feels like winning" Is his transition from normal guy to crazed maniac still a bit rushed? Sure, but given that the game's main thematic point is drawing parallels between Jason and Vaas, with Vaas being a maniac, I think that disconnect was somewhat inevitable.

[@barretguthrie563]

I agree with this synopsis and I think it’s well stated. To build on that, I think the “bad” ending feels like the only real conclusion to the story. The option to just re-assimilate into society after killing hundreds of people doesn’t read well imo.

[@relvean5626]

@@barretguthrie563 It certainly is the thematically appropriate one. Give how much of the story is about cycles of violence, it makes thematic sense for it to end with starting another for the next generation. Same happens when you kill Vaas. You killing him is him effectively passing the torch on to you. I actually don't think Jason hates Citra for killing him or was unaware that she would do it. Same goes for Vaas and Jason. It was the only end for either one of them. The ending choice is meant to be read as: Did Jason really only do what's necessary or not? And while I think that is definitely applicable, I also think it can be read as: Do you (the player) think there is hope for Jason?

[@barretguthrie563]

@@relvean5626 I hadn't though of the ending in that context so that's interesting. I've personally always read the broader narrative as a deconstruction of the classic action hero. Kind of a "what did you think would happen if a random 20-something guy started killing people?". It's probably because my bias is towards that framing that I don't feel the story fully capitalized on that idea, and went the "safe" route with allowing the choice at the end, which seems implausible. But, considering the game mechanics themselves, I guess that wouldn't hit as hard as something like Spec Ops or HM. It would suck to 100% all these islands then have the game be like "wow man that was really fucked up". But, similarly to both Spec Ops and HM, it was one of the earliest examples in gaming that played with themes of "necessary" violence, our seemingly inherent interest in it, and if it's something that exists at all. I think that commentary is a great example of what gaming can accomplish as a medium. To have a player interact with and take part in difficult concepts, rather than just be presented with them like a film. Your take on the ending is pretty cool, if that's the case.

[@relvean5626]

@@barretguthrie563 Yeah, Spec Ops definitely does it a lot better though I honestly applaud the writers of Far Cry 3 for even going there. They also said that the more so wanted to make "the anti-Avatar" (as in blue cat people avatar)and I think there they absolutely succeeded there. Especially with how they intentionally play with stereotypes and tropes in regards to the island. Also, could you remind me what HM is short for, I'm bad with acronyms.

[@matteodelapaz1698]

@@relvean5626 I bet $50 it’s the Hotline Miami duology, especially the 2nd one.

[@HenryTownsmyth]

I am just deeply disappointed in how little players demand from the industry. Games had destruction like in Crysis and Farcry 2, good AI like in F.E.A.R, great physics like in Half life 2 and I thought it would be only better from here but nope. We should boycott these average games.

[@contra7631]

Exactly.More needs to talk about physics,ai destruction etc. so many things are missing from modern farcry games which farcry-2 had.

[@matteodelapaz1698]

@@HenryTownsmyth and the only thing that’s evolved today is gore like SM2 and DI2

[@damienscott6561]

At this point everyone knows the term "millenial writing". In this case I'd use the term "GTA writing" - Hurk acts and speaks like he is some obligatory goofy, chaotic, "lol so random" character from one of the GTAs.

[@aniruddhadas1011]

Brother, GTA writing is miles and leagues better than millenial writing precisely because it is satirical in nature and despite that sounds sincere, millenial writing is what happens when a bunch of execs start seeing tiktok trends and how gen z speak and decide to mimic that insincerity to their writing in video games, its really sad to see, but hopefully just like any other trend it should die as well someday.

[@damienscott6561]

@@aniruddhadas1011 I don't know what are you talking about. GTA radio is proto-millenial writing with satire against capilism written by millionaires, constant wink-winking, pop-cultural references and non-stop irony. Even when the game tries to be serious, it's a total joke like when Nico Bellic speaks about his time at civil war with cartoonish eastern-european accent.

[@sookendestroy1]

The Flanderization of Farcry

[@dan_loeb]

far cry 4's map design was the best, by far. all the tools for traversal it gave you were CONSTANTLY useful. all the games since have really restricted the map design. new dawn and 6 tried to add back a bit of verticality, but it's not nearly as constant or impactful. 7 is supposedly taking place in a mountainous island in korea, so I have some hope for it. that and the time limit rumors give me a bit of hope they are actually trying to revitalize the series. 5 had it's moments, but you rarely ever got to use the full toolset, the wingsuit, the grapple gun, rope swinging, are barely ever used. throwing melee weapons in 5 was so much fun though. aaaaand its gone in 6 :C

[@CyanRooper]

I think Far Cry 4 had the most beautiful map out of them all (though I am biased as someone who lives in Asia and whose favourite PS3 game is Uncharted 2 which has a level set in Tibet). And you're right, Far Cry 4 felt like it fully utilised all the different ways of getting around the map and that helped to give it a level of freedom that I haven't quite experienced in the other games.

[@spectex304]

Fc4 map Wass shitttt

[@TheEngwall]

FC5 is my favorite game, and FC2 is the best game. If that makes sense?

[@enman009]

FC2 has too many issues to be the best, but it has a consistent tone overall. FC5 doesn't take itself seriously, but has better gameplay than any other game and a true open world. So your take is valid.

[@Jak239JC]

​@enman009 Yeah you explain it pretty well.

[@spectex304]

I feel same.

[@MILDMONSTER1234]

The best far cry games are the Xbox ones where you get Wolverine super powers sorry folks

[@Matt-md5yt]

I am so happy you did this analysis on Far Cry games. the series lost its touch.

[@afd19850]

I think they are struggling trying to smash realism with the comedy elements. Personally they need to follow more of 2&3 and then separately build Blood Dragon out into its own thing with the whacky stuff. Definitely don’t do a New Dawn again!

[@ClarkKentai]

Haven't even started the video yet, but I was just thinking the other day that the early Far Cry games have clear literary roots. FC1/Instincts draw their cues from The Isle of Dr Moreau, FC2 is very much a Heart of Darkness story, and FC3 is Alice in Wonderland as directed by Quentin Tarantino.

[@cappucci_n0]

Technically, Far Cry 2 isn't Ubisoft's first Far Cry. It was Far Cry Instincts, which is Ubisoft's take on Far Cry (the game that was made by Crytek)

[@Karter_Blackpaw]

I'd be fine with the staple drug-trip missions in each Farcry game if there was more of a reason behind it instead of it being tossed in randomly or being a wildly awkward joke. Why not have the (next game) character be a heavy drug user that is constantly needing to balance their usage so they can still be useful and not fall completely apart. This way we can have some seriousness and levity at times to balance it out.

[@titanjakob1056]

They should’ve kept 2s tone like what 5 semi did but still brought wackiness in when it did (I hate the wacky stuff in far cry tbh especially in 4, new dawn, and 6) it was only very little and used sparingly unlike the previous 2 games where it was on the for front trying to be 3

[@rtxplumzz_24]

I mean, far cry 2 was serious enough, but the other far cry games after became less and less serious and more fun/action

[@allenthinkingpositively6271]

I still love far cry 5 to this day. Amazing game. Farcry 6 was complete trash.

[@bovinleephann]

Ngl, while FC2 isn't as much of a power fantasy, I'll be damned if wiping out an entire squad of enemies while you hear them progressively get more and more scared isn't some John Wick shit. It still manages to deliver the goods on that front

[@horton3556]

I did not remember that Ajay was a voiced protagonist. I don't remember him speaking at all.

[@Khalis33]

I can't take Far Cry seriously anymore because they've turn the series into a CW show. Compare Far Cry 1(including the two console spinoffs Extincts/Predator), Far Cry 2, and Blood Dragon with those not from this list. Its night and day.

[@samsillis175]

When you get excited because Jarek released a new video but then sad because I watched it early and have already seen it.

[@samsillis175]

I watched it again.

[@neobrutalist5233]

I want FC to drop the power fantasy and get scrapy. If you want a power fantasy then go the genetic mutations super soldier route in FC instincts. An instincts remake/remaining would be good. Make Jack Carver an actual character. Also hot take: Open world games make FPS games bad 75% of the time. I think FC1 did it well, large open "levels"

[@briggsg]

I would like a Far Cry 1 remake. First time i played that game it was pretty much instant 9/10. Then the mutants appeared, and it was like 11/10.

[@remythezen5174]

Didn't that game have a map editor for multiplayer, too??

[@billyboleson2830]

Most players hate the mutants so that’s interesting lol

[@zedus4042]

When it comes to this goofy/cringe stuff which is somehow supposed to be funny, Far Cry 6 is undoubtedly among the most insufferable games when it comes to certain characters and writing. Though I really liked the sandbox and gunplay in FC6.

[@matteodelapaz1698]

I miss when far cry used to be a stalker meets Crysis. Now it’s rpg mechanics with MTs…

[@GaigeStorm]

Agree with what you said about the direction of the games but I'mnot going to sugar coat it, I'd love a FarCry with dinosaurs, I know I've said thise before on the channel but that hasn't changed

[@rayyanali4471]

Some video game franchises need to be retired or rebooted completely. Far Cry happens to be one of them.

[@bovinleephann]

Also, if you had to, where would you rank Homefront The Revolution relative to the Far Cry series in its tone and immersion?

[@sarge2402]

I would love if Ubi would remaster Far Cry 2

[@mattd5240]

Where's my instincts predator gang?

[@thomasfalcon6350]

You finally became a gaming dragon

[@ihatestairs9034]

They should remake Far Cry 1 and go back to the basics. I know that game isn’t exactly grounded considering it has mutants but I like the idea of returning to Jack Carver and the simple action story it had going on but with modern graphics and improved mechanics

[@AndDeathForAll82]

I still enjoy it, but it has lost a lot. I can’t deny that. I love it through Far Cry 5. I was so excited for New Dawn, but it ultimately fell flat for me. I lose interest in FC6 soon after I try to play it every time.

[@CAL1MBO]

Blood Dragon is FC3 for scalies.

[@Tokumastu1]

Seeing the comparisons to the tone shift gave me quite the horrible realization.... The writers were trying to imitate Borderlands humor 😬 Like why would you ever want to imitate a style of humor that aged like milk under the sun?!

[@samuelantoniocastillomeza5034]

I loved the gameplay of 4, 5 and even ND once you turn off the RPG interface. About the stories, I found more interesting to what the NPCs have to say while you follow them around, specially the enemies. They have some very intriguing dialogues, particularly in 5.

[@thatguyusee7604]

The original Far Cry and the Xbox exclusives played out more like 90s action/sciencefiction thrillers. FC2, like you said, took itself very seriously and there are so many little details of desperation and brutality - the way you 'self-medicate' by ripping rebar out your gut, having to mercy kill your buddy if you don't have health kits, your guns jamming in a middle of a firefight and clean weapons being something to treasure. Playing through Far Cry 6, there's still plenty of brutality on display, but it's hard to take serious because NONE of the characters take it seriously. Most of 'the heroes' are guilty of happily brutalising soldiers while quipping oneliners. To me it feels more like Just Cause levels of seriousness, which is barely any. By the way, did you ever play much of Far Cry 2's multiplayer in its heyday? If so, what do you think of it?

[@chaoticiannunez2419]

Puts on glasses: “Uh, actually the first Far Cry game that Ubisoft developed was Far Cry Instincts, a console spinoff/remake of the original Crytek game. Followed by Evolution.” Takes them off: Okay, I’m done. Seriously though, would love to see those get remastered. Far Cry 1, 2 and the Instincts titles. Then again I don’t think I trust modern Ubisoft to do them justice.

[@agbrenv]

17:41 based on recent events, Ubisoft will be lucky if they even survive long enough as a company to make another Far Cry game

[@scratchyass2369]

that nostalgia critic movie Kickassia had a better endeing then far cry 5, and Far Cry 2 Had the best Multiplayer! mostly solid weapons selection, no insipid attachment grinding. What really made it shine was the custom maps, people could and would make ANYTHING, from the hanging gardens of Babylon, to bio domes suspended over a rain forest, from Hadley's Hope to Grove Street!

[@bernardcz92]

I feel Ubisoft overall wants to be deep and thought-provoking in their franchises, be it Far Cry, Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed but very much so lately, it baulks out and takes the safest route, rarely ever taking a clear stance. I'd say Watch Dogs is perhaps the most egregious in this regard, with the marketing for Legion being "anti-corporate" but not deep to actually be critical of corporate culture (likely because that would involve some self-introspection from Ubisoft). The whole theme of the digital tech impacting our lives and how this can be abused is never really delved into, just the big bad corpos versus the brooding vigilante/plucky resistance. No actual moral quanderies where the situations are made blurry or nuanced.

[@Tucher97]

Something about Far Cry franchise that bothered me might be lets call the dilution scale. I can't play Far cry 2 might be due to history of ear infection where the game emits a constant ringing when a gun is fired and that has done minor harm to me. Anyways, Far cry 3 set a serious tone with serious stakes, a protagonist who lets be real, a city slicker, sure it gave that action movie vibes and it gave up half way through the game, to be fair, its reasonable. Far cry 4, great gameplay, more of the same with enhancements, a comedically bad story with a protagonist who confuses me as a player, far cry 5 eh, its ok, plays alright, character customization is good despite clear signs of cut corners. I Quit after New Dawn, that game is a good example of "Less is just less", Far cry primal is pretty good in my opinion and wouldn't mind more of it. Far cry 6, ok, good potential, problems, for one despite not playing, looking at it, I see that now abilities that were passives and skills in previous games are sometimes relegated to equipment, to whip out an enemy's side arm is a glove. Secondly, the special ability like a back mounted launcher salvo whihc feels less like Far cry and more Just Cause.

[@johnvarghese382]

Farcry went downhill starting from FC3 (barring blood dragon ofc). I remember going into FC3 with great expectations only realizing about a quarter of a way through how much hand holding the game was doing. But that was not its biggest flaw. That would have to be the paradox of choice. The game gave you so many different ways to do stuff that I believe most of us optimized the sh*t out of the game. We literally took the fun out of the game. This is what I realized when I compared FC2 with FC3 and was wondering why FC3 was not fun at all. I realized it better when I first played Stalker: Anomaly back when it was released. With the myriad of gameplay and difficulty options to tweak, I ended up making the game too easy that I lost interest. I did not cheat however, its just that the changes made it easier for me to progress beyond the hobo stage wherein I filtered out all the challenge that should have made the game interesting and rewarding. FC2 is how you make a challenging and fun game with a very rewarding gameplay loop. As I understand it, every Farcry since FC3 has tried to be its clone and therein lies the fault

[@PatrickJergl]

Far Cry 2 was a very fun game. It only lacked in the AI dept. They should have stuck to that formula. Blood Dragon was good in all the obvious ways but it should have been a full fledged game instead of an expansion but it was ok. Far Cry 3 was one of the stupidest games I think I’ve ever beaten and seriously the game that made me decide I’ve had enough with modern gaming I’m done. So I’ll never touch another Far Cry ever just my opinion that I’m sure no one cares about. Great video as usual Jarek thank you

[@ravenlover7924]

Out of topic a bit,but a friend of mine and are huge fans of Far Cry and Wings of Fire, which is serious about dragons. So why not combine both? Far Cry: Wings of Fire. It’s still gonna be faithful to the book series but there are changes like the characters being older, it combines both arc one and two and adds a lot of world building stuff. But overall the main idea is that you are playing as a group of anthro dragons. Sounds ridiculous, the books can get pretty dark considering they are kids books, and it’s gonna get a whole lot darker if this gonna be aiming for a much older audience. As for tone, it takes itself seriously considering it’s about a group of dragons who are part of a prophecy to end a 20 year long war. And gets terrifying once a certain someone named Dark Stalker shows up in the story.

[@radicalcentrist4990]

I always thought that Far Cry 2 was the only really serious game in the franchise, but idk, I only played the first 3 myself while I just watched gameplay videos of the others. I wasn't interested in playing them anymore because they all just looked like more of the same as Far Cry 3 gameplay wise but with a not as interesting setting. I just much prefered a tropical island, I felt like that should have been Far Cry's distinct identity since the first game.

[@jezusrodriguez6266]

Interestingly enough I enjoyed new dawn much more than 5, somehow the gunplay feels much tighter and more satisfying. I actually rank new dawn above a few of the far cry games

[@bloodymclane]

Very well said and good video, it should be shown to every Ubisoft worker. It is important!

[@ferdinand12390]

i was just thinking about this series the first one i played was the 360 version Instincts and i hold it very dearly to me even today what i noted it that 3 gave them the formula and have tried to replicate it since, it´s basically a copypaste of it with very little variation, ffs, they have repeated the burning fields of 3 in every game since it came out and 6´s was the worst in that regard if they made BD2 or something like the original or instincts just to change the pace would be a rest from the open world formula and in my opinion, it peaked in 4

[@literallynothinghere9089]

I love your videos. Can you tell me how you get that red dragon to sync with your body's actions? which program do you use to take on this persona?

[@Squalestang92]

Idk Far Cry 5 is still my favorite far cry to this day

[@rauldejesus-e4s]

I beat far cry 2 eight times. I think I like pain... also, my second favorite is primal.

[@Argacyan]

For me it's almost the same with FC2 and FC3 (not Blood Dragon) being favourites. I loved Far Cry 2 for its physics and gameplay, FC3 was the first one I played and it hooked me (also Vaas set a standard).

[@lightsouls4905]

Far cry 3 was the last great Far Cry game in the series and I thought Jason was a fun awesome protagonist than anyone after. I can kinda relate to him in a way as a person in his early 20s. There's a deeper analysis on Jason's character and will never understand why he gets a bad wrap? He's the goat.

[@Mitch189022]

I don’t take Far Cry games seriously. It’s just great fun, especially 5

[@DudeLebowski_98]

Blood Dragon and Far Cry 2 are underrated and fire. New Dawn was mid

[@badpiggy4177]

A game is usually better when it goes all-in on an idea, theme or tone, rather than trying to mish-mash multiple tones into one

[@CommanderWolf104th]

to this day i really do want a blood dragon sequel and a new far cry game that is similar to 2s tone and mood with 4s gameplay

[@BloodlessJG]

Remake far cry 2. Fix the checkpoints FFS 😂. Best game

[@eyesta1ker]

I can’t take Far Cry seriously since none of the later games in the series acknowledge the incredible genetic engineering advancements of late Dr. Krieger.

[@hillnegus300]

the AI was just to bad in FC 6 to be fun, they just stand there and let you shoot them.

[@supahgualtah]

Just finished fc3 blood dragon 9/10 Still think i liked 3 more

[@ZeSgtSchultz]

Finally, the video we've needed

[@Joevenon]

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[@Calhounlaw12]

This is mostly a problem with gaming as a whole. Not just this franchise.

[@bronzin1445]

True but Far Cry is the poster child for said problem

[@tominatorxx]

The sad part about Far Cry is that they actually have 2 games in the franchise (which are complete opposites of each other in terms of tone) that actually manage to have a completely consistent tone, yet they ignore those titles in favour of the typical "doesn't really know what it wants to be" safe game. Truthfully, even when it came out (I was quite disappointed in it back then as well) I felt like Far Cry 3 was the beginning of the end. A story that was promised about surviving a pirate filled hostile environment, turned almost immediately in Rambo the video game... Half the characters were serious (Dennis, Citra, Daisy, Willis, Hoyt), and half of them were crazy loofs (Earnheardt, Sam, Buck, Vaas, ...). It felt tone-deaf. Couple that with a broken and derivative MP experience, which destroyed the MP community as well (which had quite a following thanks to Far Cry's map editors) and a COOP mode that was truly awful. And I honestly can't for the life of me understand how reviewers could give an objectively broken game in terms of MP and COOP 9's and 10's...

[@Calhounlaw12]

@@tominatorxx You were right. I guess back then people were just too impressed by the graphics and this sort of open world gameplay wasn't so stale. Now it just feels copied and pasted.

[@peoduction6068]

You dont need to explain it. I know exactly what you mean.

[@massdestruction112]

Far Cry 2 with mods is the best Far Cry for me.

[@sektor_mk2]

Anomalous is released, please review

[@RexVergstrong]

If you think there's any dev or writer on Ubi who worked on any good FC you're high.

[@RexVergstrong]

Oh, and FC6 is pure cringe. Especially if you're latino.

[@mysterious_559]

Far Cry 5 would be better if it had the tone of FC2

[@ankushchatterjee4093]

bro why are you making videos of farcry, turok, etc. i mean pls try old games . i mean review like old days, we all know about far cry ranking. and fear also. pls try inversion, suffering, conflict defended ops. i think you dont care any more

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

I cover old games all the time. Wtf are you even trying to say here?

[@Saulbreadman]

This comment makes no sense. First off jarek plays and reviews old games a lot. Secondly it's his channel he can post whatever he wants whenever he wants lol.

[@contra7631]

Also not to mention how dumb the ai,gameplay and immersion become on newer far cry games.This is why fc-2 is my favourite.

[@billyboleson2830]

You say that like Farcry 2s ai is anythign to write home about

[@contra7631]

@@billyboleson2830 It is actually way better than 3 and 4 even.You should watch some videos about it.

[@simple-commentator-not-rea7345]

Far Cry 5 is like the game that WANTED to make some brave commentary about the crazy state of America, but then got scared when Trump became president

[@moniumus6303]

To this day i still sometimes replay Far Cry 4. IDK what is is, i just love it in every way

[@ydoic1111]

Reason why u can't fc seriously its because ubisoft was top dog at one point and the got LAZY af! Has assassins creed changed in past 15 years? Nope same game with new paint job every 3 years no innovation same goes for farcry....but as lomg as people eat this shit up they just gonna go with the flow....after playing Cyberpunk I can't play farcry it feels so dated and clunky I gave up

[@TheNoobyNoob1]

Been with ya since 2019. Weird bit of lore, is you were the thing that got me through one of my worst mushroom trips of all time. I was freaking out so I threw on a Killzone review (I’ll never know which one lmao) and the familiarity helped calm me down. Idk why but a nice, well put together, simple review of Killzone turned an awful trip into a great one. Idk you mentioning your old video brought me back for a bit. I’m glad to have seen you blow up!

[@kosmokat111]

I found Far cry 5 especially infuriating because it comes so close to being *about something* (Wierd rural american theocracy and religious fervor) But at every turn they took some ridiculous approach to make absolutely sure the game was about nothing, and said nothing. Really, can anyone in the comments tell me what Far Cry 5 attempts to communicate about religion and the american approach to it.

[@VioletElite4]

It's crazy that the two favorite Far Cry games that you have are also my favorites. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 is going to be that game that finally scratches that itch I've been having since FC2 where I want an open world singeplayer shooter where survival is the main theme of the game. Far Cry 3 changed the game for sure, but eventually it did for the worst. If I were in charge of Far Cry, I'd reboot the series and make it more of a survival shooter kind of like how Far Cry 2 felt. You wouldn't need to take pills for malaria, but you'd have to do certain things constantly to survive like eat, sleep and drink water, or else aiming would be harder for example. There wouldn't be an emphasis on villains, and instead be focused on different factions. There would be faction leaders as bosses, but wouldn't be on the front of the box as if they're the star of the show. Far Cry just hasn't fufilled that survival itch in a very long time. Just been a giant fun, but buggy playground for 10 years.

[@troopical4710]

Hey Jarek. Cool video! :) BTW, The only counterpoint I have to give towards the criticism of Hurk (even though I mostly agree with it despite me not being a big fan of FC2) is Far Cry Primal. FC Primal has a lot of "silly" tribesmen (mostly Tensay, Wogah, and to some extent Karoosh) and the game was set in -10.000 so I didn't mind Urki's presence. There is a questline where there's this character called "Urki" who has a fur headband and speaks Wenja with an "Southern US accent". He wants you to become as badass as the PC (Takkar, leader of the Wenja tribe), so there's [SPOILERS]: - A quest where he wants you to collect bird feathers to build himself some wings to fly (he falls to his almost death) - A quest where he wants you to collect rocks to make himself a rock armor (he wants you to shoot him to test it... and almost dies in the process) - A quest where he wants you to tame a bear so he could 1v1 it (he couldn't... BEAR it XD) Anyways, Just wanted to say that, but yeah. I recently started FC 5 after beating every single other FC game before and yeah... I like what they tried, but the flaws you're pointing out are mostly valid in this one.

[@MrHAZZA821]

Imagine how good far cry 3 tone could be when jason started enjoyed killing quickly , but was a more psychopathic progression, and he ended up not being a "good" guy in the end

[@OliviaMoses-i2u]

Ubisoft has forgotten how all of its ips work. Splinter cell, farcry, ghost recon, rainbow, rayman, assassins creed, etc etc etc. it's all money now.

[@dinoh5538]

I´m Scared about the Future of FarCry Beyond the Shitty situation that the leading by Guillemont got, they planned to shift to SnowDrop? Have they seen how Bad fire and vehicles work on that Engine?

[@steve_jedi2511]

@Jarekthegamingdragon , have you played Splitgate 1? It's a mix of Arena Shooter(Quake, Unreal, Halo) and Portal(From Valve).

[@rohgadriscol]

the upper board of ubisoft stopped caring for making games, and it's all about the cash nowadays be from the quebec taxpayer money to NFTs, i having a hard time imagining what the investors can do without damaging ubisoft further, but for sure a bailout isn't a feasible solution right now.

[@stevemc6010]

I recall one of the Far Cry 5 trailers showing a Native American present at a cult baptism But there was nothing at all along those lines in game. Major missed opportunity compared to what happens in the RDR2 story

[@SuperOvidiuMihai]

100% the presentation of the world from the character interactions is immersion breaking, everyone is talking like a teenager

[@mikeallan7740]

I found Far Cry 2 tedious, Far Cry 3 was awesome when it came out and I've enjoyed 4 and 5, 6 though while mechanically sound just feels unoriginal with irritating characters and no real sense of being isolated in an unforgiving wilderness, it has a capital city for Christ sake.

[@s0daapoppin]

Maybe this is a good time to revisit the Far Cry games, I haven't played Far Cry in years, I think the last I played was Far Cry 5.

[@Sirtristepan]

waht's that cool VRChat (I assume) map you used for the video?

[@SNOWDUDE13]

FC need to bring back villains with the same aura of Vaas.

[@joshuasnake12]

With everything happening right now with Ubisoft I highly doubt we"ll see another Farcry for a while.

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

I would expect them to push out another Far Cry to save themselves. Far Cry prints money.

[@MrHAZZA821]

Also what were your thoughts on far cry 5 dlc

[@wrath7961]

i just wish i could get car cry 3 to stop crashing lol

[@icemaster9728]

I had like 3 hours of fun in Far Cry 6.

[@HK47_115]

3:24 an AK-47 with an acog scope and a suppressor? Is this a modded version of Far cry 3?

[@ultraelite143]

yeah when i played Far Cry 3 again i downloaded mod that give some weapons attachments too

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

There are special variants in the game

[@michaelpitcher2820]

I disagree. The first game was a clown show in tone. It's never gotten worse.

[@bs_blackscout]

12:24 Hurk screams creepiness No wonder Ubisoft was caught in sexual harassment allegations, who the f wrote this awful character? The Far Cry 4 "jokes" are just weird and well, there's Far Cry 5 and he's being weirdly borderline phobic. Yikes writing.