What's Been Going On With Far Cry 5's DLC?

[@FlookersontheOptiMist]

Honestly the arcade of all things has been a better enjoyment extender than any of the dlc combined just with how great it's map creator is.

[@Flailmorpho]

the multiplayer combat however is a bit broken, considering the optimal strategy is just to find an automatic weapon and wave it vaguely in the direction of your enemy's head

[@jackleface2903]

well intil the zombie dlc came out, everyone start putting zombie into there maps but they didn't give enough ammo to fucking deal with the zombie and the zombie just felt like bullshit to deal with, also i never got any of the dlc.

[@tann3r670]

Sadly it’s said to not be returning in new dawn :(

[@Showtube887]

More For Honor u bastard

[@monochrome_soft9472]

tannerroxursox it's not returning in new Dawn because new Dawn isn't a main series game, it's a spin-off title

[@OverHaze]

I know the setting isn't exotic to you but as someone living in suburban Dublin miles of bear infested North American forest is pretty darn exotic to me. I know its the kind of thing people say without thinking but remember the game is being played by people all over the world.

[@vrapbrap]

As someone whose backyard looks like Witcher 3's no mans land, I found far cry 5's world to be quite a nice change. Overall enjoyed the game despite its flaws too.

[@SoftExo]

It had a better setting than FC4 as well, that kind of tried to push "exotic" to 11, didn't work out so well far as im concerned. Enjoyed FC5s setting quite a bit more.

[@waterguyroks]

Agreed.

[@robnickerson7819]

Fair point.

[@Largentina.]

I think they say that because you can find forests and grass lands in alot more places in the world than you can find jungle islands or the Himalayan mountain tops.

[@Mirokuofnite]

It all stems from a poll Ubisoft ran about future locations for Farcry back in 2015. The choices were: A Far Cry game in remote Alaska about surviving extreme wilderness A Far Cry game in a futuristic, sci-fi setting on another planet A Far Cry game set in the Vietnam war during the 1960s A Far Cry game set in the cocaine trafficking jungles of Peru A Far Cry game where you can fight against or join vampires A Far Cry game in the Spaghetti Western style set in the late 19th century Americas A Far Cry game that is set during a zombie outbreak Blood Dragon 2. A sequel to Blood Dragon with more Rex Power Colt A Far Cry game set in a Mad Max style post-apocalyptic world A Far Cry game in the present day, set in a Jurassic Park Style island of dinosaurs A Far Cry game based on the world of Shangri-La from Far Cry 4

[@Jay-dp1jn]

I wouldn't mine Alaska or peru or Vietnam

[@lilalmccarthy9778]

A western Farcry doesn't sound half bad

[@alexflorczyk6531]

Western farcry would be awesome. Also a zombie one would be nice if done right. Like your prayers of the military and have to clear out a city or something

[@ChaosRaych]

A Western Far Cry at this point would be relentlessly compared to RDR2 & it wouldn't have a chance of holding up. I feel like they used the Central American drug trade idea on Ghost Recon Wildlands. Alaska sounds interesting though. I honestly wouldn't mind the vampire one either.

[@lilalmccarthy9778]

@@ChaosRaych I liked rdr2s story and graphics but the gameplay and missions weren't that great tbh, I think farcrys gameplay would be more fun

[@khalylehagood3222]

It's exotic to people who don't live in America. Or even those who have never been to that corner of the country.

[@underdoggoethe8971]

Very good point. 👍🏻

[@Krondon-SSR]

a crab + massive damage b o y no you didn't

[@ketrub]

so here's a giant enemy crab

[@jeffreyswhitmore]

I won't ever play it. But damned if I won't watch you review it!

[@glassisland]

This. And yet there's some things he's reviewed that I ended up playing because of what he said.

[@jeffreyswhitmore]

For me, it was Fear. I have this vision of him scribbling ideas for future reviews between making pizzas. Every once in a while going out the back to smoke a reefer. And I would probably like the pizzas he made even if I didn't normally like the toppings. This man has the gift of gab. Reminds me of Terence Mckenna.

[@not8719]

I would LOVE to see a stand alone Far Cry Vietnam game or an open world Vietnam game in general. It’s such a dark moment in American history and was absolute pure hell.

[@huwguyver4208]

It could work if they made it more dark and morally ambiguous like FC2. But these days Ubisoft would probably not be able to help themselves but to make the blood-soaked jungles of 'Nam into a wacky fun-ride.

[@NoWhereMan95]

It would be bold if they let you play as the Vietnamese, but I doubt they would do that.

[@midshipman8654]

Not I read the things we carried and I absolutely loved it. Not because it was dark, but because it was complex with no real right answers and it gave this sense of raw realism with its different character’s different musings and interpretations of events. The guy thinking about his friend sinking into the septic run off was one thing that had a depth of meaning all to it’s own, while there were things like the solders nice interactions with an old Vietnamese man, or the morality of fighting for something you do not particularly believe in (that last one really stuck to me because it didn’t just preach the cliche ‘only fight for what you believe in’ narrative but it delved into what it meant to do something you didn’t want to do because respecting the law means that you can’t always choose what you want to respect, as well as the role of peer pressure).

[@winstonchurchill624]

Not I'm not sure that an open world game would really work in Vietnam, but they could make a game set in Vietnam with an amazing story. Though I am not sure that Ubisoft could pull it off.

[@ThePunisher2346]

Rightt im tired of seeing games about ww2 i miss some of the old school Vietnam games then need to make more games about Vietnam change it up alittle

[@Zergosmuahaha]

John Russo only wrote the initial script for RotLD, which was heavily rewritten by its eventual writer/director Dan O'Bannon, and most of that mentioned comic, slapstic lightheartedness comes from his rewrite, not Russo's, wanted to point that out

[@zimmerman1031]

That doesn't fit the narrative.

[@Josefo99]

And there are 3 more videos coming... hell yeah

[@darklsn]

wait what? Like this month or week?

[@Josefo99]

@@darklsn The original plan was to release 4 videos that Noah postponed because of various reasons, but he had problems uploading because of snow in his town so... we just have to wait.

[@TheSoulHarvester]

@@Josefo99 I'm Excited

[@FreemaN4851]

Was just about to ask, he usually uploads 1 biggie or 2 smaller ones. 4 vids on 1 month is better than i expected

[@Ryham93]

Well this just made my week already lmao

[@codbrothers5104]

The season pass was the biggest waste of money I have ever spent

[@antongodijn3269]

Cod Brothers so true like wtf aliens and zombies but its fking boring shit

[@bigboi9711]

Cod Brothers good thing I got the standard edition instead

[@antongodijn3269]

a true cash grab

[@antongodijn3269]

they dont know what to do with the game

[@matthewsinclair8198]

A wild question you guys, how would people feel if Noah did a retro review on Dawn of War and its expansions (Dark Crusade, Soul Storm, Winter assault and so on)?

[@leejuicy]

Or even better on the whole series and how it fell apart

[@matthewsinclair8198]

@@leejuicy He could but my fear is that he wouldn't be able to go into as much detail on the first one and its expansions if he decided to do all of the first one and its expansions, then the second and its expansions and finally the third and its expansio- ow wait. Anyways its a nice idea but I feel that the video would be better if he just focused on the first and it expansions with the possibility of the others later on.

[@DavetheTurnip]

I'd be interested to hear what he has to say on them. Replaying the first one last year for a video taught me a bit more on moving out of my comfort zone when it comes to RTS gameplay.

[@TheProfessor529]

Damn, an episode running under a HALF-hour? Never thought I'd see that from you, sir.

[@LordHengun]

I remember when people released like 25 minute videos and were like "If you don't have time to watch this behemoth of a video in one sitting, I've left timestamps in the description"

[@bad_chewy6092]

Best use of giant enemy crab meme. Another job well done.

[@BouncinBabyBren]

I love Far Cry 5, one of my favorite games of all time. I think it was very worth the $60 and had a good time with it. But oh my god the Far Cry 5 DLC is some of the worst AAA gameplay I've ever experienced. The Vietnam one was kind of ok, but the other two feel like they don't know what fun is. It's very obvious that Ubi did not give a fuck about the quality of the DLC. No matter how much I stress that it's awful, the first time you play it you'll still be astounded at how bad these DLC's are.

[@Ruddi031]

Same with me. Far Cry 5 was one of the best games of 2018 for me, but the DLC is just... horrible. I liked "Lost on Mars" but the other ones were just a waste of money.

[@Ruddi031]

Blood dragon and Valley of The Yetis are probably the only 2 good DLC's

[@WorldzMo5t3pic]

I was one of the dumb bastards that bought into the idea that "They're getting the Blood Dragon devs to make it so it _has_ to be good!" and pre-ordered the Season Pass. I will not be making that mistake ever again.

[@icewolf1116]

It's always a treat to see you upload :)

[@shidcat9322]

I'm pretty sure Farcry New Dawn was supposed to be DLC

[@benwasserman8223]

Based entirely on New Dawn’s trailers, we’ve exited historical subtext and gone straight to the Mad Max weirdness. I can’t even tell if the new villains represent anything beyond “chaotic and proud”

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

Listening to Noah and Mauler breakdown video games and movies has been keeping me quite entertained lately. I want You to talk about Resident Evil 2 and Mortal Kombat.

[@assassinproduction1]

The script of thie video is incredibly well written, you got a sub outta me :)

[@T82306]

I liked the Vietnam dlc, the others were okay. For the price, really good value.

[@doc325]

Your analysis was well thought out, accurate, but one thing you may have overlooked, regarding the Vietnam DLC, is in the main game, a guy asks you to find 12 lighters that were his buddies as he's the last one of his unit still alive, and wants to ensure these lighters are secure. Most would immediately think, I am not combing a county sized map, spending many many hours looking for some damn lighters. The point of the story is to give you context as to why these lighters are important, and once you gain perspective, the reward is not the cache, but doing something for a veteran who has barely survived hell, lost friends, all while collecting tokens so that those men are never forgotten, at least by their brother Marine, and while he's old and that's old history, that old Marine is still there for some random moments every day, and there for hours every night. Those lighters would represent some closure, and those who live with, and love enough to tolerate a severe PTSD vet, would get those lighters without hesitation, because they know they represent the stuff their vet can't talk about. Now that might pull at your heart strings, but as a severe combat PTSD veteran, I quickly realized that awhile on the surface, that would appear to be what the devs were going for, in fact, their motivation was trying to get players motivated, by putting them in the Marine's shoes, in reality they put a lot of effort into a boring overly long fetch quest, that is forgettable at best.

[@aames1089]

Shawn Kendrick that was amazing. Bravo😊

[@malinkulasekera69]

Only 25 mins? Was ready for a multiple hour odyssey.

[@leathery420]

He posted on his Patreon about what has been going on. He was getting really burnt out and depressed so he has a back log of 4 videos that he never really felt good about. So to move forward with the channel he'll be posting them any way as a kind of apology for his absence. He's got a few things planned. Like a West coast fallout road trip. So you'll get 3 more likely shorter videos real soon.

[@James-rc8wr]

@@leathery420 Honestly, I think I prefer these shorter form videos. While I love Noah's work, the longer a video goes over an hour or so, the more tired I become with the vid (apart from episodes where it's the breaking down of a series or franchise). For someone with limited time, these shorter form ones are more convenient to watch and easier to digest than jumping back into the much larger ones. I can't imagine the tremendous amount of work that it would've taken to produce the Neverwinter Nights or Far Cry video, so I can appreciate the burn out. I don't mind seeing shorter videos in the future if it leads to more of them as a whole.

[@leathery420]

@@James-rc8wr I'd have to mostly agree. I mean I really do enjoy the long ass videos, but I do understand if it turns some people off. I can also see how overly long videos may become productivity hurting effort dumps. Plus some topics like Far Cry 5's DLC just don't really warrant an hour long plus video. Noah deciding to release the unfinished videos was really a pleasant surprise. I and I'm sure others noticed he was struggling to meet the deadlines he had imposed on himself. I kind of thought we'd just lose a month or two worth of videos, but he still has something to show for it even if it might not quite be up to his regular standards. It's really quite impressive the amount of professionalism he is putting forth. I know myself and like many others would have trouble trying to not just glossing over our creative difficulties and saying we'd do better in the future.

[@FrightNFight]

Microcastle forever

[@pajamapantsjack5874]

Unlike homefront the revolution, I don’t feel these really improved the game

[@johnsmith-oh9is]

I really enjoyed home front man. I had a lot of fun playing through it and got it in a bundle with like both of the metro games and one other.

[@glucosaminecondroitan9135]

I liked the mp34, vehicles and costumes that came with the Vietnam dlc. I started up a new play through of the base game just to play as a vietnamese person tearing through the U.S.

[@cavenyan8947]

"gaming's own superfund sites" that line made me laugh, thank you.

[@halfpintrr]

Noah, I am always happy to see you. Take all the time you need。

[@LonelyIslandKid09]

I really think Hurk is one of the worst characters ever. For some reason Ubisoft loves him enough to put him in every single game since Far Cry 3. I just don't find him funny or interesting.

[@spartankongcountry6799]

I agree. Hurk is just annoying. The writers try way too hard to make him sound witty and funny.

[@killaxero86]

Hurk is to the Farcry series what Scooter was to Borderlands.

[@tiko5876]

Travis Lee how dare you. Scooter is the shit. Rip.

[@dino3965]

He was only funny in far cry 4

[@another_random_ace8820]

No. Hurk is awesome.

[@sleeplessknightsinc6554]

Pretty neat of KZbin to not let me know that you've uploaded since December. Awesome.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

This game takes place in a fictional blood-soaked version of Montana? I always thought it took place in a real blood-soaked depiction of rural New Jersey!

[@Outplayedqt]

Been waiting forever for a new NCG piece! Got something good to listen to on my drive from D to H-town :)

[@powervidsful]

hello fellow texan

[@manbo1213]

Mans dropping giant enemy crab references in 2019 what a legend

[@underdoggoethe8971]

Great rhythm in your words. It reminds me very much of the old radio speakers. Such a delight. 🙂

[@Lazarus1095]

Welcome back, Noah!

[@diegowushu]

Congrats on 100k my dude. You're very good at this!

[@Arashmickey]

Needs a banter frequency slider. Baldur's Gate has one I think, but that game needs a separate banter frequency slider for each individual character.

[@niemandswasser]

some of the best content on youtube. Thank you!

[@DefinitelyNotSade]

I think you're interpreting the sunk cost fallacy wrong. In economics, if there's a costless alternative investment or venture that yields a better payoff compared to one you've poured vast resources or time into, you should always jump ship; it doesn't matter that you've sunk all this time or resources into the original venture, go take the more profitable venture. Related to this video: it doesnt matter that you've already sunk hours into Far Cry 5. If theres an alternate activity that would yield more utility/satisfaction, go do it immediately; read a book, drink some Johnny Walker, play anything other than an Ubisoft game.

[@Aussie_Tom]

Ubisoft just need to get working on the one thing we all want to see. Blood Dragon 2

[@GB-sh9st]

Congrats on 100k -- but you deserve at least 4-500k imo... please keep up the amazing content.

[@misapheonix]

Missed your 'review's good to see ya back :3

[@MrDumbRodent]

I would be curious to hear your thoughts on New Dawn if you ever felt so inclined!

[@thewayfarer8849]

I do love how much juice you get out of things I wouldn't play. I love when you review games I like, but it's more interesting that you can explore something I have no interest in and encourage rumination.

[@rawkmode6315]

The quote was actually, "Send more paramedics." One of the coolest lines in any movie, ever.

[@mcsnuggie]

As a canadian where everything is snow anything that is above -20ºc is warm and exotic

[@Iriseon]

Sometime in 2015, the Far Cry devs polled players on what future settings they would like to see. Vietnam, sci-fi on another planet, and zombies were all part of the poll. www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-05-ubisoft-polls-public-on-future-far-cry-settings

[@ryanlastname3039]

Anyone else remember them saying there would be 5 dlc? The 3 we got plus 2 "mystery" dlc

[@AndrewOplinger]

It feels like they were tech demos or intern projects. Someone worked a summer making the things and some senior devs had to go in and finish it to justify the cost, and to make sure the interns had a publication on thier resumes.

[@brobrochanel]

I know nothing about Far Cry 5, let alone its expansions, and this was still totally engaging to me

[@Nemo88881]

Noah's back ! Would have preferred a Stalker retrospective though

[@kouyasakurada5547]

FC5's DLC should have just been New Dawn. All that wasted development on crappy tiny DLC would've been better suited to add to New Dawn's development process.

[@trashcompactorYT]

The story-driven DLC you're looking for is New Dawn. It is the spiritual successor to blood dragon. These were specifically supposed to feel like arcade games, hence the cartoon cutscenes and lack of narrative direction

[@RealRanton]

great video mate! Your voice sounds a little like the Internet Historian :)

[@asapcarti1451]

Rantoni???!!!

[@darlingxluxii7977]

I thought so too!! 🤗💕

[@darlingxluxii7977]

I love your videos btw!! Especially mortal kombat videos!! 😻😻🥰❤️

[@BIOHAZARDRUSGaming]

My buddy and I bought the season pass mainly for the Far Cry 3 remaster, cuz that was also going to be $30. We saw it as “buying Far Cry 3 Classic Edition and getting free DLC for Far Cry 5.” When FC5 turned out to be a bland and boring game, with the experience actually suffering further while playing in co-op, we hoped the DLC would be its saving grace. Hours of Darkness ruined that hope right out the gate. Having to play through the DLC 6 times in co-op, 3 for each person since the stupid trophies were for Host only, was an effective way of pissing us off. Lost On Mars started out great, a welcome breath of comedy and references to things like Tremors that we both loved. But the constant banter was a reason to turn the spoken audio slider down and turn on subtitles. The reveal was guessed at the beginning, and the gameplay was the same 10-minute loop for a 6 hour DLC, that you then had to play AGAIN for you co-op partner. With 2/3 DLCs not worthy of the degrading title of “Shit Show”, we really hoped Dead Living Zombies (or the Zombies DLZ), would be mediocre at best. Honestly though, we were so turned off and tuned out from the entire Far Cry 5 experience, that we just kinda breezed through it on autopilot. I can’t really tell you much about the DLZ, cuz nothing was memorable, and we were so tuned out from everything else FC5-related, that combining the two almost makes me forget entirely that I played the DLZ at all.

[@RoachDawggJR]

“All I had to waste was my limited time here on earth”😂

[@Corrupted]

I REALLY enjoyed Far cry 5 for its Story and interesting characters and actually bought the season pass when it came out, never touched a single dlc and now Im happy I didnt lol

[@Nebelkorona]

I wished for a Vietnam game on this engine since FC2. It's incredible that we have a wonderful tropical features for years now, but we can't get a serious single player game like Vietcong or Bad Company 2.

[@spartanpawn007]

Oddly enough, The Things They Carried is in my peripheral on my bookshelf as I watch this video.

[@losethegame101]

The king returns!

[@Deadwolf27]

You can attack it's weak point for massive damage? The giant enemy crab? I'm convinced this is the best DLC of all time

[@night1952]

I wasn't even sure they came out. I didn't care about them after FC5's ending, but there was no advertising of them anywhere to be found, so when New Dawn was announced i was like "what happened to the DLC? Oh, i guess it already happened"

[@huwguyver4208]

Always love these videos. Noah is The Man With The Words. I'm not, that's why I could only describe him that way.

[@kombinatsiya6000]

Far cry 5 was very disappointing so it's not weird that the DLCs suck too. Ubisoft's lacks the storytelling talent and bravery to tell powerful stories because they don't want to upset anyone. Instead they use marketing to give the impression of great storytelling. Seriously, how many of us didn't think that Far Cry 5's story would be about the south (will rise again), racism and what not and instead got the most inclusive hipster doomsday's cult ever? Just like the main games, the Far Cry 5 DLC has become cynical and boring.

[@Dooger414]

"Reinforce the southern stereotype because progressive!" Or they could just focus on the *game* aspect of the game.

[@mementoa9025]

FC5's original reveal was more to stroke the political tensions of modern America to ride off any potential controversy akin to Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus. If you're looking for modern AAA games to be brave with story-telling instead of safe games-as-a-service tier products to appeal to everyone in order to make up for their expensive investments then I have a bridge to sell you. I also think you had too high hopes for Ubisoft as they laid their cards on the table not too long after its reveal that it would be a simple story about a cult. You have Project at Eden's gate which is a not to subtle reference to cults like Heaven's gate and the cover art which is basically The Last Supper, and there's some character interview trailers that basically represent the final product.

[@SoftExo]

@ I think the point holds very well. He/she suggests you make a good video game the priority over leftie politics injection at any cost, which is ALL that OP has in mind, and couldn't care less about Far Cry, same mindset of "game journalists" that then have his type as the useful idiot parroting their points over FC5 "disappointment". I reckon "focus on the game because its a game" or in French, "fuck off with the leftie crap you nonce", either seem appropriate as a response, not stupid at all.

[@chris.hartliss]

I disagree but have no time for a return essay. Lol

[@SoftExo]

@ Seems i care more than you and OP put together. "opinions" are all over FC5. Creating games with the sole purpose of smearing certain groups, in this, characters that are just there to spout what you understand to be "the south" or "muh racism" is hardly an opinion and more a pass at depicting "fact", and its FC5 that makes clear who the unhinged in this scenario, are. To corroborate the fact, heres OP with his on-the-fly review of FC5 based on nothing but politics, angry that the game didn't go full tilt leftie in the end, perhaps with some cultists shouting orange man bad for flavor. I don't want politics in a video game, i do not need your twitter-based perceptions of right and wrong either, keep it to yourself, and let people play a video game for what it is, escapism.

[@HardkoreCasual]

For me, the biggest issue with DLCs like this is that what I want in a DLC is continuation of my character (or some kind of extended side quest). I don't want experimental bullshit that the developers figured wouldn't make for a very good full game, so might as well just throw them out as DLC. To me, I don't get why these things needed to even be released as DLC. They should have just been released as mini-games that are tangentially related but don't require Far Cry 5 to play, like they did with Blood Dragon. Far Cry 5, to me, has some of the worst DLC I have ever played. I couldn't stand Mars because, they got rid of towers in Far Cry 5 because they knew they weren't fun, only to add them back in the DLC. Also, I just don't like laser weapons (totally personal taste). I don't know why, I just never have. Even in the Fallout games I just never found laser weapons as enjoyable as normal guns. Hours of Darkness is way too short. That's really all I gotta say about that one. And the last DLC. No comment.

[@invertedgames7993]

7:46 Ah yes, my favourite Doctor Who, Christian Eckelstien. Just above Thomas Butler and Danny Tennis

[@Rc3651]

I literally didn't even know that there was DLC for this game. I've watched multiple analyses of the main story and no one has ever mentioned them!

[@Arashmickey]

For a second there I thought you were dissing Space Quest IV because I confused "Time Bandits" with "Time Rippers". Give a thought to doing Sierra adventure games sometime, I would definitely find that awesome.

[@rhrabar0004]

Stay warm Noah! Much respect from 253

[@linusdn2777]

Noah do you ever even try stealth in videogames? i've never really seen it. Especially in farcry it's really rewarding

[@jeffreyswhitmore]

I would love to see him wax poetic about Thief.

[@SuperGhettoBob]

Noah tends to focus on a game's story and presentation, but has reviewed several games that have stealth mechanics. He expressed his disdain for the broken stealth systems in Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines.

[@LN.2233]

Noah has previously said he doesn't like stealth games.

[@chris.hartliss]

He said he doesn't have the patience for stealth. Which is mighty ironic for a guy with 8 hour long fucking video game essays.

[@Narokkurai]

@@chris.hartliss admittedly, bad stealth can be really fucking tedious. Even good stealth can be pretty boring at times. It's a lot of memorizing patterns, looking for openings, and save scumming until you find a perfect solution where everything just clicks into place. It appeals to a very specific Rube-Goldbergian instinct that some people either have or they don't.

[@Punisher9419]

It's hard to get anymore shallow gameplay and story wise then Far Cry games. I enjoyed the first as a fun action game with over the top moments. The second game was a departure from the formula and was refreshingly well made with some interesting new mechanics. The third game refined what 2 was down and simplified it, the story became cliche and shallow as some of the gameplay mechanics from 2 such as malaria and weapon durability was simply removed. Every since 3 the game hasn't changed at all, the exact same gameplay mechanics are used and nothing is added. To put it simply the Far Cry series now is stale old bread with mould growing on it.

[@nirybiry]

Malaria was annoying as hell in Far Cry 2. Sure, it was cool, but it affected the gameplay massively and made it less enjoyable.

[@nikolasferreira3247]

@@nirybiry better than beign captured in far cry 5, seriously far cry 5 is even more annoying than far cry 2

[@nirybiry]

@@nikolasferreira3247 Not really, but O.K.

[@MrDueltube]

I just finished Far Cry 5's main game about a week ago. I played through Hours of Darkness having a pretty good time not great but good enough for me to not regret the money I spent on the DLC. I started Lost on Mars about 2 days ago still not very far into it and yes having a Hurk themed DLC chasing the ghost of Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon was an extremely odd choice. What's even more odd is I am actually enjoying it despite Hurk and the general over-the-top campiness of the DLC though that may have more to do with Far Cry 5's general polish as a game more than the DLC itself. So far none of the jokes have been funny just extremely cringe inducing. I am bracing myself for Dead Living Zombies lol. These DLCs are extremely strange in that they are WAY more over the top than Far Cry usually is. I mean most of the games in the series I can at least take seriously and respect that at least within the game world there are real things at stake for the characters and real danger for them too even Blood Dragon. These DLCs though are so over the top and campy none of the situations have any real intensity to them I am never worried for myself or the player character. Even in the middle of a massive firefight I feel as relaxed as when I am taking a nap lol.

[@GhostLink92]

Can believe I pre ordered the gold edition... They all looked cool on paper.

[@karlklein2263]

They put so many blood dragons in these games I wish they'd just make a full game already. It's like ubisoft is aware that was one of the only times they really nailed the far cry concept.

[@bradmace9005]

Hours of darkness is really good if you try play realistic. E.g playing on survival on the hardest difficulty, disabling HUD’s etc. Maybe even health regeneration.

[@toconnell88]

Great analysis. I got fleeting enjoyment out of Lost on Mars, but the other two were fairly lacking. The zombie one was particularly painful. I thought the first couple of "pitches" were amusing, but it's clear they stopped trying. I also found the voice acting in this zombie DLC really distracting. Like, did they even use professional actors, or was it just whoever was around in the office that day?

[@thinkstoomuch4445]

I'm a simple man. I see a video made by Noah Gervais, I click on it.

[@Outplayedqt]

Does anyone else think Ubisoft hired some of the same artists that also worked on the DLCs for Wolfenstein 2? Sketches like the one on 6:56 look incredibly similar to the art in Wolfenstein 2’s Captain Wilkins DLC, for example. Just cool drawings imo.

[@misterscienceguy]

The Mars DLC is trying to teach us that a progress bar can't measure suffering, because suffering is eternal. It's worth mentioning that Russo really didn't have much influence on Return of the Living Dead's final product

[@willrigby8202]

"As old as Eccleston Doctor Who", no that wasn't that long ago it was only...in 2005...which was 14 years ago. Now I feel old.

[@blakeblake3303]

delightful enemy crab reference

[@thatkidfrommars2330]

I love your videos Noah!! And I actually have met Tim O’Brien and received a signed copy of The Things They Carried

[@kiardothefirst8011]

i bought the gold edition of the game, not played any of the dlc's. As soon as the first dlc came out i thought it looked like it was made inside the editor and they all basically seem like it, disappointing considering i was one of the few who liked farcry 5 and the ending but the only thing i can see worth from the gold edition was you got farcry 3 free with it, which i haven't played yet.

[@observer4916]

daddy noah has returned

[@Spitfire0818]

Great stuff as always :)

[@Multifixated]

I can't wait to see you do New Dawn

[@madvicar]

Great video sir, and well thought out. I'm sure everybody's said it, but, because it became nightmare fuel for me as a kid, I'm going to (shudder) quote the line as I remember it: "Send... more... (long pause) para-med-ics". I've just conquered a fear on my list typing that! Have a good day sir, and again, excellent video.

[@peiopascualhernando2236]

Thanks Noah for the analysis although I haven't played these and probably never will your insights are interesting to me

[@codaisasoldier]

No but haven't you heard? The New Dawn DLC comes out on the 15th! They keep advertising it as its own game though, not too sure why...

[@stingingblade]

When the zombie DLC was coming out I thought we were gonna get something similar to state of decay an open world zombie campaign set in the beautiful Montana wilderness. I was so wrong, and so sad.

[@davidcolby167]

...hey! The ending of Time Bandit's is RAD! (Yes, I will fight you on this!)

[@thomaskirkness-little5809]

I thought the base game was exotic. It's in some distant land i've never been to.

[@nejinaji]

The Vietnam one I love and how it's a free form single objective and not a generic mission mishmash. I spent 9 hours role-playing through my first coop playthrough. The zombie one I do like the setup for but it's lacking for content and I at least can stand guy marvel more than hurk (who I used to kind of like before the dlc). The Mars one I hated all the way through and it made me hate hurk so goddamn much. So far Vietnam is the only one I've ever went back to.

[@Tommoslasguitaros]

Far Cry 5 already didnt look like my cup of tea when it came out and all these dlc's just confirms that feeling of shallowness I got. I still love watching you review them though!

[@TheOwlslayer]

Aw, i was actually hopeful some of them might be fun. Damn shame. Lovely review, tho, and keep up the great work!

[@moha1911]

So Ubisoft is doing the iPhone trick

[@InvinciblKillerQueen]

Now I'm curious to see your take on New Dawn.

[@chris.hartliss]

"Noah I know you are reading this out loud" Lol

[@TheUnspokenKibbles]

It's rare to see an essay on this channel that looks at a subject and comes up with "well, I tried, but this is really just disposable," but congrats, Ubisoft, you've made a slate of DLC so fundamentally vapid it has reached that high bar. I really do feel for the writers who had to write six hours of banter and the designers, modelers, animators, etc. working in the video game industry's shite conditions to produce AAA-polished versions of Giant Alien Crabs and Yet More Zombies. I look forward to the inevitable New Dawn video, the marketing attention that expansion has received makes me at least hope there's some more creative ambition behind it.

[@feloniousfisch7824]

I payed 10$ for the Mars DLC, and a few weeks later they removed it from my game, and I would have had to buy it AGAIN! Needless to say I didn’t buy it again. F

[@true_shotentertainment2717]

Just got all dlc base game and new Dawn with weapons and vehicles for 40 bucks can't beat that $120 value. Never played 5 but I couldn't let that deal go.