Far Cry 5 is Far Cry at its best. While the narrative can be over-the-top and somewhat lacking, Hope County provides a beautiful setting and fresh gameplay for fans of the series.
Far Cry 5
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Top Critic Average
80%
Critics Recommend
IGN
8.9 / 10
PC Gamer
80 / 100
Game Rant
4.5 / 5
Eurogamer
No Recommendation
GamesRadar+
4 / 5
Game Informer
7.5 / 10
GameSpot
9 / 10
Polygon
6.5 / 10
Creators: Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Reflections, Ubisoft Kiev, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Shanghai
Release Date: Mar 27, 2018 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5
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Critic Reviews for Far Cry 5
Far Cry 5 is another wide-open playground with all the necessary ingredients for causing a real ruckus: loads of enemies and allies, temperamental wildlife, and plenty of explosions.
A big, beautiful, chaotic canvas of freeform destruction, Far Cry 5 continues the series' best traditions.
Far Cry 5 may not have much in the way of revolutionary new ideas, but it streamlines Ubisoft's open world formula and delivers one of the best games in the series.
A polished and refined instalment that values your time more than the previous games and keeps the focus on entertaining you throughout.
Virtually everything about Far Cry 5 is thoroughly okay. For a series that has provided so many thrills and surprises, that's a major disappointment
With smart changes to exploration, discovery, and progression, Far Cry 5 makes engaging and experimenting with its gorgeous open world more exciting than ever.
What's left if you have the stomach to ignore the story? A very enjoyable game with an immense number of things to do, a beautifully recreated portion of the United States, and a collection of missions with wildly varying tones and structure. It's a finely tuned open-world game stapled onto a story that's insultingly bad.
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