Far Cry 5 - Hours of Darkness Reviews

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6.7 / 10.0
Jun 5, 2018

Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness is a fine expansion to the core game, it adds a large new area yet seems to completely forget the narrative aspect of the series.

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7.2 / 10.0
Jun 3, 2018

Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness offers the usual Far Cry Action but that's it. No surprises or crazy elements you would expect and a bland environment and generic missions make this DLC hard to recommend.

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Jun 7, 2018

Vietnam could make a great setting for a Far Cry game but it has to be handled with more care than this. I appreciate that at $12 this is not supposed to be a full Far Cry experience, however I still expect more than a glorified two-hour fan-mod. The next two pieces of DLC will have to offer big improvements to make Far Cry 5‘s season pass worth the money.

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Jun 25, 2018

If anything, Hours of Darkness has made me wanting next month’s Lost on Mars and August’s Dead Living Zombies to be better and more fulfilling. Far Cry 5 is an incredible game that the Hours of Darkness DLC fails to live up to, story-wise. It does however exemplify how good the stealth can be if you play things right. This Vietnam story carries some weight, but none of it emotional to make it stand up to the main game in any meaningful way.

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6.5 / 10.0
Jun 24, 2018

Ubisoft Shanghai’s efforts are enjoyable enough, but one just hopes that the bar of quality is raised even higher for Dead Living Zombies and Lost on Mars.

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7 / 10.0
Jun 23, 2018

As the first DLC from the Far Cry 5 season pass, Hours of Darkness, is somewhat underwhelming; but that is not a reflection on the quality or quantity of the content it provides.

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PowerPyx
PowerPyx
7.3 / 10.0
Jun 5, 2018

Hours of Darkness is a good start for the DLC trilogy of Far Cry 5. It’s a part unexplored in previous games but is quite short and doesn’t have much in terms of story.

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8 / 10.0
Nov 25, 2018

Hours of Darkness is a great looking DLC. It includes all the tropes of Vietnam. Agent Orange, POWs, dire onslaught on FOB, dire defence of FOB. It mainly focuses on traverse though, not on action packed gameplay as it should.

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6.5 / 10.0
Jun 5, 2018
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5 / 10.0
Jun 25, 2018

Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness is like a big map that players made it in the Far Cry Arcade. It doesn't use the huge potential of the Vietnam War and basically doesn't want to say anything. Without an acceptable storyline and a progression system, Hours of Darkness doesn't provide any motivation for exploring and engaging.

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50 / 100
Jun 8, 2018

The expansion is not worth buying without the season pass. There is a feeling that the map and its contents could even be done within the Arcade mode and even the excellent Vietnam environment is not worth the amount charged.

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9 / 10.0
Aug 17, 2018

A real eye-opening experience, for someone not well versed in the Vietnam War outside of Forrest Gump, it's a welcome change to the main game, and that's coming from someone who really enjoyed the main game! If you're looking to creep around a jungle blowing things up and snapping necks, then come to Vietnam. If you weren't a fan of the main game, this probably won't change your mind.

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5 / 10
Jun 5, 2018

Although the DLC offers freedom and simplicity, it wasn't well crafted by its weak story, level design, could be finished in less than 2 hours and it's overpriced. Can't recommend it now but you can try it later when future DLCs are out, I highly recommend playing in Co-op mode.

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Cubed3
Top Critic
6 / 10
Aug 5, 2018

Hours of Darkness is a solid DLC entry for an already great title. It certainly presents a diverse style of stealth oriented gameplay, alongside a different setting to the main story. Seeing the background context of a previously acknowledged Far Cry 5 NPC is also a neat bonus. However, there are issues with the lack of content and having just one main objective in a relatively straight and linear path means that the realistic timeframe of a play-through is going to be somewhere in the region of one to three hours depending on how incentivised the player is to complete side objectives and collect items.

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Vicken B
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Jun 9, 2018

If you loved Far Cry 5, you will absolutely fall in love with this DLC. It's just breathtakingly well done. It's out now for 12€/12$/9.99£. I highly recommend if you're interested in this DLC or the two other upcoming DLCs - Lost on Mars and Dead Living Zombies - the season pass costs about the same as buying two of the DLCs individually and getting the third for free. Have fun, and don't forget to thank a veteran, no matter what country you're from.

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8 / 10.0
Jun 5, 2018

Hours of Darkness explores the backstory to a minor character in the Far Cry 5 setting. While maintaining Far Cry's exceptional gun handling, Hours of Darkness gives players a truly different way to play, much more akin to classic titles in the series. It is story light and the allied AI still troublesome, it richly delivers a lush environment to survive within. If you are looking for a Far Cry experience to play in between major titles, Hours of Darkness is worth picking up.

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6 / 10.0
Jun 4, 2018

If you already own the Season Pass for Far Cry 5 give it a go, but we doubt you'd want to buy Hours of Darkness separately. Save your money for the far more fun sounding zombie and alien expansions.

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5.5 / 10.0
Jun 28, 2018

Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness lacks a story, unique missions, or really much point. After completing the same generic side quests for two and a half hours, it's over.

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7 / 10.0
Jun 9, 2018

Flashbacks from 'Nam mean in this case similar content as in the core game. That's said, the DLC has a great atmosphere of Vietnam War. It's classic Ubisoft sandbox on a much smaller scale.

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6 / 10.0
Jun 7, 2018

Far Cry 5's first big slice of DLC lasts almost an hour, trading the chaotic mountain ranges of Hope County for a more subdued and streamlined stealth-heavy tour of duty in the Vietnam War that fails at feeling meaningful or having anything to say.

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