Far Cry 5 - Hours of Darkness Reviews
A visually attractive, if uninspiring take on the Vietnam War, Hours of Darkness feels little more than a re-skinned Far Cry 5 rather than something more ambitious.
This first DLC for Far Cry 5 never really delivers. It is a short and very generic experience that forgets that Far Cry is able to please us and make us forget some flaws by counting not only on its setting but also on its story and characters. And nothing that could help us feel involved is here. It's just a short and uninspired DLC with some forgettable mechanics.
Review in French | Read full review
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.
Review in Persian | Read full review
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.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
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.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
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.
All in all though, Hours of Darkness is a snack, not a meal.
Far Cry 5: Hours of Darkness Is Not The Bombastic DLC We Were Hoping For