Just don't expect it to be the pinnacle of the series nor to offer anything other than empty platitudes about the extremism gnawing at the heart of America. So by all means enjoy FC5 and its overused template composed of bits from many Far Cry instalments - and other open-world chaos sims such as Just Cause. To watch your partner take down the last fanatic in a mission only for him to be fatally mauled by a passing grizzly bear - that sort of indiscriminate bedlam never gets old. It's never less than entertaining, particularly in the riotous co-op mode - with random chaos only a hair trigger away. Instead, it rolls out the familiar building blocks of outposts to be conquered, wildlife to be provoked, crafting stuff to be collected and - of course - guns to be shot. So what might appear on the surface a parody of Trump's America, its obsession with guns and the resurgence of fundamentalist supremacy turns out to be merely business as usual for the Far Cry franchise.įC5 pulls its punches when it comes to saying something meaningful about a murderous cult holed up in a remote patch of Montana. But at the big-budget level of Far Cry 5, few chances are taken. It's not that it doesn't exist - see controversial examples such as JFK Reloaded, The McDonald's Game or Super Columbine Massacre RPG. Political and social satire is a rare beast in gaming.
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