Far Cry 2Ĭhris: Far Cry 2 is the favorite of several of the PC Gamer staff, but favorite doesn't automatically mean best*, and loving something doesn't mean you need to be blind to its flaws. Worse, the villains are bland and forgettable, with gimmicky battles required to beat them.įar Cry 5 is still a fun and ridiculous sandbox of mayhem and destruction, but better bosses, and better writing, could have given it a higher ranking on our list.

They'll routinely drag you from your open world adventures and force you to listen to their long, rambling monologues. Far Cry 5 wants you to get into the beautiful and chaotic open world of Montana with as few roadblocks as possible.īut flying in the face of all the freedom you're given is the unpleasant habit the game's bosses have for kidnapping you. The crafting system of the earlier games has been trimmed down, too, so you unlock additional weapon slots and ammo bags through perks instead of having to hunt specific animals. The small changes are welcome, though: there's no skill tree, so you can unlock perks in any order you want, giving you the freedom to build your character to fit your playstyle. Far Cry 5Ĭhris: Far Cry 5 is built on the foundation of 3 and 4 with only a few tweaks on the established formula. Despite sending you thousands of years into the past, Primal winds up feeling a little too similar to Far Cry 3 and 4. The ability to tame animals to fight alongside you is new, and while combat restricts you to bows, clubs, and spears (there is, enjoyably, a bee-filled pouch that acts as a grenade), the hunting and crafting you spend much of your time doing isn't any sort of departure from the series.

Stone Age or not, it's still unmistakably a Far Cry game and never really feels like a fresh experience. The flip side is that Primal feels too familiar to really stand out. In some ways, it's pretty amazing that the familiar gameplay of Far Cry fits so well in an environment without automatic weapons and off-road vehicles. No cars, no aircraft, and absolutely no radio towers (thankfully).

Chris: Cranking back the clock-way back, to 10,000 BC-would seem a good way to take the series in an entirely new direction.

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