Far Cry 6

Flogger23m said:
11 hours? Maybe if you quickly speed ran just the story missions. Most people finish it in around 18 hours, or 30 hours if doing side quests.
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What?


I'm not an extreme conpletionist, but I got WAY more out of FC5 it than that. At least 60 hours. Probably more. (I can't remember precisely and don't have access to it right now.)

I don't go like researching side quests to try to find them all or searching empty parts of the map, but when I do stumble across a side quest I almost always hunt it down.

I don't understand people who pay for a game and then try to rush through it. I try to get the most for my money.
 
polonyc2 said:
Far Cry 6: Lost Between Worlds Announcement Trailer

Lost Between Worlds will be available on December 6th, starting at $19.99...Lost Between Worlds is a rich, action-packed gauntlet with deadly crystal enemies, multiple player paths, all-new lore, and a wide variety of unique gameplay challenges...additionally, a free update for Far Cry 6 is available now, which adds a New Game+ mode and Completionist Aid feature...

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I've never much cared for the Far Cry series DLC's. They've generally been uninteresting IMHO.

The main games have rich real worlds, but they DLC's often have weirdo make believe shit, and judging by the "crystal enemies" this will be no different.
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
I've never much cared for the Far Cry series DLC's. They've generally been uninteresting IMHO.

The main games have rich real worlds, but they DLC's often have weirdo make believe shit, and judging by the "crystal enemies" this will be no different.
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I think the reason for that is because the main game usually wraps up the story so there's nowhere for it to go...so they make these crazy DLC's
 
polonyc2 said:
I think the reason for that is because the main game usually wraps up the story so there's nowhere for it to go...so they make these crazy DLC's
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Makes sense. I have heard some people actually like them.

Like, I've actually heard people say positive things about FC3: Blood Dragon which is unbelievable to me, but it's fine.

Something for everyone. It's just not my scene.
 
I too found Blood Dragon to not be that funny and the gameplay and graphics got old fast. The DLC in this is okay. It is one of those things were you play multiple runs and split it into different paths. You always start at the same first map, but after 3 runs I believe you will see all of them. Each map has its own thing, like trying to rush through the map before the sun goes down (don't recall what that did). It was kind of fun. For the few maps you have to replay, you can bypass them easily the 2nd and 3rd time by just running through them.

Kind of annoying, but some of the maps were okay.
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
Makes sense. I have heard some people actually like them.

Like, I've actually heard people say positive things about FC3: Blood Dragon which is unbelievable to me, but it's fine.

Something for everyone. It's just not my scene.
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A lot of people seem to think that Blood Dragon is the best part of the Far Cry series which doesn't bother me but I just don't get it. I'm guessing that many of them found the over the top 80's style and cheesiness to be fun but to me that just felt tacky and other than that it felt like a simplified version of Far Cry in a world that wasn't fun to explore or nice to look at. I also think it's more of a pure shooter which likely makes it more appealing to some but less so to me.

I couldn't bring myself to play it for more than a couple hours so it's possible that I missed the best parts but I doubt it would be enough to redeem it in my eyes anyway.


I didn't really care for the Stranger Things crossover mission in FC6 for many of the same reasons though it was much less over the top at least. I doubt I'll play it again if I play FC6 a second time and I also skipped the paid dlc for this one because it didn't look interesting to me.

New dawn which gets a lot of shade thrown at it is still in my backlog but I liked FC5 more than most and also enjoyed Primal so I'm hoping I'll find it at least decent.
 
I’m actually playing Far Cry 6 right now.

For me, at least half the fun of the Far Cry games is just exploring the map. That means the atmosphere has to be high. And that, in turn, means the game must look good and run flawlessly, which this game originally did not.

Exactly when was this game ‘fixed’ - I have no idea. But, day one, this game had inherent stutter, which drove me around and the bend and eventually caused me to quit. Now it’s super smooth, which makes all the difference.

Maxed out, this game looks terrific (especially when it’s raining). And the idea of a revolution taking place on a tiny island (based on Cuba?) fits perfectly into the Far Cry universe. Some people hate these Far Cry games, but I can spend hours upon hours just walking aimlessly around doing stuff.

I’m just very big on ‘atmosphere’ in games, and there’s something about this game’s setting that keeps drawing me in. I think this is also one of those situations in which waiting for all the technical problems to be ironed out, pays off.
 
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Ebernanut said:
A lot of people seem to think that Blood Dragon is the best part of the Far Cry series which doesn't bother me but I just don't get it. I'm guessing that many of them found the over the top 80's style and cheesiness to be fun but to me that just felt tacky and other than that it felt like a simplified version of Far Cry in a world that wasn't fun to explore or nice to look at. I also think it's more of a pure shooter which likely makes it more appealing to some but less so to me.

I couldn't bring myself to play it for more than a couple hours so it's possible that I missed the best parts but I doubt it would be enough to redeem it in my eyes anyway.


I didn't really care for the Stranger Things crossover mission in FC6 for many of the same reasons though it was much less over the top at least. I doubt I'll play it again if I play FC6 a second time and I also skipped the paid dlc for this one because it didn't look interesting to me.

New dawn which gets a lot of shade thrown at it is still in my backlog but I liked FC5 more than most and also enjoyed Primal so I'm hoping I'll find it at least decent.
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I completely missed the stranger things crossover in my playthrough.

I felt the same way about Blood Dragon. Pure shooters don't appeal to me as much as games that have some sorry depth and interesting open world exploration.

New Dawn to me was just borning. The story was uninspiring and the world was based on FC5 but with lots of pink flowers.

There was nothing that offended me about it, it just bored me. I felt like I was going through the paces to finish it, but there was notji g that drew me in.
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
I don't recall that one either.


I promise, I did complete the game :p
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I think both were added after launch as free dlc so if you played it around launch they probably weren't in the game yet.

The Rambo one had some humor and was fun enough but the Stranger Things one was sort of a survival horror sort of thing that just doesn't interest me though the cold war nostalgia angle to the story at least made it slightly interesting.
 
Ebernanut said:
I think both were added after launch as free dlc so if you played it around launch they probably weren't in the game yet.

The Rambo one had some humor and was fun enough but the Stranger Things one was sort of a survival horror sort of thing that just doesn't interest me though the cold war nostalgia angle to the story at least made it slightly interesting.
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One of the missions was actually pulled from the game as well. I got to do the Rambo mission and Stranger Things missions. They were okay, nothing great. Just more content to play which isn't a bad thing.
 
I wonder if it's going to be like Far Cry 5 where buying it on Steam means you're still forced to also use the Ubisoft launcher- or if they somehow figured out a way to only use one launcher add a third launcher?

Still haven't played FC6 yet. Maybe I'll get around to it soon, but tbh replaying modded FC5 still hasn't gotten old yet.
 
Well it's on Steam finally.



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At least Ubisoft is doing it right by launching at a deep discount on Steam, unlike some other games that have made their way back from other storefronts/launchers.
 
Honestly I thought Ubisoft would kick out all of the middle men and go straight Uplay only. This still requires Uplay, but good for those that want to purchase directly on Steam. I think things like Steam gift cards probably affect sales more than people might think. Probably has become common for family/friends to just throw Steam gift cards and people for Christmas/birthday whatever. I assume some people always have some money in their Steam wallet and even if they want game XYZ that isn't on Steam, they'll just purchase something else with their Steam wallet money they already have.
 
CAD4466HK said:
Well it's on Steam finally.



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But is it "on Steam" as in it launches directly from Steam, or is it "on Steam" like Far Cry 5 is "on Steam", as in it still launches through uPlay :(

(I'm wary... I haven't been able to play FC5 for months bc trying to "launch" it thru Steam results in uPlay looping for awhile before restarting my PC with no warning)
 
NattyKathy said:
But is it "on Steam" as in it launches directly from Steam, or is it "on Steam" like Far Cry 5 is "on Steam", as in it still launches through uPlay :(

(I'm wary... I haven't been able to play FC5 for months bc trying to "launch" it thru Steam results in uPlay looping for awhile before restarting my PC with no warning)
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All Ubisoft games on Steam launch Ubisoft Connect, which then launches the game. It's why I've been purchasing their games directly from Ubisoft Connect to cut out the middle man. I do the same with EA games despite some of them not requiring EA Play on Steam.

On another note, it's sad looking at the Steam forum and seeing all the people who already own the game on EGS or Ubisoft Connect are buying it again on Steam. Why?
 
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Armenius said:
All Ubisoft games on Steam launch Ubisoft Connect, which then launches the game. It's why I've been purchasing their games directly from Ubisoft Connect to cut out the middle man. I do the same with EA games despite some of them not requiring EA Play on Steam.

On another note, it's sad looking at the Steam forum and seeing all the people who already own the game on EGS or Ubisoft Connect are buying it again on Steam. Why?
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That is really dumb, because at the end of the day you still need to log in to Ubisoft Connect. But I suppose some people just want everything in one library. But considering it is still tied to Connect, and it still launches it makes it even dumber.

I recall you used to be able to add non-Steam games to the libary. So you can launch the game, although it will of course loaded up Connect or directly launch the game if it was older and didn't have any type of client. I thought that would have been good enough because it would still show in the library. But people can re-buy the game if they want, their money.
 
Flogger23m said:
That is really dumb, because at the end of the day you still need to log in to Ubisoft Connect. But I suppose some people just want everything in one library. But considering it is still tied to Connect, and it still launches it makes it even dumber.

I recall you used to be able to add non-Steam games to the libary. So you can launch the game, although it will of course loaded up Connect or directly launch the game if it was older and didn't have any type of client. I thought that would have been good enough because it would still show in the library. But people can re-buy the game if they want, their money.
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You can still add non-Steam games. Since Connect needs to launch anyway, adding it to Steam after buying it from Connect or EGS would give you the same experience as buying it from Steam, which is why it's stupid.
 
Need watchdogs 4 and another ghost recon wildlands/breakpoint sequel or whatever
 
I've played allmost of them, but never liked FC2. I tried twice and just deleted it. FC3 was great. I played that several times, FC4 I've played several times trying new ways to get better weapons quicker like the Z93 sniper rifle. I also conquered all the fortresses before they were weakened. FC5 was excellent until the ending - just never liked it.
 
I played the first three and a few hours of the fourth one but felt like I'd played enough at that point of the same formula.
 
FC6 felt like more of the same in a new setting...it's not a bad formula and the gameplay is fun but it does get repetitive...I liked the addition of ray-tracing and the HD Texture Pack which improved the visuals...overall I liked the cultist FC5 story better
 
I've lost count how many times that I've played the first 3.
I played 4 around 4 or 5 times.
5 at least 3 times.
New Dawn twice.
Blood Dragon, lost count.
I've tried playing Primal at least 3 times, and the farthest I got was when you get your pet bird. I was bored af with it for some reason.
Haven't played 6 yet, but purchased the GOTY edition so I'm ready to rumble.
 
CAD4466HK said:
I've lost count how many times that I've played the first 3.
I played 4 around 4 or 5 times.
5 at least 3 times.
New Dawn twice.
Blood Dragon, lost count.
I've tried playing Primal at least 3 times, and the farthest I got was when you get your pet bird. I was bored af with it for some reason.
Haven't played 6 yet, but purchased the GOTY edition so I'm ready to rumble.
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How do you do that?

Don't get me wrong. I appreciate these titles (at least most of them) but I don't see what is there to keep the interest if you know the story and how they end.

The only single player story based games I have ever replayed have been a decade+ after the fact after I no longer remember how they ended. The original release of Deus Ex was an example of this for me.
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
How do you do that?

Don't get me wrong. I appreciate these titles (at least most of them) but I don't see what is there to keep the interest if you know the story and how they end.

The only single player story based games I have ever replayed have been a decade+ after the fact after I no longer remember how they ended. The original release of Deus Ex was an example of this for me.
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I like to get my money's worth by trying different scheme's, different routes, different character's, higher difficulty's, getting all achievements, collectables, etc, etc.

And that's with ALL games.
 
CAD4466HK said:
I like to get my money's worth by trying different scheme's, different routes, different character's, higher difficulty's, getting all achievements, collectables, etc, etc.

And that's with ALL games.
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Ahh.

I like to get my moneys worth as well. Though I tend to start on the highest non-extreme difficulty level.

In other word "very hard" is good for me. "nearly impossible, and if you die once the game is over" is the one I pass on.
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I will usually go after all side quests I come across before story missions. I think I usually wind up hitting 90+% of them by the time the game is over.

Once the main story is over, I'll usually see if there are recent key decision points I can go back to for alternate endings, and if there are I try them, but if it requires going back too far, I'll skip them.

Once the main story is over, so is the game for me. At that point I usually don't go back to mop up side quests I may have missed, or explore, etc.

On a number of games I can count on one hand, I have gone back years later and re-played them, but that is rare.

I usually wind up getting more play time out of games than most other people, but it sounds like you get significantly more :p
 
Zarathustra[H] said:
Ahh.

I like to get my moneys worth as well. Though I tend to start on the highest non-extreme difficulty level.

In other word "very hard" is good for me. "nearly impossible, and if you die once the game is over" is the one I pass on.
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I will usually go after all side quests I come across before story missions. I think I usually wind up hitting 90+% of them by the time the game is over.

Once the main story is over, I'll usually see if there are recent key decision points I can go back to for alternate endings, and if there are I try them, but if it requires going back too far, I'll skip them.

Once the main story is over, so is the game for me. At that point I usually don't go back to mop up side quests I may have missed, or explore, etc.

On a number of games I can count on one hand, I have gone back years later and re-played them, but that is rare.

I usually wind up getting more play time out of games than most other people, but it sounds like you get significantly more :p
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I too, do as much as possible before continuing the main story line, and I like to get all the collectibles that I can during a normal run through, but some games make it difficult to do that in the first pass.

Most games I start off with "hard" difficulty and may increase it as time goes on if allowed, but in order to get most achievements that involve different difficulty's, you have to pick one and stick with it.

I'm not one to just try and get all the achievements on the first pass, but if it's an open world game and it has free roam, I most likely will try to get as many as I can without a guide.

But like you said, by the time a main quest line is over, the game is pretty much over as well because all the side content has already been done. I'm one of those rare people who loves side content and my OCD will not allow me to skip one iota of it in an open world game. I usually will come back to a game again to try different load outs, play styles or if a new sequel is introduced, I will replay all of them again for the lore, which is what I probably will do with FC6.

I'm the same way with movies, take for instance Evil Dead Rise, I re watched all of the Evil Deads again, not because I don't remember them, those have been burned in my brain eons ago, but because that's just the way I am when it comes to something with a lore path.

I apologize for the novella.
 
CAD4466HK said:
I've lost count how many times that I've played the first 3.
I played 4 around 4 or 5 times.
5 at least 3 times.
New Dawn twice.
Blood Dragon, lost count.
I've tried playing Primal at least 3 times, and the farthest I got was when you get your pet bird. I was bored af with it for some reason.
Haven't played 6 yet, but purchased the GOTY edition so I'm ready to rumble.
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I played Far Cry Primal in Survival mode with perma-death enabled. It was the most riveting experience I’ve ever had playing a PC game. I lasted 29 hours, and almost finished the campaign, before being killed from behind by a sabertooth tiger. I was devastated.
 
Hershy said:
I played Far Cry Primal in Survival mode with perma-death enabled. It was the most riveting experience I’ve ever had playing a PC game. I lasted 29 hours, and almost finished the campaign, before being killed from behind by a sabertooth tiger. I was devastated.
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The spears, the cave men at every other campfire, the bone clubs, the map...after 5hrs of that I was bored to tears. Give me guns & ammo please. I'm glad somebody enjoyed it. And that pisses me off because I wanted to like it and have fun, that's why I tried playing it 3 times.
 
CAD4466HK said:
The spears, the cave men at every other campfire, the bone clubs, the map...after 5hrs of that I was bored to tears. Give me guns & ammo please. I'm glad somebody enjoyed it. And that pisses me off because I wanted to like it and have fun, that's why I tried playing it 3 times.
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I’d never played a game in perma-death mode, and all I can remember is being on the edge of my seat the entire time. I mean, it was intense.

The first time I saw a sabertooth tiger I just ran like hell - and ultimately I was killed because I never even saw the one that took me down from behind.

After dying, I re-started in normal mode, but because there was nothing at stake I found the experience to be stale… boring… bland. I don’t think I’ll ever return to Primal, but I have incredibly fond memories of it, simply because it provided me with a different experience.

I find that ‘new experiences’ are becoming rarer for me as a gamer. I used to be fascinated by so many games - but these days I feel more like I’ve already been there and done that. LOL.
 
I'm about 3/4 of the way through Primal. I like the game but the map is just a little too busy for my taste and I wish there was some way to take to the air. A Pterodactyl or something of that sort to really appreciate the landscape, which is beautiful to me. I know the owl sort of fills that purpose but you can't ride a frikkin owl. :(
 
Hershy said:
I’d never played a game in perma-death mode, and all I can remember is being on the edge of my seat the entire time. I mean, it was intense.

The first time I saw a sabertooth tiger I just ran like hell - and ultimately I was killed because I never even saw the one that took me down from behind.

After dying, I re-started in normal mode, but because there was nothing at stake I found the experience to be stale… boring… bland. I don’t think I’ll ever return to Primal, but I have incredibly fond memories of it, simply because it provided me with a different experience.

I find that ‘new experiences’ are becoming rarer for me as a gamer. I used to be fascinated by so many games - but these days I feel more like I’ve already been there and done that. LOL.
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Not gonna lie, that sounds like a nice challenge. I didn't get very far in Primal bc it just wasn't what I wanted at the time apparently but trying a permadeth run sounds fun*

*for certain definitions of fun
 
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