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I enjoyed Far Cry 3 recently on my PS3.
Then I got Far Cry 4 on my PC and it's kinda fucking awful.
I kind of like the candles rant, but it's otherwise pretty forgettable. Even 3 is only really famous for the first half of it with Vargas slowly losing his mind.
I always play them in three stages.
Sneak around with a bow and a knife.
Sneak around with what can be best described as a howitzer with a silencer.
Get bored and clear every remaining base with a ludicrously overpowered pile of solid gold machine guns.
FC4 was a stinker. FC5 is the best in the franchise, though
What? Is FC5 good?
IMHO yes. It is among my favorite games of all time.
The plot is of course nonsense (all far cry plots are garbage), but the core gameplay loop is tight, the shooting feels good and there's a diverse arsenal, you get a large selection of colorful sidekicks and animal companions, the most annoying mechanics of earlier titles in the franchise were fixed or removed in 5, and the entire campaign can be played coop after you escape from tutorial Island.
It doesn't take itself too seriously but it's also a internally consistent rural Montana simulator. Stealth mechanics feel great (subjective ofc) but more aggressive strategies work well too. The base game has plenty of content and goes on sale frequently.
It was everything I loved about FC3 but more of it and bigger and polished to a radiant shine, with a kitschy rural US setting.
I got a few of the older FC games when they were like 5 bucks each, launched FC5 yesterday and the first part felt sort of like a return to form.
I hope I didn't over hype it lol glhf
People thought the same going from 2 to 3