I’ve previously played enough of Far Cry 5 to already be on board with its stunning Montana setting, disturbing doomsday cult premise, freeform firefights and astonishingly addictive fly-fishing, but I came away from my latest hands-on with the game with a new appreciation of the efforts the narrative team at Ubisoft Montreal has made in terms of delivering a cohesive story that’s consistently compelling for the player, which is no mean feat within its massive sandbox littered with head-turning distractions.
It all starts with an opening that honestly can’t be recommended for anyone with high blood pressure. As a junior police officer you begin the game flanked by the Hope County sheriff and a US Marshal in the back of a helicopter bound for the Church of Eden’s Gate, seeking to apprehend cult leader and main antagonist, Father Joseph Seed. Seed goes willingly, allowing you to slap the cuffs on him while calmly assuring his wild-eyed followers that God will not let you take him, but just as your chopper is taking off the mob turns violent, swarming the outside of the vessel like zombies as it struggles to get off the ground. A particularly devout disciple launches himself into the rotor blades and explodes into a red smear all over the windshield, sending the whirlybird crashing to earth and leaving you alone in a lawless landscape with all the roads leading out blocked, the phone lines cut, and no one coming to save you. It’s an incredibly tense introduction, and less than half an hour into the game I already felt hooked harder than the slowest sturgeon in the stream. (Did I mention how much I like the fishing?)
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