Far Cry 6 PlayStation 5 Standard Edition

This is the best looking game I've played yet on PS5 - especially for an open world game. See screenshots - no more to say there. Exploring the open world is fun and the option to turn off individual elements of Ubi's trademark interface clutter really improves the immersion. Glad theyve added so many HUD toggle options with this one. Also happy to have another great first person game on PS with MS buying up so many other FPS and immersive sim developers. If you're craving that, you'll probably love this and it's a great value at its current price. If you play every Far Cry or AC game, you may be a bit burned out on the formula, but if you're like me and skip a few in between then you'll appreciate the improvements that have been made over past games. Bases and outposts feel more unique, there's more variety and they make sense in the world (checkpoints, anti air bases, weather stations, fields, prisons, etc.). Enemies don't spawn behind you out of nowhere like in FC5, and the world generally feels more believable because of it. Its not perfect and there are still a few weird design decisions (can't pick up enemy weapons after killing them, no sleeping to pass time, looting is automatic when you step on an animal or enemy, hunting and crafting feel less essential than previous games, etc.) But these quirks do make sense given the story and setting. For me, this is the best Far Cry since Far Cry 3 and certainly the best looking. Especially in 4K HDR. Weather effects look awesome. If you loved exploring that island setting in FC3, you will enjoy this one too. The story so far is interesting and seems about as engaging as FC4 and FC5 which is to say it's solid but not currently FC3 level IMO. I can't fully judge it yet since I'm only 10-20 hours in. At the current sale price, this is a must buy and even at full price, I'd say this game is worth it if you know you like Far Cry games or are looking for an open world FPS. Read more

Having been seriously burned by both 4 and 5 when compared against my experiences with 1 and 3, I completely overlooked this game due to expectations being low. After my friend got it on a whim and showed me some gameplay changes, I bit the bullet and went in myself. Guns finally feel diverse. Removing skills from an redundant experience system that felt more tedious than rewarding and instead assigning them to mods and gear makes those slight tweaks between players that much more impactful. A story devoid of some preconceived notion that you are doing the right thing while acknowledging you actually are just acting in retaliation to a totalitarian regime and sort of reveling in the chaos that comes with overthrowing it makes the tone much closer to the 1st and 3rd entries. A Modding system that feels pleasantly meaningful , either giving you the right changes to make a weapon suit your play style or feeding into the build from your gear, going loud or quiet hasn’t felt this good in a long time… all of this companied with the AI/direction of programming being the most complex and engaging it’s ever been? This is not only a great entry for newcomers but for those long burned by recent iterations. Give it a go if you like what you’ve seen in gameplay, you won’t regret it. I wish Ubisoft was putting out more titles this well produced… excluding the handful of bugs that have resulted in me screaming endlessly because the game still thinks I’m on fire or more fun ones like slamming into a soldado humvee at top speeds causing it to launch into orbit around the planet. Read more

Far Cry came back this year kind of going back to formula. This game is still Far Cry but innovated enough that it justifies the 6 behind it. First thing I want to bring up your character talks. You play Danni with a choice of male or female character. In the first time ever Far Cry will have actual cut scenes. I enjoyed this immensely. Seeing my Danni and whatever outfit actually being a character vs being just some shell I am supposed to role play or whatever they were trying in 5. The villain Giancarlo Esposito is fantastic. While we have seen a dictator villain before Esposito bring less of a crazy version and more power hungry leader. They show so much more of the villain this time around which for a series that is infamous for having great villains it is amazing it took them this long to get around to it. The story is blowing things up to start a revolution. There isn't much depth but boy is it fun. The gameplay is slightly different this time around. There is no hunting for upgrades nor climbing towers. You either do main missions, side missions, treasure hunts or just blowing things up. There is a lot to do in this world. The issue I had with this is they still had some form of level up system that just determined if you can take on the enemies. I didn't understand it at all because it isn't like you can just run to Esposito and kill him out right from the beginning. Because this is in place it forces you to do a bunch of extra side missions to stay the right level for the main missions you do. If that is the case then they are actually side missions in my opinion. Overall the game is still fun and you will get over 20 hours of fun out of this. They still have some wacky characters with a decent enough story. If you hated 5 like me give this one a try still this is a vast improvement and almost on par with Far Cry 4. Read more