Far Cry 6: The Best Yet - Luke Stephens
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“The Best Far Cry Game Ever Made.”... That’s what I’ve been hoping I can say about this game for a year now. This is one of my favorite franchises that has so much potential but so often falls flat. Ever since Far Cry 3 I’ve loved these games but nothing has even come close to 3’s fantastically well written and performed villain, Vaas, or its cohesion within the game world. But with this game coming I knew there was a chance we could have an upset... After all, Far Cry 6 is the hotly anticipated next entry in the long and storied franchise that has struggled with its identity for the last few entries. Once a grounded and gritty first person shooter, the series has fallen victim to the populist in tropes that have ruined so many intellectual properties before it. In recent years Far Cry has given up many of the realistic mechanics in pursuit of larger maps, more approachable gunplay, and repetitious gameplay structure. But Far Cry 6 is Ubisoft’s attempt at a return to form for the beloved franchise. They’ve focused on the writing, they’ve brought in A list talent in the form of Giancarlo Esposito, and an active effort has been made to give all the weapons a unique feel and style. But is it enough to make this game the best in the franchise or does it fall flat once again? Let’s get into it.
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Fun fact, I recorded this entire video with my three week old son on my lap. I was able to cut out most of the grunts and sounds but if you listen closely there's still a couple in here that I couldn't get out. Props if you can find them!
Congratulations Luke!!
all my best wishes for you ✨✨
I was wondering what that was, I thought it was my jaw as I was eating lol, also you're videos are so amazing and I love your voice!
17:47 i heard him lol
Hell yeah.
Congrats Luke!!! and here's to napping whenever you can find the time!
I'm just so tired of games/movies feeling the need to throw in jokes or have that "marvel" kind of structure. While I wouldn't want every game to be some gritty bowl of depression and provocative thought, it would be nice to have things take itself seriously sometimes.
That corny “he he we’ve got a hulk” type of writing makes me want to rip out my ears. Game developers need to understand they can be funny without appealing to children.
@@juanv.1738 agreed
@@juanv.1738 hit the nail on the head with this one...
stole my words
Yeah it seems to be permeating every aspect of media.
Luke: “Let’s start at the beginning because where else would you start?”
Quentin Tarantino: rubs hands vigorously
Rubs feet together vigorously*
@@KordonGMV takes photo of girls feet
Ah yes, Tarantino, the inventor on nonlinear storytelling.
The Junkie: "Tarantino is the only director I've heard of."
@@Largentina. sure
"far cry 5 was not about stealth at all" wtf? I played the majority of that game stealthily.
I'm about 10 hours in and while this game isn't going to push the genre forward in any way, it's _lot_ of fun, and that's enough for me.
ikr like doing the same shit is still fun the scenery brings a lot of fun to the game its mazing
as someone whose never played a far cry game it’s getting kinda old watching reviews with so many focusing so much on its place in the franchise as a whole rather than how the actual game by itself.
@@jamesford2192 if you’ve never played far cry you’ll have a blast. i’d recommend
@@jamesford2192 Play it they are amazing
Why? It's still amazing
I find it strange when people say “I hate when games make me do side quests or objectives to progress” when sometimes it makes sense with the actual story. In this game for example, wouldn’t it be weird completing the whole game, taking down the tyrant and everyone lives happily ever after, but then the slave camps are still operating as if nothing happened?
I think people have gotten used to playing open world games that let you blitz through the story and then some form of “there’s still a lot of work to do to overthrow ____” happens and you basically have to actually fix the problem of the game. Like I loved Ghost of Tsushima but it felt weird that I “drove the Mongols out” just for the Mongols to still basically everywhere. I like actually accomplishing the goal of the character like you said
No one has a problem with side quests. It's a problem when they're repetitive as hell. I don't understand how people praise mediocrity so much these days. Ubisoft milks a formula until even the thoughtless drones get bored. There's good moments but overall it feels very rehashed. There are plenty of open world titles where side quests are part of the story but aren't entirely predictable.
What I like most about FC6 honestly, is the map. I've wanted a tropical island setting for the longest time now.
I think the main issue is they're no longer side quests if you're forced to do them to proceed lol
@@lamenamethefirst ummmmm... is anyone gonna tell him about Far Cry 1 & 3?
I get the feeling Ubisoft has been experimenting with a netflix-algorithm-driven approach to their games, mixing up elements of their many IPs and basically blurring them together. Some day we'll see them put out something like "Rainbow Division's Creed Cry"!
A feeling that might become even more reality when you consider that they started to market every game with "A Ubisoft Original" somewhere in the title.
@@justamanofculture12 It’s what you get after having too much to drink.
“Creed Rainbow’s Cry Division”
Tom Clancy's Farcry Creed
That's too advanced for ubisoft, they'll just remaster the remastered version of assassins creed 2 and add more microtrasactions
The best thing about FC5 for me was the setting. I could get in a car & drive looking at the amazing mountain views. I hope this will be enjoyable like that
Facts
Idk how you guys think 5 looks good. Montana setting is bland and boring. At least 4 has unique biomes sorta
Itll be better than 5
@@PyrusHeliosXX i didnt like fc 4, 6 will be the best
All of the antagonists in FC5 were also really good and I usually agree with Luke but he opinion on FC5 is pretty shit. Far cry has always done drugs and hallucinations better than any other game. FC5 drug sequences were not too out of touch honestly...
How is Giancarlo's every word so amazingly performed man.
He’s a great actor that’s why
I know. Isn’t watching video games so much fun? Maybe next generation they’ll remove gameplay entirely.
Because Giancarlo Esposito's
You must be joking, his Spanish is absolutely awful.
@@adriandelatorreebro9555 your Spanglish is absolutely awful
I can't stress how freaking cool it was the first time I was wondering around the map and Danny started to sing along the track. That completely won me over.
Anyone else completely floored by the fact that Luke is 24?! I’ve been listening/watching for years and always assumed he was around 30…not because of his looks but because of his maturity. I’m old enough to be his dad and he’s definitely more mature than I am 🤣
@CrowofAnguish no you just don't know the right peoole
@CrowofAnguish In your og comment it sounds a littke angry don't wish for thing make em haooen you can find the people you'd want to hang around your just lookiny deep enough
Oh yes!
I’m always humbled by people who can do something better than by a magnitude but when they are as young as Luke, it restores my hope I. Humanity a bit.
It’s a mystery to me how this man isn’t hired by major video game news outlet as an analyst and creative exec.
At the very least I have been expecting him to blow up a long time ago!
You're just a manchild
I still remember Far Cry 1. How fast the years went by.
The game that literary gave birth to Cry Engine. It's even in the name.
RIP it was such a good game
@Gary Higginson that’s the life cycle of every far cry game
-game comes out
-people don’t like it
-few years later
-game is a masterpiece
@Gary Higginson pretty much. Every one who doesn’t like this game say that it doesn’t change enough. Yet those same people want every far cry game to be far cry 3 like wtf 🤣
@@miragebarrage9748 I never saw anyone saying this game should be FC3...because it is, more that we should be getting something other than Far Cry 3 after 10 years and 6 games
Luke, I think the reason that your sniper was doing low amounts of damage is that you were using the blood dragon sniper which fires explosive rounds or something like that. It's supposed to be good against vehicles but it seems to suck on people
WARNING! Carry on reading! Or you will die, even if you only looked at the word warning! Once there was a little boy called Joey, he was ten-years-old and he lived in a mental hospital because he posted a shitty copypasta onto a People Playground mod's comment section. He got so bad he went to kill all the staff in the hospital so the Feds decided that best idea was to get rid of him so they set up a special room to kill him, as inhumane as possible. And he sat there in agony for hours until he died. Now every week on the day of his death he returns to the person that reads this letter, on a monday night at 12:00 a.m. He creeps into your room and kills you slowly, by pegging you and watching you bleed to death. Now send this to ten other profiles on this one site, and he will haunt someone else who doesn't. This isn't fake. apparently if u copy and paste this to ten comments in the next ten minutes nothing will happen
Never thought I'd read something like explosive rounds being good in vehicles but not on people
... because that makes sense.
@@N-GinAndTonicTM I know right? Dumb game design but it's a pretty small detail in an otherwise fun game
I had the same thing with other sniper rifles too (with ap ammo), so it's most likely a bug. Sure there are some ammo types that doesn't kill an enemy with only one headshot, but for me the blood dragon sniper killed every enemy that I shot in the head.
I feel like we all loved far cry 3 because it was fresh at the time with an amazing open world and Vaus one best villains in gaming so after FC3 with FC4, FC Primal, 5, and new Dawn it felt like a retread of FC3 each time which wasn’t as potent anymore. So Far Cry 6 with a voiced character and 3rd person cutscenes, 60 FPS on Ps5, and going back to a tropical fun island setting with an amazing villain played by Gian Carlo is actually gonna make Far Cry 6 the best since 3 🤩!!!! Edit. I take back everything FC6 is garbage 🗑.
till you play it and after 1-2 hours, just another far cry
@@eVuLeX whats wrong with that if youre having fun ?
Still gonna be the same shit zzzzzzzz
@@malekith1987 Having fun at a game you’ve already played 5 times isn’t the definition of fun, but madness
i dont see how this game makes any significant innovation or difference from the other games after 3. its the same formula, you can only do a boring bullet hell open world with a ton of outposts so many times before you burn out or it gets old.
It's weird: This is pretty much everything the fans have been asking and... It's "okay". It's nothing special.
This got me thinking what Far Cry really should be like? I think Far Cry is its best when it's built on top of a single theme and all of the game feeds into that theme.
I kinda would like to see more bleak and oppressing Far Cry in the lines of Far Cry 2. These new games are just... "campy fun", I guess... Now that's not bad on its own right, but when 80% of AAA games are "campy fun" in their atmosphere and story, it's really not standing out.
You are exactly right. If Ubisoft had the stones to actually make a Far Cry feel deep and meaningful they could create a fantastic game.
@@reaperhb97 it's fucking far cry not assassin's creed. There is no meaningful. Its an explosion simulator
@@ghostlegit lmao my man if you see Assassin’s Creed as the more meaningful of Ubisoft’s mega franchises than you couldn’t see a good storyline if it slapped you in your wack ass face.
The game starts with a mass execution. How much darker do you want it to be?
I think Far Cry 2 is the epitome of what the series should be. And I know it’s too much to ask with modern AAA games, but fans of the series don’t give a shit about graphics. Imagine if they applied even half of the budget and manpower from the visuals to improving the actual quality and depth of the game. It could have potentially far surpassed every other game in the franchise and been one of the defining games of the PS5 generation instead of being forgotten a year from now.
I didn’t think 5 was unrealistic to the point that 6 is a “back to basics” take by comparison.
Spoiler alert: Final Boss commit suicide 😂🤣 without any boss fight
you must not play a lot of grounded games lol
@@royalkumar795 Imagine having so little to do you spoil a game most people arent even checking for lmao
@@BapiBoozle just report them.
I think you're paid to say that.
You mentioned immersion breaking as someone got shot with a nail. Fun Fact, when getting stabbed or shot, or really in any situation that causes severe pain, people don't yell out - they lose their breath. If you kill someone within a few seconds (very difficult to do in real life) they can't make a sound, because they're busy inhaling, having had the breath knocked out them. Trust me on this, that's very lifelike.
Thats cool
He literally said not even an exhale💀
I know its not very big brain of me to say this but I prefer Far Cry 4 to 3. I really like Pagan Min as a villian, the story is really wonky sometimes and the tone is all over the place BUT overall its wraps up really well, the gameplay is so much fun and the open world is as good as 3s if not better.
I 100% agree with you, story was literally the only thing 3 did better than 4, and while vaas was great, the fact that halfway through the the game he’s replaced with Hoyt who wasn’t half as compelling really drags the second half of the game. Pagan Min at least was a consistent presence throughout all of FC4, and because of that the second half of FC4 felt better than FC3s second half
I just didn't like the setting and found riding elephants a bit ridiculous. It felt too much like a re-skin of far cry 3 to me.
@@MisterCatMan fair enough, granted at the time being a vastly improved version of FC3 wasn’t as played out as it is now
Pagan Min is 10 times better written then Vaas. He actually made sense and ending was legendary
4 is my favorite. Superior gameplay (better than 5 imo), Pagan is fuckimg awesome, and the world feels alive. It's got several problems but fuci yeah it's great
Man. I just want a Far Cry 2 Remake.
Loved far cry 2
I'm really glad someone else mentioned how fantastic Diego's actor performance was. I wish the character appeared more often in the game.
Yes his acting is good but the story of the game is terrible, just a copy paste version of Far Cry 3,4,5... sad
@@lovescars in 3 you play as a football player who is stranded on an island and trying to save his friends from human trafficking and help them escape, in 6 you are a veteran who is trying to help overthrown a dictator and help save their country, not the same.
@@lovescars How is far cry 6 story the same
I agree Diego's performance was amazing.
I kinda wish that there was an expansion that continues the story of Dani. I really enjoyed the story, the gameplay and the music, good lord, the music in this game is good. Sure some of the characters feel completely out of place in this story, but truth be told, I didn't feel annoyed by it. I loved Philly and El Tigre characters though :)
There's a new dlc called in-between worlds. Its pretty cool :)
yeah ammo types make a very big difference, ive played about 25 hours so far and loving the mechanics after i mastered it. P.s i only finished the first regoin after 25 hours haha, ive been exploring Yara so much. Loving the game.
Regarding bullets not killing enemies in one headshot, it's likely because you didn't activate armour piercing bullets.
bro was payed to do this
Ubichill
To me its also the best yet. At least at the same level as three.
"Best game in the franchise"
FC3 and Vaas: "and I took that personally"
Also, im playing on ps4 pro regardless of what you or people say about the quality on it. This is no cyberpunk.
FARCRY 4 and FARCRY 5 have also word with you
You still on a PS4 pro and not on pc or ps5? What are you poor?
@@TheHobbitFTW mommy and daddy's money doesn't count
@@jonmurray660 sucks to be him I guess
@@TheHobbitFTW I'm not poor, I got one gaming pc for my daughter and one for my son and personally I don't like playing on pc. When it comes to the ps5, I don't get to buy normally in a store and refuse to pay for the scalpers edition and fuel that sick problem 😕 so I'm waiting until the ps5 is available to me and until then far cry 6 is probably on a huge sale🙈😅
Gigachads know that Far Cry 2 was the peak of Far cry, even though it had flaws, it was so immersive and still amazing tech to this day
That was a good one! They were all good except this one, IMO.
I think the most "viable" weapons are the ones that fit your playstle. I use a silenced sniper with armor piercing to take out alarms and priority targets from a distance before running in with a shotgun. I use a full set of traversal armor and the supremo that gives me an air dash to maximise my mobility with the shotgun. I then also carry an explosive lmg for vehicles and otherwise sticky situations.
i went through 80% of the game with a silenced, scoped pistol and the shoes that speed up your crouch speed. just sneaking around and headshotting all the time
I’m John Wick in the game. I run around with a pistol, and when theres heavy units I use the poison supremo to stun them
Ironic how they missed the point that Jason enjoying being a killing machine is actually his lowest point in Far Cry 3
Also how much they create quests based on drug abuse is concerning
You need some peyote 🧏♀️
why is that concerning exactly? it was interesting the first few times it happened in Far Cry, now it's just getting old & if memory serves FC6 didn't have the usual mandatory Ubisoft mind-trip sequence.
@@unfortunately_fortunate2000The doctor in Valle De Oro
@@ghosttactician403 you mean the guy who transplants chemical weapons into Dani? if so, that served an actual narrative purpose, not very interesting nor original considering we've seen the exact same thing in basically every far cry game but, it does actually serve a purpose.
I still need an actual explanation as to why Ubisoft's favorite trick is "concerning," drug abuse is a thing that happens frequently in real life, idk why people find it strange that it gets included in all kinds of different media.
id expect female danny to be better, since she was the one that got marketed more, not saying its bad just saying she's obviously the version the devs put more effort into
she is, i played Male dani once and tbh, i prefer Female dani
Yea i wonder why they even bothered with making a male Dani
@@aphexmid6241 that’s sexist
There always has to be a character of both of the two genders. So that no gender seems more important than the other as main atleast in this game only
@@mansaagony366 Ummm yeah no. That's not how that works. If that was the case all story driven games would give you male or female options.
The game held so much promise and I know I will love it. I try to relate to some reviews but then I notice that not everybody enjoyed Far Cry 5, AC Odyssey and Valhalla or even games like FO4 or Witcher 3 which are some of my fave! Regardless, I hope that you guys get what you are craving in the Far Cry and AC Franchises. We all deserve to get what we love in games and I appreciate the discussions that are available for us these days on CZcams!
I didn't like Witcher much and FC6 sucked, IMO.
@@joeking433 i like Witcher 3 and far cry still suck
You earned my sub. Great review of the game and I have to agree with all your points. I, however have not experienced any bugs forcing me to reload the game, the one very noticeable bug was at the beginning when talking with Clara in a cutscene there was no audio at all. Still an amazing game that I’m unable to put down.
Far cry 2 was/is my ultimate favorite installment, even still to this day. Its dirty, rusty, realistic, primal, and unforgiving. The world feels like it was smothered with hopelessness, the breaking guns, malaria, constant checkpoints that always repopulate, and the way the healing animation works are all contributors among many more. This is what made you PUSH through the world, to feel that these people REALLY need help and you will die for them. Farcry 2 was DARK, 6 is not, I loved the beginning of 6, it was giving me hope for a more grounded experience and then we reach the base camp and proceed to "rescue" an old gorilla legend who acts like a comedian (kind of like the whole experience especially all your "allies" you work with later), he then gives us a magical backpack . . . . Yeah. . . . .Ok enough ranting, great video though. Cheers.
lmao gorilla legend
i agree
All the characters were trash. I have no idea how people like that can actually win a revolution against a dictator and his bloodthirsty technologically superior army.
@Jef Costello history teaches us about many revolutions or civil wars won by the little guys. So that doesnt really break the immersion for me. That stupid rocket launching backpack broke it for me.
@@dazedandconfused5711
You called?
I thought Far Cry 5 was unvoiced because they decided late on to allow the player character to be a man or woman and didn't want to record lines twice.
Only for them to do voice Dai both male and female
Hahahaha! Pffft.
I hate when game reviewers project their own way of gaming on a whole video game. I for one found far cry 5 to have great stealth mechanics and used stealth a lot.
Yeah I tried to do as stealthy a playthrough as possible. Idk what this guy was on about.
everyone in camp automatically knowing where you are after the 1st silent kill or body found is broken stealth in any game. they fixed that in this one.
Well you are listening to a guy's opinion lol
sunk 4hrs on coop just exploring the world and taking on bases and enemies and 3-5 main quests, we both been a fan mainly because of farcry 3. nostalgic for the both of us🙌🏼
As someone who was never a big fan of far cry, or fpp shooter in general but nonetheless played 5 previous games this one blew me away, i've got it thursday and i can't stop playing everything from the story, to the characters to the game mechanics is amazing and in my opinion this one is the best far cry game of them all. I feel like they took the best aspects of each game and put them into one. The DualSense Controller probably plays a big part in my experience since it really helps you immerse in the game.
dualsense is amazing in this
You must like cut scenes!
Makes no sense. Fc6 took nothing from anything before fc3. All games after fc3 were identical tho
you must be smoking crack because Far Cry 6 is by far the worst game in the series since 3
I don't get why Far Cry 5 gets so much shit, it was awesome.
Facts
Right? I love 5 more than 6
I just beat 4 an 5 an yeah 5 was fcn awesome
4 was good but 5 definitely better
Saw the intro and the game definitely piqued my interest. As long as it’s better than the game design of assassins creed Valhalla and provides a more personal story unlike watch dogs legion (which I love because of the mechanics and setup) I might pick up this game.
WARNING! Carry on reading! Or you will die, even if you only looked at the word warning! Once there was a little boy called Joey, he was ten-years-old and he lived in a mental hospital because he posted a shitty copypasta onto a People Playground mod's comment section. He got so bad he went to kill all the staff in the hospital so the Feds decided that best idea was to get rid of him so they set up a special room to kill him, as inhumane as possible. And he sat there in agony for hours until he died. Now every week on the day of his death he returns to the person that reads this letter, on a monday night at 12:00 a.m. He creeps into your room and kills you slowly, by pegging you and watching you bleed to death. Now send this to ten other profiles on this one site, and he will haunt someone else who doesn't. This isn't fake. apparently if u copy and paste this to ten comments in the next ten minutes nothing will happen
The only bug that I had was the infinite fall death game loop. Where even when you click reload autosave it puts you where you still fall to your death. The only way I got out of it was by inviting someone into my game to revive me and then fast traveled to one of the bases to get a new autosave.
In regards to attention to detail, while taking a phone call from a character nearby I decided to go and walk up to then, only to see the character I was talking to had actually pulled out their phone that they were talking into. I fully expected to see them standing there as if they weren't currently talking to me. Good little detail there.
"It's the same thing every game" yes, it is. I personally enjoy it. Keep it coming
Facts bro I don’t even mind it
They just gotta make it a little harder, once you get far enough it’s way too easy
Wtf is he talking about "stealth was an afterthought in Farcry 5"? That game was 80% stealth its far crys main mechanic besides shooting and moving around!
Yeah this was me in his valhalla video where he was like 'every part of the map looks the same' 😂
What are you even talking about? The made takedowns suck, added the clubs and spears melee system from primal, and you have fucking attack helicopter buddies. Stealth is an option, NOT the main mechanic and a barely valid one later when compared to the sheer explosive potential you have.
@@oh-not-the-bees7872 takedowns are literally the same just not as good as new dawn
@@AdityaSathya i hated the map in ac valhalla, it litterally looks the exact same, it has zero personality
Just picked this up on PC. It’s really a beautiful game with maxed settings. I haven’t gotten invested into Far Cry since 3 so here’s hoping this one will do it for me 🤞🏻
They both sing along to the music.
Incredible video. Informative, spoiler free and clear. Nice job!
I'm so grateful that I found this channel. You're doing such an amazing job in bringing nuance to gaming discourse and really highlighting a studio's intent and their shortcomings in achieving the set goals. So thank you so much!
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Thanks for putting a lot of time in to this Luke. I’m subbing.
To the point at the 35:00 mark. AC Origins and Odyssey did this too, I think Valhalla did it too, but not sure about the last one.
If you had already cleared a camp or was supposed to kill a certain NPC, if you by accident killed that person or cleared that camp. Bayek/Kassanadra would mention that and you'd "finish" that quest.
Starting at 3:20 it's very unclear when you compare female vs. male Dany, and when you compare Dany vs. previous games' protagonists
Just finished the game! Tons of fun! Love the map, some characters, cockfighting well it's something here in PH, uses pet to tank on some quests! I like it when game can let you just finish the story without clearing the some area of the map.
So can we those areas after we finish or we can't? (Pls pls ans)
@@rajveersingh-qf1ho you can clean all of the map after the main story if that's what you meant.
@@TrueBlue05 after the last mission can we wipe out outposts which we didn't before last main mission??
@@rajveersingh-qf1ho yes
@@TrueBlue05 thnx a lot buddy :)
I agree totally with you about the weapon damage issues. I'm using a sniper rifle with a suppressor, and I am not getting hits on many occasions. At first I thought it was a glitch because the target was partially in cover, but it's happened to targets out in the open as well. I thought maybe the suppressor was limiting the bullet velocity, but either way, it sucks because you're alerting the enemies while not getting a definite hit. Liking the game overall though.
I think that you're right about that being part of the velocity mechanic. But also completely indestructible wooden cover that you can't shoot through got me confused many times. Most modern shooters at least let bullets penetrate where it makes sense
0:20 I think that far cry 5 came close. The villain wasn’t overly ridiculous just for the sake of ridiculousness like in 4, but was actually fucking unnerving and scary
Actually quite surprised on your take with this one Luke, especially since I generally line up pretty well with the type of games you like and the one's you don't (Then again on second thought FC2 is my favorite Far Cry so we probably differ quite a bit regarding this series in particular). I didn't mind FC3 and loved Blood Dragon but ever since then the series has just stagnated and gotten worse with every release imo.
Felt like FC6 was very uninspired, shallow and essentially just a carbon copy of 3 with horses minus the fun. The characters were all bland and uninteresting, story goes nowhere and even Giancarlo Esposito
sadly couldn't even save this one for me. Glad you enjoyed it and managed to get something out of it, just not my cup of tea I guess.
He got a review code one week before release, ofcourse he is gonna give it a good review.
I disliked the heavier RPG elements in 6 and the weird junkyard weapon design. Both of which were in new dawn, probably my least favorite farcry. Also the setting kinda felt boring. Why another tropical island again? It does look beautiful though.
I just beat 4 an 5
4 is good but 5 definitely better
I don’t usually comment but I have to say this: I see people complaining about Ubisoft all the time, no matter what they do. I played some of their games and they completely blew my mind.The story is always exciting, side quests are amazing and entertaining. This game is no exception. Bought it as soon as it came out and I am very much enjoying it.
yeah, this games have their public... is more of the same, and we like it this way. Ok ubi does things repetitive but ffs, I dont always want innovation, at this point in the industry is hard to innovate and do well. Yes the series need a change but I will have fun with this, I know it. Ironically Ubi like to throw new Ips as well, Skill up said on the first minutes of his FC6 review.
Very good comment. It's also interesting to note that if you try to proactively point out that the games those same people like have very similar (to basically no difference in) base game mechanics to THEIR games/fav publishers, they get very uncomfortable and suddenly can't explain to you why they don't like Ubisoft! 🤣
Word. Lots of hate for a studio that cranks out games I routinely put hundreds of hours into. Seems like if it's not dark souls then internet denizens just can't seem to like it. They need to get off the gitgud tip and be a bit more objective. Also, yes ubi upper management sucks butt but so do many other companies and nerds still buy their shit. So....
It’s typically their excessive padding and predatory micro transactions that annoy most people. I can’t resist sinking way more money than it’s worth into the helix store, for example. Impulse buys are my weakness, but the games at 60 dollars with a season pass alone are worth the money for the value. Cosmetics/mounts/Xp and gold boosters/buyable mythical weapons etc and shady practices are what make them the real money.
God I am so glad i found someone who thinks this too. I think what you said applies the most to the AC franchise. When unity came out, everyone kept bashing it for being so repetitive, boring, shitty story etc., but now that Valhalla and Odyssey came out, people are begging for AC to be more "Assassin's creed" like. People keep saying Ubisoft sucks, but i think their audience is the one tht actually sucks
Anyone else been noticing a fairly egregious amount of screen tearing and frame rate drops? ( especially in cutscenes) Not sure if it’s something they’re likely to patch out but hopefully they do though because the gameplay apart from that is pretty great, besides the ai that’s dull as a bag of rocks and the never ending enemy spawns
i've been noticing it but its not too bad
Turn on vsync.
Vsync fixes all screen-tearing issues in every game.
On PS4, Far Cry 5 and 6 are pretty much identical games. Even little things like outpost alarm machine's design and revival animation were recycled. The deja vu was jarring... Rarely have I seen such a lazy AAA game.
Just got it today, a few hours ago. Can't wait to play after school tomorrow!
Edit.
The game overthrew my expectations.
Sure its not perfect. Sure its whacky.
Its Ubisoft.
But the beginning and the gameplay so far.
Wow. I havnt had so much fun for a while
This game is a blast so far ! It's really good
Cant play till tomorrow..... soo the game is good yes ?
Game good? Thinking of getting it today.
@@kikojones007 yep
@no info I do, and I think this one is great.
@@kikojones007 No. You'll quit it, it's that bad.
Make sure to equip most guns with Armour Peircing. Have one suppressed sidearm and Sniper rifle. One scoped AR and then atleast one of Submachine guns, Heavy Machine gun, Shotgun, Explosive guns. Armour Peircing will kill anyone in one headshot. Add that with a suppressed pistol with a holo sight and you can clear any base without worry of the whole, "bullet sponge" idea.
I can't wait for your critique one this one, and this is really adorable I was able to hear your child in the backround... keep up the awosome work.
I like how the Internet seems to have reached a common conclusion rather fast: A highly refined Far Cry, wet dream for the series fans and worst nightmare of those tired of another Ubisoft "well-refined" AAA game.
Ummm, no, it just is a sucky game. Boring, filthy, and not up to Far Cry game standards. Maybe it was because of Covid that it was so bad?
@@joeking433 I don't know, many other games released during this pandemic manage to be better... ...
@@yidingliu8663 Yeah, I have seen other games made during the pandemic to get bad reviews, too. I can see how a pandemic would hurt this kind of product.
People just get on the band wagon of hate for the game because it doesn't change the formula whicth I don't think needs changing just spice it up more but FC6 like you said is a refined far cry experience I haven't or don't remebe any bugs in my playthrough
@@daytimelantern6570 The game has lost it's soul. It's not a matter of formula, it just has no life in it. It's like it's designers all had covid or something and couldn't put out a good piece of art like Primal or FC5.
Every time I think about buying this game, I'm reminded that you have backpack missiles and my brain shuts off and I get bored just thinking about it.
I feel you on this completely. Great way to put it. Exactly how I feel. I will wait until it's on discount and play it when I'm bored with everything else coming out.
I was soooo close to clicking "buy" after watching this review.
Then I just happened to notice Far Cry 5 was still installed on my PC (I forget to check Uplay when I clear my SSD).
I played for like an hour and got bored. Scratched the itch lol.
@@lololol924 next time you get the urge to buy watch skill ups review. He's less biased as Luke is a big ubi guy, and also much more brief.
@@shabberto huh for me both of them are intrustworth for an extend even if i trust luke more
Remenber the "cyberpunk completely delivered" line from skill up?
What you should do is watch multple reviews everyone is biased to an extend so their opinions on some aspects will probably be different
@@shabberto Brief? Skillup sounds like he's reading a thesaurus to you most of the time in an attempt to sound smart.
I’ve never played a far cry game but you’ve convinced me to give this one a try.
After playing Valhalla for a million hours which feels like a giant check list I’m very skeptical of trying anything Ubisoft puts out anymore but I trust your judgement seeing as how I agreed with everything you said about Valhalla.
I’m excited. Ubisoft games are my guilty pleasure
I got this and all the DLC for 30 bucks so I’m happy to hear you believe it’s the best of the bunch. Especially after you played through 3&5 (I consider 5 the best) and still loving it has me extremely excited.
Happy holidays :D
Whatever happened to
"Every reviewer you've seen... that got a review out on launch day... rushed through the game and didn't settle into it and give their full attention... they ended up putting out reviews that weren't as informed as they could be and didn't give enough creedence to the game"
....? From the Hellblade video?
I don't mean to be a dick, I'm just genuinely curious.
Yeah he probably doesn't think that the rules apply to him. Or that "integrity" is a thing.
its his job to play games and he had more than a week to play it lol. if your job was youtube you should easily be able to beat a 25 hour game in a week.
Yeh Far Cry aint that deep. You don't need to rush to be thoroughly done with it in a short time. imho
Just read metacritic review most of review find this game week and unsatisfied ..
By the way you can tell Luke rushed this review because it clocks in at under 2.5 hours.
Far cry has never been about realism.... first two minutes in and you've already misinterpreted the series
:Edit I've played farcry since before ubisoft had the rights and you was a mutant running through tropics punching grunts 20-30 ft away
I know how ridiculous the first far cry was
the reason Far Cry became successful was because of the grounded realism Far Cry 2 established & got the franchise mainstream from FC3 onwards.
Far Cry 2 was made from the overwhelming opinion that the first half of FC1 where you were using bare minimum resources on an island trying to survive was MUCH more unique & memorable than the later half's mutation portion.
Ubisoft listened and made the best game in the franchise imo after that. FC2 dropped with overwhelming positivity but had complaints about a few things that majority of casual fans did not like (malaria, weapon jamming, limited fast travel, respawning outposts, etc.)
Ubisoft has constantly adapted the franchise to cater towards the mainstream public & broader audience. And although I will play FC2 another 100x before I restart FC3-5, I'll admit that the franchise has ultimately been through multiple interpretations. Although the latest from Ubisoft has not been about realism, I'd argue that the foundation of Far Cry was built on immersion & realism.
Blah, blah, blah.
19:45 Okay I agree with you but that specific scene actually made me laugh 😂 "Yeah"
One way to get out of the stuck movement issue (and other issues that might pop up) is to fast travel to somewhere close by...
I wish games would go all-in on having a game set somewhere with a different language. It’s like when there’s a Hispanic newscaster speaking like a completely normal person 99% of the time until the word ‘Mexico’ or something comes up in a sentence and they use the thickest, most stereotypical accent possible to say it. It just feels off when everyone talks. Like the game is set in a Texas or Florida metro area, not Cuba. I miss when AAA were allowed to take risks.
Turn the language to Spanish lmao
They’re still allowed to. Just people rather be safe to appeal to vanilla babies who think everything is offensive or something
Also, nice to see ya James. I’m Gay Actor Michael Douglas ;)
@@ExtremelyOnlineGuy how’s it going man?
And it just depends. It can turn out well like in the case of Deathloop that (kinda) implemented roguelike elements or Death Stranding. Or it can turn out disastrous like in the case of notoriously bad games like (launch day) No Man’s Sky or Jurassic Park: Trespasser. Ambition needs time, manpower, and a budget to back it up otherwise it’s just a bad game with interesting ideas. And then there’s cases where they have all of those things as well as ambition and you still get Cyberpunk 2077. As much as I love capitalism I feel like it heavily discourages developers and publishers being willing to take massive risks that could ultimately push the medium forward. Shareholders/stakeholders only care about ROI, not your game’s vision.
@@jamesbrincefield9879 pretty good man just listenin to the bust n watchin fuckin ozark. But true dude, it’s a weird battle between keeping the shareholders happy, keeping the whole happy and making a great and innovative game. One day the whole stuff will blow over but the shareholder and roi issue as well as regional censorship will most likely be a main hurdle they’ll almost never be able to escape. Oddly enough however the most recent and refreshing (in terms of innovation) games I’ve played are hotline miami 1 & 2, katana zero and VR chat, the latter I can’t really even call a game. And the former two are literally modern versions of games made with tech from 1987. I just miss the days of playing amazing games and not feeling ripped off 10 minutes in.
IMO it's the best since FC3. It does not reach those heights, but it is the second best FC game. A little too much RPG elements to my taste, but many improvements over all
It's like 3 and 5 combined, but with some Ubishit-ery
Second best far cry you say?
You clearly never played far cry 2 lmao
@@cutehunter9659 "Clearly"?
You assume I have not, because my oppinion doesnt line up with yours. Kind of ignorant.
Spoiler alert, I have. And I think it was bad. So does majority og people, look up reviews and pools. FC2 sucked
@@diligencehumility6971 It's your opinion
@@diligencehumility6971 and what exactly do you like about far cry 6?
How's that game even original or creative
Just another mediocre reskin of far cry 3
I wasn’t even going to consider this game at all but after seeing your review it peaked my interest. I never played a far cry game and a few weeks ago I got 5 on sale. It’s fun enough but a few things I didn’t know about going in and don’t like. Like the silent protagonist, the dumb AI just the “vibe” wasn’t making me feel great but like I said it’s fun enough. That being my only experience so far I didn’t look at 6 at all but the more I see and hear the more I’m interested. Well done sir! Enjoyed and learned from your video. Love all your work. Thanks again
My worst criticism so far: hair glitch, my hair clips in and out and goes between being bald and normal. It’s not game breaking but it definitely breaks immersion. It happened after I tried to hide a helmet after equipping it. I don’t see an option to unequip any helmet and there doesn’t seem to be any bug fix.
Edit: grammar
Those health bars above the enemies hurts, why can’t they just make a grounded, immersive experience?
You can turn them off in settings that’s what I did
Just turn them off, stop being a cry-baby lmao
Because…its far cry what the hell did u expect lmao
Settings are our friend! First thing I look through before I even start a game.
@@akuisbestgirl2448 game is still shit, story is horrible, sadistic and forgettable characters that feel like they belong in a Marvel movie.
Bad weapon mechanics and repetitive mission design.
It’s a shit game.
Love the game so far but I prefer the far cry 3 weapon attachment system and general weapon upgrades. Also far cry 3 had a more somber and realistic tone which I prefer to the rest of the game in the series. Finally my main gripe is the different ammo types!! If I have an armor piercing LMG fully decked out I should be able to basically shoot through walls and destroy vehicles
FC3 was FAR better than this trash.
Haven't been able to afford this game yet, but the cutscenes you showed just made my heart stop a little. Absolutely gripping. I'm definitely going to buy this game when I have some extra money on hand 👀
Do you have Venmo?
@@nickdantzlerward8567 yeah I do
The “he see what I did there” then the black screen was genius my stoner ass almost died laughing. Great review and editing. You have a subscription good sir from me 😂
This looks pretty refreshing. Farcry 4 honestly really turned me off to the franchise. Whether they like it or not, having a weird romance with compelling villains are a large part of the farcry vibe. And you dont get more menacingly charming than gus fring
I came into the series with 3. I was so pumped for 4 after 3 but just couldn’t get into 4 like I could 3. Loved 5 too.
4 had the best villain tho
@@MistahJay7 and best setting
Nothing says fun video _game_ like Hollywood-level acting and well-directed cutscenes 🙄
I’m starting to feel like every new AAA game that comes out is just something that tried and failed to get picked up as a tv series
What difficulty did you play at? just wondering
If I’m being honest, the only thing I’m interested in is far cry 6’s dlc where we can play as Vaas, Pagan Min and Joeseph Seed. Looking forward to seeing what they’ll do with that
NGL 4:55 looks like some 2012 graphics :/
Man, you and ACG at the same time. Christmas came early this year.
@AccidentalGenius 7 yah todays the release date
And Skill Up
Yes, it's almost as if the embargo lifts for everyone at the same time or something.
Good review. Actually helpful, like they were actually paying attention to the game they were playing.
I am just starting it ( Just got off the first island) and I am enjoying it. Ubisoft games are sort of my old comfortable shoe at this point. I've finished all Watch Dog games and ACs since Black Flag. Full disclosure, I haven't finished a Far Cry game since 3. I started 4 but hated the vehicles and got away from it. I think I'll be sticking with this one tho, a lot of fun.
I do love this game but I can't stand the all or nothing mentally of the combat. You either kill every guard in an area undetected, without making a sound or having ANY bodies or you fire one loud shot face an endless supply of reinforcements, helicopters and exhaust all your ammo.
This is good to hear, my copy just arrived. I've heard way too many people being pessimistic about this game. It looks like 20 hours of mindless fun, which given the absolute state of game releases in the last 18 months is no bad thing. I hope the next installment is a proper rethink of the series though. I think the formula has been pushed as far as it can.
I agree, Far Cry 6 is the most refined the formula has ever reached and I genuinely don't think they can take it any further at this point. Fortunately, Jason Schreier has reported that Far Cry 7 will be a big departure in some way, so I guess we can wait and see what that shake up is going to look like.
There's nothing wrong with that sentiment.
It's just that 20 hours of mindless fun in an Open World game (that's, arguably, supposed to offer more) isn't worth 60-70$. For most people, at least.
@@protectbabysif In before a Far Cry BR.
@@bustanut5501 If they make a FC BR next I'd lose all hope lmao
The pessimistic people about this game are just being honest as compared to all those that post for money.
Far cry 6: the best far cry 3 clone yet
Best played co op with a friend and the npc's driving hysterics is hilarious!
It looks quite different from the others. Noot sure if im a huge fan of the location but it looks good.
You racist
@@TheHobbitFTW how does that make him/her racist you butthead?
@@TheHobbitFTW I don't like it simply because I feel like we've had tropical South American settings a lot in games. How do you know where im from or what race I am. I could be Hispanic for all you know. Disliking a location doesn't make you racist.
@@ariaxrose1 ignore him he is an idiot but in general idk what other games have tropical settings besides just cause and a few but most games don’t really explore Latin America as much I
@@yaboidex4000 maybe not so much being set in South America but more so similar settings. There are lots set it tropical settings, assasins creed, uncharted, tomb raider, call of duty,far cry, etc etc. Thanks for being kind 😊
Ehhh Idk how much more realistic it is than past farcrys. I mean you can have an alligator as a pet that can be used as a weapon. IMO these games need to go back to the simplicity of far cry 2, I’ll prob be passing up on this game again even though it’s got more hype than the last few titles
Also how does Ubisoft still not put any effort into how bodies react to being shot? Like in RDR2 you shoot someone in the leg or even kill someone and their body rag dolls/actually looks like it got shot, Ubisoft never seems to get this down in their shooter games
@@TheBasedBalkan FC2 had NPC reactions for shot locations. I think Ubisoft flushed a lot of their developers who knew what they were doing when FC2 didn't sell well.
34:20 also, Dani can acquire flip flop through treasure hunt and if you equip them, there will also be that sound :) i was surprised as well
Just found your channel, good stuff! Enjoyed the Days Gone video. Did you ever make a 2 hour critique of Far Cry 6? You mention it at the start of the video but can't see it on your channel. Thanks :)
Far cry 2 was always my favorite because of how gritty and grounded it is. Its not funny at all and there are no wacky zany characters. Everything happening is being taken seriously and no one is joking about it. Even the gamplay is serious, guns jam and break at some of the most inconvenient times like when you're completely surrounded, you are sick and have to manage your medication to keep you from dying of malaria and your buddies can die if you are careless. This game looks a lil better than the last couple but I don't think it'll ever be like far cry 2
far cry 2 remains the most immersive FC to date. some mechanics are outdated and won't work today, but the general tone and direction was something i wish we could go back to....
I agree that FC2 is the best of the series, but im not sure we can ever return to it. The setting and the grounding make it very slow paced, which dont get me wrong is great and why i love it. But im not sure modern far cry players would enjoy the much slower and more precarious gameplay. I feel like the story concept of you being a true mercenary in a conflict where there are no good guys, well except for the powerless church people, wouldnt jive with modern audiences (but oh man can we talk about the heart of darkness alternate quest where you fight all of your former buddies).
My one big point being that in FC 2 if you wanted to take an oupost it required planning and preperation. Scout out potential snipers, figure out how you could assault a base without exposing yourself too much. Make sure your guns and equipment are up to it, and maybe make sure your buddy is ready to save you if you go down, and knowing that you put your favorite buddy in harms way doing so. Ever since FC3 its become more and more take a once over with your camera to spot all the enemies, then run in stabbing your way or go guns blazing in a rampage while your animal friend you telapathically command does to, no concern of permadeath around.
In FC2 you were a professional mercenary, this makes sense as to why you are a one man army in a conflict of unproffesional militarized forces mixed with other mercenaries. But you still felt exteremely vulnerable. That you were a better shot, faster, smarter, and more tactical, but only just barely enough to win. In FC3 and beyond you are basically a college kid that becomes a literal walking god who is untouchable. Essentially weve gone from drama that depicts the horrors of war to a Young Adult novel about 'finding your true self'. Honestly i just dont give a fuck.
@@TribuneAquila you described it very well. i also loved the ability to choose the time of day you wanted to do a mission by sleeping in any one of the little houses. since fast travel was limited, a lot of the missions/jobs felt like an actual journey you had to plan out, especially when driving on the main roads was too risky. i don’t see why ubisoft couldn’t make a hardcore mode where you can’t tag enemies, ammo is scarce, and “stealth” kills are much harder to pull off.
Can’t wait to get off work and wait till midnight to play this.
You are gonna be disappointed, like me...
@@TopRevs not at all, best in the series
@@doublex4193 yeah no..
@@TopRevs yeah definitely
You won't like it.
Glad I'm not the only one.... My sniper headshots are doing 0 damage pretty often, but when I use a rifle with a long range scope to do headshots they die in one shot even with a helmet.
That flip flop thing had the same effect on me, hahaha. I checked everything and restarted my pc
I think FarCry 5 FEELS better.. the melee alone was perfect and satisfying in 5, which was somehow gutted out in 6.
I agree with you there. The takedowns in 6 are brutal and satisfying, however they sometimes take way too long to do and you can’t chain takedown because the enemies have already moved.
@@lukethelegend9705 yea the flow was perfect within the last few, esp 5
This makes me glad my pre order wasn't a mistake 😅
I feel you like shit lmao
Wow, the boat scene... just wow
3rd person cut scenes ruined it for me. Never leaving first person was of the best about far cry. It was so immersive.