Author Topic: Far Cry 5: Share the Insanity (Read 31764 times)

JadeHellbringer · « **on:** 27 March 2018, 09:51:09 »

After a long wait since FC4, and an extra month's delay of agony, today is the day- my Xbox is downloading Far Cry 5 while I'm at the office today, and I'm looking forward to diving into it tonight with my faithful Far Cry 4 sidekick GhostBear for a few hours.

This being a Far Cry game though, it's more fun the more people you get into it. So this thread is for fans to sound off on what they're finding- hidden treasures, easter eggs, etc. for others to find- and for the series' signature insane moments to be told to each other, because the only thing better than getting chased off a cliff by an angry turkey is having a dozen or so people laugh at you for it afterwards.

What this thread is NOT going to be is for people to talk about how much they hate the series and all that, so if you're not a fan, no big deal, just... leave this for the fans, please.

So... I'm a few hours from diving in, but if you're taking part of your day to start exploring Hope County please sound off!

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #1 on:** 27 March 2018, 15:41:03 »

I keep trying to use VATS.

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #2 on:** 27 March 2018, 22:22:28 »

Assorted notes from Day One:

+After opening cutscenes and such, the game does a very good job of making sure you learn all the basics in a controlled environment (an isolated island with limited opposition and wildlife) before throwing you to the wolves, so to speak. It never felt like it was pulling its punches, per se, but it made sure you experienced different things first and had a chance to learn them (exploration, demolition, stealth, etc.) in a 'here's how' way that didn't feel condescending or useless.

+Aircraft are actually really fun this time. The rattletrap helicopters in Kyrat were useless usually- you couldn't go above an embarrassingly-low altitude, and they were tricky to control. The chopper I flew tonight was smooth to operate, didn't have any altitude restriction (or if it did, I never ran into it flying around mountaintops)... the floatplane was fun as well, with a surprisingly short takeoff distance and sharp controls.

+I do need to share that one of the early-available perks is 'Parachute', and I strongly suggest, based on experience, that you take that BEFORE flying anything. I was used to the old wingsuit from Kyrat... not wearing that here. Splat. ;)

+Proximity mines are awesome as always.

+Fire spreads MUCH faster this time- on more than one occasion we got singed from fleeing a fire that in Kyrat we'd have simply wandered away from- it outpaces you if you're moving at normal jogging speed sometimes.

+Wildlife feels a little less out of control so far than in the past two games- then again, it's still early. So far encounters include bears, cougars, cows, deer, dogs, and...

+Last note is on the other big one- wild turkeys. Vicious little shits- surprisingly powerful, durable, fast, they remind me of a feathered Kyrat honey badger. So GhostBear, using a flamethrower, is dealing with some cultists, and a turkey jumps in to attack them as well- and takes napalm for its trouble. No sweat- the turkey, while brilliantly-ablaze, ran across a road (leaving a trail of fire behind it) to attack another cultist anyway. Because of COURSE it did.

This one? This is really great. (And making me nostalgic for my Rocky Mountain homeland)

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #3 on:** 27 March 2018, 22:55:32 »

I think there's a glitch with wildlife. I've had cougars and deer both take multiple rounds and simply run off.

Bosefius · « **Reply #4 on:** 28 March 2018, 03:20:05 »

The turkeys had to be nerfed pre-release because they were so powerful.

https://kotaku.com/beware-far-cry-5-s-rampaging-turkeys-1824114204

Also, I love the message after climbing the first radio tower.

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #5 on:** 28 March 2018, 07:32:20 »

Oh god yes, I almost DID fall off the tower from laughing at that. ;D

ColBosch · « **Reply #6 on:** 28 March 2018, 09:48:05 »

Jim Sterling gave this a decent review, so I'm off to buy it now. :D I'll share my experiences later.

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #7 on:** 28 March 2018, 10:00:40 »

One thing that jumped out to me last night was the water. It seems like such a small thing, but... god, really, walk near the edge of a stream or lake for a few and just look at the water. The pebbles and such at the bottom, the way the sunlight reflects off it, the natural-looking currents... it's the little details that make a game an immersive experience, to me, and that's easily the best I've ever seen.

(Also, rainbow trout record so far: 16.1 lbs. Mmmmmm, fishies...)

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #8 on:** 28 March 2018, 10:29:36 »

https://kotaku.com/tips-for-playing-far-cry-5-1824119682

Some very, very good advice in there. Strongly suggest giving this a look before you leave Dutch Island for the main portion of the game.

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #9 on:** 28 March 2018, 11:54:34 »

Question: Peaches or Cheeseburger, who's your favorite?

Ghost0402 · « **Reply #10 on:** 28 March 2018, 13:49:37 »

Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 March 2018, 11:54:34

Question: Peaches or Cheeseburger, who's your favorite?

Right now i only have Boomer. I really want to get my hands on Peaches.

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #11 on:** 28 March 2018, 15:33:21 »

Peaches is hilarious. And she's really effective at taking down angels.

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #12 on:** 28 March 2018, 16:09:54 »

Where does one find Peaches? (I've only gone west so far, this evening will be testing north and east out as well)

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #13 on:** 28 March 2018, 16:16:20 »

Peaches's Taxidermy, to the east.

FYI, Peaches will actually eat enemies after killing them.

NeonKnight · « **Reply #14 on:** 28 March 2018, 18:12:47 »

I've only just started to explore dutches island. Looking forward to some FARCRY insanity tonight.

And because i can for the first time ever....playing a female character.

Empyrus · « **Reply #15 on:** 28 March 2018, 18:40:33 »

I needed to defend a place in a mission while waiting for evac.
I ran out grenades, i so lobbed a molotov cocktail. Helo comes, i go in... and the NPC i was protecting isn't coming. Ah, i see the issue, he is... oh, he is burning because of my molotov. Sigh. I go there and revive him, and promptly get burned in the process.

Wasn't the first time i got issues with fire. It is a hellish thing.

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #16 on:** 29 March 2018, 07:44:54 »

A few more observations from the evening...

+Playing with GhostBear was a crutch on day one- not having someone around to pick me up when I screw up makes things like outpost liberation a lot trickier. (Despite my preferring to travel solo, I eventually did have to bring along NPC buddies for revival purposes)

+Boomer is a good boy! But he does seem to have a bit of trouble when it comes to standing near explosions. Silo I just stuck a bomb to? Stand next to it and stare at me. Truck that just had an enemy grenade go off under it? Run over and investigate before it blows up! Proximity mine at the opening of a cave with a drug-addicted bear in it? SIT ON THE MINE and wait for oblivion. Bad dog.

+Unlocked a couple of outposts, nothing too tricky so far in that regard. Releasing caged bears in one of them was a riot, the other one though had a second alarm I didn't know about- so that got a little hairy when it started blaring to my surprise. Luckily the reinforcements took a while to arrive, so I was able to clean the place out and give a proper welcome when they arrived from a garage rooftop via my spiffy new sniper rifle.

+Did a couple of cache quests, and the rewards from those are HUGE. Lots of cash, and more importantly PERK POINTS! Very much worth being horribly electrocuted.

+Killed a helicopter IN THE AIR via cooked grenade that first bounced off a treetop. It landed hard, three of the four on board died, the last guy managed to bail out... and immediately got mauled to death by a wolverine. That'll do.

+Hellbie had an idea. Hellbie had to take out a trio of technicals patrolling in the west. Hellbie set up a couple of proximity mines on a bridge, along with a command-detonated bomb to boot, and waited in the bushes. Two trucks went boom. Just as the third reached the remote charge, the wreckage of one of the other trucks careened off the edge of the bridge, into the trees, and knocked Hellbie down an embankment where his partner couldn't get to him for revival. Hellbie was sad.

+Lastly (for now), anyone know the best way to deal with 'angels', the crazed-out methheads leaving the green smoke trail? I'm pretty sure I emptied a whole clip from my assault rifle into her, and she just kind of smiled and beat me to death with a pipe. (Manei Domini?) Headshots and all, nothing did the job other than letting her pull my ribs out, which is sub-optimal.

ColBosch · « **Reply #17 on:** 29 March 2018, 10:17:42 »

I don't have to add to what Hellbie has already posted, but I will say that this game looks - and sounds - absolutely amazing. It really feel like I'm in the rural Mountain West. I've seen a bit of texture pop-in, when I was moving in a way the game didn't anticipate, but it's minimal. Oh, and the sounds? Firing even the starting assault rifle has a nice, meaty "thunk" to it - a far better simulation of 5.56mm than nearly every other game I've played. All it needs is the "sproing" of the main spring. :D

Weirdo · « **Reply #18 on:** 29 March 2018, 11:34:28 »

Are the critters in the real Mountain West really this psychotic, or are they usually sensible enough to move *away* from a loud firefight?

ColBosch · « **Reply #19 on:** 29 March 2018, 11:45:55 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 29 March 2018, 11:34:28

Are the critters in the real Mountain West really this psychotic, or are they usually sensible enough to move *away* from a loud firefight?

Oh yeah. Especially turkeys. They're like Walking Dead zombies: the sound of gunfire brings them from miles around.

Weirdo · « **Reply #20 on:** 29 March 2018, 11:56:57 »

....I'll stick to deepest darkest Suburbia, thank you. :o

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #21 on:** 29 March 2018, 12:13:20 »

Quote from: JadeHellbringer on 29 March 2018, 07:44:54

+Lastly (for now), anyone know the best way to deal with 'angels', the crazed-out methheads leaving the green smoke trail? I'm pretty sure I emptied a whole clip from my assault rifle into her, and she just kind of smiled and beat me to death with a pipe. (Manei Domini?) Headshots and all, nothing did the job other than letting her pull my ribs out, which is sub-optimal.

I've found that the most effective ways to deal with them are either sneaking up on them and using a takedown, or feeding them to Peaches. Barring that, you can finish them off after knocking them down by melee bashing them a few times.

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #22 on:** 29 March 2018, 13:21:53 »

Quote from: Weirdo on 29 March 2018, 11:34:28

Are the critters in the real Mountain West really this psychotic, or are they usually sensible enough to move *away* from a loud firefight?

No more than the tigers and rhinos of the Himalayas are batshit-insane as well. It's part of the sell of the series- psychotic animals, over-exaggerated caricatures for people, utter insanity. I did a lot of camping in the mountains of Colorado and Wyoming over the years- most stuff like this will avoid people in-general. We're noisy, erratic, and large- so we're worth staying away from for most creatures. The batshit-insane cougars, wolverines, even bears, they don't want much to do with us. (Note that while bears are a threat at a campsite, it's for the same reason raccoons are common- our food smells good, NOT us. (Note too that at least in Colorado, the bears you see are much smaller black bears, not the hulking brown beasts of Hope County, MT)

Turkeys, however, are absolutely ****** insane in reality.

NeonKnight · « **Reply #23 on:** 29 March 2018, 13:30:28 »

So last night went and got Peaches...just as im leaving the compound after finishing the mission I hear a cougar growl to look at peaches and....WHAT THE HELL PEACHES....WHY DID YOU ATTACK MY ARM?!?!? Shoot cougar dead....its not peaches.

Plus side...later got shot and fell to ground, And peaches revived me!!!!! YAY!!!

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #24 on:** 29 March 2018, 13:36:10 »

I can't get the link to copy on my phone, but Kotaku has an article about shovel-throwing that is absolutely hilarious- I didn't realize you can use them as throwing spears. You can throw any melee weapon, but shovels are the only one that actually IMPALE a target.

...and now I know how I want to take on my next helicopter.

Empyrus · « **Reply #25 on:** 29 March 2018, 13:49:55 »

I like how you can carry 3 copies (at least) of two melee weapons. Evidently mostly for throwing. Shovels are great indeed.

Euphonium · « **Reply #26 on:** 29 March 2018, 14:41:43 »

I've never played a Far Cry game, although I own 1,2,3 & Blood Dragon thanks to a Humble bundle or Steam sale a while back.
Is this one a good one to start with, or should I play the older ones first to get the feel of the series?
And how stable is it - are the bug fixes that I should wait for?

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #27 on:** 29 March 2018, 14:51:43 »

Far Cry is a series in that the games are probably set in the same world and share some game mechanics. There's no interconnected plot between the games that you're not going to get if you start with this one.

JadeHellbringer · « **Reply #28 on:** 29 March 2018, 15:00:32 »

Yeah, I've heard exactly one reference to 3 and 4 so far (in reference to a popular side character who showed up in both games), and if you don't get the reference it's not like it's going to be a problem- it's a throwaway line more than anything. Otherwise, you should be able to dive into 5 without any need to have played the others.

One thing I will stress though, compared to other first-person games. This isn't a Call of Duty or Battlefield game, where guns blazing is the solution to your problems. Exploration and stealth are key- particularly the latter. The game kind of forces the former, so you'll get used to that aspect of Far Cry no matter what, but there's probably nothing more important than learning how to avoid detection. Silenced weapons, distracting guards, sneaking through brush, taking out alarms, hiding bodies, etc. are absolutely vital, and it does take a bit to really adjust to it if you're not used to that kind of gameplay. (GhostBear is a natural at it, fortunately, but I've gaffed a couple of times and ruined his sneaking by accidentally letting myself get spotted.)

Euphonium · « **Reply #29 on:** 29 March 2018, 16:35:25 »

Sounds like I should try one of the earlier ones to get a feel for the general style before I splash out £40 for this one then.

I liked the stealth and bow & arrow approach of TombRaider 2013 just as much as i liked the run&gun of Doom though.
(I've never played a Call of Duty and haven't played Battlefield since the original 1942)