Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5 is the sixth main-series game from Ubisoft Montreal, released on 27 March 2018 simultaneously on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. You play a sheriff's deputy who arrives in Hope County, Montana, to arrest the self-proclaimed prophet Joseph Seed. The arrest does not go as planned: the team is scattered and you are captured. After that, the goal is to free the whole county from the three regions of the Eden's Gate cult. The route is non-linear: the three regions are open in parallel, and you choose the order. The main campaign takes about 25 to 30 hours, up to 45 hours with full completion.

Joseph Seed is one of the most convincing villains of the Far Cry series: not a grotesque tyrant, but a preacher who believes in his cause, with a developed philosophy of the "Collapse". Greg Bryk created his voice and look with full motion capture. Seed's three "Heralds" are brother Jacob (a military strategist), brother John (a lawyer and recruiter) and Rachel Jessop, "Faith", who looks after the cultists through the hallucinogen Bliss. The Reddit community r/farcry consistently names Joseph the strongest villain of the series precisely because his logic can be understood.

Far Cry 5 is the first game in the series with a full co-op campaign. All of Hope County (except the prologue and the finale) can be played with a friend in 2-player online mode: join and leave at any moment without interrupting the game (drop-in/drop-out). Note: mission progress is saved only for the host. There is no split screen and no 4-player co-op, only 2 players online. Every activity in the world (capturing outposts, hunting, fishing, story missions) is available for two without restrictions.

The Guns for Hire system lets you take up to two NPC allies with you at the same time. The roster includes the sniper Jess, the pilot Nick, the gunsmith Hurk, the hunter Grace Armstrong, the bear Cheeseburger and the dog Boomer. Besides combat, there is full fishing with different tackle and fish species: in the first six months players caught 230 million fish, according to official Ubisoft statistics. Arcade mode opens a map editor and access to user-made missions. The arsenal has over 30 types of weapons with customization, and vehicles include pickups, planes, helicopters and boats.

Key points on regional availability and localization. To switch the language: Steam, then Library, then game properties, then the "Language" tab. A Ubisoft Connect account is required to launch the game, and it is linked automatically at the first launch through Steam. Offline mode is available after the account is first set up.

The Season Pass (included in the Gold Edition) adds three standalone expansions and a classic: Hours of Darkness, set in Vietnam in the 1970s, about 4 to 6 hours; Dead Living Zombies, a B-movie style zombie anthology, about 4 to 6 hours; Lost on Mars, science fiction with aliens, about 4 to 6 hours; and Far Cry 3 Classic Edition, the original 2012 game with Vaas in full. The base Steam version (appid 552520) contains only the main Hope County campaign. The Season Pass is purchased separately.

Far Cry 5 (2018): an open world in Hope County, Montana. Defeat the Eden's Gate cult led by Joseph Seed, "the Father". The first game in the series with a full co-op campaign (2 players online). Developer: Ubisoft Montreal. Record launch for the series: $310M in the first week, more than 10 million copies. Metacritic 78 (PC), Steam Very Positive 81% (~186,000 reviews). Global EU key: Russian voice-over and subtitles are included. A Ubisoft Connect account is required. Activation through Steam.