Far Cry 5's Biggest Missed Opportunity
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- Опубліковано 31 бер 2018
- Why Some Gamers Don't Like Far Cry 5
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Its okay but, i missed the crafting and hunting mixed with being far away from home..
You complain about everything
I think you slightly messed up in one part as you said you liked jacob, but you showed a picture of john
you must be a blast at parties
Downward Thrust im happy there aint politics involved in the game. Im done with people talking everyday about politics in the real world.
You got destroyed by a furry.
Will Jackson ubsubbed after rags video
Rags denies being a furry, but we all know the truth...
Swatdoge What?
Being posted on April 1st doesn't automatically make it a joke. There is nothing in the description, nor any pinned comment, saying it is. It's put in the gaming category, not comedy. There are no tweets on his Twitter denouncing the video, and when asked about it being an April Fool's Day joke, he neither replied nor liked the tweet. However, when thanked for the advice to not buy the game, he DID like the tweet.
There's nothing suggesting it was an April Fool's joke. In fact, everything suggests otherwise.
This made me laugh
Did we all not see the same trailer? How did anyone think it was about race, drug issues and politics?! Wtf it was a trailer about a crazy cult. Can’t blame a developer for what you wanted the game to be. I want gta to have story coop but I can’t blame rockstar. I knew this was what this topic was going to be about smh
I don't want politics in my video games.
But I do want video games in my poltics!!!!
@Crono Trigger This
Politics have ALWAYS been part of video games. What you don't like it the politics you disagree with.
ColeResurrected Shill
Guilherme Eduardo Carvalho Actually we hate hamfisted politics
Asking for Far Cry to dive into social-Political issues, the same game series that had you fight a giant laser dinosaur
The same series that explored illegal human trafficking in the Carribean, drug trafficking and dictatorships in Asia, African Warlords, Racism, and Blood diamonds. Every Far Cry until 4 had a deep narrative. In Primal, there was a shift towards a gameplay focus. Not that makes it any worse but saying it has never made any social commentaries is just wrong.
Far Cry has always delved into political issues Blood Dragon is spin off so it doesn't really count. Far Cry 2 is a good example of the series' political undertones.
And hunt yetis with receive bows and rocket launchers
look at that, a woman being CORRECT on the internet!
never thought i'd see the day.
You mean the same as how it's an evil cult level of politics? It's an evil cult killing people. Yeah, they bad. We get it. No need to go into a further political issue on whatever that we all know Ubisoft would get wrong and shove their retarded, wrong, leftist ideals down your thoat.
Ouch those dislikes... people don't like propaganda bro. Don't advocate for more of it.
If a game doesn't pussyfoot around all issues and is 100% politically correct, it's "propaganda", hm?
Is Bioshock propaganda against anarcho-capitalism?
ZekeAndroid49 At the end of the day, the dislikes are outnumbered.
And FC5 has a 7/10 on Metacritic. Far Cry 3 is the better game. ;)
Anime is Trash It was obvious what he was going to complain about from the title considering every leftist reviewer has been crying about FC5 not being a kill Trump supporters simulator. Most people who disagree wouldn't even click on it to bother disliking. Everyone knows anything higher than a third dislikes on UA-cam is trash anyways.
ZekeAndroid49 I guess ya' did not pay attention to the video. FC5 is overrated
Anime is Trash I don't care about how good or bad the game is, it's not because of politics regardless.
Yeah because while I'm playing my new video game I want to hear about how "white men are so bad", "women are oppressed", "guns are evil"
Joe L yeah a shooter is gonna say guns are evil
Shut up
Stop being so I hate the left and think about things for yourself
There can be points on all sides that are good
That being said I think conservative mindsets are very old fashioned and need to either undergo a large change in order to remain or die off
Theres too much blind bigotry in conservative lives with no facts
And a cold hearted use of money
I can see the importance of having multiple parties to help make the best decision but conservatives gotta stop being so old fashioned and get with the current times
Translation of Oliver's comment:
"Conservatives need to become Progressives or stop existing."
"Conservative mindsets are very old fashioned and need to either undergo a large change in order to remain or die off" You say is conservatism is on the rise as people get sick of social justice.
Rachel Morocco Alot of those "silly" social programs save lives and help people that need it. Also if you think any capitalist society believes in you "keeping" that money of yours then you've drunk too much cool aide. Besides...Fascism which is the Right Wing variant of Communism requires Slavery to Function. So I'd say that inhernetly that makes Right Wing values more selfish and malicious, that being said Left Wing Values are inherently anti-individualistic to the point that in their version of an Extremist regime people often get worked to death anyway because it's assumed what is good enough for the man living alone is good enough for the man and woman and child.
Neither system is ideal at the extremes, but inherently Leftism makes a much cleaner, well constructed and educated society than a Right Wing society at the Moderate end of the spectrum. Just look at Australia once a thriving culture now full of homeless and misery all because the Liberal Party (Ring Wing Party) is obsessed with getting rid of "silly" social programs. The Right Dismantle, The Left Implement. Implementing for the sake of implementing can be damaging but dismantling for the sake of dismantling will always do more damage. This is why I will always be more Left-Wing than Right-Wing.
Your prefered system of government is inherently cruel selfish and leads to far more poor and displaced individuals than the alternative. This is fact.
@@noonenowhere877 those social programs have really helped black people, conservatism means small government the opposite of fascism
DownwardThrust where did Ubisoft say they would ever dive into social issues? You’re drunk af.
Ike Andrews True.
Ike Andrews they never did. It's all in his heaf
Ike Andrews it’s not that they said that exact thing, but they did said that it was going to be more different than what we actually got, thus the reason he is complaining.
Bernardo BR of course they would say it’s different than previous far cry games (it is) . That would be dumb if they said “it’s the same as every other far cry. However they NEVER said: this is going to tackle current social issues and be political, they actually said the opposite in videos.
Ike Andrews at least they could have showed the fucked up and more serious thing they did talked about, that’s what I mean with the social issues, I’m not talking about American social issues, I don’t care about American social issues, I’m talking about the game social issues, the fucked up things they showed but never expanded on.
Dude, why do you need a game to just regurgitate your opinions? Are you that insecure?
I strongly disagree bruh.
jerrodkilla23 Me2
Psyonic maybe.......
jerrodkilla23 Far Cry 3 is better than 5. :)
jerrodkilla23 Why do you disagree?
Because nobody wants leftist wrong politics in video games, or major politics in general. We get it. This bad. 90% of people who play video games already have a moral conviction and understand racism bad.
If a game misses out on a chance for political commentary that's YOUR personal gripe. That's not a knock on the game itself. The majority of us don't care about political commentary in our video games. We get enough of that crap everywhere else.
Also, political commentary in a work of fiction/fantasy is worthless because those mediums are inherently subjective representations that the artist will simply mold to fit a biased perspective, a perspective no more informed than anyone else's. It's a waste of time and resources as it will not change anyone's mind and only serve to piss people off.
NewsFlash: GAMERS DON'T WANT TO BE LECTURED ON POLITICS, THEY WANT TO HAVE FUN.
CozmicK G In my opinion games can have politics but it depends on how the developers approach how it's communicated to the player. I think they should be approached in a way that it is an element of the World building making for a more believable world with its own conflicts but should always be open to the players interpretation and should never take sides, or the player could simply ignore it completely. I personally feel like games are a very powerful medium like books and movies that can express many messages and ideas of our world.
NewsFlash : gamers are not all the same, don't seek the same things in gaming, don't necessarily consider games as pure means of diverting, but also a cultural media via which you can express anything you want. They are also capable of disabling their caps lock.
Laura Dourire I used caps in order to make it look like a news headline. I thought that was obvious.
"gamers are not all the same" - Well put miss Laura, well said.
Solemn Silence I appreciate your well thought-out, intelligent response.
this guy doesnt deserve these many subs
I feel that it basically dodged a bullet in that sense. Yes, you could make it take a leftist or a right wing narrative, criticizing real world events as it went along. But when you pander to one side, you alienate the other. I am actually glad that Ubisoft refrained from politicizing Far Cry 5 and gave us what essentially is, another Far Cry game. No more.
I think that this is a design decision that alludes to the escapist style of world building, which, I am intensely grateful for, considering the grim mundanities of life and it is better for it.
Sir Porthos but not everything is about left wing or right wing narrative, and he never said he wanted something remotely close to that. He wanted the game to be more serious and actually show what extreme ideologies do, nothing to do with any of the two political view points you are talking about.
You wanna make a game more "serious"? That is how you do it. You inject even more real life topics into it. Also, isn't extreme idealism kind of a right wing issue?
Sir Porthos if a game took its story a bit more serious it could improve it. Not everything is right wing or left wing. We can have a good story that isn’t any of those.
The story is already good you got 4 villains that have motivations and a goal while the protagonist that shouldn't even be there in the first place pays for his consequences. The story is serious only the side quests are more crazy.
Gonna have to disagree, Tone. I don't want politics in my game, ESPECIALLY in an era where everything is racist and too many people feel instead of think.
So we can't have certain stories cause they make you uncomfortable ?
We are just sick of it, we hear your politics everywhere
Politics HAVE to be in everything unless its in anyway Conservative
but did they actually advertise the game that it was going to be Racist killing game or is that what people decided in their heads when they saw the trailers because it was in Montana and you were facing a religious cult with a white guy leading it?
P. H. Illip your comment makes me think about jordan peterson
"Far Cry 5 was hyped up to be an incredibly riveting game, and a serious game. That would dive into many social/political issues such as race, religion, drugs, gun control, and xenophobia to name a few."
Was it? When the hell did that happen? What trailer did they hint that was the focus? The most I got even close to that was maybe tackling religion and the cultish behavior it spawned. Outside of that I never once got that idea. At least until I read the gaming media articles and it all started to click. You listened to Polygon and Kotaku who were propping this game up as some commentary on Trump's America. Then when it didn't live up to its falsely created hype you blame the game and not the people created this fake hype to begin with.
Wanting to put politics into gaming is like trying to put oil in water, kiddo.
lisa7525 The don't mix? Get it?
Definitely not a troll thats what hes trying to say wtf
Alex I was being oblivious to be ironic.
Definitely not a troll oh, okay. Sorry ✌️
this sounds a bit too much like polygon's article. they complained about the game not touching on politics, religion or the gun debate as well.
OpposingForces And once games do that they will still moan about it.
kubamax9 Kubowski can't please people who think like that.
Yeah, then they'll b*tch and moan because it's *too* political. I wish people would make up their bloody minds and commit to what they want. The problem is a form a "two-way confirmation bias". If it's not as controversial as they want, they'll whine. If it is controversial, they'll still whine. You, quite literally, can never make them happy.
For someone like me who's is probably one of the least politically-correct people you'll meet, this becomes incredibly annoying. As an aspiring indie game developer, I've been tempted to create one such game taking place in a corrupt and morally-bankrupt world which is rather politically-incorrect but still a great trip for even the average care-free player -- admittedly, that would be me trolling those folks who get triggered by every little thing.
Isn't getting political - american cult story - was the selling point for this game's marketing?
My biggest fear is that, between the whole micro-transaction/customer abuse drama and the increasing political intolerance in gaming, the industry is ripe for another crash like back in '83. On the other hand, maybe that's what is necessary every few decades to drive developers to do better. The sad part is that that would heavily punish indie and smaller developers who are not quite so corrupt. However, maybe that opens up the floor for them to push in a new era even as more established players like EA and Ubisoft struggle a bit.
>"I feel like games have lost their joy."
>"I wanted this game to be more politically divisive."
???????
That's a lot of downward thumbs.
Don’t murder me!
This an April fools joke?
Man, I subscribed because I liked one of your video essays. But now I am noticing that every one of your videos are always so Negative and critical. Far Cry 5 is fun and in this industry at the moment that is the largest deciding factor for whether or not a game is good.
You liked a video agreeing with your perspective, but you get hung up on all the games he's criticizing because they reflect poorly on your taste in games. He does praise good games on occasion, but non-nintendo games throughout 2017 and early 2018 are mostly disappointments. Comparing a game relative to the crap pile surrounding it doesn't make the game good. A game is good when it's good. If you want to affirm your taste in games, I suggest watching IGN. They rate roughly everything 9/10
"Why some gamers don't like Far Cry 5" More like "Why leftists who don't actually play games don't like Far Cry 5".
I am primarily left and I like far cry 5
”The villains is very well done, especially Jacob.”
*Shows a cutscene of John*
is this an April's Fools video or something!?
HooniganR34 Yeah seems like it.
Yes
HooniganR34 At this point, nobody should try to be serious today, because nothing anyone says will be taken as such, it's either seriously a prank or nothing is real of everyone right now.
It's hard to imagine that these gaming review/opinion channels that take themselves far too seriously would risk it all for a video like this -- just so they can say, "Gotcha b***h! Happy April Fools Day, folks! :D". I may have a sense of humor but I tend to take what people say quite seriously myself unless it's obviously a joke. And so, a cheap stunt like that would be more likely to turn off a lot of people like me. Then again, I stopped watching this channel for a couple of months after seeing how political Downward Thrust could (unnecessarily) be, so...
The Badman oh his opinion is ........ Different
Sometimes a game wants to just be a game. It doesn't have to have some powerful message. Since when has Far Cry even attempted that?
To those who say, "Far Cry has NEVER been about social or political commentary." Please remember the following:
Far Cry 1: You are an ex-special forces soldier escorting a journalist who knows information on a genetic engineering facility involving the genocide of the local islanders. Areas were designed to mimic real life landscapes in the Southeast Asian islands as well as the remnants of WWII Japanese bunkers.
Far Cry 2: You fulfilled contracts for various political factions in the African savanna as one of many mercenaries for hire by an official government in order to assassinate a weapon suppler named Jackal who was making profits from his global arms' trade. Your money supply was blood diamonds you earned from your contracts, and the game world revolved around the political factions fighting among themselves.
Far Cry 3: Jason's story is one meant to show the desensitization of violence through its constant repetition as he fights off Vaas and his pirates who kidnap wealthy people like him for ransom. Drug trades, pirates and more are the tools of trade on Rook Island while the Western world remains largely indifferent to get involved in the island's affairs. The island itself holds many smaller politics from the tribal traditions to the CIA operative you find who can help you.
Far Cry 4: Ajay is a Kyrat/American who is coming back to his home country to spread the ashes of his mother before he gets roped into the civil war among Pagan Min's men and a resistance based on the traditional Kyrats. Various aspects of the game's narrative and story make Ajay make decisions which have ramifications on the future of Kyrat, which further cements how much of a stranger he is in a land he should call home.
The only Far Cry games that lack any meaningful social/political commentary are Blood Dragon and Primal, though one could argue the prehistoric tribes' narrative could display some social aspects as the precursors to modern society.
Brian Colfxire yeah there has been loose political things in each game, but I wouldn’t say those things made the game amazing and great.
Yea I find it funny that most reviews are like "This game is really great and really fun, but they weren't political enough so meh"
Far Cry has attempted that in every game, that’s why they get criticized in those aspects, they attempt those thighs and fail.
Far Cry 5 was heavily hyped by the editors to (finally ?) have a real political sense to it, especially considering the global political context of today (xenophobia, hatred, etc.). I guess it can be disappointing for some people when playing the game to see that it has been politically toned down before release. We don't just seek "having fun" in a game, or at least some people don't, because a game is also a cultural artifact that is always political in a way.
The way I see it, Ubi/FC5 didnt miss anything, they dodged a bigass bullet. Its a great GAME, I would rather talk about FC5's amazing gunplay and immersive exploration than have some heavy ass political debate.
You are better than this
Therriffic Gamer yup
Is he really, though?
Remember when games didn't have politics shoved in them? The good old days...
Injecting politics into this game would have been a huge mistake, it would have alienated half of Ubisoft's potential audience and would have only encouraged people who don't really play that many video games in the first place. Ubisoft made the right call, I think if you want a game that goes more serious and in depth into a message you need to turn towards more indie games where they can take that risk because they don't have to make back multi million dollars in development costs.
Rags
Sounds like you want Farcry to be more of an RPG tbh
Damn, so i just finished the video, hmm gotta say ~ This is one of those videos where i dont see your PoV. To me this is a Sandbox thats filled to the brim with little details and atmosphere with that blissfulll soundtrack and radios often heard in the distance playing propaganda. The constant random events on the roads and even off road ambushes. I NEVER feel like im running around in the vast nothingness of the country because of that. I just feel sorry you were so stuck on the story's silent protagonist to not be able to lay back and enjoy this games 80's action hero "Not take itself too seriously" attitude.
I think his point is that if you're going to advertise your game before launch about how the story's going to go into all these sociopolitical issues, then the game's story should actually do that.
If the player character had been customisable but still voiced (e.g. Fallout 4) then the game could have gone into those issues by letting the player make dialogue choices that fit their views, or the kind of character they wanted to play as. That way, Far Cry 5 could have catered to most political views AND still dealt with the issues Ubisoft said it would in the run-up to release, rather than force it to try to please everyone all at once by de-clawing the social commentary.
For players like you who don't mind just having fun with the game's sandbox and not dealing with political stuff, it would be easy to add dialogue options for that too, rather than force you to sit through monologues from characters -- it doesn't seem like that bothers you too much, but I'm sure you wouldn't mind having a 'skip dialogue' option sometimes, which a more active dialogue system usually has.
By having a silent protagonist, there's no opportunity to do anything but sit and listen -- in earlier games your character would take part in conversation, and even if you didn't agree with them 100%, the immersion was better because it made you a participant in the story, rather than just a witness. DT still likes the game, but I think this is part of what bothers him about FC5's silent protagonist with regards to story.
Hope this was helpful!
Yeah the silent MC isnt any fun, like i actually preferred the fish out of water "All these people are crazy" personality that Jason and Ajay had. Least they would make comments about what they're thinking. Even Primal's MC had some things to say that i liked hearing. But this whole video is so depressing like yes the MC is silent. it sucks we know it realllllly does suck but talk about the rest of the game. Everytime i go on i spot more little details like an example, Cheeseburger the bear will stand on his hind legs and roar when any Wolf Judges are around the player and they'll immediatly turn tail, whimper and run. Like im spotting stuff like that constantly that im never expecting. For a dude whos videos i always watch and has a good eye for game quality i was expecting to hear him also see the handcrafted feel this game has. Not just make a depressing video like this just focusing it one thing. Its like when the DOOM angry review came out. I was expecting Joe to praise the games little care for handholding and tutorials and all that but he mentioned none of that good stuff, Then i found the Gamertrons DOOM review (Worth a watch btw) he pointed out so much that i didnt even think about and noticed all the quality things about it, eh i but Downward Thrust didnt notice all of this games quality. Just kind of.. a bunch depression over the MC.
RubMyJigglyPoof but why does the main character HAVE to talk? Why can't it be a representation of those who have opinions but can't say it due to them being insignificant?
i don't really remember Far Cry 4 having much dialog from Ajay to begin with, there has been plenty of things i wanted Ajay to say or take part in but he was actually incredibly quiet which threw me off a little, even the main protagonist in Primal was quiet
but i get where this thread is coming from, i think one thing that made the whole 'Silent Protagonist' really bad was the customization in the game is sub-par (i wasn't expecting anything on Fallout 4's level mind you) i made a character that's not even close to how i want him to look, how can i immerse myself with a character i don't even like?
i think what could also help with the Silent Protagonist issue would have been thought provoking choices like sparing seed Family members, or stuff, ya know
definitely not an april fools vid
*facepalm* I see you’re going the Polygon route. Terrible.
you seem to have a problems with critics in general. why are you even here?
Ramin Rahnema Actually I don’t, I just believe the whole “didn’t make a strong enough social or political stance” statement doesn’t fit. To each their own though.
April Fools' Day dude. Wouldn't be surprised if he was trolling.
PakoTabako I don’t think it is, but if so, he got me. He’s welcome to have this opinion, I’ll support him regardless. I just don’t agree with it.
well he is part of the blickbaiters like the media
First video i have disliked from you......so u wanted the game to be left wing so it could please you, pls no. That would turn half the audience away...
Gaming Corner!!!! No he wanted it tackle the darker and more serious themes they said it would before the game released....
Gaming Corner!!!! It sees like you didn’t even watch the video, pal. He, at any moment, talked about anything related to left wing, he wanted the game to be more serious and expand on what Ubisoft said it was about.
April Fools! These aren't his actual opinions about the game, he's just reading a shitty sjw review.
This is an April fools video
Way to miss the point of the video. 👌🏻 also, controversy ALWAYS sells, ya twit.
Keep your flthy politics off my vidya.
Solid Screpe why? Don’t you like GTA V view neither?
Do you English?
Bernardo BR no I don't
Bernardo BR gta was different tho it over exaggerate things and was humorous, but farcry 5 was trying to be serious with politics
The KitKatt
Farcry 5 wasn't being serious, if you looked into the game they hilariously stereotype's Americans. No idea where you get them being serious unless you never saw the game itself.
Yeah no thanks, I’d rather not have any politics in my videos games. Developers should rightfully spend their time, money and resources on making the game good and not worry about making a certain amount of people happy. I mean look at Mass Effect Andromeda.
I feel like I we can hit a medium. I think if a game dev wants to include it more power to 'em. but it shouldn't be trying to push THEIR ideas onto YOU the player. I think it should be done in a way like GTA V does it (because they did it well) They show you and allow you to make your own opinions. But when people try to force ideas on me is when I agree that it shouldn't be there.
Hayden D. Right except Rockstar have said on record they don’t care about politics or about injecting them into their games. Real world politics infesting video games is completely unnecessary.
What I play mass effect it was bad but I didn't get a left wing vibe lol just cause you put gay people , woman, and colored people in a game don't make it left wing
kenway leviathian nothing about left wing or right wing but priorities. When the game launched, it was a bigger mess than it currently is to this day and I remember looking at their patch notes hopelessly wishing they fixed the performance, instead what I see is them adding in more Gay romantic options for Ryder. Again, nothing wrong with that but obviously their effort could've been better utilized in actually making the game fun and at least playable.
No politics in games? Like at all? RIP Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy Tactics, and countless others.
Its funny you think its not political enough, yet the losers at polygon think its too political for them to enjoy. I for one am glad the game doesnt go too deep into the political, think of all the whiners it would attract if it did. Lets keep politics out of games for now its ruining the industry and experience for a lot of people.
Earth_Emissions it’s not they it was too political for Polygon, it’s more like it wasn’t the far left politics that they expected.
Well i mostly meant gamestop but then i read the polygon review before writing this and got their whiny narratives mixed up. Search for "Far Cry 5 has us confused" by Gamestop for lolz.
There are politics and political themes in the game....but it's very superficial. For instance, Hurk's father is totally MAGA and a knuckle dragging Trump supporter no doubt....but it's exaggerated to comic book level stereotypes....that's it. Where the lack of depth fails though is in explaining in a real world way how a cult leader like Joseph got to where he is and why he has so many followers. Those things are glossed over. But the point of a Far Cry game has never been to think about those deep issues. Not saying that shouldn't change...and it could very well lead to a richer gaming experience....but that opportunity was missed again this time. Maybe this is something that changes in the formula of future Far Cry games. However, looking at the great sales numbers of FC5, I don't think Ubi will be sufficiently motivated to change the formula too much for the time being.
Controversy sells. Avoiding discussion only makes the discussion more weighty in the future.
The worst part is that video could be yet another Kotaku article... shame.
Odd, these channels are always right on time with these drama videos lol FC5 is a great game, it is what it is.
Yeah another dumbed down FPS. Fun, satisfying gameplay is priority but I think a more thought provoking story would be so refreshing. Just for example AC origins had history and politics with fun gameplay, those two aspects added something mentally stimulating. Many gamers including myself aren't happy with just killing and having a laugh, we need to be intrigued and engaged on a deeper, mental level with story, history and politics / political commentary especially if you're playing a 50+ game. DT is correct in his video, FC5 had the potential to have an amazing, intriguing, thought provoking story with an engaging protagonist with his own take on what is happening around him. These negative commenters saying DT is wrong and story doesn't matter sound like dumb, casual, easily pleased gamers.
James xzavian you couldn't be more wrong
James xzavian first of, if the game handled the story seriously it would not have been anti Christian because the cultists are radical Christians not moderate. Also, Trump really has no place being in this discussion. Furthermore, the game did not need to be anti white. All it had to do was show a town in rural America that believed their race was superior to another. Lastly, no, most people are not complaining because it was not 'anti right'. People are complaining because the game was shown as gritty and serious, but instead it is the oppisite. I feel like you have immediately jumped to the extremes.
James xzavian a white supremicist cult....
James xzavian polygon?
I just had a thought, hear me out(Spoiler Alert). What if the silent protagonist is the point. So they basically imply with the character customization that metaphysical "you" are the character in the game. They feed you a narrative you simply accept with no option to resist, just along to observe. I think its a commentary on how many of us in real life just let ourselves be fed narratives and simply observe,our common indifference or ignorance towards our situation. Even part of the plot has the whole country in the dark about what's going on in a huge swath of a state. The one moment you have to resist,to act with true agency, ends the game in 10 minutes. Almost to say that nothing that would have followed actually mattered. The Sheriff even says "none of us would've gotten out alive," the fate of us all if we continue to ignore the issues that face our world.
Tl,dr FarCry 5 wants you to stop being sheeple 🐑.
Sooo it wasn't left wing enough for you?? You wanted political propaganda through out it? Because no matter what side they pick to portray, left or right, half the audience will be turned off. Sorry, I don't think video games should push half of an audience away. It is like politics in sports, not every facet of life needs to have politics injected into it, people need a place to to escape it.
YuGiOhDuelChannel it's not about the game not being enough left-wing. From what I get from the video, he is just saying that he was disappointed that the game didn't present any interesting political or social commentary. Ubisoft did say the game will "shock and scare you," but there's none of that in the game. He just wants this type of stuff in the game to challenge the player (which also leads into why the silent protagonist is not good) and make players think about these types of things. Of course you can say that you don't want politics in the game and the game should only be a playground, but just because you don't want it doesn't mean other people don't want it as well. He called it a missed opportunity because he thinks the game could have been better if they engaged with social and political commentary, regardless if it's left wing or right wing.
The Badman you’re actually crazy
You can't introduce politics and not dive into them. It feels shallow. They could have taken a right wing stance. It sounds like they didn't take one at all
No, I picked up a crazy game about fighting cultists in the middle of no where and none of those other story elements needed to be in the game. They aren't even a white supremecist or sexist cult, they have tons of women and non-white characters. It's literally just an excuse to traipse around a part of the US and have fun shooting guns.
The game was as neutral as it could possibly be and people still upset about it.
did far cry 4 have a political message? not really the only message i seen in the game was "hey people will use you when they can then happily discard you"
That vine climb fail is so accurate to everyone playing fir the first time
i feel like the complaints made in this video is everything wrong with society these days.
the whole "my hobby/passtime needs to change the world"
Hmmm. . The silent protagonist projects your own feelings and beliefs into the game. Feels like you are playing yourself and not a character. But being able to speak and challenge the antagonist would been awesome
4:51 - I've wanted a silent protagonist since FR3. Why? Because I see all Far Cry Games as Blood Dragon and I hate the dissonance between what Jason Brody or Ajay Ghale might say vs what I feel. I don't particularly like either J.B. or A.G. and I only like R.P.C. because he's an over-the-top parody of '80s action movie protagonists. So, thank you for selling Far Cry 5 to me harder than anyone else until now! I can't wait to play it and make my own character. Who's it gonna be? Takeshi Kovacs? Agent 355? Miho? Frank Castle? The sky's the limit!!
"...especially Jacob" *shows John*
*"I WANT MY GAMES TO SHOVE MY IDEOLOGY DOWN PEOPLE'S THROATS REEEEEEE!!!!"*
did he say Jacob was the best villain i thought he was the least interesting of all the seeds.
I'm around 6 hours in the game and almost done with john.He's a pretty creepy villian
yeah i found john really interesting and no spoilers his end is cool af
Matthew Lynch I found John the least interesting. He didn't seem to have much motivation for the way he acted and I found Faith and Jacob far more enjoyable. Just my opinion
+Matthew Lynch how are u approaching the game?are you doing all the side quests and outposts before the boss battle?
yes actually im doing it with a friend and we are doing all outposts and alot of side missions
Sorry to give it away but he's reading someone else's review of the game.
Who's?
moonphase hd boring ass scripted videos
Tiromir www.theguardian.com/games/2018/mar/26/far-cry-5-review-playstation-4-xbox-one-pc-ubisoft
It doesn't seem like a copy. Just because two reveiws sound the same doesn't mean they've been copied.
Geddy Tschetter haha yes
i think you are recently losing the awesome grip of your channel that you had before... dislikes show it
imicca idk it could easily b fanboys who dont like him critisizing their favorite game. Like his rainbow 6 video
triigga s the r6s video is actually wrong,when i first entered that game it got me in a new gaming world, i easly understood its mechanics and now it s easy, The good ol GET GOOD is actually true in this case,learn the game, focus on the game and you ll win, information is key, look everywhere check every corner,be fast
It's been a while it's like this
darkhorse0404 true...same here
triigga s or its because every single video is negative now, hes slowly turning into Yong Yea.
Who knew that people would whine about a game not being good enough propaganda?
Biggest issue?
*NOT ENOUGH SHIRTLESS JOSEPH SCENES*
For me what is the point of adding character customization when you cant go in third person !!!
I actually like the mute character that is a reminiscence of FC2's immersion but there is no hand-held map so it didn't really help.
How do I blacklist a channel from appearing to me?
Ever considered that people might not want politics in their video games?
*A P R I L F O O L S D A Y*
the number of people who do not realise this is staggering lol
it sure sounds like a genuine opinion.. like.. thats A LOT of opposing views to just come up with believable bullshit about..
he said the number one problem he has with the game is the silent protagonist then explains why with realistic points.. sooo how am i suppose to just think its a joke and know he believes the opposite?
*HOW DO YOU MAKE THE LETTERS IN BOLD* *L I K E Y O U D I D*
On point man!!! great video! I have about 60 hours and my only other issue is that enemy are everywhere for being a mountain/forest state they are always breathing down your neck
Great job man. It is good to see a mature review like your
Oh no! My SJW check list isn’t completed! What am I ever going to do!?!?
Voiced character did no good to fallout4
Sounds good Doesn't work
Does anybody know the background music ?
You preach your viewer not to politicized Genderfield Vagina lol. You are just another kotaku's cesspool.
Keep politics outta my video games
I'm confused because i seen the negative reviews from places like polygon and the ignorant reasoning behind it but what is your problem here just that the story isn't good enough or that the bs political problems being blown up by liberals in this country aren't the central point of this game. Racism is at an all time low in the US and the only problems we have aren't related to sexism, racism, or anything other than the rich using us as pawns for their own entertainment. Games should have their own worlds and bringing real life issues into them will always piss off a large group of people and apparently staying out of it isn't good enough for the sjw culture that has spawned from the ignorant people in this country that have never struggled a day in their lives.
thanks for spoiling the beginning without warning
Are you dumb or
Oh no! You've seen Parts of the First 5 minutes guess its ruined for you
Did it ever strike your mind that some folk isn't home all the time to play videogames, uh I'm sorry your baby brain can't comprehend that
Patrick Henry That comment makes no sense
HORned TaNk not every nigga has the time in the world for video games, ya freak.
I like it better than FC4 for sure. Having a blast so far.
I feel the same way. I found myself barely doing any main missions at all, I've put in about 20 hours so far and I've barely done any main quests
They need to work on the arcade a little. Health is too high and gameplay is wonky
what you mean "we also need 60fps" +MaskSo James ??????
i get over 100fps avg at 1440p full ultra :)
ok disregard my comment then
Badri Patel in arcade your allowed to lower players health in TDM and DM
What a about a standard rule set playlist
I really enjoy your videos based on your analytical approach and you keep your bias to a minimum. However just like your first Friday the 13th video you have missed the mark.
I still like taking on outposts and stuff never gets repetitive for me
I want the next far cry game to give the message that people who want gun control are stupid. That’s the message that I want if it gets political. “People who want to ban guns are dumb.”
The game should pound this message home as we see defenseless people and their families and children dying in terror while armed people are able to defend themselves and escape. I’d love the game so much if it did that...
If you disagree with me, and you think that’s a terrible idea, or disagree with the message I want, then you understand why some people don’t want social justice pants-wetting in our shooter games. Trump won, and it’s a good thing, because someone needed to remind this country that elections are not a mere formality, and that a self righteous belief that you’re on the “good guys’ side” doesn’t make it true. Or relevant.
Some of your videos are good. Some of them are bad. This... is one you had no idea what you were talking about.
I mean that's my opinion.
"A zealot is a person who can't change their mind and won't change the subject."
Give the politics a rest.
You know that mission in GTA San Andreas...the remote control plane mission... imagine that but as Far Cry 5...an entire game of almost throwing my control at the TV.
Could you please make a video about how underappreciated dying light is? Thanks.
Anthony Lyon I know it’s such a good game
Battlefield v: rate the game purely on gameplay and story,who cares about politics
Farcry v- The game isn't political enough
these are the videos we like to see bro, not that one you uploaded a couple of days ago. keep it up
I agree on the "Silent Protagonist" part. I do feel kind of empty. With Jason Brody in FC3 it was very compelling watching him lose his humanity.
This is probably my least favorite video Thrust has done since I found the channel over a year ago. I dont want my games to pick political sides, leave that S#!+ out of it.
Still cannot accept the ending 😅
Amien Fadhillah yep ending is straight 💩
It nullifies everything you did no matter what. Over the top and heart pounding? Yeah. Great from a storytelling or even gameplay stance? Not really.
I like both endings, but it’s sad that there’s no good ending.
i like the nuclear ending
its great
Metaphor The Great movies are very different from games. The same ideas that work in one medium won’t necessarily work in the interactive medium that is video games. The ending seriously is poo tho
It’s BECUSE co-op mode in campaign
(Haven’t watched full video yet)
Itd be so cool if you had a dialogue tree like bioware games
Dude im loving the game, its not that big of a open world.. I hate it when people always compare it with Far Cry 3
Majestad BowseR It's a successor to far cry 3. Of course it is going to be compared to far cry 3.
Majestad BowseR - You "hate"when people compare a successor to its predecessor?
Were you born stupid or just willfully dumb?
Not to mention is basically identical gameplay.... story pace.... open world....
*essentially everything lol
Majestad BowseR Since everyone else is being mean, i'll just say. I get what you mean, but people will always compare games because people judge thing based on the other best thing - especially when it's in the same genre. though in this case, comparison will have to be made because it's the predecessor to its former successor far cry 3.
oh noooo, people compare a successor to its predecessor, what a bunch of idiots
This game does exactly what it should have done. It shouldn't take a radical left wing or right wing approach to social issues. I appreciate your points because they are sincere and therefore respectable but I think the point of Far Cry may only be to have fun. I prefer to sit down and enjoy a play whether I am angry at the President or not. Maybe the point was to offend equally like say south park or not at all. Thank you for your content I know a lot goes into what you do.
"especially Jacob" *shows john*
What's the song
games are for FUN not to spout political bs into your face like Star Wars new trilogy putting the Franklin Cover up into life skrew political bs following the current SJW narrative think for yourself and use games as an escape. stay far far away from political propaganda it wasnt liked in the last jedi and its not liked in games just play a game for its own alt universe story. Stop pressing your ideas into a video game. If everything is in politics as in games we could never take a break from the depression of life. Have you ever played games in 90s just have fun play and escape dont bring the crap of today into games man.
i had to sub just so i could unsub
I felt the exact same way but I couldn’t put my finger on it while playing it, I just didn’t feel immersed, apart from going after Jacob I was feeling it then, but I would’ve really loved having a set character to play instead of sacrificing dialogue for customisation. Great game but they missed out
I agree that the main characters inability to reply in any given situation is an issue. Add to this the fact that you are 'caught' at internals to progress the storyline no matter what you do. All in all I am rely enjoying this game (just started the third area) and these points haven't stopped me playing.
go make your own SJW studio to put your political issues in, keep it out of the games the REST of us enjoy.
OH COME ON YOU DO THESE KIND OF VIDEOS FOR EVERY SINGLE GAME OUT THERE.. SERIOUSLY? OH THIS GAME SUCKS, THE FALL OF THIS GAME... HOW DID IT FAIL ETC.. AT SOME POINT PEOPLE WILL STOP CARING
Exactly what I thought. It really got on my nerves. When some of NPCs would ask my mute questions and no response. Like the dialogue was taken out at the last minute... sucks man...
Hey. I just wanted to say I like your videos. There's always thoughtful commentary.
Didnt even watch the video yet and i know its bullshit. This whole day sucks
Omtbrother28 lol you okay there?
ur a gay nigga
Omtbrother28 not April fools video.
Finally a video in my subscription feed that's not an april fools video.
GhøstFrog no u
Silly fun in video games are good. Political agenda is annoying. I don't like the silent protaganist either. Should have gave us at least one voice per gender.
This guy is right. I was hoping for a game where i could cry about my emotions and compose slam poetry.
All i have experienced so far has been a stunning and immersive audiovisual experience filled with action, comedy and drama