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The best thing about Far Cry 5 is the theme—the atmosphere, the villain, and the scenery are fantastic. The world looks incredible, and the open-world freedom with all kinds of vehicles is great. But once you scratch beneath the surface, the game quickly turns into the same thing over and over again.

The story? Forgettable. The main villain is cool, charming, and well-designed, but everything else fades into the background. The game is best played stealthily, which is why I ran with a silenced sniper and shotgun. Sadly, the companion system ruins stealth completely. They’re more of a nuisance than a help, breaking mechanics, making noise, and just generally being useless—I ditched them as soon as I could.

What’s actually fun? Stashes and outposts. The little puzzle-based treasure hunts are super creative, offering parkour, gliding, and other fun challenges. Clearing enemy camps through stealth is also enjoyable, but there aren’t enough of them.

Progression-wise, leveling up feels pointless. You get all the useful perks early on, and the rest are just filler. Worse yet, resistance progress means nothing—you can take over the whole map, but enemies never let up. They still spawn everywhere, sometimes instantly. I once had an absurd moment on a bridge where enemies kept respawning under and on top of it, creating an endless firefight that made zero sense.

Now, the NPCs… My God, the NPCs.
This game has some of the worst AI I’ve ever seen in a game. Enemies are brain-dead but have inhuman aim at the same time. One second, they’re standing in the open, letting me pick them off one by one. The next second, they’re sniping me from miles away with a pistol.

Then there are civilians. My God, the civilians. These people are suicidal. They walk into enemy fire, stand in front of moving vehicles, and react to danger in the dumbest ways possible. If I had a dollar for every time an NPC ran towards an explosion instead of away, I’d have bought the entire game three times over.

But the worst offenders? Friendly NPCs. These people are not your friends. They will block your movement, steal your vehicle, and ruin stealth missions by loudly announcing their presence to enemies. I've had allies kill themselves with their own grenades, drive into rivers for no reason, and randomly shoot at nothing, triggering enemy reinforcements. It’s like they’re working against you.

At least the game runs well—solid 50-60 FPS on high settings, and the visuals are fantastic.

At the end of the day, Far Cry 5 is just another good-looking, brainless, repetitive shooter. You can buy the best weapons in 3 hours, progression is pointless, and the game doesn’t evolve much from start to finish. It’s fun in short bursts but gets stale fast. If you want to have several hours of fun go for it when it's on sale... this thing is not worth the full price by any means.

4/10 – Gorgeous but shallow, with NPCs so dumb they belong in a comedy game.