Last night I had just enough time to go through the opening intro of the game and to properly set it up for my system (PC).
So, Far Cry 5 finds you as a rookie cop called... Rookie, in a small American backwater town. You're headed out in a Helicopter with the Sheriff and a US Marshall to arrest the Father, leader of a local mass religious cult. Things naturally go south and the game opens with you on the run for your life.
The benchmarking tool for the game wasn't that good, I found it set most settings to High and that kept the game running at 1080p 34-40fps. A few minutes tinkering manually and then rerunning the benchmark and I soon as every worthwhile settings on high with the game running at 4K 60fps. Visually, there's not much to say ironically despite the numerous visual showboating trailers the game has received. The colour scheme is pretty muted compared to what I'd expected and it's a pretty old looking game in several ways. It's more pushing for functional than anything else but it does the job.
The opening mission only gives you a taster of the gameplay, mostly focused on shooting a couple of enemies, running and shooting out of a moving vehicle window. The game feels fine to control (via controller) but immediately you do get the 'more of the same' vibe reviews mentioned rather than it looking like the more bombastic fresh injection the series needed.
Very early days though, so we'll see if it maintains that vibe of being too close for comfort to the previous entries.
So, Far Cry 5 finds you as a rookie cop called... Rookie, in a small American backwater town. You're headed out in a Helicopter with the Sheriff and a US Marshall to arrest the Father, leader of a local mass religious cult. Things naturally go south and the game opens with you on the run for your life.
The benchmarking tool for the game wasn't that good, I found it set most settings to High and that kept the game running at 1080p 34-40fps. A few minutes tinkering manually and then rerunning the benchmark and I soon as every worthwhile settings on high with the game running at 4K 60fps. Visually, there's not much to say ironically despite the numerous visual showboating trailers the game has received. The colour scheme is pretty muted compared to what I'd expected and it's a pretty old looking game in several ways. It's more pushing for functional than anything else but it does the job.
The opening mission only gives you a taster of the gameplay, mostly focused on shooting a couple of enemies, running and shooting out of a moving vehicle window. The game feels fine to control (via controller) but immediately you do get the 'more of the same' vibe reviews mentioned rather than it looking like the more bombastic fresh injection the series needed.
Very early days though, so we'll see if it maintains that vibe of being too close for comfort to the previous entries.
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