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Title: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: Pb on May 26, 2017, 01:24:38 PM: Upcoming computer game pits you against the evil anti-gov christian militia in war-torn Montana:

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https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/5/26/15691662/far-cry-5-preview-e3 (https://www.polygon.com/features/2017/5/26/15691662/far-cry-5-preview-e3)
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: Pb on May 26, 2017, 01:27:09 PM: An especially tasteful scene:
(https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/vlcsnap-2017-05-25-18h44m19s852-1440x818.png)
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: Fly320s on May 26, 2017, 01:55:56 PM: It is only a game.
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: makattak on May 26, 2017, 02:04:48 PM: Quote from: Fly320s on May 26, 2017, 01:55:56 PM
It is only a game.

With a message. Games have messages, just like Hollywood.
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 26, 2017, 02:08:32 PM: Quote from: BTR on May 26, 2017, 01:27:09 PM
An especially tasteful scene:
(https://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/vlcsnap-2017-05-25-18h44m19s852-1440x818.png)

Baptism: yer doin' it wrong.
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: T.O.M. on May 26, 2017, 02:24:14 PM: Just watched the trailer and read a description. Player is an officer set to arrest a cult leader. Cult has taken over the county, more or less. Violence ensues. Don't know about any hidden adgendas or anything, but I'd be interested in giving it a play.
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: cordex on May 26, 2017, 03:13:30 PM: Some of the other games in the series were pretty good.

Far Cry 2: Set in Africa. Player is a mercenary, bad guys were arms dealers, a Christian priest plays a positive role.
Far Cry 3: Set on an island. Player is spoiled rich kid, bad guys were pirates, island mysticism plays a positive role through most of the game but ends up being cast in a pretty negative light.
Far Cry 4: Set in a Himalayan country. Player is the son of an expatriate native who is returning home, bad guys are the tyrannical government, Buddhism (I think?) plays a significant role in the lives of the innocents and "good guys" but if the religious leader is given control he slaughters his opponents.

I'd give Far Cry 5 a play.
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: Boomhauer on May 26, 2017, 04:27:51 PM: I really enjoyed 4 and am excited about whacking a *expletive deleted*it ton of cultists
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: CypherNinja on May 26, 2017, 06:44:34 PM: Loved FarCry 3, still remember the "Poking the Hornets Nest" mission. Looking forward to 5, the Nick Rye trailer is my favorite so far, though they're all good. [ar15]
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: K Frame on May 26, 2017, 08:15:22 PM: I've only played 2 so far. Don't really... get the entire... scenario.
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: RevDisk on May 26, 2017, 09:45:35 PM: Quote from: Mike Irwin on May 26, 2017, 08:15:22 PM
I've only played 2 so far. Don't really... get the entire... scenario.

Outrage is cheap PR. And it will sell games.
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: K Frame on May 27, 2017, 07:05:58 AM: I will say one thing about Far Cry 2... it is VERY atmospheric. You really feel drawn into the game, not just observing it.

The first Bioshock was very much like that.
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: Jamisjockey on May 27, 2017, 08:37:31 AM: Quote from: RevDisk on May 26, 2017, 09:45:35 PM
Outrage is cheap PR. And it will sell games.

RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE OUTRAGE!
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: RoadKingLarry on May 27, 2017, 12:22:29 PM: Quote from: Boomhauer on May 26, 2017, 04:27:51 PM
I really enjoyed 4 and am excited about whacking a *expletive deleted*it ton of cultists

I here Waco PD is hiring.
Title: Re: Video Game: Far Cry 5 asks you to kill thy neighbor
Post by: MechAg94 on May 27, 2017, 01:16:12 PM: Quote from: RoadKingLarry on May 27, 2017, 12:22:29 PM
I here Waco PD is hiring.

They like to go after bikers also.