All of the prestige gear is just the normal stuff with fancy cosmetic skins on. Don’t worry, though, not once throughout my fight against Eden’s Gate did I find myself even remotely consider pouring money into the game (if I could have done). Silver Bars stand alongside your normal dollars, but are valued far higher within the world and can be used to purchase some of the game’s coolest-looking prestige weapons.
While these can be found hidden in the nooks and crannies of liberated outposts and other locales across Hope County, these also act as the game’s microtransactions. You’ll still purchase your weapons and gear from outposts like you always have, but Far Cry 5 introduces a premium currency in the form of Silver Bars. The ability to go about quests however you want, with whatever weapons you want is intact here, too, and nailing a headshot with the bow still feels as perfect as it always has. You don’t need to play through every side quest to come face-to-face with The Father, but you absolutely don’t want to miss out on some of the great moments tucked away in them that don’t quite fit into the more serious tone of the story. Not to mention your encounters with the Seed siblings will stick in your mind for time to come. Faith’s Henbane River, in particular, sticks in my mind, with hallucinations and bad trips plaguing your journey throughout. Thanks to their unique personalities and traits, building up the resistance in each of their territories offers minor alterations to the gameplay that keep things feeling fresh. John seeks to take everything from everyone with violence and intimidation Faith experiments with a mind-bending drug known as Bliss and preaches the word of The Father and Jacob is the more hardened of the siblings, with a military background and a group of terrifying wolves known as The Judges at his disposal. Their methods of trying to save humanity are often brutal and intimidating, but they legitimately believe they’re doing the right thing deep down, and that makes Joseph Seed and his siblings far more interesting than being more insane cultists or unstable people in places of power.Įach sibling is memorable in their own way. There’s no doubt that the Eden’s Gate cult is messed up. Amidst all the explosions and cursing, these are calm, quiet moments where the Seed siblings attempt to rationalize their actions, almost trying to bring you round to their way of thinking. These were a particular highlight of my time in Far Cry 5. Raise it enough, and you’ll have an encounter with the Seed sibling whose territory you’re currently trying to reclaim. Pretty much every objective or quest you do will help to raise the Resistance level in that particular territory.
Because just like how most of us believe that what we do or believe in is right, so do the Seeds. Something that is within the realms of possibility, but not just yet. Ubisoft handles Far Cry 5’s potentially sensitive content well. If anything Eden’s Gate feels more like the Westboro Baptist Church times a thousand. Eden’s Gate poses a serious threat to the people of Montana, and you’re there to clear up the mess. That doesn’t mean the game is going to try and shove some political agenda or ideology down your throat.
This is the basis of Far Cry 5’s plot, and it’s certainly one that, considering the hostile and divisive times we currently find ourselves in regarding politics and other ideologies, hits a little close to home. With the help of his siblings, Seed has managed to take control of all three regions, and it’s down to players to help what little resistance is left to fight back. Eden’s Gate, an extremist cult led by Joseph Seed – otherwise known as The Father – has slowly but surely taken over Hope County. Skip forward just over nine months and I’ve finished watching the curtains close on my ramble around Hope County, Montana, and it was certainly worth the visit.įar Cry 5 brings the series’ explosive, first-person action closer to home this time around. When I played Far Cry 5 at last year’s E3, I wasn’t convinced that what it had to offer would set it apart from the exotic, explosive adventures we’ve embarked upon in the series’ past.
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