Far Cry 5 for PC is a crazy fun action-adventure first person shooter in which you must be on your guard against weird and wacky opponents. Animals and enemies will try and take you out, while other animals and strangers might randomly take out those enemies for you. As the name implies, everything is a far cry from reality!

About the Game

You take on the part of a rookie sheriff’s deputy, going along with your colleagues to effect an arrest. Your mission is to arrest a cult leader named Joseph Seed who has a nasty habit of kidnapping people to force them to join his doomsday cult.

The planned arrest, a joint mission between the Sheriff and his men and the US Marshals goes awry and Joseph Seed and his cult scatter into the bush, swearing hideous punishment on those who have interfered with them. A helicopter crash kills off some of your colleagues, leaving you to track the cultists and Seed down.

The attempted arrest leads Seed to begin his end game, he and his followers believing that end times are upon the world. They are prepared to kill everyone in the county in order to ‘save’ their souls for eternity: it is your mission to track them down to minimise the death toll.

It is an open world format, meaning that you can freely explore wherever you want to wander, collecting items that might be useful to you along the way – these can include big ticket things like planes and helicopters, as well as food, weapons and survival packs.

New Details

This incarnation of the game offers a much wider range of melee weapons than before, allowing players to find their perfect weapon and hone their skills with it, before unleashing it on the enemy.

The physics engines have been dramatically improved. For example, bullets fired over long distances now drop with every hundred metres or so, as is true in real life. Therefore, long shots need to be pitched upwards slightly, in order to counteract this authentic feature.

Ways to Play

• Solo

Play alone, wandering far and wide in the world, and watching all the excitement as it goes on around you and sometimes starring you! You can explore the map, go on a blood thirsty killing spree or simply find a quiet place by the river to fish.

Do be aware though, that given the nature of the game, even a quiet moment fishing can turn into a blood bath with no warning!

• With a Friend

Meet up with a buddy who is also online and team up to explore together, covering each other from enemy fire, and working together to bring down big game and large groups of cultists.

• With a Virtual Companion

There are nine AI companions to choose from: namely, a bear, a mountain lion, a dog, and various people. The people are very talkative, while the bear is great for taking out enemies, and dog can scent cultists and other animals long before you are aware, they are there.

You can also take along a ‘gun for hire’ or a specialist, such as a sniper for sneaky stealth attacks on distant outposts, to add to your firepower.

Endgame

Unlike most games, there are three endings to play out

• Deputy Says No

If the deputy declines to press on with arresting Joseph Seed, Seed forgives him while taking the deputy’s companions into the cult, often under the influence of Bliss, a hallucinogenic drug that ensures a certain amount of compliance. It is widely used by the cultists to kidnap people.

• Deputy Arrests Seed

If the deputy goes ahead with the arrest, all hell breaks loose – the vehicle carrying the arrested Seed in it crashes, killing almost everyone.

The Deputy loses consciousness, only regaining it once Seed has carried him to a cabin, handcuffing him securely. Seed declares that the deputy is his family now, as the cult is destroyed.

• Secret Ending

Obscurely, this ending occurs near the beginning of the game, should the Deputy decline to arrest Joseph Seed in the first instance, then the cataclysmic events that play out in the normal storyboard simply do not happen.

Instead, the group leave well enough alone, and Seed is left unmolested – and all the deputies and US Marshals get to live to fight another day.

Far Cry 5 for PC is available for purchase on Instant Gaming for a fraction of its retail price. You will receive an official key and be able to play the game in seconds. Play smart. Pay less.