‘Far Cry 5’ Has PvP, and Here’s How It Plays

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Included in 'Far Cry 5' is the Arcade mode, which not only allows for creative custom games, but the series return of competitive PvP. Here's how it plays.

 

‘Far Cry 5’ Has PvP, and Here’s How It Plays

 

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The rumours are true! Far Cry 5 marks the return of player-versus-player (PvP) to the Far Cry series, a feature that’s been absent since 2012’s Far Cry 3. It’s not all good news, but neither is it all bad. The thing is, we were only able to play a single round of PvP at a recent preview event. Assumedly, this was intended as a tease, but it felt more like Ubisoft Montreal wasn’t particularly happy with what we were playing.

If this is the case, it’s understandable given the lacklustre feel of Far Cry 5’s PvP when stacked next to the immersive sandbox, which is great when played alone and even better when experienced cooperatively. Let’s shift tracks to the cons train. The single-round, single-map affair was played on something that felt a lot like it was ripped out of Far Cry 3. There was a beach setting, which contrasted to the sprawling greenery of Far Cry 5’s otherwise Montana setting. There was also the incredibly generic nature of the team-based PvP mode.

Basically, it was two teams of six fighting for nothing more than frags on what amounts to a small map with very little that was memorable. You start with a handful of loadout choices, then you run into the fray. Die. Respawn. Repeat. This particular PvP mode had an interesting approach to time to kill (TTK), wherein any shot below the neck is quite spongey, with three health bars that have to be depleted to score a frag. Conversely, headshots kill in a single shot, regardless of the weapon.

It’s an interesting approach to lethality that’s clearly friendlier to console players than it is to the easier headshotting of a more accurate mouse on PC. Even on console, you’re better off spraying high and gunning for a headshot, rather than chipping away at the noticeably higher TTK torso health. Because of this — even though there are weapon drops scattered around the map (à la old-school shooters) — you’re better off sticking to the weapons you start with.

To keep things from feeling completely generic, Ubisoft Montreal had thrown a couple of x-factors into the map. First, vehicles. These felt incredibly overpowered and out of place on the smaller map, whether main-streeting them for a Carmageddon approach to driving or parking on a choke point and waving down enemies as they pour out of their apparently fixed spawn point.

Yetis are renowned for their pig-tossing... right?

 

The second curve ball was the addition of environmental animals.

The fauna felt like more of a missed opportunity than anything else, given they only seemed to be aggroed by shooting them, instead of them paying attention to you when you’re in close proximity. What could have been an emergent environmental threat, instead, felt like just another part of the scenery or a squishy form of cover.

All of the above might read as detrimental to Far Cry 5’s PvP mode, but there’s honestly still plenty of potential.

Far Cry 5’s PvP is part of an Inception-like mode within a mode called ‘Far Cry Arcade.’ This mode is accessible from the main menu or, according to the devs I talked to, can be played on any of the arcade machines that are scattered around the core Hope County game world. You’ll reportedly find them in certain garages and bars.

One of the perks of playing Far Cry Arcade in PvP is it’s one of the only ways to indirectly enjoy the fruits of your player-customisation labour. What initially starts out in the campaign as a choice of sex and skin colour — with initially limited access to clothing customisations across upper body, lower body, headwear, and handwear — becomes more focused on those latter four categories as you unlock additional items.

A tease of what you (yes, you!) can build in Far Cry Arcade.

 

Still, I took pleasure in knowing that my victims were forced to contend with my Trailer Park Champion™, complete with camo pants, American-flag singlet, and a raging mullet that was definitely more party out back than business in the front.

I also found a mask that was basically the low-cost cosplay equivalent of Russell Crowe’s face-covering helmet in Gladiator. Granted, that was more terrifying to my co-op partner who had my hideous face thrust into full view whenever I revived him. But I digress.

The real potential of Far Cry Arcade’s PvP mode is more in the hands of the community. Far Cry Arcade is a fancy overarching name for the welcome return of the popular map editor, which was strangely absent from Far Cry Primal. With these in-game tools, players can build their own solo maps, co-op missions, and PvP modes. Aside from having access to Far Cry 5 assets, Ubisoft Montreal says it’s also adding Assassin’s Creed and Watch Dogs assets to the mix for even greater creation potential.

The Force is strong with this bizarro-world Far Cry Arcade mission.

 

Speaking of creations, I got to test drive two simple scenarios that had been created internally at Ubisoft Montreal. The first was called Upside Down and amounted to a simple find-the-exit mission (called “Journey” in Far Cry Arcade) through a twisted house of creepiness. It wasn’t particularly challenging nor memorable, but it acted as a basic proof of concept for the kind of non-Far Cry experiences that players can forge in Far Cry Arcade.

Similarly, the second mission was a short ‘kill the VIP’ scenario called Bounty Hunt set on a map called Terminal Station. It’s so-so if you play it properly, but if you game it, like I did on my first attempt, it’s laughably easy. Even if you opt for the throwing knife loadout (called “Screwed”) over the ballistic options of the so-called Triple-0 Seven loadout.

The real test, of course, is when Far Cry Arcade is in the hands of the creative Far Cry community. While core online mechanics like tick rate and connection type (P2P vs dedicated servers) can’t change, what I’ve played of Far Cry Arcade at least proves that dedicated players can create something a whole lot less derivative and, hopefully, a whole lot more interesting.

That looks very interesting. It would be great if someone could create a community with a decent PvP mode. Nice find

Edited March 8, 20187 yr by Gator

Has anyone else noticed the propensity for game companies these days, especially more recently, be shying away from more hard core shooter models and implementing watered down PvP experiences? Sadly I think we are seeing the end of days when it comes to in depth PvP game play and the rise of the pablum were seeing defined as PvP.

Yes we have. It seems they want to get rid of dedicated servers and scale games down.

 

If this info is true, I think I am going to now get far cry 5. 6v6 matches.

Also, Far Cry 5 is a "First Person" shooter. GreenManGaming.com has it for 10% off.

 

Here is an official video talking about PvP

 

NOTE: The video is forwarded to the point where they start talking about the Far Cry 5 PvP mode. Start video at the beginning to see all the upcoming DLC

 

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Edited March 8, 20187 yr by Gator

Yeah with lack of a big First person shooter, this to me looks best. No one seems to remember how to make a 64 player game that is fun to play anymore. IT actually reminds me of the days between BF2142 and BF3 when there really was not a lot to choose from that was good at least.

 

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6v6 should be fun.

So as a group have we decided if were getting Far Cry 5? I've been planning on it but have been holding off to see.

I don't know about the group, but I know Danbaron, Slow202, and myself will be getting it. In fact, I plan on getting the Gold addition that comes with all the upcoming DLC. They are bringing the map editor back, so I might try to see if I can make something decent to play.

I am thinking I'm going to get it. I'm going to wait until closer to launch for a final decision but I'm very interested

pulled the trigger on the gold this AM so add me to the list . I got the gold so that I dont end up in the same place I am with wildlands hahaha.

Nam here I come lol

I got the gold so that I dont end up in the same place I am with wildlands hahaha.

Who/where did you buy it from?

I just pre-ordered the Gold edition. I'm really looking forward to the map editor.

I just ordered gold.

Who/where did you buy it from?

I got the full gold ed from Steam. As long as you get the season pass from the same place as the game yer good. Kinda unbelievable that a company of Ubis size can't seem to transfer purchase info to their partners.

I got the full gold ed from Steam. As long as you get the season pass from the same place as the game yer good. Kinda unbelievable that a company of Ubis size can't seem to transfer purchase info to their partners.

I had a 5 dollar coupon for Amazon, so I pre-ordered it there for $84.99.

I Pre-Ordered this on Feb 22nd.

I have them all so I for sure was not missing this one.

I am in! Looking forward to something different!