I'll qualify this by saying I have never played a Far Cry game; I'm a spectator and have watched my boyfriend play FC 3, 4, 5, Primal, and Blood Dragon. This one is boring compared to those. You need 0 skill to play this game. My favorite part of FC3 was watching my boyfriend stealthily take out enemy strongholds by throwing rocks to isolate enemies before taking them down and hiding the bodies, and planting C4 everywhere. There is no way to do that in this since enemies spawn from out of nowhere. It's not encouraged by the game either.
The missions are boring and repetitive. Someone tells you what to do, you go and kill some people, lather, rinse, repeat. I miss watching the side quests, like killing a bear with a revolver or a shark with a bow and arrow, or stealth killing a pirate leader.
The dialogue and story are awful. He's like halfway through the game and I still don't care if Castillo dies. To be honest, I want Dani to start fighting for Castillo because Dani is the only one doing anything for La Libertad. At one point, Dani tells Bembe "I'm not a gofer." But Dani pretty much is. "Dani, go kill this person. Oh I'm uh, I'll meet you there when all of the soldiers are there." "Dani, go help these guerillas armed with machetes take down a 3-tank convoy." And Dani's motivation is....the 2 friends who died?
I really hope the rumors are true and the next Far Cry will be a "5 years late to the party" Battle Royale. Won't be tempted to drop $60 on this. Save your money and wait for this to be a free PS+ game, and pray that they haven't messed up the remastered Blood Dragon.