The game does sometimes include mystical elements, but they’re drug-induced hallucinations, not real events.Įden’s Gate uses hallucinogenic drugs to control some of its population, and the player will regularly come into contact with them in various contexts. Which apparently involves a militaristic takeover of Hope County and violent, forced conversion of its residents. But the defining element of the cult is its doomsday preparation Joseph believes that the apocalypse is coming, and is trying to prepare people both physically and spiritually for the coming armageddon.
High-ranking members of the cult, especially Joseph himself, will often quote scripture, and regularly reference religious concepts like sin, faith, and spiritual redemption.
There are a few sexual references in the dialogue, some explicit (such as a mention of a red light district full of women “selling their pu**ies”) and some more like double entendres (such as people complimenting your “pu**y” when they see your pet cougar).Įden’s Gate is definitely some kind of vaguely Christian cult, but for better or worse, the game fails to define its beliefs or exact doctrine very well. The game includes plenty of F-words, a couple instances of “c*nt,” and all manner of lesser profanity on a fairly regular basis. Some violent events are described verbally, such as the cult starving a family and then burning the parents in front of the children. Torture is implied and seen on multiple occasions. A man shoots himself in the head in one scene. The player will come across bloody bodies hanging from crosses or strung up in the air. Blood sprays from wounds and enemies cry out in pain when injured. The player will use a wide variety of weapons, from shovels to rifles to bows to grenades and more, to fight and kill the cultists of Eden’s Gate. While there is a lot to do in the large, open world of Far Cry 5, the vast majority of it centers around violence in one way or another.
The player fights back against the cultists, wandering the large, open area and taking on a variety of missions to wrest control from the cult and put a stop to the torture, murder, and drug-fueled mind control they’re inflicting on the residents of Hope County.īetween the violent nature of the gameplay and the controversial premise, it’s definitely worth considering whether you want your children playing this game. Your character is stuck in Hope County, and becomes entangled in the rebellion against Eden’s Gate. The game’s announcement triggered some controversy over the cult’s Christian affiliation and the American setting, as these elements pretty clearly tap into a lot of the political controversy that’s defining current American culture and discourse.īut those issues aside (don’t worry, we’ll get to them later), the game’s overall structure is familiar.
The series is known for its unhinged villains, freedom to approach conflict in a wide variety of ways, and a game structure so ubiquitous among Ubisoft games it’s literally called the “Ubisoft open world.”įar Cry 5 takes these elements and brings them to an American setting for the first time, setting the game in a rural Montana county that’s been overrun by a cult called Eden’s Gate, led by a charismatic man named Joseph Seed.
The Far Cry series has made a place for itself since its third game released in 2012.