Far Cry 5 game review: Get set for endless hours of immersive gameplay

With much-needed modifications, the fifth instalment of Far Cry tries to stand out from 'Ubigames'

Far Cry 5, published by Ubisoft, is probably one of the most-anticipated games of the year. Before the release on March 27, social media was flooded with pictures proclaiming the various pre-orders people had placed. 

You play a rookie sheriff’s deputy in Hope County, Montana and have to help the US Marshalls arrest a religious doomsday cult leader. I was preparing for a Waco-like showdown; instead the game sent me packing to apprehend the cult leader with US Marshall Burke, Sheriff Whitehorse and deputies Hudson and Platt in a helicopter. Enter Joseph Seed, the leader of Eden’s Gate who also goes