Fallout has a new rival, as Ubisoft hint at the next Far Cry – ahead of a full reveal tomorrow at The Game Awards.
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Were going to have to give this news story a spoiler section, but here are the basics: Ubisoft has released the teaser below for what they describe as a new Far Cry game.
Theres no indication of whether itll be a numbered sequel, but the implication seems to be that its not just DLC.
As you can see, the setting appears to be a post-apocalyptic one, which immediately brings to mind Fallout 76 – which features a very similar-looking landscape.
Technically its not the first time a Far Cry game has had a post-apocalyptic setting though, but the tone of the trailer doesnt seem at all similar to the 80s parody that was Blood Dragon.
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In other words, youll have to wait till The Game Awards, which start at 1.30am on Thursday night/Friday morning, to find out for sure whats going on.
*** SPOILER WARNING ***
*** DONT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU HAVENT BEATEN FAR CRY 5 ***
Far Cry fans will instantly realise that not only does the initial setting seem to be the same as Far Cry 5 but that the game had a surprise ending where the religious cult set off a nuclear attack.
The obvious assumption is that this is a direct follow-up, give or take a few decades, and that it may even use a variation of the same map.
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That would make it the first Far Cry game in a long while to continue the story of the previous one, but whether itd be called Far Cry 5-2, or something similar, remains to be seen.
Alternatively, Ubisoft could be treating it as a separate spin-off, similar to Far Cry Primal, and the similarities to Far Cry 5 are just being played up by the teaser.
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