
Of course, one of Far Cry’s real fortes is its ability (particularly in more recent instalments) to make up for its ho-hum leads with some truly scene-stealing antagonists, like Far Cry 4’s sadistic Pagan Min or, better still, Far Cry 3’s frighteningly unpredictable Vaas. Unfortunately, that’s more or less all we ever learn about Takkar and, as such, he isn’t an especially engaging or interesting protagonist.

We also know he has a beard because, well, you can see it in his little icon on the in-game map screen. There are still the typical Far Cry elements like dangerous animals and goofy side characters-and an excellent level-creation tool-but Far Cry 5 wrote a check it couldn't cash, especially in its ridiculous (in a bad way) final hours.Play Far Cry Primal’s 10,000 BCE Stone Age setting takes us back into human prehistory, casting us as a hunter called Takkar, who's part of a fractured tribe known as the Wenja. Head and self-professed prophet Joseph Seed just isn't all that charismatic or compelling, nor are his siblings, and most of the game consists of doing quests to tick one of them off enough to confront you directly. One of the only real swing-and-misses in the Far Cry series-the dumpster fire crossover Trials of the Blood Dragon is the other-Far Cry 5 promises a memorable confrontation with a cult that has apparently strong-armed or seduced the population of rural Montana into joining.

We ranked the best Far Cry games from worst to best so you know which ones are must-plays and which ones are you-should-probably-still-plays. Open-world chaos has been at the heart of Far Cry since the beginning, however, whether the game was set in the snowy Himalayas or the plains of Montana. It has also gone through some drastic changes and experiments over that time, ranging from the mutant enemies driving the plot of the original game to a return to the stone age in Far Cry Primal. Few first-person shooter series have had the longevity of Far Cry, with a legacy going back more than 17 years and nine main titles released during that period.
