Far Cry New Dawn

        " This is our territory, let all of Hope County know that the Highwaymen are here "
As I watched the credits role for Far Cry New Dawn there was only one question in my mind. Why wasn't this game fully priced ?

Before you flip hear me out. Yes, I know that this game reuses assets from Far Cry 5 and the story takes place in Hope County again, 17 years later. But that is where the similarity ends, After the apocalypse, nature has taken back all of hope county and in a beautiful way. There were many a times where I had paused to take it all in, the graphics with HDR is some of the best the series has ever seen. I cannot stop gushing over the fact that almost nothing feels the same yet everything is familiar the single greatest success of this game.

A compelling opening sequence puts you on a path of vengeance as you work to free hope county from this new threat, Mickey and Lou such an enigmatic set of villans, sisters who want to take over the world and all that stands in their way is you. The beauty of new dawn is how the story is immaculately paced, for an open world where I get to do anything I want this game let's you hold true to it but the main story arc is so compelling that you wouldn't want to stop. Every mission uncovers a plot thread, with so many old and new characters making an appearance, you cannot stop but smile at how amazingly the plot thread has been woven around them all. The base upgrading mechanics is pure genius where it compels you to play all of the game and the reward for it is powerful weapon and health upgrades.

Weapons are divided into tiers and each requires you to unlock the base further. At elite tier the guns were just insanely powerful that I cannot but glee at the sheer joy of using them. Yes the game can be grindy at times but I would say that this way I ended up exploring all of hope county, doing every treasure stash and rescuing every specialist. and mind you none of them are the same despite taking place in the same locations each one is a small mini game with you solving a puzzle to find your way in and get perks, loot , components from it. These stashes also give you coins, a new currency that lets you skip the grind to get powerful weapons. I was personally never pushed to get anything for I spent the coins to get the grenade launcher and was able to craft the LMG myself.

The music is very much in tone with the game with heavy punk rock and creepy vibes all around. The best moments of far cry happen in the open world, when driving around hope county I never felt bored for a single moment cause there was something or the other going on constantly, keeping you engaged and having fun. Every enemy you kill gives you components, every prisoner you save gives you perk points, the outposts are back in all their glory and an ingenious system or scavenging the outpost to make it even harder to get more loot from it by capturing a second time is just brilliant. New dawn has so many interesting choices in terms of revisiting old mechanics there is always soemthing there to surprise you and I believe that will be the game's biggest strength.

Final Verdict: Far Cry New Dawn is a worthy sequel to Far Cry 5, one that does justice to the amazing world of Far Cry 5 but offers it's own spin on the post apocalyptic world. If it can be this much fun then am with the Father on this one :D :P