by Jamie Hill
There are some very disquieting things going on over the other side of The Atlantic.
When I was a kid, America was the most progressive country in the world. They were what every other country aspired to.
And now…
Not so much.
It all looked very hopeful with Obama’s ‘Yes We Can’-do spirit but now we’ve got Trump.
If any of you watched the recent series The Handmaid’s Tale - you can see that is one direction this sorry tale could take as the Tea Party takes charge but another future scenario could very well be the world of Far Cry 5.
Although it’s not released until next February (if the world survives that long) Far Cry 5 is set a bit closer to home than previous outings (neolithic Europe, the Himalayas, Pacific Islands and the African plains).
It’s set in Hope County where a religious cult called Project Eden’s Gate has seized control with its far right politics and twisted interpretation of Christianity making life hell for its residents.
If you look at some of the militias that formed up for the recent Charlottesville protests you can see that this isn’t that far removed from reality.
And you take control of one of the last remaining law officers in the area trying to bring the area back to a semblance of normality.
And it looks great as you roam around the sandbox world taking the County back mission by mission.
We’re big fans of the Far Cry games here at The Ocelot and always love our games to have a bit more depth and social commentary than the norm so we’ve got high hopes for this game.
Let the liberation of America from its tyrannical overlords begin. We just wish it would happen in real life too.
