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The new junior deputy has arrived in Hope County, Montana to find the area has come under the control of Joseph Seed and his fanatical doomesday cult, Eden's Gate. But a resistance is growing, with some allies in the form of a pastor who has lost his flock, a bartender who will fight for what is hers and a pilot who just wants peace. From the wilds of the mountains to small-town America, gather your allies, take down Seed and his siblings to liberate the county and save those still willing to fight. Feature a fully customizable character, two-player campaign local co-op, aerial dogfights, the ability to train animals and more.

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“Far Cry 5” is, ironically, the 12th game in the long-running ‘Far Cry’ franchise, which was started shortly before the advent of the dire 7th Generation, in 2004, by a small-time developer called Crytek, but published by that French hive of scum and villainy known as Ubisoft. Soon after the release of the original “Far Cry,” Ubisoft simply bought out the IP and has been developing the sequels in-house ever since (hence why there are 12 of them in 16 years).

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