Positives:
- Good graphics
Negatives:
- The game is horrendously unbalanced. Right around the 3rd last story mission. The difficulty ramps up 20 times. It's virtually impossible to beat the last 3 missions without the best weapons in the game. The gameplay is completely fine with basic weapons up until that point. As a result, if you haven't been focusing on scavenging, you're forced to spend a lot of time scavenging just to get the best weapons to beat the last few missions. Severely broke the pace of the game for me.
- When you finally fight the twins. They have so much health it's fucking ridiculous. I can tolerate some exaggeration, but not this much. They can literally take 500 rockets, and not die. They are only human, THEY HAVE NO EDEN's GIFT or anything. HOW DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE??
- recycled character personalities from Far Cry 5. Many of the characters spoke with such similar tones just with different character models.
- Again, they didn't feature a protagonist. Putting the player as the main character is stupid. What's the point of all the clothing customization? You don't see your own body 99% of the time. AJ Ghale and Jason Brody in Far Cry 3 and 4 were well made, interesting characters, with INTERESTING stories. Why can't you guys make a new protagonist like those. HIRE THOSE WRITERS BACK, THEY DID GOOD! The story is really boring and cliche in New Dawn.
- It was hard to care at all about any of the characters. I didn't give a rats ass about Rush's death, cause there was such a lack of character development
- your helpers die waaaay to easily, and most of the time it's cause they put themselves in a horrible position, in a place where you can't even revive them. So most of the time they are a liability.
- It's really hard to care about ANY of the characters that appear. They are sooo one dimensional.
- The structure is completely based on Far Cry 5. I hated the crafting and hunting system there. And it's the same here.
- the Perk tree is super small. Where are the drop in take downs? Where are the other cool upgrades from FC3 and FC4
- There's a severe lack of vehicles in the overworld. You literally need to go to an outpost to reliable locate a vehicle most of the time.
Conclusion
I understand the tried to make it more like an RPG. But the pacing is horrible. And RPG elements isn't what made Far Cry great. Do not fucking play this game. If you've never played Far Cry. Play 3 and 4. They are the best. Maybe 5.