Far Cry New Dawn
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Constant first-person gunfights, melee takedowns, and vehicle combat against human bandits and mutated animals, with blood spray and bloody impacts.
Optional real-money microtransactions sell in-game currency and cosmetic/gear items.
Frequent strong profanity throughout enemy and character dialogue, including repeated use of f-words.
Alcohol and post-apocalyptic drug references appear in the world, and the player crafts and consumes tonics/elixirs for combat buffs.
A bleak post-nuclear setting with a brutal raider gang, executions, and disorienting drug-induced hallucination missions.
The saw-launcher weapon can sever heads and limbs of enemies in combat.
Occasional crude sexual jokes and innuendo in dialogue; nothing shown.
Brief unsettling hallucination and dream sequences rather than sustained scares.
The player fights and raids an organized bandit gang, seizing their outposts and resources by force.
Mutated wildlife can be hunted and killed in normal combat and for resources.
The raider leaders are shown to brutalize and coerce captured survivors within the story.
Purchases are optional shortcuts for items also earnable through play.
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What it is
Far Cry New Dawn is a first-person action shooter set in a colorful post-nuclear Montana seventeen years after a global collapse. Players lead survivors against the Highwaymen, a violent bandit gang led by twin sisters, by exploring an open world, storming enemy outposts, crafting weapons, and recruiting human and animal allies. Combat is bloody, with gunplay, explosives, and a saw-blade launcher that can dismember enemies. Expect frequent strong profanity, references to and use of alcohol and drugs (including trippy hallucination missions), and a harsh storyline of raiders brutalizing captives. The game supports two-player co-op for some missions and offers optional real-money purchases.
How it's framed
The game frames the player as a defender rebuilding a community and freeing survivors from a cruel raider gang, casting the violence as justified resistance. Its bright, cartoonish 'neon apocalypse' tone treats the mayhem playfully rather than somberly, and the villains' crudeness and swearing are played for edgy, over-the-top effect.
Details
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Released
- Feb 15, 2019
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