Ubisoft is gearing up the Far Cry 5 marketing machine, it seems. In addition to a new story trailer, the publisher has released details of the game's season pass, and it's kind of bonkers.
It includes three new campaigns in three very different settings. The first is Hours of Darkness, which takes you back to the Vietnam war; next is Dead Living Zombies, which is exactly what it sounds like; and last is Lost on Mars, in which "you'll leave Earth behind to battle arachnids on the Martian surface."
In addition to these three extra adventures, you'll also gain access to Far Cry 3 Classic Edition. This is a port of last gen's fan favourite entry, and will feature just the single player content. This will also be made available as a standalone purchase when it launches in the summer.
There's no word on the price of the season pass yet.
Will you be picking up the Far Cry 5 season pass? Fire a clip into the sky in the comments below.
[source news.ubisoft.com]
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Im pretty excited for this, I loved some of the out of the box dlc like blood dragon.
the season pass content sounds more interesting than the main game imo. the whole religious nutjobs in smalltown usa vibe of the main game does absolutely nothing for me... maybe lost in mars will be released as a standalone like blood dragon, since i'm not interested in far cry 5.
Hey, no one can complain that this DLC has been taken out the base game, can they? 😏
This does look like DLC done right to me.
I always buy the latest Far Cry and quite looking forward to this but yeah,the dlc actually sounds more fun than the main game.
mines in with game
Now this is how you do a Season Pass
The gold edition can be pre-ordered off of Amazon for £60 right now, minus £40 for Far Cry 5 itself and you've effectively got a £20 season pass. If we assume that Far Cry 3 Classic Edition is priced at around £11.99 when it goes standalone, this is looking like a good deal!
Zombies n Far Cry 3 remastered as well give me the DLC right now!
Wow, someone was a starship troopers fan.
The main game seems pretty meh, to be honest, as it's way, way more wrapped up in today's idiotic American politics than it needs to be. But, the DLC sounds awesome. I'll wait for a 'Game of the Year' Edition which is sure to come this fall. That's assuming Red Dead Redemption 2 gets another delay into 2019, which I'm expecting will happen. I think it's only suffered 1 or 2 delays so far, usually Rockstar does that 3 or 4 times.
I found 4 very boring, 3 was a mater peice in fun. Hopefully that'll be back along with some interesting characters, all of the characters and the story in 4 did nothing for me.
I saw the trailer for the Far Cry 3 classic edition and its inclusion with the Far Cry 5 Season pass but now knowing what the season pass entails, I am more likely to buy Far Cry 5 and Season Pass. The marketing has worked!
I am on the fence about FC5 - in particular the emphasis on co-op play that puts me off. It could still be an OK game but the inclusion of more intriguing and quite different DLC rather than a direct add-on to the story appeals to me. Zombies has always been of interest in CoD so if this is similar, its something I am far more likely to play online than a campaign.
EDIT: Just Pre-ordered the Gold Edition - £59 at Amazon but I also had a £10 voucher to apply so £49 for the game and Season Pass...
I loved 3 and 4 was kinda awesome as well. The story is pretty run-of-the-mill in every installment but the gameplay is just too fun to pass. Looking forward to some mindless fun.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi
Totally agree mate, thought it was just me. Loved 3 but I’ve never actually finished 4.
4 was my favourite by far. Loved the spectacle and found Min (Troy Baker) a better villain than Vaas even.
@Kidfried Min was a wonderful villain, but he was tragically underused.
I'm really excited for the Far Cry 5 Us nature and villages, but (like many here, I think) care less about the characters. Religious nuts just sound less interesting. On the other hand, relieved there won't be any awkward Orientalism in this one.
@Jake3103 Yea, you have a point there. So strange you hardly meet him after that glorious intro.
Please tell me if i buy gold edition, I can start expansions no matter how little progess ive made in the regular game? In Mafia 3 it did not let you, if you werent up to a certain point in the game.
Never managed to get into this series. I remember my PC gaming friends being obsessed with the original. The second one got a really lukewarm reception from them. From 3 onward, it's done that typical Zelda/Assassin's Creed thing of seeming like the same game reskinned. It does seem really interesting that it's set in the US this time rather than a country that's safe to pick on and stereotype to some degree.
Sorry to be asking a second time,but if i buy the gold edition,will i be able to play the expansion dlcs, regardless if I have small progress in main game? Dont want to buy if its like Mafia 3, where it doesnt let you access bonus content ,till a certain point in the game. The person that responds, you will be a god to me !!!
I would love to Plat Far Cry 3 again. That was a fun trophy list.
Ok,I promise this is the last time I ask. Just dont want to throw 90 dollars on this edition,without being able to access the dlc from the start whenever its available? Answer,and you will be a god to me !!!!!!
Iv just pre ordered the Gold edition. Cant wait to play Far Cry 3. Great game back in the day. The dlc sound so diferent and should be good. Now looking forward to it.
Never played any Far Crys. Mildly interested, but not preorder level of interested.
I do admit, this appears to be a better approach to Season Passes and DLC than most. Regardless, I still prefer that a game include all created content in the original game rather than holding stuff back. I feel that DLC should be more like an encore of content added later if a game is successful, rather than pre-planned way before the base game is even released.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi yeah, I thought Far Cry 4 was overall boring too. Still technically a good game, but I don’t remember much about it, was a bit of a chore to play (for me).
This dlc for 5 sounds awesome though. Good choices made by Ubisoft, in my opinion.
@Jake3103 so was Vass that's the problem with all the far cry games actually they have awesome villains who maybe get ten mins of screen time
@hulkie yes since these expansions aren't related to the main game in any way you will be able to start them from the far cry 5 main menu
I wish they would have made the whole game like 'Lost on Mars', that would have made me interested in actually buying Far Cry 5.
@dark_knightmare2 True. It's a tragedy that they make some of the best villains in videogames only to not really use them.
When the dlc is the only exciting part of the game you have a problem
@dark_knightmare2 Thanks,have no idea why mafia 3 did that,but glad far cry is doing this that way.
eghh ANOTHER Zombie mode in a game FFS let it die already, bloody Zombie modes are everywhere
they will be in games like FIFA soon, Players are Zombies kicking a Brain around a cemetery styled Football pitch
@CFDennett @Bad-MuthaAdebisi - same here, really liked 3, even got the plat, but never finished 4. went back twice to try and finish and gave up bored after about an hour. i think i played more of the FC4 multiplayer than the actual game, and FC multiplayer isn't actually that good in any of the them.
I've pre-ordered on the basis of the season pass, I'm curious about the main game too but the DLC looks like fun and hopefully it'll live up to Blood Dragon.
This sweetens the deal on a game I was already very excited for. Can't wait to play through FC3 again. Had no idea they were porting this to PS4.
I want it so bad, but, I'm still finishing far cry 4 (just finished primal), I'm 15 hours in and still got a long way to go! 😂
GG ubi
Loved 3 & 4 but didn't bother with the season passes. I've pre-ordered the Gold Edition of this, though... really looking forward to it.
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