The development of FC5 seems like it was started by passionate people with an interesting thought experiment and finished by bean counters to please investors.
As per usual, with every ubi IP Farcry, Assassin's Creed, The Crew, Splinter Cell, Watchdogs, R6, The Division and Ghost Recon. All were amazing with real heart put in by passionate people, turned into desperate cash grab garbage.
I like how with this game they literally tried to make fun of gun owning conservatives but they ended up making fire ass music that they liked. Hilarious
>Hate gun owners >Make songs that "make fun of them" but the music is fire >Don't realize this is almost exactly how Yankee Doodle was made REEEEE WHY DO YOU LIKE IT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO NOT
Bet you that is more subtle hinting, its warning us of the antichrists to come There will be extremist cult leaders, but also politicians, business men, and corrupt preachers all clenching that book with a innocent smile@@burdenofbest
The most interesting thing about Faith is that there were 3. Rachel Jessop (the Faith we know) was the third, the other two lost Faith and I think Joseph strangled the first and Faith pushed the other off the Joseph statue to show her devotion to Joseph. Edit: the first Faith was Joseph’s wife
So as far as I can remember, there would have been… Faith (Joseph’s real wife), Selena, Lana, Megan, and Rachel Jessop. Those are all the mentioned one. Megan was Ethan’s father in new dawn who left. Faith was his old original wife. The rest were mentioned to be buried under the angel’s cave.
Far Cry New Dawn only solidifies Joseph Seed being right. His actions made a tree that allowed people to have essentially magical powers if they were worthy in God's eyes, and if not, their Demons consume them. He did realize his mistakes in the way he went about it in the end and said so himself, especially the leaders he decided to choose and too much freedom he had allowed them to hurt people and sin themselves. But regardless, he was right for the most part.
@@JohnM-sw4scFrom what the rest of the world sees, America is now heading the same way as the fall of Rome. America was a fine thought while it stood strong; you folks had a good stretch. But in time, the land will cripple its own wealth, the warriors will split into sides, a civil war will break out, and it'll likely split into many smaller lands and powers. Then, after all the jeering America has done toward Europeans leaning on each other, they'll learn why we did so. Look forward to what's coming; it'll be a wake-up call.
@@KingCooper0755 they all fall eventually but this is basic knowledge. Why would we think the basics are deep? It’s like reminding everyone there is gravity.
I actually have a whole fan theory based around this premise. I won’t get into massive details, but yes, the resist ending obviously turns into new dawn, but then after enough time has passed new, Dawn turns into blood dragon
If you listened to the radio there was talk that tensions between Russia and the US were high and probability of a nuclear strike, however with the Far cry 6 villain dlc (in this case Paga min dlc) it’s said that the Nukes came from Kyrat meaning either Sabal or Amita launched the nukes cause I don’t see Ajay doing that but who knows, also it basically makes that all endings in 4 are cannon.
And why the fuck would be on the road while you're being hunted by a cult that controls them and all the towns? I spent the entire game running cross country. Also the idea that Kyrat had any nukes at all, let alone ICBMs and bombers, is fucking retarded.
@@MichaelSeeed The ending in the Pagan min dlc for far cry 6 confirms it even Pagan min left a tape saying that the nukes are aimed for somewhere in Montana and they were soviet era nukes.
@@Ender-bg2hx When FC5 was made, it wasn't implied that the bombs were from Pagan or Ajay in any way, Ubisoft is poorly trying to connect all the games together.
Hey man bible corrector 234 here God didn't scold Abraham at the end he thank him for his faithfulness and gave him a lamb to sacrifice instead but yeah thats pretty much it
@don-andrezs Yeah it's almost like abrahamic/monotheist religions (Jews,christians, and muslims) are supposed to be friends instead of being at each others throat all the time.
The sound track is amazing. "Keep Your Rifle by Your Side" is an anthem for libertarians and American patriots alike. "Build A Castle" is still stuck in my head several years later. This is a game I will replay once a year at least. Already had a playthrough started last week when I saw this video. That whole "At World End" album deserves a grammy. I am also a religious conservative by the way.
I lived in that general direction of the US, and frankly, a cult that powerful would have a hard time forming without the conservatives, libertarians, and liberals stomping them out. The local cult had to be protected by local cops and likely the FBI. The leader eventually got arrested for doing things to kids.
I prefer "Solidarity Forever" myself. Libertarianism is pretty dumb, and i say it as a former libertarian. Libertarianism working doesn't look like the american countryside in the 18th century; it looks like an Amazon warehouse.
@@brunoactis1104 that is an absurdly stupid take 😂 an Amazon warehouse is an example of crony capitalism if anything at all. Amazon is allowed to get away with all this bull crap personally because they are deeply in bed with the government. There’s nothing libertarian about that.
Obviously the cast of villains have a heavy focus on religion, but I appreciate the developers also giving us a preacher character that fights with the good guys.
@@hdwarrior6304 Why not? i am always flabbergasted when i see these kinds of people. Why would you be bothered by a video game having black characters.
9:20 Just for clarification. God steps in before Abraham kills his son Issac because he never intended him to kill his son, he was testing how much Abraham trusted him and how far Abraham would go to obey him.
@@b-46h502400 years between the two books sharing the same story. 1800 BC = Old Testament and 600 AD= Koran. Of course it’s the same story as the Koran claims to be the third installation of Gods word.
Thank you! I can’t stand when people misinterpret such a very plain text to imply G-d ever wanted Yitzchak sacrificed. It would contradict His later comments and commandments regarding the prohibition on human sacrifice, and how He declares it to be evil.
@@Umar2O00the Quran is flawed. Mohammed is just like the founder of mormonism, he comes a very long time after Christ and says, “trust me bro, I was prophesied to come, it’s just that the text was lost and I the one who was prophesied am revealing it to you” why would God do something stupid like allowing the prophecy to be lost and then reveal it it through the person he’s sending. Matthew 5:17 “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” There are also other contradictions like how you say Jesus was a prophet. He said that He would die on the cross but then the Quran also says that Jesus didn’t die on the cross. If the Quran says Jesus is a prophet and He said He would die on the cross but then He doesn’t, that means He isn’t a prophet which means the Quran is false. But if He is a prophet and He did die on the cross, then the Quran is also false.
It's so fascinating to me that in my two walkthroughs of the game, it used religion in such a smart way that I was intrigued about it at the end. It is a great game to play with a close relative. I wish that the story was more... greatly designed.
I was raised as a Christian and even though I am not one now, one of the core tenants taught to me was forgiveness. In one of the endings Joseph does actually forgive the player, I was very surprised by this, because most media will depict Christians as hateful or hypocritical, but that time it showed someone truly practicing what they preach. Especially to see a villain do it was quite refreshing. Edited for grammar
I am former Christian and seeing that made me feel that same feeling. Unfortunately for that media side you brought up. That side is loudest and most unhinged who don't truly follow the beliefs that christ set out for us to do. I left Christianity years ago because of the unhinged people i seen and why no one is stopping them from going against god. They are far too gone. I may not practice religion that much anymore but i still follow or try to follow those core beliefs of trying to be a good person. I am not perfect but i try to be good.
@@themuffinlord6442I’m an atheist and I believe in the opposite people have nothing to believe in people have mental breakdowns over what happens next after their time is up (hate to admit it so have I). People don’t have fear of repercussions of their actions and feel less for their fellow human or thy neighbour. It has created an even bigger divide among people nothing to bond over nothing to say hey here is how to treat your fellow man. It created the civilisation we now know and depending on who you are that is a good thing or a bad thing or a mix. And some of the kindest and brightest people I know are religious and who am I to judge they have rules to follow that I think overall turns them into better people. And had a Muslim friend and we had ww3 and by that we just joked hey you took my seat you started ww3. It was just jokes you could never make the man mad. And actually the elite would hate religion as without religion it people could work Saturday and Sunday as their would have been no prayer, no holiday no Christmas, Easter, hanukkah, etc. sure I do believe at some point there would have been days off anyways but still a lot less possibly.
You hear a line the father says warning us about consumption and wants, he says something on the lines "we need new smart phones we need a new watch to go with the phone, need a new handbag to go with the watch just stuff like that and I'm like Wtf he is right about humanity and how it's going
It's a literal video game. It's not that serious. Yall are talking about this one talk they had like it wasn't a thing well before this game was even thought of. The fact that the idiot in the video thinks it's predicting the future is fucking dumb. Yall really listening to the words of a cult leader in a goddamn video game. Yall are fucking ridiculous.
Can't really say Joseph is right about that, I mean getting new and better stuff that meets our needs is normal. However I mostly agree with Jacob, hes completely right about how weak humanity has become and we're barely alive anymore thats how easy survival has become.
@@DesertStateInEU I thought, to put it like that, that whole human body "regenerates" in about 7-10 years, ie every cell has born again and old died as cells constantly die and new ones must be created. It aint 100% so, bones dont do it but almost everything else does that give life to body. On other hand, didnt Joseph cult earn cash by selling that drug some members use.... they must do something other than preach. So this is conflicting thing yes true but also not true, depending on viewpoint which can be subjective.
I genuinely didn’t want to kill Faith. Her part of the story showed me that I’m not impervious to cults the way almost everybody thinks they would be. I was so intrigued and could see how a real life version of her could suck me in if I was in a vulnerable state.
I didnt wanted to kill here neither... Not because i wsnted to join her but quite the opposite lol She was sucked into this herself at a young vulnerable state and is basically more a brainwashed victim herself rather than a self motivated cult leader...
I think you didn't touch on a very important thing regarding Jacob: He wasn't actually insane. When you kill him, and he talks to you, he straight up tells you that He doesn't care if joseph heard god or not, but that the writing is on the wall over what is coming, and he wants to make absolute sure people are prepared for it... in the end, proving that joseph was right, and we proved him right.
9:17 Abraham is not scolded, quite the opposite in fact. He is commended for showing his devotion. Just look up things when you're not sure, instead of winging it.
@@cullenkenneth5980 and yet it's true. They clearly indicated thinking that killing your kid because you think God said to is bad, and they contrast Joseph Seed (who they consider despicable for this) against the actual biblical story where the child killing doesn't actually happen. It's obvious they assumed the biblical god isn't evil, and assumed actions that reflect that would be the version of events in the story.
In my humble opinion, the game is more about how Seed was just a byproduct of their dwindling society, he even said that himself, but the thing is that the nuclear war would happen anyway, if you pay attention to most of the game dialogue you'll understand that nothing was fine outside hope county, even the idea of sending the sheriff without a SWAT team, FBI or the national guard, meant something, probably the government didn't have enough people to take care of that cult, and considering the extent which they went, it meant they were already beyond powerless to deal with some internal affair, probably because they were knees deep in a war and things were already done by that point, Seed was right not because of god or madness, but because he was part of the collapse itself but he thought the opposite in the most disturbing way.
He was not part of the collapse -- nothing he did weakened the border like the leaders; nothing he did felled the economy like the leaders; nothing he did challenged the safety of the average individual. Everything he did was about protectionism for those within Eden's Gate. He was wrong about the way he did things, but he was the only one who actually CARED about protecting life in the end, the government did not.
the cult (eden's gate) seems to be also inspired by Ted Kaczynskies writing about industrial society and it's future. so in a way, this cult has alot of justification.
@@franzsigel7166 No. No neither of them did. Certainly not Ted's well positioned butt, the only lack of advantage was maybe not enough treatment for possible mental illness, but at the end of the day, you do wrong stuff and you're accountable first and foremost.
during the ATF siege on waco, to the innocent inside the compound it would've legitimately appeared as if the armies of babylon had descended upon them, everytime they tried to negotiate they were shot at, the ATF and FBI teams were seen by many witnesses doing things like showing their ass to the windows whenever they saw women, the entire thing that caused the conflict to escalate was a tactical team that was sent forward WHEN NEGOTIATIONS ORIGINALLY BEGAN and during the first hello's they began shooting the dogs they had outside, which led to other federal agents thinking the cult was shooting at them leading to david koresh who was outside COMPLETELY UNARMED trying to speak to negotiators being shot before running back inside, after the incident the tactical team agents then raised a flag on the burning rubble of the building and posed for photos over the corpses of dead women and children, smiling like demons as though they were some billy badass that had taken down some great threat, the feds to this day have never punished anyone involved on their end and have never admitted their mistakes such as sending a tactical team in to cut the power off outside the building while also actively "attempting negotiations" or how the same sniper who shot and killed randy weavers unarmed wife at ruby ridge was also at waco as were many of the agents who completely fucked the ruby ridge situation which was only caused because of a federal entrapment scheme to bait randy into breaking the law
About Jacob... man, that was kinda scary how Ubisoft weaponized the procedural way one clears an area in this game almost mindlessly, only to use it's repetitive instinct to manipulate us into killing resistance. Not the deputy. We, the players, were played.
I'm from Los Angeles, California Everytime I hear the local news , see what's going on in local Facebook groups or in the CITIZEN app and seeing that cops n politicians don't do anything ; I always remember Joseph seed saying "No one is coming to save you"
It is true, cops don't anything. Hell I know this all to well. Some punk kid broke into my Home, I caught him, handed him over to the NINE FUCKING COPS that showed up and a week or two later the crook is back on the streets doing the same thing as he was before, except he knows now I'm always watching my home, or was. Last I heard, he's in Garden City doing the same fucking thing walking free. Cops are super useless.
Our government is tyrannical all of them Dems and Republicans. They only divide us so we don't overthrow them. It's sick what our government has become takes majority of our money and helps anyone who isn't Americans
"Help Me Faith", "Oh the Bliss", and "We Will Rise Again" are my top three favorite songs from this game's amazing soundtrack. I listen to the Cultist Radio on Spotify unironically sometimes.
In my opinion, Joseph was only right about the end times because his cult were the ones to detonate the nuke at the end if you choose to arrest him. Think about it. They have massive underground bunkers that were either somehow built (unlikely) or acquired so you know they're well equipped, well funded, and probably have a network of people that are willing to get them access to hard-to-get things like 50,000+ sq ft bunkers. In the story you have to escape one of the bunkers by climbing out of a giant empty missile silo that's a couple stories tall and that really felt like foreshadowing. And in the beginning of the game during the helicopter crash you find out the cult has infiltrated the local police department by converting the lady working dispatch which, to me, seemed to insinuate that they could be converting other government personnel like those who might have access to nukes. I never thought that the detonation of the bomb at the end was coincidence or an act from a higher power. I thought it was obvious that the people who made the game were indirectly telling the player that the cult dropped the bomb and I've never really given it much thought that other options might be the case. I generally agree with everything else in the video. The amount of stuff to do does feel somewhat limited compared to other modern open world games, but the story is great, The fact you can co-op the story is nice, the small-town-America theme is definitely a vibe, and there's just some genuinely funny parts in the game that I thoroughly enjoy. I've played all the way through FC5 like 4 times and I'll probably do it again!
I like how the song "keep your rifle by your side" was made with the intention of mocking the gun rights crowd, but was such a good and catchy song who’s lyric with removing the context of the game it originated from, actually makes sense in the real world. Now it’s a pro 2A song.
@@NeverNotFaded Guns are not toys. I have my guns BECAUSE i care about people. Do you expect me, a black man, to trust the racist police, or the corrupt government to protect me? It has not worked out for me and the people i care about in the past. Why should it suddenly start? Why should i have to give up my guns, when the corrupt police and racist government get to have BETTER guns already?
FC5 was fun and that ending caught me off guard for its boldness to try something new. I think in FC4 there was an audio recording from Pagan about nukes he stockpiled. If that is canon, that implied Joseph wasn't prophetic but rather instrumental in the end times. Thoughts?
I wouldn't say instrumental more like he does have some precognitive ability to see what is happening but he was wrong for doing what he thought was right and admit that he shouldn't done the things he did. Also in game they implied someone else to have nukes and it wasn't from kryat or whatever that place name is i forgot. It more or less ubisoft poor attempt at connecting far cry games together when really they should been their own seperate things or at least loosely connected.
I'm not from America. FC5 is a game that made me want to visit a peaceful quiet town like Montana. I even got the collector's edition because of how nice and peaceful the game gets sometimes.
It always bothered me that almost nobody could see the bigger picture and meaning about this game. I have always put this game in my top 5 favorite as well. It is just a unique and special game to me, even though I acknowledge its weaknesses in gameplay and some other matters; overall, a Ubisoft game. But the setting, the story, the music, the writing, I LOVE it.
This game is honestly really underrated. i was stationed in Japan when I played it and then got my roommate to play it. We quickly got some friends to play it and they loved it as well. Extremely underrated storyline.
Far Cry 5 is one of the best Ubisoft games imo. The story of this game might feel simplistic but actually there's a lot of depth and lore hidden in it and they can be found through environment storytelling which this game does exceptionally good. It's so satisfying to explore Montana and discover it's secrets and story lores.
@@moister3727 outlaw gave a good example but what I mean is the cult had the right idea but bad execution. the world ended and the strongest survived. if the cult wasn't so fanatical and hopped up on narcotics and trying to "save" people, they could have survived the apocalypse without drawing attention from the player in the first place.
Far Cry 5 is my all-time favorite video game. But it is kind of creepy how much this game relates to real life. For example, as Joseph Seed says, "They will come. They will try to take from us. Take our guns. Take our freedom... Take our faith! But we will not let them."
Look at today...not only the guns, not only Christianity, but they have been slowly brainwashing people that the traditional house hold is old and outdated way of thinking when any sane person knows, society can't move forward without the traditional family...and especially with the whole .."A man can get pregnant" . These are the very same people who wished they had traditional families when or if things hit the fan
I know you said you weren’t knowledgeable about the Bible story mentioned but I will explain anyway. Abraham had a son named Isaac and to keep it short and to the point, The Lord told Abraham to show his faith and loyalty to him by bringing Isaac to the top of the mountain to sacrifice him to The Lord. But right before Abraham was going to sacrifice him, the Lord saw his faith and gave him a ram to sacrifice in his place, letting Isaac live, Abraham was not scolded, he was being faithful
Worth mentioning that there's a DLC in FC6 in which you play as Joseph Seed after the collapse. I enjoyed that more than the main game of FC6. Got a lot more context from it, and it made me want to replay FC5 again.
This concept is really cool but after finishing the game recently I felt like alot of the characters were really forgettable and the lack of a talking player also really hurts this game
@@burdenofbest yeah the villans were really good but the fact that the player couldn’t respond really hurts those cutscenes but still a decent gameplay hopefully 6 is good
Gave me Waco siege vibes. I have a feeling that was their inspiration for the plot (despite the branch Davidians irl being a peaceful cult that didn’t deserve to be slaughtered)
Indeed the game was heavily inspired by the Branch Davidians cult, thus the Waco Siege. You could see how much Joseph Seed resembles the cult's leader David Koresh.
Phenomenal video. Far Cry 5 is easily one of the best Ubisoft's games imo. Joseph is definitely wrong in what he has done, but he's also human and filled with regret. Far Cry 6's DLC explored his thoughts and past a lot more. And honestly, I feel bad for the guy. Every second of his life after becoming the Father he regretted hurting and taking freedom away from other people. He constantly asked god if what he was doing was right and would he be forgiven. But he realized that the only one capable of forgiveness is himself. So I think that's why Joseph likes to preach forgiveness but not in a sense of accepting defiance, more like giving a second chance to those who don't believe him the 1st time. Super cool antagonist, very immersive and beautiful game, I wish Ubisoft can put out something of this caliber again.
the thing about far cry games is that when they come out, everyone shits on them because ubisoft but then, 2-3 years after release people come around to “y’know what? this was a great game”
Far cry 5 is partially about the dangers of cults, and that one of their dangers is in their effectiveness. Throughout history there are examples of people living in an alternative way that better adapted them for a difficult future. Cults are even more dangerous when you consider the fact that they can offer the most desperate person in the most desperate time a last chance at survival
I always thought the section with Jacob was cool, and that it was mentioned slightly with Pratt, but the player just glosses over it, and I thought of it as a social experiment in a game. However, I did not notice in the final encounter when Eli dies, that the people didnt disappear to smoke, I thought I was crazy for pointing out these details, but it was all intended. Thanks for making this video man
This is in no way a open world with nothing to do. This is the first open world game I ever played and I was completely lost in the story and this game for so long. I still play it today.
@machomandalf2893 I live in the rural SouthEast but it's nice to be able to hunt any time. And my state doesn't have mountains like in Montana. Really gorgeous country
fun fact... this takes place at the same time as The Division (1) which is why, IN CANNON, the National Guard is not able to get to Hope County... they have been deployed to the cities.
What the game taught me: Antichrists are coming Political tensions may start a nuclear war but perhals a 3rd party lights the match beneath the powder keg MKULTRA never ended merely changes names/faces
Your actually not far from the truth, the waco siege actually carries a lot of inspiration behind the game (Hence Joseph seed was based on David Koresh)
@@343guardian5 it's crazy to me how we "immortalize" such terrible incidents throughout our history. "Witnessing" what happened through the documentary baffled me, actions from both parties. I haven't played all the way through FC5, it didn't take me long to make the connection. Maybe that's why I won't play it, idk.
There's a theory that he ordered his followers to plant those nukes and set them off once things go down That's also why people claim that "new dawn destroyer fc5 ending!" Because it tells us that "it wasn't just a greater plan of religious psychopath, but actual vision from God"
I remember the day that my brother gave me this game for my birthday, it is a awesome game and a nice time killer. I’ve played it countless times and will continue to do so.
You can’t help but feel bad for faith she was plied with drugs as a child Joseph made her make the bliss and the angels and then it turned into her being so brainwashed that she doesn’t even remember anything before the father 9:50 this story is about her it took me my second play through to realize it and during her boss fight she explains how she ended up being who she is in her final moments she regains her humanity and warns you that “if you don’t listen to him he’ll be right” and what happens is he ends up being right the nukes launch or when you choose walk away you get in your car drive a little then only you plays and your brain washed
As someone who grew up southern baptist, this game hit home as cult of personalty wrapped up with a belief was something i was worried about for friends, and family, some of the cults characters remind me of people i knew, and how easy it can be to fall prey to groups like Seed's cult, the ending reminds me of the religious trauma that hunts me, and many others the what if they are right, the game may not be the best but those who grew up with cults/cult like groups the story is wonderful
I like how despite how little I've played FC5, especially in the last few years, hearing Only You play at the beginning of Deadpool actually sent me into a shock and I was looking around the theatre thinking I was supposed to do something for a few seconds
@9:20 God doesn't scold Abraham. God blesses abraham for his faithfulness. Abraham knew God had a bigger purpose in mind because Issac was a covenant promise given to Abraham years before and had yet to have children. The situation was important because it gave man a human perspective of the depth of pain the father would have to descend to for their salvation. Abraham living unto the moment of sacrificing his only child (ishmael is a story for another time) was analogous to the Father later having to go through with that very sacrifice. it was important for it to happen to Abraham because Abraham was the father of the religion. it is from Abraham's lineage that all of Israel comes about... and Christ is ultimately born unto that lineage. So, from the literal beginning of the story of Israel (named for Issac's son Jacob/Israel) the people of Israel had a hard wired understanding of the most pivotal thing that would ever happen to them, through them, or by their hands.
that isn't me trying to call you out, btw! I'm a minister, so I was just providing some context where you said you didn't really have that much! :) I adore the video. every second of it. FC5 is also in my short list of favorite games of all time! I'm probably one of the very few who really loved new dawn, as well, just because you get more time with Jacob. lol
Thank you very much it’s really on me I should have done more research but glad you enjoyed the video and took the time to explain the story properly to me.
@@burdenofbestmy man, no one can be expected to be an expert in everything. you made a fantastic video about a fantastic game. you did your thing and you did it well. :) Love your stuff and will be sticking around for more of it!
When Joseph Seed asked me " you feel it dont you? Its coming" shit i kinda do especially with that delivery and soundtrack selling it so well. Farcry 5 is one of my favorites because i was sold on the experience the game was willing to give me. Serious enough on delivery for story and fun enough time to and from missions while feeling like the world was hunting me. Farcry 6 took alot of what made farcry 5 amazing and just butchered it. I was surprised hut shouldnt have been knowing how ubisoft can be
Father ofc... and yeah, Ive played pretty much all Far Cry games (apart from new dawn and that caveman bullshit) and this was by far the one that made me hate the villain the most. Driving through the roads and seeing piles and piles of civillains bodies was something that really made me wish to kill that MF
One of the first games I played after my injury. I loved the environment and the music. I would just get a vehicle and drive around Hope County listening to the radio. He was right, he just did it in a wrong way.
God did not scold Abraham for doing everything that he was told, rather his willingness to follow God in all that he commands, showed his faith and his faith was rewarded with his son not being sacrificed. There is also a greater overall theme in the story, considering the surrounding faiths engaged in consistent and large scale child sacrifice (yeah we found the mass graves, lets not cope about how misunderstood they were). God not being one to demand child sacrifice, but faith, makes him stand out.
I am very glad to see appreciation for Far Cry 5, it's one of my favorite games as well and it's soundtrack is my favorite of any game. I do disagree with you saying that nothing you do matters however. I think the opposite, everything you do matters. It is obvious that the story of Far Cry 5 reflects the book of Revelations from the bible and what I'd like to focus on is the breaking of the seven seals from that book. Joseph says "I saw when the lamb opened the first seal, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts say: come and see... And I saw, and behold it was a white horse, and hell followed with him" this is referencing the four horsemen of the apocalypse from Revelations 6. The four horsemen of the apocalypse is also a constant motif in Far Cry 5. Most people attribute the representation of four horsemen of the apocalypse to Joseph, Jacob, John, and Faith, in that order. But I disagree, while I believe some of the elements are represented in these characters (and that is intentional in order to make you think that they are the analogs to the horsemen of the apocalypse), the real horsemen of the apocalypse are the people you travel with to capture Joseph, and the Lamb... is you When you walk up to Joseph and decide to cuff him, you are not just putting him in chains, you are fulfilling the prophecy of the cult, you are the lamb opening the first seal. If you decide to walk away you are not just allowing Joseph to continue doing what he wants to do, you are preventing the nukes entirely because you have not opened the seal. As you progress through the game you save your allies and break more seals, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th seals are broken by freeing Pratt, Hudson, and the Sheriff respectively. it could be said that the Seed family members are the seals themselves. when you arrive at the father's compound you break the 5th seal by choosing to meet him. Then he tells you "Your friends have been taken and tortured, and it's your fault. Countless people have been killed, and it's your fault. The world is on fire, and it's your fault." This line is what really made me realize, your choices did matter. Everything you have done has led to this moment, and it is your fault. And when you decide to fight, breaking the 6th seal, and when you defeat him, breaking the 7th seal, the world does burn, and it is your fault. Every choice you made, every outpost you took down, every Seed you killed pushed the world closer to the brink. By choosing not to walk away, you doomed the world. Your choices did matter. If you had walked away the cult would have stayed a minor problem, but because you came, they began the reaping. Because you tried to take Joseph, your friends were captured. Because you decided not to walk away, the whole world burns to the ground. Thanks for reading this if you did, I still really liked your video.
Really great way of looking at it from a different perspective. I like to say there are no right answers when it comes to how you view a story, only what you interpret. Glad you liked the video even with all this in mind, thank you.
The development of FC5 seems like it was started by passionate people with an interesting thought experiment and finished by bean counters to please investors.
It, so easily, could have been a great game.
Feels like a lot of Ubisoft games are like this tbh
Like every single AAA game released this last decade? Duh.
As per usual, with every ubi IP
Farcry, Assassin's Creed, The Crew, Splinter Cell, Watchdogs, R6, The Division and Ghost Recon.
All were amazing with real heart put in by passionate people, turned into desperate cash grab garbage.
many such cases
Can you even call yourself a Far Cry 5 fan without getting PTSD from hearing "Only You" play?
Or FC3 fans when questioned about the definition of insanity.
Can't hear that song anymore without my broken mind throwing in a "cull the herd..." 💀
Only Youuuuuuu.......
I finished the whole game in 3 hours by jumping in a heli and clearing every settlement...
When it became a trendy audio on tiktok I was constantly having flash backs to the game and people were making cute edits to it lol
It warned us - "Keep Your Rifle By Your Side"
The one thing that makes us stronger than the elite.
@@Stand_watie destroy blackrock save the world
Always.
Unfortunately, I live in the UK, so I'll have to settle for a slightly grubby spoon.
It also warned the players who chose resist to keep their eyes on the road
I live in Montana. The characters are cartoon copies of people I work with, people I see every day. I rather liked a Farcry game based on home.
yep im from lewistown its pretty funny
Which religion are they following? Do they see God in human?
@@touge242 where in Montana are you? I'm in Frenchtown.
The cult characters? Or the anti-cult resistance characters? Or all?
@@tactikillerI’m in Stevi lol
Me in the corner tweaking silently after a elderly man at the retirement home i work at plays only you
“Only youuuu” * immediately kills everyone in the room
me on the floor rocking and sobbing, "cull the head", "i am weak"!
I like how with this game they literally tried to make fun of gun owning conservatives but they ended up making fire ass music that they liked. Hilarious
You’re not wrong bro. This shit is fire.
The enemy still does not understand us.
>Hate gun owners
>Make songs that "make fun of them" but the music is fire
>Don't realize this is almost exactly how Yankee Doodle was made
REEEEE WHY DO YOU LIKE IT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO NOT
@@justjoe5373 If liberals could think two steps ahead they wouldn't be liberals anymore.
It's a great song
Jacob's VA is Lucifer from Supernatural btw
I didn’t know that, that’s pretty cool.
Yep
“If dad has something to say I’ll hear it from him until then I’ll be in my room”-Lucifer
And the sheriff is the Swede from hell on wheels.
Bet you that is more subtle hinting, its warning us of the antichrists to come
There will be extremist cult leaders, but also politicians, business men, and corrupt preachers all clenching that book with a innocent smile@@burdenofbest
The most interesting thing about Faith is that there were 3. Rachel Jessop (the Faith we know) was the third, the other two lost Faith and I think Joseph strangled the first and Faith pushed the other off the Joseph statue to show her devotion to Joseph.
Edit: the first Faith was Joseph’s wife
So as far as I can remember, there would have been… Faith (Joseph’s real wife), Selena, Lana, Megan, and Rachel Jessop. Those are all the mentioned one. Megan was Ethan’s father in new dawn who left. Faith was his old original wife. The rest were mentioned to be buried under the angel’s cave.
Far Cry New Dawn only solidifies Joseph Seed being right. His actions made a tree that allowed people to have essentially magical powers if they were worthy in God's eyes, and if not, their Demons consume them. He did realize his mistakes in the way he went about it in the end and said so himself, especially the leaders he decided to choose and too much freedom he had allowed them to hurt people and sin themselves. But regardless, he was right for the most part.
The first Faith died in a car accident
@@ZvalatDa1st that’s right
@@ZvalatDa1st which makes Joseph became totally depressed and started everything that has happened in Far Cry 5 until Far Cry New Dawn
"Empire rise...empire's fall...america...were no different"
Jacob Seed
Did you think this was deep or quite worthy lol ?
@@JohnM-sw4scFrom what the rest of the world sees, America is now heading the same way as the fall of Rome.
America was a fine thought while it stood strong; you folks had a good stretch. But in time, the land will cripple its own wealth, the warriors will split into sides, a civil war will break out, and it'll likely split into many smaller lands and powers.
Then, after all the jeering America has done toward Europeans leaning on each other, they'll learn why we did so.
Look forward to what's coming; it'll be a wake-up call.
@JohnM-sw4sc it is deep. Think about it. How many prosperous empires and nations fell because of human nature?
@@KingCooper0755 they all fall eventually but this is basic knowledge. Why would we think the basics are deep? It’s like reminding everyone there is gravity.
@@JohnM-sw4sc ah, ok, I understand. Thanks for the discussion.
Ill add that the ending you choose in Farcry 5 split the game into 2 timelines:
Walk away ending: Farcry7
Resist ending: New dawn
I actually have a whole fan theory based around this premise. I won’t get into massive details, but yes, the resist ending obviously turns into new dawn, but then after enough time has passed new, Dawn turns into blood dragon
@@TownofSouthPark Well also because the walk away ending makes more sense for boomer and the cult stuff in the shipping container in FC7
@@BigW541FarCry7 exists already or am I missing something?
@@BigW541Don't you guys mean far cry 6?
new dawn didnt happen. its not real, its fan fic.
If you listened to the radio there was talk that tensions between Russia and the US were high and probability of a nuclear strike, however with the Far cry 6 villain dlc (in this case Paga min dlc) it’s said that the Nukes came from Kyrat meaning either Sabal or Amita launched the nukes cause I don’t see Ajay doing that but who knows, also it basically makes that all endings in 4 are cannon.
And why the fuck would be on the road while you're being hunted by a cult that controls them and all the towns? I spent the entire game running cross country. Also the idea that Kyrat had any nukes at all, let alone ICBMs and bombers, is fucking retarded.
@don-andrezsit was yes
No nuke came from Kyrat, I doubt that.
@@MichaelSeeed The ending in the Pagan min dlc for far cry 6 confirms it even Pagan min left a tape saying that the nukes are aimed for somewhere in Montana and they were soviet era nukes.
@@Ender-bg2hx When FC5 was made, it wasn't implied that the bombs were from Pagan or Ajay in any way, Ubisoft is poorly trying to connect all the games together.
Hey man bible corrector 234 here God didn't scold Abraham at the end he thank him for his faithfulness and gave him a lamb to sacrifice instead but yeah thats pretty much it
Thank you I wasn’t really sure what happened.
Yup. It's interesting that this is also fully acknowledged in Quran.
@don-andrezs Yeah it's almost like abrahamic/monotheist religions (Jews,christians, and muslims) are supposed to be friends instead of being at each others throat all the time.
@@montagne4976Well the Talmud says horrible things about Jesus so I doubt that, at least Muslims respect Jesus
@@montagne4976the Jewish faith isn’t friends with anyone lol
The sound track is amazing. "Keep Your Rifle by Your Side" is an anthem for libertarians and American patriots alike. "Build A Castle" is still stuck in my head several years later. This is a game I will replay once a year at least. Already had a playthrough started last week when I saw this video. That whole "At World End" album deserves a grammy. I am also a religious conservative by the way.
Yeah the soundtrack is in my favourite video game soundtracks it’s absolutely incredible.
I lived in that general direction of the US, and frankly, a cult that powerful would have a hard time forming without the conservatives, libertarians, and liberals stomping them out. The local cult had to be protected by local cops and likely the FBI. The leader eventually got arrested for doing things to kids.
I prefer "Solidarity Forever" myself. Libertarianism is pretty dumb, and i say it as a former libertarian. Libertarianism working doesn't look like the american countryside in the 18th century; it looks like an Amazon warehouse.
@@brunoactis1104 Corporations are mini states with very weak army and lots of bureaucracy. They even have their state religion (anti-White hate).
@@brunoactis1104 that is an absurdly stupid take 😂 an Amazon warehouse is an example of crony capitalism if anything at all. Amazon is allowed to get away with all this bull crap personally because they are deeply in bed with the government. There’s nothing libertarian about that.
Obviously the cast of villains have a heavy focus on religion, but I appreciate the developers also giving us a preacher character that fights with the good guys.
I guess but they had to make the good one a black guy lol
Who was wrong..... Joseph was actually speaking to God. He was 100% correct.
@@hdwarrior6304 Why not? i am always flabbergasted when i see these kinds of people. Why would you be bothered by a video game having black characters.
@@AndrewRyan-zv7zbdid you play the game?
@@hdwarrior6304and?
9:20 Just for clarification. God steps in before Abraham kills his son Issac because he never intended him to kill his son, he was testing how much Abraham trusted him and how far Abraham would go to obey him.
@@b-46h502400 years between the two books sharing the same story. 1800 BC = Old Testament and 600 AD= Koran. Of course it’s the same story as the Koran claims to be the third installation of Gods word.
Ismael and not Isaac
Thank you! I can’t stand when people misinterpret such a very plain text to imply G-d ever wanted Yitzchak sacrificed. It would contradict His later comments and commandments regarding the prohibition on human sacrifice, and how He declares it to be evil.
@@Umar2O00the Quran is flawed. Mohammed is just like the founder of mormonism, he comes a very long time after Christ and says, “trust me bro, I was prophesied to come, it’s just that the text was lost and I the one who was prophesied am revealing it to you” why would God do something stupid like allowing the prophecy to be lost and then reveal it it through the person he’s sending. Matthew 5:17 “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
There are also other contradictions like how you say Jesus was a prophet. He said that He would die on the cross but then the Quran also says that Jesus didn’t die on the cross. If the Quran says Jesus is a prophet and He said He would die on the cross but then He doesn’t, that means He isn’t a prophet which means the Quran is false. But if He is a prophet and He did die on the cross, then the Quran is also false.
@@b-46h50 so the quran said it was Isaac not Ishmael?
It's so fascinating to me that in my two walkthroughs of the game, it used religion in such a smart way that I was intrigued about it at the end. It is a great game to play with a close relative. I wish that the story was more... greatly designed.
Yeah.. The story had potential.. But they executed it a bit poorly.. Too many forced abductions
People can say what they want about FC3 and Vaas, but this game is hyper-realism and a masterpiece.
@@MichaelSeeedthis game is NOT hyper realism 😂
@@lewisofthehooodBut... god.
@@lewisofthehoood Yes it fucking is.
I was raised as a Christian and even though I am not one now, one of the core tenants taught to me was forgiveness. In one of the endings Joseph does actually forgive the player, I was very surprised by this, because most media will depict Christians as hateful or hypocritical, but that time it showed someone truly practicing what they preach. Especially to see a villain do it was quite refreshing.
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I am former Christian and seeing that made me feel that same feeling. Unfortunately for that media side you brought up. That side is loudest and most unhinged who don't truly follow the beliefs that christ set out for us to do. I left Christianity years ago because of the unhinged people i seen and why no one is stopping them from going against god. They are far too gone.
I may not practice religion that much anymore but i still follow or try to follow those core beliefs of trying to be a good person. I am not perfect but i try to be good.
Did this guy just say Christians are a cult…my guy I’m not religious much but you want a cult go to scienctoligy
@@themuffinlord6442I’m an atheist and I believe in the opposite people have nothing to believe in people have mental breakdowns over what happens next after their time is up (hate to admit it so have I). People don’t have fear of repercussions of their actions and feel less for their fellow human or thy neighbour. It has created an even bigger divide among people nothing to bond over nothing to say hey here is how to treat your fellow man. It created the civilisation we now know and depending on who you are that is a good thing or a bad thing or a mix. And some of the kindest and brightest people I know are religious and who am I to judge they have rules to follow that I think overall turns them into better people. And had a Muslim friend and we had ww3 and by that we just joked hey you took my seat you started ww3. It was just jokes you could never make the man mad. And actually the elite would hate religion as without religion it people could work Saturday and Sunday as their would have been no prayer, no holiday no Christmas, Easter, hanukkah, etc. sure I do believe at some point there would have been days off anyways but still a lot less possibly.
The media’s portrayal of Christians is mostly just Jewish People still being salty about Christ 2000 years later.
That’s literally it.
@@themuffinlord6442 God bless you, hope you find yourself brother
You hear a line the father says warning us about consumption and wants, he says something on the lines "we need new smart phones we need a new watch to go with the phone, need a new handbag to go with the watch just stuff like that and I'm like Wtf he is right about humanity and how it's going
Hes right. Maybe his methods arnt just brutal for brutals sake.
It's a literal video game. It's not that serious. Yall are talking about this one talk they had like it wasn't a thing well before this game was even thought of. The fact that the idiot in the video thinks it's predicting the future is fucking dumb. Yall really listening to the words of a cult leader in a goddamn video game. Yall are fucking ridiculous.
Can't really say Joseph is right about that, I mean getting new and better stuff that meets our needs is normal. However I mostly agree with Jacob, hes completely right about how weak humanity has become and we're barely alive anymore thats how easy survival has become.
Very original…so inspiring…
I mean cmon man…do you really not watch any other media? Movies, books or other games? This theme isn’t new or anything…
@@DesertStateInEU I thought, to put it like that, that whole human body "regenerates" in about 7-10 years, ie every cell has born again and old died as cells constantly die and new ones must be created. It aint 100% so, bones dont do it but almost everything else does that give life to body. On other hand, didnt Joseph cult earn cash by selling that drug some members use.... they must do something other than preach. So this is conflicting thing yes true but also not true, depending on viewpoint which can be subjective.
I genuinely didn’t want to kill Faith. Her part of the story showed me that I’m not impervious to cults the way almost everybody thinks they would be. I was so intrigued and could see how a real life version of her could suck me in if I was in a vulnerable state.
you just thought she was hot lol...... jk I just had to make that joke.
I didnt wanted to kill here neither...
Not because i wsnted to join her but quite the opposite lol
She was sucked into this herself at a young vulnerable state and is basically more a brainwashed victim herself rather than a self motivated cult leader...
I think you didn't touch on a very important thing regarding Jacob: He wasn't actually insane. When you kill him, and he talks to you, he straight up tells you that He doesn't care if joseph heard god or not, but that the writing is on the wall over what is coming, and he wants to make absolute sure people are prepared for it... in the end, proving that joseph was right, and we proved him right.
9:17 Abraham is not scolded, quite the opposite in fact. He is commended for showing his devotion.
Just look up things when you're not sure, instead of winging it.
Yeah thanks for pointing that out, was thinking the same.
Exactly, thanks for pointing this out. I was like "hold up .." as he was talking about that lol
Definitely the youtubers fault for thinking the god of the bible isn't evil and assuming it would make a morally defensible decision at least once.
@@maus6967oh no, cringe
@@cullenkenneth5980 and yet it's true. They clearly indicated thinking that killing your kid because you think God said to is bad, and they contrast Joseph Seed (who they consider despicable for this) against the actual biblical story where the child killing doesn't actually happen. It's obvious they assumed the biblical god isn't evil, and assumed actions that reflect that would be the version of events in the story.
Player character gender may not alter cutscenes, but NPCs will have different voice lines during gameplay.
I was not aware of that, thanks for pointing it out.
I mainly choose female because the movement noise grunts groans ect. Are quieter and less obtrusive.
Just like Jesus said if you dont have a sword sell your cloak and get one
true
Peter said to him heres two swords and Jesus answerd : those will be enough
He also said: "those who live by the sword will die by the sword"
@@couriersix2445 Soooooo whats ur point? YES warriors will die in battle. :D
Even Christianity is a death cult.
It sure as hell warned us “they’ll look day and they’ll look night, they’ll have our children in their sight”
It's terrible that the kids are under attack from both sides and each side is ok with the attacks from their own side. Political parties are poison.
In my humble opinion, the game is more about how Seed was just a byproduct of their dwindling society, he even said that himself, but the thing is that the nuclear war would happen anyway, if you pay attention to most of the game dialogue you'll understand that nothing was fine outside hope county, even the idea of sending the sheriff without a SWAT team, FBI or the national guard, meant something, probably the government didn't have enough people to take care of that cult, and considering the extent which they went, it meant they were already beyond powerless to deal with some internal affair, probably because they were knees deep in a war and things were already done by that point, Seed was right not because of god or madness, but because he was part of the collapse itself but he thought the opposite in the most disturbing way.
He was not part of the collapse -- nothing he did weakened the border like the leaders; nothing he did felled the economy like the leaders; nothing he did challenged the safety of the average individual. Everything he did was about protectionism for those within Eden's Gate. He was wrong about the way he did things, but he was the only one who actually CARED about protecting life in the end, the government did not.
@@Billy-bc8pk "Nothing he did challenged the safety of the average individual". Who the heck were you fighting, then?
@@Billy-bc8pk Weakened the border? How the hell does this have anything to do with the game? Did fucking immigrants launch the nuke?
the cult (eden's gate) seems to be also inspired by Ted Kaczynskies writing about industrial society and it's future. so in a way, this cult has alot of justification.
@@franzsigel7166 No. No neither of them did. Certainly not Ted's well positioned butt, the only lack of advantage was maybe not enough treatment for possible mental illness, but at the end of the day, you do wrong stuff and you're accountable first and foremost.
during the ATF siege on waco, to the innocent inside the compound it would've legitimately appeared as if the armies of babylon had descended upon them, everytime they tried to negotiate they were shot at, the ATF and FBI teams were seen by many witnesses doing things like showing their ass to the windows whenever they saw women, the entire thing that caused the conflict to escalate was a tactical team that was sent forward WHEN NEGOTIATIONS ORIGINALLY BEGAN and during the first hello's they began shooting the dogs they had outside, which led to other federal agents thinking the cult was shooting at them leading to david koresh who was outside COMPLETELY UNARMED trying to speak to negotiators being shot before running back inside, after the incident the tactical team agents then raised a flag on the burning rubble of the building and posed for photos over the corpses of dead women and children, smiling like demons as though they were some billy badass that had taken down some great threat, the feds to this day have never punished anyone involved on their end and have never admitted their mistakes such as sending a tactical team in to cut the power off outside the building while also actively "attempting negotiations" or how the same sniper who shot and killed randy weavers unarmed wife at ruby ridge was also at waco as were many of the agents who completely fucked the ruby ridge situation which was only caused because of a federal entrapment scheme to bait randy into breaking the law
Sad, I know
The bait was trying to get him to cut the barrel of a shotgun below the legal limit.
No mercy for pedos
Its kinda sureal the ATF and FBI might be a distant memory 4 years from now
About Jacob... man, that was kinda scary how Ubisoft weaponized the procedural way one clears an area in this game almost mindlessly, only to use it's repetitive instinct to manipulate us into killing resistance. Not the deputy. We, the players, were played.
In 2018 this game was considered an exaggeration
Now reality
@@skimaskman I wish I understood what you guys are talking about.
I love far cry 5 but things about it are exactly whats going on in america right now yet people deny it
“You can have my rifle when you pry it from my Cold. Dead. Hands.” - Heston
I'm from Los Angeles, California Everytime I hear the local news , see what's going on in local Facebook groups or in the CITIZEN app and seeing that cops n politicians don't do anything ; I always remember Joseph seed saying "No one is coming to save you"
Cops and politicians do, do stuff to keep us safe, enough with the far right propaganda
It is true, cops don't anything. Hell I know this all to well. Some punk kid broke into my Home, I caught him, handed him over to the NINE FUCKING COPS that showed up and a week or two later the crook is back on the streets doing the same thing as he was before, except he knows now I'm always watching my home, or was. Last I heard, he's in Garden City doing the same fucking thing walking free. Cops are super useless.
Irl the righteous wont suffer "the collapse"
Our government is tyrannical all of them Dems and Republicans. They only divide us so we don't overthrow them. It's sick what our government has become takes majority of our money and helps anyone who isn't Americans
Don’t pay attention to the news. Their entire basis for attention is negativity. Trust me, there are good people there.
The acting was terrific. Later I recognized Joseph Seed in The Expanse as the Martian interrogator.
"Help Me Faith", "Oh the Bliss", and "We Will Rise Again" are my top three favorite songs from this game's amazing soundtrack. I listen to the Cultist Radio on Spotify unironically sometimes.
"Keep Your Rifle by Your Side" is another amazing song that actually fits into our current society.
In my opinion, Joseph was only right about the end times because his cult were the ones to detonate the nuke at the end if you choose to arrest him. Think about it. They have massive underground bunkers that were either somehow built (unlikely) or acquired so you know they're well equipped, well funded, and probably have a network of people that are willing to get them access to hard-to-get things like 50,000+ sq ft bunkers. In the story you have to escape one of the bunkers by climbing out of a giant empty missile silo that's a couple stories tall and that really felt like foreshadowing. And in the beginning of the game during the helicopter crash you find out the cult has infiltrated the local police department by converting the lady working dispatch which, to me, seemed to insinuate that they could be converting other government personnel like those who might have access to nukes. I never thought that the detonation of the bomb at the end was coincidence or an act from a higher power. I thought it was obvious that the people who made the game were indirectly telling the player that the cult dropped the bomb and I've never really given it much thought that other options might be the case.
I generally agree with everything else in the video. The amount of stuff to do does feel somewhat limited compared to other modern open world games, but the story is great, The fact you can co-op the story is nice, the small-town-America theme is definitely a vibe, and there's just some genuinely funny parts in the game that I thoroughly enjoy. I've played all the way through FC5 like 4 times and I'll probably do it again!
Yeah and then they released FC6 DLC and now it's officially a nuke from Kyrat. Sure.
I like how the song "keep your rifle by your side" was made with the intention of mocking the gun rights crowd, but was such a good and catchy song who’s lyric with removing the context of the game it originated from, actually makes sense in the real world. Now it’s a pro 2A song.
It’s a prime example of “dumb satire is just reinforcing the thing itself”
Hell yeah brother. USA forever!
the guns right crowd should be mocked, you care about having toys more than you care about people.
Bad faith @@NeverNotFaded
@@NeverNotFaded Guns are not toys. I have my guns BECAUSE i care about people. Do you expect me, a black man, to trust the racist police, or the corrupt government to protect me? It has not worked out for me and the people i care about in the past. Why should it suddenly start? Why should i have to give up my guns, when the corrupt police and racist government get to have BETTER guns already?
FC5 was fun and that ending caught me off guard for its boldness to try something new. I think in FC4 there was an audio recording from Pagan about nukes he stockpiled. If that is canon, that implied Joseph wasn't prophetic but rather instrumental in the end times. Thoughts?
I wouldn't say instrumental more like he does have some precognitive ability to see what is happening but he was wrong for doing what he thought was right and admit that he shouldn't done the things he did. Also in game they implied someone else to have nukes and it wasn't from kryat or whatever that place name is i forgot. It more or less ubisoft poor attempt at connecting far cry games together when really they should been their own seperate things or at least loosely connected.
They kept talking about North Korea. I feel it was kind've a missed opportunity.@evandaymon8303
I'm not from America. FC5 is a game that made me want to visit a peaceful quiet town like Montana. I even got the collector's edition because of how nice and peaceful the game gets sometimes.
Fishing and hunting is nice pastime. Clutch Nixon is fun too.
It always bothered me that almost nobody could see the bigger picture and meaning about this game. I have always put this game in my top 5 favorite as well.
It is just a unique and special game to me, even though I acknowledge its weaknesses in gameplay and some other matters; overall, a Ubisoft game.
But the setting, the story, the music, the writing, I LOVE it.
Could you sum it up in a sentence? I personally can not wrap my mind around it.
This game is honestly really underrated. i was stationed in Japan when I played it and then got my roommate to play it. We quickly got some friends to play it and they loved it as well. Extremely underrated storyline.
Anybody else feel like Matthew McConaughey could play a really good version of the main villain from far cry five?
I was watching this video trying to think of who Joseph looks like then I realized it's McConaughey.
Far Cry 5 is one of the best Ubisoft games imo. The story of this game might feel simplistic but actually there's a lot of depth and lore hidden in it and they can be found through environment storytelling which this game does exceptionally good. It's so satisfying to explore Montana and discover it's secrets and story lores.
9:13 he steps in to condone that he was willing, but also told him he didn't have to do that
Bro put WWE 2K15 in his list of favorite games never let this man cook ever again.
You’re right, I should have picked WWE 2K16 it’s much better.
@@burdenofbest 2K14 was the GOAT everything else is downhill from there.
And 2K18 as one of the most innovative games to release that year. I want whatever he's smoking.
I mean, he said FC5 was top 5?? Yikes..
@@danl1545he said favorite games not best games, get off your high horse
this game shows why we have the 2A and a Country Boy Can Survive, and Keep your Rifle By Your Side
Far Cry 5 basically is a video game that warns people about the consequences of being in a cult.
But then the cult was actually right
@@KuroKumo96Of what?
@@moister3727you cannot nor should you ever fully rely on the government or others for protection. You want to be safe you have to do it yourself.
@@Outlaw7263 Yeah, that is one way to look at it
@@moister3727 outlaw gave a good example but what I mean is the cult had the right idea but bad execution. the world ended and the strongest survived. if the cult wasn't so fanatical and hopped up on narcotics and trying to "save" people, they could have survived the apocalypse without drawing attention from the player in the first place.
I think Faith was the most compelling. She’s convincing at the beginning but by the end she reveals that she was manipulated into her position.
She was the first Seed sibling I took out.
Far Cry 5 is my all-time favorite video game. But it is kind of creepy how much this game relates to real life. For example, as Joseph Seed says, "They will come. They will try to take from us. Take our guns. Take our freedom... Take our faith! But we will not let them."
Wym like how the government is trying to take stuff from people or something please explain 🤔
And hes right.....during covid they tried to shut down religion. At police gunpoint.
fuggin same man
Based on the Branch-Davidians most likely, but there's other smaller examples of the feds pulling that.
Look at today...not only the guns, not only Christianity, but they have been slowly brainwashing people that the traditional house hold is old and outdated way of thinking when any sane person knows, society can't move forward without the traditional family...and especially with the whole .."A man can get pregnant" . These are the very same people who wished they had traditional families when or if things hit the fan
I am not a gamer but I do really enjoy your videos and find them very insightful and informative. Keep up the great work.
Jacob seed’s monologue just before he dies sends shivers down my spine
RUclipsrs will make you believe everything is conspirancy even if its a guy behind tree dumping
I know you said you weren’t knowledgeable about the Bible story mentioned but I will explain anyway.
Abraham had a son named Isaac and to keep it short and to the point, The Lord told Abraham to show his faith and loyalty to him by bringing Isaac to the top of the mountain to sacrifice him to The Lord. But right before Abraham was going to sacrifice him, the Lord saw his faith and gave him a ram to sacrifice in his place, letting Isaac live, Abraham was not scolded, he was being faithful
Worth mentioning that there's a DLC in FC6 in which you play as Joseph Seed after the collapse. I enjoyed that more than the main game of FC6. Got a lot more context from it, and it made me want to replay FC5 again.
The judge in new dawn is the deputy, the deputy gave in, the deputy said 'yes'.
This concept is really cool but after finishing the game recently I felt like alot of the characters were really forgettable and the lack of a talking player also really hurts this game
I agree apart from the Seeds a lot of characters are very forgettable.
@@burdenofbest yeah the villans were really good but the fact that the player couldn’t respond really hurts those cutscenes but still a decent gameplay hopefully 6 is good
@@tardistroll3494a-what? But 6 is…
Most games are kinda like this not gonna lie. A lot of popular games like Skyrim and cod had forgotten characters but still badasses just saying
The game director actually said a big theme that came out of development was “what if the cult is right?”
Only to be wrong and become absoluta clowns by the secuel
Most chaotic player drive: 🚙 🛻⬜️
Least chaotic story mission ride: ( insert John seed chase ride )
as a christain i find this game interesting
Same. I enjoyed it.
Gave me Waco siege vibes. I have a feeling that was their inspiration for the plot (despite the branch Davidians irl being a peaceful cult that didn’t deserve to be slaughtered)
typical government overreach
There is literally a Map in R6S based on the Waco house too! I think its called Oregon. Pretty cool!
Fuck the ATF and every 3 letter agency
Indeed the game was heavily inspired by the Branch Davidians cult, thus the Waco Siege. You could see how much Joseph Seed resembles the cult's leader David Koresh.
@@GhostRangerrhe looks extremely similar
Phenomenal video. Far Cry 5 is easily one of the best Ubisoft's games imo. Joseph is definitely wrong in what he has done, but he's also human and filled with regret.
Far Cry 6's DLC explored his thoughts and past a lot more. And honestly, I feel bad for the guy. Every second of his life after becoming the Father he regretted hurting and taking freedom away from other people. He constantly asked god if what he was doing was right and would he be forgiven. But he realized that the only one capable of forgiveness is himself. So I think that's why Joseph likes to preach forgiveness but not in a sense of accepting defiance, more like giving a second chance to those who don't believe him the 1st time. Super cool antagonist, very immersive and beautiful game, I wish Ubisoft can put out something of this caliber again.
I knew this game would get more attention in the future. It honestly deserves it.
Just discovered your channel from the MGSV video. Seems like we share a lot of interests and you voice your thoughts very well! Easy sub.
Glad you enjoy the content, thanks for sticking round.
This episode being recomended to me on today of all days is funny
the thing about far cry games is that when they come out, everyone shits on them because ubisoft but then, 2-3 years after release people come around to “y’know what? this was a great game”
This is my favorite Far Cry game, I was raised in the Bible Belt and it felt like I was playing a game about my home.
Brosis, Same.
While living in the Ozarks didn't give me those stunning sow-capped mountain views, everything else was so absolutely spot on it.
Far cry 5 is partially about the dangers of cults, and that one of their dangers is in their effectiveness. Throughout history there are examples of people living in an alternative way that better adapted them for a difficult future. Cults are even more dangerous when you consider the fact that they can offer the most desperate person in the most desperate time a last chance at survival
I always thought the section with Jacob was cool, and that it was mentioned slightly with Pratt, but the player just glosses over it, and I thought of it as a social experiment in a game. However, I did not notice in the final encounter when Eli dies, that the people didnt disappear to smoke, I thought I was crazy for pointing out these details, but it was all intended. Thanks for making this video man
Said it before, it’s one of the greatest games ever made and the best far cry by miles and people are starting to realise it
This is in no way a open world with nothing to do. This is the first open world game I ever played and I was completely lost in the story and this game for so long. I still play it today.
I mean this genuinely, this is one of my comfort games. It’s such a beautiful and homey experience for some reason.
Agreed. Its so fun to hike through the mountains and hunt, or take the Razr out to a nice river and spend a couple hours fishing.
@@woohoomusic5098 I don’t live anywhere near that kind of terrain in real life, but that’s where I wish I could live lol.
@machomandalf2893 I live in the rural SouthEast but it's nice to be able to hunt any time. And my state doesn't have mountains like in Montana. Really gorgeous country
@@woohoomusic5098 I feel that, I live down in the south myself
I just kinda hate how they got rid of the takedown animations, they got rid of the healing animations too right?
fun fact... this takes place at the same time as The Division (1) which is why, IN CANNON, the National Guard is not able to get to Hope County... they have been deployed to the cities.
What the game taught me:
Antichrists are coming
Political tensions may start a nuclear war but perhals a 3rd party lights the match beneath the powder keg
MKULTRA never ended merely changes names/faces
North Korea...if a nuke was to ever get launched, I firmly believe it would come from that country
@@robbieracer3294 and i think its the middle east smuggling it across the border
@@robbieracer3294 honestly Israel or Iran would be my bet but yeah NK's pretty bad too
The only thing i learn from this is that inwant everthing tonfie
6:15 thank god I wasn’t the only one having that panic attack 😂
Same here instant flashback haha, crazy tho how effective one sequence in a game six years ago can be!
So keep your rifle by your side, don’t actually feed cheeseburger cheeseburgers
The fact New Vegas isn’t apart of your top 5 best games, is purely criminal.
>new vegas fan
ew
New vegas mightve been one of the main contributors to ruining my 2024 summer. I put a lot of faith into that game. I wasted time.
Great game
@@dotdot5906 Sies man, dis skraf van jih
Far Cry 5 makes me think of an incident in Waco, years back.. I mean maybe on a grander scale. Kinda.
The Waco siege was an inspiration for sure
One of the US gov's biggest blunder in recent history, at least law enforcement wise
@@maxaudet5177 absolutely a blunder yo. I watched the documentary few years back and I was 😮 90% of the run time. A lot of innocence was ignored imo
Your actually not far from the truth, the waco siege actually carries a lot of inspiration behind the game (Hence Joseph seed was based on David Koresh)
@@343guardian5 it's crazy to me how we "immortalize" such terrible incidents throughout our history.
"Witnessing" what happened through the documentary baffled me, actions from both parties.
I haven't played all the way through FC5, it didn't take me long to make the connection. Maybe that's why I won't play it, idk.
I don’t know why but I always thought Joseph was somehow responsible for the bombs dropping.
There's a theory that he ordered his followers to plant those nukes and set them off once things go down
That's also why people claim that "new dawn destroyer fc5 ending!" Because it tells us that "it wasn't just a greater plan of religious psychopath, but actual vision from God"
I remember the day that my brother gave me this game for my birthday, it is a awesome game and a nice time killer. I’ve played it countless times and will continue to do so.
Either way, Montana gets a Nuclear Winter, making the game almost as pointless as Sonic '06.
14:30 actually it completed it , new down it shows u the pain that has gone through coz he carry on with his massage and duty to god
I agree, i didnt understand how new dawn "ruins" 5's ending
I wish there was a choice to play a second version where you help the cult become established in hope county and them succeeding in there mission
I gotta disagree with faith being the least interesting, in my opinion she’s the most with John being the least
You can’t help but feel bad for faith she was plied with drugs as a child Joseph made her make the bliss and the angels and then it turned into her being so brainwashed that she doesn’t even remember anything before the father 9:50 this story is about her it took me my second play through to realize it and during her boss fight she explains how she ended up being who she is in her final moments she regains her humanity and warns you that “if you don’t listen to him he’ll be right” and what happens is he ends up being right the nukes launch or when you choose walk away you get in your car drive a little then only you plays and your brain washed
Ironically, John struck me as the least interesting because it always felt like he was putting on an act- and I feel like that was intentional.
@@justin2308Like when he "baptizes" you, even Joseph calls him out.
Seeds are not the villains
As someone who grew up southern baptist, this game hit home as cult of personalty wrapped up with a belief was something i was worried about for friends, and family, some of the cults characters remind me of people i knew, and how easy it can be to fall prey to groups like Seed's cult, the ending reminds me of the religious trauma that hunts me, and many others the what if they are right, the game may not be the best but those who grew up with cults/cult like groups the story is wonderful
I like how despite how little I've played FC5, especially in the last few years, hearing Only You play at the beginning of Deadpool actually sent me into a shock and I was looking around the theatre thinking I was supposed to do something for a few seconds
hot take: Far Cry 5 is the best far cry game.
Completely agree Far Cry 3 is a close second for me.
2, 5, 3, 4 is my list, 5 has the best setting and mechanics by far. A remake of 2 in the engine of 5 would go bonkers
There’s still a divide and it’s not just on political issues but with almost everything.
Right? Theres a huge divide in people who liked Far Cry 6 and people who hated it for example, so you have a point!
Russia uses social media trolls and bots, keep that in mind
5 was my favorite game in the farcry series for sure.
Not to mention one of the best original sound tracks to ever come from video games
The moral is keep a gun by your side always.
No it’s that cults are bad and anyone can fall prey to them: see the MAGA movement as a perfect example of a cult
@9:20 God doesn't scold Abraham. God blesses abraham for his faithfulness. Abraham knew God had a bigger purpose in mind because Issac was a covenant promise given to Abraham years before and had yet to have children. The situation was important because it gave man a human perspective of the depth of pain the father would have to descend to for their salvation. Abraham living unto the moment of sacrificing his only child (ishmael is a story for another time) was analogous to the Father later having to go through with that very sacrifice. it was important for it to happen to Abraham because Abraham was the father of the religion. it is from Abraham's lineage that all of Israel comes about... and Christ is ultimately born unto that lineage. So, from the literal beginning of the story of Israel (named for Issac's son Jacob/Israel) the people of Israel had a hard wired understanding of the most pivotal thing that would ever happen to them, through them, or by their hands.
that isn't me trying to call you out, btw! I'm a minister, so I was just providing some context where you said you didn't really have that much! :) I adore the video. every second of it. FC5 is also in my short list of favorite games of all time! I'm probably one of the very few who really loved new dawn, as well, just because you get more time with Jacob. lol
Thank you very much it’s really on me I should have done more research but glad you enjoyed the video and took the time to explain the story properly to me.
@@burdenofbestmy man, no one can be expected to be an expert in everything. you made a fantastic video about a fantastic game. you did your thing and you did it well. :) Love your stuff and will be sticking around for more of it!
Far Cry 5, Hardcore Mode, Turn all of the UI off execpt ammo, health... You can thank me later.
When Joseph Seed asked me " you feel it dont you? Its coming" shit i kinda do especially with that delivery and soundtrack selling it so well. Farcry 5 is one of my favorites because i was sold on the experience the game was willing to give me. Serious enough on delivery for story and fun enough time to and from missions while feeling like the world was hunting me. Farcry 6 took alot of what made farcry 5 amazing and just butchered it. I was surprised hut shouldnt have been knowing how ubisoft can be
I've never wanted to kill a character more than in Far Cry 5
Which one haha 😅
I agree, i was so bloodthirsty to kill that man joseph
Father ofc... and yeah, Ive played pretty much all Far Cry games (apart from new dawn and that caveman bullshit) and this was by far the one that made me hate the villain the most. Driving through the roads and seeing piles and piles of civillains bodies was something that really made me wish to kill that MF
@@burdenofbest obviously yellow glasses gun cheeseburger jesus man
@@Parz1val465 I actually did not want to kill him. I thought Joseph looked cool and it would have been awesome to play him in a better game.
One of the first games I played after my injury. I loved the environment and the music. I would just get a vehicle and drive around Hope County listening to the radio. He was right, he just did it in a wrong way.
Sorry to hear about that glad Far Cry could help you out.
It was a warning about how bad ubisoft's game design was going to get.
Matthew McConaughey should play Joseph Seed.
God did not scold Abraham for doing everything that he was told, rather his willingness to follow God in all that he commands, showed his faith and his faith was rewarded with his son not being sacrificed. There is also a greater overall theme in the story, considering the surrounding faiths engaged in consistent and large scale child sacrifice (yeah we found the mass graves, lets not cope about how misunderstood they were). God not being one to demand child sacrifice, but faith, makes him stand out.
I hate to say but this game's story has massively contributed to my beliefs as a person
how so?
@@mattvm02 it’s a bit abstract but it’s contributed to how I view perspective
You don't have to hate it bud😂theres nothing wrong with this
@@Godloveszazauh…I don’t know man…
yooo I also made the Jared Leto joke everytime I played this game, FC5 will always be my favorite far cry
I am very glad to see appreciation for Far Cry 5, it's one of my favorite games as well and it's soundtrack is my favorite of any game.
I do disagree with you saying that nothing you do matters however. I think the opposite, everything you do matters. It is obvious that the story of Far Cry 5 reflects the book of Revelations from the bible and what I'd like to focus on is the breaking of the seven seals from that book. Joseph says "I saw when the lamb opened the first seal, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts say: come and see... And I saw, and behold it was a white horse, and hell followed with him" this is referencing the four horsemen of the apocalypse from Revelations 6. The four horsemen of the apocalypse is also a constant motif in Far Cry 5. Most people attribute the representation of four horsemen of the apocalypse to Joseph, Jacob, John, and Faith, in that order. But I disagree, while I believe some of the elements are represented in these characters (and that is intentional in order to make you think that they are the analogs to the horsemen of the apocalypse), the real horsemen of the apocalypse are the people you travel with to capture Joseph, and the Lamb... is you
When you walk up to Joseph and decide to cuff him, you are not just putting him in chains, you are fulfilling the prophecy of the cult, you are the lamb opening the first seal. If you decide to walk away you are not just allowing Joseph to continue doing what he wants to do, you are preventing the nukes entirely because you have not opened the seal. As you progress through the game you save your allies and break more seals, the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th seals are broken by freeing Pratt, Hudson, and the Sheriff respectively. it could be said that the Seed family members are the seals themselves. when you arrive at the father's compound you break the 5th seal by choosing to meet him.
Then he tells you "Your friends have been taken and tortured, and it's your fault. Countless people have been killed, and it's your fault. The world is on fire, and it's your fault."
This line is what really made me realize, your choices did matter. Everything you have done has led to this moment, and it is your fault. And when you decide to fight, breaking the 6th seal, and when you defeat him, breaking the 7th seal, the world does burn, and it is your fault.
Every choice you made, every outpost you took down, every Seed you killed pushed the world closer to the brink. By choosing not to walk away, you doomed the world. Your choices did matter. If you had walked away the cult would have stayed a minor problem, but because you came, they began the reaping. Because you tried to take Joseph, your friends were captured. Because you decided not to walk away, the whole world burns to the ground.
Thanks for reading this if you did, I still really liked your video.
Really great way of looking at it from a different perspective. I like to say there are no right answers when it comes to how you view a story, only what you interpret. Glad you liked the video even with all this in mind, thank you.