When you think about open world games, what sticks out in your mind? Is it the freedom to do what you want? The people that you meet along the way? Or, is it the world itself? A world that has been rendered to be truly breathtaking, and filled with life and detail. The Far Cry series has been known for its open worlds, and its details, but with Far Cry 5, they’re going the extra mile, or maybe, extra ten miles. For the team didn’t just want to create a place in Montana…they wanted to recreate Montana.
For see, in the past, Ubisoft has used the internet and other non-personal sources to help them create their gaming worlds. Whether it was the islands the games have been on, Africa, or the Himalayas. But when they decided to make a whole county in Montana, they didn’t want to do that. They wanted a much more personal approach. They reveal on Steam that this time they needed to go there.
“We really want to go onsite with a team with cameras, and get as much as we can,” says Isaac Papismado, graphic assistant on Far Cry 5.
And so they did, the team went to Montana, and didn’t just take pictures, they went all over to try and get all the information they could about the land. But not just the small towns, but the wilderness, the lakes, everything. Every detail mattered to them. This also helped them lay out the world that is Hope County (where you are in the game). There aren’t just land areas here, there are also roads, signs, and symbols that you’ll find all over.
Adding even more to this was the reveal that through their more personal worldbuilding they created the names of places, the people, and even the resistance movement that you’re in. To the extent that they start to think more and more about what they would be like in this land.
You’ll get to experience this all for yourself when Far Cry 5 arrives February 27th.
