The Vietnam War is the unlikely setting for Far Cry 5‘s first DLC, released today, through far stranger is yet to come. The ‘Hours Of Darkness’ stars Wendell Redler, the fella in the principle recreation who sends us on an exciting fetch quest in search of a dozen cigarette lighters, as we revisit a horrible time in his ‘Nam days. Given the sensitivity and insight with which Far Cry 5 explored the allure and dangers of cults, it’s thrilling to ponder how they may interrogate myths of the- naw, I’m simply joshin’ you.
The DLC is meant to be out now however appears to have hit a snag.
So there Wendell is, imprisoned behind enemy strains in ‘Nam. At least he’s received new murdering perks on his facet. Can you assist him escape and rescue his squadmates? I hope so, otherwise you’ll be undercutting the important lore of that lighter-collecting mission.
Hours Of Darkness prices £10/€12/$12 on its tod on Steam. Or it comes as a part of the DLC season pass, which prices £26/€30/$30 and consists of the 2 future expansions in addition to Far Cry three as a result of causes. It’s on Ubisoft’s Uplay retailer too however that’s so ha-ha-hilariously region-locked that any hyperlink I included would throw up errors for many of you.
Speaking of errors, Steam gamers are discovering that although Hours Of Darkness seemingly downloads, they will’t play it. Ubisoft say they’re conscious of the difficulty and are investigating, however they don’t know when it may be fastened. Uplayers are having issues too, although Ubisoft do a potential fix to suggest there.
Those different two expansions, Dead Living Zombies and Lost On Mars, shall be a bit weirder – B motion pictures of one other type. One will deliver a wave survival mode preventing in opposition to zombies, and t’different will struggle alien arachnids on Mars.
You can see the Hours of Darkness launch trailer and, later, a lump of gameplay on this archive of Ubisoft’s launch livestream at this time:
