6 Far Cry Games With The Best Stories, Ranked

Key Takeaways

• Far Cry
  franchise offers diverse and engaging stories beyond just shooting, with memorable characters and settings.
• Spin-offs like
  Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
  and
  Far Cry Primal
  showcase unique narratives in different time periods.
• From battling a cult in
  Far Cry 5
  to surviving malaria in
  Far Cry 2
  , each game brings a compelling story to explore.

Far Cry is a first-person shooter franchise that is much more than its guns to players. Over the years, players have experienced different and interesting stories from both the main franchise of Far Cry games and the various spin-off titles that Ubisoft has also created.

With so many stories to explore, some players may be interested in knowing which ones are the best over the years of Far Cry releases and what makes these stories some of the greatest available. From becoming stranded on a tropical island filled with pirates to dealing with a fanatical cult in America, these are by far the best stories from the Far Cry franchise, ranked.

6 Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

A Cyber Spin-Off That Plays Like A VHS Cliche

Besides the usual Far Cry games that are connected to the main franchise, there have occasionally been spin-off titles like the incredibly popular Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. This first-person shooter plays exactly like the hilarious action-packed VHS movies of the 80s and, therefore, the game itself is set in a dystopian version of the future.

While Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon may follow the typical action movie tropes of getting the girl, killing bad guys, and saving the world, experiencing that story while playing this simple spin-off leads players down a road of the importance of humanity even for someone that is part robot like the main character in the shooter, Sergeant Rex Colt.

5 Far Cry 5

Freeing Hope County From An Intense Cult

Far Cry 5 took players to the USA to the fictional place of Hope County. Players arrive in this county during a moment of panic as a doomsday cult has made it their home and has gradually taken over. What first starts as a simple arrest quickly becomes something much worse as the cult is a lot stronger than the police originally thought.

Each of the four leaders of the cult of The Project at Eden’s Gate has a unique area of the map they control as well as an interesting story to uncover through exploring missile facilities and helping the poor residents of Hope County. Players will then eventually make it to Joseph Seed, the main leader of the cult.

4 Far Cry 2

Handling Malaria While Surviving As A Gun-For-Hire

The classic Far Cry titles of the franchise may have not aged well with their gameplay, but one memorable story from the past was introduced with Far Cry 2. Players take on the role of a gun for hire in a war-torn African state.

They are forced to play between both sides of the corrupted warlords of this place in Africa in the hopes of getting the medication they need to deal with the Malaria they are unfortunately plagued with. Every power-play made in Far Cry 2 is done to eventually make it to the arms dealer known as Jackal and eventually assassinate him in the hopes of saving this destroyed African state.

3 Far Cry Primal

Become The Apex Predator As The Last Survivor Of A Hunting Group

Far Cry may predominantly be a first-person shooter franchise, but spin-off titles like Far Cry Primal show that incredible stories can also be found within the Stone Age. Players control the character Takkar, a hunter from the Wenja tribe. He has been cut off from the rest of his tribe as the only survivor of his hunting party that was ambushed by a saber-toothed tiger while exploring the fictional world of Oros.

Alone, Takkar finds other members of his tribe scattered around Oros which he must save and bring together in the hopes of taking over the entirety of Oros from the likes of Ull, the leader of another tribe that destroyed the Wenja village in this area.

2 Far Cry 4

Fulfilling A Mother’s Last Wishes By Returning Home

Following the story of Ajay Ghale returning to the fictional country of Kyrat to spread his mother’s ashes, Ajay finds a completely different world to the one he imagined his mother to be from in Far Cry 4. An assortment of civil wars has seen the country of Kyrat split away from the royal family that is led by the country’s new king, Pagan Min.

Many of Kyrat’s residents have had enough of their tyrannical leader and have joined the rebel movement known as the Golden Path. Ajay is encouraged to join this movement as he feels as if he must do what is right, though he is also unable to escape the country due to the airports being closed.

1 Far Cry 3

Saving Friends On A Pirate Island Between Hallucinations

As well as being one of the greatest stories in the Far Cry franchise, Far Cry 3 is also praised for having one of the most memorable villains too, which makes the story of Far Cry 3 so much better. Taking place on the fictional Rook Islands, the player wakes up in a cage as Jason Brody, where he, his brothers, and his friends have been kidnapped by pirates that are being led by the pirate lord Vaas Montenegro.

After escaping from the threat of slavery, the player is unable to leave the fictional Rook Islands until they have saved all their friends from the clutches of Vaas, as well as travel through various psychedelic trips as Jason slowly finds himself enjoying killing. In the end, players must make the decision about whether they wish to escape with their friends or remain on the island as this new warrior.