HOME > NewsNews

Far Cry New Dawn Starts You Off in the Bottom Corner

Even with all that in mind, New Dawn still topped the charts this week, just ahead of Metro Exodus. Even though Exodus is behind a disappointing New Dawn debut, it's still up 50% from Last Light in 2013 though with these being physical retail sales, you can probably attribute that to a higher-profile console release. And yet Horatio is a gentle creature, too. When we get a breather from the action, he'll sometimes roll around in the flowers. I've seen him do it in the grass, too, and on dirt, but it's more blissful to see him flop to the ground and snort happily as he rolls in pink meadows. I bet he smells wonderful afterwards.
 
Your job during the assault is to defend two pipes, one on each side of the base. Each one has a health bar and the Highwaymen are out to destroy both. You can make use of a heavy machine gun overlooking each pipe, or stay mobile and fight with your own weapons. Sharky, meanwhile, will take Blade and man an explosive barrel launcher. The Highwaymen come in waves. Fortunately, their vehicles can't cross the bridges, but you will be facing a lot of enemies nonetheless. You're in for a long and hectic fight.
 
The Carmina cannot actually take off. However, as a seaplane, it can propel itself across water like a speedboat, and can even travel overland. Get in, and shoot the doors open with the front-mounted machine gun. The route downriver will take you through a series of obstacles and Highwaymen patrols, including plenty of boats. Keep moving, and keep shooting, especially at the explosive barrel clusters which you'll see floating in the lakes and rivers. You don't want to get too close, as the Carmina isn't extremely sturdy.
 
 
The opening is very similar to Far Cry 5. You play the nameless security chief in a group that rides around the country, helping to build settlements in dangerous places. Hope County is particularly hazardous. New Dawn takes place in the kind of post-apocalyptic future where nature has returned, so life isn't as dire as in, say, Fallout. In case you have almost any issues about where by in addition to the best way to work with Far Cry ND Credits, you possibly can email us on our own page. With this backdrop, a small settlement called Prosperity pops up, a refuge for those returning to the surface after years waiting out the devastation in underground bunkers. It's peaceful and friendly. But of course that doesn't last for long.
 
Once an outpost is liberated, you'll have the option of "scavenging" (AKA stripping and abandoning) the base for more ethanol, but this will also mean turning it back over to the Highwaymen. Once you've given up control of the outpost, higher level guards will come in and you'll get the option to do it all over again for slightly more ethanol. You can take over outposts three times but obviously, each time will get a bit more difficult.
 
What's to stop you from just darting ahead? Well, damage numbers. New Dawn introduces RPG elements, like damage numbers, into its design for the first time in the series. The game's guns and enemies fall into four different tiered ranks.