Hope County is gorgeous, and yet going back there never quite feels like coming home.

Far Cry 5's profile is that of a game you enjoy in the moment and forget afterward. The feel with a controller holds up, ahead of 60% of titles, on few votes though. Art style follows, ahead of 57%, but on just two duels, so unconfirmed. Fun sits near the middle, ahead of 42%. Then everything about the mark it leaves collapses: attachment sits ahead of only 21% of games, desert island 18%, the wish to rediscover it 19%. The soundtrack lands at the bottom, ahead of 12%, on two votes only. There's the tension: the playground convinces, the memory much less.

That's the paradox of the big Ubisoft open world. A memorable setting, a striking antagonist, but a task structure that dilutes the emotion. Against open worlds that burn themselves in, Far Cry 5 chooses the generous sandbox over the story that sticks to your skin.

So, who's it for? For you if you love exploring, blowing things up in co-op and letting chaos decide. Much less so if you expect a game to stay in your head years later.