Exploration of the now-offline Far Cry 5 official websites
Part 2: Game Info 1 (America)
Recovered content
Here are screenshots of what we could find on the official American website on May 27th, 2017, between an invitation to watch the Announce Trailer, some news, and a link to pre-order Far Cry 5 (which, at the time, was scheduled to come out on February 27th, 2018). For the first time, there was information about the game:
THE CULT
Whether through coercion, starvation or forced baptisms, this fanatical cult will use every resource available to build a following in preparation of The Collapse.
THE RESISTANCE
Committed to restoring freedom to Hope County, The Resistance has rallied together in order to stop the Father and his followers. And they’ll only succeed with your help.
TOYS
From shotguns to slingshots, plus a few trusty farm tools, this toy chest is stocked, locked and loaded with every piece of steel you’ll need to take down the Cult.
GAME FEATURES
There's no shortage of mayhem to be had in Hope County. Whether taking down the cult solo or with a wingman, you’ll find adventure around every bend – not to mention some seriously boss rides. Build your character and carve your path through the largest, most customizable Far Cry game ever.
Between June 10th and June 17th, 2017, two of the images (for The Cult and Toys) were replaced:
The text, however, stayed the same, and the appearance of the homepage remained unchanged until it was modified sometime between May 1st and June 10th, 2018. The Game Info section then looked like this:
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. EVERYTHING WILL.
Game Info: Discover The Weapons, Vehicles, and Features of Far Cry 5.
Story & Characters: Hope County has been taken over by a doomsday cult. Join the Resistance and restore freedom to Hope County!
Far Cry Arcade: Jump into Far Cry Arcade and enjoy infinite Far Cry experiences built by a robust community of creators.
Far Cry 5 Season Pass: Face off against hordes of zombies, ruthless Vietcong soldiers, and Martian Arachnids with the Season Pass.
This is what we got if we clicked “Learn More” for Game Info (I split the page into 4 parts):
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. EVERYTHING WILL.
Welcome to Hope County, Montana, land of the free and the brave, but also home to a fanatical doomsday cult—known as The Project at Eden’s Gate—that is threatening the community's freedom. Stand up to the cult’s leaders, Joseph Seed and the Heralds, as you spark the fires of resistance that will liberate the besieged community.
Join the Resistance now with Far Cry 5. Available now on PlayStation 4 system, Xbox One, and PC.
STORY & CHARACTERS
You’re the new Sheriff’s Deputy in town. The only problem is, your badge is pretty much useless. Cut off from the outside world, you’ll need to use your wits, willpower and the helping hands of Hope County’s townsfolk to remove the plague that is The Project at Eden’s Gate.
TOYS
Your arsenal is vast, and the way you wield it even more so. Throughout your campaign, you’ll gain access to weapons mods based on the folks you meet and progress you make.
GAME FEATURES
Far Cry 5 is a massive gameplay arena that’s filled with something new around every bend. The enemy AI behavior is more realistic, and the exploration is endless. Even when you feel like taking a break from the campaign, you can take in some leisurely fishing before diving back into your quest. It’s your mission. With it comes to freedom to take on a world that hits back by any means necessary.
RALLY THE TROOPS
THE RESISTANCE NEEDS YOU
There’s no better time than now to start rallying your cult-fighting friends, dialing in your arsenal and planning your strategy to take back Hope County from Eden’s Gate.
What I mostly wanted to “Learn More” about were the Story & Characters, but there was interesting information on the Game Features page as well.
Commentary
The initial description of the cult said the “coercion, starvation or forced baptisms” were ways for them to “build a following in preparation of The Collapse”. This is still close to what we see in Far Cry 5, but they already had a following when the Reaping began and the open violence started. The vast majority of the cultists we encounter in the game joined because they had faith in Joseph, not because they were forced to. NPC dialog from the E3 2017 demo suggests, like this text, that the early version of Eden’s Gate wouldn’t hesitate to literally beat people into following and believing in the Father long before the Reaping began.
Under the cut are all the available source files, saved directly from the website, of the images you see in the screenshots:
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Do you collect vinyl? What are your favourite records that you own?
I DO and so many! I have hundreds and I got rid of like a third of my collection a few years ago so the result is that everything I still have is something I actually really want. It's funny I just moved all of them from one place to another like 2 hours ago (not a common occurrence) so I was looking at some random ones on the way like ooh hey you... oh and that, and this!
But for us I'll go with a few that will ping for people here, which are number one the Louis Just Hold On rock version single with lyrics etched in the B side which was not sold in the US and it was SUCH A HASSLE to get without paying a million dollars for it but I CHERISH IT (even though it's not that great a recording of the song :/) and the hot pink 2LP Icarus Falls, that album is so dear to me and I wanted to own a physical copy of it so bad but it didn't come out on vinyl at release but then randomly years later it did?!? It's beautiful and it's the way the album is supposed to be with the two halves separated, perfect, listening to just the Falls half is transcendent honestly. Also the Sign of the Times single, and signed Walls, but I will forever regret not getting the Lights Up single I want it so bad :(
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Throughout DP, Zoey reassures Dawn multiple times with things like "How could I not be nervous? It's the Grand Festival" and "To be honest, I was nervous I wasn't gonna make it through the appeal round" (paraphrased).
But as a viewer from Dawn's perspective, I don't buy it. Because as far as I can remember, she never has any major flaws in her appeals/battle strategies, she's so confident and collected, and things almost always work out for her. So I imagine that at some point, Zoey empathizes Dawn again, and Dawn is flat-out like, "I don't believe you."
So, fic concept where Zoey enters Super Rank contests immediately after DP, because she thinks pushing herself is the way to get better. Except, she gets decimated early on. Solidad and Lisia defeat her. Perhaps she even gets knocked out of an appeal round. Turns out, she'd gotten too comfortable breezing through Normal Rank contests. Now, all her competitors are as good or better than her, their strategies sophisticated and fine-tuned in ways she can't predict. It's quite an adjustment.
But, her real downfall is her self-imposed need to put on a brave face for everyone. To feign optimism in front of Solidad, who offers to train with her, because she doesn't want to admit her weakness to seasoned coordinators (or herself). To ignore Dawn and Candice's calls, because she can't bear to admit to them that she might be struggling. Nope, surely if she just keeps thinking rationally and powering through, she'll find her footing among the crowd. It's not quite Dawn's loud "no need to worry" attitude, but because she's not being honest and forgiving of herself, it becomes self-sabotaging and drives her to a breaking point.
I'm not sure how this fic would end - perhaps Zoey decides that she needs to quit this circuit early and take a break for herself, and she travels to a new region to get some fresh perspective? Or, with support from Dawn, Glameow, and others, she's able to sit with her feelings, forgive herself, and get back on her feet a bit? Either way, Dawn seeing that Zoey isn't perfect, and loving her anyway and supporting her through her struggles, would be fundamental to this fic!
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Ok, so people are saying 'how the hell are such beautifulness related to such a rat?' refering to the millers, but I don't, and I'm going to tell you my amazing headcannons.
Ok, look at this (warning: your eyes might burn watch out)
Ew.
Anyways, now them:
Much better. Anyways, he only similarity is Brenda's hair colour- it's not even the same shade fgs (mabye the eyes too but we ignore that)
Ok, that proved nothing I'm sorry.
But, my crazy headcannon is that Christine cheated on him with someone who's actually pretty hot (suprise, suprise, nobody blames her) and get pregnant with the twins. W!LL!am Dosent find out until day and Brenda are 8, so starts shouting at her. Christine encourages Brenda to go to her friend's house, and David the arcade (where he met exer :3) and it's not till there 11 that they get that long deserved (for Christine) divorce. Then Linda falls into the ugly ass rats trap and they get married.
There is my crazy thing on why David and Brenda look so hot and there 'father' looks like he was dropped into a skip the second he was born because he was so horrible to look at.
Thanks for listening if you did :)
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