If you were holding your breath waiting for Valiant Hearts 2, you might want to check your expectations at the door as Ubisoft toils away on pure time-sink sandboxes.

In a spontaneous Twitter thread, Ubisoft accessibility project manager David Tisserand noted that the vast majority of players wished to keep subtitles on throughout the game. Gotta admit, I’m a big fan of subtitles in games myself. I wish I knew why, but there’s something nice about the extra bit of clarity they can provide to dialogue or when the …

There’s a beauty in the environments of Far Cry New Dawn, that can only be described as haunting. That solitude of the Montana region may be broken up on occasion by roving bands of Highwaymen or a homicidal murder-badger that wants to chew your face off, but when you stop to admire the world of Far Cry New Dawn and soak in the new symbiosis of nature growing over humanity’s achievements?

For their slice of a world where mankind has fallen to ruin, Ubisoft wanted to do something different, moving away from the radiation-scorched environments of every other game set in a wasteland and settling for something more colourful instead. Not just a departure from the genre norm, there’s some actual science in Far Cry New Dawn’s setting, that makes for a believable atmosphere.

In an exile of his own making, the Father holds the key to helping Prosperity fight back against Mickey and Lou, and it’s up to you to find him. Doing so requires a dip into one of Far Cry’s most time-honoured traditions: Tripping balls and following the light fantastic, duuuuuuuuuude

Another day, another cave! And one that is filled with sweet loot, if ya know what I mean. Perk points, ammo and crafting gear happen to be stuck inside a flooded cave, just waiting to be taken. In Rescuers go under, you’ll want to head to this point here and drop in.

Grace Armstrong’s old church has some treasure hiding on the grounds, but get it, you’re going to…bear with me. Looks like one of Cheeseburger’s offspring has been trained to carry and protect the key to a crypt full of useful supplies, and if you’re keen on enterting that tomb then you’re going to need to get ready for a fight.

Eden’s Gate may not be filled to the brim with crazy peggies like it was before the bombs fell, but Joseph Seed’s followers still revere and worship the man that they called “the Father”. Only problem? The Highwaymen don’t have that same level of adoration for the missing prophet. Some of Eden’s Gate most hopeful acolytes have set up a church that ran afoul of Far Cry New Dawn’s lethal antagonists, and the holy camp site is now filled with believers who happen to be extra holey. Because they’ve all been murdered, get it? HAW!