Time is relative. Einsteinian calculus aside, this is easily observable in our daily lives. Fun stuff goes by fast. A thrilling horror movie or sci-fi show feels a lot shorter than a dry documentary, and the same is true for video games. There’s no standard length a great game must be; it's ideally as long as it needs to be, but that’s easier said than done. Go too short, and you risk being labeled rushed or incomplete. Go too long, you're bloated and repetitive. To strike the right balance, a game must truly understand what it is and what it offers, and few franchises are better at this than Far Cry.
Far Cry New Dawn came to Xbox Game Pass on February 5, bringing with it a neatly portioned FPS sandbox adventure with everything you’d expect... but not too much of it. Set 17 years into the aftermath of an increasingly easy-to-visualize nuclear attack brought on by fascist separatists, players are faced with a world more forest than Fallout. Hope County shines with blue skies, colorful prairies, and the series’ trademark waypoint-driven mayhem. Clocking in at around 12 hours for the main campaign, New Dawn is perfect for anyone who wants to play an immersive game without committing to a second job.
