- Outposts you clear will get taken back by enemies. The country is in a civil war and you’re caught in the crossfire. You clear one outpost, the other side takes it. Both sides are against you.
- There’s no cash since it’s a war zone. You can only pay for weapons with diamonds which can be found in briefcases and also by completing missions for people.
- The map isn’t in a menu screen. You pull it up with a piece of paper in the game. Being able to move while looking at the map is extremely underrated. The only other game I know of that does this is Dead Space.
- Guns frequently jam especially if you scavenged them from enemies. If they jam too often they can also just break entirely. You’re better off buying guns from dealers.
- There is no attention indicator from enemies so you don’t know if they spot you until you’re being shot at. You also can’t mark them and see their outlines through walls. This makes the stealth a lot more intense.
- Enemies aren’t dumb either. Unless you are meticulous in how you approach an enemy base, they will see you. They’re on lookout.
- You can’t pick and choose missions on a checklist. You have to go to a dealer or a radio tower to collect mission orders and then complete them to get another one. That’s a lot more interesting than just having a list of a hundred different objectives to complete.
- NPC characters are smart and act very much like regular people. The game has a buddy system that you can make friends with characters. If you receive a mission, some buddies can call you and give you different ways to complete the mission. You can join them and do it their way or just do it the original way.
- If your health drops to zero, one of your buddies can reduce you and het you behind cover so you can patch your wound.
- Those characters can die permanently if they reach zero health and you’ve saved them too many times. In FC5, if your partner gets to zero health he just gets mad and leaves. Makes a whole lot of sense.
- Cars don’t blow up when they get shot. They just stop working.
- Enemies that get gunned down might sit up and try to shoot you with their pistol (like in older COD games). Always double check if they’re dead.
- No fast travel except for 5 bus stops in the center and on each corner of the map. Open worlds should make the world fun to travel through and not make me want to skip it.
- Your character has malaria and has to regularly take pills to keep it in check.
