Ranking 2019's Biggest Video Games By Hype

16. Far Cry New Dawn

Far Cry New Dawn
Ubisoft

Release Date: February 15

Despite mid-February being an absolute death slot for video games, Ubisoft thought nothing of announcing a new Far Cry spin-off for release the same day as Crackdown 3, Dead or Alive 6, Jump Force and Metro Exodus.

With its neon-infused art-style and general heightened cartoonishness, Far Cry New Dawn sure looks like it's borrowing some cues from Rage 2, while offering up a glimpse at the world's annihilated landscape post-Far Cry 5.

As usual, the highlight here seems to be the memorable villains, Mickey and Lou, who lead a gang of bandits called the Highwaymen who will stalk you across Hope County.

While New Dawn doesn't seem like a particularly ambitious refinement of the series' formula, it should be a fun blast of open-world mayhem all the same.

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