I love to shoot the men! you shout, as you pump 100 bullets into the prostrate torso of a dead soldier in Far Cry 5. I m so glad there are no cutscenes to–
THWOCK.
Oh no.
And lo, the lord delivered unto ye a sermon of the highest tedium, and the Four Ubisoft Writers of the Apocalypse rode over the earth and reaped the souls of all humanity with pointless exposition and dull characterisation. It was a bad time. But it s not the only strong game let down by a bad tale. The latest episode of the RPS podcast, the Electronic Wireless Show, is unable to discuss all the offenders, but we can take a punt.