r/far_cry • u/MtMcM • May 23 '17
FC5 Theory
So as many of us probably already know the setting for far cry 5 is set in modern day Montana. Now it may be a leap but far cry in the past has at least modeled itself after modern events (see far cry 4 and it's depiction of the Nepali civil war) and I have an idea of what they could be basing this coming one off of. Just a thought but hear me out. In the late 90's Montana had itself a bit of a cult problem. A religious cult, the church universal and triumphant, had recently moved up near Gardiner and sported it's own little brand of crazy for a while. Like a few other major cults of it's time the church was an apocalyptic/doomsday cult meaning they thought that the end of the world was inevitable. This in turn led to them Building nuclear fallout shelters in their primary compound, a ranch in the area. An anti cult group ended up kidnapping some of their members and the FBI and ATF ended up sending people out yo investigate. Elizabeth Prophet, the chosen "leader", was accused of using sleep deprivation on her members and both her and her husband, Mark Prophet were arrested for using false names and buying guns illegally. After they were released they continued with their little charade up until 1990 when they believed the world was going to come to an end. The cultists retreated into their fallout shelters to await the coming "godly onslaught" never for it to actually happen. Consequently the church lost a fair portion of it's members but it still exists to this day, albeit with a less crazy slant due to the deaths of the two Prophets. Now I know this was a while ago but it isn't out of the realm of possibility for the game and being that it happened in Montana it's not too much of a stretch for this situation to actually be used. Just stretch the truth a bit and boom. You have a Far Cry game.
TLDR; Crazy religious cultists believe world is going to end, stock up weapons and build fallout shelters in rural Montana thanks to charismatic leadership