The story goes that a player in Far Cry 5 managed to screw himself, and it was crazy hilarious. Remember the rush of feeling like a real badass when shooting down an enemy plane? Well, this player killed it… and then got crushed by the falling plane himself. Talk about Herculean karma.
The clip showed some pretty unusual shooting: the player takes a rocket launcher, sights an enemy plane and fires a missile upward to destroy it. Victory! Or so they thought. The dying plane was weaving down in flames and was going straight to the place where the player was standing. BAM! Instead of partying for knocking down an enemy aircraft, they’re now staring at a respawn screen. The perfect irony.
This is the kind of crazy and unpredictable stuff that make Far Cry games so much fun. You plan all you want; sometimes, that game just throws all spectacularly in your lap. And some other players from the comment section also enjoyed the joke.
Philosophy Meme really summed it up: “Highly effective at making my day,” and yeah, for me too. Onik Dovahkiin stated, “Happens quite a lot in FC5 lol,” meaning that this isn’t some one-in-a-million glitch but a frequent occurrence in the goofy physics of Hope County. Not a glitch; a feature!
JaspeeX was confused: “How do you get killed by a plane you took out?” Fair. Well, my friend, the answer is that even your victories in Far Cry can come back to bite you. Or in this case, straight up land on you.
BronxDoggo had the right idea calling it “Kamikaze,” which was quite apt. Ask Himaksh came in with “Task failed successfully,” probably the best descriptor of the entire situation. Giii put the finishing touch with “Victory canceled by gravity.” That’s actually got to be a new achievement name.
Several made the comparison. Doctor Battalisk remembers that the same thing happened in Starhawk, but vehicles there didn’t actually damage players on a crash. So, I guess Far Cry is just different. More realistic, or maybe just cruel.
There was even EdotHxncho contributing a little bit of dark humor: “Imagine if it happened to Bush in 2001,” which was… a choice. But hey, the internet’s gonna internet.
What a little clip does that is really cool is show the staying power of Far Cry 5. Even years after its release, players are still finding (or refinding) crazy emergent moments no one could ever script. This is why players keep coming back to these open worlds- it isn’t just a story that you’re playing; it’s your own chaos.
And seriously, all of us have been in that death scenario in some game: doing something awesome and just immediately getting killed in the most ridiculous way. It’s like that time you spiked the football and then tripped over your own feet in the end zone: its embarrassing at the moment but later on will be the best story you ever tell.
If it’s been a while since you last ran through Far Cry 5, then this might be your gentle nudge to dust it off and boot it up again. Just… maybe look up after shooting something out of the sky. Trust me on this one. The skies of Hope County are beautiful but pretty deadly, especially when mixed with falling, burning aircraft.
This is such an awesome opportunity to recall how sometimes the best moments of gaming are not expensive, scripted set pieces, but rather random, unplanned disasters you have to laugh off. It truly makes it fun to share clips like this. We have all been that guy, staring at the screen in disgust after watching our own success literally crash down on us. Pure poetry.
