The main story revolves around the Project at Eden's Gate, a doomsday cult that has taken over the county at the command of its charismatic and powerful leader, Joseph Seed. The game takes place in Hope County, a fictional region of Montana, United States. It is the standalone successor to the 2014's Far Cry 4, and the fifth main installment in the Far Cry series. Far Cry 5 is a 2018 first-person shooter game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and Ubisoft Toronto and published by Ubisoft.