EvaUnit02 on 29/5/2021 at 16:00
Obviously it's going to be more of the same, i.e. yet another retread of Far Cry 3 and the "Ubisoft open world game" formulas. It's out Oct 7th, so chill for about 2 months and you'll be able to pick it up on a generous discount during Black Friday (Nov 26th). Else sub to Uplay+ subscription service.
I'm excited for this. I've had such immense fun with this series ever since they sanded off the rough edges and half formed ideas of Far Cry 2. Far Cry 4 was my game of the 8th generation because of how much fun I got out of it. Charging an outpost on elephant back or carpet bombing it in the gyrocopter were favourite tactics of mine.
I hope that they leave out the levelled bullet sponge enemies from New Dawn. The idea just doesn't gel well with a non-pseudo MMO game, especially not one in a IRL grounded setting.
Gameplay b-roll
[video=youtube;pQwfNEF6cY8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQwfNEF6cY8[/video]
Trailer
[video=youtube;VbF6REQyel4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbF6REQyel4[/video]
nicked on 31/5/2021 at 11:23
So it's come full circle and become Just Cause in setting as well as just premise.
One day I hope we can get a Far Cry, or Far Cry-esque game, that builds on the interesting emergent stuff of Far Cry 2, instead of just churning out yet another Ubisoft gameified sandbox.
EvaUnit02 on 1/6/2021 at 19:36
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210601012107/https://news.ubisoft.com/en-us/article/jzZzBMLk8k4XAWgNpXfju/the-politics-of-far-cry-6)
Quote:
Our story is political.
A story about a modern revolution must be. There are hard, relevant discussions in Far Cry 6 about the conditions that lead to the rise of fascism in a nation, the costs of imperialism, forced labor, the need for free-and-fair elections, LGBTQ+ rights, and more within the context of Yara, a fictional island in the Caribbean. My goal was to empower our team to be fearless in the story we were telling, and we worked incredibly hard to do this over the last five years. We also tried to be very careful about how we approached our inspirations, which include Cuba, but also other countries around the world that have experienced political revolutions in their histories.
In our approach we made sure to seek creators and collaborators for our team who can speak personally to the history and cultures of the regions we were inspired by. We also brought on experts and consultants to examine the game story multiple times over the course of the project to make sure it was being told with sensitivity. It is not for me to decide if we succeeded, but I can say we absolutely tried.
The conversations and research done on the perspectives of those who fought revolutions in the late 1950s, early 1960s, and beyond are absolutely reflected in our story and characters. But if anyone is seeking a simplified, binary political statement specifically on the current political climate in Cuba, they won’t find it. I am from a family that has endured the consequences of revolution. I have debated revolution over the dinner table my entire life. I can only speak for myself, but it is a complex subject that should never be boiled down to one quote.
What players will find is a story that’s point-of-view attempts to capture the political complexity of a modern, present-day revolution within a fictional context. We have attempted to tell a story with action, adventure, and heart, but that also isn’t afraid to ask hard questions. Far Cry is a brand that in its DNA seeks to have mature, complex themes balanced with levity and humor. One doesn’t exist without the other, and we have attempted to achieve this balance with care. My only hope is that we are willing to let the story speak for itself first before forming hard opinions on its political reflections.
Thank you for reading.
Navid Khavari
Narrative Director, Far Cry 6
So the key argument has remained consistent with Ubisoft, they aren't a taking partisan stance on anything. This upsets sentiment the communist LARPers that seemingly dominate mainstream gaming journalism. (Eg (
https://archive.vn/HEdC5) Polygon op-ed about Far Cry 5.)
It's funny, if Far Cry 6 were to be the first Ubisoft game to take firm stances on anything, then their shitty sacred cow ideology would've been in the crosshair for sure, considering that game is inspired heavily by Cuba.
Jeshibu on 2/6/2021 at 06:06
Orrr people are just tired of Ubisoft enthusiastically dropkicking open the door of politics for themes and then just not doing anything with it. It's like clickbait. Say something, you cowards! Far Cry plots boiling down to "both sides bad" is just boring and predictable at this point.
nicked on 2/6/2021 at 07:07
That, and you can't expect people to take your political message seriously when it's wrapped up in the exact same copy-paste sandbox gameplay they've been churning out for over a decade. If the game had any kind of artistic integrity, then a thought-provoking political statement might be appropriate. As it is, the political angle comes across as about as shallow and crass as if McDonalds announced they were going to do pro- and anti-Fascist burgers and advertised that the most popular seller would be added to the permanent menu.
WingedKagouti on 2/6/2021 at 11:11
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
So the key argument has remained consistent with Ubisoft, they aren't a taking partisan stance on anything. This upsets sentiment the communist LARPers that seemingly dominate mainstream gaming journalism. (Eg (
https://archive.vn/HEdC5) Polygon op-ed about Far Cry 5.)
It's funny, if Far Cry 6 were to be the first Ubisoft game to take firm stances on anything, then their shitty sacred cow ideology would've been in the crosshair for sure, considering that game is inspired heavily by Cuba.
In addition to what Jeshibu and nicked say, this is Ubisoft making a game about something that is inherently political and comming out with a statement about it not really being political and/or them not taking a stance on the subject, but boils down to "We don't want to offend anyone who might buy our game, so we would like you to ignore anything that looks like it might be a sensitive subject. Please buy our mostly rehashed gameplay with a few minor tweaks, some updated graphics and a new map."
And they do it every goddamn single time they release a major title in one of their big franchises. Because all of those franchises are inherently political.
heywood on 2/6/2021 at 15:41
I dunno. I'd rather have plain old revolution for a story than cults, native mysticism, prehistoric animals, or mutants.
Jashin on 2/6/2021 at 16:02
What do you want a Far Cry game to say? Games are not conducive to serious political-messaging, certainly not a shooter in which you gotta shoot some people in the head every other minute.
This shallow entertainment product is political in appearance at best, and has no deeper meaning or relevance to the real world (except to misinform the uneducated). The theme of each title is the condiment they spread on top of the same-o rehash.
But hey we gotta talk about something, right? How you liking your condiment? Also I'm dying to know what John Rambo thinks of the Vietnam War.
heywood on 2/6/2021 at 16:28
I don't expect a Far Cry game to say much. This isn't high literature, it's just a setting for an armed conflict. The easiest setup for an armed conflict is to create a stereotypical megalomaniac with an army of evil minions to fight your way through, and you win when you defeat the big boss. Do you want another one of those? In order to set up an armed conflict without resorting to that trope, you will need some political motive(s) to explain why you're fighting.
People play these games for the sandbox gameplay, not to ponder the morality of armed conflict. My point was that a revolution is a more straightforward plot than average for Far Cry. I'd rather have them riffing on a real world conflict than making up fanciful shit.
