There’s death, betrayal, comedic relief from a CIA-esque character and a portion of the game that exclusively features characters who aren’t straight, grizzled and smart heroes of the resistance. The 30-odd hour main quest to kill him, then, goes exactly as expected. He’s a guy that needs to die because he’s oppressing his people with chemical weapons and forcing them into slavery, while he lives in a palace isolated from reality, just like every other Far Cry villain has.
Esposito, like villains before him, is an evil dictator on an island that’s long since been cut off from the rest of the world. This time around, Vaas/Pagan Min/Joseph Seed have been replaced by Giancarlo Esposito (who in-game is called Anton Castillo), and Rook Island/The Himalayas/Montana have been replaced by Cuba (which NPCs call Yara for some reason). This is a feeling exacerbated by the fact that the plot of Far Cry 6 is almost identical to stories of previous games. There are outposts to liberate, guns to find, companions to recruit and radio towers to climb.Īt least Boomer can ride in cars this time around Like with every Far Cry game that’s released within the past decade, the premise of 6 is simple: There’s an isolated island with a comically evil dictator that needs overthrowing, you as the protagonist need to do that while also teaching various resistance groups the power of friendship, and there’s tons of side objectives spread across a huge and diverse map to turn a 10-hour shooter into a 30-hour one. The franchise has done the exact same fucking thing over and over again while expecting that shit to change, but Far Cry 6 doesn’t change shit at all.
But after a decade of shooting dictators in third world countries, Far Cry has finally realised Vaas’ definition of insanity from Far Cry 3. The original three instalments were cutting-edge games that garnered tons of hype, and even the more recent releases of Far Cry 4, Primal and Far Cry 5 were marketed to the point where pre-order hesitant players still picked the game up on launch day. It feels weird to be apathetic about the release of a new Far Cry.
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