I did enjoy the interactions between the aged guerillas who often hark back to their glory days in ‘67 and the younger guerillas who think the older generation are so out of touch.
Not all characters you encounter are well developed – most are sadly quite forgettable and superficial while others are ridiculously over the top or are truly annoying. Cinematic cutscnes with Giancarlo Esposito are a pleasure to watch.It’s always a treat to watch him in the cinematic cutscenes as he imparts lessons to his son. Giancarlo is arguably one of the best actors for villains with his nuanced performance and his trademark chilling transformation from an affable guy to a cold-blooded villain in a split second. There are some memorable characters, chiefly Dani the protagonist and her motivations for eventually joining Libertad, and of course, Antón Castillo, the antagonist powerfully portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito, as well as his son, Diego, who is learning the lessons of being a dictator from his father. In addition, the inconsistent and disconnected behaviours of Non Player Characters (NPCs) are just as emotionally jarring.įor instance, after witnessing a brutal genocidal event, one of the characters walked away in grief only to immediately offer you a completely unrelated fetch quest to deliver a love letter to an old flame, totally brushing off what could have been a strong emotional moment for the game. Maybe Ubisoft didn’t want the game to get too heavy and depressing but I felt a lot of times the powerful moments were ruined by ridiculous mood spoilers.
It just feels very emotionally awkward being in a sad and silly place at the same time. It gets the player to be more emotionally engaged with the plight of the victims then spoils the moment with silly and comical antics.Īt times, they can even happen concurrently – you can be trying to save the slaves in the tobacco fields with a ridiculous “Macarena”-playing gun that shoots compact discs at soldados while your crazy destructive rooster amigo tears the soldados apart. These moments of conflicting emotions happen quite often in the game and feel like wasted opportunities in building up the tension. However, in the next moment, the game often serves up a silly comical quest or an over-the-top character which forcibly pulls your emotions in the opposite direction. You see Castillo’s soldados killing civilians, experiments performed on slaves and bodies of the dead dumped in rivers, which make for a horrifying and heart-wrenching experience. But the discussion typically doesn’t go very far.įar Cry 6 deals with a serious topic of fighting oppression and dictatorship, and delves into disturbing themes of torture, slavery and inhumanity. Instead, they are persuaded to join the revolution for the liberty of Yara and its people. Some characters scoff at Dani and others who plan to escape to the United States, stressing that they will never be accepted and will be mistreated or be stuck working in lowly occupations. Occasionally, Far Cry 6 attempts to delve into socio-political commentary. The visually arresting crimson gas sprayed on tobacco to produce Viviro, the cure for cancer and Castillo’s claim to power.The game opens with Dani and her friends attempting to evade Castillo’s soldiers (soldados) after she hatched a plan to escape to the United States to start a new life.Ĭlearly, circumstances don’t work out that way for Dani and she joins a guerilla group known as Libertad dedicated to overthrow the Castillo regime. However, the chemical is toxic, which means the many slaves who are made to work in the fields are sacrificed in the process.įar Cry 6’s premise opens up an ethical debate about saving the lives of some at the expense of others, and also gives gamers a first-hand experience in witnessing the horror of this ideology. Viviro is produced by spraying Yaran tobacco fields with a visually arresting crimson chemical. Yara is governed under the oppressive and cruel regime of Antón Castillo, the villainous dictator played by the brilliant Giancarlo Esposito of Breaking Bad and The Mandalorian fame.Ĭastillo’s main source of power comes from the production of Viviro, a drug that can cure cancer. You play Dani Rojas, an ex-military turned guerilla, whose gender you can select from the start of the game.
Set in the fictitious Cuba-inspired Latin American country of Yara, Far Cry 6 is an open-world, action adventure first person shooter game. Welcome to Yara, an idyllic tropical Caribbean paradise…not!
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