Far Cry 6

Leaked yesterday, but the game's been announced properly today with a trailer and a release date of February 18, 2021.

That's Giancarlo Esposito as Anton Castillo, dictator of Yara, Esperanza and Big Bad for the game. (I'm not big into Far Cry, but Esposito is already slaying it as this sinister dictator that's grooming his son to be just like him.)

Meanwhile, your character will be Dani Rojas, a local Yaran, who will become a guerilla fighter as he attempts to liberate his (or her) nation from Castillo.

To do this, you'll take on Castillo's troops head-on in the "largest Far Cry playground to date," which includes jungles, beaches, and the capital city of Yara, Esperanza.

Plus, there's some buzz that this is a prequel of sorts to Far Cry 3, but can't quite find the evidence for it.

Mostly people are thinking it because the kid and Vaas have the same scar in the same spot above their eyebrows. I wonder, will this also have a big urban environment instead of just jungle or wilderness?

Also I bet this will have a better ending than 5.

Yeah as long as they don't pull constant Cutscene Incompetence and invalidate player power because they had a plot point to make. Those are my biggest irritants with the Far Cry franchise. You can do ANYTHING but walking through a door gets you a rifle butt to the face and EXPOSITION from a sinister bad guy.

Then Mind Rape.

So we have a bigger goal in mind here than just killing the badguy & liberating the populace.

We're gonna be fighting for the kids soul.

You guys know how the Far Cry games have a secret ending Easter Egg that gets triggered when you stay still for 10 minutes or so?

I wonder if this continues the trend.

Okay, this comment under the video made me laugh:

So I guess the player character has an identity, but with customization as well? A good in between in terms of character flexibility and existence.

Wow. That trailer has so many political short hands for commentary. I'm TOTALLY SURE the game with actually talk about ANY of those topics at all. And not at all have nothing to say.

Nah, still burned on Far Cry 5.

Huh. So this is what it was like for the people who got excited seeing Keanu Reeves in Cyberpunk, huh.

Glad we're getting a named PC and not just a nameless whatever to play as. That video game trend needs to die.

Also, Far Cry deciding to be topical yet again is worrying. I know what that toppled statue was about. Then again, after Far Cry 5 I guess this shouldn't be surprising. I'm more interested in the environments they're going with - a blend of urban and jungle sounds cool.

Eh. Brody was able to take out two armed guards despite just having his fingers cut off by a knife-wielding maniac.

5 had that ridiculous bit where, despite being recently made superhuman, your voiceless character lets the twins beat them into submission and chain them up.

Edited by FOFD on Jul 12th 2020 at 8:44:50 AM

I'm sold mostly because you get the opportunity to fight Gus Fring in some capacity.

Man I should really finish Breaking Bad.

This is obviously Gus' story before he fled Chile.

There better be a sniper section.

Nope. I'mma pass on this one.

That makes two in the series I have no interest in, the other one being the full-price game-length iteration of the bit I hated most in Far Cry 4 known as Sub-Primal.

I might get it for cheap when the Gold Edition goes on sale about six months or so after release, but I'm not paying retail or near-retail money for it.

x4 - Yes you should. Because it is quite a good show with great writing and acting.

I wouldn't say a South American revolution is topical. That happens all the time.

After the dumpster fire that was the writing of the last two, I'm going to pass I think.

3 was also a dumpster fire in terms of writing. Vaas is the only good part of that game in terms of story.

At least it had better endings than 4's Full-Circle Revolution and 5's "Damned if you do, damned if you don't" endings.

If it happens all of the time then isn't it still topical.

I don't think that shot of a statue getting pulled down was an accident.

Edited by FOFD on Jul 13th 2020 at 10:00:42 AM

And 5 had a religious militia in rural America as villains.

3 had a playable character with a story arc with the rivalry to Vaas actually having substance. Contrast to 4 & 5’s characters being nonentities.

3 was the best storywise.

I don't care one way or the other about blank slate leads or developed face leads. They are tools and serve their purpose depending on the narrative. Giving too much perspective to Far Cry 4 might result in marring the clearly polarizing nature of the story they wanted to write with "No sides win" bent. Far Cry 5 probably couldn't have one because, otherwise, maybe it would have been too obvious too early as to the issues of the narrative. Jason Brody being voiceless would have killed the 'Going Native or Escape to reality' thing going on in three because the player might not even see the choice coming and be blindsided by it even being a thing.

I just get frankly exhausted with trailers and movies or games or shows that scream in your face "LOOK AT ALL THE THINGS WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT! LET'S TALK ABOUT AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM AND THE SHITTY CULTURE IT BREEDS OR THE FRANKLY DISTURBING COUNTRY RELIGIOUS FANATICISM IN AMERICA" and then when you get to the actual product they say. absolutely. fucking. nothing. Or, hell, Far Cry 5 basically VALIDATES that entire mindset.

Far Cry 6's trailer wants to talk about the abuse of power. The violence incited on the powerless in a revolution. The casual psychopathy of those in charge against those who are just a number or a statistic to them. But will the game actually do anything with any of that? Or will it be set dressing like Assassin's Creed: Unity was?

It's so boring. It's so uninteresting. And I'm tired of it. MAYBE I'm wrong on this game, but after Far Cry 5 or even Bioshock: Infinite half a decade earlier, I just can't buy into this. If you constantly shout that you have something to say, actually say something when you get handed the goddamn mic.

Edited by InkDagger on Jul 13th 2020 at 4:16:29 AM

So basically the opposite problem of 13 Reasons Why, which loved tackling every political issue and social problem in the poorest of ways.

Are they planning on making U Play recognize Guam as a US Territory and NOT Portugal or the UK, for once? Cause if not, I'm automatically out of the picture... again.

Edited by SgtRicko on Jul 14th 2020 at 4:48:11 AM