PC Gamer - UK (2021-12)

That’swhereYara’s uniqueness ends

andanuneasysense of parody begins,

forme.WhileUbisoft is determined

tomakeGiancarlo Esposito’s despot,

AntónCastillo,feel like a real and

crediblethreat,he’s more of a

satiricalmash-up of

FrancoandCastro. He’s

definitelyabadguy,

withavisionfor his

countrythatheholds

aboveall–evenfamily,

asheoftenreminds his

sonandprotégé, Diego

• butthere’sa
  two-dimensional vibe I
  justcan’tshake.We’ll have to come
  backtohimlater.

CURSEORCURE?

FarCry 6 isaquintessential Far Cry

game.Youbegin as an underdog who

quicklyendsupwith the moniker of

hero,fleeingsome tyrannical bastard

who’swreckingthe lives of the locals

tomakehisdream a reality. In this

case,he’smadea smokable cancer

cure, Viviro. Viviro is farmed and

produced by slaves from Yara.

Castillo labels them as ‘outcasts’ and

‘fake Yarans’, setting the us-and-them

tone in the game’s opening sequence.

Much like its predecessors, you can

grapple your way up

cliffs and buildings –

truly revolutionary

stuff, I know – use your

phone to track enemies

and their weaknesses

and, for the first time,

simply holster your

weapon so you don’t

look super sus running

around with a sniper rifle.

Ubisoft has borrowed the cloaked

mechanic from Assassin’s Creed in

the sense that as long as you and your

holstered weapon don’t stand too

close to guards or act in a suspicious

way, you can pass through

checkpoints with no violence. It also

works as a stealth mechanic, where

you can saunter up to a vehicle,

quickly whip your pistol out and

assassinate the driver before stealing

a prison truck. You’ll also want to

destroy anti-aircraft guns when you

find them, otherwise, you won’t be

able to fly around Yara – or progress

the story in some sections. There are

still the usual animal hunting

missions, too, and new Criptograma

Chests that lead to unique gear.

Much like Far Cry 5, you can

choose whether you want to play as a

female or male Dani Rojas, though

you can’t customise their appearance

• not unless you get the same bug I
  did after using the photo mode,
  where Dani was stuck with an
  unfortunate wink/cheeky tongue out
  combo in cutscenes for an hour or so.
  Dani is an orphan who was
  previously conscripted into Yara’s
  military, so is familiar with the people
  fighting for El Presidente and country


• and that not all of them are bad
  guys. She begins as many underdogs
  do: unaware of what she truly
  believes in. As she comes to
  understand the plight of the people
  and Diego’s suffering at the hands of
  his father, we see her alliances shift
  and her core beliefs strengthen.
  Family – whether through blood or
  friendship – is a core theme in Far
  Cry 6, and one Dani struggles to
  reconcile given her history.
  In the first few hours of Far Cry 6,
  you’ll hear the word ‘guerrilla’ more
  times than you’ll ever be able to
  count. Juan Carlos, a veteran
  guerrilla, will school you on his
  guerrilla rules on how to be a
  guerrilla and succeed in all the
  guerrilla warfare. It’s repetitive, yes,
  and typical of how the game treats its
  revolutionaries as caricatures, but he
  does at least give you one major game
  changer: the Supremo.
  The Supremo is like an ugly back
  bling that brings way too much
  power to a fight. You can combo it
  with a weapon to inflict terrible
  damage on your opponents as you see
  fit. You’ll begin with a flamethrower
  and rocket launcher combo that’s just
  as stupid and OP as it sounds. My

T

he fictional island of Yara is as beautiful as it is predictable.

There are sunny beaches, friendly locals serving street food

you’re for some reason not allowed to buy, and sharks in the

water that want to take a bite out of you. The music you hear

blasting from homes and cars is upbeat, there’s constantly a a

partyvibeinthe air, and there are wild horses you can actually ride.

GUERRILLA RADIO

FAR CRY 6 demonstrates why the series needs a revolution of its own

By Lauren Aitken

You begin as an

underdog who

ends up with

the moniker

of hero

NEEDTOKNOW

WHAT IS IT?

Open world action FPS

set on the fictional

Caribbean island

of Yara

EXPECT TO PAY

£50

DEVELOPER

Ubisoft

PUBLISHER

In-house

REVIEWED ON

Intel i7-9700F, RTX

2070 Super, 32Gb RAM

installed on SSD

MULTIPLAYER

Yes

LINK

ubisoft.com/en-gb/

game/far-cry/far-cry-6

DOGS ARE A GUERRILLA’S BEST FRIEND

ThreeofFar Cry 6’s best Amigos

K-9000

Youmightrecognise this lad

fromFarCry3:Blood Dragon.

Hereceiveslessbullet

damageandhasimmunity to

poisonandfire,which you will

dealwitha lotinYara.

CHORIZO

For the stealth players among

you, this lil pup on wheels will

distract the guards so you

can sneak past or, you know,

rush them from behind and

slit their throats.

CHAMPAGNE

As deadly as she is beautiful,

she takes a leaf out of

Meowth’s book and gathers

more Pesos for you from

dead enemies after she’s

mauled them to death.

Far Cry 6

REVIEW