Far Cry is a brand that in its DNA seeks to have mature, complex themes balanced with levity and humor. We have attempted to tell a story with action, adventure, and heart, but that also isn’t afraid to ask hard questions.
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 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. 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.
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. It follows a backlash to a quote he gave that seemingly dodged the political question, taken from interviews surrounding the Far Cry 6 gameplay reveal last week.Ī story about a modern revolution must be. In the run up to release, Far Cry 6 narrative director Navid Khavari issued a statement to say that yes, Far Cry 6’s story is political. Further Reading: Far Cry 6 trophies revealed for PS5 and PS4
