- Publisher: Ubisoft
- Release Date: Oct 7, 2021
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
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Jul 27, 2022Ubisoft's signature franchises continue to deliver on what the fans have come to expect and Far Cry 6 is no exception. A sprawling sandbox with tons to do and perfect escapism for a few hours… a few tens of hours. Fans of the series or Ubisoft's style, in general, will want to pick this one up, those who haven't ever clicked with them will find nothing new here to change their mind, with only a few changes that just do not push the boat out or move away from the formulaic. Most exciting though, is the upcoming DLC: a season pass that promises to give players a whole different experience. Stepping into the shoes of the villains of the previous games, starting with Vaas. Stay with us here at Cubed3, where we'll be covering it soon.
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Oct 29, 2021Far Cry 6 makes some meaningful narrative improvements, helped by a fantastic performance by Esposito. However, repetitive and familiar gameplay, combined with a restrictive progression system, means changes are needed in the future if Ubisoft wants the series to continue.
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Oct 13, 2021Far Cry 6 is fun, there’s no doubt about that. Yara is a fantastic backdrop, and if you enjoy mindlessly shooting stuff up, you’ll absolutely be in your element. You probably won’t really care much for Dani’s story though, and the game’s tonal dissonance can be somewhat off-putting. But lean into the mayhem and you’ll have a good enough time, even if you don’t remember much about it once you’ve turned the game off.
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Oct 11, 2021Far Cry 6 feels like a sequel that was made because there needed to be a sequel, that's making changes because it needs to show progress. The previous three numbered games in the series felt like they had their own identity and tried to offer more and more options to the player, but Far Cry 6 is a lateral move towards something that isn't quite the Far Cry I originally loved.
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Oct 11, 2021Far Cry 6 is the best version of Ubisoft's open world formula to date, but whether that's still a selling point to you is up for debate. The few advancements and new mechanics won't be enough to convince those burnt out to return for one more exotic trip, but if you're down for another lengthy checklist to complete, then the series has never been better. It's another healthy serving of comfort food; one that sticks to what it knows best while slightly iterating positively.
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Oct 6, 2021Whoever fell in love with Far Cry 5 (and especially New Dawn) will fall in love with Far Cry 6. The game offers more of the same - dozens of hours of pure run'n'gun fun in a giant open-world that will last for months. If you want to relax after a hard day, get the game. If you want anything more, stay away from it.
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Oct 6, 2021Far Cry 6 is an attempt to use all the best gameplay ideas Ubisoft ever had. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, leaving you with some mixed feelings.
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Oct 6, 2021Far Cry 6 is a good opus in the series, but it doesn't bring anything new to the IP besides a good performance from Giancarlo Esposito.
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Oct 6, 2021A truly huge game that adds more and more content without really fundamentally changing anything. It’s not a very good shooter but it will successfully distract you with countless relatively fun activities.
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Oct 6, 2021Far Cry 6 is a good addition to the beloved shooter franchise thanks to great gunplay and stunning visuals. It's a shame however that there are some really annoying bugs, crashes, and quality of life issues that take you out of the experience. The story is so much fun when Esposito's on-screen, which is, unfortunately, not enough.
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Oct 6, 2021Far Cry 6 feels like the franchise is begging for its "Assassin's Creed Origins" moment, where its underlying core systems are tweaked and overhauled. It still offers plenty of fun and carnage, but the formula has begun to wear thin…After three mainline entries with almost exactly the same structure, along with numerous spinoffs and expansions that hit the same notes, it’s definitely time for the series to either take an extended break or move on in a new direction.
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Oct 6, 2021If all you’re after is a lot of shooting and exploding and collecting set within a stunning tropical milieu, you’ll find it here. Have at it. If, on the other hand, you’d like a little more in the way of innovative play and nuanced commentary, best keep hunting.
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Oct 6, 2021Unfortunately, Far Cry 6 has missed the mark again, with too few significant improvements and a lot of bloat. For those who love Far Cry, it’s yet another game to blast through and add to the pile, but compared to the competition, this series is starting to fall seriously behind.
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Jan 4, 2022If I’m being honest, my frustrations with the marketing’s focus on the worst caricatures of Latinx people made me brace myself for a racist triple-A experience full of gross clichés and awkward attempts to be apolitical. Instead, I was surprised to find that more thought than I expected was put into its depiction of Latinx people. Although it isn’t perfect — those cringeworthy lines! The grind of finding gear! — it’s better than what I initially expected, and that counts for something.
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Oct 6, 2021Far Cry 6 is on firmer ground when it’s squarely focused on the revolution, even if that exposes how little the game seeks to shake up the series’s formula.
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Oct 6, 2021Reflecting on the nature of revolutionary uprising he comes to the conclusion that everything is ultimately ok as long as you die smiling. Similarly, if that’s all you really want from an open world shooter then Far Cry 6 will not disappoint.
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Oct 6, 2021Far Cry 6 calls for an urgent change in the series. I'm not sure how much time Far Cry can continue down this path. Patience has already run out: the current approach is tiresome and the next game in the series needs to be a radical change in the way of making an open world, first-person shooter.
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Oct 6, 2021Whoever had experience with any of the main Far Cry games since Far Cry 3 and afterwards will know exactly what to expect from here. Same forts to conquer, same guns to use, same abilities to utilize, same quest design, same everything albeit in the setting of Yara (read "fictionalized Cuba").
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Edge MagazineNov 4, 2021An exercise in banality, despite its vibrant landscapes and characters. But then perhaps, given their parallels with Cuban History, even they ultimately make it worse. [Issue#365, p.102]
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Oct 11, 2021As it happens, though I played for much longer, I had had more than my fill after the first four hours, with no desire to venture back in. Strange to tell, I mourn the very things—the scalable vantages, the unlockable skills—that Ubisoft has left behind for the sake of freshness.
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Oct 6, 2021Far Cry 6 does little to innovate and bring the series forward in a new and exciting direction, despite the beautiful island of Yara and the decent gunplay.
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Oct 6, 2021Far Cry 6 is the most complete game of the entire franchise. It is almost unfathomable, with an overwhelming amount of content. And yet, the formula feels stale when it urges the reiteration of objectives and visits to enemy camps. [Recommended]
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Oct 8, 2021I wouldn't call Far Cry 6 "good," exactly, but it has its moments of silly entertainment. Next time Ubisoft should either pick a lane or remake Far Cry 2.
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Oct 6, 2021Don’t get me wrong: there is a time and a place for a game like Far Cry 6. There were brief stretches of time I began to sink more willingly into its simple brand of mindless monotony. But there are just too few examples of the game’s mechanics coalescing to deliver memorable, crazy, unpredictable action. With so little dynamism in the world’s AI and its systems, missions aren’t just identically structured, they’re fundamentally limited in potential outcomes. And in a world this enormous, with characters that are this intent on destroying the status quo, it ends up feeling like wasted space. If only overthrowing an evil tyrant was as simple as amassing a hundred collectibles. Viva la repetición.
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Oct 6, 2021If you were looking for a sequel that would shake up the series and bring about a gameplay revolution, you're going to be disappointed, but if you enjoy that classic Far Cry collect-em-up grind and simply want a brand new sandbox to explore and explode, you're going to be far from bored with all that Yara has to offer.
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Oct 6, 2021Far Cry as a whole is frozen in time. The few mechanical additions in the series’ latest entry don’t show much improvement over what Far Cry 5 or Far Cry New Dawn have already explored. And if your interest lies in the search for any semblance of proper representation, you’re better off looking elsewhere. Very few examples, in recent years, have been able to shake the norm. And if Far Cry 6 is any indication of what AAA publishers can do with a Latin American setting — painting it more as window dressing than an actual picture worth celebrating — I would rather not see another one try.
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Oct 10, 2021Even within the meandering and aimless boundaries of the open world big-budget shooter genre—games designed to lovingly transform vast hours of human existence into points map percentage completion, without involving the brain in all but the most cursory of ways—Far Cry 6 stands as a disappointment. As a political statement, it’s cruel, bleak, and simplistic. As a game, it’s rote, repetitive, and only surface-level innovative. As a hybrid of the two, it’s an outright disaster.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 432 out of 1207
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Mixed: 225 out of 1207
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Negative: 550 out of 1207
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Oct 9, 2021-Italian dialogues missing
-mediocre graphics
-stupid missions
-stupid NPCs
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Oct 11, 2021
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Oct 10, 2021Ubisoft decision to avoid Italian spoken dialogue cannot be excused. Won't buy this game