Far Cry 6

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  1. maettsook
    Feb 5, 2022
    4
    This is sad. My first Far Cry was 3 and I loved it. 4 was OK, 5 looked beautiful and I liked the villains, but it started to get a bit repetitive. However, Far Cry 6 is just horrible. I've been playing it for about 10 hours. I have managed only one stealth base capture, I'm not even sure if it's possible most of the time. So every base capture feels very unrewarding. I like to reccy theThis is sad. My first Far Cry was 3 and I loved it. 4 was OK, 5 looked beautiful and I liked the villains, but it started to get a bit repetitive. However, Far Cry 6 is just horrible. I've been playing it for about 10 hours. I have managed only one stealth base capture, I'm not even sure if it's possible most of the time. So every base capture feels very unrewarding. I like to reccy the base, tag the enemies watch their movements and pick them off one by one. All but one of my base captures have ended up just being spray gunfire, reload, spray gunfire reload, run around a bit spray gunfire. It's mind numbing!
    I can't think of a single character I like. Juan is tolerable, but Clara was annoying at first but now she's just giving mission and info she's tolerable. But I just met Jonron and she's obnoxious. I tried to kill her but impossible, I would have happily forfeited missions just to avoid that character.
    The main villain has no charisma, compared to previous villains, there's just nothing. so unlikable are the heroes I hope there's an option to let him continue dictating.
    God I miss characters like Wills Huntley, Amita, Crazy Citra, and where's Hurk?
    Jesus, it's like a 14 year old was asked what do rebels look and act like...'errr well I guess they have tats and piercings and say 'f**k you' a lot' The Poochie revolution is upon us!
    This is the last Far Cry I purchase. I think the developers either despise their customers or just can't be bothered.
    Edit: The music was annoying, found myself searching for the radios multiple times to turn them off, going to just shoot them from now on.
    Also, Spanish is not a language I speak. English first language, but can get by in German, Dutch and Korean, so why so much Spanish in this game? I don't know what a Miho is? I understand that Spanish is widely spoken in North America, but here in Europe it's not outside of Spaiin.    … Expand
  2. ReubenIsAGod
    Feb 13, 2022
    4
    *edited on further introspection/forgetfulness

    I had a lot of fun playing Far Cry 6. I actually really enjoyed the game's setting, main character, the villain and 2/5 of the side characters. The game is good, but not worth paying at full price. I've recently been playing through Far Cry 4 and am actually quite impressed at how unique/intruging the story/progression and difficulty is    *edited on further introspection/forgetfulness

    I had a lot of fun playing Far Cry 6.
    I actually really enjoyed the game's setting, main character, the villain and 2/5 of the side characters. The game is good, but not worth paying at full price. I've recently been playing through Far Cry 4 and am actually quite impressed at how unique/intruging the story/progression and difficulty is comparitively to Far Cry 6...it's actually kinda sad that Far Cry 4 is more innovative and fun comparitively to 6.

    The biggest issue with Far Cry 6 is not understanding why revolutions need to happen, and grappling with the real consequenses of fascist dictators and how these affect a country. It's strange because Far Cry 4 understands this much better and asks something much more politically intriguing and morally complicated. The humour/ half-assed social justice messeging don't necessarily translate well, or serve any purpose within this Cuban/fantasy setting. The humour genuinely down-plays the genuinely horrific reality that pushes people to a revolution/becoing a revolutinary. You don't choose to play the path/role of a revolutinary, revolutinaries are forced into unbeatable odds that make firm decisions to make a change. It's actually somewhat offensive tbh. If they stuck to a more grounded/serious tone, actually had a progression tree. had proper character devlopments this game could have been sensational.

    I would recommend picking this up for like 15 dollars once heavily discounted, but otherwise do not pay for this...it's not bad, it's just somewhat mediocre and is offensively innovative    … Expand
  3. Nobilis1984
    Oct 9, 2021
    4
    Ubisoft is busy milking again.
    - The graphic got stuck in part 4. The consoles can ray traced and that is not used. And the PCs are even more powerful. Why don't you use that?
    - The story is as thin as paper. Every B-movie has a better story and is more entertaining. - The gameplay has become so undemanding. It feels like a pure employment measure. Why should I do this to myself? For    Ubisoft is busy milking again.
    - The graphic got stuck in part 4. The consoles can ray traced and that is not used. And the PCs are even more powerful. Why don't you use that?
    - The story is as thin as paper. Every B-movie has a better story and is more entertaining.
    - The gameplay has become so undemanding. It feels like a pure employment measure. Why should I do this to myself?
    For 70 € simply too little quality and high quality content. Only EA does it better with Fifa.    … Expand
  4. Citizenfunk
    Oct 8, 2021
    4
    Farcry has taken a very unfortunate turn. Tons of missing features from previous games, and wonky RPG combat left me just plain bored after a couple hours.

    If you updated Farcry 3's graphics, and compared the two games side by side, 3 would look like the newer game in the series. Seeing where this series is going, I won't fool myself by being excited for the next one.
  5. MalistiX
    Oct 29, 2021
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Finished the game, lots of annoyance for me, felt very political driven with lots if inclusive characters but they feel out of place. In a guerrilla military manly setting the females take charge in every form and it feels like ubi soft is overcompensating.

    Sadly most NPC characters are very unlikable and at times i was rooting for the enemy. The gameplay is what you expect and it can be fun at times.

    I wish the story was better, characters where better and the gane didnt feel like a gameplay copy fron far cry 3,4,5 and dlcs    … Expand
  6. Sky-Line___
    Oct 22, 2021
    4
    The coop system is so broken! Why the hell would you advertise something that is coop where your partner’s progression is solo only? That means that apart from his equipment, all the rest – progression, story, camps, every single thing on the map – doesn’t count for him. What the hell Ubisoft! Furthermore, I think playing this game coop hides its solo playing boredom. You start realizingThe coop system is so broken! Why the hell would you advertise something that is coop where your partner’s progression is solo only? That means that apart from his equipment, all the rest – progression, story, camps, every single thing on the map – doesn’t count for him. What the hell Ubisoft! Furthermore, I think playing this game coop hides its solo playing boredom. You start realizing that missions are madly repetitive when you play solo.

    The game doesn’t look too bad indeed, but the world of Yara doesn’t feel alive. I feel like in a clone of Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Enemies everywhere, Yarans citizens are virtually non-existent, cars are driven unrealistically (it’s an actual joke how driving AI is). I also don’t get this weapon leveling system. What the hell are those 4 stars? What do they mean? And I haaaaate the fact that you need to storm an enemy with 5000 rounds to kill one. I’d have loved it so much more if it was more realistic, if enemies are downed with one sniper rifle bullet for example. Now it’s just another clone of any boring videogame, with 1000 ultra-armored guys and other bullet-sponges.

    Lastly, I must say this scenario is really weird. It’s not credible, it would not make any sense in real life, we don’t feel for the characters at all, and most of the missions are boring scenaristically speaking as well. It’s just not engaging for me. It doesn’t do it.

    It’s a shame because this game had potential. If sufficiently polished on all mentioned aspects and if fitted with an actual nice story, its map would have provided it with a very nice playground.    … Expand
  7. JunCLJ
    Oct 11, 2021
    4
    Dear Ubisoft, could you please fix the screen tearing issue on PS5? Also the annoying lagging cutscene. The gameplay experience is 7/10 but has too much of graphics glitches. Especially I can't withstand the screen tearing on PS5, it makes the graphics looks horrible.
  8. vak1ch
    Oct 18, 2021
    4
    I loved the Far Cry series very much. Every part of it made me happy. 1 and 2 were unique. 3 was a masterpiece. 4 was a not-so-good copy-paste of 3 but it was okay. 5 was new and played differently. 6 however give us nothing new, but the same game with very bad quality. The game works badly on PS5 and the picture is overall very blurry. The main character is an idiot and the famous actorI loved the Far Cry series very much. Every part of it made me happy. 1 and 2 were unique. 3 was a masterpiece. 4 was a not-so-good copy-paste of 3 but it was okay. 5 was new and played differently. 6 however give us nothing new, but the same game with very bad quality. The game works badly on PS5 and the picture is overall very blurry. The main character is an idiot and the famous actor in the role of the bad guy is not so interesting at all. RPG-like gameplay made the game very strange and it plays like you are in a free-to-play mess.
    I hope Ubisoft will make absolutely new 7 parts of the game. Because you can't do every part the same or worse.    … Expand
  9. Strichstarke
    Oct 24, 2021
    4
    Honestly I think that Ubisoft no longer sells quality games but rather something mediocre and barely worth a AAA level. The cast for the main villain was done great but has a severe lack in actual presence when you play the game (cutscenes as well as having a personal conflict with the protagonist) but either than that, everything in this game is something we've all seen before in otherHonestly I think that Ubisoft no longer sells quality games but rather something mediocre and barely worth a AAA level. The cast for the main villain was done great but has a severe lack in actual presence when you play the game (cutscenes as well as having a personal conflict with the protagonist) but either than that, everything in this game is something we've all seen before in other far cry games. No innovation and no creativity at all. Just copy and paste. The story itself is lackluster and if you pay enough attention you can see the "woke" agenda pushed in this game in almost every corner. It didn't bother me much though personally since I had zero interest in any characters in this game besides the main villain and his son. If you want a mediocre brainless shooter with a good cast for the main villain (yet not a great script) then yeah you can buy this game on sale. If you want a quality AAA game please don't buy this. (Giving the game 2 points for castillio (which is in itself generous) and 2 points for gameplay mechanics (although they can be fun it ultimately feels like a carbon copy of the previous games)… Expand
  10. empe
    Oct 11, 2021
    4
    It's a reskin of far cry 5, but the very lazy one. I'm like 15 hours in a game and there's no feeling of progression at all - the same tactics, the same gear, half of the missions look the same and there's no incentive to do the sidequests because apart from the trophy you'll gain nothing.

    If you have a lot of time to spare it's still a pretty good sandbox, but after couple hours you'll    It's a reskin of far cry 5, but the very lazy one. I'm like 15 hours in a game and there's no feeling of progression at all - the same tactics, the same gear, half of the missions look the same and there's no incentive to do the sidequests because apart from the trophy you'll gain nothing.

    If you have a lot of time to spare it's still a pretty good sandbox, but after couple hours you'll be forcing yourself to play it just for the sake of getting it done.    … Expand
  11. Camzillasmom
    Oct 25, 2021
    4
    The dullest entry of the series. It tries to be serious, involve serious topics of the world, but by doing so turned into a Ghost Recon: Far Cry.
    The magic of Far Cry, the crazy, the whit, the freshness and the depth of the characters and story is totally lost and I wonder if they will recover from it, frankly.
    Everything from story to ending, the collectibles grinding and the Insurgency    The dullest entry of the series. It tries to be serious, involve serious topics of the world, but by doing so turned into a Ghost Recon: Far Cry.
    The magic of Far Cry, the crazy, the whit, the freshness and the depth of the characters and story is totally lost and I wonder if they will recover from it, frankly.
    Everything from story to ending, the collectibles grinding and the Insurgency endgame is a utter disappointment.
    FAR CRY, I'm grieving - you lost your soul...    … Expand
  12. cerb747
    Jul 6, 2023
    4
    The biggest piece of dog **** in the Far Cry franchise only 2nd behind New Dawn. ohh Far Cry 2 and 3 how we miss you so.
  13. Tommycbs
    Oct 30, 2021
    4
    I was so disappointed with this game. It got slightly more bearable as it went on but I almost quit after the first few hours. I questioned whether it had actually been made by gamers it is so slow and unoptimised. Some examples of this are when picking up items on the ground you have to stand literally on top of the item to pick it up and look dead centre. The slightest deviation and youI was so disappointed with this game. It got slightly more bearable as it went on but I almost quit after the first few hours. I questioned whether it had actually been made by gamers it is so slow and unoptimised. Some examples of this are when picking up items on the ground you have to stand literally on top of the item to pick it up and look dead centre. The slightest deviation and you aren’t picking it up. This slows down gameplay massively. Another example is when you call for your ride to come you have to wait for it to slowly arrive and then listen to the npc say some irrelevant catchphrase and then wait for him to get out of the car. This really takes the momentum out of the game and I never used this feature because of that. That is just a couple examples but it’s al all round let down. The graphics were also poor for next gen. It’s just copy and paste like the last few games. Thank god I only rented this one.… Expand
  14. Chrislemale
    Oct 11, 2021
    4
    The game is basically like the others no innovation at all.Farcry 5 is still my favorite because you could pick your own character and it was way more immersive that way.In this game you are this wanna be cringe edgy guy again where you think *Please shut the f* up* all the time when he talks.A silent protagonist with you the player as the main character works way better for that franchiseThe game is basically like the others no innovation at all.Farcry 5 is still my favorite because you could pick your own character and it was way more immersive that way.In this game you are this wanna be cringe edgy guy again where you think *Please shut the f* up* all the time when he talks.A silent protagonist with you the player as the main character works way better for that franchise and the main villains were always the true main characters….but that’s not the case here the villain in general is the most boring one and the story feels very generic and not focused on him.I hope they fix that otherwise the franchise is dead
    Pros:It’s always fun to free outposts
    Cons:The character talks and also way too much.
    Way too many cutscenes and they are also in 3 person wtf
    Story is garbage and boring
    Politics but more the 2021 ones
    No character creation    … Expand
  15. 2old4akumumode
    May 10, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I preordered FC, pd $60, & avoided spoilers because I love FC series. I replay my FC games. I played FC6 & was close to 100% on trophies. I waited a few months to get my rage 0 score out of my system. The island beauty was a 10! I liked Treasure Hunts, fishing, & the outfits for skills. I'm a female, but I didn't like being forced to play as female for a trophy. Game play left me empty! First island fun, Guapo good but I quickly realized 80% on my machete kills was to the back of a female! Seemed geared to Ted Bundy! After initial island it went down hill. First, weapons didn't work or the upgrades. The respawn was insane especially with weapons which didnt kill. The missions so bad & embarassing, I was saying please god let this be the last one. The amigos so messed up! Croc, puma okay but a crippled dog, boomer from FC5 instead of Tinder from FCND but lastly the rooster was just so bad, I kept for the stupid trophies. My surprise was why would two great actors agree to be put in this mess. I wanted to join the dictator! I thought this would be like it other FC, it wasnt! I thought it was based on Cuba human right nightmares, it wasn't! It was a hit to US on racial & LGBTQ unfairness, but promoted in gameplay Trans couple verbally assaulting each other. If they wanted to create an entire game promoting this group, then the setting should be in one of the many countries where it is illegal & being different can end in death. Excessive women used & killed was another problem. I disliked all characters except the dictator & his kid. Plus, is it really Far Cry without Hulk? I wont preorder again, I will look for spoilers & this Far Cry 6 will get dusty. Will play FC 5 to scratch my itch! I'm sad!… Expand
  16. Zaph
    Oct 9, 2021
    4
    Just a horrible buggy mess that seems like it wasn't even play tested. So many problems. Do not buy. I put it on the shelf next to Cyberpunk 2077. I'll revisit the game and update this review after several patches make it suck less however.

    4/10 is a real score. Don't mind all these Italian people who never played it posting 0's because it doesn't come in their language.
  17. gnapm
    Nov 14, 2021
    4
    Visually a success, but sadly almost everything that made the Far Cry series so fun is gone.. now there's not a really any point to wander around and discover all the secrets. No skill tree is by far the worst thing missing.. the games feels quite empty honestly. Mission are so repetitive, almost all you do is take something from spot A to spot B, all the side missions you'll encounter onVisually a success, but sadly almost everything that made the Far Cry series so fun is gone.. now there's not a really any point to wander around and discover all the secrets. No skill tree is by far the worst thing missing.. the games feels quite empty honestly. Mission are so repetitive, almost all you do is take something from spot A to spot B, all the side missions you'll encounter on the way really feel like they've just been put there to fill the map.
    I've played all the Far Cry and even Platine most of them and I can easily say this is the least fun of all by a notch    … Expand
  18. SamirMrtnz
    Oct 8, 2021
    4
    Con este juego tengo claro no volver a comprar algo de Ubisoft de salida, la historia es simplona, el villano no es ni de cerca tan carismático como de las anteriores sagas, el sonido de las armas es horrible parecen dardos(aunque el gunplay no está del todo mal tiene mucho por mejorar), gráficamente esta bien(pero nada que vuele la mente), el doblaje es horrible en español, parece queCon este juego tengo claro no volver a comprar algo de Ubisoft de salida, la historia es simplona, el villano no es ni de cerca tan carismático como de las anteriores sagas, el sonido de las armas es horrible parecen dardos(aunque el gunplay no está del todo mal tiene mucho por mejorar), gráficamente esta bien(pero nada que vuele la mente), el doblaje es horrible en español, parece que agarraron a un vagabundo y le dieron 5dolares por hacer el doblaje de Dani (versión hombre) aunque en el idioma original tampoco es muy bueno, las animaciones faciales también es algo que deben mejorar, no poquísimas armas nuevas, y me encontré con unos bugs que tampoco fueron muchos; en general un juego decepcionante, espero que Ubisoft vuelva a sacar buenos juegos… Expand
  19. TheHungryMingo
    Oct 25, 2021
    4
    A whole two weeks without so much as a hotfix for the awful enemy respawns and jittery cutscenes is absolutely ridiculous. The new ammo types add nothing, and if anything just detract from the gameplay. I'll amend my review if they ever end up fixing the damn thing.
  20. powerlifting315
    Oct 15, 2021
    4
    I deeply regret buying a game where I couldn't read the steam reviews first. This game freezes very often during cut scenes, the airplanes are terrible to try to fly, the story is grey and bland because Ubisoft wastes time making male and female protagonists, level ups don't seem to mean anything, and it suffers from being chock full of current year politics. Nowhere nearly as good as FCNDI deeply regret buying a game where I couldn't read the steam reviews first. This game freezes very often during cut scenes, the airplanes are terrible to try to fly, the story is grey and bland because Ubisoft wastes time making male and female protagonists, level ups don't seem to mean anything, and it suffers from being chock full of current year politics. Nowhere nearly as good as FCND - looking like that might be the pinnacle of the series!… Expand
  21. Oppressed77
    Oct 24, 2021
    4
    Probably the worst game in the franchise so far. Gone are the strategies of taking of camps and plotting out a course through enemies avoiding detection. Sit right outside the detection zone with a rifle (not sniper) with a cheap silencer and just pop the 4 or 5 people guarding the base. Captured. 30 seconds later not even trying. Its pretty ridiculous.

    This doesn't really seam    Probably the worst game in the franchise so far. Gone are the strategies of taking of camps and plotting out a course through enemies avoiding detection. Sit right outside the detection zone with a rifle (not sniper) with a cheap silencer and just pop the 4 or 5 people guarding the base. Captured. 30 seconds later not even trying. Its pretty ridiculous.

    This doesn't really seam like a far cry game as the main element of stealth take downs and prowling a camp doesn't really exist. Its more of a just grab a gun and shoot people from mid range. No point in sniping either. Bows, don't bother.

    Also, most of the map seems really empty. 1/2 of the "trespassing" zones are empty and have no purpose. The mobs are just copy and pastes of each other. Even though the map is pretty empty. the number of times I ran into Captain Cortez across the map had to be in the 100s.

    The story was ok but was a bit childish I guess you could call it. As a person in his 40s I felt the story was definitely not a serious one (even though it was supposed to be dealing with a very serious subject). The most believable character in the entire game was Anton Castillo sadly. People who were actually being oppressed by a sadistic megalomaniac would not act like spoiled children 95% of the time. The dialog is pretty cringe and the things important to these character is laughable.

    The last 2 entries in this serious have both been on the downward decline side. I hope this is not what is in store for the serious. This has always been my one of my favorite franchises.    … Expand
  22. Sabemaru
    Oct 27, 2021
    4
    An entertaining game with a memorable villain but the side characters and repetitiveness bring it down quite a bit.
  23. Uggabuggababy
    Nov 18, 2021
    4
    I mean... its engaging storywise. But, nothing really seems to matter.
    - Pick the right gear. ( as the game wants you to), Doesent rly matter.
    - Gather materials for gear and base tings. Doesent rly matter. - Capture road stops. Doesent rly matter. - Capture anti air sites. Doesent rly matter. - Capture bases. Doesent rly matter. The game has rly just one thing going for it, and    I mean... its engaging storywise. But, nothing really seems to matter.
    - Pick the right gear. ( as the game wants you to), Doesent rly matter.
    - Gather materials for gear and base tings. Doesent rly matter.
    - Capture road stops. Doesent rly matter.
    - Capture anti air sites. Doesent rly matter.
    - Capture bases. Doesent rly matter.

    The game has rly just one thing going for it, and thats the missions. And they are good. But all the other things you would think mattered for the game....nope, it doesent.    … Expand
  24. richyet93
    Nov 26, 2021
    4
    Have only played for a few hours.

    Spongy enemies, armor piercing bullets compulsory, terrible approach toward outposts and promoting exploration, languid movement, perks replaced by armor sets - what’s the point, it’s a FPS. Also buggy as hell and NPCs are brainless. Not a single improvement made on the Far Cry 5 formula; I bought this game thinking it was a safe Black Friday purchase    Have only played for a few hours.

    Spongy enemies, armor piercing bullets compulsory, terrible approach toward outposts and promoting exploration, languid movement, perks replaced by armor sets - what’s the point, it’s a FPS.

    Also buggy as hell and NPCs are brainless.

    Not a single improvement made on the Far Cry 5 formula; I bought this game thinking it was a safe Black Friday purchase (same old Far Cry). Instead I’ve ended up with a poorly thought out concept that any gamer would think is unfinished and needs refining.

    I want a refund.    … Expand
  25. str03mm3n
    Aug 10, 2022
    4
    For me, this is the weakest game in the series. The shortcomings and annoyances seem to keep on coming, be it that you go into 3rd person when you enter a camp, the city they promoted are just a long street with infinitie respawning enemies, you also have the infinite respawning enemies that just feel like a bug, but is promoted as a intendent function. I can't get behind the supremos orFor me, this is the weakest game in the series. The shortcomings and annoyances seem to keep on coming, be it that you go into 3rd person when you enter a camp, the city they promoted are just a long street with infinitie respawning enemies, you also have the infinite respawning enemies that just feel like a bug, but is promoted as a intendent function. I can't get behind the supremos or the trash weapons and weapon mods. Suppressors overheating after a few shots, but somehow the suppressor made out of a bloody plastic milk jug somehow have the highest durability. No human companions, which is probably for the better, because your "allies" are really not the good guys they promote themselves to be. At points of the story I wasn't sure if the writers wanted the player to feel justified or disgusted, because the warcrimes just keep on coming. I'll end my **** here for now, the only silver lining for me was that it didn't crash and that nothing could score lower than BF2142 in 2021.… Expand
  26. Officialalexj
    Jan 13, 2022
    4
    This game would have been better if they didn't use the clothing to get buffs and better stats/better armor.
  27. Codemac93
    Jan 6, 2022
    4
    As a big fan of Far Cry, i was very disappointed with this installment. Dull story and majority of it has a boring atmosphere. A huge map but still so empty i found. Loads of customization with weapons, gear, vehicles etc, but a been there done that feeling. The main villain i had high hopes for but didnt impact on first appearance.
  28. PaulChuckHalf
    Jan 6, 2022
    4
    Not much of the formula for the action has changed with Far Cry 6.
    FC5 may have brought interesting and controversial topics to the fore and done nothing with them but FC6 does even less. Anton feels like a paper cut out villain: a fascist Castro with no bite. Compared with the rabid narcissism of Min; the anarchistic brutality of Vaas and the unnerving psychoticism of Seed; the script    Not much of the formula for the action has changed with Far Cry 6.
    FC5 may have brought interesting and controversial topics to the fore and done nothing with them but FC6 does even less. Anton feels like a paper cut out villain: a fascist Castro with no bite. Compared with the rabid narcissism of Min; the anarchistic brutality of Vaas and the unnerving psychoticism of Seed; the script keeps Anton at arms length from the player. His lieutenants are equally one dimensional and while the same could be said about the Seeds, FC5 presented them in an interesting manner and gave insight as to why they were as they were. The best I can say about the lieutenants of Anton are that they are a**holes and not much more. I am through a third of the game and there is no personal connection to Anton with the main character and no personal stakes involved beyond 'Anton bad - kill everything red'. Far Cry 3 - 5 conveyed everything through the eyes of the player character, forcing the developers to add a personal element to everything they saw and did. Sometimes it got contrived (how many times did the deputy get kidnapped in 5, for example) but threats and danger felt real. 6 does everything through third person cutscenes which is jarring from previous titles and feels cheap as Dani is undeveloped as a character. Any ethical dilemmas surrounding the production and sale of 'Viviro', a miracle wonder drug that can cure cancer, is completely side stepped, as is also why a regime with seemingly endless resources has to resort to unprotected slave labour in its lethal production (notes in the game say that slave labour is necessary to keep production going rather than just a useful means of removing dissidents).

    Gameplay wise much of the map feels empty and pointless. Esperanza, the largest city in a Far Cry game, seems empty and destitute of life. There are entire 'off limits' areas in the main campaign with no guards or missions involved, making you feel like you have gone somewhere the game did not expect you to go or that it was broken. There also appears to be a lot less wildlife than previously. Hunting certain game seems resigned to set areas and as a result the crazy randomness of previous Far Cry games seems lost. The game so far is also incredibly easy, even on 'gamer mode' to the point where I have gone in guns blazing, just to have a sense of challenge. The game is set up for co-op play (and encourages it), however I fail to see what joy it would bring as the missions are blazingly easy and straightforward. Resource gathering for settlement improvements was fun at first but this is quickly becoming a chore and acts as a brake on the pace of the game as you ferret out every piece of metal and rubbish. Money is difficult to come by however if you sniff out every cache as you go, you will quickly receive most of the weapons that are available in stores. So in-game currency is split into resources (weapon modifications and settlement upgrades - desirable) and pesos (buying weapons - unnecessary). There are now two systems where one would have worked just fine. On a positive note the variety of weapons and modifications have been expanded on and there is a wide variety of customization with not just the look of your weapons but their feel and abilities. The most critical modification for any weapon is whether you have soft-tipped rounds or armour-piercing rounds. Weapons with soft-tipped rounds are useless against armoured enemies and as a result you MUST have at least one weapon with AP rounds 'attached', forcing you into a certain playstyle. The inventory menu is also a mess.

    I am a third through the game and looking further into the main story, I do not see anything really enticing me to play the rest of the game. Nothing develops with Anton's son, or Viviro or Anton himself and so I have to wonder why these elements were even included in the first place besides just feeling like placeholders for a setting where you shoot people. Far Cry 6 feels like a regression from previous titles in terms of environment, writing and action.    … Expand
  29. CJacksonLASD
    Feb 21, 2022
    4
    Far Cry is getting very old. Same game, different location, weak story, and getting boring quickly. Below average game.
  30. Jaysundar
    Mar 22, 2022
    4
    It’s incredible how much of a downgrade this is to Farcry 5. Storyline, graphics, scenery, game play - everything has regressed massively. It’s almost like they’ve purposely removed the great bits like hunting and capturing places, why??? I love this franchise but difficult to see where they can go after this.
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#78 Best PlayStation 5 Game of 2021
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#10 Most Discussed PlayStation 5 Game of 2021

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 58 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 58
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 58
  3. Negative: 2 out of 58
  1. Cubed3
    Jul 27, 2022
    70
    Ubisoft'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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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 18, 2022
    40
    The new episode of the Far Cry series really tries a lot to find new ways how to enjoy the game, and at the same time it relies on the unattainable depth that the charismatic Giancarlo Esposito was supposed to give to the game. Instead, players again receive a disparate mishmash that is increasingly moving away from both the original Far Cry idea and the Just Cause sandbox.
  3. GameCritics
    Jan 4, 2022
    60
    If 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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