“Our story is political,” begins a new blog post from Far Cry 6 Narrative Director Navid Khavari. Putting players in the shoes of a revolutionary in a country heavily inspired by Cuba and other countries that have experienced political revolutions, Ubisoft is finally allowing its developers to talk about the politics that influenced the creation of the latest game in the Far Cry series.
“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,” Khavari said. He wants prospective players to know that the team was empowered by these elements to tell a strong story. Following the Far Cry 6 gameplay reveal last week, conversation immediately turned to the typical and expected Ubisoft line of denying the politics present in its games, which are often set against heavily political backdrops. An interview with Ubisoft themselves last week indicated that Ubisoft didn’t want to make a political statement despite Far Cry 6’s obviously political inspirations. It’s a recurring line we’ve heard again and again, which makes this latest statement about Far Cry 6’s politics quite a turn of events.
Importantly, Khavari reiterates that Far Cry 6 is not making “a simplified, binary political statement specifica...