Far Cry 6! Haven’t I played this game before? It seems very familiar and not because it’s a Far Cry game, the map and the terrain feel very familiar. That’s my first impression of Far Cry 6. It’s almost as if I have played this same map in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands or even Ghost Recon breakpoint… has Ubisoft lost all originality to where their recycling maps from other games? I’m not saying that this is a bad game, unfortunately, it just isn’t very good… there has certainly been better Far Cry games. And I know it’s hard to top the greatness of Far Cry 5, honestly, I didn’t expect them to, but I was at least hoping for a better than average Far Cry game and that’s not what we got. I was excited to play Far Cry 6 because Giancarlo Esposito always plays a great villain and I like the Revolutionary feel of this game. But it’s like “I’ve been there and done that” when trying to liberate the island of Yara. There isn’t anything new or really unique about this Far Cry game so I feel like Ubisoft isn’t even really trying to be new. I guess some of the weapons are kind of new when you’re having to put them together like a true Guerilla Soldier. I mean it’s kind of fun having a flamethrower and you certainly have to use it to kill the big “Baddies,” but it’s only fun for so long.
The truth is the more hours I put into this game, I just wanted to go back and play Far Cry 5, which I played through a couple of times because the antagonist is so much better even if the ending is not that great. The antagonist in Far Cry 6 should be good, I mean toppling an evil dictator should be fun, but it’s not quite as good as taken down a religious zealot cult leader in America. Maybe it’s because the Homegrown villains are always better. And while I will not spoil the ending, it’s not like you actually get to take down the dictator. If you get to the end, you’ll know what I mean. It’s true that not all of the Far Cry games have been great, Far Cry 4 was a little lackluster, but then you get something like Far Cry 5 that really does hit close to home especially in this day and age so maybe it’s because the story is more relatable. But I think the real problem with Far Cry 6 is you could literally take everything from Far Cry 5 drop it in a tropical climate and it feels exactly the same with how you will do everything. Now on the one hand, I do love the fact that I can drive around in a tank and blow things up. Plus, taking over battleships is kind of fun, but other than that there wasn’t anything different about this game, that we haven’t seen other Far Cry games or for that matter, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands… I felt like my strategy was exactly the same for both games. That’s just boring!
There’s a lot to be said when it comes to getting your money’s worth when you play an open world game and get to do lots of missions to complete the game. When we talked about the value of a game you want to be able to get your money’s worth and put lots of hours into it. At least Ubisoft did that with the last few Assassin’s Creed games making them worth $60. The Problem with putting a lot of hours into Far Cry 6 is I’ve already done this with other Far Cry games so the biggest weakness is the familiarity. I feel like Ubisoft at one time gave us new and unique content even when they had a sequel. Assassin’s Creed Origins was a big departure from what we were used to with the Assassin’s Creed series and then they added a familiar game with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, but still gave us something unique and a huge open world that made the game worth playing. The Division game and its sequel are the same thing and they improved upon the first game with The Division 2 while giving players a unique map. But eventually things become too familiar. As much as I like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, it pretty much feels exactly the same as Origins and Odyssey, just with a new map. With the Far Cry series, Far Cry 5 was unique enough and relatable enough because of the setting since we’ve never had anything set in the United States and it made it a great game, but with Far Cry 6, it just feels like I’m getting a game that’s a combination of the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon games and even Far Cry 4. Gamers want a unique experience along with a good story and unfortunately Far Cry 6 doesn’t deliver that. Maybe Ubisoft doesn’t have any original ideas anymore when it comes to the Far Cry series. It seems that way with Far Cry 6. It’s a fun game if you like the series and just want another open-world to play in, but if you played the series, after a few hours you will feel like that you’ve played this game before, especially if you play other Ubisoft shooters. Giancarlo Esposito’s performance is great, but it’s not enough to save this game and make it worth buying it at retail. Wait until it’s on sale. I’m still messing around with this game here and there, but I’m also glad that I had lots of Trade Credit at GameStop and don’t feel like I really wasted my own money with it. It’s sad that I say this about Far Cry 6. The truth hurts sometimes. At least Far Cry 5 will never let me down!
