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Far Cry 6 narrative director says the game’s story “is political"In case you foolishly thought otherwise
In case you foolishly thought otherwise
“Our story is political,” the post begins.
“A story about a modern revolution must be. There are hard, relevant discussions inFar Cry 6about 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. 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. 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.”
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The post goes on to talk more about the research conducted, the efforts gone to, and Khavari’s family’s personal connection to revolution.
In a round of interviews given last weekto coincide with the Far Cry 6 gameplay reveal, Khavari had spoken about the team’s research into Cuba specifically. “When we came out of that, it wasn’t that we felt we had to do Cuba,” he said. “We realised it’s a complicated island and our game doesn’t want to make a political statement about what’s happening in Cuba specifically.”
That quote was then truncated to simply “doesn’t want to make a political statement”, lopping off the “about what’s happening in Cuba specifcally” in headlines and tweets. This in turn prompted the now traditional wave of dunks on what seemed like another game developer claiming that a clearly political videogame wasn’t political.
Videogames about war and revolution are political, and it is obviously silly when a developer claims otherwise. That’s not what happened here, though.
There are plenty of more honest reasons to criticise the politics ofFar Crygames - andjust as many good reasons to criticise Ubisoft.
