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Far Cry 6 "Isn't A Political Statement"

While the game's setting is inspired by Cuba, Far Cry 6 isn't supposed to be a political statement, according to the developer.
by Luke Luby on May 30, 2021   

Far Cry 6's plot will follow an uprising against the dictator of the fictional country Yara, which is inspired by Cuba. With much of this mirroring similar real-life events, it led to many fans of the franchises - alongside critics - to believe that the game is a political statement. That's not the case, however, by the way the publisher describes it. Instead, the way narrative director Navid Khavari describes it, Cuba just inspired Yara's look and feel.

As such, the upcoming game shouldn't be seen as a reflection of the country beyond that. Speaking in an interview with TheGamer, Mr. Khavari noted that the development team visited the country to draw on its physical features and architecture. While there, the studio realized how complicated the political situation was in Cuba. As a result, they wanted to avoid it completely with Far Cry 6. In his words:

 

"When you talk about guerrillas, you think of the guerrillas in the 1950s and 1960s, we actually went down there to speak to actual guerrilla fighters who fought back then, and we just really fell in love with their stories. But we also fell in love with the culture and people we met. When we came out of that, it wasn’t that we felt we had to do Cuba, we realized it’s a complicated island and our game doesn’t want to make a political statement about what’s happening in Cuba specifically. Beyond that, we’re drawing inspiration from guerrilla movements around the world and throughout history. For us, it felt like doing the island of Yara would help us tell that story while being very open with our politics and inspiration."

 

Far Cry 6 isn't the first time that Ubisoft has gotten in some trouble regarding political issues. That's primarily because many of its games revolve around politics or politics-adjacent issues, such as terrorism, the surveillance state, and more. Throughou this time, however, the publisher has consistenly claimed that these issues aren't political.

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