Far Cry 6 - A Yala Revolution Doomed to Failure

Ubisoft’s list-style open world games have always been complained by players as repetitive and monotonous formulas, but at the same time, they are also recognized by players as landscape travel simulators because of their excellent art and beautiful scenery. However, Ubisoft's several works in recent years have allowed us to see its innovation and development on this path. Like "Assassin's Creed: Valhalla" introduced before, "Far Cry 6" is also a stunning work.

After seeing this title, readers must understand that this article is not only going to discuss the game itself, but also delve into the profound thinking behind its story and see how the game alludes to reality. Of course, the second half of this article contains spoilers.

Embrace the list and transform into a fun game

The story of the game takes place in a small fictional Caribbean country called Yala. Readers with a certain understanding of history will not find it difficult to find out. From the Spanish billboards that can be seen everywhere in Yala, the world-famous cigar export, to the trendy classic cars of the last century running around the streets, the communist revolution of the 1960s, and the history of being blocked and sanctioned by the United States after independence. , its prototype must be the real Cuba. However, this small country is not as lucky as Cuba. After the 1967 revolution, Yala still compromised with U.S. sanctions and sold off local industries, which eventually triggered civil strife. Finally, the villain of this game, Anton Castillo, brought the anti-cancer miracle drug. Wei Weiruo returns to politics. The prototype of President Yala, who implemented a tyranny against humanity, was a collection of many Latin American dictators.

In the game, the protagonist Danny Rojas, just like the previous works, is also forced to get involved in the Yala's freedom revolution. The main gameplay of the game is very different from before, which is to occupy strongholds, advance the main line and experience some side lines at the same time. It is also necessary to unite the resistance forces located throughout Yala, and after cleaning up the leaders in each region, they will finally face President Anton Castillo.

Compared with the previous works, this game is closer to Shuangyou. Most of the weapons can be loaded with different bullets, and one of them, the armor-piercing bullet, can be said to be "a new trick that can be used everywhere". Compared with flashy incendiary bombs and poison gas bombs, armor-piercing bombs are extremely efficient in anti-personnel operations and can kill an enemy with a single headshot. In addition, there is a reconnaissance grenade that is comparable to cheating. Its function is simply an official see-through plug-in. In the later stage, after players have collected the Three Holy Relics representing local beliefs, they can obtain the Three Holy Set. Its own enemy-defeating backpack and matching "magic wand" rifle can kill enemies through walls. The advantage is obvious in small-scale battles.

On the other hand, this game also gives very rich and generous rewards in the exploratory "treasure hunt game". When the player successfully solves the puzzles in the scene according to the prompts, the final treasure box is often Hidden is a unique version of the weapon and tons of resource and monetary rewards. What's even more valuable is that there are a large number of documents placed in the scene. When players connect these texts together, they can also outline the history of this place.

Film-like narrative and more vivid character portrayals

It is not that the author has never played other series of "Far Cry" before, but most of them were quickly persuaded to quit. One of them A very important reason is that the protagonist is mute, but in Yala, you can not only gain a "God of Yala", but also a Yala God of Song. Compared with being able to speak and sing, the use of cinematic techniques to shape each character is a greater highlight. It is precisely thanks to such a wonderful performance that the characteristics of each resistance organization are vividly portrayed. Lifelike. How they are specific will be expanded on in the last part of this article.

The common problem of formulaization still exists

After boasting so many advantages of this game, we might as well calm down and take a look at the shortcomings of this game.

If your choices and actions in the "Assassin's Creed" series cannot produce any substantial changes in the world, you can use "You are just a little assassin, a witness of history." Prevarication, then the revolution that took place in Yala cannot be said to have no impact at all, it can only be said that it has made a lonely revolution; if it is said that after the free armed forces completely control a certain area, they still cannot erase the sporadic military control zones from the map If you can still use "the free armed forces are limited and need time" to round it off, then after the last mission "Battle of Esperanza", it is simply unreasonable that the entire capital area is still a military controlled zone with a "magic air defense net"!

At this time, the capital has supposedly been liberated, but what should be closed is still closed, and what should be curfewed is still curfewed.

The "Rebel" system after clearing the level takes boredom and repetition to the extreme. Although the force of the free armed forces is not as strong as that of the original Yala Defense Force, what's the point of occupying the previously occupied strongholds again? What’s the meaning?

Why is this revolution doomed to fail

To draw the conclusion first, the author believes that there are two reasons: on the one hand, the disunity of internal forces, and on the other hand, the intervention of external forces. .

Let’s first get to know these resistance organizations.

The Free Armed Forces led by Clara Garcia are the backbone of the Yala Revolution, and everyone is united through this organization; the Monteiro family in the west, a large landowner with a long history in Yala, controls a large amount of land. , joined the resistance because the land in his hands was taken away by the Castillo government; Unlimited Massacre: A band that can only sing and dance RAP uses music to fight against the brainwashing propaganda of the Minister of Culture Maria Marquesa; 67 in the East The legendary generation was the revolutionary base that retreated back to the Lost Mountains after the 1967 revolution, which was disheartened by leader Santos Espinoza's "betrayal" of the revolution. The Moral Legion, which belongs to the same region, is a new force formed by college students. Its leader Irina was convicted of treason for sabotaging the surveillance of the military area, and her parents were also implicated. He hated the Castillo government so much that he joined the resistance forces and believed in anarchism.

Clara Garcia

“Revolution is the art of compromise.”

“It is important to destroy an old world, but more important is how to build one New World."

At the beginning of the mission line on Sanctuary Island, the author was looking for the revolutionary program of the free armed forces, or what kind of country they wanted to build Yala into. However, until the end of the game, I still couldn't find it. In other words, this group of coalition forces attracted by the free armed forces had no common goal other than overthrowing Castillo. We might as well compare this group of humans to the coalition forces that He Jin united to attack Dong Zhuo at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. What was their outcome? The results speak for themselves.

From the dialogue between the characters and the text in the game, it is not difficult to see that the several major forces have their own small calculations and their own agendas: the Monteiro family is extremely xenophobic and only wants to protect their original origins. Some land and feudal production relations; over-limit killings are usually crazy, and they just want to run away at critical moments; the legendary generation of 67 is old and has long lost confidence in the revolution, and with the sacrifice of its backbone Tiger Lord, its future is unpredictable; rebirth The moral army of this era only knows how to destroy but not to build, resist for the sake of resistance, and kill for the sake of killing. The most terrifying thing is that the liberal armed forces led by the rich girl Clara Garcia have no own path. If you ask her why she launched a revolution, she will only tell you that she overthrew Castillo for freedom. Its core cannot withstand scrutiny at all.

You may ask: Isn’t there a time when the revolution is infinitely close to success? Of course there is. In the mission "Lion's Nest" later in the game, Danny will be asked by "guerrilla master" Juan to go to Villa Castillo on Lion Island in the north to rescue the freedom armed leader Clara who was kidnapped by Anton. It is not difficult to tell from the conversation between the three people after entering the room: their intention is to form a coalition government. Anton knew in his heart that his time was short, and if his successor Diego Castillo could be assisted by Danny and Clara, he might be a wise man. Unfortunately, Juan outside the window is determined to shoot Diego in the helicopter. Although she was rescued by Danny in time, Anton, who could not tolerate his son being harmed, immediately shot Clara to death. All hope was lost.

Who is Juan Cortez? He has a background in the CIA and KGB, and is an out-and-out great spy and refined egoist. Of course, it is also because of his smuggling of guards Wei Ruo that he can bring a steady stream of funds and arms support to the freedom armed forces. Obviously, a chaotic and civil war Yala is in his best interest, so that he can mediate among multiple forces and reap benefits from two or even three parties. This is another reason for the failure of this revolution: the intervention of external forces.

@STEAMBOARD’s young man summed up everyone’s behavior after Anton committed suicide very well: Paul kicked Anton’s body in the over-limit massacre, which exposed his nature of bullying the weak and fearing the strong, and also foreshadowed a new war. The purge is coming; the Monteiro family blade picked up guns and became hostile to several other leaders, indicating that she will take up arms to defend her land; the moral army Irina knocked down the city planning model, indicating that they will only Destroying without knowing how to build; Juan, a free-spirited soldier, picked up a cigar, which indicates that he will continue to smuggle to make money from the national crisis.

Danny, who has experienced too much bloodshed and sacrifice, just left one sentence: "Yala is yours, don't screw it up." I am afraid that what Yala will face is dictatorship - revolution - and another dictatorship ——The repeated cycle of re-revolution.

End this article with a Mexican proverb: Too far from heaven, too close to America.