“I felt like it was important to clear the air and say we're not running away from anything here. Khavari’s family fled Iran in late 1970s and early ‘80s, and he says the childhood dinner table conversations about the revolution are “something that I carry with me for every project I’m on.” He says those experiences are part of what compelled him to write the letter. In response, Narrative Director Navid Khavari penned an open letter on May 31 which emphatically stated that Far Cry 6 was indeed a political game.

Yara borrows heavily from modern-day Cuba, and is ruled by the charismatic dictator Antón Castillo, played by The Mandalorian and Breaking Bad scene-stealer Giancarlo Esposito. And it’s probably going to keep doing that.īack in May, the team behind the game was embroiled in controversy for seemingly flip-flopping on the political nature of the action-adventure sequel, set in the fictionalized island nation of Yara as it teeters on the brink of violent revolution.

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