Will it be the cleanest experience? Not necessarily. Will you still be able to enjoy the experience? Sure thing!
We all love ourselves a good Far Cry game; will we be able to feel the same after Far Cry 6? Let’s hope that it lives up to all the hype. Honestly, though, Ubisoft hasn’t let us down with the Far Cry series yet (and yes, I’m including Primal when I say this because I thought it was great).
System Requirements
An added bonus for those that are Xbox users is that Microsoft have a custom Far Cry 6 themed Series X that they will be giving away along with a matching controller, a digital copy of FC6, a Samsung Neo QLED TV, and some FC6 merchandise. Unfortunately, it seems as though this competition is only open to those staying in the US, UK, Canada, and a select few other locations.
Minimum PC Settings
1080p, 30 FPS, DirectX Raytracing Off
CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 –3.1 GHZ or Intel i5-4460–3.2 GHZ
GPU: AMD RX 460 4 GB or NVIDIA GTX 960 4 GB
RAM: 8 GB (Dual-channel mode)
Storage: 60 GB HDD (SSD Recommended)
Recommended PC Settings
1080p, 60 FPS, DirectX Raytracing Off
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X–3.8 GHZ or Intel i7-7700–3.6 GHZ
GPU: AMD RX VEGA64 8 GB or NVIDIA GTX 1080 8 GB
RAM: 16 GB (Dual-channel mode)
Storage: 60 GB HDD (SSD Recommended)
1440p, 60 FPS, DirectX Raytracing Off
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600X–3.8 GHZ or Intel i7-9700–3.6 GHZ
GPU: AMD RX 5700XT 8 GB or NVIDIA RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB
RAM: 16 GB (Dual-channel mode)
Storage: 60 GB HDD (SSD Recommended) + 37 GB for HD textures (optional)
1440p, 60 FPS, DirectX Raytracing On
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X–3.7 GHZ or Intel i5-10600–4.1 GHZ
GPU: AMD RX 6900XT 16 BG or NVIDIA RTX 3070 8 GB
RAM: 16 GB (Dual-channel mode)
Storage: 60 GB HDD (SSD Recommended) + 37 GB for HD textures (optional)
4K, 30 FPS, DirectX Raytracing On
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X–3.7 GHZ or Intel i7-10700k–3.8 GHZ
GPU: AMD RX 6800 16 GB or NVIDIA RTX 3080 10 GB
RAM: 16 GB (Dual-channel mode)
Storage: 60 GB HDD (SSD Recommended) + 37 GB for HD textures (optional).
It is also suggested that you install the game on an SSD and for the most part, you strictly need 64-bit Windows 10 v20H1. For the higher-end PC users, you can breathe a sigh of relief as the game will also support multi-monitor and widescreen setups, uncapped framerates, a built-in benchmarking tool, and a couple of other advanced settings.
Far Cry 6: The Final Preview
What Can We Expect?
The Far Cry series has taken us all over; from Far Cry in Micronesia, Central Africa of FC2, FC3’s fictitious Rook Islands, the Himalayas of FC4, FC5 & New Dawn being set in Montana, Primal taking place in the Stone Age (to be more precise, during the transition period between the Paleolithic era and beginning of the Mesolithic era), as well as all the in-betweeners from the other seven spin-offs, to now being set in the Caribbean in the fictional country of Yara – the setting being heavily inspired by Cuba – and is supposedly the largest FC map to date.
As usual, this will be an FPS action-adventure, where you will play as a guerilla soldier named Dani Rojas, a former armed forces combatant (do not despair, with a gender-neutral name like Dani, you will be able to choose your gender – the male being voiced by Sean Rey, while the female will be voiced by Nisa Gunduz).
Rojas will start a revolutionary uprise against ruling dictator, Antón Castillo (portrayed by Giancarlo Esposito). Antón is said to have witnessed his own father be executed 50 years prior and uses this as part of the reasoning for instilling his brutal acts & views into his 13-year-old son, Diego Castillo (played by Anthony Gonzalez).
Ubisoft even went as far as sending their writing team to Cuba to get the real feel of the life of such an island; the people, the environment, they even met up with former guerilla revolutionaries.
- “When you’re looking at something as complex as an island that’s been essentially cut off from the rest of the world for 50 years, been in an economic downturn, electing this leader on the back of this idea of building a new paradise, the idea with Antón is he definitely lulled people into believing this was the only answer for them. That he was the one that was going to solve all their problems, so for us, it became super-interesting on the character side to explore the idea of, you know, there definitely were some people that voted for him, that believed in him, that now are regretting that choice; and there are those that still support him. The intersection of those demographics and worldviews and opinions is something that plays out in the story as well.” – Navid Khavari, Narrative Director and Lead Writer.
Far Cry 6 will be keeping the co-op play available but will be removing the arcade mode.
- “Removing this mode from our plan was a difficult decision, but allowed us to focus our efforts on the main campaign, transporting players into the heart of a modern-day guerrilla revolution.” – Alexandre Letendre, Game Director.
A feature that they decided to keep from Far Cry 5 is the concept of Guns for Hire, although to keep the authentic Yaran feel we’ll now be referring to them as Amigos. However, this will not include humans. Instead, we will have a crocodile named Guapo, Chicharron the rooster, Champagne the panther (so far only available with the VICE Pack DLC), Boom Boom who happens to look suspiciously like Boomer from FC5 (possible relation?), Oluso who seems to be a big cat of sorts…and then one who is sure to be a fan favourite, Chorizo, a little paraplegic wiener doggo.
You will of course be able to craft and customize weapons with Ubisoft claiming that there will be much more freedom this time around. There will also be vehicle customization as well as supposed jetpacks and weaponized backpacks. You will also be able to holster your weapon to blend in with the locals and even use this to your advantage to not be bombarded by enemy attacks, as they won’t attack you if you don’t come off as an immediate threat. Oh, and you will also be able to ride horses.
Official Story Trailer – Far Cry 6
Far Cry 6 will be released on the 7th of October 2021 for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S & Series X, PC, Amazon Luna & Stadia.