Given Castillo’s power, however, serving as a laborer is an offer that can’t exactly be refused.Ĭastillo serves as a marked change from the string of bad guys to grace the series’ last few installments. Growing the toxic Viviro, however, is a deadly job - literally - and one that has primarily been forced on Yara’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens. The cure is grown from specially treated tobacco and requires laborers, leading to the roundup of citizens at the start of the game. The president of Yara, Castillo promises to lift up the country’s economy and its citizens from poverty through a new miracle cure called Viviro.
Filling the adversarial role this time around is despot Anton Castillo. Of course, every protagonist needs an antagonist. In that sense, Ubisoft does a good job with its choices for the main character. This is especially true given potential issues that could arise involving subjects such as imperialism and colonialism in this kind of setting, even if it happens to be unintended. Just like those guys are a natural fit for their respective games, so is Dani for Far Cry 6. It’s just nice to have an actual Cuban, er, Yaran be the protagonist leading the charge against the country’s own oppressive government as opposed to having a white dude swooping in to save the day yet again - and that’s coming from a guy whose list of favorite video game characters include several Caucasian paragons of masculinity such as Simon Belmont from Castlevania and Bill and Lance from Contra. I also appreciate how the main character is a native to the region. Instead of being just a blank canvas for players to impose their own thoughts on, Dani is a fully realized character, complete with her own personality and a generous helping of spunk and resourcefulness.
As someone who picked female Dani, I must say that her character is one of the highlights of the game. Like Far Cry 5, you are once again able to pick between a male or female character for the lead role.
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