In this episode of THE BURN, hosts Aviv Icel Manoach and Omer Timetwister Kaplan are leading the revolution in Far Cry 6, the newest chaos simulator by Ubisoft; then, Riot Games latest craze led by Arcane, the acclaimed TV series as well as a slew of new products.

Original recording date - November 19, 2021.

Game of the Show: Far Cry 6

Published by Ubisoft Toronto, MSRP $60, Buy the game

I absolutely love the Far Cry series. I played every title to completion but I’m kind of conflicted about this game and it may be the first Far Cry title I’m going to take my time finishing.

From a gameplay standpoint, this game has all the tropes of a Far Cry title (open world, fetch-kill quests galore) and on top of that, the developers threw a bunch of mini-games and mechanisms that are flavour-of-the-year: you can fight a mini-fighting game, send troops to timed missions and wait for them to come back to get rewards, there is plenty to do. 

But at the end of the day, if you’re looking for a Far Cry experience, 6 doesn’t bring much to the table in terms of innovation to the core gameplay loop - it’s the same quests in a different setting (map is open from the get-go so you can start anywhere) so you need to be prepared for a lot of repetition on your way to liberate “not-Cuba”. Some pros - the setting, music and doubling down on you being a chaos-agent is fun, NPCs are colourful and you get to ride a horse!

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