


Though this series has made its cartoonishly warped sociopaths the stars of their respective games for some time, the game-y nonsense of making your fascist regime an inhuman death squad before it's had time to carry out the vile plan your antagonist just finished explaining is beyond ridiculous. It's when the president's forces then march into Yara's capital of Esperanza and begin indiscriminately slaughtering everyone on the "draft" list that I first raised an eyebrow. The truth we're shown during his address-of citizens being shipped off to the fields as forced slave labor or gunned down for resisting-is a non-revelation given the series' touchstones. And Castillo, played with gusto by Giancarlo Esposito ( Breaking Bad), is certainly a tyrant. Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 (tested), Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC (tested), Google Stadia, Amazon Lunaīut this is Far Cry, well-known for its love of open-world war games, destabilized nation-states, and crackpot despots.
