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[ManaByte]

If You’re Going To Preview Far Cry 6 At Least Do It Right

Some of the latest takes on Ubisoft’s next open-world shooter have been truly uninspired

kotaku.com

What I’ve heard much less about, if anything at all, is what Far Cry 6 does to prevent itself from feeling like another gory vacation to an exoticized country created by Canadian studios under the umbrella of a French company. Maybe that’s by design. Narrative payoffs are an easy thing to hide from preview demos under the auspices of not spoiling anything. Maybe it’s because at its core, Far Cry 6 remains fundamentally a game about finding cool and chaotic new ways to blow shit up. These underlying tensions should be at the heart of deciding what Far Cry 6 might be and whether it will be worth engaging with. But somehow, in the year of our lord 2021, such concerns are still mostly relegated to the written equivalent of a grimace emoji buried a few paragraphs from the end.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Imtjnotu]

 

[Elder Legend]

You misspelled Cucktaku

 

[Cert.in.Death]

I’d rather not give anyone clicks for this “controversy.”

 

[SJRB]

Ah yes, Kotaku. The arbiter of good videogame journalism. Bask in the generosity of their infinite wisdom and learn, so you might not make the same errors in judgement next time.

 

[Kagey K]

Sounds like they are just salty they didn’t get invited to the party (or revolucion.)

 

[Great Hair]

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Sounds like they are just salty they didn’t get invited to the party (or revolucion.)

Ya. Isnt Kotaku banned by Bethesda and UBI from game previews? lol

 

[Bryank75]

Well, reviews deserve more criticism and rigor but I'm not sure Kotaku is the ideal candidate to pick up that mantle.

 

[Orpheum]

The funniest thing is that he complains that he wasn't invited to the hands on event due to input lag and him not being based in the US....

However SkillUp was participating and afaik he is based in australia xD he even mentioned the input lag in his preview video.

Guess they didn't want this dude from kotaku around lol and he's salty about it

 

[MrS]

Kotaku is an activist website not a gaming website. The clowns over there need to get a grip.

 

[mckmas8808]

Ya. Isnt Kotaku banned by Bethesda and UBI from game previews? lol

Is this true? If so it'll explain why they created their article.

 

[Camreezie]

That's rich lmao

 

[FUBARx89]

"What I’ve learned from previews like these and others (Kotaku was not invited to these demos)"

This is why they're salty really.

 

[jaysius]

The game did look like shit from that leaked preview. Jesus this is after multiple delays... how many delays would they need to make something good here?

 

[Sleepwalker]

What I’ve learned from previews like these and others (Kotaku was not invited to these demos)

 

[Impotaku]

LOL cacktaku is saying they have standards? oh my lord wahahahahahaha

 

[Kev Kev]

let it go kotaku. no one likes you anymore. its over

 

[CitizenZ]

I could easily write a preview/ review of this game along with BF, Halo, CoD, etc without ever spending 1 second on the "newest' version.

 

[Razvedka]

... But somehow, in the year of our lord 2021,

Literally the "current year" meme in real life. My god.

 

[Jack Videogames]

Hey Kotaku here's my review of your site:

"Go fuck yourselves"

There, you can quote it in its entirety

 

[bender]

Wasn't invited to preview Far Cry 6. Wants to ride the wave of clicks and ad revenue from Far Cry 6 preview coverage.

 

[LordCBH]

Retarded Kotaku employees thinking they have standards is funny. The sooner that awful site folds the better.

 

[pqueue]

it should be a badge of honor to be attacked by Kotaku.

they support child rapists and racists after all.

 

[Derktron]

How are they still in buiness? Even that cuck which I can't stand who use to run that website left the site. Surly means that the site is going through some tough times.

 

[zcaa0g]

Cuntakoo needs to go the way of well, anything that no longer exists forever.

 

[Alebrije]

Videogames serious bussiness

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Is this true? If so it'll explain why they created their article.

Not sure how out of date this Kotaku article is, but it was 2015. The Bethesda ban came from them promoting Fallout 4 leaks. Not sure what the UBI one is from.

A Price Of Games Journalism

It doesn’t matter which company is mad at us today, or which companies get mad at us in the future. You’ll continue to get it.

kotaku.com

 

[PhoenixTank]

"What I’ve learned from previews like these and others (Kotaku was not invited to these demos)"

This is why they're salty really.

Fantastic. Skimmed the article and found that too.

 

[Javthusiast]

Shitaku:

 

[winjer]

Don't feed the troll.
This is just kotaku, again, shitposting to get clicks.

 

[Barakov]

If You’re Going To Preview Far Cry 6 At Least Do It Right

Some of the latest takes on Ubisoft’s next open-world shooter have been truly uninspired

kotaku.com

You love to see it.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Hey now, I had my sexual awakening over the Fary Cry leak.

 

[TheBomb]

 

[FrozenFlame]

Ok, perhaps it's because I'm really tired, but what is the issue being raised in the article? Is it about the story or something?

 

[WitchHunter]

Besides this, why do ppl hate Kotaku?

 

[Black_Stride]

 

[gypsygib]

All I have to say at the moment is that fundamentally, the fun of gaming is based on fulfilling impossible fantasies that are often inherently wrong.

"in an island nation in the Caribbean where you apparently heal yourself by smoking a cigar" would 100 percent be a fantasy...and as been one since the days of Solid Snake and MGS. Why is that a criticism?

Gaming is completely ridiculous and has always been kinda "wrong". Right? That's the beauty, it's f'ing ridiculous. Always has been. Thats why when it was gaining popularity it had so many critics from parents to the government. Now the critics come from gaming media itself. Gaming is not morally good. Never was. Doesn't have to be. So much of it is about killing, almost all of it is fundamentally about killing, even Mario was about literally crushing adversaries to reach an objective. Why does anyone GAF whether it promotes the betterment of society. Surprise mFrs, it doesn't. And so long as it isn't actively promoting moral deterioration, who cares what a game contributes to humanity's collective ethos. Games are already fundamentally compromised from contributing anything to the betterment of society but frivolous good times.

 

[Mossybrew]

Ok, perhaps it's because I'm really tired, but what is the issue being raised in the article? Is it about the story or something?

Specifically, that other outlets covering this preview aren't virtue signaling enough, about a story that is potentially problematic in a number of woke ways. An intensely ridiculous basis for an article on a vidjagame, but this is the world we now live in.

 

[FrozenFlame]

Specifically, that other outlets covering this preview aren't virtue signaling enough, about a story that is potentially problematic in a number of woke ways.

Eh, should have guessed...

 

[The Pleasure]

 

[fatmarco]

You know they really should have set the game in Eastern Europe/ Russia.

These people have never given a fuck about murdering slavs en masse in every military video game, so they would have avoided these issues entirely.

 

[Mossybrew]

Wasn't invited to preview Far Cry 6. Wants to ride the wave of clicks and ad revenue from Far Cry 6 preview coverage.

And this, basically.

 

[ZehDon]

Well, when I guess when you've run out of bullshit to peddle, and you got yourself banned from press events for being actively quite bad at your job, I guess the only thing left to do is attack your fellow " game journalists".

I guess the current Editor in Chief's mission statement forgot to mention the part where they'll use their "platform"" to actively attack anyone and everyone if they don't get to ride the bus.

 

[AmuroChan]

Kotaku can cry me a river.

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

 

[Chiggs]

I can't wait for Far Cry 6. The setting looks like the best one yet, and the main villain looks to be quite memorable.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Well, it's Kotaku.

Born from the same parent company as Gawker. So if you like click bait stuff, or articles that try to ruin people's lives and sink companies, you can bookmark them as one of your fav sites to read.

 

[mckmas8808]

Fantastic. Skimmed the article and found that too.

That's just childish.