Side Content – Far Cry 6
In this section, we’re going over anything you could do outside of the main story missions in both games. In our opinion, this is something that Far Cry 6 just manages to nab, too.
Far Cry 5 did have some standout side missions, such as getting a chef some bull’s testicles and its ‘Close Encounters’ mission that saw you investigating some mysterious Alien goings-on around Hope County. It also featured the Clutch Nixon stunts for players to complete, but we did find that a lot of the side content felt like filler in order to make Hope County feel more alive than it really was.
In Far Cry 6, developer Ubisoft seems to have been able to execute more of their eccentric ideas because of the culture of the country and the eccentric people who live there. You can follow the pages of a poet strewn across a beach to find his beloved clutching a treasure (it’s not quite how it sounds), a crazy artist who uses human ‘materials’ in his work, and there’s even a neat little nod to Indiana Jones. Not to mention hunting down mythical animals, and completing the Triada Blessings quest that has you navigating ancient tombs in search of relics. Oh, and there’s also a haunted house and a mysterious underwater cave system to explore, too.
As much as we loved exploring Hope County, there just seemed to be a new surprise waiting around every corner in Far Cry 6’s Yara and for that, it gets the nod here.
