Hurk won't be appearing in Far Cry 6, but Ubisoft has a good reason as to why the iconic hero won't be featured this time around.
The most defining feature of theFar Cryfranchise has been the cast of characters featured within each entry, with the series putting a heavy emphasis on fleshed-out villains to antagonize the player. This same pattern is apparent withFar Cry 6,which features Giancarlo Esposito as the villain. However, the game will not include Hurk, a supporting character that's been featured in severalFar Crygames.
First appearing inFar Cry 3,Hurk is a bombastic American from Hope County, Montana with a penchant for blowing things up. While he was only an NPC inFar Cry 3, Far Cry 5,and Far Cry: New Dawn,players were able to step into his shoes duringFar Cry 4's co-op mode, allowing them to rain destruction with a friend. While he's something of a celebrity in theFar Cryseries, he won't be making an appearance inFar Cry 6.
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In a developer AMA on Reddit, the team elaborated on its decision to keep Hurk out of the game. Ubisoft wanted to "spotlight" characters from Yara, the fictionalized take on Cuba thatserves asFar Cry 6's setting. Because of that, Hurk will instead be off on "other adventures" duringFar Cry 6.That doesn't mean Hurk can't make an appearance in other games in the future, but it'll be some time before fans get tofight alongside him again.
WhileFar Cry 6is bringing a decent amount of new features to the table, it's still aFar Crygame. However, it looks like the narrative will have a heavier tone than some of the previous entries, with a special emphasis being put on Dani Rojas, the game's protagonist, and their relationship with Esposito's character, Anton Castillo. Hurk's comedic nature doesn't really jive with that, so it's understandable that Ubisoft decided to skip him this time around.
The build-up toFar Cry 6has been smooth so far, the only real controversy being misinterpreted comments from the game's narrative director, Navid Khavari. Khavari stated thatFar Cry 6wouldn't be making political commentary about Cuba, specifically, but many assumed Khavari meant thatFar Cry 6wasn't trying to make a political statement at all. Khavari has since published a blog post specifying thatFar Cry 6is political.
Hurk, a play on certain American stereotypes, could easily be seen as mocking serious situations, so it seems likely that Ubisoft's move was largely motivated by that perception,ratherthan solely trying to spotlight Yara's inhabitants. Regardless, the reasoning is sound.
Far Cry 6releases October 7, 2021, for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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