Far Cry 7 Gets Surprising Development Update, But It's Bad News
Patience is going to be required
Far Cry 7 is yet to be officially revealed, but it’s been in development for quite some time.
In fact, very recently, Ubisoft confirmed it had two Far Cry projects in the pipeline.
Insiders claim one of those is Far Cry 7 with the other being a spin-off extraction shooter, perhaps one that hopes to try and emulate ARC Raiders’ success.
You might have been expecting Far Cry 7 to land soon given that Far Cry 6 arrived in 2021.
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Unfortunately for us, that doesn’t look likely to happen as the game is apparently a complete mess.
Far Cry 7 Is Reportedly “Years Away” With Development In Trouble
That’s according to Insider Gaming’s Tom Henderson on the Insider Gaming Weekly Podcast.
“That game is a complete mess from what I’ve heard,” he began. “That’s a couple of years away.”
He added, “The extraction Far Cry game is a couple of years away again. They re-did that last year.”
Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot recently referred to the two projects as “very promising”, so I’d like to know who’s actually correct.
As Far Cry 7 is shrouded in secrecy, much of what we’ve heard from the project has come from unverifiabale sources like leakers.
It’s claimed that the game will introduce a rather controversial time mechanic where the player steps into the shoes of a guy whose family is kidnapped.
Far Cry 7 then becomes a race against the clock as you attempt to get them back within a set time period.
How that actually looks in practice is anyone’s guess, if the leak is even accurate.
I cannot personally imagine that Ubisoft is going to put a fixed real world time limit on Far Cry 7.
Instead, I wonder if it may work similarly to the upcoming The Blood of Dawnwalker.
In that game, exploring and side quests are safe while main quests will cost you a fixed chunk of time displayed via a countdown, so you’re not really up against the clock at all; it’s just linking main quest progression to the illusion of a countdown.
It could add some interesting urgency to Far Cry 7 if it's pulled off, but if Henderson is claiming that the game is a mess, I won’t hold my breath.
I’m not entirely surprised that both Far Cry games are up in the air given Ubisoft’s moves as of late.
After a tricky few years, Ubisoft is attempting to rectify its increasingly unfavoured image by rebooting itself.
The company is opting for a ‘back to basics’ approach with six games recently cancelled, including the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake.
Despite being content complete and ready to ship, the end product was reportedly not up to scratch.
I can understand not wanting to launch a subpar product but it also seems a colossal waste to hide away that finished game.
It’s part of a wider effort to streamline output, with Ubisoft intending to release fewer but better games. Several other projects have been delayed as a result.
Of course, this comes at a major human cost with many developers having been made redundant which is always very difficult to see.