In terms of how a Far Cry story and some gameplay would be if it takes place in North Korea, I made a pitch a while back when the 2018 location survey went public.
Story
You are a North Korean army soldier who defects from the military secretly after your family is taken from you, your wife is killed in front of you, and you witness the horrible treatment your neighbors suffer from the military and police. You can either escape North Korea in a multitude of ways, overthrown the regime, or return to being loyal and rise up in the ranks of the military. This would give you many different options of gameplay perspectives. As you progress through and meet more members of the military and police, you must decide between which soldiers to help out of compassion and which ones to leave behind, by finding out which ones truly want freedom, peace, and a life of good instead of evil, or prefer to live serving Kim.
If you chose to flee the country, you would be given a set of options on where to go. Depending on where you chose to leave will trigger a different ending.
China: You live in secrecy in the outskirts of Beijing until one day you are discovered by the Chinese gov't and they send the authorities to deport you back to NK. You are then imprisoned and publicly executed for deserting.
Russia: You are a lowly paid worker under the Russian gov't in a construction site and work almost to death with no breaks and minimal food and water. Most of the money you make goes not to you, but to NK and their nuclear weapons development.
South Korea: You live for a long time in Seoul in a church with a priest providing food and shelter until one day you decide to write a book detailing your life under the Kim regime, spreading word of their tyranny. You are recognized for your efforts and are summoned by the SK president and awarded. You remarry, watch your children grow over time. You become the founder of a new program for NK defectors, offering aid and housing to all NK defectors from across the world. Soon, NK has been rid of their nuclear weapons, the Korean War is declared over with the signing of a new peace treaty, and you are hailed as an inspirational figure across the world whom will told about in history books.
Canada: Similar to the China ending where you'll be sent back, but before they confirm your deportation, you are protected by an organization dedicated to helping out defectors, and you head to the US where you spread word of your story and it becomes similar to SK ending. You work your way up in society, catch the attention of the US gov't, and are a publicly recognized survivor whom inspires many.
Vietnam: You enter the country on a fishing boat with other defectors. You avoid the authorities, and live in complete secrecy in a small village in Da Nang. No one knows about your journey or your existence in Vietnam and are unknown to the rest of the world. You live alone and are safe from the NK regime, but feel very lonely without someone to share your story and life with.
Gameplay
The buddy system from the past games return. You would be able to recruit fellow defecting soldiers or civilian militia. If you eat the local state made food, you'll receive energy but will have a chance at getting sick. If you get sick, you'll have to bribe others to get the medication while risk getting reported to your superiors. You can also find staches of Chinese and South Korean imported items and keep them in some sort of secret hiding spot. Similar to the Saboteur, depending on what type of uniform you where in which your rank is determined, you can access areas normally restricted to standard soldiers and police. Vehicles would include APCs, tanks, helicopters, jets, gun boats, and regular civilian cars.
I like everyone here. I see no reason why I shouldn't. We all like Far Cry and want to make it better. Everyone in its own way. We all have different views on setting, gameplay and stories....And this is good! We shouldn't praise and clap each other -it would be awful. But at the same time we shouldn't insult each other or exercice in calling names. Сontroversy served the cause the truth. Good dispute always useful. For me, Far Cry 5 story was the best story of all franchise....deep, philosophical and epic in the end. I wish for Far Cry the same level stories in the future. But only not to lower the bar! As for North Korea - situation is more nuanced and complex there. Western people don't understand many things.
I don't really see what point you're trying to prove with that. Ubisoft made the option of a future installment taking in North Korea as shown in a survey they released to random fans back in 2018 shortly after FC5 came out, so the option is definitely on the table for them. It provides an opportunity to show people what life is truly like over there. You would be very surprised how many people don't actually know about what life is like in North Korea from either the perspective of a soldier or a citizen.
To show how life is truly there developers should visit this country and understand everything from inside. Otherwise game will be very biased and full of stereotypes. That's not good for the game itself. It is not Kirat! But real country. And this pics were for everybody to think - if people want to return again to this "concentration camp" may be you don't understand something?! But I can understand these people very good.....fed up with "capitalistic toys" they understood what they have lost! When you move from socialistic society to capitalistic you start feeling some kind of discomfort....it must be the same like moving from capitalistic society to feudal......you feel degradation.....first of all in people relationship. Cold society, not warm. Based on individualism, privacy, personal success, money worshipping and consumption. And these people undrestood it now very clear on their own skin! Even knowing that they may face imprisonment for escaping into enemy territory they are ready to return. Just grant them amnesty and most of them will return! Just lift all sanctions, let the country breath and half of South will flee to the North!
Hey everyone. While I love the talk about the potential of future Far Cry games and settings, I do want to remind you to keep the conversation focused on and relating to the Far Cry series. While talking about real world locations and possible fictionalized geopolitical conflicts can be enthralling, it is important that we be mindful of more volatile subject matter. Topics such as politics, religion, etc are important and can be discussed as they relate to the games, but because those are topics so normally prone to causing conflict, conversations require a certain level of nuance.
Interesting conversation so far though. I've enjoyed keeping up with it.
Thanks for bringing back some order.Originally Posted by Ubi-RealDude Go to original post
In terms of a future Far Cry game, I believe it is important to explore additional themes that can intensify the story such as a real world setting with a realistically intense conflict and a protagonist that actually has emotions. Far Cry 4 to a degree and Far Cry 5 felt lukewarm in realism with emotions and story intensity that makes you actually want to feel sympathy, victory, and encouragement for various characters like in Far Cry 3 with Jason and Vaas.
In an environment as unforgiving as North Korea or Soviet Union, one would expect to see things such as horrific death, destruction of what was once beautiful, and the loss of your character's innocence as they lose the choice of peace and must fight or flee.
They did visit Africa for Far Cry 2. They made The Far Cry Experience web series for Far Cry 3. They also made dev diaries for Far Cry 4 when they went to Nepal and the Himalayas, as seen in this video and this video. As for Far Cry 5, they went to Montana. Like Far Cry 3's 'Far Cry Experience', they made a short film about Far Cry 5.Originally Posted by GameGuru2018 Go to original post
As for North Korea, I don't think it would happen. They are likely to be detained if they visit North Korea.
That is true. To do a North Korea setting they would have to rely on using photos, video footage of those who actually went, interviews, and documents/written accounts of others and what life is like from another perspective. I assume that's what they would do since they do show willingness to include it in a list of locations people can request to see as a setting.Originally Posted by KrayZee_ Go to original post
If they did take the risk, they would have to be as careful as possible. As long as they don't make it seem like they will use the information for purposes such as espionage/spying and act respectful, they should be fine. They would likely be restricted to going only to where their travel guide allows them to, so their research could be limited. I've read though that if you are respectful and patient with your travel guide, they may open up to you and let you see locations that are normally restricted.
If they are willing to go as far as Nepal and dangerous/corrupted places in Africa, I feel like North Korea might just be their alley.
I don't think so. Visiting places like Kenya or Nepal is vastly different when compared to countries like North Korea. Visiting corrupted countries that have a lot of criminals is not the same as visiting authoritarian countries. As a tourist, you can avoid criminals and shady people as long as you can communicate with tour guides. You also have to pay attention to time, so you know whether or not it's safe to explore certain areas. If you're dealing with authoritarian governments, then it is more than likely that you are never safe. There are a lot more restrictions when it comes to tourism, especially in a place like North Korea.Originally Posted by Unsaneboi Go to original post
Keep in mind that we're talking about North Korea. Saying anything bad about North Korea, their government and leader, you will be imprisoned and might be tortured. You're not confronting dangerous criminals who are murderers and thieves. Instead, you have thousands of soldiers with tanks and artillery threatening your life if you decided to visit. Back in 2014, Sony had to cancel the movie premiere for The Interview and cinemas chose not to screen them due to North Korea's threats. It will definitely offend North Korea if they are seen as the villains. Also, the location has to be fictional. In Far Cry 2, it's set in an unnamed country. In Far Cry 4, it's Kyrat. In Far Cry 5, it's Hope County. There are video games such as Homefront, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory and Ghost Recon 2 where you can fight North Koreans. The thing with Ubisoft these days, they like to choose locations that haven't been done before. If it has been done before, it's likely to be uncommon. Uncommon locations featuring factions that are hardly seen in video games. I still remember when there's this 'fatigue', like there are too many video games set in World War 2. Ubisoft likes to be 'original', apparently. With the title 'Far Cry', it has to be set in an exotic location with a lot of vegetation.