The longer you survive, these harder these waves will get, so you’ll have to explore to find more and stronger weapons. You’ll start with a pistol, and have to defend yourself against waves of enemies. Rather than forming part of the main game, the DLC will be an all new standalone mode.
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It’s just a shame for Joseph Seed that he once again had to follow Vaas and Pagan Min–two characters whose internal monologues could never get old.Ubisoft (or specifically, through actor Michael Mando) has announced that it’ll be releasing Vaas: Insanity, the first of its series throwback-themed DLCs for Far Cry 6 next week.Īctor Michael Mundo-these days also known for roles like in Better Call Saul-will be reprising his role as Far Cry 3‘s infamous villain.
It might also be the most beautiful of the three, too, especially with its revelations and cabin experiences. Nonetheless, and even if it’s a reskinned copy of the two Far Cry 6 DLCs that came before it, there’s a lot of challenge in Joseph: Collapse. Sure, her Far Cry 5 storyline was harrowing enough to justify her right to complain, but in a dreamscape dictated by Joseph’s guilt, so much more could’ve been done with her. His Family are also underutilized, to the point of being one-dimensional: Jacob remains a brute, John may as well be credited as Arrogant Man 1, and Faith never. Maybe it’s because I’ve replayed FC5 in the last 12 months and memories are still fresh, but aside from one glimpse into the formation of Eden’s Gate, you’re mostly dealing with Joseph calmly begging for absolution, which gradually sucks the life out of Collapse’s overarching narrative.
Major locations are stunning, but don't quite deliver the story exposition fans may crave. While the revelations across the map are a sight to behold–most notably a redemptive, metaphor-heavy quest based around Joseph’s statue–you learn very little outside of what you did in the base game. Sure, the three Cross locations provide a bit of background to both Far Cry 5 and pseudo-sequel New Dawn, but they feel easier, and end more quickly, than the trials Vaas and Pagan faced. Unlike the exploration of Vaas’ relationship with his “sister,” or Pagan Min’s battle with his “Tyrant” alter ego, Joseph: Collapse retreads stories already told, barely building out what remains to be the Far Cry series’ most believable plot. Sadly, for the most part, there’s little else in the way of character or story exposition. Ubisoft’s dark humor is on display more than ever. Kills feel like they exhibit as much love as they do hatred. Takedowns see you shoving a Bible into someone’s mouth before turning it with such power that it snaps their neck another ghoulish instakill sees Joseph forcing his thumbs deep into an enemy’s eye sockets, though he does briefly bless their fresh corpse before it hits the ground. Here, you see him take matters into his own hands, with a ferocious savagery even his Blissed-up Angels couldn’t match. Unlike Vaas Montenegro, Joseph rarely perpetrated violence on behalf of Project at Eden’s Gate he was a Charles Manson character, who preferred to dole out barbarity through his so-called Family and so-called Peggies. While lacking the pomp and bombast of Vaas and Pagan, this tale sees the bunkered prophet striving for redemption by displaying a once-unseen hypnotic brutality. UbisoftĬollapse does a good job of quickly making you fall back in love with Joseph Seed by giving him a rather wicked twist. Joseph doesn't suffer fools gladly when it's on him to dole out the pain.