Members of the development team fielded a variety of questions, and Letendre answered one about the inclusion of a map editor with, " No, Arcade will not come back." He mentions that the decision came as part of a difficult choice to more heavily focus on the Far Cry 6's main story and world building. The news comes from Far Cry 6 game director Alexandre Letendre in an Ask Me Anything (AMA) on the Far Cry subreddit. Related: Far Cry 6 Will Be Fully Playable In Co-Op Players could create custom single player or co-op missions, competitive multiplayer arenas, mazes, mini games, and anything else they could dream up. Far Cry 5 labeled this Arcade Mode and had a robust set of features, including assets from other Ubisoft games like Watch Dogs and Assassin's Creed. In previous entries, players were able to create their own maps using in-game assets, kind of like Halo's Forge game mode.
The Caribbean nation of Yara is providing the series' largest map yet, the game will have brand-new (and some adorable) animal companions, will return to a voiced protagonist yet feature third-person cutscenes, and much more. By almost all accounts Far Cry 6 will be an effort to expand the horizons of the Far Cry series, but some sacrifices had to be made for the sake of innovation.įar Cry 6 will not feature a map editor. Far Cry 6 is landing in early October and seems to be trying to move the franchise forward in some big ways.