The first promotional art for the game was an Americana take on The Last Supper, complete with an alternate version of the US flag as a tablecloth. What it’s about: A cult consisting primarily of heavily armed white men take over a small Montana county in order to live outside of government control. It’s also bad for business, unfortunately, if you want the honest truth.” Image: Far Cry 5 Far Cry 5
It’s not to reflect on any of the things that are happening in the current world, in the live world.” Later, Alf Condelius, COO of developer Ubisoft Massive said at a conference that “we cannot be openly political in our games. What Ubisoft says: Speaking to Polygon, creative director Terry Spier said, “We’re definitely not making any political statements.” He also told Kotaku “the goal isn’t to make a political statement. (In a promotional email, Ubisoft asked players to “come see what a real government shutdown looks like.” The company later apologized.) What it’s about: Set in Washington, DC following a devastating pandemic caused by a terrorist attack, the game tasks players - in the role of agents of the Strategic Homeland Division - with fighting corporate militias to gain back control of the nation’s capital.
It’s a ‘What if?’ scenario, it’s Tom Clancy, it’s purely fictional.” The Division 2 The story might make you see different situations, but we’re not trying to guide anybody or to make any sorts of statements. We’ve rooted ourselves in reality, and you’ll get what you get out of your playthrough - everybody will get something different out of their experience. What Ubisoft says: Lead developer Sébastien Le Prestre tells Gamespot, “We’re creating a game here, we’re not trying to make political statements in our games.
One of your main enemies is a rogue group of former US soldiers. “Initially interested in a remote testing site for its autonomous drones, the Silicon Valley company eventually turned Auroa into its ‘World 2.0,’ a high-tech, high-security utopia of sustainable eco-cities and robotics research,” Ubisoft explains. What it’s about: Players explore an island compound in the South Pacific owned by a rich tech CEO, who made his fortune through autonomous drones and AI. Here are just a few examples of the company’s insistence on staying away from politics - and just how ridiculous that can be when you look at the actual games. Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot told The Guardian last year that, instead of making political statements, the company makes games where the goal “is to make people think.” It’s become something of a trend for the French publisher, which makes big-budget action games that feature settings and storylines plucked from the headlines, yet stubbornly refuse to say much of substance despite this.
A sequel to 2017’s Wildlands, it’s another realistic military shooter - and another chance for Ubisoft to say that its games are free of politics. Today Ubisoft officially unveiled the latest Tom Clancy release, Ghost Recon Breakpoint.