Granted, some outlets believe the petition to be satire, and it does sort of read like one to start, but a later update comes across as far too jaded for the whole petition to be a joke. The petition pegged the game as being “an insult to your fanbase, the Americans who make up the majority of your customers.” To rectify the so-called issues, Gamers United suggested that the villains be changed to “something more realistic,” and then immediately mentioned, “Islam is on the rise in America.” Some of the other suggestions included altering the plot and the villains to include “some blacks and Mexicans.”
The third main entry was banned in Indonesia for its hellish portrayal of life in the Southeast Asian nation and Far Cry 4’s cover art was deemed to be racist.Īs for the latest title in the long-running series, a petition was started by user Gamers United calling for the cancellation of Far Cry 5. It wasn’t the first time a Far Cry game struck a nerve with the public, however. Still, the setting and the use of a radical preacher as the focal antagonist appeared to set off some.
