Somehow, Ubisoft always manages to make you forget how tired the formulaic open-world mechanics of Ubisoft games are. In the latest first-person shooter "Far Cry 6", the fiery opening credits make this forgetting easier. With its stylized references to colonial history, machine guns as a symbol of the revolution, blood-red clouds of poison on green leaves and pills flying through the air, it is designed entirely in the aesthetics of modern series. What's more, it sounds like Netflix and Co. (the soundtrack is penned by Pedro Bromfman, who also made "Narcos" sound), and the face of the first actor name presented, Giancarlo Esposito, is known from series such as "Breaking Bad", "The Mandalorian" and "The Boys".

"Far Cry 6" tells about a fictional Caribbean island called Yara. With its history, a revolution in the sixties, its backwardness, the result of a decade-long boycott, and its preference for rum and music, it is reminiscent of the real Cuba. There is no lack of old cars. But things are different on Yara, so to speak from left to right: The revolution in Cuba in 1959 marked the end for the dictatorial President Fulgencio Batista, it brought the communist Fidel Castro to power, who no longer wanted to hear about his promise of free elections , Had opponents persecuted and entrusted the leadership of the state to his brother Raúl in 2008, followed by today's strong man in the one-party state, Miguel Díaz-Canel.

In “Far Cry 6”, however, Antón Castillo is president of Yara, son of the former president Gabriel Castillo, who was swept away by the “revolution of 67”.

After the death of communist president Santos Espinosa, he stood for election with a visionary economic program and came to power.

But the production of the miraculous anti-cancer drug “Viviro”, which is extracted from the tobacco plant and could be an economic game changer (probably an allusion to Cuba's biotech sector), is based on forced labor and human experimentation.

Soldiers, arrests and propaganda determine everyday life.

The saddest eyes in the entire Far Cry series

Whoever has the courage tries to leave Yara.

So does Dani (Sean Rey), in his twenties, in whose role the player slips and who is also available in a female version (Nisa Gunduz).

A cutter is supposed to bring him and other Yarans to the USA.

But the boat is stopped by soldiers on the high seas, and President Castillo himself climbs on board with them.

We learn: Among the fugitives is Diego (Anthony Gonzalez), Castillo's sensitive thirteen-year-old son - with the saddest eyes of the entire "Far Cry" series.