Ubisoft Confirms Far Cry 4 Character Is Gay

From the very second the cover images and art were revealed for Far Cry 4 they have been the subject of second guessing and controversy. Between the Tibetan prayer flags, the apparent subjugation of another human being and the overwhelming amount of stereotypical images pertaining to effeminate, gay men, where do we begin?

[Majin-vegeta]

SH*tstorm is about to hit the ceiling.

[UltimateMaster]

It's easy to tell.
They all wear purple clothes to match their purple purses. /s

Just kidding.

[AliTheSnake1]

This should be funny and interesting. A gay Anti-hero ?
The thing is, what you described as "stereotypical" is actually true. I have met a lot of gay men and women from a gay friend, most of them fit the stereotype perfectly.

And this picture just made my day.
http://myxboxlive.com/gamin...

As long as they don't shove the sexual gay shit down our throats, this game should be interesting .

[Yi-Long]

So what if he's gay!? Why would the sexuality of a fictional character be such a big deal to so many people!?

You've got heartless killers and murderers and drug-dealers etc etc in games, but it's somehow a big controversy if there's a guy who's attracted to other guys!?

Grow up.

Everyone always says this industry needs to 'mature', yet every time a game strays a bit from the mainstream when it comes to sex/sexuality, there's a huge uproar amongst the community, because they're too immature to handle it...

The uproar SHOULD be about the ridiculous 30$ season-pass! THAT'S the reason why I won't buy this game!

[wwarren19]

its terrible that i laughed at that.

[FunAndGun]

@AliTheSnake1

obviously stereotypes originate from common occurrences, but to say most of them fit the stereotype is just not true. There are a lot of gay individuals that do not fit the stereotype. One of the reasons a lot of gay men stay in the closet is because they fear being labeled with the stereotype you are saying is mostly true.

There are plenty of masculine gay men in this world, I am sure you have met many without even knowing they are gay.

[AceBlazer13]

Oh wow he's gay. Guess what, I still don't care. Does this help better the plot or gameplay of the game in some meaningful way or is it to please the egos of some over entitled homos.

If these people are gonna bring their world problems into gaming maybe it's best they just gtfo.

[Anthotis]

The build up to this game is gonna be a lot of fun. So much raging from tumblrinas and kotaku.

[Eonjay]

From racist to gay. This is getting interesting. I would like to submit an idea for a gay racist.

[Tetsujin]

I'm glad a lot of gaming companies are starting to at least go outside the comfort zone with characters and stories to actually make something different for a change.

[legionsoup]

Gay. Straight. I don't care.

Why even bring it up unless it's integral to the story.

I hope it's not just a talking point to get people riled up about the game, and that it's something mature and interesting, and perhaps even something that would move video games in an interesting direction. Otherwise, it doesn't matter, and this kind of announcement is lame.

[memots]

lol top of the page N4G confirmed

[DragonKnight]

Alright, so now either the fact that the character is gay isn't going to matter at all because that fact won't really be exposed (unless it is by virtue of campy stereotypes), or there's going to be an obligatory gay romance scene.

To all the SJWs out there, does the latter sound like it's going to make the game awesome to you, or is it COMPLETELY irrelevant the way most everyone else except homophobes feels about it?

[guitarded77]

We still live in a society where ancient beliefs perpetuate old prejudiced. I think it's great that the game creators felt compelled enough to tell the story they want to tell, regardless of whether some will be butt hurt (no pun intended) or not.

Hopefully, 10 years from now, this will be an absolute non-story. But luckily, we are seeing a rapid advancement for gay rights in America, and until those rights are equal with the rest of the people here, these characters will be a sub-conscious stereotype destroyer.

The Canadians are far more accepting of gays, and the rights they offer. So I would expect them to have such a character. I just hope their influence is positive for their neighbors to the south. However, I do see this game being banned in some less Western countries.

[MonstaTruk]

@Yi-Long

My thing is: why mention it? Should we get the sexual orientation of every main game character, now? Why do I need his sexual orientation forced into my games?

Another point: a lot of parents use video games as a "nanny" for their kids. Having a main character's sexual orientation as a focal point for this game is wrong & tasteless...

[Yi-Long]

@Monsta: Why hide it? People were reacting to the cover-image, and the appearance of the guy, so Ubisoft explains who and what he is. If he's gay, he's gay. That's the character they've written.

Michael in GTA5 was always portrayed as a straight married guy with kids. Did you feel that was 'forced' in!? How about the hetero-sexual sex-scenes in God of War!? What about The Witcher 2 or Assassin's Creed 2!? Talk about forcing sexuality into games, THOSE games go out of their way to show how much of a macho hetero-sexual guy your main character is. So don't pretend Ubisoft having a gay guy as a villain is somehow doing something other games aren't doing, as in informing you a little bit about the sexual preferences of a character.

Oh, and parents who are using R-rated video games as a 'nanny' for their kids, is a pretty terrible excuse to hide behind. You don't have a problem with killing a whole island of people to survive and reach your objectives, but 'oh lordy, think of the kids when one of the characters is gay!!!" (!)

Again, I say: Grow up! Nothing wrong with homo-sexuality, and there's certainly nothing wrong with our media showing gay characters. If some homophobic parents can't handle that, then they should pick up some other games to 'babysit' their kids.

[MonstaTruk]

@Yi-Long

"There's nothing wrong with homosexuality"...says who, you? I don't agree, and maybe that's why we have the opposing views that we have, I guess.

There's a lot of confusion/dispute on what's appropriate and not appropriate in the world, today. Just to be curious, what are a few things that you find to be "not appropriate". Don't worry, I'll wait...

[AgentSmithPS4]

@guitarded77
"The Canadians are far more accepting of gays"
Of course, they don't want to freeze to death ;). It's very cold up there and they say it's best to share body heat with skin to skin contact, it might even work as an excuse if someone walks in on you. /s

Imagine the response if he takes you captive in the game and does stuff to you, lol.

[Yi-Long]

@Monsta: In life, there are certain things that I have problems with. The usual stuff, like racism, illegal wars, corruption, rape, murder, etc etc.

In entertainment, there's very little, probably nothing, that I deem 'inappropriate', in a way that I would go out of my way to try and get it 'censored' or banned. It's fictional. It's 'entertainment'. And while there's content I personally wouldn't be interested in watching or playing, I don't have a problem with it being released and enjoyed by others.

For example, I haven't watched Ichi the Killer yet, simply because what I've heard and read about it, it seems like something that goes so far over the top (in terms of gore/violence) that I wouldn't enjoy it. I could very well be wrong, but having watched the trailers, I'm just not interested in it. However, I would never say it should be banned or forbidden or that they've gone too far or whatever.

-I- believe I wouldn't enjoy that movie, so -I- decide I won't watch it. That's my choice. Just like I avoid anything David Spade appears in.

So that's always a personal preference. If you believe you can't enjoy this game because it features a homosexual villain, because that somehow upsets you, then just don't play it.

Other people, like me, honestly don't care if a character in a game or TV-show or comic or movie or whatever, happens to be gay. It's not an issue for us.

But like I said, the reason why -I- won't get this game, is because of the Season Pass. I have never supported that DLC-greed, and I'll never will.

[Dee_91]

im guessing his sexuality plays a role in the story because other than that, there would be no need to make his sexuality known.

But eh it creates buzz.My word of advice for people ( that im 1000% sure will fall on deaf ears) Think before you type.

[Gunstar75]

@alithesnake
"as long as they don't shove their sexual gay shit down our throats" ????

What is that supposed to mean?

[FriedGoat]

@Gunstar75

I think he is referring to brown sausages.

[ProjectVulcan]

It was probably only gonna be an 18+ in Russia anyway sooooo....

[BiggCMan]

Am I the only one who thinks this is satire? I can't really tell, but I mean there is no sources or links to any confirmation of this. It's written as a blog with immature writing, I think it may be satire.

[hellzsupernova]

Yeah I get that feeling too. Was not very professional, plus who really cares.
As long as they do not push some gay agenda, or free tibet or other political crap on us I'm all for it.

The last farcry was amazing I cannot wait

[Mikelarry]

who really cares, does his sexual preference does it advance the story in any way interesting, i mean this is just silly as the dumbledore being gay announcement years after the harry potter series ended. i aint got nothing against he gays i am just trying to understand this angle ubisoft is trying to put out there

[FunAndGun]

How many evil bad guys have been in video games? This one just so happens to be gay. Why is it that every time there is a gay anything everyone thinks there is an angle or agenda?

[Mikelarry]

because i believe ubisoft are doing this in regards to the backlash they got when the character was revealed

@ below i suggest you reread my comment. i dont care that the character is gay i am more concerned that ubisoft are doing this just to deflect the backlash, so before you start name calling atleast reread and understand my comment

also kratos sexuality does advance the story he was straight and lost his wife and kid

[FunAndGun]

Does the sexual preference of Kratos banging hot chicks advance the story in any way?

Does the sexual preference of CJ and the hot coffee advance the story in any way?

Does any straight sex "scene" or sexual undertone in any video game advance the story in any way?

The dude is gay, who cares. You guys are such hypocrites when it comes to sexuality that you don't approve of when video games are full of sexual themes on a daily basis.

[hellzsupernova]

That dumbledore thing was complete bullshit, such a media whore!

[Dee_91]

I'm pretty sure his sexuality has something to do with the story, otherwise they wouldn't have made a gay character.I don't see anything "silly" about it.

[lelo]

It would be better if there were lesbians instead of gays...

[Dead_Cell]

Because that's the cool kind of gay, right chief?

[lelo]

@Dead_Cell
I have nothing against gays and lesbians... but I just prefer seeing 2 girls rubbing themselves then 2 guys.

...But if you prefer seeing 2 guys, then respect and enjoy. Everyone have their preferences.

[palaeomerus]

"Because that's the cool kind of gay, right chief?"

Whoa! Sick burn bra. Fist bump!

[PFFT]

I agree it would be better to watch two girls rub each other rather than to dudes sword fighting..... *shivers*

[DaBeatSpecialist]

Now this pic looks hella gay too smh

http://myxboxlive.com/gamin...

[Supporter]

That gave me a chuckle

[Dead_Cell]

If you think "gay" at all phallic symbolism then you may be gay.

[SilentNegotiator]

Well, these days it's either include a gay character in your game or get bullied by GLAAD, so they had no choice. /jk

[Jughead3416]

What's with the worldwide gay movement over the past few years?

[Irishguy95]

Typical occurrence of the human race. It's due to the vast majority of the population having low intelligence and being closed minded. There shouldn't need to be a gay movement and it never should have been a big deal. The human condition.

[palaeomerus]

" It's due to the vast majority of the population having low intelligence and being closed minded."

Normal distributions don't work that way. Learn some basic math before you mouth off about 'low intelligence' lest you appear to prove your own point in a manner you had not anticipated.

[Gamerbynight]

Its called equal rights. Something gay men and women do not have. All we want is to be able to dream the same as everyone else and have the same opportunity. It is not that you are so sexy we want to hit on you. People are people and love is love.

[MonstaTruk]

@ Gamerbynight

Oh please, g*y rights my @$$. What rights have they been shunned from having (excluding marriage)?

You're lucky I only have 3 bubbles, I would've loved to debate you about this...

[JohnathanACE]

@Gamerbynight
But you have equal rights. You can't marry someone of the same sex and neither can anyone else. If you wanted to marry a woman you could. See you have the exact same rights that everybody else has. What you want is to change the definition of marriage which is wrong.

[Jughead3416]

Yo, it's your business who you choose to love or lust after. But, there's no argument that this is not how things were created to be. If we were created to be with the same sex, then humanity could be facing extinction then right? Maybe not that extreme, but marriage was supposed to be for men and women to be fruitful and multiply.

[Sevir]

Does it need to be a shit storm? I really can't imagine why this is a big deal. There are gay and lesbian characters in every entertainment media, as long as they handle the character with tact and non-stereotypical, I don't see what the controversy is for. it's just a character...

Whatevs, I'm glad Ubi and other devs are bold enough to exploring other characters than just the safe, sellable stereotype norms. Break new ground I say.

[Magicite]

I hope he is a main villain and gets killed in the end.

[cyguration]

What if he rapes the main character instead?

[SephirothX21]

The amount of homophobic comments here is sickening. Just goes to show the ignorance and stupidity of many N4G users. The lead character's sexual preference doesn't matter.

[Aussiebeachbabe]

Yeah. Gay might just mean he's happy.

[dodgemoose]

That's the internet for you. The second anonymity comes into the equation, homophobia will follow.

[BX81]

I wouldn't want to play as a gay main character. I don't hate gay/les, I just prefer to play as a straight character. That doesn't make me homophobic. It's like saying if you wanna play as a gay/les character you are now straight phobic. I like how it's supposed to be a big deal if you don't like it but not so much if you do.

[palaeomerus]

Not a SH*tstorm I care about though. Not a real guy. Not a real anything. Might as well get upset about comic books and note-book doodles. The "outrage" is starting to sound kind of forced and insincere anyway.

[ITPython]

Based on FC3, I have a feeling this game is going to be extremely controversial in regards to gays. I wouldn't be surprised if there will be some gay-sex rape cutscenes for shock-value and psychological impact, probably involving the protagonist or one of their friends/family/etc. And I have a feeling there will be a lot of preaching about homosexuality being done is a very powerful psychological way (If FC3's story-telling is anything to judge by).

I'll keep my eye on this game and the reviews since I enjoyed FC3 so much, but if stuff like that is going on in the game, then this one is a pass for me.

[BallsEye]

reminded me..

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

the times we live in...

[ovnipc]

I dont care if the character its gay actually gay villians are cool, but please dont add a sex ecene of gay man, that will ruin it. I dont have nothing against gay ppl but I dont want to see something like that on a game.

[Mystogan]

WtF? I really hope he's not a major character. That is so creepy. I was planning to get into farcry, never played one, but now I'm not so sure.

[ziggurcat]

You do know that you're not going to turn gay if you play the game, right? Are you that insecure with your sexuality that you feel threatened by a video game character?

[Mystogan]

Nothing to do with insecurity. I just find gay people gross. I'm not comfortable watching 2 guys kiss or do nasty stuff with eachother. My opinion.

Thanks but no thanks. I'm gonna pass on this one.

[showtimefolks]

this country will all turn to gays and lesbians in 30 years. Everyone who announces they are gay should be treated with extra care and they are special

give me a damn break, keep all that stuff to your damn self. Its pathetic how people who don't support the gays even say the right things because they don't have the balls to stand up for what they truly believe in

[GamersHeaven]

http://www.snappypixels.com...

[-Foxtrot]

Gee...wouldn't of guessed that /s

It's like when you have a friend who is really camp comes out gay and you have to force yourself look surprised.

[Mikelarry]

say wat... no way

http://weknowmemes.com/wp-c...

[XiSasukeUchiha]

Ohhhhh boy, in 3.2.1 (Haters are coming)

But this got real!

[ISHU]

I personaly don't think its a big issue, I mean its 2014 and we are still surprised to see gays in games,loool
#RiseAboveHaters

[ISHU]

http://theresamazza.com/wp/...

[LarVanian]

It should be interesting to see how this dynamic plays out in the story. A self proclaimed homo-sexual king, something you don't see everyday in video-games lol. I seriously can't wait to see more of this game!

[ritsuka666]

Games need more gay character.

[gameon1985]

no games need more diversity period, be it blacks Asians, gays, women, etc as the the main protagonist and not the typical white male. you could literally count the number of games with humans as the main character that were not white men on both hands.

On subject I can already see the ridiculous bullshit, and hate this will bring to the gaming community. It's a game people... deal with it.

[RedDeadLB]

I have nothing against a different race and sexuality being portrayed in video games, but to say that more diversity is a MUST in video games is not really true.

Race, sexuality and stereotypes are not what videogames are about. Gender and race differences are not something that games are nor should be built around.

Games are meant to be played for fun, entertainment. Let's keep them away from the typical racist and anti-racist bullshit and controversy. There's enough of that in the world.

Not every single subject needs to be discussed and not every cause fought for. I mean, who the fuck gives a shit if a character in a game is white, black, gay, asian or a fucking alien?

[ginsunuva]

It don't need nothing. Forcing diversity = racism.

[Squall_23]

gay ? gay ? so unnatural

[TheDevKit]

Unnatural things don't occur naturally.

[aLucidMind]

If it exists, it is natural. "Immoral" is the word you're looking for, and even then you'd be wrong.

[thekhurg]

No they don't.

[Ultimax]

Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope Nope
Pushing the gay agenda with "666" in your name is something expected ಠ_ಠ

[Thefreeman012]

The gay agenda? idiotic . Seem to think everyone is out to push an agenda against you?

[DCfan]

I bet that'll move the industry forward, right??
Idiots.

[Concertoine]

Raoul Silva was an awesome villian that was gay.

[DoctorXpro]

he likes to drop the soap

[Hellsvacancy]

Gay can be really funny sometimes, it has its own sense of humour, depending on how narrow minded you're you probably won't get it http://www.youtube.com/watc...

Mention gay to my Dad and it's if he turns into Kratos, he doesn't like the subject AT ALL, me on the other hand i'm open to it (not actually being gay, that's a no no no)

I can see Far Cry 4 being more of a comedy than a serious type game like Far Cry 3, i'm looking forward to it

[TheVideoGamHer]

Diversity!!!!

[uth11]

But is he Anderson Cooper?

[Squall_23]

positive or negative ? ... LOL ..but seriously i am not gonna buy

[Rapture13]

I bet you also think God is real and that you need to listen to The Bible or you will burn in hell huh? Sad existence you live..

[DCfan]

Yeaah. Accepting unnatural things is part of being hip and cool in today's culture.

[aLucidMind]

They must try to listen to it, because they certainly don't dare READ it.

[a08andan]

I love it :D

[Doge]

Tumblr SJWs rejoicing in 3...2...1...

[ITPython]

Oh I'm sure this one won't count either. It will only count when all characters in every game are gay minorities where the women are the ones in power/authority and the men are all gay.

Only then will they say there is an acceptable level of gays, minorities and women in games.

[Software_Lover]

The tight purple pants didn't give it away? This isn't gonna all of a sudden make me want the game more.

[GameDev1]

Could care less

As long as he is a great villain that will immerse me into the game

[pop-voxuli]

Gay = PASS

[dodgemoose]

It's not even your comment that makes me feel unsettled, it's the fact so many users agree with you.

[sonic989]

no buy

[NewZealander]

Gay = PASS....why? are you scared you might catch gayness from playing the game?

or just worried you might like it ;)

[pop-voxuli]

Neither, I simply don't support homosexuality.

[mezati99]

they didn't confirm anything lol what the hell is he talking about ?!

[bleedsoe9mm]

i'm telling you , failed las vegas magician on his way to get white tigers to try to save his act , his plane crashes and he raises to the level of warlord using his magic tricks to con the locals

[XabiDaChosenOne]

Not interested, no buy.

[TheFutureIsBlue]

...I really hope you are not being serious if this does turn out true.

[Number-Nine]

Kuja

[Ogygian]

Why are there so few gay and female protagonists?

Because most gamers are male and straight and we generally like to play people we can easily empathise with the best. I have no problem with games with female or gay leads existing, but I'm simply going to be less likely to buy them. If you think that makes me evil then you're psychotic.

The people who spend their time complaining when companies don't pander to their whims should stop writing articles like this whinging, and become productive members of society.

Hey, you want to see more gay and female characters in games? Awesome! Go learn programming, band together and make such games! If you make them and buy them they will exist, and you can stop creating inefficiency by convincing companies to do things which will lose them money.

[Soldierone]

I love comments like this. I'm the same way. Not for, not against, just don't care.... and it's comments like this that get massive amounts of HATE and name calling filled with arguing etc.... its annoying.

[TheDevKit]

It shouldn't be necessary to present the characteristic unless it's relevant to the plot.

[cyguration]

This is true.

There are some people I know who complain to the high heavens about diversity -- that indies and mainstream are sexist, racist and chauvinist.

Yet, these same people NEVER buy games that break that trend. You won't find them out in droves buying games like Lili or White Noise or the Erika Reed adventures. You won't see these people make those aforementioned titles move 10 million copies.

Nope, instead they flock to popular games played by specific target demographics and beg for change there.

If a bunch of young males love playing Gears of War, why on earth would you try to force Epic to make it some space-opera love story? That's not why people buy it.

If a bunch of people enjoy Killing Floor, why would you rag on the game for not catering toward social diversity? It's all about killing zombies for about an hour in gruesome and violent ways!

It's about the equivalent of Halo fans arguing that My Gay Ex-Boyfriend Is A Space Tyrant doesn't have enough guns and sexy women in it. Like... really?!?!

Some of these people have too much time on their hands.

[revben]

Exactly.

In a movie or tv show i can shut my eyes when those come on, but how an i am going to avoid it in video game?

[shadow18spirit]

Theres a storm coming!!

[MajorLazer]

Makes no difference to me. As long as a he's a badass antagonist

[Baka-akaB]

Are we supposed to care much ? If anything i wouldnt get the anti's point . He seems to be the main antagonist , so if anything you're going to fullfill some fantasy by killing him at some point .

I'm baffled instead , by some dumb blogpost claiming official confirmation without none

[True_Samurai]

No wonder the guy holding the grenade looks like he's been through a lot lol

[Wingsfan24]

This article doesn't really confirm anything. He also says the protagonist is gay, when we already know the guy on the art isn't the protagonist. So that information isn't correct.

[mogwaii]

HA! I really didnt see this coming. First we were the limp wristed gta charactres now we are the maniacs...maybe one day we will be just people. Anyway progress is progress. Bring it on!

[MegaDan]

First NBA, NFL, now video games? I guess the media is trying to shove their Gay Agenda down our throats..

[Eonjay]

Agenda? Gay isn't some fantasy thing dreamed up by the left you know. It actually exists. Thats like saying that a straight character is pushing a Christian agenda by existing.

[rextraordinaire]

EXACTLY. We're planning to turn all your kids gay, then force every one to parade at gay pride. That's our agenda.

I wish I could find you the official documents but... oh... It doesn't exist. Idiot.

[Qrphe]

They're shoving it down your throat alright

[KonsoruMasuta]

Why does it matter? No offense, but I don't care what the character's sexual orientation or race is. I want to know the more important details.

Who is he exactly? What put him in his position?

I doubt this will play a big role in the plot.

[ISHU]

The guy holding the grenade must be eating bananas for dinner...
lol

[MasterCornholio]

I knew it and the black guy is his b!tch

Now King me.

[name]

black guy?

[heisenberguk]

Don't let Sessler review this ffs!! If he ends up dying he'll only call it homophobic!!!

[dizeestl]

One less game I have to worry about buying.

[danny818]

That's gay

[mo241]

This sure makes it less immersive for a lot of people, because their straight. This would be a problem if the character was like those typical blank playable characters, but if the character would have his own full personality and script, like for example games with good written movie like story it could be something special. I don't now how but ubi probably would otherwise they wouldn't make such a bold decision. (gays are not accepted by everyone. As you can read in the comments.

[BattleReach]

Tony from GTA IV was also gay, and even the name of the game was Ballad of Gay Tony. So what?

[Iltapalanyymi]

>340°

i guess somebody is mad.
this is gonna hit the fan real hard.

get over it people i mean come on.

whatever...

[heisenberguk]

I hope it has a trophy called 'One up the bum, no harm done'!!

[AgentSmithPS4]

I hope it has one called 'Pain in the ass'.

[Nuk]

Anyone forget gay tony?

[ZombieGamerMan]

So am I the only one who thinks some the shit the writer pointed out is stupid? How are the fingers of the statue and flags gay? Seriously are rainbow colored anything locked down by the gay community just like the color pink? And how do the fingers made to look like meditation come off as gay?

Is meditation also an exclusively gay thing now and no one told me about this? And While I may not have been following this game as hardcore as others did Ubisoft even say the pink suited man was the main character because he looks like the villain and the guy with the nade in his hands looks like the hero.

[ginsunuva]

Did I ever tell you the definition of FABULOUS?

But seriously, did anyone here think he WASNT gay?

[D-riders]

well im not buying the game.
imagine if being gay was the norm and being straight was taboo. its were we are heading, babies from factories.
I have nothing against gay people. but when you start glorifying being gay like the protagonist in a video game. Im out

[Gohadouken]

Oh yeah nothing against them , but checking out on a mere rumor . Yeah that's completely coherent

[rextraordinaire]

Yeah imagine that. How would you feel, eh? You'd wish for some kind of representation in media, WOULDN'T YOU?

[ginsunuva]

He's the antagonist, not the protagonist.

He's evil. We have to kill him.
Because he's gay.

Now will you buy the game?

[dalehitchy]

stupid comment, and I am sick of reading comments like this. Are gay people glorifying anything? for all you know, the designers could be straight.

forcing it down peoples throats? how about they just live there daily lives and quickly have a peck on the lips.

there is no gay agenda last time I looked. there are no plans to churn babies out of factories or turn straight people gay. just because there have been 2 / 3 news stories about a few gays lately... does not mean they plan to take over the world.

Truth be told... they just want to live their life with their partners and want to be left alone without worrying about people like you.

lastly... can you please explain how being gay is glorified? a kiss? holding hands in public? i guess being straight is glorified... heck i see people smoking? is that glorified? and there is a mosque down the road from me.... glorifying it too! damn religious folk... and dont even get me started on the people that play videogames instead of excercising... glorifying being lazy

[AgentSmithPS4]

After reading I assume D-rider doesn't mean what I thought it did. /s
"Glorifying", no, they're just trying to get attention by doing something different, otherwise people would say "___ already did that".

I wouldn't mind if there were more attractive lesbians in games, in fact I demand it because they are underrepresented!

"Babies from factories", hilarious reaction to this article but it wouldn't be such a bad thing. Many parents force a genetically challenged child into this world and they suffer from terrible diseases, malformations, etc. People with power will continue to do what they want regardless of the consequences, because they're not the ones that have to deal with them.

[madpuppy]

In 70 years or so the planet would be just about devoid of humans if that were the case.

[Dirtnapstor]

Well, hopefully this fact is somehow relevant to the story, or is this Ubi's way of appeasing the politically correct crowd?
Really this factoid shouldn't be a factor. A character is going to be what its scripted for. Surely the developers scripted a well crafted story, whatever it may involve.

[e-p-ayeaH]

Far Cry 4 going for mature themes im glad to see that, it would be nice to see some lesbians in the game as well.

[mrbojingles]

Man, 98% of the people who commented on this didn't even read the article. There is no proof that Ubisoft said anything at all, this is so very fake.

[sprinterboy]

I personally find it sick, won't be buying

[rextraordinaire]

Your loss.

[re2_apocalypse]

From the sounds of it, I thought it is more or less implyed the cover dude which is the antagonist not the main character is gay. If thats the case, I will likely consider the game still... If the main character is gay, forget it. I could imagine a cutscene of the main character banging some dude from behind. No Way. I don't roll that way, and I don't want a game that way. Sorry, that is my opinion on the matter

As with the bad guy being gay, that could turn out to be funny, and stupid and I could accept that more.

[Gohadouken]

" I could imagine a cutscene of the main character banging some dude from behind. "

And why could you ? There is almost no mainstream game truly showing you hetero sex scenes ... Why do you expect for one of the first title that would feature a gay protagonist , to suddenly have buttseks ?

Dont get me wrong , i'm not interested by getting a gay hero ... i dont believe in adding "minorities" just to find to egalitarian agenda . Such ideas wrongly assume that race or gender or sexual orientation is even a purchase factor , for those "left behind" .

As a black man , i didnt suddenly want game because the hero is black , nor hold grudge about playing some white or asian or anime non descript (yet whitish) hero . I just want interesting games

[TheFutureIsBlue]

Reading through all the comments on here...wtf is wrong with you people? How does this affect anything in the game? So if this game gets 10s from a bunch of sites you won't buy it because you are small minded or whatever the reason is you are saying "pass, not going to buy, etc.".

Hahaha I think it is funny when people get so upset over something that should not even matter.

[re2_apocalypse]

There are people out there that don't agree to "same-sex marriage" or thing's like this; including myself. Call it whatever you want; it may be a video game, but a realistic one at that, with realistic situations. It is not being small minded, it is personal preference, which could also be religious as well. Sounds like you are the one that is close minded if you can't understand that

EDIT: I don't care if certain characters are gay/lesbian in the game, it can add uniqueness to situations in the game, sometimes to a funny result. But I don't want the main character that way. Things could get too messed up for my liking, and I simply won't purchase it regardless of how good the game is recieved. Sorry

Nothing is offically confirmed yet; so I'm sure the details will be revealed in time.

[TheFutureIsBlue]

So I'm small minded because I do not agree with the opinion of people hating on gays/race/and any other thing that people get mad about for whatever reason? Ok. Did I say I hate you? No. Do I care if all the people getting upset buy this? No. I will be busy playing the game and forget about all of you being butthurt...IF this turns out true.

I could debate all day, but I'm busing watching Big Trouble in Little China and plus I have no more bubbles =D

[mezati99]

am i missing something here ?! UBISOFT DID NOT CONFIRM ANYTHING! this article is biased as hell

[MrGEE]

f u ubisoft

[6DEAD6END6]

I've never cared for Far Cry but I'll buy this one to support them just to piss off the homophobes.

[madpuppy]

I never agreed with the phrase "homophobe" just because you dislike, disagree with or hate something doesn't make you afraid of it.

[Hazmat13]

just like buck. well i hope not like buck, well maybe he just likes people but not rapes them. you know like buck. buck buck buck.

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

They can keep this bulls***!

[DreadGara]

Brokeback mountain Far Cry, ill pass.

[PrinceOfAllSaiyans]

Well I'm all against gays and gay rights (Yep I said it so what.) but it's just a video game. I love Far cry still day 1 buy for me. But my body is telling me I want Far Cry 4, but my head is telling me no now.

I'm tired of gay people getting treated like heroes. Wtf is wrong with people ? If someone cones out they're a hero ? That's so wrong especially in United States of America, we're supposed to be "One Nation Under God". That's going against that.

[Qrphe]

>against gays
>likes DB

Something is off here

[forgetmenot]

A characters sexuality should not be a selling point of a game period.

[Dead_Cell]

Throne. Check. Pimpin' Suit. Check. Smirk. Check.

But no, he's subjugating the guy on his knees through his sexuality and not any other form of bad-guy power. I personally take more offence to the article having that kind of caveman thinking than anything Ubisoft is doing. Maybe you're the problem, people.

[Deano7394]

If it doesn't affect the story then it doesn't matter if he's gay.

[TheDevil15inallofus]

This article has succeeded in being clickbait. Ubisoft has already gone on record that neither of the cover characters is the protag:

http://www.gameranx.com/upd...

There is no substance whatsoever to that story, other than somewhat stirring shit up.

[Father__Merrin]

nothing has been added to the game with this decision, I cannot agree to this sorry. if it's your thing then fine

[Rapture13]

You could say the same thing about Vaas. The game was not any better or worse because he was straight.

[BlindMango]

I get the feeling they just did that because they felt they needed to, the only game I have ever seen have a gay character really done well is GTA IV: Ballad of Gay Tony.

[yazter]

It really doesn't feel forced. Sociopaths come from all backgrounds. A gay one (assuming the villain is a sociopath a la Vaas) would make for a very interesting antagonist.

[NintendoYouth]

Cool, but I couldnt careless.

Maybe that will come into play for the story?
I am very much looking forward to this game.

[UltraAtomic]

a gay villain. idk i think it mite suck, but who knows.

[yazter]

Maybe if you buy him dinner first? XDDDDDDD

[UltraAtomic]

XD

[HavokPants]

now im straight but game theory was right bglt is villanised

[cyclindk]

Sex scene confirmed, like FC3 except some things will be missing and other things will be... present..8=========>

[Ninjamonkey82]

I love games changing things up this is a good move tbh

[ATi_Elite]

"Ubisoft Confirms Far Cry 4 Character Is Gay"

Blah ha ha ha No Sh*T he is gay and from the looks of it a member of NAMBLA too.

Half a second look at that box art and I think WE ALL pretty much figured out he had extra fruit in his smoothie!!

Gay or straight he will get shot in face by ALL Gamers as we are all looking forward to FarCry4

[SnakePlissken]

Aww look how cute, game developers trying to make a point with their liberal political beliefs in our games now! How nice and creative of them! Just when you think you're playing a game to escape and get away from the real world, these morons pull this!

Keep your hidden gay agenda to yourselves and stop trying to force it on the rest of us. I really dont give a shit about your sexual preference, im more sick of having it forced on me all the time. Nice job, you just lost a customer.

[Activemessiah]

The LGBTQPLTJKP will see this differently as "persecuting the gays" and launch a tirade of complaints.

[dalehitchy]

i really dont get the people saying with "i dont agree with it so I am not buying it"

you play videogames, most likely played shooters before, killed people in them, but this is too far? LOL!

i never really understood the term 'dont agree with it' anyway. i don't like religion, people stuffing themselves with fatty foods, and sometimes find transgendered people confusing! does that mean i wouldn't talk to any muslim, christian or overwight person, and be horrible to them.... No! they are still people, have feelings and I would rather be friends with them instead of hating on them.

[dalehitchy]

wow... i dont get why i got a disgree

lets hate on muslims and christians and anyone different then!

[TheGrimReaper0011]

I dont care if he was a retarded bi-sexual hermafrodite

Far Cry series has been awesome so far and I'm sure this one will be no different

[Smoey]

Good. It's about time we had a gay badass.

[yazter]

So much hate.

Thanks Ubisoft. Buying the game now.

Also I love how people complain about gays "shoving it down their throats." It's okay though, next time we will let you deep-throat us.

[gamingisnotacrime]

weird comment
no hating, but be aware not wanting to play as a gay does not make anyone anti-gay. You cant tell anyone what they must accept in their lives

[N8]

Anything you say against gays makes you anti-gay. Its not gay peoples fault though. That's how people deal with it to show that they are OK with it .

[ThroatPunch]

Well then he deserves to die

[gamingisnotacrime]

t will hurt sales
bottom line for me, i dont want to play as a gay character period, and if that makes me a dinosaur in today's media so be it

[Father__Merrin]

well said, your not alone

I predict this game will suffer due to concept of it

[sprinterboy]

You Americans will probably sue for turning you gay because of a computer game lol, I just kid. Seriously though someone will. I have nothing against gays as my niece is a lesbian but I don't want it forced on me. If you want to be gay in life fine but I am still scarred from seeing 2 men eat each others faces off in town, leave that shit out from public and do it in your time at home

[Rapture13]

As long as you also agree that a man and woman should not kiss and make out in public too.

[palaeomerus]

The one thing I did not care much about in Far Cry 3 was the story-line. Vas and his loony sadism was wasted on me. I like stalking and killing animals and bad guys and rescuing people and building stuff and taking towers. The rest was a lot of forgettable wanky "bad screenplay" bunk. I enjoyed Blood dragon more than the original because at least it knew it was stupid and funny rather than naively thinking it was successfully passing itself off as a deep and clever satire of gamer expectations. Far Cry 3 really made me think. Unfortunately what it made me think was that the story was small and disappointing and the least impressive part of the game.

[Geekman]

Ties in to what MatPat said about all gay characters in videogames are villains.

[Kakashi Hatake]

How about a really fat main character in a game. All this tolerance to gays but people still make fat people feel like aliens, subhuman, or a joke.

[CrimsonK]

This is an integral part of the story if the hero and anti hero are somehow put in a situation to add drama to the story like if the hero or his friends are captured and forced into sexual slavery under this newfound homosexual villain which I think would make an interesting story because it does make an interesting change to the same old same old villain and nobody needs to talk smack this is the devs being brave and trying to focus more on reality that anti hero's don't always have to be a masculine testosterone flooded man and that anyone can have a dark side

[alti]

is he gay with a purpose, or just gay for attention? Judging by the suit, I'd say it's for attention. New low, Ubi; use to respect you.

[PFFT]

Hold on hold on hold on. So what these fools are trying to say is that the main character will be a flamer???

[AidenPearce]

This is so shocking!

/s

[Jag-T1000]

Oh God!, Not gonna buy this game then.

[dalehitchy]

yeh.. i agree... a gay character in a game is disgusting!

but killing everyone in sight, breaking peoples necks, torturing others, slating other people online is perfect fine...

as long as they dont teach my kids that some people are different. i dont mind if they are murderers though :-D

/s

[TheHergulaX]

What? Confirming the sexual preference of a character? god's sake, are we really this shallow?... does this need "confirmation"?...SM H

[annus]

Can't believe there are people not buying the game because of this. Do people think this game is just going to be a giant orgy or something? Maybe some dick sucking mini-games? Little kids afraid they will get caught by their parents while staring at some dicks?

[That_Guy2u2]

some people arent buying the game because gay characters usually ruin everything and are whiny girls

[annus]

And all Jews love money, all blacks steal, and all Americans are fat right?

I'd honestly like you to name five gay characters that 'ruined' a game. Oh that's right, you can't, you just make up crap. I could name far more straight characters that have ruined games than you could gay characters.

[Elda]

WoW...LOL!!

[That_Guy2u2]

@annus

im not making up crap. most of the gay characters that i've seen in shows, cartoons, games are whiny little girls with high pitched voices with tight clothes on. you mad you dont see why some people dont like it?

its awkward. not to mention flamboyant. i dont care if a character is straight they could be asexual for all i care i just hate it when they throw in the typical awkward gay guy who isnt in any way "cool" or adds to the story. they usually dress up like girls to i guess to show us that their gay

[cell989]

I have to question: why was this done? Is it part of the plot? Or was it just to prove a point?

[feraldrgn]

Why did it even need confirming?
Should've just let people find out on their own through the games story.
Now people will go into the game with preconceived ideas about the main character which will distract from character development.

[ThatOneGuyThere]

because free publicity. if you think they chose a gay central character for any other reason, i have a bridge to sell you.

[InTheZoneAC]

they went out their way to have a gay character?

how gay is that...

[GameReviewGuy]

i feel this could make for an interesting story because there are so many games where it's the typical guy saves the girl, and gee whiz they fall in love. Hopefully their aren't too many people out there that automatically won't touch this game just because the protagonist is gay.

[ThatOneGuyThere]

this is fantastic. now if the game doesnt sell well, they can say "i guess gamers werent ready for a gay central character" then it hits the news, and then they get to reach their sales goals through pity purchasing and free exposure. for shame, ubi. for shame.

[windblowsagain]

I find it funny how the goalposts change with the world.

No such thing is normal. Bull.

It's just there are so many ppl doing strange things, the posts are moved and all of a sudden, there's nothing wrong with it. What's next animals getting married, oops too late.

As for gay ppl, They can't help it, born that way. But don't call it normal. Cross dressing isn't normal. grown men wearing nappies isn't normal, Sucking on someone's feet isn't normal. Anal sx isn't normal. It's where your waste comes out. lmao.

Next someone will tell me, GOD is real. seriously WAKE UP.

[Skate-AK]

Honestly I don't know how to feel about this.

[Jyndal]

At least he isn't gay AND black. Fucking internet would implode.

[masterfox]

I'm ready to kill that faggot enemy. :D

I bet the game is going to be so gay.

[jakmckratos]

I'm guessing that was sarcastic based on your next comment but you shouldnt provide nesting grounds for true bigots like the one who agreed with your post

[masterfox]

I don't see the problem this gay character is like the Joker always thinking about Batman.

[Tatsuya]

wait, SHIT. Does this mean the MC is GAY too? If so, I won't touch this.

[Vystrel]

It's not because it's a gay character it's because it feels so forced in games

[GordyNYC]

Did a Japanese guy write this story? They corner the market on flamboyant, gay villains.

[McGamer]

Naive bandwagon morons like Yi-long is exactly why the homosexual agenda gets so much traction these days. Tolerance does not equal enlightenment in this case, because being tolerant to a fictional gender that is based solely on a mental perspective that is not scientifically little different than a pedophile is ludicrous. 'Far Cry' only gave me one more reason to not buy any future editions of their IPs.

[AgentSmithPS4]

You are only human but this might be the most ignorant thing I've read so far in 4 pages.
I tolerate you because I know things like genetic breeding drive and/or your upbringing created your "mental perspective". Free your mind, or stay in your mental prison, but you know what happens in prison. I hope that you get to the bottom of this.

Pedophiles, herpa derp, because adult men never rape female babies, little girls, etc. Why do you think so much about what two consenting men do? Why hasn't Chris Hansen been raped?

This "h agenda" you talk about would probably make an entertaining story, is the threat greater than a foreign power, is china involved, so many possibilities!

[jakmckratos]

Why is this news??

Gay villains are nothing really new...

Talk to me when there's a developer who has balls enough to make a gay protagonist... I feel the homophobes in our "culture", prevent any true type of anti-bigotry in games

[Sheikah]

Agrees + bubs for brains. Well put

[rextraordinaire]

Atlus kiiinda did in the 90s, with Persona 2. Your main character (a teenage male) could, at some point, chose to date either a man or a woman. It's more of a gay character than games like skyrim or fable, because some parts of the main character are scripted.

That would make him bisexual.

It was also a game in which Hitler came back from the dead and you would control giant phallic demons (Mara).

Atlus really has balls when it comes to touchy subjects. They put a transgendered woman in Catherine too, and Kanji in Persona 4 is questioning his sexuality (That's his whole story ark, actually)

You should check their games! :) It's not always treated in a perfect "YES! Nailed it!" way, but the effort is really worth recognition!

[Sheikah]

So ******* what? Aren't we well past all this discriminative bullsh** soon?

I do not see the problem with this...

Stepping back though (from a pure business model standpoint, that's not gonna fly well with the middle-eastern market.. Nor Russia'n friends now, is it?

[That_Guy2u2]

this character could ruin the game

[Elda]

Who cares..but at the same time the story & character may be interesting..something different in storytelling & character.

[Knux]

Nice to see that Ubisoft is embracing homosexuals and isn't afraid of what some homophobes will say.

I can't wait to play this game.

[ImAConspiracy30]

Since when does the sexual orientation of a character really matter? You've got games like GTA and COD, where killing is the primary goal. If you're content with the brutality and violence associated with that, yet a homosexual game character bothers you, then you have some serious insecurities...

[Harmy666]

RUMOUR article says Ubisoft CONFIRMS Far Cry 4 character is gay…

[mikeboccher]

i was forced to put it in rumor although I personally received confirmation. That was a decision of a moderator

[mikeboccher]

the point is not that he is gay, the point is that there are offensive stereotypes of a gay man included in the image. These, especially with the recent news on the lack of woman and/or gay main characters in games as well as their portrayal in games, is inappropriate.

[mikeboccher]

I wrote this and spoke to the person directly. The problem is not that he is gay so long as games have good stories they sell. this will sell anyway based on its name and history. But why include all the obvious stereotypes? It's not necessary and offensive.

[Max-Zorin]

I can't wait for the reviews.