Far Cry 6’s new Insanity DLC centers around fan-favorite villain Vaas from Far Cry 3, and the new content provides more evidence that the character survived his final encounter with Jason Brody. Vaas was one of the highlights of the third Far Cry game, with players enjoying the performance of actor Michael Mando over the course of the story. It was devastating for many when Vaas was seemingly killed later on in the game, having died at the hands of protagonist Jason Brody by a brutal stabbing.
Despite Vaas deserving the demise cast upon him, fans lamented his early departure from the series and held on to some sort of hope that the character might return in some capacity in the Far Cry future. Although it took quite some time, Ubisoft surprised Far Cry fans by bringing Vaas back during a Far Cry 6 post-credit scene. Although the moment is limited to an audio clip of a phone call between Juan Cortez and an individual identified only as The Smuggler, it was easy for players to identify Vaas’ distinct voice in the phone call and form the conclusion that the character lives on.
Vaas’ appearance in Far Cry 6 was certainly an exciting time for longtime fans of the franchise, but speculation began about how Ubisoft planned to explain his presence in the first place. If players recall, there’s a split second during Vaas’ supposed death in Far Cry 3 that his eyes flick toward Jason Brody’s, which could allow the developers to link his involvement in Far Cry 6 to the fact that he actually survived the events of the game without fans knowing it. There was also the possibility that Far Cry 6 takes place in an alternate timeline to the core Far Cry games, which would allow Ubisoft free reign to bring back Vaas and other characters from the series presumed dead like Far Cry 4’s Pagan Min. Ubisoft hasn’t offered any clear answers up to this point, but the newly released Insanity DLC may have shed some light on Vaas’ return to the series.
The Insanity DLC for Far Cry 6 solely focuses on Vaas as a playable character, taking players back to the moment where Jason Brody stabs Vaas with the Dragon Blade in Far Cry 3. Vaas awakens inside his own mind, and players are tasked with collecting three fragments of the Dragon Blade while confronting some of Vaas’ most traumatic memories from his life. Vaas’ adventure through his cranium ultimately leads to a confrontation between himself and his sister Citra, leaving behind the horrible influence she left on him and freeing himself from her long-running torment.
Much like Far Cry 6’s secret ending, Insanity features a final cutscene set a fair amount of time after the ending of the DLC. Vaas is shown as an older version of himself on the beaches of what’s presumed to be Rook Islands from Far Cry 3, having a conversation with a tennis ball in a nice homage to Castaway that he has designed to resemble Jason Brody. After describing a hypothetical interaction with God that he wished he could have after killing Death, Vaas declares his love for the Jason tennis ball and claims that “we’re going to do big things together.”
This secret ending in the Insanity DLC seems to confirm that Vaas did indeed survive the events of Far Cry 3, which explains his interactions with Juan Cortez as the Smuggler. Credit must be given to Ubisoft for not making Vaas’ survival feel like a confusing retcon for the sake of bringing the villain back, instead of using the DLC to further flesh out Vaas as a character and tying his survival to the mystical properties of the Dragon Blade that he was stabbed with. It will be fun to see how Ubisoft utilizes this older version of Vaas in future Far Cry games, and it's rewarding for fans to see the character's official reintroduction in Far Cry 6's Insanity DLC.
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