FAR: Changing Tides story explained

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FAR: Changing Tides tasks you with locating a boat and sailing across the world. The game’s story is told mainly through your actions and the puzzles you solve. However, there’s more that the game only tells you through its environments. This guide explains the story of FAR: Changing Tides to help you understand every beat.

Your nameless protagonist starts FAR: Changing Tides scavenging a drowned city. The world has experienced a brutal series of natural disasters that all seem to be linked with earthquakes and climate change. Everyone is gone, but it’s not clear if they’re all dead or just somewhere else. The protagonist seems to have a place to call home nearby, underwater close to a large door that they can’t open.

The base seems familiar to the protagonist. There’s a drawing of a large boat on the wall, plans for the machine, but nothing else. The protagonist knows how to pump water out of their home when it seeps in, showing that this is likely where they return after a long day of scavenging. Today is different, though. They walk into the large device at the bottom of their home and are donned with a suit. After leaving through the nearby airlock, they discover that this suit allows them to open the large door, revealing the boat they’ve studied the plans for each day.

After getting to grips with the sail, the protagonist leaves the city they’ve scavenged for so long. They discover a shelter downriver and a sawmill, uncovering a new module that adds an engine to the boat. Just after this, the water recedes, stranding the ship. Soon after, a vast tidal wave appears, and everything fades to black. Thankfully, both the protagonist and the boat are still in one piece.

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