Far Cry 6: Joseph Seed: Collapse DLC's Secret Ending is Incredibly Disturbing

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Far Cry 5’s Joseph Seed is a bad guy, but all compared to other villains in the franchise, he has one odd redeeming quality: he was right. Vaas can elicit sympathy due to the abuses of his childhood, while Pagan Min is much more chaotic than anything else. At the end of the day, however likable they are as characters, they are clearly villains. In Far Cry 5’s story completion, as well as New Dawn, Seed may come across more as “misunderstood” or “delusional,” but sympathetic ultimately because he predicted the Collapse.

Joseph Seed’s DLC puts players into his mind between the events of Far Cry 5 andNew Dawn, and it seems Ubisoft wanted to remove this «redeemable» aspect of his character—in the most uneasy way possible. In Far Cry 6’s Joseph Seed: Collapse DLC, there’s no sympathy garnered or redemption achieved for Seed, largely because of how he treats one specific character, Faith Seed, and what the Secret Ending does to that specific relationship. NOTE: This article contains sensitive topics related to the mistreatment of Faith Seed; read on with caution.

Spoilers AHEAD.

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In Far Cry 5, she is one of Joseph’s Lieutenants players must deal with before going after Seed himself. She manages Bliss production, leads the Angels, and is considered the Voice of the Father—something odd when considering Joseph Seed believes he hears the Voice of God. This symbolism is clear: just as God’s voice leads him, his own voice is set to lead Faith and her actions.

Unlike John or Jacob, she is not a blood sibling of the Father but an “adopted one.” As Joseph tells it, when she arrived in Eden’s Gate, he welcomed her and introduced her to a strict moral code without drugs or alcohol (past sins