More than a decade has been needed to confirm one of the theories that has most haunted the heads of Far Cry fans, specifically its second installment. This theory held that, the villain of Far Cry 2, the Jackal, was actually the protagonist of the first installment, Jack Carver, as there were several similarities between the two. Now after so long Clint Hocking, creative director of that sequel, has confirmed that this theory is real.
The Jackal was actually Jack Carver, the protagonist of the first installment
These statements have taken place for a documentary for IGN focused on the process of creating the saga’s villains. «Jack CarverIn the original Far Cry, he was a cunning thief, smuggler and arms dealer, ”Hocking explained. «The idea of the Jackal was that it was him, but 10 years later or something like that, having seen everything you saw on this island (during the events of Far Cry). Maybe it was drug-induced, maybe it’s PTSD, or maybe it’s real. But the idea is that, a decade later, he has improved his role as a smuggler and has been involved in this conflict.
Now that this has been confirmed, it becomes difficult to understand why they did not get too much out of it, since this was something that was in the game to add some more intrigue to the title’s own narrative, but that did not have a great relevance at the moment of truth, according to Hocking himself. “In retrospect, we could have gone much further by bringing that narrative to the world, something of that characterization in the world. It was just very new. We were doing our best, but we didn’t have the other landmarks we needed to get to where he would have felt most present. most ubiquitous in the world«, Mentions in the documentary.
It is worth mentioning that one of the main bases that supported theory came from some textures, found by one data-miners, that were related to the design of the villain from Far Cry 2, the Jackal, and that they had the name of «jackcarver«. That said, and going back to the present, now we just have to wait to see if Far Cry 6 saves us some twist or some source of crazy theories for fans, whether they are related to their villain or not. There is little left to check it and, finally, to leave doubts, The sixth installment of the franchise will debut on consoles and PC on October 7.
▪ Release date: 10/21/2008