Hi, I'm completely new to these forums and haven't had time to read through and see if this topic was made already (tell me if it exists), but here it goes.
Yesterday I decided to install Far Cry again just for fun (Far Cry 1 that is). You all probably know that the main character, played by you, is called Jack Carver. When I saw him in the first cinematic, it instantly reminded me of The Jackal in Far Cry 2.
It's probably not true, and Ubisoft didn't think about it, but there is a possibility.
The Jackal wears a red Hawaii-shirt (if I remember correctly), same does Jack Carver. You might think he should've changed his shirt since the first game, but who cares?
They have the same hair-color, same hair-cut, although not the same voice. Maybe he ate too much African food and changed his voice, who knows?
Another reference which is just a coincidence is the names. Jack Carver. The Jackal. JACKal. A coincidence probably, but still funny.
The Jackal also speaks about being a "dirty mercenary" in one of the clips where you meet him (in the hut where you get the diamonds if I remember correctly), and Jack Carver was a mercenary from what I know.
This is probably all just coincidences, and nothing that Ubisoft thought of. But if it isn't, it might be the only connection that Far Cry 2 has with Far Cry 1.
Originally posted by Alexraptor1: Ummm the Jackal does not wear a hawaii-shirt... The Jackal also strikes as a bit of the intellectual type, Jack Carver does not.
Well The Jackal's shirt sure reminds of the same that Jack Carver is wearing.
And about the intellectual thing... Well, maybe he just didn't show it in the previous game?
Clint Hocking said that Jack Carver was some of the inspiration for the Jackal. Ubisoft is aware of the similarities but I doubt they're the same person.
Originally posted by Azanode: Clint Hocking said that Jack Carver was some of the inspiration for the Jackal. Ubisoft is aware of the similarities but I doubt they're the same person.
I wish it had been, now that I think about it. I'm one of the few (I believe) that dug the Jack Carver character.
Far Cry stands out for me as a major step forward with graphics and gameplay. Too bad it got ruined with those ridiculous mutants.
I liked Carver, and was hoping he'd have something to do with FC2... but ah, well, maybe FC3.
_________________________ "Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someones neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing."
I'm one of the few that actually liked the mutants in the game. If nothing else it balanced the powers you get. But the concept was out there I agree. I would really like to see the jack carver character back. Maybe they could swing it for a later game.
After thinking about it a little longer, I should be more specific as to my distaste for the mutants...
I will admit I was fine with them until the very end when
***SPOILER*** you're thrown into the giant room with dozens of them at once. ***/SPOILER***
That was lazy of the devs part, and extremely difficult, even on Easy.
That gave me a rotten taste in my mouth for those freakin' mutants, and I couldn't stand 'em since.
_________________________ "Anytime I see something screech across a room and latch onto someones neck, and the guy screams and tries to get it off, I have to laugh, because what is that thing."
Sorry to open up this thread, I think it's like a month old now, but I was just playing through Far Cry Predator (the Instincts and Evolution 360 bundle that OG Far Cry fans love to hate) and I noticed that Colonel Crowe and The Jackal bear some striking similarities.
I mean, of course it doesn't make sense at all, Crowe being the Jackal, since he was killed, but maybe he was an inspiration?
I actually thought of this on my own and googled the question and found this thread. What made me consider it is that in the random bits of backstory you got to read on loadscreens in FC1, Jack was from the Bronx and the Jackal has a New York (or at least East Coast) accent in the tapes (especially in that one about the dead kid I heard 5 or 6 times due to glitch). Second another load screen says he was a black market gun dealer who sold to "mobsters and street gangs alike" and without a qualm. I'm paraphrasing of course, it's been a few years. As for being more intellectual, I am middle aged although not as old as the Jackal appears, and I am much more intellectual than I was 10 or 15 years ago when I was Jacks age. This plus the other similarities already mentioned, some of which are very good and I had not remembered, have made me think that they are the same and that perhaps without exposure to the plant from FC1 Jack gradually reverted to being a regular human again. Anyway the great thing about art and fiction is you get to imagine the things that are left unshown, I see no reason why Jack could not be the Jackal, I want him to be the Jackal for some reason I can't explain, so for me the Jackal is an older and wiser Jack C. If we ever meet Jack again and he's not the Jackal I'll think of him as both the Jackal and not the Jackal depending on context. Ubi says he ain't him, but that's outside the context of the work so you don't have to think that way, just like you are free to interpret a painting in a different way than what the artist was trying to express. O.k. maybe FC isn't Tolstoy or even Conrad but it's fiction, and all Fiction is in the veiwers head, guided by the author's work.
