10 Recently Confirmed Truths You Didn't Know About Famous Video Games
2. The Jackal Is Jack Carver - Far Cry 2
Pretty much ever since the release of Far Cry 2 back in 2008, fans have theorised that the game's primary villain, The Jackal, could indeed be Jack Carver, the protagonist of the original game and its related spin-offs.
The theory has remained popular over the years due to the obvious physical similarities between the two characters and also their not-dissimilar backstories, having both served in the U.S. Navy.
But the smoking gun? Far Cry 2's game files refer to The Jackal as "jackcarver."
Well, fans finally had the debate put to rest once and for all shortly before the release of the recent Far Cry 6, when Far Cry 2's Creative Director Clint Hocking confirmed the theory to be correct:
"The Jackal is actually supposed to be Jack Carver from the original Far Cry... Jack Carver in the original Far Cry was this shifty, smuggler, gun runner kind of crook... The idea was [the Jackal] is just him, 10 years later or something, after he's seen whatever he saw on this island [during the events of Far Cry]. Maybe it was drug induced, maybe it's post-traumatic stress disorder, or maybe it's real. But the idea is, a decade later, he has levelled up his smuggling game, and he's gotten embroiled in this conflict."
Given that The Jackal's body was never found at the end of Far Cry 2, many are still hopeful that the series might come full circle and bring him back one day.