The way Jason Brody was introduced to the way of the warrior in Far Cry 3 through various drug-induced hallucinations and the seductive goading of Citra is actually a little bit like how child soldiers are forced into duty in third world countries, and it's a chilling mirror into the horrible things people can do to brainwash others. But beyond that, Far Cry 3 was one of few games to highlight the metaphysically expanding properties of hallucinogenic drugs.Throughout the game, major moments in the story of Jason Brody occur when he has ingested some kind of drug and begins to trip into a whole different plane of existence. At one point he's literally drowning, at another he's climbing an ever-growing wall, and toward the end of the game he literally battles his inner demons and wins. These sequences have an edgy, unsettling feel because you rarely see this kind of thing depicted in games, unless it's a gag or Easter egg like being able to smoke a joint in the Saints Row series. Drugs shouldn't be in Far Cry 4 just as a neat way to show some cool stuff, but also because it seems Far Cry 3 had an angle on the appeal, seduction and pitfalls of such substances, genuinely seeming to have something to say about them. It'd be interesting to see how they would build upon that surprisingly chilling foundation.
