But without official confirmation, it was only a theory.
Jack and the Jackal had similar backgrounds, too. At one point, Ubisoft clearly had considered making him be Jack, given that filenames for some of the Jackal's art assets include 'jackcarver'. But the idea is, a decade later, he has levelled up his smuggling game, and he's gotten embroiled in this conflict.' Maybe it was drug induced, maybe it's post-traumatic stress disorder, or maybe it's real. 'The idea was is just him, 10 years later or something, after he's seen whatever he saw on this island. 'Jack Carver in the original Far Cry was this shifty, smuggler, gun runner kind of crook,' Clint Hocking explained to the Ian Games Network.
