I believe all the games could make a good TV series like having each season be about different games. Sure some people may hate some seasons but those who loved those games will love the show... Let's just hope it doesn't turn out like the Far cry movie. XD
That conversation where he says killing feels like winning, between the delivery of the lines, Daisy's reaction, and everything else, is one of my favorite moments of the game.
Hes a black mirror to the player that should be obvious, also a reference to heart of darkness and how the state of moral peril causes people to breakdown as the need to kill conflicts with their civilized idea of what it is to be human and they suffer an identity/moral crisis
It is also really nice how expressive Jason is with his hands during cutscenes. It really adds so much to the character despite never seeing him in 3rd person.
I've never played 6, but from what I've heard, you are right. It'll be great if they do in 7. 4 was decent, but the ending was disappointing, since I wish you could side with Pagen. @@Svikter
As I said, I also disliked him the first time I played the game when it came out, but now that im older and actually analyze everything, it all makes sense, his transformation and why he acts the way he is, truly one of the best character arcs of all time.
@@grph1t3z you gotta work on your reading comprehension. I just said at the time the game *CAME OUT* everyone didn't like him. But he's being appreciated as a character *NOW* in the current day and that's my point.
Been saying this for years. Jason is one of the more realistic depictions of what a person would have to become to do these kind of things. I think about someone like Nathan Drake and imagine how he must be one twisted MFer to take people out without blinking but his character doesn't actually play into his intent at all. Tomb Raider 2013 tried to show Lara having a moment with her first kill but then its just kind of brushed off like she is fine with killing now. Jason gradually shifts and changes into someone who really shouldn't be likeable. Its almost like breaking bad. He becomes what he has to for survival at first but then he realizes that he loves what he's become. Either way, great vid. You got my sub!
When thrown into a situation like Jason's, people will tend to go one of three ways. Remorseless killer, from the sleeping monster inside them being awakend. Helpless observer, the way most of Jason's friends ended up, or a,Good Ending Jason, that will constantly fight with the primal monster, and the civilized person.
Shadow of the tomb raider kind of delved into how ruthless Lara had become and how much she had changed. But yeah 2013 completely brushed past it after her first kill lol
I don't think it's that hard Have you ever heard of the concept of "moral injury" In a case like Nathan Drake, he doesn't really take any lives that could be considered innocent. It's almost always self-defense. As long as he subconsciously looks at it like that it's unlikely he would actually have a break down or anything. I remember watching this video where a guy was interviewing a vet who was a chopper gunner, the only event he actually seemed traumatized by is the only event where he had his morals tested. He was watching over a convoy that was getting shot at from a building, they were waiting for orders to fire but it wasn't coming, he fired anyway. After he saw women and children running from the building and wondered if he had killed any.p
The only other video character I can think of who had such a well shown shift in personality like Jason was Jin from Ghost of Tsushima. Going from honor bound samurai to the ghost and using any means necessary
No one makes more sense to become Jason than Jason. A spoil rich kid with an older brother who seems to be some sort of combat vet. Jason knew how to parachute, hang glide, shoot a gun, and probably a bunch of other skills we see him start with right in the beginning. Spoil rich kids in real life just squander the opportunities given to them so often. Jason just happened to be one who came from everything, went to nothing, and acquired everything on his own.
@@remrem-gx3mlit’s a stereotype due to how many squander different hobbies and skills for fun. It’s due to the fact that oftentimes they are totally unrelatable and we view them as such by them doing this that we could even say it’s an invented stereotype. Seriously, Jason is even described as having exactly that beforehand in the backstory of his character. That aside, he could have become useful later on if it weren’t for Rook island as an accountant or fitness instructor if he got a real job instead of partying it up. He wasn’t all that harmful until he was pushed to be in the story of FC3. And those rich kids being “less of a threat” is just weird in my eyes in your comment. Anyone can be a threat when they present actually being a threat. An ambush predator hides and strikes from the flank, as we played in FC3. Otherwise, they are loud and easily spotted. Be aware as best you can. Be like Jason fresh after the start, building himself up and learning. But do it freely, without anyone putting you on their strings. Do that for yourself.
@@remrem-gx3ml its very true. my family's not rich but I was spoiled growing up and looking back I had so many opportunities just dropped in my hands that I let go of for the dumbest reasons, so dumb I'm surprised my parents didn't ream me a new one. I don't know why it happens but I assume it's because I received so much when I was younger it led me to never learn to settle with what I had and ultimately led me to have trouble settling with jobs, hobbies, etc.
@@remrem-gx3ml lol imagine taking someone shitting on rich people for existing then saying "hey that makes them too relatable they aren't even human" seethe more poorfrck
Jason arguably being one of Ubi's most dangerous characters. Him going psychotic, blacking out, then killing all of Hoyts ARMED guards then him in a knife fight is crazy, the cornered animal with nothing to lose is Jason personified.
The thing I like about him is he first only for 5 sec in beginning of game he feel bad and feared to kill someone. But as game introduction over since then from beginning he's acting cold and never feel to leave the task and run away.
He’s a really good representation of what indoctrination does to a man who doesn’t have a purpose, he found purpose, it made him feel alive, it made him feel like he mattered, but what did he really become? A monster. I struggled with it a lot when I got out of the army, I was a infantryman, an expert grenadier, a expert Stryker driver, but none of it mattered when I came home, Jason knows the emptiness that will come with escaping the island
Also him blacking out and almost killing Liza, and then coming to and realising he has a knife on her throat. The whole final path he was walking, Liza was shown to be a demon. If the blackout hadn't stopped, he would have slit the throat of a demon, not even knowing how Liza died, just like he has no idea how the guards died. Maybe the original Jason was still hidden away inside, fighting, kicking and yelling for Jason to stop, pleading and crying in despair, which managed to wake Jason up right before killing her. Something that never happens. Jason never woke up from his blackout until the job was done. It's a shame Ubisoft won't ever reach this peak, and we are partly to blame. When FC3 released, everybody hated Jason, so why would they bother going through that in a cancel culture era, risking it and hoping the audience gets the message years down the line
Also there is a side quest showing Jason going insane. You meet an old woman in town and she tells you she saw a plain crash & wants you to go there and help the survivors. After getting the crash zone, you find a man living in some part of the plane and he says "This plane crashed many years ago." he also informs you there is no old woman living in the town. This mission implying Jason slowly losing his mind and getting further away from the reality.
@@smalf00 yeah I thought about that. How would he know about that crash? I am not sure maybe he must have heard from the locals off screen but we always play Jason. I mean there is no offscreen for us. The game should have explaint it.
@@_dettlaff Not really. Jason was skydiving, so he could see the crash site before game begins. And whole point of Jason is going insane. At the point of encountering Riley, you are too busy getting boner slaying people and witnessing him kinda snaps you out for a moment. Probably the best part showing you how Jason is done for is talking with a Daisy in a cave about "feeling like winning". Daisy freaks out when Jason confesses that killing make him feel like winning, Jason is quick to drop the subject. It's not a guy doubting himself. It's not a guy trying to prove his point. It's a fallen guy who is at peace with what he has become, easily agreeing to disagree.
@@burningsinner1132 Nah you underestimate how fast the jungle would reclaim a crash site. If it happened years ago chances are there would be no trace of it from the air especially if you are from the POV of a skydiver. Was probably a ghost story. Wouldn't be the weirdest thing since its confirmed Farcry and Assassins Creed take place in the same world so all sorts of supernatural shenanigan's might be going on.
I find it insane that people thought Jason was a boring character, even when I was younger, I found the transformation of this snobby rich kid into a ruthless killer not only believable but quite interesting, to the point where he was my favorite character above Vaas.
The final decision represents what kind of hero Jason wants to be. He can either be the legendary hero from the mythology, or he can complete the classic hero's journey. The final step of a legend is to die too soon so that your myth may live on. The final step of a classic hero is the return to normalcy, albeit changed by the journey.
Maybe instead of her killing Jason in The Bad Ending, you can still play the game after that point with all your upgrades and can keep leveling up and unlocking content, like it's what most players would want to do, anything to still play the game and keep having fun without having to suddenly stop and turn it off. A lil parallel with Jason and the player, knowing that there IS a reward to keep going down that path, other than there just being a "Fuck You" cutscene. i dunno, maybe that'd ruin it or be too annoying
There are very few characters moments that stick out to me as much as Jason having a conversation and dropping “killing is starting to feel like winning” And then they just uncomfortably look at each other and silently agree to ignore it Making it that when you see Jason from another angle he has the most horrifying smile on his face is probably the best bit of after the fact storytelling I’ve ever seen
There is some suspicious things about Dennis and Citra. Like how does Dennis know Jason's full name? He's told Jason not Jason Brody. Then how is the ambush a trap if it was a trap for Jason? Like was Vaas big brained or did Citra tell him. Then what about Vaas stabbing Jason with the blade? Did Vaas actually stab him or was it drugs or something? But either way Jason "kills" Vaas with that same knife. You know the super important and protected ceremonial knife. Not to mention that Citra shows up right after the fight so was she there the whole time? Then Jason wakes up back in the temple with Citra. All this stuff makes me think Vaas was still under Citra's influence in some way. Where he wouldnt preform the ritual but still loved her. Also Vaas should totally know where the Citra's temple is, he's just not attacking it right? How else would these "plot holes" happen? Also Vaas calls Citra his sister but they have different last names and ethnicities. Vaas also has a separated backstory from Citra. Vaas tells us about Citra's "Me or them" ultimatum but for Jason that includes killing his friends, girlfriend but more importantly his brother. The last piece of his family excluding his mother. If Citra's ultimatum is supposed to have you kill your past self by killing the people that tie you to it then Vaas can't be her brother. I personally think Vaas and Citra aren't actually related but Citra's spell broke Vaas in a way where he thought they were family. Thus making him opt out of the ritual since its taboo to sleep with your sister. She then sent him to be a double agent for the pirates. That might also be the other reason why he let Jason run, to send him to Citra if he could survive the jungle. I mean Dennis says he found us on the beach but theres no way. Unless he's using beach to mean the embankment of the rivers, he lied about where he found Jason. ITS ALL SO SUSPICIOUS!
@@jeangreffsbp Yeah but Dennis, the guy who gives the Tatau and claims he found us, calls us Jason Brody. He had no way of knowing without talking to some kind of pirate
@@logan6326 Must be the drugs. But to be fair, I've had some Rakyat roll up to my targeted outpost and clear it by themselves before I could even get a shot off.
The anger when Vaas screams Citra's "Them or me" made me interpret that as Vaas having been given the same choice in the past, and he chose to kill his friends.
People used to dislike Jason before they realized the deeper meaning of the game. The dlc definetly helped, specially seeing Jason from someone elses perspective!
Playing far cry 3 as a teenager and understanding it more and more as the years go by the game just ages like a fine wine, still get goose bumps at the end when I replay it every now and then as I listen to monolog at the end, man I feel so lucky to have games like this when I grew up and now when I replay them its both like a time capsule back to those days and narrative journey as i understand it far more each time.
the only thing about Far Cry 3 that isn't aging like fine wine, is compatability issues for PC. I haven't been able to go back to Far Cry 3 in so long because it is to old to function properly on last few PCs.
I watched RUclipsrs play the game in 2012 when it released, when I was 13, then 2 years later played it finally myself and now 10 years later, I, as of writing this comment, just replayed it as 25yo and damn it's amazing finding out the subtle details you weren't even paying attention to the first time years ago. I didn't realize before that you get the subtle hints outside of the drug trips that Jason is slowly losing his grip in reality and getting desensitized in murder and chaos, when he's having the time of his life after rescuing Liza and when he's talking about killing as if it's like winning a swimming competition. Noticed a comment above talking about Tomb Raider 2013 and I agree that the fact that the story never really acknowledges that Lara was essentially going on the same path as Jason Brody did in Far Cry 3, except that after her first kill, the characters nor the plot really cares that she's butchering everyone with cold blood and she's become desensitized to violence. It was only 5 years later in Shadow of the Tomb Raider they showed Lara losing her grip for a moment.
I can only imagine that in the good ending, Jason just trying to readjust, I can imagine him having a severe case of ptsd, so bad in fact that he has visual and auditory hallucinations of Vaas and Citra. I imagine it looking like the Joker hallucinations that Batman experiences in Arkham Knight. Vaas almost like his very own fucked up angel on his shoulder and Citra his shoulder devil, egging him on, whispering sweet nothings. He wants to listen to Citra but knows he shouldn't. Her deceitful whispers almost like a tantalizing urge. While Vaas is always screaming in his ear, screaming at him to stay the normal path, to stay a good man. Jason doesn't want to listen to Vaas but knows he should.
@thehellionrevisited2704 originality is dead. Everything has already been dreamed into existence. Humanity will eventually invent flying cars long after the existence of the concept. Robots with personalities and specialist function already exist by the 20th millennium. Eventually old terra will resemble works previously thought of as science fiction. Eventually becoming prophetic remnants of by gone eras.
I always liked Jason, I love it when the protag has their own agency, their own personality and aren't just a silent emotionless speechless killing machine that doesn't flinch or speak one-liners when they go on a killing spree.
Right. It's nice when the protagonist can participate in the story revolving around him/her. Other games could learn from this, even a dozen years later. I'm looking at you, Borderlands 3....
I feel like both of these scenarios are kind of the same thing, where every silent protagonist is someone who went through a Jason Brody character arc off-screen but also on a smaller scale
That could be a thing. There are Abstergo folders in a cave also Ubisoft love connecting their games together. Like Watchdogs and AC or watchdogs and The Crew(story you meet a deadsec member). So what you said could be 100% possible.
@@Svikter yeah, there's also a few little references to AC too, like Jason's ring finger being cut off or the leaps of faith though those are more like Easter Eggs. Although I think game theory made a video a long time ago about the idea that the Farcry protagonists were from the line of assassins. Idk I'm of the opinion that literally almost all modern Ubisoft games are connected, ironically through conspiracy theories in universe, that make you sound like a conspiracy theorist when you explain then lol Like how in Ghost recon wild lands Sam Fisher from splinter cell shows up and mentions an "empty quiver" incident which means nukes went missing, then far cry 5 happened Or how there's missions from the Brotherhood in Watch dogs and a playable assassin in Watchdogs Legion
@@baddragonite haha yup I see we are Ubisoft fan seeing the connections. But ubisoft does put them full force in your face. Alot of their games have a leap of faith in it somewhere either an easter egg or literally your character taking the leap.
This is when Ubisoft was a legendary company that made actual good games and told great stories. Assassin’s Creed 1 to Unity and Far Cry 2 to 4 and so much more. It’s really sad Ubisoft will never make games like this again.
Story wise, I guess the last decent AC game we’ve had was Odyssey. And for me, only FC 3 really mattered. I haven’t played the first 2, but I felt like the next ones were just cheap copies.
@@theguybehindyou4762 I swear dude a Nuke?!! Dude where was the military in that situation? Honestly FC7 should go back to the jungle and if it’s a time limit game it should be like dead rising.
I like to sometime think about Jason and how much therapy that poor boy needed when he got back to Cali. Sometimes it's fun to think about how he would adjust to life back in Cali.
Imagine his PTSD acts up during a shopping trip, right around the time "Only You" starts playing as an off-duty deputy is moving his own cart down the same aisle...
Actually I take him not leaving island as a canon. I mean of course free-play is any way after ending, but since Saving Friends is canon, I highly doubt Jason just left with his friends after all that crap.
While I wouldn't classify him as one of the greatest protagonists in gaming, he is still a solid one that was underappreciated. Many people found him annoying, but don't seem to realize that him being like that was on purpose to further drive home how much the island changed him. He went from a rich socal party guy to, as he himself admits, a monster. A killing machine drunk on the power he feels when killing. When I played Far Cry 4 I quickly noticed how muted Ajay Ghale appeared in contrast. Jason was talking a lot, Ajay rarely ever speaks. When playing Jason I felt like playing an actual person, Ajay didn't feel like it as much. Then ubisoft decided "screw it, protagonist doesn't need to speak", which is a damn shame. Part of the FC appeal to me is feeling like being there and having the POV-character speak and actively take part in the plot goes a long way to do this. There is more exploration and nuance missing, hence why I wouldn't classify him as one of the greatest. But he sure was the best in the Far Cry series nad at least had a personality and development.
"How can a spoiled rich kid become a violent sociopath willing to hurt thousands of people and do unspeakable things in the name of some quest for power? That's unrealistic." I mean... have you seen the current state of American politics?
I mean have you seen chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives If you got 2 arms and 2 legs you are realistically capable of everything jason is capable of and its completely realistic the brain is meat that thinks with the power of lightening, shit just bugs out sometimes
This is exactly why I loved the insanity DLC of Far Cry 6. Playing as Vaas against Jason highlights how they become completely interchangable between one another. He taunts Vaas in an almost identical way that Vaas taunts him in FC3. It's a common thread through all the DLC, but the use of a mirror as an upgrade station feels unbelievably appropriate. They have walked the same path, to see how Vaas can overcome any aspect of Jason, he must first overcome that part of himself. Not to mention how the stories mirror eachother, Jason's plunge into insanity, and Vaas' regression into sanity
I recommend looking into Captain Martin Walker. The protagonist of Spec Ops: The Line. His journey is similar to Jason’s. At first he’s just a vanilla by the books Delta Operator sent on a mission to check for survivors in a ruined Dubai. By the end, he’s a completely different person. He slowly becomes more unhinged and ruthless. But not just him, it affects his 2 squadmates. "Gentlemen, welcome to Dubai."
Ludonarrative harmony. As you grow in strength and are motivated by the thrill of the kill. So does Jason. I love how the island is insanity, its a cycle of doing the same thing over and over again. One man rises in strength, bravery and cruelty, he takes over the island, intrigued by her mystery, drunk on power. But the island doesnt want to be ordered around, the island wants someone stronger yet, someone who wont stop the fight but will fight forever, so she kills him, and then the cycle repeats. Jason, Waas, the Japanese imperialists, The ancient chinese admiral, the rpehistoric warrior who killed the monster of ink. Over and over, the same result.
Absolutely loved your comparison of drug tolerance to killing for exp. Very nice take. I’ve always advocated for Jason being so much more than a prep. There are a couple interesting fanfic’s about what happens to him trying to reintegrate into LA. Always thought that would’ve made a nice DLC or sequel. Oh well!! Great video.
@@rustyfisher2081 looked for a bit, but unfortunately a lot of the stuff that’s out there has shipping in it, or is written in a way I don’t like. To be polite. This was a long time ago, but the good parts of what I remember: Jason sits on a bench soaking up his surroundings, and sees a kid with a sleeve like his. He wonders what a kid so young did to earn all his tattoos. Then quickly remembers where he is, and what precisely he did to earn his. Murder, jumping off waterfalls while high, murder with knives, etc. Eventually, I think maybe Liza gets bumped into by a bunch of guys. Jason proceeds to nearly kill one, while thinking about how to murder the rest. He gets stopped by Liza probably. That’s pretty much all I remember!
Jason wasn't immune to the endless cycle of violence that consumes everyone on Rook Island, he actually thrives in it. But what I love about him as a character is Jason was self aware enough to not lose himself into the cycle like Vaas, who trying to warn him in his weird way. That last line Jason has in the final scene show he's a man of true resolve. "I can't come back from this, I'm a monster. I can feel the anger inside me. But I am somewhere inside me, more than that, better than that"
one major thing about far cry 3s story is: it is simple. it does not need a myriad of characters that then all get to few screen time. the characters are not equiped with a ton of flaws and back story. and the story does not hold a lot of plot lines and twists. far cry 3 tells you just enough to make everything click without narration getting in the way of gameplay. and that's what makes it great.
Yes! It was a simple story meant to be taken largely at face value. I think at lot of the viewers and video included are over-interpreting what this game was about.
No wonder we play as nameless faceless protagonists in the newer far cry's because i think no one realised the change of Jason. Everyone Was so focused on Vaas. And i was too. You opened my eyes with this video
Everyone for years has berated Jason, willis even comments on his hatred in 4 (that socal douchebag) which was cringe. Ive been in the minority of people that loved his growth. The point of him wasnt to be likeable right away, he grew so much. It was a privilege for me to get to play this growing up, a very deep coming of age story on growing up.
I think the way jason mirrors the player is insane...at first your sneaking around tryna find your family... and at some point you commit genocide cuz its fun.... As i play gta i realized why the mc are usually sociopaths Far cry 3 feels like becoming one At some point cintra starts looking kinda bad ....compared to your basic gf .... Finding Riley was a mistake and unintended consequence of your killing spree
At the beginning you are scared of the jungle and the pirates, it's shocked with the violent takedowns ans stuff, and later in game you are just creating more fun ways to kill every pirate you see.
I found this is one of the only games that have a consistent version of the character in the cutscenes and gameplay. Where plot plays an important part of the gameplay
For me, one of my favorite moments in Far Cry 3 was the "It feels like winning" conversation. I confess, I actually missed it on my first playthrough. But on my second playthrough when I finally encountered it I was like "Oh f***. This contextualizes SO much about Jason..."
Jason's story holds a special place in my heart, I played through far cry 3 at a somewhat young age and still managed to pick up on the themes and the road Jason was going down, and now having grown up I find myself relating to it more often than I ever thought I would. The theme song is something I will always come back to whenever I find myself in a dark place, it really helps put everything into perspective
The ending choice shocked me a lot when I played way back in the day. I really appreciated the personality of the main character in comparison to newer titles, his changings, his internal conflicts. Nice video!
I love far cry 3 because of the whole character of Jason himself. The fact we see him change it was something I really enjoyed, which is why far cry three will always be my favorite of the far cry games plus Vass you can’t beat in terms of villains
I’m not a gamer but your analysis on far cry 3’s protagonist made me appreciate the game even more. Up until now I’ve only seen more videos talk about the villain (Vaas). It’s refreshing to see someone give a different perspective on this game.
I went through a break up right before playing this game... There was definitely a deep seated hatred towards Jason for what he was doing to the people close to him, and being disloyal... Safe to say... I noticed he how he changed and hoped it wasn't what he was doing the entire time... but it's a story only a video game could pull off really well.
Yeah it makes sense i think in the E3 they want Jason to be a leader character so they give a confident voice actor but they change their mind and it doesn't seem like jason the shy guy and the non-confidante (am sorry if my idea was awkward but am not good to express my ideas by writing)
@@notnnambih Not at all, I agree that many protags have the same voice, im not sure who did the voice acting in the E3 trailer, could be the same as the guy from AC black flag
Wildest thing is, you ever listen to highly skilled service-members talk, its the same as with Jason. War isnt necessarily about hating the other guy, but being better. You versus them, and who comes out on top.
I played this game when it came out and I loved everything about it, the story most of all. I could never really explain why when people asked me what was so good about it. Great video you’ve definitely earned my subscription!
i bought this game when it came out with no prior knowledge of the series. I kinda bought it just because i saw a ton of this game on the game shelves. at first i wasn't sure i was going to enjoy this, then came the vaas scene and was immediately blown away by his dialogue. i remember laughing when grant died thinking that the only person who has the realistic chance of surviving this game doesn't even get past the tutorial and i am stuck with this kid. after a 10+ years , i still comeback to this game from time to time. it's like a coming of age movie with elements from lord of the flies. This game has asked me alot of questions about myself and taught me on how to decide and plan. (apart from Jason's descent into madness and murder spree of course :) ) this game came to me in a time when i wasn't really sure of what i want to do in life, living day by day to simply exist. almost relationships with family were not really good, just like being stuck in island where you just try to survive and your starting from scratch with no one to guide you. TLDR: good game, will play again
Well , growing up is realising that when you were stabbing that knife on the Ink monster's eyes , you were stabbing your knife(balls) on a late game monster(Citra)
I like how Jason is also in a way a reflection of who you are as well. Because as this game encourage you to kill, become stronger and do all these sidequests, in the way you the player yourself slowly lose your humanity once you are met with the final and decisive choice. Also it's amazing how the island and the savage setting just releases the darker aspects of Jason's personality loose, that if it was in normal society, he would not become such a monster. Him being pretty immature and an adrenaline junkie, and even if he is a competent person as in school he was an athlete and got good grades, he has this crazy and wild side to his personality that is just fucking amped up by the island and by the Rakyat people, and also by his quest for revenge. He not only loves that he is basically made for the life of the island and he is the ultimate warrior here, but also all the respect from the Rakyat people and the rush it comes from taking vengeance on all of Vaas' goons, because in a way in his dark corner of the mind this gives him validation, he is somebody here and he has basically become addicted to the thrill of killing, to the vengeance he wants to enact on Vaas, Hoyt and all of their men, and slowly he becomes more and more of a monster. This anger, sadism, craziness, also his addiction to the thrill of killing and the respect of the Rakyat people become more and more prevalent in Jason, until he is put forward with the big choice at the end, and even in the good ending, even though he does save his friends and they leave the island, he will most likely never be the same person again and will probably feel like a soldier after a war, and have time to think and to live with the reality of the things he has done and reflect on who he has become. He will never be the same normal and innocent young man he was before the events of the game, and his entire life is changed. His relationship with his friends, his girlfriend and his brother will never be the same and will probably be strained as well. Especially him nearly killing Liza and after everything he did, it will definitely be hard for her to keep her relationship with him. In either ending, Jason has lost himself, but there is hope for him in the good ending of managing to move forward and redeem himself.
I adore the writing in FC3 so much! It’s rich with subtle and obvious storytelling, and even beats the rest of the franchise in my opinion. With FC6, it feels like a mercenary getting exhausted of their client more than a revolution. There isn’t a lot of visible growth and I can’t really connect the dots on the Danny as I progress in the game aside from skills to kill with, since they did serve in the military it’s not all that crazy. By the end of FC6, Danny is exhausted. By the end of FC3, Jason has been broken and knows it.
I remember seeing tattoo progression shown in Reboot of Shadow Warrior, its not as much seen to grow in essential story moments. But in skill tree and character appearance it is, also has a cultural tie, a way of warrior, yakuza and so on.
I always appreciated Jason. More importantly our agency with this faceless guy (First person ;)) With his dialogue about “killing turning into winning” if you go visit your friends to get an understanding on his head space. I was 1000% on board with the WarPath! It wasn’t until he saw his little bro that I wanted to steer the ship. It’s BEAUTIFUL! When his big bro dies, he enters the savage world of fighting non-stop. Yet it is the presence of his little bro that pulls him back. That’s why I was super happy with the iconic ending of saving your friends… yet I speak with IRL friends and most of them got turned by the killing. With the story being separate of gameplay for them. Cause shooting AI cod style was the selling point of the mainstream.
fc2 also have one of the most interesting character to play with. jason uniqueness is the duality between him and vaas, how it's duality combined into one with vaas.
After watching this video, the alternate ending of FC3 now makes more sense. The first time I played FC3 the alternate ending seemed like an "out of the blue" option but because of this video it kinda makes more sense now.
Yeah, I think it made sense if you look at the whole story and jasons transformation thus far, its not a simple red or blue choice ending, What happened to this writing in the far cry franchise? because nothing afterwards comes close
Har spelat just farcry 3,4 och 5 och känner att proragonisterna inte alltid får så mycket karaktär. Denna video fick mig att tänka om. Gillar din insyn och du har fått en ny följare !
I never understood the Jason hate, like he is perfect for what the story needed and wanted to present. Not a deep or complicated character at all, just basic enough for people to self insert at first and feel the consequences later. Unfortunetly he might be the only character in the game that was utilized to the maximum potential.
When I played this game years ago, my thoughts about Jason were very similar to yours. I was then very surprised that people consider him a "boring protagonist", because I felt that there definitely was quite a bit of depth to him. So what I'm trying to say is that I'm very glad that you made this video. I see now that I'm not the only one who liked his development throught the game. Finally, some validation after all these years!
Hes a unique character, and his transformation is not something we have seen in a game before, atleast not in a FPS game, and especially a Far Cry game. Again I also kinda disliked Jason the first time around when I played the game, but have now started to really appriciate him.
the Tautau curropted Jason from an innocent college kid to the strongest killer on the island. his progression isnt SUPPOSED to seem realistic, he has a magical tattoo that makes him simultaneously stronger, more able to regenerate from wounds and more bloodthirsty. thats why i like jason and the choice at the end, do you give in and accept what the tautau is doing to do, or do you give it all up (the tautau doesent work outside of rook island) to live a somewhat normal life again
Grant's use in the beginning of the game was fucking genius. This symbol of reliance and competency is just ripped away as Jason is forced to act for himself.
Wait,. people thought Jason transformation was unrealistic? Do they have any idea of how much mental damage killing people while being a good person can cause? Especially looking how many areas you have to conquer on Far Cry 3, if Jason captured all of them...
jason was a pyscho in the making, he just hadnt killed anyone to really let out his pyschotic self. he embraced being a killer and had a new chance at being a respected, rich, warrior
Far Cry 3 will always be one of my fav games of all time incredible story and really good gameplay for the time it came out i replayed it like 4 times and even have the it on 100%
I never viewed Jason as annoying or a bad protagonist. I always thought his journey was very intriguing, going from your average spoiled brat to a merciless and detatched killing machine. Does it always hit? Not necessarily, but it’s still intriguing regardless, especially when you see the parallels with Vaas and how Jason could become the very thing he swore to destroy. I personally view the good choice as the canon ending, given the whole plight to kill Vaas and Hoyt stemmed from Riley being “killed,” but once he not only realizes he’s alive but he’s forced to torture him, that’s him at his lowest and finally realizing the path he’s on isn’t worth it anymore. Plus personally, I find it’s much more impactful for someone who’s become so monstrous to leave that life behind and try to do good again, however hard it may be.
It’s funny. Far Cry 2 had an unvoiced character going into the heart of darkness. But he was already a Merc with bloody hands. I always thought Far Cry 3 was them trying to properly tell the story the set out to do in 2. This video really helps with that development theory
To me, this feels also like many book characters as well. One of my favorite characters in fiction is Rand Al'thor (the wheel of time book series) as similar to Jason, outside forces influence him in a direction that his younger self would never choose. "The end justifies the means." Was the mindset he began to adopt as the series progressed, until things snapped. Without going into spoilers. This feels very much like that and I like reading about various kinds of characters as you get a multitude of philosophies and perspectives and allowing YOU to choose which you would want to follow.
Jason was such a good protagonist, When the villain dlc's were announced, I was so hyped for voss's. I hope one day Jason somehow returns to the series.
People always talked about Vash, but for me Jason was far better and more interesting character. The evolution of Jason is fascinating. How he went from a soft spoken, spoiled rich adrenaline junkie man child to be a complete psychotic lunatic who kills for pleasure. Jason becomes exactly what he hated. He end up becoming Vash himself
I feel the story of Farcry 3 would make a good 1 season tv show.
Actually yeah, it could rly work, and it would not need a huge budget, I guess the closest is "THe Far Cry Experience"
I believe all the games could make a good TV series like having each season be about different games. Sure some people may hate some seasons but those who loved those games will love the show... Let's just hope it doesn't turn out like the Far cry movie. XD
@@Wolfbane1677 I think people would be confused about the timeline XD especially after Far Cry 1 and the mutant plotline
@@Svikter Fair enough but they could just use Hurk to help them figure it out.
Unfortunately they would make Jason into a black transfem attack helicopter
That conversation where he says killing feels like winning, between the delivery of the lines, Daisy's reaction, and everything else, is one of my favorite moments of the game.
Hes a black mirror to the player that should be obvious, also a reference to heart of darkness and how the state of moral peril causes people to breakdown as the need to kill conflicts with their civilized idea of what it is to be human and they suffer an identity/moral crisis
I'm immune to that
the adrenaline Jason was feeling when burning the grass field "feels amazing" kinda thing...
It is also really nice how expressive Jason is with his hands during cutscenes. It really adds so much to the character despite never seeing him in 3rd person.
Thats true, you can tell alot from just his body language
You know who else prominently talks with their hands? Vaas.
Drives home the hallucinations of Jason and Vaas swapping around.
@@roxrequiem2935 Vaas vs Joker
The way they've managed to develop Jason has been unmatched.
For sure, I just dont understand why they never tried again, I hear they kinda tried in FC6... but not near Jason's lvl
I've never played 6, but from what I've heard, you are right. It'll be great if they do in 7. 4 was decent, but the ending was disappointing, since I wish you could side with Pagen. @@Svikter
@@NostalgiaNet8 pagan was awesome
He really was. @@Svikter
Spec Ops: The Line. That’s all I’m gonna say.
Im glad Jason's being appreciated now. When FC3 came out, everyone hated him and i thought i was dumb for thinking he's a good character.
As I said, I also disliked him the first time I played the game when it came out, but now that im older and actually analyze everything, it all makes sense, his transformation and why he acts the way he is, truly one of the best character arcs of all time.
He’s been appreciated?
@@grph1t3z you gotta work on your reading comprehension. I just said at the time the game *CAME OUT* everyone didn't like him. But he's being appreciated as a character *NOW* in the current day and that's my point.
People hated him???
@@superbad8008 oh yeah, why else would they stop focus on the protagonist in the future far cry games after 3?
Been saying this for years. Jason is one of the more realistic depictions of what a person would have to become to do these kind of things. I think about someone like Nathan Drake and imagine how he must be one twisted MFer to take people out without blinking but his character doesn't actually play into his intent at all. Tomb Raider 2013 tried to show Lara having a moment with her first kill but then its just kind of brushed off like she is fine with killing now. Jason gradually shifts and changes into someone who really shouldn't be likeable. Its almost like breaking bad. He becomes what he has to for survival at first but then he realizes that he loves what he's become. Either way, great vid. You got my sub!
When thrown into a situation like Jason's, people will tend to go one of three ways. Remorseless killer, from the sleeping monster inside them being awakend. Helpless observer, the way most of Jason's friends ended up, or a,Good Ending Jason, that will constantly fight with the primal monster, and the civilized person.
Shadow of the tomb raider kind of delved into how ruthless Lara had become and how much she had changed. But yeah 2013 completely brushed past it after her first kill lol
I don't think it's that hard
Have you ever heard of the concept of "moral injury"
In a case like Nathan Drake, he doesn't really take any lives that could be considered innocent. It's almost always self-defense. As long as he subconsciously looks at it like that it's unlikely he would actually have a break down or anything.
I remember watching this video where a guy was interviewing a vet who was a chopper gunner, the only event he actually seemed traumatized by is the only event where he had his morals tested. He was watching over a convoy that was getting shot at from a building, they were waiting for orders to fire but it wasn't coming, he fired anyway. After he saw women and children running from the building and wondered if he had killed any.p
The only other video character I can think of who had such a well shown shift in personality like Jason was Jin from Ghost of Tsushima. Going from honor bound samurai to the ghost and using any means necessary
False, I'll go my own way
No one makes more sense to become Jason than Jason. A spoil rich kid with an older brother who seems to be some sort of combat vet. Jason knew how to parachute, hang glide, shoot a gun, and probably a bunch of other skills we see him start with right in the beginning. Spoil rich kids in real life just squander the opportunities given to them so often. Jason just happened to be one who came from everything, went to nothing, and acquired everything on his own.
do they? or is that just a stereotype invented to make ultra rich people more relatable and seem like less of a threat?
@@remrem-gx3mlit’s a stereotype due to how many squander different hobbies and skills for fun. It’s due to the fact that oftentimes they are totally unrelatable and we view them as such by them doing this that we could even say it’s an invented stereotype.
Seriously, Jason is even described as having exactly that beforehand in the backstory of his character.
That aside, he could have become useful later on if it weren’t for Rook island as an accountant or fitness instructor if he got a real job instead of partying it up. He wasn’t all that harmful until he was pushed to be in the story of FC3.
And those rich kids being “less of a threat” is just weird in my eyes in your comment. Anyone can be a threat when they present actually being a threat. An ambush predator hides and strikes from the flank, as we played in FC3. Otherwise, they are loud and easily spotted.
Be aware as best you can. Be like Jason fresh after the start, building himself up and learning. But do it freely, without anyone putting you on their strings. Do that for yourself.
@@remrem-gx3ml its very true. my family's not rich but I was spoiled growing up and looking back I had so many opportunities just dropped in my hands that I let go of for the dumbest reasons, so dumb I'm surprised my parents didn't ream me a new one. I don't know why it happens but I assume it's because I received so much when I was younger it led me to never learn to settle with what I had and ultimately led me to have trouble settling with jobs, hobbies, etc.
@@remrem-gx3ml lol imagine taking someone shitting on rich people for existing then saying "hey that makes them too relatable they aren't even human" seethe more poorfrck
@@remrem-gx3ml Those with an overabundance of opportunities are far more likely to squander them than utilize them
Jason arguably being one of Ubi's most dangerous characters. Him going psychotic, blacking out, then killing all of Hoyts ARMED guards then him in a knife fight is crazy, the cornered animal with nothing to lose is Jason personified.
The thing I like about him is he first only for 5 sec in beginning of game he feel bad and feared to kill someone. But as game introduction over since then from beginning he's acting cold and never feel to leave the task and run away.
He’s a really good representation of what indoctrination does to a man who doesn’t have a purpose, he found purpose, it made him feel alive, it made him feel like he mattered, but what did he really become? A monster. I struggled with it a lot when I got out of the army, I was a infantryman, an expert grenadier, a expert Stryker driver, but none of it mattered when I came home, Jason knows the emptiness that will come with escaping the island
Also him blacking out and almost killing Liza, and then coming to and realising he has a knife on her throat.
The whole final path he was walking, Liza was shown to be a demon. If the blackout hadn't stopped, he would have slit the throat of a demon, not even knowing how Liza died, just like he has no idea how the guards died.
Maybe the original Jason was still hidden away inside, fighting, kicking and yelling for Jason to stop, pleading and crying in despair, which managed to wake Jason up right before killing her. Something that never happens. Jason never woke up from his blackout until the job was done.
It's a shame Ubisoft won't ever reach this peak, and we are partly to blame. When FC3 released, everybody hated Jason, so why would they bother going through that in a cancel culture era, risking it and hoping the audience gets the message years down the line
@@ThatOneDude7could only hate jason coz vaas was so good
From Snow White to White Death.
520 likes and no comments seriously?
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Patrick Bateman's Tropical Vacation.
Lmao u made me chuckle so hard I farted bro 😂
"Impressive, very nice. Let's see Pagan Min's card."
That's actually a great idea for a game of it's own. Pirates would be confused to find the place already F up and only one rich american standing.
i cant tell if this is a play on jojo's bizzare adventure or not 😂
Impressive. Now, let's see Paul Alan's vacation destination.
Also there is a side quest showing Jason going insane. You meet an old woman in town and she tells you she saw a plain crash & wants you to go there and help the survivors. After getting the crash zone, you find a man living in some part of the plane and he says "This plane crashed many years ago." he also informs you there is no old woman living in the town. This mission implying Jason slowly losing his mind and getting further away from the reality.
no, the point was she was a ghost from that crash. how would Jason know about a plane crash from years before he came to the island
@@smalf00 yeah I thought about that. How would he know about that crash? I am not sure maybe he must have heard from the locals off screen but we always play Jason. I mean there is no offscreen for us. The game should have explaint it.
@@_dettlaff Not really. Jason was skydiving, so he could see the crash site before game begins. And whole point of Jason is going insane. At the point of encountering Riley, you are too busy getting boner slaying people and witnessing him kinda snaps you out for a moment.
Probably the best part showing you how Jason is done for is talking with a Daisy in a cave about "feeling like winning". Daisy freaks out when Jason confesses that killing make him feel like winning, Jason is quick to drop the subject.
It's not a guy doubting himself.
It's not a guy trying to prove his point.
It's a fallen guy who is at peace with what he has become, easily agreeing to disagree.
@@burningsinner1132 Nah you underestimate how fast the jungle would reclaim a crash site. If it happened years ago chances are there would be no trace of it from the air especially if you are from the POV of a skydiver. Was probably a ghost story. Wouldn't be the weirdest thing since its confirmed Farcry and Assassins Creed take place in the same world so all sorts of supernatural shenanigan's might be going on.
@@happyjohn354..they do? Why.. Why share a universe between far cry and assassin's Creed makes no sense lol
I find it insane that people thought Jason was a boring character, even when I was younger, I found the transformation of this snobby rich kid into a ruthless killer not only believable but quite interesting, to the point where he was my favorite character above Vaas.
Yeah I agree, I think hes an ever better character than Vaas, think its between Jason and Pagan Ming in the whole franchise
Same Like me bro
The final decision represents what kind of hero Jason wants to be. He can either be the legendary hero from the mythology, or he can complete the classic hero's journey. The final step of a legend is to die too soon so that your myth may live on. The final step of a classic hero is the return to normalcy, albeit changed by the journey.
Beautifully put
The game practically tell you this. It's like reading Great Expectations and concluding "Miss Havisham is a bad person".
Maybe instead of her killing Jason in The Bad Ending, you can still play the game after that point with all your upgrades and can keep leveling up and unlocking content, like it's what most players would want to do, anything to still play the game and keep having fun without having to suddenly stop and turn it off. A lil parallel with Jason and the player, knowing that there IS a reward to keep going down that path, other than there just being a "Fuck You" cutscene.
i dunno, maybe that'd ruin it or be too annoying
There are very few characters moments that stick out to me as much as Jason having a conversation and dropping “killing is starting to feel like winning”
And then they just uncomfortably look at each other and silently agree to ignore it
Making it that when you see Jason from another angle he has the most horrifying smile on his face is probably the best bit of after the fact storytelling I’ve ever seen
Yeah... however when Jason is smiling is from the Vaas DLC in FC6 sooo im not sure how canon it is
Props to Jason' VA for being able to let us see the emotions on Jason' face through his voice alone
What the Citrussy does to a mf:
lmfaooo haha. Good one sir
There is some suspicious things about Dennis and Citra. Like how does Dennis know Jason's full name? He's told Jason not Jason Brody. Then how is the ambush a trap if it was a trap for Jason? Like was Vaas big brained or did Citra tell him. Then what about Vaas stabbing Jason with the blade? Did Vaas actually stab him or was it drugs or something? But either way Jason "kills" Vaas with that same knife. You know the super important and protected ceremonial knife. Not to mention that Citra shows up right after the fight so was she there the whole time? Then Jason wakes up back in the temple with Citra.
All this stuff makes me think Vaas was still under Citra's influence in some way. Where he wouldnt preform the ritual but still loved her. Also Vaas should totally know where the Citra's temple is, he's just not attacking it right? How else would these "plot holes" happen?
Also Vaas calls Citra his sister but they have different last names and ethnicities. Vaas also has a separated backstory from Citra. Vaas tells us about Citra's "Me or them" ultimatum but for Jason that includes killing his friends, girlfriend but more importantly his brother. The last piece of his family excluding his mother. If Citra's ultimatum is supposed to have you kill your past self by killing the people that tie you to it then Vaas can't be her brother. I personally think Vaas and Citra aren't actually related but Citra's spell broke Vaas in a way where he thought they were family. Thus making him opt out of the ritual since its taboo to sleep with your sister. She then sent him to be a double agent for the pirates. That might also be the other reason why he let Jason run, to send him to Citra if he could survive the jungle. I mean Dennis says he found us on the beach but theres no way. Unless he's using beach to mean the embankment of the rivers, he lied about where he found Jason. ITS ALL SO SUSPICIOUS!
I think its implied that the skydiving company guy who was working with Vaas checked their passports
bro i have so many plot holes with story and gameplay like for an example why tf do the tribe guys always think they're the shit?
@@jeangreffsbp Yeah but Dennis, the guy who gives the Tatau and claims he found us, calls us Jason Brody. He had no way of knowing without talking to some kind of pirate
@@logan6326 Must be the drugs. But to be fair, I've had some Rakyat roll up to my targeted outpost and clear it by themselves before I could even get a shot off.
The anger when Vaas screams Citra's "Them or me" made me interpret that as Vaas having been given the same choice in the past, and he chose to kill his friends.
It was because of the Vaas DLC from Far Cry 6 that Jason is being brought into the spotlight
People used to dislike Jason before they realized the deeper meaning of the game. The dlc definetly helped, specially seeing Jason from someone elses perspective!
Playing far cry 3 as a teenager and understanding it more and more as the years go by the game just ages like a fine wine, still get goose bumps at the end when I replay it every now and then as I listen to monolog at the end, man I feel so lucky to have games like this when I grew up and now when I replay them its both like a time capsule back to those days and narrative journey as i understand it far more each time.
the only thing about Far Cry 3 that isn't aging like fine wine, is compatability issues for PC. I haven't been able to go back to Far Cry 3 in so long because it is to old to function properly on last few PCs.
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I watched RUclipsrs play the game in 2012 when it released, when I was 13, then 2 years later played it finally myself and now 10 years later, I, as of writing this comment, just replayed it as 25yo and damn it's amazing finding out the subtle details you weren't even paying attention to the first time years ago. I didn't realize before that you get the subtle hints outside of the drug trips that Jason is slowly losing his grip in reality and getting desensitized in murder and chaos, when he's having the time of his life after rescuing Liza and when he's talking about killing as if it's like winning a swimming competition.
Noticed a comment above talking about Tomb Raider 2013 and I agree that the fact that the story never really acknowledges that Lara was essentially going on the same path as Jason Brody did in Far Cry 3, except that after her first kill, the characters nor the plot really cares that she's butchering everyone with cold blood and she's become desensitized to violence. It was only 5 years later in Shadow of the Tomb Raider they showed Lara losing her grip for a moment.
I can only imagine that in the good ending, Jason just trying to readjust, I can imagine him having a severe case of ptsd, so bad in fact that he has visual and auditory hallucinations of Vaas and Citra. I imagine it looking like the Joker hallucinations that Batman experiences in Arkham Knight. Vaas almost like his very own fucked up angel on his shoulder and Citra his shoulder devil, egging him on, whispering sweet nothings.
He wants to listen to Citra but knows he shouldn't. Her deceitful whispers almost like a tantalizing urge. While Vaas is always screaming in his ear, screaming at him to stay the normal path, to stay a good man. Jason doesn't want to listen to Vaas but knows he should.
Meh it's nice but it's not an original concept
@thehellionrevisited2704 originality is dead. Everything has already been dreamed into existence. Humanity will eventually invent flying cars long after the existence of the concept. Robots with personalities and specialist function already exist by the 20th millennium. Eventually old terra will resemble works previously thought of as science fiction. Eventually becoming prophetic remnants of by gone eras.
@@Lord-Regent-of-the-Imperium *weeps in despair.*
@@Lord-Regent-of-the-Imperium bro went for the existential juggular 💀
@wolframdv bro broke his mind, lol
Jason brody is my favorite video game protag i mean a spoilt rich boy stranded on an island and forced to become a killer to survive peak writing.
Yeah, too bad we have not seen it more in gaming, where we often instead play as the already battle proven navy seals guy
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@@flaxslice9857Fr. He is like green arrow. But instead of escaping the Island, he want to stay to kill more people.
I always liked Jason, I love it when the protag has their own agency, their own personality and aren't just a silent emotionless speechless killing machine that doesn't flinch or speak one-liners when they go on a killing spree.
Same at beginning it looks he must be scare afterwards but happens opposite and he goes silent killer
Right. It's nice when the protagonist can participate in the story revolving around him/her. Other games could learn from this, even a dozen years later. I'm looking at you, Borderlands 3....
I feel like both of these scenarios are kind of the same thing, where every silent protagonist is someone who went through a Jason Brody character arc off-screen but also on a smaller scale
Side note: I'm still 90% sure the dagger is a Piece of Eden like from the Assassin's Creed games
Whoa thats a great theory, would make sense why the compass also glows when Jason holds it, and we have some AC side quests in the game
That could be a thing. There are Abstergo folders in a cave also Ubisoft love connecting their games together. Like Watchdogs and AC or watchdogs and The Crew(story you meet a deadsec member). So what you said could be 100% possible.
@@Svikter yeah, there's also a few little references to AC too, like Jason's ring finger being cut off or the leaps of faith though those are more like Easter Eggs. Although I think game theory made a video a long time ago about the idea that the Farcry protagonists were from the line of assassins.
Idk I'm of the opinion that literally almost all modern Ubisoft games are connected, ironically through conspiracy theories in universe, that make you sound like a conspiracy theorist when you explain then lol
Like how in Ghost recon wild lands Sam Fisher from splinter cell shows up and mentions an "empty quiver" incident which means nukes went missing, then far cry 5 happened
Or how there's missions from the Brotherhood in Watch dogs and a playable assassin in Watchdogs Legion
@@MrsneakyPanda lol we both commented at the same time, great minds think alike xD
@@baddragonite haha yup I see we are Ubisoft fan seeing the connections. But ubisoft does put them full force in your face. Alot of their games have a leap of faith in it somewhere either an easter egg or literally your character taking the leap.
Personally jason my fav far cry protag and tbh i would like to see him in a new far cry game and old habbits die hard
Who knows maybe he and Vaas can meet and forgive each other? Or just seeing how Jason is trying to get accustomed to life back home.
Maybe Jason becomes the new vaas I really haven't played far cry heavily since the 3rd one
Forget a series we need a film. Movies are more memorable than series!
@@Sviktervaas sees that Jason has, basically, become himself or even worse.
I had this pitch where we find him as a mercenary in Mexico fighting the cartels.
This is when Ubisoft was a legendary company that made actual good games and told great stories. Assassin’s Creed 1 to Unity and Far Cry 2 to 4 and so much more. It’s really sad Ubisoft will never make games like this again.
Story wise, I guess the last decent AC game we’ve had was Odyssey. And for me, only FC 3 really mattered. I haven’t played the first 2, but I felt like the next ones were just cheap copies.
@@dimitriasimov2140 Far Cry 4 was great in terms of refining the gameplay but 3 and 2 are still the best games.
@@dimitriasimov2140 FC5 had the best gameplay, and a decent story, but the ending had to be the result of an acid addiction.
Before they became Ubislop, yeah.... Sad, really.
@@theguybehindyou4762 I swear dude a Nuke?!! Dude where was the military in that situation? Honestly FC7 should go back to the jungle and if it’s a time limit game it should be like dead rising.
I like to sometime think about Jason and how much therapy that poor boy needed when he got back to Cali. Sometimes it's fun to think about how he would adjust to life back in Cali.
Jason's therapist would need a therapist after hearing his story.
Imagine his PTSD acts up during a shopping trip, right around the time "Only You" starts playing as an off-duty deputy is moving his own cart down the same aisle...
Actually I take him not leaving island as a canon. I mean of course free-play is any way after ending, but since Saving Friends is canon, I highly doubt Jason just left with his friends after all that crap.
I actually imagined he joined the military after he got back.
While I wouldn't classify him as one of the greatest protagonists in gaming, he is still a solid one that was underappreciated. Many people found him annoying, but don't seem to realize that him being like that was on purpose to further drive home how much the island changed him. He went from a rich socal party guy to, as he himself admits, a monster. A killing machine drunk on the power he feels when killing.
When I played Far Cry 4 I quickly noticed how muted Ajay Ghale appeared in contrast. Jason was talking a lot, Ajay rarely ever speaks. When playing Jason I felt like playing an actual person, Ajay didn't feel like it as much. Then ubisoft decided "screw it, protagonist doesn't need to speak", which is a damn shame. Part of the FC appeal to me is feeling like being there and having the POV-character speak and actively take part in the plot goes a long way to do this.
There is more exploration and nuance missing, hence why I wouldn't classify him as one of the greatest. But he sure was the best in the Far Cry series nad at least had a personality and development.
"How can a spoiled rich kid become a violent sociopath willing to hurt thousands of people and do unspeakable things in the name of some quest for power? That's unrealistic."
I mean... have you seen the current state of American politics?
I mean have you seen chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives
If you got 2 arms and 2 legs you are realistically capable of everything jason is capable of and its completely realistic
the brain is meat that thinks with the power of lightening, shit just bugs out sometimes
This is exactly why I loved the insanity DLC of Far Cry 6. Playing as Vaas against Jason highlights how they become completely interchangable between one another. He taunts Vaas in an almost identical way that Vaas taunts him in FC3. It's a common thread through all the DLC, but the use of a mirror as an upgrade station feels unbelievably appropriate. They have walked the same path, to see how Vaas can overcome any aspect of Jason, he must first overcome that part of himself. Not to mention how the stories mirror eachother, Jason's plunge into insanity, and Vaas' regression into sanity
Jason has always been my favourite protagonist cus I could see he's becoming a villain
I recommend looking into Captain Martin Walker. The protagonist of Spec Ops: The Line. His journey is similar to Jason’s. At first he’s just a vanilla by the books Delta Operator sent on a mission to check for survivors in a ruined Dubai. By the end, he’s a completely different person. He slowly becomes more unhinged and ruthless. But not just him, it affects his 2 squadmates. "Gentlemen, welcome to Dubai."
With a hilarious amount of plot armor.
"Serpentine! Serpentine!"
"What?!"
😂😂
“A rich spoiled brat, to a mass killer overnight” seems pretty spot on to me
And he didn't even take office. Impressive.
Common in the US
Ludonarrative harmony.
As you grow in strength and are motivated by the thrill of the kill. So does Jason.
I love how the island is insanity, its a cycle of doing the same thing over and over again.
One man rises in strength, bravery and cruelty, he takes over the island, intrigued by her mystery, drunk on power. But the island doesnt want to be ordered around, the island wants someone stronger yet, someone who wont stop the fight but will fight forever, so she kills him, and then the cycle repeats.
Jason, Waas, the Japanese imperialists, The ancient chinese admiral, the rpehistoric warrior who killed the monster of ink.
Over and over, the same result.
Absolutely loved your comparison of drug tolerance to killing for exp. Very nice take. I’ve always advocated for Jason being so much more than a prep. There are a couple interesting fanfic’s about what happens to him trying to reintegrate into LA. Always thought that would’ve made a nice DLC or sequel. Oh well!! Great video.
Link it up yo, that sounds like a good story
@@rustyfisher2081 looked for a bit, but unfortunately a lot of the stuff that’s out there has shipping in it, or is written in a way I don’t like. To be polite.
This was a long time ago, but the good parts of what I remember: Jason sits on a bench soaking up his surroundings, and sees a kid with a sleeve like his. He wonders what a kid so young did to earn all his tattoos. Then quickly remembers where he is, and what precisely he did to earn his. Murder, jumping off waterfalls while high, murder with knives, etc.
Eventually, I think maybe Liza gets bumped into by a bunch of guys. Jason proceeds to nearly kill one, while thinking about how to murder the rest. He gets stopped by Liza probably.
That’s pretty much all I remember!
Jason wasn't immune to the endless cycle of violence that consumes everyone on Rook Island, he actually thrives in it. But what I love about him as a character is Jason was self aware enough to not lose himself into the cycle like Vaas, who trying to warn him in his weird way. That last line Jason has in the final scene show he's a man of true resolve.
"I can't come back from this, I'm a monster. I can feel the anger inside me. But I am somewhere inside me, more than that, better than that"
one major thing about far cry 3s story is: it is simple.
it does not need a myriad of characters that then all get to few screen time. the characters are not equiped with a ton of flaws and back story. and the story does not hold a lot of plot lines and twists.
far cry 3 tells you just enough to make everything click without narration getting in the way of gameplay. and that's what makes it great.
Yes! It was a simple story meant to be taken largely at face value. I think at lot of the viewers and video included are over-interpreting what this game was about.
No wonder we play as nameless faceless protagonists in the newer far cry's because i think no one realised the change of Jason. Everyone Was so focused on Vaas. And i was too. You opened my eyes with this video
Everyone for years has berated Jason, willis even comments on his hatred in 4 (that socal douchebag) which was cringe. Ive been in the minority of people that loved his growth. The point of him wasnt to be likeable right away, he grew so much. It was a privilege for me to get to play this growing up, a very deep coming of age story on growing up.
Dude, Jason's character development was not good for him. He's psychotic, and that isn't a good thing
@@FinnDanger-e3vI guess that’s the point, Is gaining an identity always a good thing even if it’s at the expense of others?
I think the way jason mirrors the player is insane...at first your sneaking around tryna find your family... and at some point you commit genocide cuz its fun....
As i play gta i realized why the mc are usually sociopaths
Far cry 3 feels like becoming one
At some point cintra starts looking kinda bad ....compared to your basic gf ....
Finding Riley was a mistake and unintended consequence of your killing spree
Good ending Gf = no tiddies
"Bad ending" Citra = tiddies.
What did ubisoft mean by this?
At the beginning you are scared of the jungle and the pirates, it's shocked with the violent takedowns ans stuff, and later in game you are just creating more fun ways to kill every pirate you see.
Above all Jason became a monster before you reach the second island. You reach "max level" before you know of Hoyt, you are in the brink of the abyss.
It's about time for Jason to get his due respect.
One of the best video essays i saw in a couple of weeks. U trully opened my eyes with this and your take on Jason. Thanks.
I found this is one of the only games that have a consistent version of the character in the cutscenes and gameplay. Where plot plays an important part of the gameplay
Man’s was a blank canvas, coloured by the blood and dirt of his journey, slowly becoming a monster
I replay FC3 around once a year. It nailed the formula perfectly, and I absolutely love Jason as a protagonist.
Fantastic video
Ive been waiting for an in depth video of Jason 🙏
For me, one of my favorite moments in Far Cry 3 was the "It feels like winning" conversation. I confess, I actually missed it on my first playthrough. But on my second playthrough when I finally encountered it I was like "Oh f***. This contextualizes SO much about Jason..."
36:10 “I do not think another game has ever told a story similar to Jason’s.” Spec Ops: The Line
Jason's story holds a special place in my heart, I played through far cry 3 at a somewhat young age and still managed to pick up on the themes and the road Jason was going down, and now having grown up I find myself relating to it more often than I ever thought I would. The theme song is something I will always come back to whenever I find myself in a dark place, it really helps put everything into perspective
Man, that life advice at the end about following your own path was solid.
The ending choice shocked me a lot when I played way back in the day. I really appreciated the personality of the main character in comparison to newer titles, his changings, his internal conflicts. Nice video!
I started playing this game again last week, this video came just in time for even more appreciation. Have I ever told you the definition of insanity?
Playing far cry 3 over and over again yes :)
Agree, aside of Jordan Peterson at the end.
He literally says you should think about what you want to do and do it. Not become him.
I love far cry 3 because of the whole character of Jason himself. The fact we see him change it was something I really enjoyed, which is why far cry three will always be my favorite of the far cry games plus Vass you can’t beat in terms of villains
I’m not a gamer but your analysis on far cry 3’s protagonist made me appreciate the game even more. Up until now I’ve only seen more videos talk about the villain (Vaas). It’s refreshing to see someone give a different perspective on this game.
36:10 Farcry 4 is a perfect game but Farcry 5 is litterally a masterpiece. Trust me it makes perfect sense if you life in Canada or the USA
I went through a break up right before playing this game... There was definitely a deep seated hatred towards Jason for what he was doing to the people close to him, and being disloyal... Safe to say... I noticed he how he changed and hoped it wasn't what he was doing the entire time... but it's a story only a video game could pull off really well.
nice samara pfp, good to see a fellow mass effect enjoyer
Best romance option, and Morinth XD
I've never played any Far Cry game, yet i watched this video on one go. Good job, this is a quality stuff.
His voice in the E3 seems like the voice actor of Edward Kenway from assassin's Creed blak flag
Yeah could be, I know they changed it because it sounded too similar to Adam Jensen from Deus Ex Human Revolutions
Yeah it makes sense i think in the E3 they want Jason to be a leader character so they give a confident voice actor but they change their mind and it doesn't seem like jason the shy guy and the non-confidante (am sorry if my idea was awkward but am not good to express my ideas by writing)
@@notnnambih Not at all, I agree that many protags have the same voice, im not sure who did the voice acting in the E3 trailer, could be the same as the guy from AC black flag
Wildest thing is, you ever listen to highly skilled service-members talk, its the same as with Jason. War isnt necessarily about hating the other guy, but being better. You versus them, and who comes out on top.
I loved the bit in which your own gf comments on how much you've changed. Her voice is even scared. She truly fears you. I found it a nice touch
I played this game when it came out and I loved everything about it, the story most of all. I could never really explain why when people asked me what was so good about it. Great video you’ve definitely earned my subscription!
i bought this game when it came out with no prior knowledge of the series. I kinda bought it just because i saw a ton of this game on the game shelves. at first i wasn't sure i was going to enjoy this, then came the vaas scene and was immediately blown away by his dialogue. i remember laughing when grant died thinking that the only person who has the realistic chance of surviving this game doesn't even get past the tutorial and i am stuck with this kid.
after a 10+ years , i still comeback to this game from time to time. it's like a coming of age movie with elements from lord of the flies. This game has asked me alot of questions about myself and taught me on how to decide and plan. (apart from Jason's descent into madness and murder spree of course :) ) this game came to me in a time when i wasn't really sure of what i want to do in life, living day by day to simply exist. almost relationships with family were not really good, just like being stuck in island where you just try to survive and your starting from scratch with no one to guide you.
TLDR: good game, will play again
Well , growing up is realising that when you were stabbing that knife on the Ink monster's eyes , you were stabbing your knife(balls) on a late game monster(Citra)
For me its a Handsome Jack from Bordelands
Another great villain
I like how Jason is also in a way a reflection of who you are as well. Because as this game encourage you to kill, become stronger and do all these sidequests, in the way you the player yourself slowly lose your humanity once you are met with the final and decisive choice. Also it's amazing how the island and the savage setting just releases the darker aspects of Jason's personality loose, that if it was in normal society, he would not become such a monster. Him being pretty immature and an adrenaline junkie, and even if he is a competent person as in school he was an athlete and got good grades, he has this crazy and wild side to his personality that is just fucking amped up by the island and by the Rakyat people, and also by his quest for revenge. He not only loves that he is basically made for the life of the island and he is the ultimate warrior here, but also all the respect from the Rakyat people and the rush it comes from taking vengeance on all of Vaas' goons, because in a way in his dark corner of the mind this gives him validation, he is somebody here and he has basically become addicted to the thrill of killing, to the vengeance he wants to enact on Vaas, Hoyt and all of their men, and slowly he becomes more and more of a monster. This anger, sadism, craziness, also his addiction to the thrill of killing and the respect of the Rakyat people become more and more prevalent in Jason, until he is put forward with the big choice at the end, and even in the good ending, even though he does save his friends and they leave the island, he will most likely never be the same person again and will probably feel like a soldier after a war, and have time to think and to live with the reality of the things he has done and reflect on who he has become. He will never be the same normal and innocent young man he was before the events of the game, and his entire life is changed. His relationship with his friends, his girlfriend and his brother will never be the same and will probably be strained as well. Especially him nearly killing Liza and after everything he did, it will definitely be hard for her to keep her relationship with him. In either ending, Jason has lost himself, but there is hope for him in the good ending of managing to move forward and redeem himself.
I adore the writing in FC3 so much! It’s rich with subtle and obvious storytelling, and even beats the rest of the franchise in my opinion.
With FC6, it feels like a mercenary getting exhausted of their client more than a revolution. There isn’t a lot of visible growth and I can’t really connect the dots on the Danny as I progress in the game aside from skills to kill with, since they did serve in the military it’s not all that crazy.
By the end of FC6, Danny is exhausted.
By the end of FC3, Jason has been broken and knows it.
I remember seeing tattoo progression shown in Reboot of Shadow Warrior, its not as much seen to grow in essential story moments. But in skill tree and character appearance it is, also has a cultural tie, a way of warrior, yakuza and so on.
Damn, good character psychology analysis, video production and narration, amazingly good quality my friend, keep it up!
That was really really good. Thanks!
I always appreciated Jason. More importantly our agency with this faceless guy (First person ;))
With his dialogue about “killing turning into winning” if you go visit your friends to get an understanding on his head space.
I was 1000% on board with the WarPath!
It wasn’t until he saw his little bro that I wanted to steer the ship.
It’s BEAUTIFUL! When his big bro dies, he enters the savage world of fighting non-stop.
Yet it is the presence of his little bro that pulls him back.
That’s why I was super happy with the iconic ending of saving your friends… yet I speak with IRL friends and most of them got turned by the killing.
With the story being separate of gameplay for them. Cause shooting AI cod style was the selling point of the mainstream.
fc2 also have one of the most interesting character to play with. jason uniqueness is the duality between him and vaas, how it's duality combined into one with vaas.
You mean those "walking camera" type of protagonists with no personality who never speak during gameplay?
A game coming close to this idea is "spec ops: the line" the Protagonist there also becomes more and more insane, though in an other way.
the writers of far cry 3 & spec ops did an interview written ,together, back in 2012
I've always appreciated jason and the evolution of his personnality, and I understood why he changed like that.
After watching this video, the alternate ending of FC3 now makes more sense. The first time I played FC3 the alternate ending seemed like an "out of the blue" option but because of this video it kinda makes more sense now.
Yeah, I think it made sense if you look at the whole story and jasons transformation thus far, its not a simple red or blue choice ending, What happened to this writing in the far cry franchise? because nothing afterwards comes close
Har spelat just farcry 3,4 och 5 och känner att proragonisterna inte alltid får så mycket karaktär. Denna video fick mig att tänka om. Gillar din insyn och du har fått en ny följare !
I never understood the Jason hate, like he is perfect for what the story needed and wanted to present. Not a deep or complicated character at all, just basic enough for people to self insert at first and feel the consequences later. Unfortunetly he might be the only character in the game that was utilized to the maximum potential.
9:33 "Instead of saving our booring friends"
Been there :)
When I played this game years ago, my thoughts about Jason were very similar to yours. I was then very surprised that people consider him a "boring protagonist", because I felt that there definitely was quite a bit of depth to him.
So what I'm trying to say is that I'm very glad that you made this video. I see now that I'm not the only one who liked his development throught the game. Finally, some validation after all these years!
Hes a unique character, and his transformation is not something we have seen in a game before, atleast not in a FPS game, and especially a Far Cry game. Again I also kinda disliked Jason the first time around when I played the game, but have now started to really appriciate him.
And to this day I still replay the game sometimes
the Tautau curropted Jason from an innocent college kid to the strongest killer on the island. his progression isnt SUPPOSED to seem realistic, he has a magical tattoo that makes him simultaneously stronger, more able to regenerate from wounds and more bloodthirsty.
thats why i like jason and the choice at the end, do you give in and accept what the tautau is doing to do, or do you give it all up (the tautau doesent work outside of rook island) to live a somewhat normal life again
Great videos, Jason's characters is really interesting and well written. Wish more games went that path.
"All it takes is just one bad day"
it remembers me of ''lord of flies'' book, some kids get stranded in a island and than go psycho!
Grant's use in the beginning of the game was fucking genius. This symbol of reliance and competency is just ripped away as Jason is forced to act for himself.
That grenade takedown is just straight up savage
Wait,. people thought Jason transformation was unrealistic? Do they have any idea of how much mental damage killing people while being a good person can cause? Especially looking how many areas you have to conquer on Far Cry 3, if Jason captured all of them...
The Dragon Age Origins title music in the background was dope.
jason was a pyscho in the making, he just hadnt killed anyone to really let out his pyschotic self. he embraced being a killer and had a new chance at being a respected, rich, warrior
Far Cry 3 will always be one of my fav games of all time
incredible story and really good gameplay for the time it came out
i replayed it like 4 times and even have the it on 100%
I never viewed Jason as annoying or a bad protagonist. I always thought his journey was very intriguing, going from your average spoiled brat to a merciless and detatched killing machine. Does it always hit? Not necessarily, but it’s still intriguing regardless, especially when you see the parallels with Vaas and how Jason could become the very thing he swore to destroy. I personally view the good choice as the canon ending, given the whole plight to kill Vaas and Hoyt stemmed from Riley being “killed,” but once he not only realizes he’s alive but he’s forced to torture him, that’s him at his lowest and finally realizing the path he’s on isn’t worth it anymore. Plus personally, I find it’s much more impactful for someone who’s become so monstrous to leave that life behind and try to do good again, however hard it may be.
The dragon age origins music caught me off guard, really gave the video a good soundtrack, absolutely banger choice and great video
Ubi peaked with FC3. No doubt about that.
It’s funny. Far Cry 2 had an unvoiced character going into the heart of darkness. But he was already a Merc with bloody hands. I always thought Far Cry 3 was them trying to properly tell the story the set out to do in 2. This video really helps with that development theory
To me, this feels also like many book characters as well.
One of my favorite characters in fiction is Rand Al'thor (the wheel of time book series) as similar to Jason, outside forces influence him in a direction that his younger self would never choose. "The end justifies the means." Was the mindset he began to adopt as the series progressed, until things snapped.
Without going into spoilers. This feels very much like that and I like reading about various kinds of characters as you get a multitude of philosophies and perspectives and allowing YOU to choose which you would want to follow.
Jason was such a good protagonist, When the villain dlc's were announced, I was so hyped for voss's. I hope one day Jason somehow returns to the series.
People always talked about Vash, but for me Jason was far better and more interesting character.
The evolution of Jason is fascinating. How he went from a soft spoken, spoiled rich adrenaline junkie man child to be a complete psychotic lunatic who kills for pleasure. Jason becomes exactly what he hated. He end up becoming Vash himself
It’s sad that Ubisoft could never replicate this level of storytelling 😢