4) Far Cry 2 – The Jackal
Far Cry 2 was the first game to introduce the main antagonist that causes havoc in a country, seemingly alone. He’s a notorious arms dealer who has been selling weapons to the warring factions in the fictional African country; even the guns you find or buy can be traced back to him. Aside from a few choice meetings – one at the start, in particular in which he threatens you while waving a machete around – The Jackal isn’t so much of a menace to you, the player. It is the impact he’s had on the fictional country, through the distribution of arms and increase of violence, that makes his presence felt. He doesn’t have the most unique of personalities, especially in comparison to others in the Far Cry series, but he is an important starting point for the individual, threatening villain motif that the series adopted for many of the subsequent entries.
