Character sheet for the first Far Cry video game.
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Jack Carver
Voiced by: Peter Thais (Far Cry), Stephen Doriff (Instincts), Martin Watier (Vengeance) (English)
Portrayed by: Til Schweiger
A former Marine (or Ex-Navy, in Instincts) that was dishonorably discharged and has since become a boat charter.Portrayed by: Til Schweiger
- Adaptational Jerkass: In the console version by Ubisoft, he's a former black market arms dealer and more of a darker, Anti-Hero figure compared to the PC version by Crytek, where he's more of a generic ex-military regular dude.
- Badass Normal: In the PC version, Jack's just a regular ex-military dude who manages to take on an army of mercenaries and mutants with his skills alone.
- Deadpan Snarker: Jack is almost never without a sarcastic remark, especially compared to the much more serious Val and Doyle.
- Empowered Badass Normal: In the console version, Jack is experimented on by Krieger and receives a variety of mutant superpowers as a result.
- Hawaiian-Shirted Tourist: He wears a loud, red Hawaii t-shirt, which multiple characters comment on throughout the game (his enemies refer to him as that guy in the shirt, and Doyle tells him to put on some body armor so his shirt isn't so noticeable).
- One-Man Army:
- Jack Carver, is this in spades. Enemy mooks speculate about how one person could not possibly pull off the stunts he does. However, his allies Val and Doyle both expect and demand that he be a One-Man Army on a regular basis.
- Even lampshaded at one point in Evolution. Carver asks Doyle why he has to do 3 mission objectives while Doyle only gets one, Doyle replies simply that he doesn't have Jack's "skills".
- Power Fist: Jack's arms a quarter of the way through Instincts.
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: Gives an excellent one to the Post-Final Boss in the PC version.Doyle: No... please... you don't understand! They sent me! They're always watching! You can't change this! You can't change the future!
Jack: Probably not... But I can make sure you're not a part of it! [bang] Stupid bastard... - Your Days Are Numbered: In Far Cry, he and Valerie end up being tricked by Harland Doyle into taking the Trigen serum, which results in them being on limited time until they get turned into Trigens. Jack manages to get the cure when he confronts Doyle at the end of the game, which the game ends with Jack applying the cure to himself and Valerie.
Valerie Constantine
Voiced by: Adriana Anderson (English)
A mysterious woman who hired Jack to explore the island. In actuality, she’s a government agent who is trying to Find Harland Doyle, an under cover agent.- Action Girl: Valerie really likes to kill people in Instincts. In Far Cry... not so much.
- Damsel in Distress: Jack has to come to her rescue several times throughout the game. Especially near the end where he has to get a cure for himself and Valerie before they're turned into Trigens.
- Faux Action Girl: In Far Cry, a lot of her actions where she's supposedly being badass and fighting soldiers around the island happens off-screen. On screen, it's mainly just Jack needing to reach Valerie's current location, Valerie providing fan-service, or Jack needing to come save her.
- Implied Love Interest: While there's never any romance at any time in Far Cry, it's kind of obvious that she was supposed to be this for Jack. Especially the whole rescuing the Damsel in Distress part.
- Ms. Fanservice: Some of her scenes show her off in a sexy manner. One cutscene in particular has her bathing in a pond wearing nothing but her bra and underwear while Jack stands nearby with his back to her to watch for enemies.
- Race Lift: Mainly as a result of the Instincts character being extremely different from her Far Cry counterpart, Valerie Constantine is changed to Valerie Cortez in Instincts.
- Your Days Are Numbered: In Far Cry, her and Jack end up being tricked by Harland Doyle into taking the Trigen serum, which results in them being on limited time until they get turned into Trigens. Jack manages to get the cure when he confronts Doyle at the end of the game, which the game ends with Jack applying the cure to himself and Valerie.
Harland Doyle
Voiced by: Cornell Womack (English)
An undercover agent that Valerie lost contact with.- Adaptational Heroism: While he was the true main antagonist in the original, Far Cry Instincts portrays him to be genuinely on Jack’s side.
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: In the PC version, once he's mortally wounded by Jack he resorts to begging for his life.
- Big Bad Ensemble: In the PC version, he's actually out to steal the mutagen serum for himself to sell it on the black market and betrays Jack once he's outlived his usefulness.
- Bond Villain Stupidity: Doyle reveals his identity as The Mole at the end for no reason other than to gloat, motivating you to spend the last level hunting him down to kill him.
- Evil All Along: The real reason he helped Jack was so he could have the mutagen for himself.
- If I Wanted You Dead...: Gains Jack's trust by pointing out that he knows where he is and could have turned him over to the mercenaries.
- Post-Final Boss: In the PC version, he's the final enemy combatant in the game, but he's far less of a threat than even the thugs you fought in the first level.
- Race Lift: Mainly as a result of the Instincts characters being extremely different from his Far Cry counterpart. In Far Cry Harland Doyle is a black scientist who ultimately betrays you and becomes the final enemy, while in Instincts David Doyle is a white guy who kinda looks like Bruce Campbell and sort of becomes your Vitriolic Best Bud.
- Stupid Evil: His betrayal of Jack is moronic on several levels. He dupes Jack into infecting himself with the mutagen long before he's had the chance to finish off Krieger, running the risk of him succumbing to the mutagen before removing Krieger from the picture, and then contacts him to gloat about it, pointlessly antagonizing a One-Man Army who had no reason to suspect him when he could have just slipped away with the mutagen and made a fortune. "Stupid bastard" indeed.
- Voice with an Internet Connection: He primarily supports you over the radio and doesn't personally get involved in combat.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Dupes Jack and Val into taking the Trigen serum to clean up loose ends as they're approaching Krieger.
- Zero-Effort Boss: At the very end of the game. He's got a P90 submachine gun, but is also an unarmored scientist and goes down in one shot from basically any weapon. Getting to him is the real challenge, as you have to fight your way through a volcano crater full of Trigens and then kill his dozen or so Elite Mooks bodyguards before you finally have the chance to shoot him.
Doctor George Wilhelm Krieger
Voiced by: Robert Burns (English)
A Mad Scientist performing genetic experiments involving Trigen on the island.- Achilles' Heel: In the PC version, he doesn't take much additional damage from headshots, but for some reason his crotch is a weak point and he'll go down after only a handful of shots to it.
- All Your Powers Combined: Mutated Krieger has the abilities of all 3 humanoid Trigen types (superjumps, super durability, and cloaking). Interestingly, this makes him quite similar to the nanosuit-wearing protagonists of Crysis.
- Big Bad: His illegal experiments are the main reason for the beginning of the plot.
- Bad Boss: In Instincts, Krieger sends in his personal elite troops to kill everybody (yes, that includes the mercenaries he hired) to clean up Crowe's mess.
- Dies Wide Open: When Jack kills him, he expires with his eyes open. Jack closes them.
- Early-Installment Weirdness: Dr. Krieger is an odd duck among the villains of the Far Cry series. Most of the main villains are incredibly charismatic and are almost as integral to the story as the protagonist is. Even the Jackal, while not as present, still has enough charm and flair to fit. Krieger, on the other hand, is a fairly bog-standard mad scientist.
- Final Boss: He's essentially this in the PC version of the game, having mutated into a Super-Soldier due to accidental exposure to the mutagen.
- Mad Scientist: He's committing horrific experimentation on humans and has no moral compass to speak of.
- Non-Action Big Bad: In Instincts, Krieger is an older scientist and never engages in any sort of physical combat. Averted in the PC version, where he's the Final Boss.
Colonel Richard Crowe
Voiced by: Ken Samuels (English)
A ruthless mercenary working for Krieger.- Bad Boss: In Instincts, Crowe releases the mutants all over the islands, causing his own men to be overrun.
- The Dragon: Crowe takes his orders directly from Krieger and is in charge of his mercenary forces.
- Dragon with an Agenda: In Instincts, he actively seeks the mutagen for himself.
Trigen
Krieger’s mutants. The results of an attempt at enhancing normal humans. This led to them losing their humanity and becoming hostile to anything that's not them.
- Mutants: Duh!
- Outside-Genre Foe: It's standard realistic combat against human mercenaries up until you fight them.
