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* The moment pictured up-top. When you finally get to kill that asshole Buck. It can feel extremely satisfying, especially after you finally find Keith, and it's all but implied, Buck had repeatedly raped him. And it's not played as '''Double Standard''', we see Keith is deeply tramautized. So the fact you get to finally put end to Buck is above satisfying.

** Even better? It goes into a trippy disco-floor arena like the previous two knife fights, which begs the question where the other two armed soldiers that were just there went. You find out once the fight is over. [[spoiler: Jason killed them. And about six other ones that must have come in later. There are bodies all over the room. This implies that Jason was hallucinating Hoyt to be a boss fight and making him out to be a more competent fighter than he actually was in reality, his mind couldn't comprehend the idea of a bunch of mooks being more difficult than their boss. This is essentially Jason's subconscious saying, "You know what? Killing is just becoming way too easy now."]]

* The Good Ending: Throughout the game Jason has shown that he can be as bad as the worst of the inhabitants of the island. [[spoiler: But when given the choice to murder his loved ones, Jason instead frees them and leaves with them. While many others have given themselves to the temptations of the island, he says he is better than that. The island broke the Rakyat, it broke Citra and it broke Vaas, but it couldn't break ''Jason.'']]

* The three characters involved in the [[spoiler:torture scene]] near the end of the game each get their own. [[spoiler: While disturbing and one hell of a PlayerPunch, Jason not hesitating to start hitting Riley and screaming questions at him in order to keep his cover from being blown is impressive when you think of how much willpower it must have taken to do so. Sam gets his moment when he realizes who Riley is and immediately tampers with the camera to give the brothers a little time to talk. [[DistressedDude Riley]] gets the third when he says he's willing to get beaten by Jason in order to maintain the illusion. The whole scene is pretty horrifying, but just the fact that all of the characters were able to think that quickly even during that tense situation is impressive.]]

* There's at least one pirate outpost that you'll find guarded by a squad of patrolling foot-soldiers with about [[AngryGuardDog 6 to 7 guard dogs]] at their beck and call. Taking the place ''seems'' NintendoHard at first, since the guard dogs are [[DemonicSpiders almost impossible to beat when they swarm you all at once]], and it's impossible to sneak up on them for silent takedowns. But there's a simple trick to pulling it off. What is it, you ask? [[spoiler: [[CarFu Just drive a Jeep straight through the outpost and plow through anything that moves]].]] Even better, you can actually get ''[[RefugeInAudacity bonus points for stealth]]'' if you [[spoiler: crash your Jeep into the alarm box to shut it off]].
* The moment pictured up-top. When you finally get to kill that asshole Buck. It can feel extremely satifying, espically after you finally find Keith, and it's all but implied, Buck had repeatedly raped him. And it's not played as '''Double Standard''', we see Keith is deeply tramatized. So the fact you get to finally put end to Buck is above satifying.

* The moment pictured up-top. When you finally get to kill that asshole Buck. It can feel extremely satifying, espically after you finally find Keith, but the implication is that Buck had repeatedly raped him. But it's not played for laughs, the poor guy is tramatized..

* The moment pictured up-top. When you finally get to kill that asshole Buck. It can feel extremely satifying, espically after you finally find Keith, and you find just ''what was going on''.

* The moment pictured up-top. When you finally get to kill that asshole Buck. It can feel exteremely satifying, espically after you find Keith, and you find just ''what was going on''.

* When Jason [[spoiler:gets shot by Vaas, he wakes up in a mass grave. Once he finds his way out from under the heap of bodies an onlooking villager flees in terror yelling "HE'S COME BACK FROM THE DEAD!"]]

** On that note, Creator/MichaelMando's entire performance as Vaas Montenegro is a CMOA for video game actors.
** You couldn't help but feel intimidated when Vaas said this.

** Jason himself gets one after Vaas tries to drown him by tying him to a cinderblock and kicking it off a cliff into an underground lake. Instead of panicking or breaking down like you'd expect him to being subjected to such a horrifying fate by his brother's killer he instead chooses to scream ''"Fuck you!"'' at him as if to say "This isn't over!"

* [[spoiler:Jason killing Vaas by using some clever knifework, dropping it from one hand to the other.]]

* [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Jason versus Hoyt]].]] Especially notable because [[spoiler: Hoyt just cut off Jason's finger. Jason realistically should have been in far too much pain to fight, but he still manages to kill the bastard.]]

* Ever since ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' famously played Music/RideOfTheValkyries during a helicopter battle, players have wanted the same level of flare and spectacle in a video game during an aerial battle. Thanks to Far Cry 3, there is an answer. [[spoiler:In the last level, Riley, with no prior experience aside from a plane license, pilots a helicopter to escort himself and his brother Jason out of the clutches of Hoyt's men who want them dead for killing Hoyt. Jason provides covering fire with a machine gun and absolutely devastates an entire army of men, armored trucks, and other helicopters, all the while he encourages his brother with his first experience piloting a helicopter. When all is said and done, both brothers feel like they are on top of the world and congratulate each other for a job well done.]]

-->'''Jason:''' [[spoiler:This violence is ''over''. I'm done. No more blood.]]

* The AMR (Anti-Material Rifle) is this. Not only does it produce an [[MostWonderfulSound extremely awesome sound]] when fired, but it's also THE most devastating sniper in the game. If killing any animal in a single shot doesn't sound badass enough, this sniper also destroys most vehicles in 2 shots! Did I mention hitting anyone with it will send them flying? And while other sniper rifles allow you to kill two opponents with one shot if one is standing behind the other (de facto shooting through the first to hit the second), the AMR allows you to kill two opponents when they're standing ''next to each other'', courtesy of the rifle's explosive rounds. They have to be standing really close to each other for it to work, admittedly, but you're definitely going to fall in love with the AMR at this point if you didn't already. Plus, it's able to give you a OneHitKill on [[HeavilyArmoredMook heavies]] if you shoot them anywhere on the body.
* There's at least one pirate outpost that you'll find guarded by a squad of patrolling foot-soldiers with about [[AngryGuardDog 6 to 7 guard dogs]] at their beck and call. Taking the place ''seems'' NintendoHard at first, since the guard dogs are [[DemonicSpiders almost impossible to beat when they swarm you all at once]], and it's impossible to sneak up on them for silent takedowns. But there's a simple trick to pulling it off. What is it, you ask? [[spoiler: [[CarFu Just drive a Jeep straight through the outpost and plow through anything that moves]].]] Even better, you can actually get ''[[RefugeInAudacity bonus points for stealth]]'' if you [[spoiler: crash your Jeep into the alarm box to shut it off]].

* The Good Ending: Throughout the game Jason has shown that he can be as bad as the worst of the inhabitants of the island. [[spoiler: But when given the choice to murder his loved ones, Jason instead frees them and leaves with them. While many others have given themselves to the temptations of the island, he says he is better than that.]]

* The AMR (Anti-Material Rifle) is this. Not only does it produce an extremely awesome sound when fired, but it's also THE most devastating sniper in the game. If killing any animal in a single shot doesn't sound badass enough, this sniper also destroys most vehicles in 2 shots! Did I mention hitting anyone with it will send them flying? And while other sniper rifles allow you to kill two opponents with one shot if one is standing behind the other (de facto shooting through the first to hit the second), the AMR allows you to kill two opponents when they're standing ''next to each other'', courtesy of the rifle's explosive rounds. They have to be standing really close to each other for it to work, admittedly, but you're definitely going to fall in love with the AMR at this point if you didn't already. Plus, it's able to give you a OneHitKill on [[HeavilyArmoredMook heavies]] if you shoot them anywhere on the body.

* When Jason [[spoiler:gets shot by Vaas he wakes up in a mass grave. Once he finds his way out from under the heap of bodies an onlooking villager flees in terror yelling "HE'S COME BACK FROM THE DEAD!"]]

** On that note, Michael Mando's entire performance as Vaas Montenegro is a CMOA for video game actors.

* The AMR (Anti-Material Rifle) is this. Not only does it produce an extremely awesome sound when fired, but it's also THE most devastating sniper in the game. If killing any animal in a single shot doesn't sound badass enough, this sniper also destroys most vehicles in 2 shots! Did I mention hitting anyone with it will send them flying? And while other sniper rifles allow you to kill two opponents with one shot if one is standing behind the other (de facto shooting through the first to hit the second), the AMR allows you to kill two opponents when they're standing ''next to each other'', courtesy of the rifle's explosive rounds. They have to be standing really close to each other for it to work, admittedly, but you're definitely going to fall in love with the AMR at this point if you didn't already. Plus, it's able to give you a OneHitKill on [[HeavilyArmoredMook heavies]] if you shoot them [[BoomHeadshot in the head]]. Better still, you can slap a suppressor on it, making it an essential tool for clearing outposts without being spotted.

* There's at least one pirate outpost that you'll find guarded by a squad of patrolling foot-soldiers with about [[AngryGuardDog 6 to 7 guard dogs]] at their beck and call. Taking the place ''seems'' NintendoHard at first, since the guard dogs are [[DemonicSpiders almost impossible to beat when they swarm you all at once]], and it's impossible to sneak up on them for silent takedowns. But there's a simple trick to pulling it off. What is it, you ask? [[spoiler: [[CarFu Just drive a Jeep straight through the outpost and plow through anything that moves]].]] Even better, you can actually get ''[[RefugeInAudacity bonus points for stealth]]'' if you [[spoiler: crash your Jeep into the alarm box to shut it off]].
* When Jason and [[spoiler: Riley]] Escape in a helicopter, Ride of the Valkyries is played, while blowing up boats and cars.

* The AMR (Anti-Material Rifle) is this. Not only does it produce an extremely awesome sound when fired, but it's also THE most devastating sniper in the game. If killing any animal in a single shot doesn't sound badass enough, this sniper also destroys most vehicles in 2 shots! Did I mention hitting anyone with it will send them flying? And while other sniper rifles allow you to kill two opponents with one shot if one is standing behind the other (de facto shooting through the first to hit the second), the AMR allows you to kill two opponents when they're standing ''next to each other'', courtesy of the rifle's explosive rounds. They have to be standing really close to each other for it to work, admittedly, but you're definitely going to fall in love with the AMR at this point if you didn't already. Plus, it's able to give you a OneHitKill on [[HeavilyArmoredMook heavies]] if you shoot them [[BoomHeadshot in the head]].

* There's at least one pirate outpost that you'll find guarded by a squad of patrolling foot-soldiers with about [[AngryGuardDog 6 to 7 guard dogs]] at their beck and call. Taking the place ''seems'' NintendoHard at first, since the guard dogs are [[DemonicSpiders almost impossible to beat when they swarm you all at once]], and it's impossible to sneak up on them for silent takedowns. But there's a simple trick to pulling it off. What is it, you ask? [[spoiler: [[CarFu Just drive a Jeep straight through the outpost and plow through anything that moves]].]] Even better, you can actually get ''[[RefugeInAudacity bonus points for stealth]]'' if you [[spoiler: crash your Jeep into the alarm box to shut it off]].

** You couldn't help but feel intidimated when Vaas said this.

* The AMR (Anti-Material Rifle) is this. Not only does it produce an extremely awesome sound when fired, but it's also THE most devastating sniper in the game. If killing any animal in a single shot doesn't sound badass enough, this sniper also destroys most vehicles in 2 shots! Did I mention hitting anyone with it will send them flying? And while other sniper rifles allow you to kill two opponents with one shot if one is standing behind the other (de facto shooting through the first to hit the second), the AMR allows you to kill two opponents when they're standing ''next to each other'', courtesy of the rifle's explosive rounds. They have to be standing really close to each other for it to work, admittedly, but you're definitely going to fall in love with the AMR at this point if you didn't already. Plus, it's able to give you a OneHitKill on [[HeavilyArmoredMook heavies]] if you shoot them [[BoomHeadshot in the head]].

* When Jason [[spoiler:gets shot by Vaas he wakes up in a mass grave. Once he finds his way out from under the heap of bodies an onlooking villager flees in terror yelling HE'S COME BACK FROM THE DEAD!]]

* The AMR (Anti-Material Rifle) is this. Not only does it produce an extremely awesome sound when fired, but it's also THE most devastating sniper in the game. If killing any animal in a single shot doesn't sound badass enough, this sniper also destroys most vehicles in 2 shots! Did I mention hitting anyone with it will send them flying? And while other sniper rifles allow you to kill two opponents with one shot if one is standing behind the other (de facto shooting through the first to hit the second), the AMR allows you to kill two opponents when they're standing ''next to each other'', courtesy of the rifle's explosive rounds. They have to be standing really close to each other for it to work, admittedly, but you're definitely going to fall in love with the AMR at this point if you didn't already.

* Adjusting for "bullet" drop with your bow and hitting a guy from 300 yards away with an arrow. It's pretty hard to pull off but when you do you are going to feel like a total badass. It's at moments like that in which Far Cry 3 begins to feel like, "Rambo: The Video Game."