Many Ubisoft fans consider Far Cry 3 to be the true beginning of the Far Cry series as it’s known today, as it implemented mechanics that make it a classic Far Cry game, such as liberating camps and helping citizens with tasks to fight the enemy. It also created a unique skill tree that not only changes the player character Jason not only physically but mentally as well, but this one-of-a-kind element only appeared in the third installment of the main series. However, the upcoming Far Cry 6 can easily translate this mechanic into its gameplay.
Jason Brody’s story is set in the Rook Islands, a fictional location in Indonesia. There, a tribe known as the Rakyat tasks the hero as their new warrior to fight back against Vaas and his pirates. Dennis, Jason’s mysterious savior, gives him a tattoo known as the Tatau. It enhances the physical and mental abilities of the warrior, but in gameplay terms, this tattoo sleeve grows on the protagonist’s arm whenever a skill point is spent in one of the three skill trees. But the Tatau isn’t just a tattoo that aesthetically reflects Jason’s abilities as the game progresses; its meaning runs far deeper than the player initially expects, something that would be nice to also see in Far Cry 6.
The Tatau begins as a simple base but fills out as the player spends skill points that are earned by leveling up. Likewise, as the game’s story and quests progress, Jason’s arm will become more decorated with the three animals representative of the three skill trees: the shark, the heron, and the spider.
These categories provide Jason with enhanced strength, speed, reflexes, and intelligence, but perhaps most notably, more bloodlust. But the more Jason’s Tatau grows, the further he loses his grip on reality and the connection to his family and friends because the tattoo not only enhances his physical abilities but changes his mind as well.
As the Tatau grows, it has an effect on Jason both physically and mentally; it changes him from the ordinary frat brother that’s never shot anyone before into the fearless tribal warrior. As the protagonist devolves into the brutal killer renowned by the Rakyat tribe for taking the island back, his girlfriend Liza begins to take notice. But Jason passes it off as simple confidence, not noticing the magical change that the Tatau is imposing onto him.
“The Tatau will allow for you to unveil your true self,” Dennis tells Jason after initially saving him and carefully inking his arm with the first of the three Tatau bases. The game is broken up into thirds as denoted by the three Tatau bases that are earned by progressing through Far Cry 3‘s main story. The first two are given by Dennis, and the last is only provided by Citra once Jason has proven himself as the Rakyat’s legendary warrior to take down Vaas. This final trial to defeat the Ink Monster is symbolic of Jason accepting his role in the Rakyat’s story. Instead of leaving with his rescued friends, the original goal, he stays on the island to finish the war against Vaas and Hoyt, no longer the timid man he was before brandishing the Tatau.
“I’ve killed so many people I’ve lost count,” Jason says when arriving at one of two endings in Far Cry 3, “I can’t come back from this. I’m a monster. I can feel the anger inside me.” Because by the end, Jason is no longer the same person he was when he arrived. The Tatau has now completed him as the ruthless warrior of the Rakyat, and he says that killing no longer feels wrong but rather “feels like winning.” The tattoo is not only a unique method of melding in the skill tree into the main character’s personality arc but also serves as a major theme throughout the story.
Just as the Rook Islands are a fictional location of Indonesia, Far Cry 6‘s Yara is a fictional country of the Caribbean, based on Cuba. There, one of the more quiet ways people fight for revolution is by brandishing tattoos and opening speakeasy tattoo parlors because the shops have been banned.
It could become an important symbol for some of the rebellion against Anton’s oppressive regime and can be transferred into Far Cry 6‘s mechanics to reprise the popular Tatau element of Far Cry 3. Anton wishes to restore Yara to its former glory by any means necessary, meaning his authoritarian grip on the island nation has tightened and become far more violent. As shown in the cinematic trailer of FC6, Anton is not afraid of using destructive methods to force his citizens to cooperate and follow his policies.
Enter Dani Rojas, the protagonist who will lead the country’s revolution against Castillo. Similar to Jason Brody, Dani wasn’t looking to get involved in a much bigger operation. Likewise, the tattoo could serve as a symbol of rebellion for the people of Yara, and Dani’s tattoo could grow as their abilities are enhanced. Perhaps tattoos wouldn’t hold as heavy of meaning as the Tatau does in FC3; however, it could be a beautiful physical representation of Dani Rojas’s skill progression and dedication to the revolution.
Far Cry 6 is set to release February 18, 2021, for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
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