Far Cry Primal
Far Cry Primal! The award-winning Far Cry franchise that stormed the tropics and the Himalayas now enters the original fight for humanity’s survival with its innovative open-world sandbox gameplay, bringing together massive beasts, breathtaking environments, and unpredictable savage encounters.
Welcome to the Stone Age, a time of extreme danger and limitless adventure, when giant mammoths and sabretooth tigers ruled the Earth and humanity is at the bottom of the food chain. As the last survivor of your hunting group, you will learn to craft a deadly arsenal, fend off fierce predators, and outsmart enemy tribes to conquer the land of Oros and become the Apex Predator.
GAME FEATURES
- STONE AGE BY FAR CRY: The rich setting of the Stone Age provides a new setting filled with unpredictable mayhem, dangerous threats, and incredible stories that Far Cry is known for.
- RISE ABOVE EXTINCTION: Play as Takkar, a seasoned hunter and the last surviving member of your group. There is one goal: survive in a world where you are the prey.
- FIERCE WILDLIFE AND SAVAGE AND MAJESTIC WORLD: This is earth before man laid claim to it, where deadly sabretooth tigers ruled the world, giant woolly mammoths were kings, and herds of massive Elk stormed through the plains. Discover these and many more daunting creatures in the savage open-world of Oros within the towering redwood forests, harsh taiga, cold glacial mountains and humid swamps.
Far Cry Primal received generally positive reception from critics, who mostly praised the concept and setting, as well as the animal-taming mechanic and world design. Some reviewers felt there was a lack of weapons for the player to utilize, leading to repetitive gameplay design, while others felt the story and characters were not on par with the previous Far Cry games.
Far Cry Primal Review
Far Cry Primal plays very much in the vein of Far Cry 3 and 4. The game feels familiar mechanically in that combat has the same weight and you can gather resources as in previous games, as well as tackle forts and bonfires (instead of radio towers). However, the prehistoric setting and the lack of vehicles and guns allows this entry to feel unique. Weapons must be crafted with resources found all throughout the map and there’s a big focus on melee combat (though bows and throwable spears are present). Throwables are handled creatively as instead of grenades, you get jars full of bees, beserker poison and fire. There isn’t much story present, though essentially you’re fighting for the dominance of your tribe within your immediate inhabitable region. This isn’t neccisarilly a bad thing, as the real appeal of the game is its gameplay, just as the other games are focused on.
While I do recommend the game, it does have a few issues. First, it’s not immediately clear when you’ve finished it. I did all the “campaign” missions, only to be confused when there was no definitive end cinematic or even credits roll. While I did enjoy the hunting aspect of the game as well, I found that there were simply too many predators. I couldn’t go anywhere without being constantly hounded by bears, wolves and sabertoothes all at once. The other Far Cry entries have you constantly bombarded by enemies as well (which I also find annoying) but you’re at least left with the option of driving away. Here, you must confront pretty much all predators if they happen to catch sight of you. Last, for some people, they might have an issue with the basic layout of the map being incredibly similar to that of Far Cry 4. I can understand how some might find this “cheap”, but the layout of the rivers and different terrain types (as well as variances of discoverable locations) make the map feel completely different. It also feels much different because you’re walking or running everywhere as opposed to using vehicles.
If you’ve enjoyed previous entries of the series, you’ll probably like this one too. It’s unique, but still has enough staples of the series to feel familiar.
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