Far Cry Primal

[Benstamania]

May end up getting this today.

 

[MOVIELORD101]

I've given up on this game. Seriously, **** this junk. I've been a Far Cry fan since FC3, but this? This isn't Far Cry. This is some half-assed caveman game with Far Cry-eque gameplay and open-world stuff. Why do I say this? ONE REASON: the story......WHERE IS IT? All I get from this crap is "Unite tribes and kill other ones b/c they're cannibals hur dur". No over-arching bad-guy, no sense of how the supporting characters are supposed to be like in personality, NOTHING! All I can get from these characters is this: one old guy with one arm keeps calling me "Piss Man" for some unexplained reason (Seriously, why is he calling me that? Can someone explain?) and there's some other guy who's allegedly supposed to be an ancestor or something to Hurk from Far Cry 3 and 4 but comes off as a wannabe imitator IMO. The worst part? There's no ending! AT ALL. It just continues as if nothing major has happened! This isn't like Fallout or Elder Scrolls where you forge your own character and path; at least those games make you felt like you accomplished something! Bottom line: I'm glad I didn't pay $60 for this and just rented it from Gamely. I would've felt SO ripped-off if I paid good money for this tripe.

3/10

 

[Spider-Who?]

I've given up on this game. Seriously, **** this junk. I've been a Far Cry fan since FC3, but this? This isn't Far Cry. This is some half-assed caveman game with Far Cry-eque gameplay and open-world stuff. Why do I say this? ONE REASON: the story......WHERE IS IT? All I get from this crap is "Unite tribes and kill other ones b/c they're cannibals hur dur". No over-arching bad-guy, no sense of how the supporting characters are supposed to be like in personality, NOTHING! All I can get from these characters is this: one old guy with one arm keeps calling me "Piss Man" for some unexplained reason (Seriously, why is he calling me that? Can someone explain?) and there's some other guy who's allegedly supposed to be an ancestor or something to Hurk from Far Cry 3 and 4 but comes off as a wannabe imitator IMO. The worst part? There's no ending! AT ALL. It just continues as if nothing major has happened! This isn't like Fallout or Elder Scrolls where you forge your own character and path; at least those games make you felt like you accomplished something! Bottom line: I'm glad I didn't pay $60 for this and just rented it from Gamely. I would've felt SO ripped-off if I paid good money for this tripe.

3/10

This is some half-assed caveman game with Far Cry-eque gameplay

Definitely disagree here. I was expecting a half-assed game when I bought it, but I was personally surprised at the level of detail and effort they put it. It is very much a Far Cry game.

Sorry you're not enjoying it. I agree that the story is lacking, though I don't think it's as bad you say (so far; I haven't beaten it yet so my opinion might change). I disagree about the supporting characters; they're all clearly defined, each with their own little backstory/motives and missions.

one old guy with one arm keeps calling me "Piss Man" for some unexplained reason (Seriously, why is he calling me that? Can someone explain?)

When you first meet him, he tricks you into falling into a pit. While he stands on the edge above you laughing at you, he pees on you. That's why he calls you "Piss Man". Not sure how you missed it.

ancestor or something to Hurk from Far Cry 3 and 4 but comes off as a wannabe imitator

It's just a goofy cameo for the fans. I wasn't expecting it and found it to be a fun moment.

 

[MOVIELORD101]

Definitely disagree here. I was expecting a half-assed game when I bought it, but I was personally surprised at the level of detail and effort they put it. It is very much a Far Cry game.

Sorry you're not enjoying it. I agree that the story is lacking, though I don't think it's as bad you say (so far; I haven't beaten it yet so my opinion might change). I disagree about the supporting characters; they're all clearly defined, each with their own little backstory/motives and missions.



When you first meet him, he tricks you into falling into a pit. While he stands on the edge above you laughing at you, he pees on you. That's why he calls you "Piss Man". Not sure how you missed
it.


It's just a goofy cameo for the fans. I wasn't expecting it and found it to be a fun moment.

I get all of that. But i still didn't like it. It felt weird and forced. It wouldn't been so bad if ANY of these characters spoke English. Call me ignorant or whatever, but this isn't a foreign film! Historical accuracy be screwed, I want English voiceovers in my video game, dammit!

 

[Tron Bonne]

I get all of that. But i still didn't like it. It felt weird and forced. It wouldn't been so bad if ANY of these characters spoke English. Call me ignorant or whatever, but this isn't a foreign film! Historical accuracy be screwed, I want English voiceovers in my video game, dammit!

Well, I mean technically it's made by a French company, so...

 

[Drz]

The cavemen not speaking enligh was one of the best decisions they made.

 

[Benstamania]

Yup.. I love that they're speaking an ancient language. I actually feel more for them because I'm reading what they say.. More connected maybe.

Anyway yeah I got the game. May be my favorite Far Cry ever.. I enjoyed the hell out of 3.. Didnt care for 4 at all.. But this? To me this is what Far Cry should be.

 

[Drz]

I also like the brutal expert mode which gives a good austhetic to the setting:

Expert Mode Changes:


• Players’ health has been halved compared to Hard difficulty.
• Reduced players aim assist.
• AI shoots faster by 1/3
• Enemies in combat are not shown on mini map by default (they appear only if they are tagged).
• It takes the AI a longer time to “forget” you when you hide
• The aim assist box is reduced for several weapon types (bow, club, spear)
• The player damage is reduced

 

[Spider-Who?]

Yup.. I love that they're speaking an ancient language. I actually feel more for them because I'm reading what they say.. More connected maybe.

Anyway yeah I got the game. May be my favorite Far Cry ever.. I enjoyed the hell out of 3.. Didnt care for 4 at all.. But this? To me this is what Far Cry should be.

At the risk of Assassins Creed comparisons/complaints, I'd love for more Far Cry games in different time periods. Let the numbered sequels be modern day games, and have the inbetween games take the series in new directions/time periods. I'd love to play Far Cry in ancient Egypt or Rome. It'd give us some fresh locations and gameplay, while also being the competition that AC really needs.

 

[SpideyVille]

Somehow, I had a feeling this would have been the case.

Ubisoft recycled Far Cry 4 map making Far Cry Primal

Literally a retread

When it comes to saving the environment, Ubisoft has taken a unique approach. The publisher has been caught red-handed recycling map layouts and topography in the Far Cry games.

As spotted by Gamepressure.com (pictured below) the settings of Far Cry 4 and Far Cry Primal are virtually identical from a bird's-eye view, despite the former taking place in the modern-day Himmalayas and the latter being set in Eastern Europe during the Stone Age.

According to an anonymous source speaking with Kotaku, the Far Cry Primal development team used Far Cry 4's heightmaps as a skeleton for the new game, rather than start from scratch. And this wasn't the first time this has happened, either, as Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon borrowed the general locale design from its predecessor as well.

While I certainly didn't notice this pattern during my playthroughs of these games and recognize it's a relatively simple way to reduce development costs for these stopgap games between numbered entries, this sort of blatant rehash in a full retail game isn't a good look for Ubisoft.

As with Blood Dragon, the practice seems more understandable in a budget-price expansion, rather than something being passed off as unique and new. While I enjoyed my time with Far Cry Primal, there is a dissonance between its refreshing qualities and how rote the series has become at its core -- something that surely isn't helped by literally retreading the same ground.

Turns out Ubisoft used Far Cry 4's map to make Far Cry Primal [Kotaku]

http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-...0.phtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

[Benstamania]

Doesn't bother me since I didn't like FC4 at all...May be a piss poor excuse on my part.. but how would anyone know this without looking for it?

 

[Benstamania]

At the risk of Assassins Creed comparisons/complaints, I'd love for more Far Cry games in different time periods. Let the numbered sequels be modern day games, and have the inbetween games take the series in new directions/time periods. I'd love to play Far Cry in ancient Egypt or Rome. It'd give us some fresh locations and gameplay, while also being the competition that AC really needs.

Yeah, I agree. Maybe even Medieval times. I honestly don't get the "this doesn't feel like Far Cry" complaints. This is the first "Far Cry" feeling game for me since 2.

Don't get me wrong.. I enjoyed the heck out of 3.. but.. I don't know.. This feels closer to the first and the second than 3 and 4 did. It's a strange world that doesn't feel familiar to me at all.. Literally everything and anything can kill you.. you can't go in guns blazing..

Primal just feels legit like FAR CRY the experience to me than 3 or 4.

 

[Spider-Who?]

Somehow, I had a feeling this would have been the case.





http://www.destructoid.com/ubisoft-...0.phtml?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

Primal's map might be based on Far Cry 4's, but the two feel nothing alike.

 

[Benstamania]

Yup.