GusBricker
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And I've found my favorite missions of the game.
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Far Cry Primal |OT| The Land Before Towers
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Freezasaurus
Member
Is there a particularly good spot to find rare deer? I need a couple of the skins to finish one of the village hut upgrades.
Karak
Member
Glad it worked out for you man. Seriously. A great way to experience the title man and I can't remember the last time the minimap alone had such a massive impact on a games atmosphere
It doesn't help that the internet is such a negative place. The amount of bashing this game got before it even came out with the whole 'should have been a FC4 expansion' or 'Just FC4 reskinned' was just a load of crap.
It has happened to way too many games that turned out to be amazing lately. Rise of the Tomb Raider, AC: Syndicate, BF: Hardline all had a seriously negative vibe heading towards each release for all different reasons and each game turned out to be really good and deserved better.
Then you have games that will literally be the same thing for the third or forth time and the hype for them is crazy. Just blows my mind.
H3rTz DoNuT
Member
I had a lot of luck up north, in snowy parts. I found 4 of them at the same time roaming Northern parts, had my Saber kill them all
DiabloTheGrey
Member
Anyone else experiencing pop in with the grass?
For example when I leave the main village and stand on one side of the river and look across at the other side, the ground looks flat until I walk a little closer and the grass finally renders.
I'm playing the PS4 version.
For example when I leave the main village and stand on one side of the river and look across at the other side, the ground looks flat until I walk a little closer and the grass finally renders.
I'm playing the PS4 version.
Freezasaurus
Member
I had a lot of luck up north, in snowy parts. I found 4 of them at the same time roaming Northern parts, had my Saber kill them all
I'll check around there, thanks.
Demoncarnotaur
Member
This game is a ton of fun, but damn, I feel it only scratches the surface of its potential.
I hope Primal gets a sequel, or becomes its own ongoing spinoff thing.
I hope Primal gets a sequel, or becomes its own ongoing spinoff thing.
We need dinosaurs! Give me the bow and arrow, spear and stone club with tamable/rideable dinos and it's all good.
mdsfx
Member
You read my mind.
Blood Dragons - because dinosaurs don't shoot lasers.
Nah man, Primal is fun because there are no pew pew lasers or modern weapons. Blood dragons they can save for the Far Cry 5 DLC.
I wouldn't mind frying a honey badger with lasers...
It's great so many people are enjoying this. That said, my experience wasn't quite as positive. I finished the game on hard in about 16 hours with 85% of the trophies.
Pros:
Cons:
For me, it's absolutely the worst FC game since 2, although not a bad game by any means. The floor on the game could only be so low building off of FC4's frame. I have no clue how Ubi produces these gorgeous open worlds so consistently, but the rest felt like a mid-cycle game aimed at pulling in some cash before FC5 without having to put in too much effort. I like that they took a creative angle on it, but the execution was pretty meh overall.
Pros:
- Gorgeous game with a huge, reasonably varied world. The way Ubi can just crank these out is genuinely impressive.
- Great graphics with solid performance
- Pretty amazing atmosphere. Creeping around the brush with all of the ambient noise was consistently enjoyable.
Cons:
- Did not enjoy the swap from guns to prehistoric weapons. It felt overly restrained given how much diversity there was in the last few FC games.
- Sketchy QA. Had a half-dozen hard crashes back to the XMB. I also had to restart one of the drug trip missions. The scripting broke down entirely and no enemies would spawn to help me get the powered-up arrows.
- Complete lack of any creativity or effort for skills. It's the FC4 skill tree almost verbatim. Honestly, it feels like they didn't even try here.
- Story and characters are bottom-tier garbage. The main plot is the driest one I can recall and the characters are just generic archetypes with a dozen lines of dialogue. I can't imagine caring about a game's plot/characters less.
- Missions and content felt completely phoned in. I'm not sure I could describe a single mission from memory. Just super forgettable stuff for me.
- Hated the owl drone. Nothing wrong with it at all. It just didn't click for me.
- Pet implementation is cringe-worthy. Your commands consist of "go here" and "kill that." Half the time, the pathing on pets was so janky it would take them a good dozen seconds or so to get to enemies a few feet away.
- The boss fights are awful. It's like someone played a lot of vanilla Destiny strikes and thought "Wow, these are great. I love how the bosses have a laughably easy pattern with a shit ton of health while unlimited regular enemies pour into the arena every 30 seconds."
For me, it's absolutely the worst FC game since 2, although not a bad game by any means. The floor on the game could only be so low building off of FC4's frame. I have no clue how Ubi produces these gorgeous open worlds so consistently, but the rest felt like a mid-cycle game aimed at pulling in some cash before FC5 without having to put in too much effort. I like that they took a creative angle on it, but the execution was pretty meh overall.
I think I'll eventually try to sell some games and pick up the PC version of this after hearing the feedback. It's definitely not perfect and will have some of the same FC quirks, but this setting is too cool to pass up. I'm a sucker for good settings in games even if there's gameplay issues. I'm still enjoying AC: Unity for that reason alone.
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
Oh definitely and now I am actually considering doing the same in other games if they let me. Games like Rise of the Tomb Raider. The way I obtained all these collectibles was by putting a way point on them and going them, basically like a checklist how I did that and thats not fun at all. It's better to just explore the environment and find the collectibles that way and using hunter vision, you can manage quite well.
I really hope this game sells well because it definitely deserves it. I'd love a FC5 where you play as a Native American, really doesn't always have to be modern with guns.
The game has been very solid so far. Visually it's fabulous...foliage system is terrific. Highlight though is defo moonlight at night...So convincing...From being on the fence beforehand, I'm pleased I picked it up (thanks Brandon). By the time I finish with it The Division should be good to go.
Freeman76
Member
This https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvEeAUM_XwI problem is making the game unplayable. Never had it before, not sure whether to hold out hope that it gets fixed because it seems very rare. Might have to take it back, and the game is actually alright so I really don't want to do that
Tatsumi Oga
Banned
I want the new Elder Scrolls to look like this when I explore forests and caves, but for that Bethesda really needs to get rid of that engine that by now really is from the stone age, lol.
Wind's Howling
Member
Finally got around playing it for more than an hour.
This game keeps surprising me when it comes down to sheer atmosphere. There is also absolutely no need for the minimap because there are so many landmarks to know where you are, and even if you don't the map is so well done that each difference in the landscape is easily spotted.
I did get mauled by a sabretooth tiger because I ventured too far. My jaguar was fighting a battle she could not win (Yes, she ). Not to mention that his twin brother was closeby because I got stealth killed from behind by a second sabretooth tiger.
The feeling when you hit a deer from a cliff when it's 20-30 meters away. Feels good.
This game keeps surprising me when it comes down to sheer atmosphere. There is also absolutely no need for the minimap because there are so many landmarks to know where you are, and even if you don't the map is so well done that each difference in the landscape is easily spotted.
I did get mauled by a sabretooth tiger because I ventured too far. My jaguar was fighting a battle she could not win (Yes, she
). Not to mention that his twin brother was closeby because I got stealth killed from behind by a second sabretooth tiger.The feeling when you hit a deer from a cliff when it's 20-30 meters away. Feels good.
DeaDPo0L84
Member
I have this white arrow on screen that won't go away regardless of what I do. I have no idea what it's trying to tell me or guide me to do. Its really annoying...
the_batman
Banned
so i said earlier that i'd only get the game when it's heavily discounted.. well i bought it last night.. nice looking game.
the_batman
Banned
- Woeful melee combat.
- Barely any story.
- Zero memorably characters.
- Complete failure to do anything interesting with the pet mechanics or skill trees.
- Pet AI is awful.
- Bland mission design.
- Village didn't have any gameplay depth aside from another excuse to upgrade stuff.
- Hunting isn't fleshed out. It's basically just one shotting things or running around in circles trying to take down a mammoth.
FantasticMrSnake
Member
Men, as not fps fan, I'm really enjoying this game, I'm very happy with my saber tooth companion, the story is Ok, but it's really fun to play, I had 6 hs on it and really enjoying it.
The only cons are the enemy AI, they are really really stupid, very easy to kill and run if anything goes wrong.
For the record, I didn't finished 3, but I finished 4 (I enjoying 3 more, but I lose the save), and never tried blood dragon, but I wanted to.
Did you set a waypoint in the map? Try open the map and press X/A once or twice?
The only cons are the enemy AI, they are really really stupid, very easy to kill and run if anything goes wrong.
For the record, I didn't finished 3, but I finished 4 (I enjoying 3 more, but I lose the save), and never tried blood dragon, but I wanted to.
Did you set a waypoint in the map? Try open the map and press X/A once or twice?
FarFromAnyGame
Banned
I really hope so.
I think Primal to Far Cry is like Black Flag to AC. The game is really good but relying on its franchise mechanics is holding it back.
It needs to be its own thing.
Akiyama_AE
Member
Just got the game put it in my PS4 it froze I hope thats not a common thing
SlasherJPC
Banned
I've played a ton of hours. Yet to freeze on me at all.
SlasherJPC
Banned
Was playing more last night. Exploring a cave, headphones on, I got lost, ran into a massive bear and about shit myself. That and the cave itself was creepy as hell.
No matter how long I play this, the constant feedback loop keeps me glued. With no hud on, I'm constantly on my toes. Yeah the story is average, and I enjoy a good story but I'm not of the belief that every game needs a story to be good. Games theme is about survival, gameplay reflects that in a lot of meaningful ways, and it works for me on a "primal" level
No matter how long I play this, the constant feedback loop keeps me glued. With no hud on, I'm constantly on my toes. Yeah the story is average, and I enjoy a good story but I'm not of the belief that every game needs a story to be good. Games theme is about survival, gameplay reflects that in a lot of meaningful ways, and it works for me on a "primal" level
SlasherJPC
Banned
Welcome to the tribe!
Put a few hours into this yesterday. Not entirely sure how i feel about it.
The game feels fresh and lethal due to the absence of guns and the fact that crafting and upgrading are more thematically relevant than past far crys
but for a game that's centrally focused on melee, it needed to be retuned to be more refined than it is. Rather than feeling like it's own special thing that's built around the fact that it's melee centric, it instead just feels like far cry without guns.
There should be some kind of dodge/sidestep. Hitting an enemy in quick succession sometimes feels like there's no reaction.
The game feels fresh and lethal due to the absence of guns and the fact that crafting and upgrading are more thematically relevant than past far crys
but for a game that's centrally focused on melee, it needed to be retuned to be more refined than it is. Rather than feeling like it's own special thing that's built around the fact that it's melee centric, it instead just feels like far cry without guns.
There should be some kind of dodge/sidestep. Hitting an enemy in quick succession sometimes feels like there's no reaction.
Akiyama_AE
Member
bears are scary as hell lol
Nice write-up. My experience hasn't been quite as negative, but I'm not feeling the magic as much as some here, either. It does feel like there are the seeds of interesting ideas, but they're not fleshed out. They dipped their toes in the water instead of fully committing and the experience suffers as a result.
v0mitg0d
Member
I sneaked up on a guy, attempting to kill him and this happened. Seriously WTF haha!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVlrI4zpC4A&feature=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVlrI4zpC4A&feature=youtu.be
GusBricker
Member
Guess I'm done playing, I finished the story and I no longer receive XP. Sucks, I was only 6 skills points away from 1000/1000.
#sorrynotsorry
Member
Beat the game yesterday. Pretty good. I was very done with the game by the time I finished. Probably don't even want a sequel. But this was fun and well-worth the time I spent with it. 7/10 for me.
Akiyama_AE
Member
the mammoth missions are garbage