Got the next couple days off.
This is going to be me going back to work after a Far Cry Primal binge...
This game has that hook. No doubt about it.
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Far Cry Primal |OT| The Land Before Towers
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This game has that hook. No doubt about it.
Simo
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Got the next couple days off.
This is going to be me going back to work after a Far Cry Primal binge...
LOL So true as well.
So thanks GAF, after all your positive impressions and screenshots within this thread I went ahead and cropped the digital version yesterday and...good lawd holy shit. Absolutely loving it. So a spew of words is going to follow now...lol
My friends saw me playing it last night and asked how it was and the best way I could describe it for them was if Far Cry had a wonderful love child with Skyrim (we all LOVE Skyrim), Dying Light and The Beast Master with the brutality and original language that helps completely immerse you like Apocalypto....just all of it set in the Stone Age so everything wants to kill you. So I managed to sell a few copies of the game then.
Though they never heard of The Beast Master or Marc Singer so I have to get new friends now.
So much attention to detail and the animation and visuals are sublime. And yeah everything wants to fucking kill me in this! LOL I find a old torn up village with nobody around...fucking Hawks descend upon me trying to kill me. In the early area near your village I went swimming and found a glowing hand stone...only for a Alligator to sneak up on me and try kill me which scared the shit out of me and I had no idea they were in this game!!! LOL Night time is just me hiding by a campfire and swinging my club on fire to scare everything the fuck away. Also how cool do the campfires look at night? That beautiful smoky haze especially when you see one off in the distance just makes them look all too real.
I think one of the biggest "HOLY SHIT WTF?!" moments came right after doing the first "Beast Master" quest and tame. It's night time and I'm with my beast when I hear a whole bunch of commotion going on, people screaming, wolves howling...seems like the Udan are fending off a pack of wolves...when all of a sudden a wolf thats been set ablaze comes running down the hill and right past me with a fire trail behind and it and in a few short seconds the entire forest is a blaze!!!
Digging the combat. Melee feels exactly like Skyrim to me which I had no bones about, but I know a lot of people did and do, and it has just the right amount of crunch and feedback for me. Coolest kill so far was a Udan running at him and taking the bow and shooting off 1 arrow to hit him square in the forehead...his neck snapped back and his momentum kept him running for a second before he collapsed and rolled by my feet.
So yeah, again absolutely loving it. This was one of those "well that sounds different, I'll check it out eventually" when I heard about it and from you guys raving about it I caved and got it and I'm glad I did. I guess one of the major cons could be repetition as with all open world games but I'm nowhere near there really as the setting and atmosphere are entertaining and this game is becoming a huge time sink when you don't realize it. I got on to play for a couple hours last night around 10pm....at 2:30am my wife comes in the living room to inform me what time it is. LOL
H3rTz DoNuT
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Can't wait to get back to Oros 
My lesson was not to fuck with badgers
GusBricker
Member
I had 309 when I stopped.
GusBricker
Member
Did you defeat
Ull? He's in the very upper right hand corner of the map, he and the fire lady are the two you need to beat to wrap up the story.
SJRB
Gold Member
Sheeeeesh I should've rescued combat guy hours ago. I just found out he unlocks the "slit one dude's throat and throw a knife at another guy" move, which is probably the most satisfying move in the game.
By the way, what is the deal with that closed off area a bit to the south of the village? You have to go through a cave to access it and when you enter there's blood and stuff everywhere. It feels like an endgame area, should I even be here right now?
By the way, what is the deal with that closed off area a bit to the south of the village? You have to go through a cave to access it and when you enter there's blood and stuff everywhere. It feels like an endgame area, should I even be here right now?
GusBricker
Member
Have you recruited Jayma yet? Those are special hunts you get from her. You can also tame those beasts.
I think it looks damned good. One of the best looking games on the system even.
mdsfx
Member
Yep, I think so too. It looks good, but as a PC player I noticed the lack of contrast in brighter areas right away. And yeah, foliage is a little fuzzy.
Thanks its not just me going mad then.
yup, killed him and he gave me a baby
GusBricker
Member
Oh, go back to your village.
I was sent there anyway at the end of the mission, no credits
GusBricker
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I was sent there anyway at the end of the mission, no credits
Hmm, I remember having to talk to the guys you capture after you beat their former bosses.
Is there a place I can VPN to unlock this on PC right now? I keep seeing PC impressions but the game says it unlocks Tuesday on my end. I want to play
the place is 'review code land', i'd guess
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Deleted member 17706
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Damn, only $35.99 on GMG VIP for the PC version pre-purchase.
The game looks good, but I'm really disappointed by the impressions claiming there really isn't much of a story and that the game is like a really "lite" version of a survival game in terms of gameplay.
The game looks good, but I'm really disappointed by the impressions claiming there really isn't much of a story and that the game is like a really "lite" version of a survival game in terms of gameplay.
N° 2048
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Story is lacking but turn off all HUD/Minimap and it's not "lite" anymore.
SentryDown
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I was sent there anyway at the end of the mission, no credits
Talk to everybody in the village you possibly can, upgrade all huts, finish all main missions (of course) inlcuding the four epic hunts (will get you the hunter ending) and it should appear by itself (I got teleported)
Alpha Phoenix
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For those who have finished the story, about how long would you say it takes?
Is there a place I can VPN to unlock this on PC right now? I keep seeing PC impressions but the game says it unlocks Tuesday on my end. I want to play
It has a universal unlock time, unfortunately.
15 hours for me, but I rushed it. Probably 20-25 average.
The upgrades are going to be what stops me from finishing it then lol seems like a chore
holygeesus
Banned
Is the PC version due on Origin does anyone know? Or is it Steam and Uplay only?
Whoa, there's a point in the game where you stop getting skill points from gaining experience / levels (because there's no more experience bar). I'm essentially max level.
I' m still lacking ... 13 skill points to max out all skills, which means i'll have to do track down side-quests that give me 1 skill point as a reward.
That's kinda dumb tbh :/
I' m still lacking ... 13 skill points to max out all skills, which means i'll have to do track down side-quests that give me 1 skill point as a reward.
That's kinda dumb tbh :/
GusBricker
Member
Happened to me, too. What version are you playing? Xbox One here.
Can't wait to get back to Oros
Then I remember all the dudes who said the art direction, especially colors, was bad when they saw the reveal trailer.
This has some 21:9 potential, one more reason to get it on PC.
H3rTz DoNuT
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I thought hiding in a cave was a good idea, now fuckers won't go away, one spear and 3 arrows left lol
Just wander around in a wolf spot at night, they'll be alllll over the place
ah ok. I was wandering during the day
GusBricker
Member
Same thing happened to me, I just did a help wenja mission and slept to dawn and the icon for him popped up.
Lumpy Onion
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Reading impressions in this thread makes me want this game pretty badly. I don't care about Farcry but the setting is one I've dreamed of for years to see done justice. One of the things I rember fondly while growing up was having my imagination captured by the artist's interpretations of the cave people in Time Life books and National Geographic. This game is like that only in 3D.
PS4, and there were EXACTLY enough "+1 skillpoint" missions remaining to fill up my skilltree.
it was just kind of a downer to my general pacing. I literally had to jump across the map doing mindless Wenja rescue - and even worse, ESCORT - quests.
but alas,
TheExhaustedWalrus
Member
I'm really thinking about buying this. I love the setting and I've always wanted an open world game set in B.C. Plus, I love Far Cry, so it seems right up my alley. I just keep reading disparaging things about the combat and length.
GusBricker
Member
I think my game is glitched. I did two help wenja mission that gives skill points but it still says I have only 1.
Oh well, I'm not gonna let it sour the enjoyable I had with the game.
I was able to kill one of those wth the help of my lion. I forgot to look... can you tame the honey badger?
N° 2048
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Freeman76
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I really disliked far cry 3 and 4, two of the worst main characters and juvenile, poorly written stories in gaming. Gameplay was ok but got old fast.
This one though, it speaks to the 4 year old in me who was obsessed with prehistoric eras. The lack of story and the way what is there is told via subtitles is very wise since these lot couldn't write a decent story for love nor money. It leaves the focus to the gameworld and exploration aspects and is all the better for it.
The atmosphere and purpose i feel while playing are top notch. Im really glad i chose not to be stubborn, and rather took in all the vibes from this thread and how much people are enjoying it. Class game!
This one though, it speaks to the 4 year old in me who was obsessed with prehistoric eras. The lack of story and the way what is there is told via subtitles is very wise since these lot couldn't write a decent story for love nor money. It leaves the focus to the gameworld and exploration aspects and is all the better for it.
The atmosphere and purpose i feel while playing are top notch. Im really glad i chose not to be stubborn, and rather took in all the vibes from this thread and how much people are enjoying it. Class game!
Emperor_Uriel
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I'm loving the recent Ubisoft trend of including female enemies in their big series. They still need more female MCs, but at least they seem to understand that even adding in random female mooks is a step towards equalization.