The basic gameplay mechanics are still the same, you still have a vast, beautifully detailed and painstakingly created world to explore, and there are dangerous animals, interesting characters and no shortage of things to see, do and discover. The core Far Cry experience is still there, and I honestly didn’t think it suffered from swapping submachine-guns for spears. Given the series’ long-established modern-day setting, there’s been some trepidation about how well the franchise will handle the transition to a stone age setting, particularly regarding the loss of firearms and modern technologies such as GPS, jeeps, and digital cameras.Īs a long-time fan of the series, I have to admit I was also slightly sceptical when Far Cry Primal was announced.Īs cool as riding a woolly mammoth around or having a sabre-tooth tiger as a companion sounded, how would it compare to desperately trying to reload a shotgun to stop a charging honey badger, or using a stolen jeep as a battering ram before leaping out and emptying an assault rifle into an outpost full of guards just before the whole thing suddenly caught fire and exploded?
You are cast as Takkar, a hunter from the Wenja tribe who finds himself in the land of Oros and has to reunite his scattered tribe, survive against the elements and overcome dangerous opponents - both human (the Udam and Izila tribes) and animal. The latest game in the main series, Far Cry Primal is released later this month and is also set in an exotic, faraway, dangerous location - central Europe in 10,000BC. The Ubisoft series is well known for three things - exotic locations and creatures, interesting characters, and firearms in the sort of quantities usually associated with major armed conflicts. Not the part about the difficulties of obtaining travel insurance though, obviously. In the Far Cry series of video games, however, it’s a core part of the appeal.
IN real life, travel to exotic, lawless locations at the edge of the world tend to involve extreme elements of danger or even death - and potentially getting laughed out of every travel insurance office in town.
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