Unlike its predecessors, Primal’s arsenal of weapons is fairly simple, with players only able to make use of a bow, spear, and a club. It still works well, but feels too much like a prehistoric coat of paint on the existing Far Cry structure. It's clear that the owl is mean tto replace the camera feature, so it keeps an important mechanic intact in a way that makes very little sense in the world. This is the most striking example of borrowing liberally from previous games. I’m not counting mammoths, though, because technically Takkar can’t tame them.Įarly on in the game, around the same point you unlock the ability to tame animals, you gain access to an owl, which you can use to tag enemies and recon enemy encampments before you attack. Predators are the only animals you can tame, and there are only two types of tameable beasts that can be ridden. The Beast Master aspect makes a nice addition to the myriad of upgrades available to players, but the amount of animals you can tame feels small compared to the amount of creatures roaming the world. At this point you might call it Far Cry-esque. A much stronger enemy is attacking your people, and you’ll have to complete quests to strengthen the protagonist until he’s ready to take on the enemy commanders. Of course being able to mount and ride animals like the sabretooth tiger make for dynamic new ways to fight, but overall the Stone Age doesn’t feel much different from the tropical paradise or frosty Himalayas that we experienced in Far Cry 3 and 4.Īs mentioned, the story is very weak on the surface. This isn’t a huge issue, because the mechanics do work, but it does become rather bothersome after a while. Bonfires have replaced the radio towers of Far Cry 4, and outposts have returned as well, remaining almost exactly the same as they were in the previous two Far Cry games.
Far Cry might be changing its time period, but it isn’t quite ready to give up the mechanics that have made the series so famous-or in some cases, infamous.
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