- Publisher: Ubisoft
- Release Date: Feb 23, 2016
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 4, Stadia
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Mar 22, 2016Longtime Far Cry fans might feel that the prehistoric setting is a re-skinning of the previous titles, but despite any déjà vu, Far Cry Primal remains an enjoyable, highly playable title.
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Mar 8, 2016Despite the exotic setting, there’s still a pervasive sense of familiarity about Primal. Liberating outposts, saving allies from enemy attacks, swinging on grappling hooks, going on hallucinogenic drug trips, hunting specific critters to unlock upgrades, gathering plants to make ability-boosting concoctions... Hell, Far Cry 4 had us riding elephants and commanding a tiger to shred enemies, so even those experiences aren’t entirely fresh here. Sometimes Primal feels like a brilliant 10-hour Far Cry spinoff that got stretched out into a 25-hour, full-priced game.
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Mar 6, 2016While this tale had promise, the lack of a central villain means that the story also lacks focus and is relegated to the sidelines while the side missions take pride of place.
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Feb 23, 2016Lacking a map-editor, co-op, and charismatic central villain, Primal sacrifices its forebears' 'big event' status, but this back-to-basics approach makes for an all-natural off-the-reservation romp.
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Mar 21, 2016Far Cry has gone the way of Assassin’s Creed, another source of income that’s been left to stagnate so everything that worked can be borrowed by the inevitable sequel.
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Mar 28, 2016If only Ubisoft Montreal had felt more confident in its wild gambit – if only it had gone further with the Stone Age concept – and we could have been looking at something special. Instead, we have a Far Cry game that feels fun in its familiarity, but is sadly lacking in many integral ways.
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Feb 22, 2016It feels like it has even less of a story than Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon has, but that's because that story is spread incredibly thinly across a large world that's packed with cookie cutter content. There's nothing inherently wrong with Primal, and I found the game's combat systems to be pretty exciting at times, but the structure of the game and most of the tasks you're given are one-note. It's a monotonous grind that gets a good lift from its approach to combat and a handful of other tweaks to the formula, but it's still the formula.
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Apr 1, 2016Far Cry Primal starts off strong, throwing you into a hostile, untamed world and letting you flail until you figure things out. But it's too unfocused, too patchwork in the later stages and too much of a step away from the things that make Far Cry great...Yes, it's thrilling to tame a cave bear then ride it into battle while spitting fiery arrows in all directions. This is a fun adventure that'll keep you occupied for 20 hours or more. But Far Cry Primal is also, inescapably, a lesser entry in a series that's continually raised the bar for itself with each successive release.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 191 out of 315
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Mixed: 61 out of 315
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Negative: 63 out of 315
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