Is Far Cry Primal worth buying?

[TheMickeyMoose]

I've seen all the negativity, but from people who have played it, how is the game? Is it worth it or is it as bad as everyone is saying?

[Sassony]

not worth it, far cry 4 much better, even 3.

[RBFrsRicky]

The story in primal is kinda dull. Your just basically building up your own village by liberating outposts, bonfires, and doing missions to gain more people in your village. It is still pretty good fun to me. The combat is pretty cool especially the takedown animations and the beast taming is pretty sweet. I would wait till it goes on sale though not worth the $60

[Dread Lord]

I love it! Its absolutely amazing! incredible graphics paired with amazing sound design creates an absolutely immersive atmosphere.... I got lost for the first 10 hours just hunting out in the woods... totally having a blast!

[Dread Lord]

Originally posted by sassony:

not worth it, far cry 4 much better, even 3.

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 3 and 4 are not even in the same league!!!!! its insane how much more fun primal is!!!!

[Rambo715]

I like it.

Really depends on your outlook. I enjoy the immersion - but it is the same basic "Far Cry" game. I do not think it is worth the 60 but if you can get a discount - it is a fun game.

If you are a HARD-CORE gamer - you are not going to like it. If you want loads of weapons and deep RPG elements - you are not going to like it. If collecting resources isn't your thing - stay away.

If you like roaming in single player - like the venue of 10,000 BC - if you like a casual style play - if you like the idea of thrashing everything because you can ride a sabre-tooth tiger - then it might be worth.

I think it is fun and can see getting about 20-40 hours out of it.

[Dread Lord]

Originally posted by Rambo715:

I like it.

Really depends on your outlook. I enjoy the immersion - but it is the same basic "Far Cry" game. I do not think it is worth the 60 but if you can get a discount - it is a fun game.

If you are a HARD-CORE gamer - you are not going to like it. If you want loads of weapons and deep RPG elements - you are not going to like it. If collecting resources isn't your thing - stay away.

If you like roaming in single player - like the venue of 10,000 BC - if you like a casual style play - if you like the idea of thrashing everything because you can ride a sabre-tooth tiger - then it might be worth.

I think it is fun and can see getting about 20-40 hours out of it.

I am a hard core gamer - and I love it! :D I played 11 hours day one and didnt even touch story! so i get 100dreds of hours easily out of this one! Just like I did with red dead redemption!

[nightblade628]

Look, I got mine for £20 and I feel like it's been great so far. I really enjoyed the hunting aspect from 3 and 4 and felt it was over too quickly, once you had a few pelts then you had all your upgrades. But this game takes hunting to a whole new level, especially when you see a new animal and think "I have to tame that!" Plus, with bigger animals, firing arrows or spears into it can take ages, which is why I love sending my Sabertooth "Tigri" after it.

Is this game a lot of fun? Yes. Is there a lot to do? Hell yes. Does it have the same sort of story as, say, a Mass Effect game? Nowhere near. Take the game for what it is - a Primal, Hunting playground sort of experience. Not a word of English is spoken the entire game and yet they still made it an amazing experience.

Warning though: Graphics are a bit twitchy at the moment, I get good framerates for the first hour but then everything falls below 50fps. I wish it was 3 months later and the game had 5 patches on it to improve performance.

[Krinkle]

One argument that seems to hold water is that you are paying full price for basically a reskin and less content. The game no longer has all those weapons, the wingsuit and driving but hasn't replaced them with anything. Ok, so you get to ride some animals and you get an owl and you are essentially playing FC4? Even the coop play has been removed. And for a game that is very melee focused now, the devs needed to create a deeper melee system. The melee as it is now is kinda weak. I think this game should have been marketed like Blood Dragon and should have been priced the same or half of what is being asked for now. It doesn't seem like a bad game but the devs asking for full price for this is kind of uncool and shifty.

[DeadJukez | TTV]

It's worth it 100%. But you might have to restart the game every now and then because after a few hours of gameplay it starts locking up randomly. But hey, thats the only issue I've had and it's a pretty small one.
Story isn't very good, but theres a LOT more to do than just the story. 3 hours in so far and I've hardly touched the story. It's kind of like a more primal skyrim, but a bit less to do. I can see someone having 1000 hours in the game if they like it enough.
It's more for casual gaming than hardcore gaming. Kind of a couch game. Just sit back and have fun!

[Iso Koala]

I havent played FC3 or 4, as I generally dont care that much about 1)Ubisoft games 2)FPShooting games. I bought this game because of the hardly used at all 10,000BC setting.

After a few hours, I can say that the game looks good, sounds good, immersion is good. So I like it, even though it feels like an Ubisoft games usually do... (run from point A to B collecting stuff in the middle, with no real challenge anywhere). Well, I bought it for the setting, and I got what I paid for imho.

[Blake Ayoko]

way is it getting so much bad reviews i really like the game but i dont know if i shuld buy it

[bgray9054]

If you aim with the mouse I'd recommend waiting. Right now there is a bug in the mouse aiming and movement that's causing some issues. Reported all over Ubi forums and there are a couple threads here on Steam as well. If you don't use the mouse, you're probably fine though. Performance is good and the game runs well for me.

[Xintar]

Worth buying?

I will find out soon. But the only reservation I have (before buying it) is that trading is not included so the game will quickly become tedious with gathering and hunting for every litle bit you need.

In tribal societies you sure had trading. They traded berries and roots for meat. Traded hide for weapons, clay for arrowheads and so on. In my opinion the ability to trade should have been part of this game and is such an important factor in tribal societies that it is kind of immersion-breaking and the only thing holding me back at the moment.

Im not sure that the lack of trading will stop me from buying, Im still deciding.

[DeadJukez | TTV]

Originally posted by pkrn692:

way is it getting so much bad reviews i really like the game but i dont know if i shuld buy it

Bad reviews because people can't figure out a simple workaround posted by the devs

[K'senia]

I am enjoying it quite a bit. Its more of an open world game where you have to decide what to do and how you go about doing it than previous Far Crys. I suppose a lot of people now days need that hand holding missions to lead them around from place to place.

Its it a stellar product that you will enjoy for 100s of hours? Probably not, but no Far Cry game ever is that good either. Still once, I am finished my hard playthrough, I am actually looking forward to what the expert level has to offer.

Would have loved to see an Ironman mode in this game.