LISTEN LISTEN LISTEN LISTEENNNNN!! ... ahem. Far Cry Primal pre-order.

glen55 · March 01, 2016, 01:05:54 PM

I pre-ordered it. I don't buy on release day much these days, but the setting had me hooked hard, especially with the hints that there are strategy elements.

It unlocked right on the dot at 9 o'clock Pacific. A middling-sized first-day patch, and then Ubiplay had to be patched, but I was in by 9:20 (I get about 3 mbps download speed).

The game gets off to a great start. You are plopped down with a group of stone-age bros on a mammoth hunt, given some simple instructions on how to move and use your spear, and off she goes. The mammoth hunt is a blast, and everything makes sense. Your stony buds all do smart stuff but a lot of the tough mammoth-killing is down to you and your spear.

Within 20 or 30 minutes of the start, a bunch of stuff happens, and you are by yourself, tasked with reuniting the Wenja clan. I haven't really played enough to grasp the full game yet, but combat is fun. I like the feel of the bow maybe better than any other game I've played using archery, and melee has some heft to it as well. I'm not deep into gathering and crafting yet, but so far it is well-integrated into the flow of the game. I mean, it makes a lot of sense that a caveman is making his own clubs, more so than a lot of RPGs where fighters are making their own armor, etc.

Well, it was late when I started, so I only played a little more than an hour, but I really enjoyed the hour. More later.

jomni · March 01, 2016, 04:50:19 PM

So do cavemen speak English?

undercovergeek · March 01, 2016, 05:35:19 PM

Quote from: jomni on March 01, 2016, 04:50:19 PM
So do cavemen speak English?

thats newcastle

JasonPratt · March 02, 2016, 12:20:18 PM

Quote from: jomni on March 01, 2016, 04:50:19 PM
So do cavemen speak English?

No, but there are subtitles.

Jarhead0331 · March 02, 2016, 12:27:33 PM

Shooting cavemen in the face with a bow and arrow is oddly satisfying.

glen55 · March 02, 2016, 02:35:50 PM

Quote from: Jarhead0331 on March 02, 2016, 12:27:33 PM
Shooting cavemen in the face with a bow and arrow is oddly satisfying.

Ha! I think my favorite moment so far was when 3 cavemen started to bum-rush me from about 15-20 yards. I popped the middle one right on the nose with an arrow, he went down with a thud, and before I could even pull out my club, the other two ran away!

Had to work til nearly midnight last night. :-[ But I'm jonesing to play more. Couldn't say whether the game has legs, but the first play session was much fun.

Tpek · March 03, 2016, 07:46:11 AM

So I'm assuming you're all enjoying it so far?
Opinions on Steam seem to indicate another bumbling release by Ubisoft.

Yskonyn · March 03, 2016, 09:31:20 AM

Quote from: JasonPratt on March 01, 2016, 11:26:29 AM
Quote from: Yskonyn on March 01, 2016, 02:40:03 AM
You'll cave once we keep telling you that the beastmaster elements and the hunting (or being hunted) rocks your world and is not to be missed.

What you did there. I saw it.

Ah yes! But you failed to see the rock right next to it, didn't you? I hope you didn't stumble there ! :)

Jarhead0331 · March 03, 2016, 10:27:47 AM

Quote from: Tpek on March 03, 2016, 07:46:11 AM
So I'm assuming you're all enjoying it so far?
Opinions on Steam seem to indicate another bumbling release by Ubisoft.

I don't see what could possibly be construed as "bumbling"...I purchased mine through GMG and have had no technical problems whatsoever with uplay, which I believe has been significantly refined.

Its a fun game. Not sure how much longevity it will have, but its definitely a nice change of pace.