Far Cry Primal Retrospective: The Most Underrated Game In the Franchise

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  • @samm5111
    @samm5111 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    As an archaeologist I'm still jonesing for a new game like this. The lithic industrial era is such a ripe time and place for games. I need my paleolithic fix, man, and this is basically the only game that scratches that itch. Their attention to detail creating the proto-Indo-European language is something that should get a lot more attention and praise. Also, riding a Smilodon, enough said.

    • @thew00dsman79
      @thew00dsman79 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I’m on a break, but as an anthropology major (in general) the closest might be Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey; though I haven’t played more than a couple hours- it might scratch that itch for those of us who desperately want these awesome kind of games

    • @voyagerdeepspaceexploration
      @voyagerdeepspaceexploration 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Now imagine a game where you progress through different human species and stone industries from the jungles to the ice age. Thats one niche that still hasn't been filled. All make new shitty CODs and battle royales instead.

    • @thew00dsman79
      @thew00dsman79 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ also in that game I mentioned

    • @toreadoress
      @toreadoress 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It's nice to see fellow archeologists being excited about the game. This was one of the very few games I've ever pre-ordered, because I was so excited to see a game (especially AAA) set in mesolithic times, especially since I specialized in anthropogenesis, this was extremely exciting for me. Not that the game is super historically accurate, but I was having a blast with this game and later with Ancestors.

  • @Aegon23
    @Aegon23 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +22

    While it might not be the best Far Cry in terms of game or story, it is undeniably the most fun. Having sabertooths as pets was an incredibly cool feature. I may be a little biased, given my love for cats and wild cats, so Primal will always hold a special place in my heart. But even so, I stand by it, we haven't seen a more enjoyable Far Cry experience since.

    • @kiillabytez
      @kiillabytez 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Having a rare black jaguar stealth kill everyone is complete bliss, IMHO.

  • @michaelmiller6807
    @michaelmiller6807 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I was blown away when the characters spoke, like how much time went into developing and voice acting for a fictional language, just amazing. to me at least

    • @Svikter
      @Svikter  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      And in only 1 year development time, its insane

    • @voyagerdeepspaceexploration
      @voyagerdeepspaceexploration 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I first thought its something fictional but its based on actual language reconstruction and has different dialects. Thats really impressive and adds a lot of depth.

  • @itsdantaylor
    @itsdantaylor 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I really liked Primal. My only complaint is the game felt unfinished. After beating the two factions it felt like there should have been a overarching final 'act' to kind of tie everything together. But instead the game just ends. It's probably my favorite Far Cry game alongside 5 and 3.

    • @voyagerdeepspaceexploration
      @voyagerdeepspaceexploration 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Play it for the journey, not the ending. Thats what Mass Effect already tought me.

  • @Accidental.Creation
    @Accidental.Creation 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Eeeyyyyy, so happy to see this! I can't believe how overlooked Primal is, to me it's the most unique game in the franchise and yet nobody really talks about it!
    The TH-cam algorithm did something good today.

  • @lilalmonds4595
    @lilalmonds4595 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I think primal might be the only far cry game I’ve finished and I’ve finished it like 5 times

    • @pugsfanarthub
      @pugsfanarthub หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I've played new dawn 5 and 4 but primal might just be my favorite game period.

  • @rahulsatav2531
    @rahulsatav2531 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    First here, possibly the best Far Cry game conceptually and, also my first Far Cry game. I have 5000+ hours on the entire franchise

    • @Svikter
      @Svikter  2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Woah dude XD Yeah its quite different from the others games, but in a great way, though it still has a lot of Far Cry DNA in it

    • @voyagerdeepspaceexploration
      @voyagerdeepspaceexploration 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

      With my GPU downgraded I finally had a motivation to play and its impressive. Not only it is still visually stunning while running at 4K120 on a 5700 XT, it has so many lovely details and is one unique game with a primeval setting. It only gives me more hope there will somewhen be Ancestors 2 - If you don't know it, Ancestors The Humankind Odyssey is another game in a prehistoric setting that also adds much more realism. If there was something like that paired with the action of Far Cry Primal it would be perfect. Just like AOE II it could have sections for actual history. And a high focus on the mere survival part. Some may not like it, but then the game is just not for them.

    • @kiillabytez
      @kiillabytez 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Makes you long for other Far Cry games set in different historical eras. I really want a Far Cry game set in Medieval Scotland and 1800's Colorado.

  • @gozorak
    @gozorak 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I loved Far Cry Primal so much that, to this day, it is the only game I took the time to earn every single Xbox achievement for. I'm just beginning a revisit to Far Cry 5 after not having played it since its release, and I think after I complete that game again, I shall do the same for Primal. Thank you for this video, which has inspired me to do so.

  • @Reaper419Darkangel
    @Reaper419Darkangel 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I loved how I could go to whatever place I wanted, take in the scenery, enjoy the beauty of the place… and not have 20 guys shooting at eagles

  • @nickmoranis2865
    @nickmoranis2865 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I bought Primal when it came out, it stayed on the shelf, gave it another go a couple of days ago. Went to the kitchen and I can see my neighbours tv from across the street. Playing Primal! How weird is that?

  • @acey6991
    @acey6991 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    If there's one thing I love it's underrated games getting completely narrated by people with sexy accents. Take my watch time you son of a deep voiced sexy woman.

  • @p4rt_t1me_g0d
    @p4rt_t1me_g0d 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I received this game as a gift from my wife, loved it!
    My only complaint is that it's pretty easy to cheese if you focus on certain crafting techniques early, especially when using the owl.

  • @BryceHannahs
    @BryceHannahs 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I beat Batari by using the owl and dropped the fire bombs on the pillars when I first started. Then used the owl to drop bees on her to have an opening to shoot at her with her not being able to shoot back. Cleared the waves and did the same thing again until she came down to fight head on and used my beasts to attack her.

  • @rickyschools8406
    @rickyschools8406 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    The bear does do more damage and has more health the only reason to use the blood fang is to travel

  • @Hennannice
    @Hennannice 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Sayla is my queen 🛐

    • @necrosis7589
      @necrosis7589 หลายเดือนก่อน

      🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @Hennannice
      @Hennannice หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@necrosis7589 u dont agree?

  • @brenton-_-9588
    @brenton-_-9588 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I was waiting for this one! Awesome watch good video.

  • @ahtiulanen6122
    @ahtiulanen6122 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The wenja represent cro magnons, or early european modern humans as they are known today

    • @Svikter
      @Svikter  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      oh for sure

  • @JohnDoe-uf3lj
    @JohnDoe-uf3lj 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Been interesting seeing all the far cry’s compared and examined like this!

  • @coreygunz645
    @coreygunz645 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Awesome video man!! Such a good job done. I can tell it took alot of work. I subscribed too!

    • @Svikter
      @Svikter  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks bro!

  • @cr0cks0r
    @cr0cks0r 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I bought my first PC just because of this game it's a 10/10 game the best in the franchise

  • @dinobro4273
    @dinobro4273 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    It's the only FPS game to have a tamable and rideable sabretooth so it's goated game without question.

    • @Svikter
      @Svikter  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sabretooth ftw

  • @tfyk5623
    @tfyk5623 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i always wanted a far cry with zombies or with monsters

  • @Hennannice
    @Hennannice 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    OMG. Holy sub feed today I feel blessed 🙏

  • @max-imal8588
    @max-imal8588 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It is a great game and I wish there where more games like it

    • @Svikter
      @Svikter  26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Unfortunetely game companies dont see the potential in this setting....

  • @lilalmonds4595
    @lilalmonds4595 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    On Neanderthal extinction and our modern Neanderthal genes, I think the latest genetic evidence points to Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals interbreeding mostly in like, the Middle East near Africa (during the long period where they lived near each other but prior to mass homo sapien migrations out of Africa) and that by that time we had speciated enough to make creating live fertile children only possible between male Neanderthals and female Homo Sapiens, which is why the Neanderthal dna present in everyone that migrated out of Africa (and I think it has made its way back into sub Saharan African peoples in usually comparatively small amounts) is patrilineal (I think)

  • @kiillabytez
    @kiillabytez 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Makes you long for other Far Cry games set in different historical eras. I really want a Far Cry game set in Medieval Scotland and 1800's Colorado.I really don't want another Far Cry set in a modern jungle environment again.

  • @abrahamwashington8579
    @abrahamwashington8579 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    1:50:44 bro sounds like stitch

  • @kckillakrack9714
    @kckillakrack9714 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It’s hands down one of the better ones and lore wise it’s the begging of the series

  • @nuodso
    @nuodso 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    51:38 you missed an amazing spot for a joke, "you bring the rocks to Urki and he gets to worki".

    • @Svikter
      @Svikter  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah thats a good one !

  • @G.E.S
    @G.E.S 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I know I haven’t seen the animations for taming the great beasts in any of my playthroughs, but they do have these animations.
    th-cam.com/video/kH6x8wrzaOg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=4AQVWi6aLH9l-eT0
    6:28 for the great beasts.

  • @acey6991
    @acey6991 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I would just like to point out that Alabama actually allows legally in****ual relationships (marriage only including non-blood relatives), however it is banned in New Hampshire. This is because New Hampshire IS FULL OF IT. NEW HAMPSHIRE DESERVES THIS MORE THAN ALABAMA😂😂😂
    (Edit) Watch the video to understand this joke
    (Edit again) When I say New Hampshire is full of it, i mean in c'est. 😂

    • @CountDoucheula
      @CountDoucheula 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Stop being a poof.
      Just say incest.
      It's not a bad word.
      Stop being a coward.

  • @numberonedad
    @numberonedad 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    nah far cry 2 is the most underrated because it's one of the best shooters of all time

  • @guadalupegranados8876
    @guadalupegranados8876 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have an iron grip on my copy.

  • @regulardude-22
    @regulardude-22 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Maybe I need to replay it but Primal didn’t click with me. I was in my second year at high school when this came out and I cared about the guns than spears. (Still to this day) Finished it and haven’t came back since. Not my kind of game but can see why people love it. I miss when Ubisoft was took more risks without alienating their audience.

  • @Someone-by6jm
    @Someone-by6jm วันที่ผ่านมา

    your review is pure garbage just 2 hours of glazing far cry 3 and complaining about the game being both easy and hard

  • @johndiddilyjoe6258
    @johndiddilyjoe6258 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A Farcry without the vehicles? Guns? Customisation? No interesting antagonist too?, and a melee focus in a game clearly not designed for it? Truly underrated, I mean it only sold over 3 millions copies.
    Oh, and a reliance on AI companions? Man, what a game. I sure hope it uses the same bow as Farcry 3.