🛈 Announcement
Greetings! Far Cry forums are now archived and accessible in read-only mode, please go to the new platform to discuss the game.
  1. #11
    Szocik87's Avatar Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    Poland\Bydgoszcz
    Posts
    378
    Modified Far Cry 4 so system requirements will be almost same .
    Share this post

  2. #12
    Fallen-Champ's Avatar Senior Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2006
    Location
    North East England
    Posts
    5,420
    Originally Posted by JasonParadise Go to original post
    The game is going to be focused on the single player experience. Bringing the Stone Age to life and providing the player with a strong gameplay experience based off of the Far Cry legacy meant that we had to reinvent our core gameplay loop, not a small undertaking. Therefore, in the early stages of the project, we made the difficult choice of focusing our efforts on the single player experience. Development teams are devoted to offering the best possible Far Cry experience to our fans.
    Thank you for clearing that up.
    I would love to see the character have an option of going Prone which is something the Instincts series had and worked very well, we see the character in FC3 / FC4 using binoculars scouting areas and no doubt in Primal looking over areas but I somehow can't see this happening yet where we can crawl along the floor. (Maybe one day it will come back)

    Right now I am unsure if this is a day one purchase for me, will it be similar to FC3 / FC4 where you go to a high up area to unlock that section of the map and also the taking over enemy Bases because it is getting a bit too samey samey now and that is a worry - I hope this adds something new to the formula.
    Share this post

  3. #13
    DapperHayden007's Avatar Far Cry 3 Elite Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2011
    Location
    Blackpool, England
    Posts
    2,488
    The thing that concerns me the most and I can possibly rule it out now is that there's not going to be a Map Editor with this game, I assume that another Far Cry is in the works and that this is something that allowed the developers to make something once more to let off some steam.

    I'm assuming that because there's no multiplayer, there's not going to be a map editor, however there's still a small possibility that the map editor will be in this game but only singleplayer maps once more, and if there's SP maps, then I'll remain happy, just a worrying thought of having no editor.
    Share this post

  4. #14
    Szocik87's Avatar Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    Poland\Bydgoszcz
    Posts
    378
    It will be same like in Blood Dragon only SP without map editor but huge price.
    Share this post

  5. #15
    The4orTy67's Avatar Senior Member
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Micronesia
    Posts
    544
    I was honestly expecting this to be a downloadable only title, much in the same vein of Blood Dragon in the price range of $15 to $25.
    This being a full priced retail title caught me by surprise, I don't quite understand why and don't know if the content is going to justify the price tag but I guess Ubisoft said "this will be retail because we say so".
    Fine by me.

    Also, the creative director of Prince of Persia is working on this game. I can't shake the feeling that this is to FC what Brotherhood and Revelations were to AC.
    Share this post

  6. #16
    Originally Posted by Jangogerman Go to original post
    A few months ago, there was a survey by Ubisoft about the next Far Cry Game. Theye were several options like the style and how it could be themed. The players voted, and the result was, that the option "Survival" and something kinda "Jurassic Park - like" were on the first place, so Ubi just follows the wishes of the players.
    First of all were the results of that survey made public and if so can you reference the source?

    Personally I'm of the opinion that poll was really about gauging interest in many potential Ubisoft developments. If I had to guess I would put good money that the highest scoring result was "A Far Cry game set in the cocaine trafficking jungles of Peru" which is coincidentally well served by another Ubi game in development Ghost Recon Wildlands.

    And finally the actual entry on the survey was written as follows:
    "a Far Cry game set in the modern day on a Jurassic Park-style island with dinosaurs."

    not
    "a Far Cry game set in the historical stone age AFTER dinosaurs, but before the invention of the wheel"

    It seems VERY odd that the franchise would remove core aspects that have been established by all four* of it's predecessors - fighting with guns, using vehicles, hang gliding, etc.
    (*technically 5+ games if you include Blood Dragon and even more if you include all the instincts spinoffs)

    It would be like making the next Assassin Creed have no assassinations, gadgets, templars etc and instead focus on being an interactive novel. Is it a bad idea? No not necessarily, but it's so far removed as to make the hardcore fans unsure of what to make out of it.

    It's like Ubi always has a knee jerk reaction to criticism on the Far Cry franchise and then goes polar opposite to respond to the complaint.
    Oh people didn't like not being able to make single player maps - ok now you can create sp maps, but not mp ones. Oh people didn't like that Jason had too much personality - we'll just make Ajay less front and center and let the player interject his own personality onto him. Oh people think FC4 was just a reskin of FC3 - well lets throw all the guns, vehicles, explosives and such out the window and stick them in the stone age! Haha!

    The problem is Primal still technically WILL be a reskin. They've already showed the same expected things - lots of pretty foliage and atmospheric fog, the same predator / prey relationships (elephants = mammoths, tigers = sabre-tooths, wolves = dire wolves, bear = cave bear, deer = prehistoric deer, etc etc). You know there will be yanking hunks of meat out of dead bodies and untwisting arms after you fall down. and so on. By taking out the strengths of the engine - fast paced, gonzo action and focusing on the weaker aspects of physicality and close quarters fighting you are setting the game up to be viewed negatively right out of the box.

    Unless there is some hidden significant twist (lost world, time travel, ancestral projection ala Assassin's Creed, etc) then I think the main audience for Far Cry is going to automatically look at this and go wtf?!

    Honestly I HOPE they can pull this off. I truly do. I REALLY want a GOOD stealth and survival game for Far Cry, but I know this engine and it's weaknesses and they need to step it up if this entry is going to work well... and even then I think it's a hard sell to people who love the franchise... but I'm ready to be proven wrong.
    Share this post

  7. #17
    I like the theme. Looks great and fun. I can appriciate a different theme like this.

    Yh there is a but, no mp and no editor ? Wouldnt it be fun to have a massive battle with spears, stones, clubs and bows. With some animals in the mix , Would be mayhem and great fun. A missed opportunity if you ask me.

    No editor i can understand with this nature theme. But i really hope it will return in the future.
    Share this post

  8. #18
    WID992007's Avatar Senior Member
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Posts
    2,280
    Originally Posted by jvarnes Go to original post
    First of all were the results of that survey made public and if so can you reference the source?

    Personally I'm of the opinion that poll was really about gauging interest in many potential Ubisoft developments. If I had to guess I would put good money that the highest scoring result was "A Far Cry game set in the cocaine trafficking jungles of Peru" which is coincidentally well served by another Ubi game in development Ghost Recon Wildlands.

    And finally the actual entry on the survey was written as follows:
    "a Far Cry game set in the modern day on a Jurassic Park-style island with dinosaurs."

    not
    "a Far Cry game set in the historical stone age AFTER dinosaurs, but before the invention of the wheel"

    It seems VERY odd that the franchise would remove core aspects that have been established by all four* of it's predecessors - fighting with guns, using vehicles, hang gliding, etc.
    (*technically 5+ games if you include Blood Dragon and even more if you include all the instincts spinoffs)

    It would be like making the next Assassin Creed have no assassinations, gadgets, templars etc and instead focus on being an interactive novel. Is it a bad idea? No not necessarily, but it's so far removed as to make the hardcore fans unsure of what to make out of it.

    It's like Ubi always has a knee jerk reaction to criticism on the Far Cry franchise and then goes polar opposite to respond to the complaint.
    Oh people didn't like not being able to make single player maps - ok now you can create sp maps, but not mp ones. Oh people didn't like that Jason had too much personality - we'll just make Ajay less front and center and let the player interject his own personality onto him. Oh people think FC4 was just a reskin of FC3 - well lets throw all the guns, vehicles, explosives and such out the window and stick them in the stone age! Haha!

    The problem is Primal still technically WILL be a reskin. They've already showed the same expected things - lots of pretty foliage and atmospheric fog, the same predator / prey relationships (elephants = mammoths, tigers = sabre-tooths, wolves = dire wolves, bear = cave bear, deer = prehistoric deer, etc etc). You know there will be yanking hunks of meat out of dead bodies and untwisting arms after you fall down. and so on. By taking out the strengths of the engine - fast paced, gonzo action and focusing on the weaker aspects of physicality and close quarters fighting you are setting the game up to be viewed negatively right out of the box.

    Unless there is some hidden significant twist (lost world, time travel, ancestral projection ala Assassin's Creed, etc) then I think the main audience for Far Cry is going to automatically look at this and go wtf?!

    Honestly I HOPE they can pull this off. I truly do. I REALLY want a GOOD stealth and survival game for Far Cry, but I know this engine and it's weaknesses and they need to step it up if this entry is going to work well... and even then I think it's a hard sell to people who love the franchise... but I'm ready to be proven wrong.
    very interesting points ..and i had the same today and posted on Steam ..lets hope they can pull it off ..but A FAR CRY no guns? no Explosives ?..no vehicles ?

    sorry to me that's not Far Cry .....just a re use of an engine and animations (like skinning and crafting and hopping on an elephant )

    i'm sure they will also bring back annoying things as you brought up as well but will add ... your stone knife will dull over time or your Spear will too ...for the far cry 2 fans plus you'll get sick and have to find magic leaves or meat :yawn

    this will slow you down ..until you find magic plants :yawn

    and you will have to keep skinning animals and collect special rocks to upgrade your weapon or ability to carry more :yawn

    discovery of locations they will make you have to explore caves to see cave ART on the walls :yawn

    dunno .... like you i do wanna see em pull it off .. but it will not ...to me anyway ..........be a FAR CRY game

    i will miss the over the top guns .....and explosives ..that the other Far Cry games always had ...

    so unless they have a level that Agent Willis fly's in and hands me an AK 47 + a big bag o guns and grenades (and i don't think that's gonna happen )

    .. i may wait to buy this game till its at a bargain price
    Share this post

  9. #19
    Szocik87's Avatar Member
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    Poland\Bydgoszcz
    Posts
    378
    Anyone here like UBI ideas ? I mean their new Far Cry Primal.
    Share this post

  10. #20
    I look at Far Cry:Primal in a different way...You see I've always wanted to see an open world game set in prehistoric time and Ubisoft is about to make this happen Early next year
    which what makes this game very exciting,obviously one may argue with the fact that there is like a year between FC4 and FCP but from what I observation they are really taking it to the next level by adding a revamped Combat system,Prehistoric animals,New Weapon set,etc.

    So maybe for some of you guys this can be called another "Far Cry" game but to me this is something I was waiting for years.
    Share this post