Thank you for clearing that up.Originally Posted by JasonParadise Go to original post
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.
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.
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.
First of all were the results of that survey made public and if so can you reference the source?Originally Posted by Jangogerman Go to original post
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.
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.
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 ?Originally Posted by jvarnes Go to original post
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
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.