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    Farcry 5 or Primal?

    so right now there having a big sale ob farcry games for xbox and was wondering if i should buy farcry 5 or farcry primal there on sale for $14.99 and primal for $9.89 and i really love survival games bu farcry 5 looks really good i have not played a farcry since 3 so i really wanna get back into the game what do you guys think i should do?
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    modmcsupersport's Avatar Member
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    Get both.....

    Many don't feel Primal is a true FarCry game....it is but different somewhat. One thing is no guns, all weapons are periodish, meaning clubs, spears, bows, some traps, throwables and of course animals. You can tame animals, ride some, use an Owl as a spotter and some attack like a sniper rifle, but there are other elements such as base building, progressing with "Teachers" and all that make it not all FarCry shootem'. Personal opinion, is Primal is a really fun game, but it requires a bit more work to understand it and how everything goes, it isn't to everyone's liking.

    FarCry5 to me is one of the best playing FarCry games, but to me the story sucks to bad that when I play with my son in Co-op, we skip cutscenes and sometimes turn off the sound so we don't have to listen to the story. Co-op in FC5 is good, best in series, allowing you to do the entire game after the tutorial section with another player.....only thing I don't like about it is the tether distance is a bit short. For some reason they decided to limit you to about 150m or so from each other before the red screen of transport happens and tells you to get closer or you are moved closer. FC5 distances also feel off somewhat, meaning 150m feels a bit to me more like 400 when in combat, meaning an AR15 can shoot 150 meters pretty easily in real life, yet in game it is a hard shot for a SA50.

    If you are looking for a true FarCry feeling game, and have FC3 as a comparison, I would probably get FC5, but if you what something slightly different, then FCPrimal....or buy both and have fun for hours.
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    Butcherbird59's Avatar Senior Member
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    Depends on your preference - modern shooter or caveman adventure which is painfully repetitive and limited in weapons. Totally different genres
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    Do you want to play a caveman game or a modern shooter ?

    FC 5 is the least impressive game and it’s religious bull crap is annoying as hell but it is very similar to FC 3 and 4 for how guns are.

    Primal is a FP caveman game, it is a period piece in that it is set in the past with the kind of weapons people of that era would use.
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