Far Cry Primal

Warning Spoilers

I decided to foray into the Far Cry Universe and installed Far Cry Primal. Why this one you say? It’s set in the Mesolithic era. Ok but why this one? Linguists extrapolated languages for it from Proto Indo European. A proto Proto Indo European language apparently. I have actually read a book about PIE and I am curious. I can’t honestly say that I grasp the linguistics part but the time period from Mesolithic to Neolithic fascinates me.

After a nice opening, everything goes south. I am left alone in a marshy area. But I have Witcher sense! Well no it’s hunting sense but works in a similar way. I learn to hunt goats and make a club. I learn to set it alight. Then I get attacked by hyenas or something and set everything including myself on fire. Good thing I have healing mojo. I track down a girl and a bad bad tiger. We escape and she sends me out for healing leaves. On the way back I encounter aggressive cannibals and I just flee. I have no faith in my clubbing skills. I make it back and she sends me out again. I’m not sure about the language sub titles. She’s talking to me like I am an oaf. Well maybe I am. I get to my destination unscathed and claim a small camp by lighting a fire and quit for the day.

I am clear that this is an Ubisoft game and I will mostly be concerned with collecting things. I know that they employed experts to help them but did they listen to them? If nothing else I hope this game provoked some interest in the time period.

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