Far Cry Primal Critic Reviews

Far Cry Primal is a fantastic standalone title that also has enough historical research meat to keep history nerds happy.

Far Cry Primal is such a unique and fresh experience that it just may become your favorite Far Cry game yet.

Far Cry Primal is a great diversion in the series that successfully takes you back to a simpler yet equally as dangerous era!

Overall Far Cry Primal successfully uses the Far Cry 4 engine to create something new that is refreshing and original.

An endlessly entertaining sandbox shooter that delivers powerful prehistoric thrills with ease.

Far Cry Primal is a fantastic departure from the usual FPS adventure. While it is formulaic, in a Far Cry sense, a rich and detailed world, as well as tons to see and do, make this an adventure worth taking.

In a certain way, Far Cry Primal remains faithful to the original open-world formula, but somehow, in the Prehistoric Age, the freedom of the player really shines at its brightest. Ubisoft didn't waste resources on the multiplayer, and focused instead on a solid and intriguing story mode, immersed in a world so raw and savage to become majestic. A true far cry from what we usually play.

Far Cry Primal is the Stone Age survival game we never expected from the Triple A industry, complete with a lush prehistoric world you can explore for hours.

That said, I absolutely loved my time with Primal though and to see a game set in this time period, with no guns, and with high production values just seems completely experimental and bold.

Idea of using stone age as game setting is best thing since inventing fire.

Similarities to the qualities of other games in the series aside, Primal feels much more rewarding to hunt around in.

Despite an underwhelming story and a few hiccups here and there, the stunning world of Oros makes Far Cry Primal an experience worth going through.

Far Cry Primal retains the framework of previous entries, but introduces enough to breath life into the series.

Far Cry Primal is a great example of trying new things in a smart and relatively safe manner, demonstrating how a popular series can keep itself invigorated. While other venerable franchises like Call of Duty are afraid to challenge themselves and make only halfhearted gestures toward invention, Primal plots a course through uncharted waters with a battle-tested vessel and actually commits to making its new ideas more than vapid window dressing. The result?...You can ride on a goddamn bear. Enough said.

A wonderful trip to the Stone Age. Far Cry Primal is a wild and visceral video game, and that makes its attractive. It has all the typical formulas of the sandbox games, but it also shows new good ideas and mechanics. The animals and the magic make it so that you don't want to put down your console controller. It's addictive and realistic.

I don’t know where the series goes from here – perhaps a lone astronaut crashing on an inhospitable planet filled with alien animals who think he looks pretty tasty? – but after Primal I’m suddenly excited again to see what Ubisoft Montreal’s Far Cry team comes up with.

I don't want every Far Cry game from here on to trade bullets for arrows, motorcycles for tigers, but Primal is an invigorating example of how to reimagine a tired franchise while keeping its soul intact.

Far Cry Primal is a healthy, well-designed, immensely immersive experiment within an established franchise. Bottom line is we need more developers to take such risks. The result is indeed a fantastic experience due to the blending of multiple genres - survival, adventure, action, first-person, strategy, etc. - and the retaining of a familiar, tried-and-true formula.

To domesticate beasts and fight with them is amazing, but the game system can be repetitive. A game developed for fans of the franchise who are seeking a change in the atmosphere.

Solid, engaging and technically delicious, Far Cry Primal is a spin off that amuses the player even without firearms and vehicles, although the playful infrastructure is too conservative.