Zero Punctuation: Far Cry Primal
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...I'm now wondering if there will ever be a game based off the Digital Trips from Watch_Dogs.
Seriously, I think there could be something neat they could do with some of the concepts they made in that.
Seriously, I think there could be something neat they could do with some of the concepts they made in that.
Wait, Yahtzee doesn't understand the appeal of a new game and storyline set in an already beloved universe just because it looks and plays like the original?
Erm... ok.
Does DLC confuse, arouse, then confuse him all over again?
Erm... ok.
Does DLC confuse, arouse, then confuse him all over again?
I think the idea with Far Cry Primal might have been that usually people try to scrap around in the sandbox and even forget about the story missions.
(At least there's a crowd that does this, I'm assuming this because I don't have special snowflake syndrome and it's what I do in these kind of games ever since AC3.)
But I can see how that leaves someone looking for story sort of distraught.
Did it at least play like a somewhat fun game?
(At least there's a crowd that does this, I'm assuming this because I don't have special snowflake syndrome and it's what I do in these kind of games ever since AC3.)
But I can see how that leaves someone looking for story sort of distraught.
Did it at least play like a somewhat fun game?
Going by what I heard, the game's concept seems to be FC4's equivalent to FC3's Blood Dragon if you took out everything that made Blood Dragon so much fun and novel.Politrukk said:
If the game is inferior to the original then there is no reason to play the new one (As is very much the case here). New setting and story line don't really do anything when it comes to replay value. Its literally just playing an inferior version and very often just comes across as an unfun experience.Lightknight said:
Yeah, there's really no point to something if it just changes the wallpaper without addressing issues from the previous titles or at least doing something new with the formula to enhance the gameplay experience. The only time the wallpaper change was fine was during Far Cry: Blood Dragon's wacky antics. In fact it's time Ubisoft just bite the bullet and make a Blood Dragon sequel.gonenow3 said:
I know, right? That would kinda pull you out of the immersion right there. What would even go into them to make them explode in that era?Thanatos2k said:
So, what I'm hearing is Ubisoft basically said to the gamer "Here's some rocks, here's some sticks, and here's some high resolution textures. Now, you figure out whether there's a game in here somewhere". Is that about right?
Sometimes, it feels like about the only thing Triple-A game companies have gotten truly good at is creating high-resolution textures and high-polygon-count models such to cause electronic hardware to achieve high temperatures during rendering. Everything else, i.e. gameplay, game mechanics, story, controls, level-design, art-direction, pacing, UI, and construction of a consistent, coherent, and cohesive experience, seems to have languished over the years (and, in some rare cases, have actually reversed in progression).
Sometimes, it feels like about the only thing Triple-A game companies have gotten truly good at is creating high-resolution textures and high-polygon-count models such to cause electronic hardware to achieve high temperatures during rendering. Everything else, i.e. gameplay, game mechanics, story, controls, level-design, art-direction, pacing, UI, and construction of a consistent, coherent, and cohesive experience, seems to have languished over the years (and, in some rare cases, have actually reversed in progression).
Being that this game had zero plot where you had to take out the other two tribes, I wonder if it would have been better if they had indepth tribe mechanics and village building. So you could invest in your tribe, train them and take them with you on missions. An maybe you yourself had to build the village similar to Fallout 4. Hunt for food etc and make you more invested in your tribe and want them to survive.
What's really hilarious is that an ad for this game played before the episode. I got to go from one screaming troop of monkeys saying "THIS GAME IS AHMAHZAH!!!!!" to one disgruntled monkey saying the game is boring and shitty.
I like hearing both sides of an argument. :3
I like hearing both sides of an argument. :3
Isnt that one of the reasons why Mount and Blade is so great? But I do remember some very poor reviews because the game lacked focus.Politrukk said:
And honestly, I have been playing Far Cry 4 and I have all the towers and outposts done for the first area and still havent done a mission after gaining access to it.
I've been playing it....whole family has. It's actually quite fun, and despite assertions of no plot, I can safely say that--at least so far as a neolithic hunter's idea of important stuff goes--we do have some plot. It's just not all "I'm a crazy psycho ruling some tiny kingdom/island and trying to destroy you and your friends" for a change. Instead the plot is, "I'm this dude and these other dudes who are all probably second cousins or something keep getting eaten by sabertooths, so they want me to band together. Oh and this chick really flips out and guilts me in to killing those guys over there. Oh and that guy's kinda freaky and makes me drink mushroom-tainted blood all the time but why not, no one's inventing entertainment media for another ten thousand years so let's do it!"
What Mount and Blade lacks eventually is engagements and things to keep you busy but for the time it was a grand undertaking and a quality game.josemlopes said:
But yes that's basically what Mount and Blade does it gives you that 1 introduction and from there on out you can do what you want.
Although some form of story might have made it easier in that game to y'know earn money/exp to do the rest.
The closest thing to bombs I've seen in this game's ads are beehives. It's like the Bioshock Plasmid power of shooting BEES out your hand.Thanatos2k said:
Also, why are you guys comparing Primal to Blood Dragon? That was FC3's DLC add-on, and had that Yeti thing.
Calling it new is arguable considering all they did was take out the guns and give everything a fresh coat of paint, and saying it has a storyline is laughableLightknight said:
I've been wondering for some time why Ubisoft games have started to feel bland and lifeless, and have started to suspect it might have to do with the fact that story and character seems to have taken a backseat to repeating side missions and collectibles, every game being open world, and every open world game having you hunt down small audio clips or flowers as a way of padding the 3 hour long main story