What's the game about?

What's the game about?

Set during the savage Stone Age, Far Cry Primal is a single player experience that takes place 10,000 BCE, in a time when massive beasts like the woolly mammoth and sabretooth tiger ruled the Earth. Players take on the role of Takkar, a seasoned hunter and the last surviving member of his tribe. Arriving in the majestic and savage land of Oros, Takkar has only one goal: survive in a world where humans are the prey. Players will journey as the first human to tame the wilderness and rise above extinction. Along the way, they will have to hunt for food, master fire, fend off fierce predators, craft weapons and tools partly from the bones of slain beasts and face off against other tribes to conquer Oros. 

The game is set in 10,000 BC, during the beginning of the Mesolithic period. It takes place in the fictional Oros valley in Central Europe, an open world filled with wildlife such as mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Survival is a daily challenge as tribes come into conflict with one another and nature. Players take on the role of a Wenja tribesman named Takkar (Elias Toufexis), who is stranded in Oros with no weapons after his hunting party is ambushed. Takkar, using his newfound skill of taming animals, will eventually rise to power and lead his own tribe. Far Cry Primal is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Ubisoft. It was released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on February 23, 2016, and is  released for PC on Microsoft Windows on March 1, 2016.
  

The Story (wiki)

Far Cry Primal is an action-adventure video game. As the game is set in pre-historic times, the traditional gunplay and vehicle gameplay featured in the series were removed, and players can only get access to melee weapons like spears, clubs, axes, and short-ranged weapons like bows. Players cannot purchase weapons, and must craft them using the materials scavenged in the world such as wood and stone. As players progress, they can craft more lethal weapons with a larger variety of resources. Players are also tasked to hunt for food and learn to create fire. Besides facing natural predators, players also get the chance to be the leader of a tribe, and drive other tribes away from the world. With this feature, players are tasked to manage and protect their fellow tribe members. The game also features a day-night cycle, which will affect gameplay. At night, some enemies become more aggressive and dangerous. Players can make use of fire as a tool for personal protection or hunting at night.

Players can tame wildlife such as prehistoric badgers and saber-toothed cats in the game by giving them food to eat. These animals serve as a companion for players and assist them in combating enemies after being tamed. Players can also issue commands to them. Different companions have different behaviors and players can switch between them at will. Takkar also has a pet owl, which can be directly controlled. Through the owl's vision, players can scout enemies' outposts and highlight enemies. When you unlock the beast tamer masteries, you can upgrade your skills to have various abilities added to your owl, such as diving to kill an enemy.

Anthropologists and linguists were consulted prior to commencing work on the game, providing advice for the megafauna and languages respectively. The languages are based on Proto-Indo-European, which was considered to be one of the first languages in human history.