Far Cry: Primal (2016)

Chronolog II: The Ancient Era, part 2 – The Stone Age

After spending millions of years evolving both physically and mentally, humanity finally began to leave a lasting imprint on the world. Enter Homo Sapiens, standing on the edge of the Stone Age—around 10,000 BC.

This is where the Chronolog leads to the next step, and the first fully human-centered game on the list appears.

In Far Cry Primal, we see early humans shifting from loose groups into organized tribes. Survival is still central, but it’s now coupled with cooperation and early culture. The in-game crafting system (lightweight, but effective) lets you shape basic tools and weapons—spears, arrows, clubs, wasp bombs (some gaming creativity had to be had), to name a few examples. It captures the essence of how humans started to gain dominance over nature, while also being at each other's throats for the dominance itself.

Beyond conflicts and survival, Primal also dips into the cultural evolution of early humans. The game introduces spiritual elements—rituals, idols, sacrificial rites—all hinting at the beginnings of religion and belief systems. While loosely grounded in anthropology, this is also where the Chronolog takes its first step into the mythical.

Because while Ancestors was a more grounded depiction of early hominid life, Far Cry: Primal marks the point where historical fiction and fantasy begin to blur. And honestly, that’s something you’ll see a lot more of as this journey through time continues.

The line between fact and fiction isn’t always clean—but that’s part of what makes gaming such a unique way to explore history.

Prehistorical Period <-- Chronolog: Ancient Era main post --> Old World

I'll give you the formula of how to enjoy Ubisoft games more.

1-) Never play them right after release. Wait at least 6 months to let them solve all of the bugs, glitches or DLCs be completely released.

2-) Don't play games in series right after complete one. For example if you bought Far Cry 4 or Primal together leave at least 2 months gap between them to play.

3-) Make sure you use last version of your GPU driver. I got 10+ fps more than the benchmarks on YouTube. Because they only use early AMD drivers.

4-) Don't play more than 2 hours a day. Playing it more makes the game repetitive and boring. And always play another shooter or platformer etc. too. I played Far Cry Primal - To the Moon and Titanfall together. Makes each of them less boring.

Far Cry Primal is kind of game that i can understand all the hate it got from gamers. But it doesn't mean game is bad. It's actually very enjoyable.

Watching a 50 minute play through of the beginning of Far Cry Primal on Polygon and just realized that Elias Toufexis is the voice of Takkar. Now I'm doubly stoked to play this game. Adam Jensen as an early hominid. Play this back-to-back with Deus Ex for an interesting juxtaposition of disparate evolutionary moments (including potential ones) of our species and the tools/technology with which we have augmented our bodies. .