Do you remember Far Cry Primal? Ubisoft’s prehistoric spinoff was pitched as an intriguing departure from the formula, in which players would leave their jeeps and helicopters behind to embrace life at the dawn of the Mesolithic period. They would tread lightly between the Carpathian mountains, taking down saber-toothed cats as a club-wielding tribesman with the voice of Adam Jensen from Deus Ex.
Then, within the first week of release, players started to experience deja vu. They noticed a familiar curvature to Far Cry Primal’s waterways, and a well-worn pattern to the paths that crisscrossed the Oros valley. This, despite the geographical and historical disparity, was roughly the same map they’d conquered in Far Cry 4.
