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Far Cry Primal: fly like bird

As I wrote in my previous entry, we have two missions open to us that will conclude the main story line of the game. Sayla’s old enemy, Ull, is now within reach in the northern Udam homelands. Likewise, I now also have access to the hideout of Batari, the leader of the Izila and Tensay […]

Spear and fang

Rather than post another entry in my series of Far Cry Primal game diaries today (the next one will be posted tomorrow), I thought it would be fun to instead re-publish a short story by Robert E. Howard, creator of Conan the Barbarian, that is set in the Stone Age. ‘Spear and fang’ was published in […]

Far Cry Primal: tribal warfare

Sayla told me to head north to pick the yellow flowers of a rare plant. She would be able to make an antidote against rot fumes, allowing me to access the main fort of Ull, the leader of the cannibalistic Udam. Dutifully, I head north, as indicated by the marker on my map, and soon […]

Far Cry Primal: break the moon

At the end of my previous post, I had just assaulted, with some difficulty, a heavily-defended Izila fort. With my tamed animals, I managed to nevertheless defeat all the enemies and captured Roshani, who taught me how to craft fire bombs. He’s now locked up in a cage at the Wenja village, but the upgrade screen […]

Far Cry Primal: fire walker

Things are moving along nicely in the valley of Oros. As you may remember, I started out my adventures in Tutorial Land, rescued the somewhat disturbed Shayla, brought Tensay the shaman to our village, tamed a wolf, expanded the village some more, spent some quality time with the local wildlife, and then met Batari, the leader […]

The ideal archaeological museum

At present, I live in Leiden, almost around the corner from the National Museum of Antiquities. It’s a beautiful museum with a great collection of ancient objects and even some architecture, such as a complete Egyptian temple from the Augustan period. For much of 2015, the museum was closed as it was being renovated. A […]

Far Cry Primal: tribes of Oros

According to Steam, I’ve played Far Cry Primal for 10 hours. The game itself tells me that I’m about 23% done (but to get 100%, you also need to complete loads of optional tasks, like gathering all collectibles). I certainly feel like I’ve come a long way since Tutorial Land, but I’ve only gone through the first stages […]

Far Cry Primal: animal mayhem

For the past week, I’ve been playing the new game Far Cry Primal, set in the prehistoric world of Oros. I started off in Tutorial Land, rescued Shayla, found our shaman Tensay, tamed a wolf, and then found some specialists to join our fledgling village. My latest mission is to go and find out what happened to a Wenja […]

Thoughts on the Master of Orion reboot

Recently, I’ve been playing around with the new Master of Orion game that’s available on Steam in Early Access. It’s a reboot of the series that started off with what I consider a near-perfect 4X game, the original Master of Orion. For those not in the know, Master of Orion, released in 1993, is a […]

Far Cry Primal: village people

Previously, we spent some time in Tutorial Land, rescued a young woman named Shayla, found a missing shaman by the name of Tensay, and finally went out to tame a wolf and rescue some wandering Wenja. Shayla gave us another task: to find more people with which to populate our village. There are a few people in particular […]