Kotaku recently spoke with someone familiar with Ubisoft and confirmed that the team did in fact recycle the heightmaps from the Far Cry 4 map. What they found wasn’t that maps were similar, but that they’re virtually identical.
The guys over at GamePressure noticed that they were walking through familiar territory, and decided to dissect the game’s map, and compare it to the one from Far Cry 4. At least until you realize that you’re literally walking the same path. The similarities seem to be few and far between. Instead of baddies with guns, you have to fight wild beasts and rival tribes. A completely new take on the franchise, which puts the player in the shoes of a hunter back in the Stone Age. This brings us to today, where Ubisoft has released Far Cry Primal. With a price like that from a AAA studio, no one expected years of development on a completely new game.
After all, you could pick the game up when it first released for just $15. Sure, there was a different story and new missions, but it boiled down to being a pretty similar game. However, it was really just the same game with a new skin on it. The game was radically different in appearance from Far Cry 3, with the lush green world replaced with neon colors.
