Just like with any Far Cry game, there is a lot to do. The world really feels alive like so much is going on around you. You constantly have people to rescue from enemy tribes, you have animals that will attack you from every angle, and there are plenty of locations to discover and take over.
But as fun as it may be to play the game, it has no depth whatsoever. The developers missed so many opportunities to make this game truly great. In one mission, you have to fight the saber-tooth tiger that killed your brother at the beginning of the game. But that's all you do. You fight it until it is within an inch of its life, and then you tame it.
Why couldn't you have some kind of reckoning with the tiger? This is the creature that killed your brother! Why not have the option to either kill it or spare its life? Why not have the main character talk to it like he does with a lot of other animals? Why not have him forgive what the tiger did to him, and decide to put aside their differences to become more than what they were before? That is kind of the theme with the game anyway: building up your bonds with both your village and the wildlife. This could have been one of the BEST missions, but it ends up falling completely flat.
In another mission, you have to fight the main boss of the Udam, Ull. Once you defeat him, he tells you to look after his children and then he dies. Okay, that could be cool and emotional, but... no.
You could have had him recognize that the Wenja are powerful because they are more in touch with wildlife around them, and they use it to their advantage. The main character is able to tame bears and cave lions for crying out loud! This mission could have been a waking point for the main character as well. The Udam are sick and dying. They need someone to help them, so that could have been the point where they ask for help from the Wenja, but it still falls flat.
It's still wildly fun to play, and the open world is awesome, but the story is so bland that you end up forgetting what you're fighting for in the first place, and you're left wondering what the difference is between you and your enemies with the game doing nothing to address it.
But as fun as it may be to play the game, it has no depth whatsoever. The developers missed so many opportunities to make this game truly great. In one mission, you have to fight the saber-tooth tiger that killed your brother at the beginning of the game. But that's all you do. You fight it until it is within an inch of its life, and then you tame it.
Why couldn't you have some kind of reckoning with the tiger? This is the creature that killed your brother! Why not have the option to either kill it or spare its life? Why not have the main character talk to it like he does with a lot of other animals? Why not have him forgive what the tiger did to him, and decide to put aside their differences to become more than what they were before? That is kind of the theme with the game anyway: building up your bonds with both your village and the wildlife. This could have been one of the BEST missions, but it ends up falling completely flat.
In another mission, you have to fight the main boss of the Udam, Ull. Once you defeat him, he tells you to look after his children and then he dies. Okay, that could be cool and emotional, but... no.
You could have had him recognize that the Wenja are powerful because they are more in touch with wildlife around them, and they use it to their advantage. The main character is able to tame bears and cave lions for crying out loud! This mission could have been a waking point for the main character as well. The Udam are sick and dying. They need someone to help them, so that could have been the point where they ask for help from the Wenja, but it still falls flat.
It's still wildly fun to play, and the open world is awesome, but the story is so bland that you end up forgetting what you're fighting for in the first place, and you're left wondering what the difference is between you and your enemies with the game doing nothing to address it.