
"I got pretty proficient with a bow and arrow, and was able to take out a Neanderthal with a head shot at 50 yards." The Udam, the substitutes for Neanderthals in the game, appear to pray to a Mesopotamian fertility goddess - historically impossible, but it made me smile to see the statue. The cowrie shells worn as identification by the Wenja tribe were included by the game's developers to refer to the migration of Africans into Europe, and to the use of the shells as currency in many cultures around the world. Like Assassin's Creed, Primal scratches my humanities itch, mixing in juicy nuggets of fact in a broth of creative license. As I ran from mission to mission, rescuing Wenja and cutting a bloody swath through my enemies, I reveled in watching butterflies flit through the air as a herd of deer grazed in an open pasture and the sun set in the background. There are icy, snowcapped mountains, with temperatures so intensely cold your character will die in about 5 minutes without the proper clothing.

You'll encounter rolling, grassy plains and redwood forests so dense that sunlight struggles to break through. Like Kyrat in Far Cry 4, Oros is a breathtaking land of extremes.
