I just finished Primal for who knows how many times. This time it was 100% completion on hardest settings (Expert Survivor Permadeath), and the trick was that I had to carry the Olympic fire with me = have a club on fire all the time and use only the club(s) as your weapon. It was a lot of fun, and a lot of sneaking around and burning stuff.
I originally started on expert and it got borderline frustrating due to the lack of defensive options in melee. I think hard would be a good balance. Yeah the melee combat leaves a lot to be desired. I've played almost exclusively on Expert (and Survivor and Permadeath) and I'm satisfied with it.
TLDR: the combat is inherently riskier than other far cry games, and especially in the early game you can get into nigh-unwinnable fights by aggroing certain animals. Unless you want to spend the whole early game (i.e. until you can ride a sabertooth) crouch walking across the map, I would advise against permadeath. #1.
Far Cry Primal developer Ubisoft recently shared in a blog post regarding the action-adventure title that it will be providing fans with a free patch next month on April 12 to download a Survival
Top Of The Food Chain (Permadeath) Finish the game in Survivor mode (Any difficulty) and the Permadeath option activated. Top Of The Food Chain (Permadeath) Finish the game in Survivor mode (Any difficulty) and the Permadeath option activated. Twelve Labors: Complete 12 specialist missions. Welcome: Play Far Cry Primal.
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