Two upcoming games are generating a lot of interest within the gaming community; Horizon Zero Dawn and FarCry Primal. I make a note of placing them side by side because they seem to share a lot of similarities. Horizon Zero Dawn has yet to be released, so these similarities could be pretty superficial.

Both of these games are set in a prehistoric era, but with some important differences. FarCry provides a more realistic image of the time, where you play as a hunter who is working his way up the ranks to become a tribal leader. It includes inter-tribal conflict, training/taming of wild animals, and organised hunting trips between you and NPC’s.

Zero dawn is also set in a prehistoric era, but with a massively important difference. Namely, the monsters in the game aren’t biological but machine. Killing them will give you a lot of resources that could see you firing explosive arrows and laying explosive trip wires.