it's still far cry. outposts are the best part and there are a lot of varied outposts in 5. the game is a little buggy but looks fantastic (mostly). there is a real dearth of guns compared to 4, which is disappointing. we don't need 2 AK47s and 2 magnum revolvers. i want the ACE rifle and desert eagle back!

you can get animal AI companions that you can order to attack and send to waypoints. not sure if that was in primal as i didn't play it. you could probably 5 as close to primal as possible by only using bow/arrow + melee + animals

if you plan on playing 5 get the 2x animal skins perk first and do adelaide's missions + the followup mission with her gentleman companion. the 2x skins perk will give you more money than you know what to do with early on and completing adelaide's mission chain unlocks a speedy attack helicopter which greatly aids traversal and makes doing the passive missions (mainly "destroy x vehicles") much easier