Historians REACT to Far Cry Primal | Experts React

On this episode of Experts React, we are joined by historians Sarah Lacy and Rachael Hill. They’ll be reacting to “Far Cry Primal” for the first time.

Far Cry Primal is set in 10,000 BC during the ends of the Upper Paleolithic and beginning of the Mesolithic period in Europe. It takes place in the fictional Oros valley in the Carpathian Mountains of Central Europe.

We play as a Wenja tribesman named Takkar who is stranded in Oros with no weapons after his hunting party is ambushed by a saber-tooth tiger. As he progresses, he will gather other individuals and tame the animals that surround him and, thus, take power in the valley of Oros and find himself at the head of his own tribe to finally give to the Wenja the respect they deserve.

Do you know how to start a fire with rocks? Did saber-toothed tigers exist in Europe at this time? Are there crocodiles in the Carpathian Mountains? What does it take to hunt a Mammoth? Did women hunt together with men? When did Europeans start fishing? How did they treat their wounds? What animals were domesticated? How did they build their shelters? Find out what the historians think about this, and more, in this new episode of Experts React.
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0:00 – Intro
0:25 – Introductions
1:01 – Starting fires
1:58 – Saber-toothed Tigers
2:22 – Hunting Mammoths
5:01 – Fishing and other things that they ate
5:37 – European Crocodiles
6:01 – Bows, axes and other tools
6:58 – Treating the wounds
7:46 – Domesticating animals
9:04 – Clothes
9:31 – Foraging
10:04 – Shelter
10:54 – Conclusion
11:16 – Outro
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[finn]

Historians react has so much potential

[mr.mccream]

5:03 "Oh is he fishing?"

No, the fish is actually humaning.

[marcrojas]

I love how the historian understands its a game and doesn’t make fun of some of the inaccuracies

[jesusreyes]

I feel bad for the lady with the red dress since she didn’t seem to know much about that time period compared to the other one so she doesn’t have much to say

[thelegion]

Imagine being a island goddess and see a man getting shot 27 times about to die but then he eats a piece of meat and unbreaks his fingers and is somehow fine.

[percival]

Them: no ones hunting mammoths on their own.
Dragonborn: hold my beer

[firstlast]

*Charles Manson* Reacts to Far Cry 5 Cult

[TemariNaraannaschatz]

Having played the game, there is so much more that perfectly fits what they were describing:

The Izila already having agriculture, wheras the Wenja learn it in the game through Roshani.
Female hunters, especially the main hunter you learn from being Jayma an old experienced huntress.
Your village starting out just as a cave and then when more people join and you learn agriculture it becomes a whole villiage.
Wogah having survived with an amputated arm.

The worldbuilding in general is really awesome, even if some animals wouln't be living there.
But when it comes to different tribes, way of live (clothing, food, agriculture, priests and believes, structure building) it is very thoughtful.

[EpicWinNoob]

**Frantically stabbing a fish biting his leg**
"Oh, is he fishing?"

[i_got_bxrz]

“no bears”

*laughs in cheeseburger*

[GreatestAlive]

It's so obvious that the next video will be them reacting to AC: Valhalla

[awgaming]

i love how passionate this archeologist is

[nameless]

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[PPChickenNug]

Next "Cavemen react to Far Cry Primal"

[grinninggreen]

I love that at 5:58 she's acknowledging that we don't have evidence of things, but that it's entirely possible we just haven't found it. Meanwhile most other people doing videos like this sit there and crap on it.

[JohnnyHandsometm]

I absolutely *LOVE FARCRY PRIMAL* so much! What an amazing concept for a video game. I just wish we could keep adding to our village meaning more and more huts and all that are made.

[UmjaeMJ]

Historian: No Pet Bears

People in Russia: You underestimate our power

[cozmo]

There was a female hunter in the group btw

[strzygon]

"no saber toothed cats at 10, 000 years ago in Europe"

Homotherium: Am i a joke to you?

[joshuayow]

I once had a 48 pound lynx as a pet. Her name was Baby Cakes, best pet I ever had... Well except for all the furniture she tore up and she was VERY vocal when she came into heat. Broke my heart when she died, never had a pet since. Don't think I will again. I don't know if that counts as a "big cat" but she definitely was a power house of a animal.