Date played: March 9th
Platform: PS4
I jumped back into the land of Oros as Takkar and completed a good number of interesting missions. I started with a little side quest where I had to help a Wenja by burning down a cave inhabited by the Izila, the tribe that worships the sun and fire. Of course, once I started burning shit, I got attacked savagely by them, so I fought them with my saber tooth tiger, my bow and my club.
Next, I decided to meet with Karoosh, another Wenja specialist. This guy was way up north. When I approached the area, I was surprised to see a completely different landscape than what I was used to. There was a light snow, the colors more lifeless, the vegetation more sparse and the cold was palpable. Hell, when I wandered north a bit too much, a cold meter appeared and I was warned that I could freeze to death if I stayed too long...
Anyway, I met with Karoosh and he's a fearless warrior. He asks me to help him attract the Udam to his campsite so that we could murder them together, for the Wenja. I burned Udam bodies and fought off a dozen of them as they rushed the area. I've been using the bow a lot to fight enemies. I'm a pretty good shot, so I've been getting a lot of headshots. When enemies get too close, I typically switch to the club. After this, Karoosh joined my village and gave me access to a bunch of new stuff.
Back at the village, I spent some time and many resources on upgrading huts and crafting new items. I've crafted a nice warm winter coat to explore the northern area. I've got a new, upgraded club and spear. I've even crafted a powerful 2 handed club that is slow, but dangerous. I've got some new skills too, like dealing more damage to animals, reduced sway when aiming clubs and spears and a special takedown when I fall on enemies from above.
I was then given a small quest near the Wenja village. A nearby river was making villagers sick, so I investigated it by following some clues with hunter vision. It turns out that there were some dead bodies in the river upstream...
Next, I decided to complete a mission for the one armed man. He wanted some rare feathers from some eagle nests. There is a very high cliff on the west side of the map where the eagles have made their nests. I had to climb the dangerous cliffs using my grapple while avoiding eagle attacks, and gathering rare feathers from nests. At the top of the cliffs, I finally figured out how to kill these birds of prey. I waited for them to squawk, signaling an attack, then when they dived in my direction, I took out my spear, looked at them and struck them just as they were about to hit me. With my feathers, I was able to upgrade my quiver to hold 48 arrows at a time!
Finally, I spent some time heading back north to find Sayla and get to my next mission. I got distracted often though, as I gathered new items that didn't show up in the starting area. I also tamed a bear and a cave bear... The regular bear seems rather useless, but the cave bear is the strongest beast yet, with a 5 star strength rating. However, it's very very slow and has absolutely no stealth, considering it's impressive size. It also attracts enemy attacks, so I think he will be good to use when assaulting large camps.
Platform: PS4
I jumped back into the land of Oros as Takkar and completed a good number of interesting missions. I started with a little side quest where I had to help a Wenja by burning down a cave inhabited by the Izila, the tribe that worships the sun and fire. Of course, once I started burning shit, I got attacked savagely by them, so I fought them with my saber tooth tiger, my bow and my club.
Next, I decided to meet with Karoosh, another Wenja specialist. This guy was way up north. When I approached the area, I was surprised to see a completely different landscape than what I was used to. There was a light snow, the colors more lifeless, the vegetation more sparse and the cold was palpable. Hell, when I wandered north a bit too much, a cold meter appeared and I was warned that I could freeze to death if I stayed too long...
Anyway, I met with Karoosh and he's a fearless warrior. He asks me to help him attract the Udam to his campsite so that we could murder them together, for the Wenja. I burned Udam bodies and fought off a dozen of them as they rushed the area. I've been using the bow a lot to fight enemies. I'm a pretty good shot, so I've been getting a lot of headshots. When enemies get too close, I typically switch to the club. After this, Karoosh joined my village and gave me access to a bunch of new stuff.
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| Karoosh, the powerful warrior, burns Udam bodies |
I was then given a small quest near the Wenja village. A nearby river was making villagers sick, so I investigated it by following some clues with hunter vision. It turns out that there were some dead bodies in the river upstream...
Next, I decided to complete a mission for the one armed man. He wanted some rare feathers from some eagle nests. There is a very high cliff on the west side of the map where the eagles have made their nests. I had to climb the dangerous cliffs using my grapple while avoiding eagle attacks, and gathering rare feathers from nests. At the top of the cliffs, I finally figured out how to kill these birds of prey. I waited for them to squawk, signaling an attack, then when they dived in my direction, I took out my spear, looked at them and struck them just as they were about to hit me. With my feathers, I was able to upgrade my quiver to hold 48 arrows at a time!
Finally, I spent some time heading back north to find Sayla and get to my next mission. I got distracted often though, as I gathered new items that didn't show up in the starting area. I also tamed a bear and a cave bear... The regular bear seems rather useless, but the cave bear is the strongest beast yet, with a 5 star strength rating. However, it's very very slow and has absolutely no stealth, considering it's impressive size. It also attracts enemy attacks, so I think he will be good to use when assaulting large camps.
