10 Video Games Sequels That Were EXACTLY The Same

Give Ubisoft some credit: Far Cry: Primal was a creative and bold new direction to take the franchise after the gorgeous Far Cry 4. Instead of adhering to the Far Cry formula of "insert stereotypical protagonist in exotic but dangerous location and let havoc ensue," Primal was set in a prehistoric period. The player simulated the life of a hunter-gatherer attempting to ensure their tribe's survival. The game drew favorable reactions at first and fans applauded the expansive and beautiful map, a game element that Ubisoft had always excelled at.

But then fans began noticing familiar environments, almost like they'd walked these paths and swam these waters before. Lo and behold, bird's eye view images of the map revealed that it was borrowed almost entirely from Far Cry 4, even down to the roads and rivers being near identical. Many things had changed to account for a new time period and the game developers insisted that Primal was set in Europe while Far Cry 4 was in the Himalayas, but the overall structure and layout of the game was a carbon copy, built on the same skeleton.

If Primal had been a fun continuation or DLC package, fans might not have minded the blatant recycling, but it was a full-priced retail game and gamers cried foul at Ubisoft's shenanigans.