I have both and honestly, it depends on what you want to do. I barely played about 2 hours of Far Cry Primal and about 25 hours so far with the Division. The new Far Cry has made some changes to the formula, with more resource gathering and crafting than the previous games. The Caveman setting is different too. Going through the missions lists, there's only about 13 main story missions. I do know that you have to build up your settlement by rescuing people and stuff like that. Otherwise, it feels like a Far Cry game, but with primitive weapons. I liked Far Cry 4, but had more fun with Far Cry 3.
The Division is a 3rd person RPG/Shooter. It is structured kind of like an MMO--you have main missions and you unlock safe houses in each sector of Manhattan. This in turn opens up side missions, which are simplistic--go to this point and defend the supplies, disrupt the arms deal, etc. There's a lot of collectibles to find. The main missions are way better--not sure how many of them there are. You also have a main headquarters that you upgrade. I've only completed about 40% of the sectors so far. You do level up, gain skills and perks etc. The game can be played COOP--up to 4 people over the internet (not split-screen) or solo. The mechanics are more like Gears of War/Mass Effect, with the cover system, enemies are RPG--they have health bars and can be bullet sponges. The loot is more like Borderlands and MMOs. It also has a large Multiplayer zone where its a free for all, with its own leveling up system, but it is integrated into the game map. So unlike games like COD, it is not a separate game mode.
I would say, figure out if you want a First Person game or a third person game and if you prefer a modern setting or not as both games should be pretty lengthy.
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