![]() so you set out to discover, find food, tools, landmarks…deal with predators, and use this gain knowledge to pass it onto a new generation, to evolve and advance your species… this is a game of discovery and survival. our ancestors didn’t know what theyre supposed to be doing either… they had to figure everything out. I feel a bit tricked… the game opens with a little cutscene, youre given a mission to hide, and then go find yourself as a member of your little money tribe… I was kind of under the impression that this game was going to deliver a story, but it doesn’t… it goes from you have my attention to I have no idea what im supposed to be doing… and that’s kind of the point. this felt like the true assassins creed origins… but the longer I stayed in this world the more it furtrated me and the more it pushed me away…. with that classic bird opening, even as im climbing trees and swinging from vines. and after about 2 hours of monkeying around, I discovered that this experience just isn’t for me… Ancestors The Humankind Odyssey is a survival game where you start as a male, female, or random character thrown into the jungle… and I actually got assassins creed vibes right from the jump. so I hopped into ancestors with excitement and intrigue… excited to create a new lineage of primates, go through the struggles, the trials and tribulations of becoming human. … ExpandĪncestors The Humankind Odyessey Not really a game for me If you’ve been around long enough you know that assassins creed is my favorite Ancestors The Humankind Odyessey Not really a game for me If you’ve been around long enough you know that assassins creed is my favorite gaming series of all time, so when I found at the the creator of my favorite series is making a new game, I couldn’t not play it. Then it is surely worth it if you like games like spore. If you are okay with some tedium in your games. As you start to get attached to your apes and really care about their fate. It does a poor job of telling you what your goal is. What the game doesn't tell you is that in order to evolve you must complete evolution objectives(Like kill every predator) that advance years in the game once you pass generations. Once you figure out how its systems work, it is a very rewarding if not tedious game. The game is mostly about discovery as it does not tell you exactly how to do most things, some of which you need in order to survive. The survival mechanics are also very well developed, it took me awhile to figure out how to eat a coconut instead of just drinking it. The climbing mechanics are almost spot on, very similar to assassins creed. It has you playing as a group of apes that eventually evolves to become human. I'd say this is the kind of topic that gaming is perfectly suited for, and one of the few saving graces of the industry edutainment based on extremely novel, fascinating and fun ideas.This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.Īncestors the humankind odyssey is a game that is truly a diamond in the rough in terms of PS games. Even if it isn't this specific franchise, I look forward to the next iteration of the idea. ![]() Which sucks, we could do with more games like this, it's a bloody gem. They're selling to a *very* niche market. ![]() yeah, I can see why they would struggle to get investors for a sequel. ![]() So unless this thing is done on a shoestring budget like a few indie games I could name. ![]() Problem is, I don't know a single other gamer who is remotely interested in the topic of human evolution like I am. Roleplaying our distance ancestors in a sandbox setting, without all the stupid high fantasy stuff that other developers love to cram into their games? Hell yeah, sign me up, that sounds awesome! I'll make my own dramas, get fully invested in living the life of an early hominid for a while. Like, I'm the sort of person who really enjoys wading through Wikipedia articles and opinion pieces about why Turkana Boy was or wasn't representative of ♥♥♥♥ Ergaster because of his potential genetic abnormalities, so this kind of a game really struck a nerve for me. I very much enjoy the premise of this game, but I feel like perhaps that's the problem in why it didn't get enough interest for a sequel to be financially tempting. ![]()
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