Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Reviews

The game is not a fast pacing (at least for me) and rather realistic in that. There is some grind that is understandable since the evolution and learning come with repetition. Controls are not quite right with keyboard. Main difference here is that you are playing for a clan of monkeys, not for a single one. They die sometimes and it is okay. Mechanistic are supposed to be learned, sometimes in a hard way. I'm checking with the internet to learn if i've stuck.

this game has a huge learning curve as it has no tutorial but with the power of redit this game is peak.

great game... Most fun ive had in a single player game in a long time

I think its a good game just a hard one to do but once you know how to play the rest is just exploring and learning

I bought this game cause it was 75% off, it was a survival game, and I like survival games. Skimming the description it sounded like a caveman survival thing. I discovered it was much, much more. This game is amazing. You are not responsible for the survival of one caveman but the entire human species. I liked this game so much i bought a controller to play it. Its playable with keyboard but highly recommend using a controller. Mind blowing game.

This game isn’t intuitive and definitely isn’t a walk in the park, but it’s innovative and unique. I'd love to see more games like this in the future. A tutorial would help a wider range of players enjoy it, as the steep learning curve may turn some away. It’s a challenging experience that rewards those who stick with it, but it’s not for everyone. I recommend it, but be prepared for a bit of a learning curve.

Dude this game is awesome. First of all, there's so much stuff to do that it's almost a bit overwhelming, AT FIRST, that is. Not only is there a bunch of stuff to do, but everything to do is cool. Now, I must admit, I've never before played a game where unlocking walking on only two legs felt like so much of an accomplishment, but they somehow pulled it off. This game is totally worth it. 10/10, 5 stars, two thumbs up, 1st place metal, 100 happy smiley face stickers and a good note to the developers' parents.

This game lives rent free in my head. I really hope the studio produces another unique banger to follow up on this style of game play. Sure, the controls take some getting used to but I feel the game is supposed to be that way. It makes you feel fully immersed as you are learning alongside your characters for the entire duration of the game. You need to master certain things like tree climbing as our ancestors did, it's not just mashing buttons and I love it. I was definitely left wanting more, in a good way. A sequel couldn't come soon enough. I hope they build upon the crafting system and add some form of shelter building. The combat was really unique and I had fun with it but once you master it things can begin to get repetitive. If there is a follow up on this gem I think they have built the foundations here for making one of the most immersive and entertaining games of all time. Also very polished, for the level of detail and the density of the forests you don't need a super-computer to run it. Also in my personal experience I came across little to no bugs. Some things I thought were bugs turned out to be myself just doing something wrong during the long journey of learning how to use my monke hands and brain.

One of the most immersive gaming experiences I have had. The lack of maps, tutorials or any real instructions at all, may turn some people off. I loved it. (after a few deaths, restarts...etc.) You are playing as an ape and trying to evolve to a more modern human. Keep in mind, the game-play represents 10 million years and you evolve with one clan, picking up mutations and the like along the way. Worrying about a single member dying isn't recommended unless you are advanced and going for deathless. True achievements has the best guide I've ever seen for this game if you need help. Bur try it for a few hours at least without any guides... that I think is how the developers intend it. Save scum pro tip: You can initiate an auto-save by accessing and leaving the evolution screen at a rest area after making one. So... if you rage quit you will have a nice spot to return to.

Hear me out ok... This game is AMAZING; Between the environment and the skill building and everything in-between this game nails it. That being said, there is a massive memory leak issue or some form of corruption that happens at a certain point in the game. It's like the game cannot handle all the monkeys, the tools, the piles of items, the enemies, the ambient fruit/vegetation, just everything. Numerous playthroughs have ended with hard crashes. immediate FPS drops and system chugs when viewing the MASSIVE (in a good way) neuron tree or when I go to tell multiple monkeys to mimic my actions. I don't understand why items don't refresh after an evolution leap to let the backlog of memory breathe. I swear this game crashes 99/100 times because it's trying to remember a specific chunk of basalt I picked up to defend myself with across the map quite literally 1,000,000 years ago lol. It is impossible for me to justify recommending a game that literally breaks the further you go and the more you do. Which is a crying shame, because Monke is Life.