My second clan turns would-be monkey munchers into piles of dead meat.Įven after plugging dozens of hours into Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, I’ve barely scratched the surface of this game. My first clan was made extinct when we were migrating to more fertile land and got stuck between a croc and a sabre-tooth tiger. ![]() Everything kills you.Įverything in Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a puzzle, often solved through chance and trial and error. Damn Dirty Ape I didn’t make it this far but those 3 guys in the water probably got eaten by a shark. This game is incredibly good, once it gets going. If you just wander around lost for 30 minutes like me you’ll probably hit refund on Steam and just watch Planet of the Apes instead.īe patient and persist. This part of the game is interesting if you find safety within like 5-10 minutes. Your visibility is limited to visions of the vicious, violent and vengeful snapping, snarls of your would be predators. The tale of man begins with an infantile orphan forced to find shelter in the dark and dangerous jungle. If you’re planning to walk the same path be prepared for a very slow and frustrating journey. ![]() Fuck hippos.įor the purpose of this review, I played the game with no tutorial and no HUD because Gaia is an absent mother and training wheels impress no one. Ape-atite for Destruction Shoot as many hippos as you want though. I learned to crawl home from the pub before I learned to run home from a large group of people I offended.ġ0,000,000 years ago, my ancestors learned to shit a little further away from where they ate. I have evolved into a slightly cleaner, richer and much more tired version of the ape I was beforeĪncestors: The Humankind Odyssey tells a similar story of growth, development and evolution. The government no longer funds my research into the limits of liver regeneration. The tides have turned and a new age is upon me. When the winters would wane in the warmth of my extensive back hair.Īncestors: The Humankind Odyssey Review I was gonna make a joke about elephants being the great cost of ivory but you probably just shouldn’t shoot elephants. I pine for ages gone by, where my only concern was foraging for the less expired meat in the communal fridge of my share house. I started working full time recently so I’m sad all the time. The weak were deemed failures and forgotten to the annals of history.ĭeath is the great cost of life, so they say. In the harsh deserts of our origin, the strong survived and became the progenitors of the present. Glad I picked this little gem up.From the primordial ooze, we slithered on to the sands of our genesis. This was a great game, filled with challenge, adventure and potential. Although many scientists and critics alike have their doubts as to the accuracy of the Darwin Theory, it was certainly great to see what might have been. The story itself is rather forward and to the point. It was visually and graphically appealing, while having subtle background music/sound effects and a fascinating premise. Overall, this game was great and informative. Of course, there is a very real sense of permanence to the danger in this game, as every choice can risk the extinction of your entire lineage. I found that once I got the controls down the game became much more enjoyable. Mechanically (the ps4 version) was great, with very little issues or bugs, and has never crashed for me. Although I was frustrated, I was glad for having given it a chance. Not a lot of people have the mindset, patience, skill (and the attention span, for that matter) to give a challenging game like this a fair chance. It seems many people will bash this game right off the bat, in part due to that initial frustration, difficulty and lack of explanation. Although, perhaps there is sound reason to do so. ![]() Heavy tutorial sections often come across very demeaning to the player, in my opinion, as well as being burdensome. I think game devs often imagine a dumb audience and try to dumb everything down unnecessarily. Honestly, I found this kind of approach refreshing, as it assumes intelligence and capability on the part of the player rather than the general "assume-the-player-is-an-idiot" approach many other games tend to take. At the beginning, the player's Apes are quite vulnerable and thrown into the wild with very little tutorial, direction or assistance. I initially felt a lot of frustration with learning the controls and mechanics. ANCESTORS: The Humankind Odyssey was an interesting concept and a game I enjoyed playing, although it was rather challenging, especially in the beginning when I feel a game should generally be a bit more forgiving.
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