Dawn of Man

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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 90 Ratings

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  1. vaurne
    Dec 24, 2020
    7
    A survival city-building game in a novel setting that hasn't been properly explored yet. I believe this to be the best of it's genre, mostly due to it's aesthetic and how well it delivers it's approach.

    The progress in this game is intuitive, the mechanics are unexpectedly interesting, the art style and the world fit beautifully, and the gameplay is ultimately intriguing. I think this    A survival city-building game in a novel setting that hasn't been properly explored yet. I believe this to be the best of it's genre, mostly due to it's aesthetic and how well it delivers it's approach.

    The progress in this game is intuitive, the mechanics are unexpectedly interesting, the art style and the world fit beautifully, and the gameplay is ultimately intriguing. I think this is exceptionally wonderful for nature and animal lovers, as this hits all the good spots, with all the animal and landscape designs done perfectly. It focuses on exactly what it needs to and provides a very relaxed gaming experience where you enter another world.

    I rate it this low due to the lack of storyline, purpose or narration. It leaves a hole in the experience that is necessary for me, though most if not all the games in this genre do the same.    … Expand
  2. boredboredbored
    Aug 2, 2019
    7
    I love the stone age. I've been to the museum more times than I can count, and I always spend hours at the stone age exhibits. I reckon Farcry: Primal is the best FPS in the world. In other words: I really wanted to love this game. Now don't get me wrong, it's fun and great way to burn 10 hours or so, but without some serious expansion and ironing out of issues, it's not a fantastic game.I love the stone age. I've been to the museum more times than I can count, and I always spend hours at the stone age exhibits. I reckon Farcry: Primal is the best FPS in the world. In other words: I really wanted to love this game. Now don't get me wrong, it's fun and great way to burn 10 hours or so, but without some serious expansion and ironing out of issues, it's not a fantastic game.

    There's no strategy for combat, it's just a blind rush of all your guys against all their guys. Building structure is infuriating as the terrain must be perfectly flat and it almost never is. Tribesmen always decided to go on marathon-long hunts in midwinter and end up dead unless you corral them like errant sheep. There's serious balance issues with domesticated animals and straw production. The camera controls are annoying and you can never get a good angle on anything. And there are UI issues with getting information on your settlement and the surrounding land.

    That said, if you're as keen on the stone age and ancient man as me, definitely get this game. If not...well...maybe wait for a Steam sale.    … Expand
  3. BlackWidow
    May 19, 2020
    7
    I had this on my steam wish list for a long time, and grabbed it when the price dropped a bit. Been playing it for several days now. I'm not a huge fan of city builders, but this is a pretty good game, and it has more than just building structures. It's a fight for survival from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age. One great thing about the game, is the DEVS (Madruga Works) are listening toI had this on my steam wish list for a long time, and grabbed it when the price dropped a bit. Been playing it for several days now. I'm not a huge fan of city builders, but this is a pretty good game, and it has more than just building structures. It's a fight for survival from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age. One great thing about the game, is the DEVS (Madruga Works) are listening to fan suggestions and releasing patches every several months too add more features and content. My own personal suggestion would be to add a day/night cycle. It's a little weird having it light out all the time. Takes away realism. Other than that, I think the game is very solid. I give it a 7.… Expand
  4. Kezblez
    Jul 26, 2019
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Could have been a great game, and in some aspects it was there. The graphics were good and the concept was awesome however I feel that they dropped the ball in some regards in the delivery, especially in being true to anthropology. This is what I thought let the game down. There was no difference in the tasks that men and women performed. Women were hunters, and men were gatherers in equal measure. This is not how it happened. Men were the hunters and women, old people and children were the gatherers. In some cultures like the Scythian's women would take up arms when their men were away raiding, but that was the only recorded instance of this in prehistory. It really ruined the realism of the game. Also when we are first presented with horses, they are shown to be the same size as modern horses, this is inaccurate, early horses were about the same size as pigs and were domesticated to be larger over time. The creators brushed over these and many other facts and this ruined the educational/simulation component of the game, which I am assuming was it's original intended purpose. Also. Why can't I attack other villages? They can attack me, why can't I raise a war party and go get some plunder? Furthermore, when a resource would run out, the gathering post would remain, why? I feel like this constant need to check on minor processes made the game rather tedious at times. I would rather be building up a city than mindlessly clicking. Lastly, when does the game end? I got to the end of the technology tree and then it just goes on. They should have either allowed options to further improve and expand the city or finished the game.… Expand
  5. pdcmoreira
    Oct 18, 2019
    7
    This game has some issues with its AI, mainly with task assignment and priorities, which could be easily forgivable if the forced priority system worked correctly or if we were able to force a peasant to do a task.
    Otherwise, it's a fantastic game!
  6. MadCat120
    May 9, 2020
    5
    The concept is fun, but the AI is terrible. It's not polished yet so don't bother. You can build a city for hours, then all of the sudden there's literally 0 animals within a seasonal walk. Your workload can be 150% because your people won't build a sledge in winter, because they are queued to work the farm in the summer.
    They won't feed your animals, because they need to gather a log    The concept is fun, but the AI is terrible. It's not polished yet so don't bother. You can build a city for hours, then all of the sudden there's literally 0 animals within a seasonal walk. Your workload can be 150% because your people won't build a sledge in winter, because they are queued to work the farm in the summer.
    They won't feed your animals, because they need to gather a log from across the realm, to put it near the stockpile, not even in it.
    They will not fish, because they need to walk all the way across town, to move an empty sledge to the transport post 3 feet away from it's resting position.

    However, if you like to extremely micro-manage each and every action of 100 people, this game is for you. If you like to watch your people queued to hunt an animal within your town, and it takes 3 seasons of not doing literally anything else, and that doesn't anger you. This game is for you.    … Expand
  7. redmist456
    Nov 4, 2021
    7
    The overall setting is unique in that it takes the city-building genre to a whole new niche. The AI Management is alright, though it could use more fleshing out. The tooltip definitely needs to be reworked, especially for beginner players of the Survival/City-Building Genre. Things like Thunderstorms, Morale, Farming, etc. could be fleshed out even more. Going blind into the game, I had noThe overall setting is unique in that it takes the city-building genre to a whole new niche. The AI Management is alright, though it could use more fleshing out. The tooltip definitely needs to be reworked, especially for beginner players of the Survival/City-Building Genre. Things like Thunderstorms, Morale, Farming, etc. could be fleshed out even more. Going blind into the game, I had no idea how to counter morale loss, or how to counter infections. This game definitely feels like late-stage beta at the moment.… Expand

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74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Wccftech
    Nov 3, 2019
    70
    Dawn of Man is a competent city building game set, as the name explains, during the dawn of mankind. Moving through the ages, the slow progress early on leaves a real sense of achievement, made possible thanks to a strong resource system and the way knowledge is gained, working with the rest of gameplay to create an enthralling gameplay loop. Sadly this does falter towards the end of any game, even becoming boring at times, but for the most part Dawn of Man is one city building game that fans of the type won't want to miss, despite any flaws it has.
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  2. Games.cz
    Apr 5, 2019
    80
    Hunt mammoths, cultivate the land and bake bread in an educational and fun gaming experience about the dawn of human history. Just be prepared for some rough edges.
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  3. Multiplayer.it
    Mar 18, 2019
    60
    Dawn of Man is a good city builder, which is limited by its own concept.
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