Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Impulsegamer
    Apr 13, 2020
    88
    Although the graphics could be sharper, this game suits players who love to explore vast environments and tackle puzzles along the way. Based on factual science and history, this is a must for survival lovers that want to learn as they conquer this harsh and unforgiving landscape. Also, hat’s off to this game for offering a unique storyline and gameplay experience, striving away from the open-worlds with maps and guidelines that we are used to playing as gamers.
  2. The Games Machine
    Dec 6, 2019
    80
    Ancestors The Humankind Odyssey is tough to master but fascinating to play, thanks to the freedom of its atypical open world. Every discovery becomes an exciting moment, although not always easily interpretable; in addition, the later release of the console version allowed the developers to improve it in all its features.
  3. LaPS4
    Dec 31, 2019
    78
    A game that not everyone will appreciate for what it really is: a raw and faithful experience of what the first steps of humanity really represented. It suffers from certain shortcomings, but we believe that the final product is a title worth giving a chance.
  5. Multiplayer.it
    Dec 6, 2019
    78
    Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a very unique survival game, with many interesting ideas and a great atmosphere.
  6. Hobby Consolas
    Dec 6, 2019
    76
    Ancestors is more than a survival game. Panache Digital developed some interesting mechanics about evolution, learning and neuronal development. But the game has technical issues and gets repetitive after a few hours.
  7. 3DJuegos
    Dec 19, 2019
    75
    Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a brave and original video game that seeks to surprise with a unique survival experience.
  8. CGMagazine
    Dec 9, 2019
    75
    Patrice Desilets’ study of our primitive ancestors in the aptly named Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey has come to consoles and brings with it a host of improvements, but still suffers here and there with some points of frustration.

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#89 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2019

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User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 65 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 65
  3. Negative: 22 out of 65
  1. SuperkenGaming
    Dec 8, 2019
    6
    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    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.. 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.. 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.. with that classic bird opening, even as im climbing trees and swinging from vines.. 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….
    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.. our ancestors didn’t know what theyre supposed to be doing either… they had to figure everything out.. 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.. and its this survival part that kills the game for me personally… I am not a survival fan at all… I’m not into dealing with injuries.. especially in a game with fairly clunky feeling mechanics… im not into finding water, finding food.. dealing with poison and cold, and sleep systems… not even a little bit… but even if I were.. these systems make you feel handcuffed… you feel restricted to exploration because your meters ae draining, and if you venture too far you risk hysteria which instantly pulls you back and respawns you.. like a glitch in the animous when you go beyond that blue wall the game doesn’t want you to see yet… which in turn kind of take away the mystery of the game, it takes away the feeling of exploration and just turns it into survival and discovery.. . which again just isn’t my kind of thing…
    if you are into survival type games though, I do feel that ancestors offers a very unique experience.. this isn’t a bad game by any stretch of the imagination… its just one of those kind of games that either its your thing or its not… and if youre not it wont do anything such as having an interesting story to give it a chance to become your thing…
    I give Ancestors The Humankind Odyessey
    a 6/10    … Full Review »
  2. mda
    Jun 21, 2020
    7
    For those who are interested in an evolution game, to search and discover, to be scared or ecstatic, to find that particular feeling you hadFor those who are interested in an evolution game, to search and discover, to be scared or ecstatic, to find that particular feeling you had when a game was just beautiful and not action based (although this game has a lot of action in it). For when the goal was to relax but also to enjoy the essence of something different, this is the game. I can't stop exploring and although that there are a lot of issues such as control lock, bugs, no saving points, no on line approach. But the game itself is 5gb full of emotions, beautiful ideas and an original evolution system which will make you turn every rock, collect all leafs and alter any object.
    This is not a run to the final level, this is a story and to dive in give it time, don't think that you need to beat the game, go back to roots when you were just playing in your bedroom without any contact with outside world or who's the best out there.
    This is a very underrated game.    … Full Review »
  3. Kaseywol
    Jul 21, 2020
    10
    This game is actually an 8 but I rated it a 10 because of the spaz that gave it a 0 due to quote 'its evolution propaganda'. Evolution is factThis game is actually an 8 but I rated it a 10 because of the spaz that gave it a 0 due to quote 'its evolution propaganda'. Evolution is fact and this game is good but not perfect.… Full Review »
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