Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

 PlayStation 4
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6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 65 Ratings

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  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 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    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    … Expand
  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 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 thereFor 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.    … Expand
  3. Zwoiri
    Mar 23, 2020
    7
    It starts out really engaging, discovering the environment and crafting is fun. Replaying it is pure grind though, I had to start over after iit saved in an impossible spot (Millenium Man carrying baby died in a cave, spawned into baby that is infinitely falling, presumably "underground"). I'm about to move on from this game.
  4. ILOVEGAMES84
    May 21, 2020
    7
    This game was fun to traverse, had fantastic music and was genuinely enjoyable to play. Although getting neurons and unlocking new ones was getting a bit boring to do, and a big issue was a certain camp would crash the game and i had to relocate to move on. in the end i loved the game but see it's faults.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 16
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  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.
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  2. Worth Playing
    Mar 11, 2020
    60
    Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey aims to tackle the evolution of mankind from our animal forebears, a hefty task for any one piece of media. While the goal is incredibly admirable, Panache Digital Games puts too much on its plate. It attempts to break down the process of human development in a fascinating way, but the concept ends up being tremendously difficult to translate into typical controls and gameplay. The information conveyance and gameplay implementation are ultimately disappointing, given how much curiosity the game fosters and inspires. The game still offers interesting content, especially in the audio and visual departments. While the effort put into the game is certainly laudable, the result of Ancestors is ultimately middling.
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  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.
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