Panache Digital Games·Released Aug 27, 2019·Single player
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you explore, expand and evolve to advance your clan to the next generation. You relive the early story of mankind, but humanity is only one idea away from evolution or extinction.
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey has a huge gene pool of potential, but endless repetition and clunky controls need to be removed from its DNA. For die-hard survival and exploration fans there is a worthwhile experience here, but for everyone else this is a game that's so repetitive it'll drive you bananas.
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is an unfulfilling survival game, one that never provides a compelling reason to see its journey all the way through.
I was on the bus the other day when I realised that Ancestors was probably starting to get to me. I found myself thinki…
An ambitious idea ultimately falls flat, as the rewards simply don't match a continuous stream of frustration and tedium.
A bright idea made dull by constant repetition and diminishing rewards
Oh my gosh, I was wrong - it was Earth all along.
I wrote most of this review, then felt maybe I was being too harsh. So I took a break and went back. I wanted to enjoy it.
I’m not sure I’m qualified to be in charge of evolution
Experience evolution by repetition in this prehistoric survival game.
