Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

This game isn't everyone's cup of tea and the learning curve can be steep (Especially if you don't use the UI. I see a lot of people saying they can't figure out the controls or don't know what they're doing- literally turn the UI back on.) but the whole point is to figure shit out and I love that. It has bugs and there's a lot of grinding but it does a great job of putting you in the hominid's... not shoes, they haven't invented those yet. But it makes you go "0.o this can make stick sharp?? sharp stick is good, sharp stick is friend" and then carry it everywhere and be a menace to Miocene society.
The way I think as the player has changed since I started. I started off terrified to touch the ground, just constantly climbing and looking around on edge for other animals when I needed to go to the ground to drink. I have to say the first time a machairodus attacked me I swear the roar and slow-mo reaction, being caught out in the open, and sprinting for the nearest tree triggered primal fear. I'd almost call it cruel of the developer to exploit my Actual Brain, but good on them for giving me such a good scare.
Slowly I got more confident and learned to intimidate and dodge but it was all over for those bitches once I learned to stab things. Now I walk across the savannah alone with a stick and/or rock (really only need one) and occasionally forget to even check for predators.
Stop trying to figure out what you're supposed to be doing and Learn To Be Monke. Beat animals to death with rocks and plummet to your death a few times.
I would really love it if this one could be modded for personal preferences (likesomecomplaintsIhavewiththeevolutionarypath) and can't wait for the next game.

---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS
---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't
---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☑ Very good
☐ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf
---{ Audience }---
☐ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☐ Grandma
---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer
---{ Game Size }---
☐ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☑ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data
---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls
---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☑ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding
---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life
---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond
---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money
---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs
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***might contain spoilers to the game mechanics***

Unique game that throws you into the “shoes” of individuals in our ancestral lineage. The game mostly revolves around a small tribe of individuals and you get to play as one of them in a lone wolf type of gameplay, or as the leader of the tribe, leading the group to scavenge, hunt and explore. The game is a survival based game and similar to our ancestors, you are an easy pray, but as you gain experience, a neuronal energy, your character develops and learns new skills, even how to counter predators. In order to speed the development, you can carry up to two infants with you to gain more of the neuronal energy.
Unlike other games, where your playable character is permanently improved, here everything gets lost, unless you pass the generation and eventually evolve. In order to evolve your species efficiently, you need to gather mutations and fyi you can load up 3 adults with 6 infants, when you mutate your offsprings.
Additionally, the developers really did their job when going through anthropological facts. In this regard, the game gives you an introductory information about human evolution. Unfortunately, they get many things wrong and it is important to note some examples, such as the Australopithecus species is not our ancestor, rather a dead end branch in our ancestral tree. Another downside is that evolution is not linear and does not jump from species to species. On the other hand, the mechanics regarding omnivorous behaviour and bipedalism are well implemented and, as it was with our ancesters, greatly improve humans “game”.

I bought at the discount for about 10 euro. It was one of the best games I have ever played. I enjoyed it even more, because it reminded me a lot from what I have studied in my majors. If there are any DLCs going forward, I am definitely in. Great job, developers!

Devs please revisit this game. The thought and love put into is clearly visible. You clearly wanted to make a great product which you did but the game could use updates. Your fan base love it but its missing some polish. I enjoyed not having all the answers to how to do something even though its possible and having to figure it out. You've got fans of this game and youre missing out on some of your crowd due to frustration. Some people just want to play the story. Expansions would be great. The thought of progressing even further would be great. Evolution concepts would be spectacular. Please read your player base critiques and try to cater as best as possible. I dont' know if this idea is dead but you made a great game i would recommend but whats next?

As a paleontology enthusiast, and fascinated about what the human evolution experience might have been like, this is one of the best games I've ever played in my many decades of game playing. Top 10, easy.
Be careful, I played it obsessively for some three straight weeks. Could not get enough of it, like a vacation in pre-history.Absolutely amazing.
The interface is clunky, hard to select specific tribe members when standing above sleeping spots, when multiple items are lying on the same spot, that needs improvement,etc, but none of that really mattered.

Great game. They oughta make a sequel, cause it feels like humankind’s journey is not complete yet

This game is absolutely incredible.
I've just completed the game. Here are my thoughts.
I've always been an fan of things like Palaeontology and Anthropology, and when I saw this game, I knew I had to pick it up.
The game can seem slow at first, but I found the reason why I never got bored of it was because it was just so IMMERSIVE. Personally, it really felt to me like I was THERE, being the ape I was playing as, and leading my clan. Every danger felt so real, that I needed to be on my toes all the time. The movement system felt so refreshing. There wasn't one place I could not go, not one surface I couldn't climb. It gave me the opportunity to learn things as I went, experiment, and learn from my mistakes, just as our ancient ancestors did all those millions of years ago. I loved the system of evolution, too. It really gave an incentive to really play the game and explore, try to hunt, etc.
All in all, I think this game really put you there, on the ground, millions of years ago. It is very immersive, and never gets boring. I would love to see a sequel to this game where we play as H. Ergaster, and so on.