Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Impulse GamerChris O'Connor

I've been very slow getting this review up... but there's a reason for that and the reason I'm putting it up now is a bookend for my experience with

Game SkinnyMark Delaney

7/10

Ancestors rejects mass appeal and instead favors a grueling but awe-inspiring look at our earliest ancestors.

Worth PlayingJoseph Doyle

6/10

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third person action-adventure game with an innovative take on the survival genre.

Xbox AchievementsDan Webb

60/100

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is an experimental indie game that through all its issues and idiosyncrasies, can be fun for anyone seeking a survival game with a difference.

Playstation LifestyleJenny Jones

6/10

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey has some fascinating ideas in it. You’ll need to try to take your small clan of apes through 10 million years of evolution. Every action you take can influence the survival of your species and it’s up to you to try to ensure that future generations can thrive. Even with the exciting setup, it’s a shame that the final result just ends up feeling a bit too repetitive.

Gamers HeroesJohnny Hurricane

60/100

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey has some good ideas, but the slow pace and repetitive gameplay will wear you down quickly. Watch some gameplay footage before picking this one up.

Push SquareRebecca Stow

6/10

Set 10 million years before the dawn of humanity, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is the story of ape to proto-human evolution, with particular emphasis on the dangers that forced our fuzzy forebears into learning the skills that ensured the human success story.

VideogamerJosh Wise

5/10

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey replicates the fumbling, trial-and-error progress of evolution, which often isn’t fun, but there are monkeys in the game, and that is brilliant.

Sirus GamingLexuzze Tablante

5/10

We want to emphasize that 5 will always be the “average” number, not 7. So by far, it’s 50% great and it’s also 50% bad.

VGChartzLee Mehr

4/10

An interesting specimen that would’ve benefitted from annoying tedium and clunky controls being weeded out of its gene pool.How we got here is an impressive tale.  The conditions our distant ancestors faced could scarcely be believed [...]

TheSixthAxisSteve C

4/10

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey promised so much, but it ultimately isn’t any fun to play. The lack of direction, the clumsy controls and unwieldy mechanics make this a huge missed opportunity that just doesn’t hang together as an experience. The DNA of a great idea may be here, but it needs a significant amount of evolution before it can become realised.

AltCharJonathan Titmuss - Klinjon

Unscored

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is unquestionably original, and makes use of interesting mechanics as a major point of differentiation. However, technical shortcomings and a few odd choices hold it back from achieving its full potential.