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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

Private Division, Panache Digital Games
Aug 27, 2019 - PC
Fair

OpenCritic Rating

66

Top Critic Average

34%

Critics Recommend

IGN
7 / 10
PC Gamer
58 / 100
Eurogamer
No Recommendation
Metro GameCentral
4 / 10
GamesRadar+
2.5 / 5
Game Informer
5.5 / 10
GameSpot
4 / 10
USgamer
2.5 / 5
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Critic Reviews for Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey

In Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, survival is easy once you decipher the basic mechanics of evolution and sit through the cutscenes, but the journey is full of moments of discovery.

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A novel premise wrapped in an awkward and repetitive survival slog.

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Eurogamer

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No Recommendation / Blank
Eurogamer

Ancestors is ambitious and clunky and not much fun - and it's often quietly thought-provoking too.

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Metro GameCentral

Unknown Author
4 / 10
Metro GameCentral

A tiresome and unforgiving survival game that purposefully makes things as difficult and repetitive as possible, while offering very little in the way of entertainment.

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A bright idea made dull by constant repetition and diminishing rewards.

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Moments of beauty and distantly spaced moments of sublime discovery are separated by hours and hours of tedium and frustration

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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is an unfulfilling survival game, one that never provides a compelling reason to see its journey all the way through.

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USgamer

iew by Caty McCarthy, Features Editor
USgamer

For every cool "a-ha!" moment in Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, there has been something that has me on the verge of rage quitting. There's a fascinating, novel concept in Ancestors, but with so many bugs and other tedious issues blocking it, the joy of this survival game feels like it's constantly kept millions of years and a bundle of evolutionary feats away.

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