Ancestors (PC, PS4 and Xbox One in December) is an ambitious new type of evolutionary survival game. What's the deal? Let's talk. Subscribe for more: / gameranxtv ▼▼ Watch more 'Before You Buy': bit.ly/2kfdxI6
LeKaNsWaNsOn I agree wholeheartedly which is why I’m buying the game. People make criticisms about the graphics (which aren’t bad) or the that it’s not this or that. The game is exactly what it suppose to be. “You mean we have to learn how to make a spear?” “You mean if I fall out of a 100 foot tree, I’m going to die?” It’s called ancestors for a reason
Depends how if there an actual kit that release that easy to use dnd free to do whatever you want. If you think about it not many games on PC has that going really. Mount and blade and elder scrolls/fallout and total war medieval 2 are some of the only games to really have good modding. Everything else is around basic level of modding lol
"I've gotten over the huge difficulty curve/learning curve, and still I feel like I have nothing to show for it." After 9 years of being a working adult, that's exactly how I feel.
Some tips for the ancestors people who are still around and about!: Early game: Stick to the trees when possible, not only is it MUCH faster to swing from branch to branch and SIGNIFICANTLY safer to do so. Eat everything at least once, and what you can't eat, eat in moderation. It REALLY helps down the line. It's better to fight then dodge. You Drop items when you dodge and whatever attacked you is going to keep pursuit until it gets hurt or manage to run away. That said, it's better to climb away then run away for obvious reasons. Mid game. your walking on two legs? You've evolved a few times? At this point your going to still be a little faster in the trees, but your also fast enough to actually run on the ground too. You might want to think about taking and arming a few people with you when you travel. They can work wonders in your survival by acting as extra storage, and extra chances to save your ape that you messed up the skill check with. Bring ALL your kids to each meteorite when you FIRST discover them. It gives them mutations and doubles reinforcement points for EACH one you bring. It's possible to have every adult and elder have a mutation before evolution...it's a amazing way to get more Quality of life things. You should also start eating a lot of meat. Your going to be killed a lot of things so you might as well get something from it. I'll answer any questions you have if you manage to find this comment on such a old vid lol
@@fatherbalaclava3577 thanks man. The game doesn't really hold your hand and it took me a few failed attempts to actually get somewhat decent at the game. But once you learn how to do things, it sorta gets repetitive.
They already have my money for the originality of the game. That's what the industry needs more diversity not the same recycled game concepts year in year out
Yeah shame it's not in realtime and takes 8 million years to progress 8 million years. /sarcasm Honestly if the developers make you watch the same 6 cutscenes 100 times throughout your playthrough that's a stupid easy to fix mistake they shouldn't have made in the first place. If they don't shorten early game challenges so they don't take as long midgame so you feel like the last hour was the same as the hour before that and the hour before that, that's also a bad design. Fun games don't make you do the same thing over and over and over.
@@x1v160 I think I will be fascinated for a long time, but I haven't played yet. I'm just fascinated by subject matter and am hoping that will help me through the grind.
I just like recruiting assassins and teaching them. Revelations had it too. i never got tired of seeing them become a master assassin and jump off the ledge
@@josephvolz8674 true! Revelations just had that feel to it, teaching assassins and seeing them become better and better was super satisfying(even tho this mechanic was introduced in Brotherhood, it peaked in revelations) and I think that's what keeps Revelations at the top for me, my absolute favourite being bf or origins tho. I would exchange the skill tree for the assassin recruitment anytime
I'm about 15 hours in at the moment and so far I can only recommend this game. Yes it's a bit grindy and you spend a lot of the time doing the same things (sharpening sticks, bashing rocks together, gathering leaves for a bed, etc.), but the sheer scope of the world and the variety of activities makes up for that, at least in my view. The progression is slow enough that I actually have to put effort into it but fast enough that I never get bored. I'm immensely enjoying watching my clan slowly transform from scared little branch-swingers into perceptive, resourceful and well-armed bipeds. Those looking for consistent challenge rather than exploration should know it fairly quickly becomes very easy to deal with predators and they turn into more a nuisance than a threat. I've had more apes accidentally fall from a tree to the bottom of a cliff than get eaten. I dunno, maybe that's realistic. This game is everything you'd expect in a hominid life simulator.
@@utherdoul2682 I've played about the same time and yes its slow and sometimes grundy, very rarely though, its slow but there's so much stuff to do and things that you personally can do to make your apes better for example walking in water so you can get a mutation that allows you to walk on two feet. At the same time you could be exploring, avoiding predators to see the next landmark that could be a potential home. A true survival game about the journey and patience
Nah man. He's not just saying so. I played 60 hrs on this game and I completed just like 70 % of the game. Doing the same things over and over again, but with SOME new discoveries and achievements, as he said. So it does feel like a grind at some point but I did sit through it for 60 hrs because I keep hoping for it give me more and more.
He said that it was "too grindy" and wanted it to not be so long and Jatin is just saying that it took millions of years for people to actually become a functional human and the reviewer wants it to be shorter
Lol 😂 it funny how many people like y’all are so ignorant that u truly believe we humans evolved from monkeys, and here I thought the human race was smarter than this
Lol it's not just antibiotics, the whole idea of evolution is for the species to adapt to their surrounding so they can survive, how is that not a payoff?
@@rld8258 IGP was talking about payoff within the game, and the joke I was making is that evolution happens very, very slowly with no _immediate_ gain. In real life, evolution takes many generations to see anything happen.
@@Eric-dg3og So when you say that he "can't" are you referring to the game or real life? Because it is definitely happening in one of those.. Sad as it may be.
I mean. It's slow because it's supposed to be a scope of evolution. Imagine trying to shove millions of years of evolution into a 20 hour experience, and have it feel like actual evolution. It's a delicate balance that I'm sure is absolutely difficult to pull off.
Are you sure it's a "20 hour" experience? You're under shooting that by a massive margin no? I actually have never played this game, so excuse me if I'm wrong, but I feel as if thos game could be played way longer than that? No? 100 hours possibly?
Leandro Diaz Reyes The comment I referred too is talking about this game being a 20 hour experience. That has nothing to do with speedruns. Nobody was talking about speedruns in this comment section.
@@Soundwave1900 Ahh. I see we have a skilled player of Outside among us. Indeed, you are correct. I've been a human main for 32 years now. Thinking of doing a cat for my next playthrough. Just not sure if I want to go feral or with a housecat. I feel like the feral builds are much heartier and more fun to play as, but it's ultimately a harder campaign. Ya know? Edit: I too disabled my HUD options at the start of my playthrough back in '87. Kinda regret doing that now. Idk why the devs won't let us go back and make those changes.
7:15 "Its exhilarating, the hunt, the stalk, the surprise, your successful reaction, the music swells, the ape screams triumphantly..." damn guy that sound amazing sign me up, when is it?
"I'm not a big fan of survival games." "This survival game seems like a grind with no reward." Try spending a year grinding in Ark just to have a mega tribe walk in and destroy everything.
I want to see a speed run of this game in 2 months once someone has learned enough. I like how this game shows you just how much time it took to get to us.
Thank you for understanding that games don't have to hold your hand. Just know this game is not for everyone. So be careful with watching reviews, it will be safer to watch gameplay and see if it's for you.
yeah i really want this game to be good, i enjoy grindy survival games, but i know that jake doesnt, so its hard to tell if its good from his review, ill watch some gameplay
@@dillonclyatt9978 exactly. I appreciate his opinions but I feel like I learned very little. Yeah, I know it's gonna be grindy. Welcome to survival games in a nutshell! Now I need to find fellow NMS/Ark/7 Days to Die/etc. fans and see what they think of it! I have a feeling it's great and the game play loop will be super addicting!
Yeah, I feel like a lot of the negative reviews are coming from people who don't play enough of these games and don't understand that in survival games you nearly always have to figure out what to do by yourself. I'll have to wait for the console release to find out for myself though
Every single person I've seen play this seen the mate button and was like "hmmmm well we do need a bigger clan" *SMASHES THE MATE BUTTON LIKE THEYRE THE LAST PRIMATE ON EARTH*
I feel the same as a lot of you. Im happy to see developers get outside the box and give us something original rather than the same FPS we have been playing for the last decade. Even though for me personally it's not quite a hit (I don't want to be a monkey) but i would love to see more attempts like this from developers in the future. But i could imagine its difficult to get producers on board with a game that's outside the established order.
@@thepeach4638 It is fun if you correctly set your expectations of the experience the game is trying to deliver. If you're expecting to Assassin's Creed the shit out of some tigers with a sharpened stick, that's not happening. But if you want to experience the grand progression of evolution and watch your clan of primates overcome challenges and figure out how things work, you'll enjoy it.
Honestly I love this game. I haven't had it for long, but even with the repetitive things you have to do each generation and evolution, I've yet to be bored of it! However I'm on my third lineage due to my first two dying so dang fast when I didn't know what I was doing.
Imagine if this was an online game and you and your friends can evolve and the farther you do the stronger you get and you can pvp with other clans with your advantages from evolution
Despite the critics I actually adore the game, been gridning on it for hours and I dont care when I lose my lineage. Because I am able to learn from my mistakes and continue to progress with my clans. There is a reason the game play time is said as 40-50 hours not 2. Anywho I think this game is like marmite You either love it or hate it. Or both.
The key to surviving is to take it slow and too not try and push the game as far as you can, its meant to be an "Endless grind" Its survival not a leisure cruise lol. I actually think it is immersive! But it really takes patience and if you haven't got it don't bother with the game.
We all know that apes aren’t able to wield and use a gun smhmh The real question is when we will see them wield katanas and slice the frick out of their enemies
I love the concept of this game! Before I watched any gameplay, I though you would be able to actually play as a caveman at some point... seems like you work so hard but you stay the same the entire game doing the same stuff. I think what would make it better if the game allows you to evolve to a caveman half way thru maybe with a different set of challenges to evolve into mordern man.
The thing is it's based off of actual history and it's not as simple as that with all the species until you finally reach human, they are also planning on making 2 more games, at least that's what I have heard, which will continue and with the sequel probably with the player being a "caveman"
yeah it would've been cool to have different climate eras - like imagine starting out as monkey and learning the basics of how to gather animal furs for example/killing an animal - then fast forward 100 000 years and you gotta use that skill to group hunt a wolly mammoth for its fur and meat so you can survive a coming winter season or something.
@GingerNinja That's where Ancestors part comes from. It'd be Ancestors for the build up to "Modern" man, 2nd game for whatever the game ends at (Please don't spoil it), and 3rd will pick up from the end of second, with presumably covering civilizations like Sumer, Rome, China, etc. At least... if the games were to be made. Devs have officially canceled it as they "feel as though Ancestors is a 1 of a kind game" (The original is in French as their based in Quebec, so it may be off)
I’ve grinder this game for hours on hours and I’ve gotten to the point where I’m one evolution away from the end. Although the learning curve is the largest of any game I’ve ever played, it’s so worth it. You have to be creative when playing and try literally everything. Even if it seems stupid or unnecessary just do it. It’s one of the best games I’ve ever played and highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good grind and survival grind.
Realistic doesn't always mean good. This isn't real life. It's a game. Good games at least explain the basic mechanics or implement them in a way that's intuitive. This game is just unintuitive and confusing just for the sake of being confusing.
This game is, oddly enough but hear me out, giving me isekai vibes. Think about it. You play as a primitive but know all the tricks of surivial and how to progress the world. You are basically a soul reborn into prehistoric times and you gotta get stuff moving. I am actually hyped for this now when before I was completely disinterested thinking it was gonna be prehistoric Assassins Crap.
@@F-I-N-E-R by the way I know for a fact that you wouldn't "eat" a deadly virus just because of the idea of having multiplayer in a videogame where you play as "apes"😂
It is grindy but i feel like theres always something to discover or learn. I think a little bit of a tutorial would help just to teach basic functions but i personally find the game pretty entertaining.
There is a tutorial now. Don't know if it was there at release. It gives you the basic controls and starts you off on how to figure out how the rest of the stuff works. On my first playthrough the tutorial popups got half my tribe eaten by a giant snake while I was reading :P
A further revamp of this game such as what they did with no man's sky would be amazing. But they're not an AAA game company. So the addition of mods when it comes to steam may be when this game really takes off.
Would be cool, but how are you gonna deal with evolution for example? What if you want one way and your friend wants the other way? Should it be co-op in one tribe or merging two tribes together? It's a nice idea, but I think it's unstable. Tbh, I'd be pissed if my species would go extinct because of my co-op partner.
I played this game and since then they fixed the cutscene thing, which can now be skipped. I must say that I love the game. I understand it is not for everyone. it is a survival exploration game where the survival is of the group, not just your character. It feels very nice when you are exploring and find a new animal or a new tool or a new ecosystem. I am hooked with the game and I already am in the savanna, playing as Ardipithicus ramidus, can't wait to keep advancing, though must say the skill tree is getting kind of tough to progress. Still very cool game
They could probably make the predator thing more difficult and believable by adding a dice roll mechanic into each individual ape. Maybe the likelihood they will do what you tell them to do or something. Not every ape should have the decision making and reflexes of the person controlling them. Maybe also do some rebalancing of progression speed.
I think the ‘endless grind’ as you said is kind of meant to be, it’s trying to get the idea that it takes THOUSANDS of years to evolve and that’s something I’m interesting, I can’t wait to be playing this
Hold select to skip a lot of the scenes. The 1.1 version explicitly says this, but I made my gf look it up in the previous version because I didn't want any spoilers and/or thought this was the only acceptable lookup for this game. Also I loved this game, but I get the grind. The ending was a little lackluster and is kind of sudden I thought. You can get to it without realizing unless you know your anthropology timeline very well. Otherwise I loved the eureka moments and movement on ground gets better, but this game is punishing and a little grindy.
I think it would be really cool if there was multiplayer with other tribes around and you could join up tribes or fight others for territory or to get stronger or to get more food and stuff
@@jpopkringle2855 i actually like that. It looks clean, it's clear, easy to understand and there's no bs I'd take that over HUD unnecessary cluttered in the art style of the game.
@@jpopkringle2855 There's 4 options at the start of the game: full hud and tutorial, no hud and full tutorial, minimal hud and full tutorial and no hud and no tutorial
That actually doesn't sound that bad as long as you're the kind of person who's down to put 500-1000 hours down in order to become an anatomically modern human. I really like the idea of this though, especially if your diet and the things you do and discover effect how you actually evolve. Maybe your ape just needed to eat a lot more meat? That was a big step for real prehistoric humans insofar as our brains becoming more complex. Anyway, this is some interesting design and it kinda reminds me of a more elaborate Cubivore or Spore. Could it be somewhat edutainment? I'll have to look into this and ask my paleoanthropology friends if it's accurate...
I think the only danger is that in it being so long and so repetitive, majority of players won't actually ever get to the end. Which will make it more satisfying for hardcore fans, but it might not get the support it needs in the end.
AFAIK, you can't become a modern human. I've read that the game is "capped" at about "Lucy" level (australopithecus). There will be sequels (if this game is a success) to evolve further.
I havent played the game yet but i know you can make the ape walk like human, maybe evolve that instead of maxing the fighting stuff. Every animal has fighting instinct but you dont see them turning into humans lol
I mean, having seen the progression tree a couple of times now (I've been watching a lot of play) it seems that you might be evolving your hominids in ways that *seem* like they would get you the most out of your play; quicker reflexes, better scouting and identification, instead of the more boring stuff that would actually make it a more advanced hominid.
6:02 that is exactly the case you mention that you are grinding out kids but you do not have to, in the begging of the game the dev's lead you to a meteor and tell you that finding these meteors with babies gives you more reinforcement points so you can quickly evolve instead of passing so many generation which is what gave you that "Grind" feeling. This game is meant to be played slow and if a game tells you they wont give you lots of help, then when they finally do you NEED to pay attention. I cannot explain how many lovely playthroughs I watch fall with this game because no one could figure this one simple detail. Once you find one meteor it creates a journey to them making a purpose and overall bringing the fun back. Being so caught in finding more and advancing your clan so quickly, before you know it you are at the end of the map walking on two feet only( you said you could never get this but all you had to do was focus on walking more and reinforcing the neurons to get to the ability.) I really do think the "game" aspect of Ancestors was finding these meteors because once you do this you have a purpose.
Every negative almost sounds positive in a way... Idk. The game is so unique I'm buying it just to experience something original and well thought out (or so it seems to me)
H Koizumi I've done a challenge where I've tried to watch a TH-cam lets play of this game and not fall asleep, once you get past the first hour of this game it gets incredibly boring and repetitive
The devs did say it would take 40+ hours to beat the game, given that it's supposed to be a span of 8 million years. Also, I would consider it to be a blessing to have a game with this much game-time compared to one with a 4 hour campaign.
@@jerm70 survival genre is not about the grind. Also most games make it rewarding after a grind. Ark one of the most egregious examples of grind allows you to ride dinosours for payoff and also most stuff does not required prerendered animations for almost every action . This game gives you a slightly sharper stick. Now I have no problem with that because is the games concept. But the amount of hands off action in this game makes it so much worse.
Pablo Quijada Salazar in that case I should just go to work and take on the other 1000 grinds I have to do everyday anyway rather than play this game. There is always a balance.
fan zhang you must be misunderstanding; if a video game that seeks to gamify life feels like a grind and unsatisfying, it’s cause that’s what it’s emulating. Like you said, life is full of jobs that are pointless grinds, this game is about the beginnings of that, and I imagine it’s always been a bit like it is now. But the rewards of life seem to be those you give yourself, and doing so gets you to be someone that those around you would want to reward, or at least hire you. I think something about that would be lost in the emulation; like watching your sims hangout is just not something you can vicariously live through; you still want real friends to hangout with. Plus, making it a real grind could make it an educational tool to show kids why industrialization is worth working towards changing & keeping around, despite the many challenges they’re aware they have to overcome, that are a direct result of industrialization.
I mean dure, that's easy to day but the idea of having to grind things out just like our ancestors did is a really big, risk with not much reward, I'm still going to save up and buy this game when it comes to console, but not everybody wants... farm simulator.
@@pabloquijadasalazar7507 Thats what these guys are going for but thats also why this game won't do so well. Not everyone wants to spend their time grinding for no reason.
I just started playing and streaming this game and you are totally spot on. I keep wanting to play when I am not playing and yet when I am I feel clueless and like the game doesn't want me to progress, not just that it's a grind-fest.
Secrets like in the n64 should be in every game i have no idea why developers wouldnt put at kwast one cool secret in evey game and sell an extra 100,000 copies
@Hodor I don't make games, and I didn't say it was a bad game, it looks like fun, but I'm worried that people will play it and it will pollute their understanding of the science, our education system is already crappy enough on that regard.
@@themindset4164 Yes absolutely, evolution doesn't have a goal, there's no objective, and the traits that you may have acquired during your life do not pass on to your children, and you don't get to choose what traits to evolve or not, you asking this question is exactly what I what I fear.
Youre right actually this definitely one of those games thatd be great to play in a car trip or 20 minutes at a time here and there instead of for a multi hour sitting
I find it very refreshing to see a game that's pretty much about life - You're dropped in it to work things out for yourself, with only your wits to guide you. The irony is is that the games' greatest strength is it's weakness: It's too open-ended with no clear goal in sight other than surviving and possibly thriving. As a game, it needs more reward than that for the viewer to be satisfied with playing. That said, I find the aspect of playing as an animal very appealing, very interesting, and has loads of potential. It's such a breath of fresh air to see a game that doesn't include so much combat for a change, and can include acts of compassion like caring for the babies and grooming other primates. Kudos for something original, risky, and new. :-)
Tbh the “grindy, tedious” description really just makes me more excited to get this, seeing as it’s already about evolution. I’m sure a lot of the major breakthroughs our ancestors went through made our ancestors greatly satisfied, but a lot of them also felt as though they only made small change. Honestly, it makes sense; the actions they carried out seemed intense at first and then dull after constant repetition, and the rewards for finding new things weren’t great. This just proves that this game really has emulated survival so well, all our ancestors’ actions earned the reward of getting to live a little longer, nothing more
honest question, don’t you think being forced to play the game for two weeks straight because it’s your job, warps your perception of a game? it sure sounds like it, not just from this video but in general with this channel
I played the game for 7 hours and it turns out the game loses all of it's depth after 7 hours when it makes you think you will achieve some "next stage" that changes the gameplay. It's all a lie. The game feels like a chore to complete.
I am kinda self congratulatory right now because once again I turned out to be pretty spot on about a upcoming game in advance. I don't remember if it was a gameranx video but I think so, like one of their top upcoming games videos. I left a comment about how I'm surprisingly good at predicting how games will turn out and let people know which I considered "guaranteed good games" on that list (speaking of, Astral chain were on there and one of the ones I considered guaranteed and were recently released to pretty great reviews) and which ones I thought had red flags that shouldn't be preordered or bought before looking at reviews and gameplay videos. I said that Ancestors were really up in the air because in the marketing material they didn't really show anything other than the early ape stages and nothing that gave me any indication of fun stuff to do. So I said it could surprisingly be good but I felt like it was more likely to end up like spore which sounds fun as an idea but quickly becomes soul suckingly boring, pretty close to the description in this video I think. Damn I'm gifted in this kind of stuff, i really should figure out what I could do with it. I wish I had a more clearly useful gift though.
Hey jake, the evolutionary leap you're looking for is fire. Edit; then wheel. Then more tools, snares, traps, deadfalls. Make rope from vine. Build shelter. Moving water supply. Plant.
Based on very little in game time, I'm having fun with this game. I'm only about 3 hours in but I feel that grind and hopefully they support this game post release in some way.
They're getting my $40. They can give it whatever damned score they want, it looks fun to play even if it's a game to play when you have nothing better to do on a Sunday afternoon.
I can't wait to play this. I don't know what other people expected from a game that involves evolution but it's exactly what I wanted. I already know the game only takes you to very early man so probably won't be making fires or wheels or anything like that until the second game. This one seems to focus on early tribalism so it's gonna be more interactions and exploration than anything.
@@CpTn_QwRk Thank you. Back in the 80's and 90's we didn't have TH-cam to check games out, we had demos so we pretty much had hands on. We also didn't worry about what everyone else was playing and I still don't. People have different tastes. Times have changed and I still don't listen to the "critics".
@@sp1cychick3n Yeah, it looks awesome. I love figuring things out, especially in video games. Too much hand holding in most games today and I think it's freakin cool I can play an early hominid :/
this was exactly how I remember this one tarzan game on ps2 from waaaaaaaaay back. i always overestimate how great graphics looked as a kid looking back lol
Regardless of how good or bad the game is, I respect the originality. We need more developers willing to take chances
You are right
But if you dont support and buy the games they will go broke. That is just the unfortunate realism of the situation
They're afraid to because customers are so picky, overly critical, childish and demanding now lol
LeKaNsWaNsOn I agree wholeheartedly which is why I’m buying the game.
People make criticisms about the graphics (which aren’t bad) or the that it’s not this or that.
The game is exactly what it suppose to be.
“You mean we have to learn how to make a spear?”
“You mean if I fall out of a 100 foot tree, I’m going to die?”
It’s called ancestors for a reason
a million times yes
"I played and played... I eventually thought, what am I doing here?"
Congratulations you are now human!
You re-discovered philosophy!
If I ask that question in a game, I know it's time to look for another game.
Papepo Mamemo then you wouldn’t survive
Freak159753 being rational is one of the major prerequisites to being human.
We as humans survived for so long that we forgot why we even exist... To survive.
They need to introduce multiplayer so you and your friends can make gangs and shit
"chimp" trible war, exploration, craft in multiplayer = game of the year, hope there will be more interaction with other human groupe in the next game
Hell yeah that would be so fucking cool
Aye gang shit
Grand Theft Evolution
I thought it was damn that’s an even bigger turn off
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This is very underrated lmao
"It feels like a grind".
Imagine how grindy must have felt to have a rock in your hand and not know shit about what to do with it.
lmao
imagine when they first started irl and discovered how to eat.
Haha i know what to do with the rocl... aside from drop it alot i can throw it 😂
theonefrancis imagine having a rock in your hands and not knowing wtf it is 😂😂
Well 10 million years ago apes early humans didn't know jackshit.
Mods will take off for this game.
A Monolith and 2001 A Space Odyssey theme in the background
Add shapeshifting lizard people
i'd love to play as Mark Zuckerberg.
Depends how if there an actual kit that release that easy to use dnd free to do whatever you want.
If you think about it not many games on PC has that going really. Mount and blade and elder scrolls/fallout and total war medieval 2 are some of the only games to really have good modding. Everything else is around basic level of modding lol
Crab people, crab people
"I've gotten over the huge difficulty curve/learning curve, and still I feel like I have nothing to show for it." After 9 years of being a working adult, that's exactly how I feel.
Andrew Fanelli sounds like you need a better job, or a less needy partner
@@candacecravesblackcockcovi2774 Lemme tell you, you're not wrong. Lolololol.
Wait till you get children...
@@LIKEICARE84 Gonna skip that dlc lol
Lol god help all In Need
Some tips for the ancestors people who are still around and about!:
Early game:
Stick to the trees when possible, not only is it MUCH faster to swing from branch to branch and SIGNIFICANTLY safer to do so.
Eat everything at least once, and what you can't eat, eat in moderation. It REALLY helps down the line.
It's better to fight then dodge. You Drop items when you dodge and whatever attacked you is going to keep pursuit until it gets hurt or manage to run away. That said, it's better to climb away then run away for obvious reasons.
Mid game. your walking on two legs? You've evolved a few times?
At this point your going to still be a little faster in the trees, but your also fast enough to actually run on the ground too.
You might want to think about taking and arming a few people with you when you travel. They can work wonders in your survival by acting as extra storage, and extra chances to save your ape that you messed up the skill check with.
Bring ALL your kids to each meteorite when you FIRST discover them. It gives them mutations and doubles reinforcement points for EACH one you bring. It's possible to have every adult and elder have a mutation before evolution...it's a amazing way to get more Quality of life things.
You should also start eating a lot of meat. Your going to be killed a lot of things so you might as well get something from it.
I'll answer any questions you have if you manage to find this comment on such a old vid lol
Not a question, but thanks bro! This is the comment we needed
@@fatherbalaclava3577 thanks man. The game doesn't really hold your hand and it took me a few failed attempts to actually get somewhat decent at the game. But once you learn how to do things, it sorta gets repetitive.
Extra helpful
Do you rate there will be any future updates?
Bro your a legend thx
There better be a 2001 monolith Easter egg or I want a refund
This better make it to top comment
DANK
Moon watcher better be a dlc character.
Jack Crow it is
And it gotta have that song that plays when they go *ape shit*
They already have my money for the originality of the game. That's what the industry needs more diversity not the same recycled game concepts year in year out
BetaCuck Beerus Amen to that!
Sorry to burst your bubble but its impossibe to be original
@@alexmcintyre7698 Who hurt you ?
@@bringthesun8402 actually looking at my comment it was rude but I still stand by that its impossible to be orginal
@@alexmcintyre7698 it's all good friend
When you finish this game you wake up in carriage and some guy says "hey you you're finally awake"
Eidolon 悻 im confused. Is that a Skyrim referance
Simon yeah
nope 🤣
@@Simon-md3uv Cyberpunk 2099
@@Simon-md3uv it most definitely is !
The perfect game for Joe Rogan to break into the "Lets play" commnunity.
supperhey Joe “we are still essentially apes” Rogan
Pull that up
Joe “I had a bit about monkeys on DMT” Rogan
he never evolved in this video because it never occurred to him to eat magic mushrooms
YES!!!
Pretty sure human evolution was a grind
Dude it's so pay to win smdh
Yeah shame it's not in realtime and takes 8 million years to progress 8 million years. /sarcasm Honestly if the developers make you watch the same 6 cutscenes 100 times throughout your playthrough that's a stupid easy to fix mistake they shouldn't have made in the first place. If they don't shorten early game challenges so they don't take as long midgame so you feel like the last hour was the same as the hour before that and the hour before that, that's also a bad design. Fun games don't make you do the same thing over and over and over.
@@x1v160 I think I will be fascinated for a long time, but I haven't played yet. I'm just fascinated by subject matter and am hoping that will help me through the grind.
fake. why aren’t apes evolving nowadays? Or us? Its fake. never proven. God made us.
Creative Username if it was true but it’s not.
Assasin's Creed: The Actual F* Origin
All hail brotherhood.
I just like recruiting assassins and teaching them. Revelations had it too. i never got tired of seeing them become a master assassin and jump off the ledge
You forgot about Spore
Joseph Volz honestly recruiting and training assassins was my favorite part. That’s why I hold revelations so dear. But Black Flag might be better.
Joseph Volz Loved that game
@@josephvolz8674 true! Revelations just had that feel to it, teaching assassins and seeing them become better and better was super satisfying(even tho this mechanic was introduced in Brotherhood, it peaked in revelations) and I think that's what keeps Revelations at the top for me, my absolute favourite being bf or origins tho. I would exchange the skill tree for the assassin recruitment anytime
I'm about 15 hours in at the moment and so far I can only recommend this game. Yes it's a bit grindy and you spend a lot of the time doing the same things (sharpening sticks, bashing rocks together, gathering leaves for a bed, etc.), but the sheer scope of the world and the variety of activities makes up for that, at least in my view. The progression is slow enough that I actually have to put effort into it but fast enough that I never get bored. I'm immensely enjoying watching my clan slowly transform from scared little branch-swingers into perceptive, resourceful and well-armed bipeds. Those looking for consistent challenge rather than exploration should know it fairly quickly becomes very easy to deal with predators and they turn into more a nuisance than a threat. I've had more apes accidentally fall from a tree to the bottom of a cliff than get eaten. I dunno, maybe that's realistic. This game is everything you'd expect in a hominid life simulator.
Sick review
Meme game
Thanks friend. Looking at this now. You just saved me 30 mins of research with no spoilers. I'll probably buy it after enjoying The Forest.
@@utherdoul2682 I've played about the same time and yes its slow and sometimes grundy, very rarely though, its slow but there's so much stuff to do and things that you personally can do to make your apes better for example walking in water so you can get a mutation that allows you to walk on two feet. At the same time you could be exploring, avoiding predators to see the next landmark that could be a potential home. A true survival game about the journey and patience
@@utherdoul2682 i just finsihed forest now im playing this
Imagine being God and having to suffer through all of these cutscenes
Nick Lynch we ARE god and this game proves it
Christopher Marlowe I guess I shouldn’t quit my day job and become a comedian like was hoping 😂
He ain’t real doe
I wanted to like your comente but your at 69 likes so im not gona ruin that for u
1Yan00 well he’s right.
Not a phone in sight just early humans living the moment.
Stfu
SOCCOM-SOLDIER u realize he’s making a joke right?
That meme didn’t stand a chance.
So it's a horror game?
Ah the good old days
Plays game about evolution
Hates that it's taking too long.
blindturk that’s humans for yah
lmfao
I want a fucking "game about evolution" not an "evolution simulation" dude
Nah man. He's not just saying so. I played 60 hrs on this game and I completed just like 70 % of the game. Doing the same things over and over again, but with SOME new discoveries and achievements, as he said. So it does feel like a grind at some point but I did sit through it for 60 hrs because I keep hoping for it give me more and more.
In the end it's still trying to be a game, so yeah, pacing is important.
Far Cry Primal: The Prequel.
No just no
@@somerandombarusu9458 that would be funny
Primal was an amazing game!
Wow
Our ancestors took millions of years to evolve and ma man here wants to be done with it in a week.
Jatin Bhatia That’s not what he said at all
He said that it was "too grindy" and wanted it to not be so long and Jatin is just saying that it took millions of years for people to actually become a functional human and the reviewer wants it to be shorter
@@duckkknob you're kidding :O
@@duckkknob our ancestors don't live with the goal of evolving. The goal of this game is the evolution.
Lol 😂 it funny how many people like y’all are so ignorant that u truly believe we humans evolved from monkeys, and here I thought the human race was smarter than this
Karens: videogames causes violence
*me taking care of my ape-child*
''Karens'' lol
Karens: this game is a slap to the face of religion. I want to speak to the manager
HAHAHAAHA .... Karens... they are so funny...
What’s Karen’s? Mean
Youre very good at stealing comments you little shit
I see myself wiping out the entire clan
YOU DIED...
Just remember to leave your little brother living
Oh no the reference s
And make sure he grows up hating you so that he can get stronger
Shisui's Prodigy and desert his own village then destroy everything
I'm just glad they tried to be different with a game. A nice break from vbucks and shark card infested games.
And robux
Stfu I wish you would go with a different comment not something so original
@@worstrap7774 shut up
Agreed..
"A slow, tedious grind without much payoff."
Oh, you mean like _evolution?_
Pokerface yeah Evolution didn’t have a pay off at all...
*laughs in antibiotics*
Lol it's not just antibiotics, the whole idea of evolution is for the species to adapt to their surrounding so they can survive, how is that not a payoff?
@@rld8258 IGP was talking about payoff within the game, and the joke I was making is that evolution happens very, very slowly with no _immediate_ gain. In real life, evolution takes many generations to see anything happen.
@@LnPPersonified I guess we are regressing in real life. Things are not improving they are degrading lol
Imagine playing long enough to evolve into Jake Baldino
Wouldn't take very long 😂
@@WillingSpade lol
Dyllan Brown man, he gave you that right down the middle, thumbs up from me 👍
Imagine playing for long enough to become Keanue reeves
That's where the demo ends
Can't wait to patent all the biggest inventions and become a despotic king
LOL...
lol you can't
@@Eric-dg3og So when you say that he "can't" are you referring to the game or real life? Because it is definitely happening in one of those.. Sad as it may be.
@@larshassing3938 He can't in the game
Alright ex1urbia whatever you say just eat your unlimited rice pudding
I mean. It's slow because it's supposed to be a scope of evolution. Imagine trying to shove millions of years of evolution into a 20 hour experience, and have it feel like actual evolution.
It's a delicate balance that I'm sure is absolutely difficult to pull off.
Are you sure it's a "20 hour" experience? You're under shooting that by a massive margin no? I actually have never played this game, so excuse me if I'm wrong, but I feel as if thos game could be played way longer than that? No? 100 hours possibly?
@@PastorSkeptic I think they're trying to say, imagine if it were only 20 hours without any repitition, it wouldn't be the same
Bryan Holmes Either way, he used the wrong example. Because its like he’s saying the game only takes 20 hours.
Leandro Diaz Reyes The comment I referred too is talking about this game being a 20 hour experience. That has nothing to do with speedruns. Nobody was talking about speedruns in this comment section.
Leandro Diaz Reyes Imagine taking 20 hours in a SPEEDRUN LOL.
I'm STILL trying to figure out how to crack a coconut with a rock
Sound cue. Try headphones.
You're going to need a rock and a coconut for this one.
@@boffyboydj Shit, I've been trying to crack rocks with coconuts.
I can't figure out how to smoke crack rocks
There better be zombies as part of a DLC. I want to play the first of us.
Hahaha
ROLF
I mean not a bad idea. Can you imagine also having to have ur tribe had to survive a zombie infection that evolves with time?
This comment is underrated
@@ajhiep4447 Very underrated
So this is the game where i play as my sister when the wifi down.
aowkaowkawk
LMFAO
rizky adam pangestu no you’re think of Cumslut Simulator 2019
No that would be Cum Wars: Battle of the Last Nut
Lol
Damn. This game is like somebody watched mad TierZoo and then was like, "what IF animals actually specd XP into a skilltree..?"
That makes me want to but it more
Well, isn't that how it actually works? You just don't have it visualised infront of your eyes :)
@@Soundwave1900 Ahh. I see we have a skilled player of Outside among us. Indeed, you are correct. I've been a human main for 32 years now. Thinking of doing a cat for my next playthrough. Just not sure if I want to go feral or with a housecat. I feel like the feral builds are much heartier and more fun to play as, but it's ultimately a harder campaign. Ya know?
Edit: I too disabled my HUD options at the start of my playthrough back in '87. Kinda regret doing that now. Idk why the devs won't let us go back and make those changes.
@@andrewfanelli666 That's beyond the point of your original post. Don't try to make it look like I'm saying we have any choise what animal to play.
It would be cool it did have other species to choose from but I'm assuming that would tax your harddrive
7:15 "Its exhilarating, the hunt, the stalk, the surprise, your successful reaction, the music swells, the ape screams triumphantly..." damn guy that sound amazing sign me up, when is it?
Straight up was reading this comment at that exact part in the video😂
@@Baenuts bruh u too😂
it brings back the old days when games had animals as your main character.
Remember Spore?
@@dieVerrueckten2x74 Ah, making dicks, memes, one legged creatures and everything out of a nightmare
@Joe L'Horri And they're still animals. Just like we are.
@Joe L'Horri You assuming lots of shit over there
Hands up for dogs life
"I'm not a big fan of survival games."
"This survival game seems like a grind with no reward."
Try spending a year grinding in Ark just to have a mega tribe walk in and destroy everything.
mhm
Then you are a dog 😁 who wants reward
@Dr. Loomis The kind of people who've been keeping the game in the top 10 played on steam and xbox since its release.
@Dr. Loomis definantly should, they're toxic.
Dooooode, literally. I gave up on that shit
I want to see a speed run of this game in 2 months once someone has learned enough.
I like how this game shows you just how much time it took to get to us.
Everybody gangsta till you evolve into a carrot
@Blackwolf MGTOW ruined it
@@kryoblast1574 big facts
@Blackwolf MGTOW i think you might have been playing bloodborne instead
I saw a man evolve into a pickle once.
Rob schneider is... A CARROT!
Thank you for understanding that games don't have to hold your hand. Just know this game is not for everyone. So be careful with watching reviews, it will be safer to watch gameplay and see if it's for you.
Agreed
It’s for me bro I’ve looked at this since the start of July
yeah i really want this game to be good, i enjoy grindy survival games, but i know that jake doesnt, so its hard to tell if its good from his review, ill watch some gameplay
@@dillonclyatt9978 exactly. I appreciate his opinions but I feel like I learned very little. Yeah, I know it's gonna be grindy. Welcome to survival games in a nutshell! Now I need to find fellow NMS/Ark/7 Days to Die/etc. fans and see what they think of it! I have a feeling it's great and the game play loop will be super addicting!
Yeah, I feel like a lot of the negative reviews are coming from people who don't play enough of these games and don't understand that in survival games you nearly always have to figure out what to do by yourself. I'll have to wait for the console release to find out for myself though
Every single person I've seen play this seen the mate button and was like "hmmmm well we do need a bigger clan"
*SMASHES THE MATE BUTTON LIKE THEYRE THE LAST PRIMATE ON EARTH*
Hey, the main apes gotta get that puss man. XD
There's a mate button? What is this rated again?
I feel the same as a lot of you. Im happy to see developers get outside the box and give us something original rather than the same FPS we have been playing for the last decade. Even though for me personally it's not quite a hit (I don't want to be a monkey) but i would love to see more attempts like this from developers in the future. But i could imagine its difficult to get producers on board with a game that's outside the established order.
you can skip all the cutscenes. on keyboard its hold "tab" key.
"It feels like an endless grind...." - Well, I guess they managed to replicate the real world perfectly!
Well, real life isn't "endless" though... I can show you the way 🔪
It's a game it's not real life games are suppose to be fun
ThePeach True, though this game seems interesting because it replicates evolution so well
@@thepeach4638 It is fun if you correctly set your expectations of the experience the game is trying to deliver. If you're expecting to Assassin's Creed the shit out of some tigers with a sharpened stick, that's not happening. But if you want to experience the grand progression of evolution and watch your clan of primates overcome challenges and figure out how things work, you'll enjoy it.
How to play:
Its in your genes
Lmao 🤣🤣
True🤣
Everyone automatically knows how to play
Except it isn’t. Humans will always be humans.
Honestly I love this game. I haven't had it for long, but even with the repetitive things you have to do each generation and evolution, I've yet to be bored of it! However I'm on my third lineage due to my first two dying so dang fast when I didn't know what I was doing.
Still pretty good to me :) the reason I would say grind is because of course you have to evolve your clan but you can do it at your own pace
@@OneThousandDemons how do u defend against animals its so hard to dodge
@@ethancortez5682 it is kinda difficult but once you learn the timing, it's second nature
Imagine if this was an online game and you and your friends can evolve and the farther you do the stronger you get and you can pvp with other clans with your advantages from evolution
I honestly love the concept and have never seen anything like it, so I hope it's good and works
Despite the critics I actually adore the game, been gridning on it for hours and I dont care when I lose my lineage. Because I am able to learn from my mistakes and continue to progress with my clans. There is a reason the game play time is said as 40-50 hours not 2. Anywho I think this game is like marmite You either love it or hate it. Or both.
The key to surviving is to take it slow and too not try and push the game as far as you can, its meant to be an "Endless grind" Its survival not a leisure cruise lol. I actually think it is immersive! But it really takes patience and if you haven't got it don't bother with the game.
you've never played spore then
@@shanaosborne7078 "despite the critics"
They lost there credibility a long time ago.
you sleeping on Spore if this is new to you :c
Just wanna know at what point my Ape can face paint and wield a Kalashnikov and wipe out other Ape Clans. TELL ME BALDINO.
Planet of apes the game 😂
We all know that apes aren’t able to wield and use a gun smhmh
The real question is when we will see them wield katanas and slice the frick out of their enemies
@@ceoofhentai6375 While you were learning to make spears I was studying the blade
Lmaooooo
Ape-jutsu😂
I love the concept of this game! Before I watched any gameplay, I though you would be able to actually play as a caveman at some point... seems like you work so hard but you stay the same the entire game doing the same stuff. I think what would make it better if the game allows you to evolve to a caveman half way thru maybe with a different set of challenges to evolve into mordern man.
The thing is it's based off of actual history and it's not as simple as that with all the species until you finally reach human, they are also planning on making 2 more games, at least that's what I have heard, which will continue and with the sequel probably with the player being a "caveman"
yeah it would've been cool to have different climate eras - like imagine starting out as monkey and learning the basics of how to gather animal furs for example/killing an animal - then fast forward 100 000 years and you gotta use that skill to group hunt a wolly mammoth for its fur and meat so you can survive a coming winter season or something.
@GingerNinja That's where Ancestors part comes from. It'd be Ancestors for the build up to "Modern" man, 2nd game for whatever the game ends at (Please don't spoil it), and 3rd will pick up from the end of second, with presumably covering civilizations like Sumer, Rome, China, etc.
At least... if the games were to be made. Devs have officially canceled it as they "feel as though Ancestors is a 1 of a kind game" (The original is in French as their based in Quebec, so it may be off)
I’ve grinder this game for hours on hours and I’ve gotten to the point where I’m one evolution away from the end. Although the learning curve is the largest of any game I’ve ever played, it’s so worth it. You have to be creative when playing and try literally everything. Even if it seems stupid or unnecessary just do it. It’s one of the best games I’ve ever played and highly recommend it to anyone who loves a good grind and survival grind.
Thanks, was hard finding a review in 2020. It’s on sale now and it was my birthday 2 days ago. Imma buy it
@@joanil911how was it
I am Harambe, and this is my favorite game on the Citadel.
TheAwesomeGarebear you’re a garebear
You mean "in the jungle" 😏
Apes back in that day also didn’t have tutorials so that’s realistic lol.....
Tutorials on how to start your actions and how to succeed in them, not teaching you what actions or things to do
Realistic doesn't always mean good. This isn't real life. It's a game. Good games at least explain the basic mechanics or implement them in a way that's intuitive. This game is just unintuitive and confusing just for the sake of being confusing.
I ChoCked On Stick UwU tutorials aren't just explaining basic things? but core mechanics and stuff.
I ChoCked On Stick UwU that's good for you? that's why a lot of games have the option to do a tutorial, it's simply bad design otherwise.
elvis FYI apes still don’t have tutorials
This game is, oddly enough but hear me out, giving me isekai vibes.
Think about it. You play as a primitive but know all the tricks of surivial and how to progress the world. You are basically a soul reborn into prehistoric times and you gotta get stuff moving.
I am actually hyped for this now when before I was completely disinterested thinking it was gonna be prehistoric Assassins Crap.
I learnt that I can mine diamonds with iron pick axe.
This game need Co op.
Why stop there it could have a way for multiple people to play in the same world
@@F-I-N-E-R but it's a good idea i don't know why your acting like that but alright
@@F-I-N-E-R by the way I know for a fact that you wouldn't "eat" a deadly virus just because of the idea of having multiplayer in a videogame where you play as "apes"😂
@@F-I-N-E-R well make sure to EAT it all up
@@dantes_inferno6162 ofc he wouldnt it was a joke
First step to starting the human simulation over.
It is grindy but i feel like theres always something to discover or learn. I think a little bit of a tutorial would help just to teach basic functions but i personally find the game pretty entertaining.
There is a tutorial now. Don't know if it was there at release. It gives you the basic controls and starts you off on how to figure out how the rest of the stuff works. On my first playthrough the tutorial popups got half my tribe eaten by a giant snake while I was reading :P
You playing this game all the time for 2 weeks most likely is what made you bored of it
the ending better be evolving into a human then game turning into minecraft lol
Hax Teal
Fo real tho!
Hax Teal dude that’d be priceless
No even better. At the end you evolve into humans, and then you get to control your human playing Minecraft!
Somebody upload the ending
Yeah that's what I want to happen evile past humans to space and beyond..lol
If they added a multiplayer mode like just co-op where your friend can join you and play it can really bring some fun
that would be nice
A further revamp of this game such as what they did with no man's sky would be amazing. But they're not an AAA game company. So the addition of mods when it comes to steam may be when this game really takes off.
OOK OOK, game wont work, predator dodge not found.exe
Would be cool, but how are you gonna deal with evolution for example? What if you want one way and your friend wants the other way? Should it be co-op in one tribe or merging two tribes together? It's a nice idea, but I think it's unstable. Tbh, I'd be pissed if my species would go extinct because of my co-op partner.
Everything doesn't have to be multiplayer!
I played this game and since then they fixed the cutscene thing, which can now be skipped. I must say that I love the game. I understand it is not for everyone. it is a survival exploration game where the survival is of the group, not just your character. It feels very nice when you are exploring and find a new animal or a new tool or a new ecosystem. I am hooked with the game and I already am in the savanna, playing as Ardipithicus ramidus, can't wait to keep advancing, though must say the skill tree is getting kind of tough to progress. Still very cool game
They could probably make the predator thing more difficult and believable by adding a dice roll mechanic into each individual ape. Maybe the likelihood they will do what you tell them to do or something. Not every ape should have the decision making and reflexes of the person controlling them. Maybe also do some rebalancing of progression speed.
If you evolve enough they start defending themselves if you evolve that far 😂
The reason a bought this is cause I can throw my poop
But can you drink your own pee?
Bebé Polar lol a skill in game is a “shit barrage”
Peak of human kind
I imagine evolution stops at that point... what else is left for humanity to achieve?
sold me on it hahaha
Pretty sure the reason why the game is grindy is because human evolution has been QUITE A GRIND.
Makes sense
By that logic, Mafia 3 is grindy because becoming a mob lord IS A GRIND!
@@RuezgaDaniel no?
@@bagelbytes69420 Yes!
Daniel Ruezga that’s dumb
Finally a game at my intelligence level
I think the ‘endless grind’ as you said is kind of meant to be, it’s trying to get the idea that it takes THOUSANDS of years to evolve and that’s something I’m interesting, I can’t wait to be playing this
Actually millions just saying not in the nerdy way but still
Nobody:
My ancestors: *APES TOGETHER STRONG*
ok so basicly im monky
Dammit you already said it 😂
Beat me to it...
You’re beautiful
Lol
Your face do! 😁😁
Hold select to skip a lot of the scenes. The 1.1 version explicitly says this, but I made my gf look it up in the previous version because I didn't want any spoilers and/or thought this was the only acceptable lookup for this game.
Also I loved this game, but I get the grind. The ending was a little lackluster and is kind of sudden I thought. You can get to it without realizing unless you know your anthropology timeline very well. Otherwise I loved the eureka moments and movement on ground gets better, but this game is punishing and a little grindy.
I think it would be really cool if there was multiplayer with other tribes around and you could join up tribes or fight others for territory or to get stronger or to get more food and stuff
I think they should have made some of the HUD icons more organic in appearance. Instead of sharp geometric icons.
I was thinking the same.
@@caleb_friesen looks out of place
@@jpopkringle2855 i actually like that. It looks clean, it's clear, easy to understand and there's no bs
I'd take that over HUD unnecessary cluttered in the art style of the game.
@@707beats6 it's probably something I'll get used to. But right now every time I've seen it it bothers me a little.
@@jpopkringle2855 There's 4 options at the start of the game: full hud and tutorial, no hud and full tutorial, minimal hud and full tutorial and no hud and no tutorial
Sounds like something my former anthropology professor would go ape over.
I see what you did there : )
I hate you
I showed my anthropology teacher this video and he got so excited about it
As someone with an anthropology degree, you have no idea...
I love this game. We need more games like this.
Seeing that right after buying the game, yeaaah that's encouraging!
Image playing this game and suddently u find yourself in the game
Edidt: yag eruoy siht daer ouy fI
sekil k1 eht rof sknaht dnA
Just like in the simulations.
wow
TimNiner
This noon
TimNiner ur lame
@@Venomspb yikes
That actually doesn't sound that bad as long as you're the kind of person who's down to put 500-1000 hours down in order to become an anatomically modern human.
I really like the idea of this though, especially if your diet and the things you do and discover effect how you actually evolve. Maybe your ape just needed to eat a lot more meat? That was a big step for real prehistoric humans insofar as our brains becoming more complex.
Anyway, this is some interesting design and it kinda reminds me of a more elaborate Cubivore or Spore. Could it be somewhat edutainment? I'll have to look into this and ask my paleoanthropology friends if it's accurate...
I think the only danger is that in it being so long and so repetitive, majority of players won't actually ever get to the end. Which will make it more satisfying for hardcore fans, but it might not get the support it needs in the end.
AFAIK, you can't become a modern human. I've read that the game is "capped" at about "Lucy" level (australopithecus). There will be sequels (if this game is a success) to evolve further.
I think we need a cubivore remaster
@@daedalron sequels in a world of dlc
I havent played the game yet but i know you can make the ape walk like human, maybe evolve that instead of maxing the fighting stuff. Every animal has fighting instinct but you dont see them turning into humans lol
I mean, having seen the progression tree a couple of times now (I've been watching a lot of play) it seems that you might be evolving your hominids in ways that *seem* like they would get you the most out of your play; quicker reflexes, better scouting and identification, instead of the more boring stuff that would actually make it a more advanced hominid.
6:02 that is exactly the case you mention that you are grinding out kids but you do not have to, in the begging of the game the dev's lead you to a meteor and tell you that finding these meteors with babies gives you more reinforcement points so you can quickly evolve instead of passing so many generation which is what gave you that "Grind" feeling. This game is meant to be played slow and if a game tells you they wont give you lots of help, then when they finally do you NEED to pay attention. I cannot explain how many lovely playthroughs I watch fall with this game because no one could figure this one simple detail. Once you find one meteor it creates a journey to them making a purpose and overall bringing the fun back. Being so caught in finding more and advancing your clan so quickly, before you know it you are at the end of the map walking on two feet only( you said you could never get this but all you had to do was focus on walking more and reinforcing the neurons to get to the ability.) I really do think the "game" aspect of Ancestors was finding these meteors because once you do this you have a purpose.
Every negative almost sounds positive in a way... Idk. The game is so unique I'm buying it just to experience something original and well thought out (or so it seems to me)
Same here. It's different enough for me to at least get it and just have fun with it. Plus, I can't wait for modding to take shape with this game.
H Koizumi I've done a challenge where I've tried to watch a TH-cam lets play of this game and not fall asleep, once you get past the first hour of this game it gets incredibly boring and repetitive
The visuals and the colors is so bad in this game
Stfu up bums
How was it? Thinking about getting it but has mixed reviews.
The devs did say it would take 40+ hours to beat the game, given that it's supposed to be a span of 8 million years. Also, I would consider it to be a blessing to have a game with this much game-time compared to one with a 4 hour campaign.
At the end,you become human and create a game about early humans... *Wait*
Having more game time doesn't necessarily make something better, especially when that time is spent doing repetitive tasks which is often the case.
@@hollowday1545 Yeah but that is what the survival genre is about. You get what you paid for.
I'll take 4 hours of special at 60 bucks rather than 40 hours of meh at 60 bucks.
@@jerm70 survival genre is not about the grind. Also most games make it rewarding after a grind. Ark one of the most egregious examples of grind allows you to ride dinosours for payoff and also most stuff does not required prerendered animations for almost every action . This game gives you a slightly sharper stick. Now I have no problem with that because is the games concept. But the amount of hands off action in this game makes it so much worse.
Since playing it, I've found it to be one of my all time favourite games!.
"endless grind" - exceptionally accurate assessment and description of actual evolution...
Jake, it’s a grind and feels unsatisfying, cause that’s life. The world is beautiful, and that’s kinda all we get.
Pablo Quijada Salazar in that case I should just go to work and take on the other 1000 grinds I have to do everyday anyway rather than play this game. There is always a balance.
fan zhang you must be misunderstanding; if a video game that seeks to gamify life feels like a grind and unsatisfying, it’s cause that’s what it’s emulating. Like you said, life is full of jobs that are pointless grinds, this game is about the beginnings of that, and I imagine it’s always been a bit like it is now.
But the rewards of life seem to be those you give yourself, and doing so gets you to be someone that those around you would want to reward, or at least hire you.
I think something about that would be lost in the emulation; like watching your sims hangout is just not something you can vicariously live through; you still want real friends to hangout with.
Plus, making it a real grind could make it an educational tool to show kids why industrialization is worth working towards changing & keeping around, despite the many challenges they’re aware they have to overcome, that are a direct result of industrialization.
I mean dure, that's easy to day but the idea of having to grind things out just like our ancestors did is a really big, risk with not much reward, I'm still going to save up and buy this game when it comes to console, but not everybody wants... farm simulator.
@@pabloquijadasalazar7507 Thats what these guys are going for but thats also why this game won't do so well. Not everyone wants to spend their time grinding for no reason.
Gunmetal Grey oh I agree, I expect it’ll be good for those that out in the time, but too grindy for many
I know for a fact Frieza isn't going to be buying this...
This game better end with Frieza blowing up the planet.
@@cerealchef6862 would be amazing
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Frieza has nun to do with this game that was so random
@@blacklyfe5543 Oh you absolute fool...
I just started playing and streaming this game and you are totally spot on. I keep wanting to play when I am not playing and yet when I am I feel clueless and like the game doesn't want me to progress, not just that it's a grind-fest.
It would be awesome to find secrets like a ufo or something
Secrets like in the n64 should be in every game i have no idea why developers wouldnt put at kwast one cool secret in evey game and sell an extra 100,000 copies
Well, we have meteors, and mankind still never found any signs of alien life up to this point, so that would be a bit off the game's topic.
but that's not historical?
It'd be funny to find something to do with the Annunnaki.
Haha yeah, lets find out what was really in them pyramids 😋
Richard Dawkins just came in his pants and he doesn't understand why.
I don't think it's a very accurate portrayal of evolution...
diego torres It's a game. What do you expect? To teach you genetics and biology
@Hodor I don't make games, and I didn't say it was a bad game, it looks like fun, but I'm worried that people will play it and it will pollute their understanding of the science, our education system is already crappy enough on that regard.
@@Richard-jm3um are you sure about that?
@@themindset4164 Yes absolutely, evolution doesn't have a goal, there's no objective, and the traits that you may have acquired during your life do not pass on to your children, and you don't get to choose what traits to evolve or not, you asking this question is exactly what I what I fear.
This would be great on switch, since it seems like the kind of game I'd play when I'm in a long car trip
If ark on switch sucks imagine this
@@giuliomentana2754 I didnt even know if arks on switch lol
deez nuts imagine only playing on long car trips.
Imagine being chauffeured in a long car ride lol
Youre right actually this definitely one of those games thatd be great to play in a car trip or 20 minutes at a time here and there instead of for a multi hour sitting
I find it very refreshing to see a game that's pretty much about life - You're dropped in it to work things out for yourself, with only your wits to guide you. The irony is is that the games' greatest strength is it's weakness: It's too open-ended with no clear goal in sight other than surviving and possibly thriving. As a game, it needs more reward than that for the viewer to be satisfied with playing. That said, I find the aspect of playing as an animal very appealing, very interesting, and has loads of potential. It's such a breath of fresh air to see a game that doesn't include so much combat for a change, and can include acts of compassion like caring for the babies and grooming other primates. Kudos for something original, risky, and new. :-)
Tbh the “grindy, tedious” description really just makes me more excited to get this, seeing as it’s already about evolution. I’m sure a lot of the major breakthroughs our ancestors went through made our ancestors greatly satisfied, but a lot of them also felt as though they only made small change. Honestly, it makes sense; the actions they carried out seemed intense at first and then dull after constant repetition, and the rewards for finding new things weren’t great. This just proves that this game really has emulated survival so well, all our ancestors’ actions earned the reward of getting to live a little longer, nothing more
I'm sure you will enjoy this game immensely. It's exactly what you described.
Tal Sheynkman Yep, got it for Christmas and love it
Dudes out here getting mad cuz you can’t rush evolution
He clearly doesn't know what to do... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
honest question, don’t you think being forced to play the game for two weeks straight because it’s your job, warps your perception of a game? it sure sounds like it, not just from this video but in general with this channel
I agree bro.
I completely agree
I played the game for 7 hours and it turns out the game loses all of it's depth after 7 hours when it makes you think you will achieve some "next stage" that changes the gameplay. It's all a lie. The game feels like a chore to complete.
Oskar636 how?
I am Devilplays would be interesting to know wouldn’t it 🤔
I am kinda self congratulatory right now because once again I turned out to be pretty spot on about a upcoming game in advance.
I don't remember if it was a gameranx video but I think so, like one of their top upcoming games videos. I left a comment about how I'm surprisingly good at predicting how games will turn out and let people know which I considered "guaranteed good games" on that list (speaking of, Astral chain were on there and one of the ones I considered guaranteed and were recently released to pretty great reviews) and which ones I thought had red flags that shouldn't be preordered or bought before looking at reviews and gameplay videos. I said that Ancestors were really up in the air because in the marketing material they didn't really show anything other than the early ape stages and nothing that gave me any indication of fun stuff to do. So I said it could surprisingly be good but I felt like it was more likely to end up like spore which sounds fun as an idea but quickly becomes soul suckingly boring, pretty close to the description in this video I think.
Damn I'm gifted in this kind of stuff, i really should figure out what I could do with it.
I wish I had a more clearly useful gift though.
Last time I saw Donkey Kong he looked a little different. Looks like you also got Diddy Kong on your back.
This is the first before you buy video that I’ve seen without buying the game
Hey jake, the evolutionary leap you're looking for is fire.
Edit; then wheel. Then more tools, snares, traps, deadfalls. Make rope from vine. Build shelter. Moving water supply. Plant.
Tokin I was thinking the same thing lol
Then Minecraft.
(づ꘠﹏꘠)づ take me.
Based on very little in game time, I'm having fun with this game. I'm only about 3 hours in but I feel that grind and hopefully they support this game post release in some way.
This is the big brain game to sum it up
They're getting my $40. They can give it whatever damned score they want, it looks fun to play even if it's a game to play when you have nothing better to do on a Sunday afternoon.
See this right here is the best mindset of a true gamer 👏🏻 just buy and play whatever the hell looks fun to you
I can't wait to play this. I don't know what other people expected from a game that involves evolution but it's exactly what I wanted. I already know the game only takes you to very early man so probably won't be making fires or wheels or anything like that until the second game. This one seems to focus on early tribalism so it's gonna be more interactions and exploration than anything.
Dave Eller They’ll get my money for being original; seriously, this is so different than anything that is out there.
@@CpTn_QwRk Thank you. Back in the 80's and 90's we didn't have TH-cam to check games out, we had demos so we pretty much had hands on. We also didn't worry about what everyone else was playing and I still don't. People have different tastes. Times have changed and I still don't listen to the "critics".
@@sp1cychick3n Yeah, it looks awesome. I love figuring things out, especially in video games. Too much hand holding in most games today and I think it's freakin cool I can play an early hominid :/
Joe Rogan needs to do a let’s play with this.
Joe Rogan? Really?…
this was exactly how I remember this one tarzan game on ps2 from waaaaaaaaay back. i always overestimate how great graphics looked as a kid looking back lol
Bro i know its been 4 years since you commented but i remember this game too, i could never pass the hunter level lol
You CAN skip the cutscenes.
Just hold the select button (or the touch pad on ps4 controller. Or the back button on xbox one controller)