Depends on what you call fun. When I used to play complex strategy games friends would tease me about playing excel simulators. Then there's DCS. Where you can turn on an airplane by yourself. Realistically, flipping like 200 controls in order. Still the way Mac describes this, this is not the fun kind of boring.
@@n3rdm4n Well, those 400-800p manuals do have some pictures in them, everybody likes pictures! :p Anyhoo, if you could actually identify eg poisonous plants by sight orso ... an actual skill which could be used in a second playthrough (or even in reallife, like learning to fly an aircraft, or develop tactics), learning in games would be fun.... But from what I see, this is a typical Ubisoft game, do something 20x ... level up -> new skill unlocked
@@larrote6467 spore was my favroute game when it came out lol i loved the space stage and creature stage . now i play no mans sky for space exploration
I guess it’s because they take a lot of time to make so they feel like they have to make you watch them because it took them a long time? I don’t mind cutscenes in a story driven game but some games have way too many and they go way to long. I do prefer games with no cutscenes but if they done right they can be a good part of the game
Honestly I'm loving the game. I'm way into survival/exploration games and the progression system is very rewarding. It's definitely not a game for everyone, but if you want a game where you're going to take your time and survive and just kind of enjoy the little things (swinging through the trees, saving other apes, leading predators into other predators so they get dragged into the water by a crocodile after eating your baby, etc). I'm having a great time with it just taking it easy. Not really going into it with the mindset of reaching end game, but of playing a really fun and engaging survival game. Also if you mate multiple hominids and then give birth, all of the pregnant lady apes will give birth, cutting the cut scenes in half.
TheClassicalSauce amazes me how majority of the bad reviews mention unskippable cut scenes, the game just doesn’t tell you how to skip but it is there for EVERY cut scene
@@heBereal The controls menu does say the back button on the XBox controller is assigned to skip. Granted, it doesn't elaborate more than that, but it was enough for me to figure it out.
Thanks for the tip on multiple pregnancies. I was wondering if it would work like that but hadn't had a chance to check. I imagine it saves on the 15 month time skips for births too.
I think that this game had one of the best ideas of all time. The problem is, they focused so much on the game's story and mechanics that the gameplay and the graphics just weren't that good. Either way, I love this game, but it could have been better. Hopefully the follow-up version is better.
Your clan should ALL gain (and keep) the knowledge that you learn. The idea that you need "x" offspring to keep "y" knowledge and for the rest that you don't have enough offspring for you have to relearn thatseems rather stupid in terms of a design choice. So as long as you keep a SINGLE ape alive from your clan and you start a new family you should retain all the knowledge you've learned as you progressed, why on earth is it not like that? that would seem rather straightforward how to do it and not be annoying or anything.
So, there isn't much punishment for dying? Mario style, lose a life? Just get some more babies? Current system would be fine for hard mode or game+ orso, but yeah ... most people wanna enjoy a game, not have a second job. They could've let every offspring being unable to learn certain abilities, but different ones. So, next offspring could learn from another previous offspring who DID learn, etc etc...so, you would loose some skills depending which offspring you choose to play as. This also makes the game more strategic, and could actually mean ape A is used for gathering, B for hunting etc More like that old evolution game...would probably have been a lot more interesting, also opens up coop mp...
@@CommDante The punishment for losing knowledge imo should only come into play if you lose "everyone" in your clan, not if you lose "x" person while still having others to carry on. I mean does it make sense, if you discover "fire" would you not pass that knowledge to the others within your group? So if one person dies the group doesn't suddenly forget it. Then when the next-generation of offspring are born that is just general knowledge that's passed down to them (so they know it without you having to re-do it all).
Locking in the knowledge by kids is basically the kids being taught that specific skill and happening to remember it. If you don't have kids taught this and that to pass down the knowledge it's gonna go
im 4 years late to this but the skill keeping really isnt a big deal usually you cant even get enough neurons in a generation to use all your locks and if you got to many you can find meteorites on the map which double the locks for all babies that visited it meaning you can get 12 locks out of them also grinding those points back if you did lose them isnt as bad as it sounds there are many things you can do to instantly get all of them back by either examining dead apes or concuring your fear and if you do somehow lose your whole clan except 1 you can find and recruite outsiders which means you can get new babies to
For the people that arent sure about the "unskipable cutscenes" you actually can skip them, even tho the game doesnt tell you, if youre using a controller then just hold the view button and itll skip it
Another review mentioned you press and hold the back button to skip cutscenes, at least when using a controller. Actually this game sounds just like Spore: great, unique concept, disappointing execution.
Even though I don't like the unskippable cutscenes, I find myself really enjoying it. Having to learn some things all over every generations that passes can be a little tedious but it is actually close to how it works out there in the wild for some animals. Also the choice of fauna and flora, for what I saw till now is pretty accurate to the times and place. Also being a paleontologists may be helps me appreciate better many of these features 😝
Love the concept, always wanted this exact kind of game - shame it hasn't been executed right. This seems more like the player is passively observing evolution rather than playing a role in it. It's not fun when success or failure is totally dependent on unlocked skills/perks. I get that they wanted to be faithful to the idea that evolutionary developments makes later generations more successful/intelligent, but in terms of gameplay it strips agency from the player and hands it over to the progression system - so in effect the player is just watching the game play itself. Boo
@@jonnypinknuckles I also agree with him. Seems like you followed another man's opinion like a sheep without trying it to form an opinion for yourself ;)
I brought the game two days after your review and I've got to say i am one of those weirdos that is enjoying the game..., Definitely a steep learning curve but I refuse to look up how to do things (I think that is part of the charm how it doesn't really hold your hand) I had to start a new clan about 3hrs in which is frustrating but it didn't take long to get back to where I was second time around. With the ancestry point for the next generation, I get upto six to play around with not sure why you where getting only two (it kind of makes sense to me generations do lose skills over time). Now I agree 100% with climbing through the trees this is the most unenjoyable part but that again takes time to master (which I am no where close of mastering pretty much only go up if need be). All in all I am happy with my purchase.
I'm in the same boat and I don't think we're the weirdos in the same way mack isn't a weirdo for liking all those formula 1 racing games. If I were to review one of those I would say its boring and I stopped playing it after 2 hours like mack did in this review of ancestors because I find seeing who can drive around in circles the fastest to be a huge snorefest but that doesn't make the game inherently bad and thats why I think this review does a huge disservice to ancestors and drives off people from playing it that might really like it. Its a really fun game and even though I had to restart after playing for hours like you did because I accidentally left my clan behind starting a new settlement and they all died when I went to the next generation I didn't mind doing it at all because the core gameplay loop is fun and unique and having to do more if it is hardly a punishment. As for the climbing through the trees bit I think its safe to say I've mastered it and it is really enjoyable once you do and I use it as a faster mode of transportation than walking in any area that has dense enough trees to go from tree to tree. Theres something that really changed the game about tree climbing for me and If you want to try and figure it out yourself then don't read on beyond here but it took me awhile to figure it out and I'd be sad if some people never did. You can actually grab onto the leaves by holding spacebar while you're falling and use the momentum to jump forward again so if you go up to the highest point in a tree you can jump from tree to tree through the canopy quite easily without even landing on any branches by just swinging through the foliage like apes actually do in the wild.
@@sticks7857 Its the same for me the whole "drive around in circles the fastest to be a huge snore-fest" and I think you hit the nail on the head its just not Mack kind of game, In saying that I would say this game is in opinion a very niche market (But guess just as driving games are). I hope this game does well so we can get more of this off mainstream sort of games coming through. P.S. I haven't seen one loot box.
Seems like a no mans sky situation where in a years time it will be more refined... And on steam... Win Win, I hope Epic Store users enjoy their early access beta.
Sounds like somebody needed their hand to be held and when that didn't happen they flailed about wildly, pissing themselves wetting all their surroundings trying to hammer through a game that actually takes some forethought and finesse. Pretty much a summary of the tone of this review.
Sir if i can give you one piece of advise,only a little piece Don’t Ever Ever Ever Ever Ever Ever..change!!!!!love this Stuff from Melbourne Australia!!!
I took the time to play the game and I must say - i'm hooked on this game for 3 days straight. The game is great, it's different but good once you realize how to play. You don't lose points when you die if you keep on advancing in generations, to be honest I almost unlocked all the talent tree after the 4th evolution phase. Anyway long story short - Mak you should review it again with open mind and trying to understand the reathem of the game - this is a real breath of fresh air.
@@astonmartin8537 ok, i mean just because one guy finds the game boring doesnt mean someone else wont. you shouldnt be watching the game you are suppose to be playing if in fact you did buy said game.
Thanks Mack. Looks like they got a year to fix this and make it something worth a buy. That's todays market though, ey? Make your customers your quality assurance department and reap all the benefits of their hard work.
Wow. Broke one of the most important game design rules: Do not waste your player's time. Usually this means no animation speedup in turn-based games, but this "works", too, I guess ;)
dont they have DLCs and packs to boost evolution and retain DNA skills? Extra pair of balls to have more babies? Thats how it worked in real life, you know.
It's an Epic game, so I'm sure it's only a matter of time until you discover the microtransaction mutation. I can't wait until I get back to the clan and teach those little fuckers how to do the infinite dab.
One year later and they never done anything like that. Maybe don't assume every game company is like EA? Stop Virtual Signaling, that doesn't help anyone.
Started seeing good reviews and the hype almost got me. But then I reminded myself...no, calm down....wait for Mack's review. And sure enough! Bantha piss!!!
@@ScoobySnacks7 Sad you think we should spend all our money before knowing if its worth it or not. That's why some of us watch reviews. If buying and actually playing is the only way to go, we would be spending literally 1000s of dollors on shitty games that we will never even play again. Reviews are to give us what is good and bad about the game. If I see what I like in it, then I buy, but doing something from the first which took hours and hours of gameplay at first would be demoralising for me to do it all over again. At least give me decent check points if not saves, I can't just think about playing the same thing again forever just because I hit a wrong button once and is killed by a predator.
i've been playing this for a couple hours my self i would say the main things they need change are combat and what branches are grab able and what ones do you phase through and break your knees.
FYI You get 1 reinforcement per baby in your clan for a max of 6 every evolution period. So there is a little less repetitiveness. Besides the combat I'm loving this game so far!
As a 51-year-old gamer who has seen it all at this stage, you are by far my favourite reviewer and go to bloke before I buy any game. Every review to date has been absolutely spot on.....except maybe that Frostpunk shite. Continue to do what you do my good man. I smile every time I hear "...lets listen to the words.....".
seems most of the reviewers I've seen don't enjoy survival games in general so not sure why they bother reviewing them. I guess it's good for people not into the genre though to not bother
Horizon maybe if the combat wasn’t entirely QTE it would be a good survival game lol!! Take your favourite survival game and replace the combat system with the one from this game.....
I think many reviewers are unfairly comparing to traditional style games. Anything other than the norm isn't well accepted. It seems like a very original, niche game. Which I respect.
I know right! The game was so fun! All these reviewers are giving it shit because they like being spoon fed. The graphics are great, and everything is so good! So why do people hate these different games?
@@man_like_forg1121 Did you guys not listen to anything? Clunky controls, can't skip meaningless scenes, lots of rinse and repeat, poor graphics for 2020. Now they are totally different but if want to talk about survivals look at Green hell. Very interactive, tons to do, lets you choose what to focus on, many variables which stop the game being repetitive and you control more instead of watching cinematics/scenes. I could go on because that game does it well, this game doesn't. They were right when they made this game too pompous. Instead of engaging gameplay you feel like you are in a documentary simulation.
While a lot of gamers are raving about WoW classic and cursing long queue times,... Mack is rubbing some hairy Old Meg's back with an irritating 'mining and grinding' pain. Kappaface EDIT: Mack, next check out CoD's new MW. I haven't seen the big gamemode gameplay footage yet but it looks like it may have vehicles.
The bad gameplay on top of an epic exclusive... big L... but hey the dev got their money so why should they care about the quality of the game 🤷♂️ it’s sad what gaming has came to
Yeah, I am one of the roughly 6 people who this game would appeal to but that epic store exclusive.. I will have forgotten all about this game by the time I can purchase it from my store of choice.
@@emilhansen24 Cause of Chinese ownership, cause of how they keep F'ing up their launcher and some games, the exclusives they are buying but mainly, how easy it's been for people to hack them. 6 times so far my account has been hacked on there (that they've told me about) eventhough I don't even have the launcher, people were just trying to get access to my non-existing Fortnite account =p
@@emilhansen24 for me personally, I just dont want numerous launchers on my pc, have already uninstalled various others that I dont want and I'm not installing another just to feed devs/epics greed (though I do understand how that model can work better for smaller indie studios) Its a personal choice on my part, nothing more. Same as where I buy my games from should be a personal choice too, as it has always been in the past.
You can skip the cut scenes. You should always have 6 babies before aging your generation AND evolving. Get a meteorite and you get additional capabilities you can keep (I think max is 12 or 14?). Precious gems might give you additional ones too, I don't remember. Tbh, don't worry too much about gaining a bunch of skills and spend time exploring and evolving. That way you're not wasting a ton of time relearning skills. And keep moving camps too. And if the hominid you're playing with is attacked, it sends you to the nearest hominid and they can actually rescue the other one.
Apes climbing trees and never coming back down again is why I called it quits. Bring apes out to get food, apes run up trees, never come back down. OR get "lost" wandering on the ground because they ran 500m to get to the spot next to you instead of jumping a half foot gap. I did enjoy my time while the game worked without issue, though.
Love your reviews mate, always so honest and truthful and that's what I appreciate the most in a game reveiwer. I always come to your videos first before potentially buying a game. So thank you.
@Illusion you are a fucking asshole. The lootboxes in rl were pretty mundane in comparison to the rest of the industry. I also am likely going to lose the ability to actually fucking play the game, since Epic does not support Linux. Also, Epic is gonna fuck you far worse, they push any extra fees and do not support many currencies. What the fuck is wrong with you?
Illusion Haha morals 😂 Crates were selling less and less what is normal because it gets boring after a while. So its just a Fortnite sauce to try and make it fresh again. I love RL and bought some keys, Rocket League pass and dlc to support them. But that was not enough for the greedy basterds. Now i will never ever spend a cent on RL anymore. Same thing for the Epic store. Got a free key for Contact on the Epic store with my gpu but i will never install that launcher before they deliver a finished product where my info and savegames are save. I use Steam, Uplay, Gog and Origin so its not the extra launcher i am crying about. Its the way they do business and try to take over the pc market by force. Its not out of love for gamers thats for sure.
@Illusion yeah, I don't either, but if you think fortnite's cosmetic sales model is better you are a goddamn fool. Also, as I said, they are cutting out Linux support. So I paid $20 for a game I no longer get to play. But hey, fuck Steam, am I right?
I play games for entertainment and when you have a game like this that requires you to no longer enjoy yourself but instead work yourself where even to completion (if you ever get that far) doesn't feel like you either enjoyed yourself or accomplished anything worthwhile then it's time for developers to start questioning which part was more important to them? The art form or the entertainment.
whenever a game developer makes a game where they expect the audience to be smart. The reviewer and audience complain why is that. Use tab to skip the cut scene for babies.
@ent|ty if you were a monkey though you wouldn't receive cues on how to do things from a program on your screen, you would have to figure it out on your own
@@Robert_90dayfianceUK Sadly it is VERY, VERY indie, only way people will see it if they search for it on youtube/steam and not just being recommended to people. But yeah, Kenshi has it flaws but the mechanics is amazing, more game should make survival/RPG games like that. It's totally overthrown Skyrim for me.
WeAreSoPredictable doubt it. it's bogus anyway so why would they? It's just made up. Science is just as bad as religion. Each have their own logic and rules, and there will always be people who just don't care. Everybody needs to stop letting society ordering em around. Anyone can lie. Think about that...
@@jex-the-notebook-guy1002 1. It was a joke. 2. I know that it's fashionable these days for scientifically illiterate laymen to trust their ill-informed intuitions over entire fields of professionals and the conclusions of those professionals from their painstaking research and studies, but why not be a little unfashionable and, ya know, maybe learn some science before you dismiss it on a childish, impetuous whim?
WeAreSoPredictable Nah. I was raised an SDA. But my dad got me into the conspiracy stuff. We already disbelieve "scientific theories". So I'm biassed. But still... Research my ass. Their research could be fake (not saying it is. Just a possibility) Idk who/what to trust anymore. So the only thing I trust rn is if a game is fun or not. But even that can be blinded by things like hype. It really sucks when you tricked into having fun. It's still fun yah... but it won't be when you come to your senses. So much fun in Warframe. But the grind just put me off bit by bit till left being burnt out. Think of it this way... Thinking everything you are taught in school is correct, is like thinking everything on the internet is correct. Dishonesty exists, so follow your gut I guess.
@@jex-the-notebook-guy1002 1. Conspiracy theories are 99% circle-jerk _"Hey, we're in on this big secret, so we must be the smart ones"_ bullshit. 2. If you don't know shit about scientific research, what grounds do you have to conclude it's bullshit? Sorry, but that's just dumb thinking, conveniently supporting the lazy conspiracy theory way of thinking. 3. _"Think of it this way... Thinking everything you are taught in school is correct, is like thinking everything on the internet is correct."_ This is the crux of the problem. The moment somebody's ignorant gut feelings and intuitions tell them the science is wrong, they immediately conclude that *everyone on the planet* who believes, studies, uses, or accepts that science is just a mindless sheep who blindly believes what they were taught in school. But that's just a cop-out; a lazy _'solution'_ to the problem of actually doing the work to _show_ people they're wrong and blindly believing. Ever noticed how flat-earthers never use maths? Ever noticed how Creationists never 'debunk' what the science says, but a straw-man argument instead? I'm guessing you didn't notice, because conspiracy-theory thinking is just the laziest of lazy ways of approaching the pursuit of truth. It's the lazy console port approach to intellectual honesty, and I hope you grow out of it one day.
I'd imagine more so because if you die in real life you dont restart at a check point with all your knowledge you gained before. Though I think in real life when you die you take some of the lessons learned into your next life, so maybe they could have an overarching system with important things that carry over somehow.
I actually find the game to be fun and different and its a new IP. Everything else these days is either a remake,reboot or a sequels or prequels and nothing really new. But good video and good points
Unskippable cutscenes? That's a total nogo point for me. Why are developers not forced to play their bing-games themself to feel what is wrong with it? Well in the end it sounds like another sadistic game for masochists.
What’s disappointing about this kind of game is that the concept is great, but the developers didn’t know what to do. It’s as if they’re not gamers and they’re just artists, techies, and science buffs. There’s literally no game... in this game.
All the complaints I have heard about this game is, "It's too hard, too little pay off." Wtf, go play fruit slice if you want easy mechanics, and instant payoff.
lol, this combat is not bad, just harder and unknown. Much harder for you due to your age and how long you have been doing it one way that has been the norm to you. The combat makes sense if they are going for even a higher level of realism as success of a counter would be based on how soon you realize what they are doing and how fast your limbs can react. The sooner you press the right button the better. Just that real life has damn near infinite amounts of buttons to press in every situation while this only has a few. Though too soon should be part of it too. It should have been a bit more of noticing it at the start of the window and holding it to the end of the window to be even more "realistic". Oh well, we have hope in so many games, but if every single one succeeded it would be impossible to play all the good ones...
I wouldn't even call it harder or unknown. Wouldn't call it good either. Combat is very dull just like most things in the game that require to listen to the audio queue to release button to do something. Cool you enjoy it, but I can't call that QTE stuff good.
Im gonna grab it. Looks like the exact kind of game I enjoy...Mind you I can bash rocks for hours on Ark and just zone out and enjoy it. So, yea, actually looks perfect for me 🤗
Agreed. I think the game does have a niche audience, but, this review you've made is accurate. I played it for a long time before my old computer shat out, since I've got a new one, I have it downloaded but have this question in my head "Do I feel like it?" and the answer is "Nope, not now." I totally agree with the mention of how they should've dialed back/dumbed down the evolution by natural selection aspect. But.. above all else, the fact that it was one of those timed Epic Exclusives that started everything off, to me, is an indicator of the lack of attention to these things. Very few games which started off as timed Epic Exclusives have turned out to be as good as they seemed like they would be. I mean, Mechwarrior 5 should've been an easy job; the IP is solid, Mechwarrior 4 laid all the groundwork through the core game and its expansions to make the game shine from the getgo. Yet, it flopped for a few reasons, not only the lack of ethics involved by the devs who took Steam preorder money and then Kickstarter money and then last moment went "Oh, yeah, despite all this money, we decided the game would be better with more money from Epic, so fuck you and yours if you bought the pre-order on Steam or pleged on Kickstarter because it was going to release on Steam, we're out." all the while, the game that they released looked nothing as good as Mechwarrior 4. One can debate that the upped visuals were a plus, but, Mechwarrior 4 is abandonware, and has a cult following of modders who can circumvent that. but, even when I tried playing it through Xbox game pass, I was not only disappointed with the experience, the performance was horrid. I got a key for it from, I think a humble bundle, for Steam after it launched there, and... not much had changed on the performance side and the gameplay was very very on-rails feeling. I have the game now, and, I'll admit, they've done things to rectify that mess, and good things in general with DLC that do add things, but, even now there's weird performance bugs in this game that I don't even get when I run Cyberpunk 2077 on full settings, and, I've got a better rig now soo... Other than MW 5. It seems to be the same story for the other games that were timed exclusives too... I mean, ffs, Stardock used to make some pretty solid games. Galciv 3 was not a good example, but, Galciv 2 was as well as Galciv. They just shat out Galciv 4 on Steam and, its been "in development" on Epic through and exclusive for a while and we're getting update patches from the dev announcing on this 1.0 "Hey guys, sorry the game is a mess, remember, it's an Early Access!!! It will take time to make this game good." Umm... where the fuck did the money go when it was on Epic? What the hell was the development while it was on Epic? How can you bake a game for a year with an up front payment for a not-small amount of money from them and still cling to the "remember, it's an Early Access" line especially since the game that launched on Steam launched with a paid DLC included with the price of the game... ffs. This stuff is not directly related to Ancestors, but, at the same time, to me, it's a sign of the caliber of quality that goes into games, even from IP's that are verifiably good with otherwise good devs which ends up a big fucking mess more times than there's a success. What success? Satisfactory... and, even with that title, it's not the best example of a game, but, they're still working on it, I'll give them that at least.
I saw footage a couple of months ago and I thought "This is pretty cool alpha footage, hope they get this off the ground" and then it turns out they weren't actually going to improve the climbing at all and it was proper gameplay of the nearly finished thing... It honestly looks like a finished mobile game
This game actually looks cool. They got my $40. I don't care what scores it gets, it looks like a great game for a Sunday afternoon with nothing better to do. I'll probably wait and pick it up on console, though. I don't use Epic. I'm hoping Xbox will have it on gamepass, but if not I'll pick it up on the PS4.
It looks really cool, but yeah if it's not fun or intuitive, and it punishes the player it's not fun. Even as an app for a university, if it's taking away the skills that's students' time wasted. They likely haven't updated it as it's almost 3 years on now. Oh well
It looks like you're just bad at the game. Eventually you learn how to do things like swing on branches and fight off predators, and when you do it's rewarding to use all the knowledge you've aquired. The large learning curve can be frustrating and turn off impatient people who are used to instant reward. For those of us that like slow paced survival games it's very fun. If you don't want to play it yourself I highly suggest watching TagBackTV's Ancestors playlist, he's made it interesting and entertaining to watch. Some of his streams are 2+ hours long, because it's a long game. Stick with it, figure out how to play and you'll hopefully find that learning how to properly survive and explore the immense map is highly rewarding.
Completely disagree mate.First of all all cutscenes can be skipped, combat is easy and fun, you can relearn all skills in about 20 seconds with analyzing elder corpses, climbing and jumping around on the trees is awesome, the graph is okey for this kinda big world, etc, etc.Seems in this case you were unprepared to review this game.Imho this game is a gem and i hope ppl. will support it.
Curious as to whether this game has matured (Evolved...?) over the past couple years. It could be an interesting concept if the gameplay is good. It's on sale on Steam right now, and I was wondering if it was worth dropping 10 bucks on?
this should have been a MMO could have been the best new and different survival game of 2019...would have been so cool playing with others and watching how they evolved how large their families are etc. .. DEVELOPERS ADD MULTIPLAYER!
Glad those apes had the patience to redo things.. now we know . From a gameplay experience might be not so good , but the actions and the way we evolve are very accurate , reason why is normal to lose the skills . Same as in reality , your kid won't know shit until he learns .
Just want to note that this game employs Lamarckian evolution mechanics, so it's not even a good educational tool for demonstrating *actual* evolution. Boring and not even a good simulation.
I think sometimes people get so caught up in an idea they forget to make it fun.
that is called Edutainment. this game is not realistic so they failed with Education as well.
Depends on what you call fun. When I used to play complex strategy games friends would tease me about playing excel simulators. Then there's DCS. Where you can turn on an airplane by yourself. Realistically, flipping like 200 controls in order.
Still the way Mac describes this, this is not the fun kind of boring.
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Well, those 400-800p manuals do have some pictures in them, everybody likes pictures! :p
Anyhoo, if you could actually identify eg poisonous plants by sight orso ... an actual skill which could be used in a second playthrough (or even in reallife, like learning to fly an aircraft, or develop tactics), learning in games would be fun....
But from what I see, this is a typical Ubisoft game, do something 20x ... level up -> new skill unlocked
Sounds like Black & White.
@@mhjmstultiens It was absolutely mindblowing in it's time
"I thought it was gonna be like Spore,
But it ended up being a bore" - Le Mack, adept lyricist 2k19
"Top 10 rappers Eminem was afraid to diss"
Spore was pretty boring too, especially the tribal and civilization stages
Then need to make a new spore wtf!!!!!
@@larrote6467 spore was my favroute game when it came out lol i loved the space stage and creature stage . now i play no mans sky for space exploration
@@larrote6467 Yup, and it seems this game made some of the same mistakes. Too bad, it could be great with some tweaks.
What I wanna know, is just how softly you can say “from the developer” and the mic still pick you up.
LOL
Asmr edition
Let's read the words, the words fro............. per!
It's called «buying a good microphone».
LMAO! Mack has the smoothest voice ever :) !
I couldn't stop laughing when he said that he got so tired of this game he wanted to buy a hunting game to shoot apes lmao
How are unskippable cutscenes still a thing ?
They want to pad the playtime.
U can skip it. Example, if your using xbox control, *hold* the back button and it will skip the scene
@Greig91 plot twist games without save points that make you start right back from the beginning are worse. (Cough cough hidden agenda)
LTmido There are four back buttons😅🤔🤔
I guess it’s because they take a lot of time to make so they feel like they have to make you watch them because it took them a long time? I don’t mind cutscenes in a story driven game but some games have way too many and they go way to long. I do prefer games with no cutscenes but if they done right they can be a good part of the game
"Once you start rubbing their back you don't know when to stop" I know that feeling...
Honestly I'm loving the game. I'm way into survival/exploration games and the progression system is very rewarding. It's definitely not a game for everyone, but if you want a game where you're going to take your time and survive and just kind of enjoy the little things (swinging through the trees, saving other apes, leading predators into other predators so they get dragged into the water by a crocodile after eating your baby, etc). I'm having a great time with it just taking it easy. Not really going into it with the mindset of reaching end game, but of playing a really fun and engaging survival game.
Also if you mate multiple hominids and then give birth, all of the pregnant lady apes will give birth, cutting the cut scenes in half.
TheClassicalSauce amazes me how majority of the bad reviews mention unskippable cut scenes, the game just doesn’t tell you how to skip but it is there for EVERY cut scene
@@TheClassicalSauce yeah I figured that out, makes the game an even better experience! Especially on weekdays when your gaming time is cut.
@@heBereal The controls menu does say the back button on the XBox controller is assigned to skip. Granted, it doesn't elaborate more than that, but it was enough for me to figure it out.
Thanks for the tip on multiple pregnancies. I was wondering if it would work like that but hadn't had a chance to check. I imagine it saves on the 15 month time skips for births too.
@@jerrypocalypse1180 that it does
I think that this game had one of the best ideas of all time. The problem is, they focused so much on the game's story and mechanics that the gameplay and the graphics just weren't that good. Either way, I love this game, but it could have been better. Hopefully the follow-up version is better.
I really like the game. Requires grinding yes, but it gets better as time goes on. 2 millions years in evolution and things are picking up.
McNevin in real time too
I think they did moderately well, it’s not a bad game and I don’t know why people hate it
This came out of the blue for me. What a weird game.
Your clan should ALL gain (and keep) the knowledge that you learn. The idea that you need "x" offspring to keep "y" knowledge and for the rest that you don't have enough offspring for you have to relearn thatseems rather stupid in terms of a design choice.
So as long as you keep a SINGLE ape alive from your clan and you start a new family you should retain all the knowledge you've learned as you progressed, why on earth is it not like that? that would seem rather straightforward how to do it and not be annoying or anything.
So, there isn't much punishment for dying? Mario style, lose a life? Just get some more babies?
Current system would be fine for hard mode or game+ orso, but yeah ... most people wanna enjoy a game, not have a second job. They could've let every offspring being unable to learn certain abilities, but different ones. So, next offspring could learn from another previous offspring who DID learn, etc etc...so, you would loose some skills depending which offspring you choose to play as. This also makes the game more strategic, and could actually mean ape A is used for gathering, B for hunting etc
More like that old evolution game...would probably have been a lot more interesting, also opens up coop mp...
@@CommDante The punishment for losing knowledge imo should only come into play if you lose "everyone" in your clan, not if you lose "x" person while still having others to carry on.
I mean does it make sense, if you discover "fire" would you not pass that knowledge to the others within your group? So if one person dies the group doesn't suddenly forget it.
Then when the next-generation of offspring are born that is just general knowledge that's passed down to them (so they know it without you having to re-do it all).
Locking in the knowledge by kids is basically the kids being taught that specific skill and happening to remember it. If you don't have kids taught this and that to pass down the knowledge it's gonna go
im 4 years late to this but the skill keeping really isnt a big deal usually you cant even get enough neurons in a generation to use all your locks and if you got to many you can find meteorites on the map which double the locks for all babies that visited it meaning you can get 12 locks out of them also grinding those points back if you did lose them isnt as bad as it sounds there are many things you can do to instantly get all of them back by either examining dead apes or concuring your fear and if you do somehow lose your whole clan except 1 you can find and recruite outsiders which means you can get new babies to
For the people that arent sure about the "unskipable cutscenes" you actually can skip them, even tho the game doesnt tell you, if youre using a controller then just hold the view button and itll skip it
Who saw THIS over-ambitious experiment being a dud?
I think it could have worked, great idea just not too great execution
Worth A Buy ☮️
bloodrunsclear I did.
Better to try something new and different and fail, then to copy the same stuff and fail.
Absolute kack 😔☝️
Amazing how mankind has not changed at all. I rub my wifes back, get busy for 1 minute, then its over.
snoop101 aayyee i see you
One minute... Oof
@@idabthereforeiam7479 oof indeed lol
And she gets the unskippable cutscene?
Don't understand ya Snoopy....
Another review mentioned you press and hold the back button to skip cutscenes, at least when using a controller.
Actually this game sounds just like Spore: great, unique concept, disappointing execution.
CatConnoisseur but spore is really good
What button?
There is four back buttons😅🤔🤔
Glorious Bastard I know and this dude said it was poorly executed
@@emilhansen24 ? There's one? The back button is the left option button on a controller.
Even though I don't like the unskippable cutscenes, I find myself really enjoying it.
Having to learn some things all over every generations that passes can be a little tedious but it is actually close to how it works out there in the wild for some animals.
Also the choice of fauna and flora, for what I saw till now is pretty accurate to the times and place.
Also being a paleontologists may be helps me appreciate better many of these features 😝
Love the concept, always wanted this exact kind of game - shame it hasn't been executed right. This seems more like the player is passively observing evolution rather than playing a role in it. It's not fun when success or failure is totally dependent on unlocked skills/perks. I get that they wanted to be faithful to the idea that evolutionary developments makes later generations more successful/intelligent, but in terms of gameplay it strips agency from the player and hands it over to the progression system - so in effect the player is just watching the game play itself. Boo
There's nothing to boo, if you want games to evolve (no pun intended), you can't expect every out of the box effort to work.
@@TheClassicalSauce Seems like me and 99% of people don't agree with you
M JOLNIR i also agree with him. They force you to evolve in the game and in real life.
@@jonnypinknuckles I also agree with him. Seems like you followed another man's opinion like a sheep without trying it to form an opinion for yourself ;)
@@jonnypinknuckles I also agree with him, seems the majority of you didn't understand what sort of game you were buying.
Game sounds .. a bit pants then. Great review though, don't ever change mate.
I brought the game two days after your review and I've got to say i am one of those weirdos that is enjoying the game..., Definitely a steep learning curve but I refuse to look up how to do things (I think that is part of the charm how it doesn't really hold your hand) I had to start a new clan about 3hrs in which is frustrating but it didn't take long to get back to where I was second time around.
With the ancestry point for the next generation, I get upto six to play around with not sure why you where getting only two (it kind of makes sense to me generations do lose skills over time). Now I agree 100% with climbing through the trees this is the most unenjoyable part but that again takes time to master (which I am no where close of mastering pretty much only go up if need be). All in all I am happy with my purchase.
I'm in the same boat and I don't think we're the weirdos in the same way mack isn't a weirdo for liking all those formula 1 racing games. If I were to review one of those I would say its boring and I stopped playing it after 2 hours like mack did in this review of ancestors because I find seeing who can drive around in circles the fastest to be a huge snorefest but that doesn't make the game inherently bad and thats why I think this review does a huge disservice to ancestors and drives off people from playing it that might really like it.
Its a really fun game and even though I had to restart after playing for hours like you did because I accidentally left my clan behind starting a new settlement and they all died when I went to the next generation I didn't mind doing it at all because the core gameplay loop is fun and unique and having to do more if it is hardly a punishment.
As for the climbing through the trees bit I think its safe to say I've mastered it and it is really enjoyable once you do and I use it as a faster mode of transportation than walking in any area that has dense enough trees to go from tree to tree. Theres something that really changed the game about tree climbing for me and If you want to try and figure it out yourself then don't read on beyond here but it took me awhile to figure it out and I'd be sad if some people never did. You can actually grab onto the leaves by holding spacebar while you're falling and use the momentum to jump forward again so if you go up to the highest point in a tree you can jump from tree to tree through the canopy quite easily without even landing on any branches by just swinging through the foliage like apes actually do in the wild.
@@sticks7857
Its the same for me the whole "drive around in circles the fastest to be a huge snore-fest" and I think you hit the nail on the head its just not Mack kind of game, In saying that I would say this game is in opinion a very niche market (But guess just as driving games are).
I hope this game does well so we can get more of this off mainstream sort of games coming through.
P.S. I haven't seen one loot box.
I’m not sure why people hate the game so much, it’s pretty good and doesn’t evrey game have flaws?
Seems like a no mans sky situation where in a years time it will be more refined... And on steam... Win Win, I hope Epic Store users enjoy their early access beta.
Exactly! When it releases on steam it will probably be twice as good as it was on launch.
By the time it comes to steam Epic will have it on its free week rotation...Enjoy paying for it nub.
@@Spills51 Well, I can atleast play games on steam without it crashing
@@Spills51 Id rather pay for it on g2a or somthing then use epic launcher
Well it's been 9 months and nothing has changed.
This game makes me want to play the Sims 2 Castaway for some reason.
that was a good game
Sounds like somebody needed their hand to be held and when that didn't happen they flailed about wildly, pissing themselves wetting all their surroundings trying to hammer through a game that actually takes some forethought and finesse. Pretty much a summary of the tone of this review.
You plan on doing an Ion Fury review Mac?
I read it as "on the mac" and laughed in windows.
I double that request. Can't wait!
They paved in to sjws so idc
@@wulf2863 yeah it's pretty bad that the character design you can't see got changed... Stop whining and start playing games you dork
*MACK THE MONKEY !!!*
Eats a Banana - Dings bell - Curses at Rabbit.
Love it ;)
Sir if i can give you one piece of advise,only a little piece Don’t Ever Ever Ever Ever Ever Ever..change!!!!!love this Stuff from Melbourne Australia!!!
Uh oh someone's getting on another black list haha
Can't say black mate. That's racist.
@@Maesterful u can't say racist. That's homophobic..
@@kylewojo You can't say homophobic; that's gay!
Oi! Thought-police here! You 'ave a licence for that opinion, mate?
@@Myrskylintu LOL
If we're living in a computer simulation then the person controlling me has put all his skill points into apathy.
I took the time to play the game and I must say - i'm hooked on this game for 3 days straight. The game is great, it's different but good once you realize how to play. You don't lose points when you die if you keep on advancing in generations, to be honest I almost unlocked all the talent tree after the 4th evolution phase. Anyway long story short - Mak you should review it again with open mind and trying to understand the reathem of the game - this is a real breath of fresh air.
You keep complaining about unskippable cutscenes.... yet they are skippable, hold down tab key
Did a lot change?
I haven't found any unskippable cutscenes. The game autosaves everytime I sleep or check my neurons.
this game had no chance with me starting by being an epic only game.
BrotherO4 oh fuck are you serious?
Buying it because it’s on Epic store.
Maybe you should grow up? 'Muh gamez not on muh Steemz' is so old now.
@@astonmartin8537 ok, i mean just because one guy finds the game boring doesnt mean someone else wont. you shouldnt be watching the game you are suppose to be playing if in fact you did buy said game.
Just bought 10 copies on the Epic store to support them.
All I want to know is when do you get to learn the "throw poop" skill.
*Its really cool until you notice its rince and repeat. Its way too repetitive*
@Alex Sonne worst
"From the creator of Assassin's Creed"
Yep, the fact that it is rinse and repeat no surprises there.
@@twodumbcats390
Ubisoft has been doing same formula for ages on most of their games, so yeah: no surprise!
What would have helped is the devs googling "how does evolution work" because this game contains a lot of ludicrous misinformation.
This was a very important step in gaming history and the fact people hate it means gaming might be doomed. God I hate this world
Thanks Mack. Looks like they got a year to fix this and make it something worth a buy.
That's todays market though, ey? Make your customers your quality assurance department and reap all the benefits of their hard work.
Wow. Broke one of the most important game design rules: Do not waste your player's time.
Usually this means no animation speedup in turn-based games, but this "works", too, I guess ;)
dont they have DLCs and packs to boost evolution and retain DNA skills? Extra pair of balls to have more babies? Thats how it worked in real life, you know.
It's an Epic game, so I'm sure it's only a matter of time until you discover the microtransaction mutation. I can't wait until I get back to the clan and teach those little fuckers how to do the infinite dab.
One year later and they never done anything like that.
Maybe don't assume every game company is like EA? Stop Virtual Signaling, that doesn't help anyone.
You can skip the cut scenes by the way.
Started seeing good reviews and the hype almost got me. But then I reminded myself...no, calm down....wait for Mack's review. And sure enough! Bantha piss!!!
@BS Player I'm not happy it's bad. I'm happy that I didn't spend $40 before I found out that it was bad! ;-)
Sad how you let one man decide what you do and don't like. Actually play it for yourself. I've been playing for hours and love it.
@@ScoobySnacks7 Sad you think we should spend all our money before knowing if its worth it or not. That's why some of us watch reviews. If buying and actually playing is the only way to go, we would be spending literally 1000s of dollors on shitty games that we will never even play again.
Reviews are to give us what is good and bad about the game. If I see what I like in it, then I buy, but doing something from the first which took hours and hours of gameplay at first would be demoralising for me to do it all over again. At least give me decent check points if not saves, I can't just think about playing the same thing again forever just because I hit a wrong button once and is killed by a predator.
I'm disappointed, I really wanted to love this game.
I hope they fix all the issues out.
aren't you the guy defending cyberpunk on the steam forums
Yeah, I'm pretty famous.
What of it?
MakoRuu no you’re not
i've been playing this for a couple hours my self i would say the main things they need change are combat and what branches are grab able and what ones do you phase through and break your knees.
FYI You get 1 reinforcement per baby in your clan for a max of 6 every evolution period. So there is a little less repetitiveness. Besides the combat I'm loving this game so far!
As a 51-year-old gamer who has seen it all at this stage, you are by far my favourite reviewer and go to bloke before I buy any game. Every review to date has been absolutely spot on.....except maybe that Frostpunk shite. Continue to do what you do my good man. I smile every time I hear "...lets listen to the words.....".
Way off with this review. After playing this for 15 hours I find it so well executed and original. Great game IMO. ✌️
seems most of the reviewers I've seen don't enjoy survival games in general so not sure why they bother reviewing them. I guess it's good for people not into the genre though to not bother
Horizon maybe if the combat wasn’t entirely QTE it would be a good survival game lol!! Take your favourite survival game and replace the combat system with the one from this game.....
I think many reviewers are unfairly comparing to traditional style games. Anything other than the norm isn't well accepted. It seems like a very original, niche game. Which I respect.
I know right! The game was so fun! All these reviewers are giving it shit because they like being spoon fed. The graphics are great, and everything is so good! So why do people hate these different games?
@@man_like_forg1121 Did you guys not listen to anything? Clunky controls, can't skip meaningless scenes, lots of rinse and repeat, poor graphics for 2020.
Now they are totally different but if want to talk about survivals look at Green hell. Very interactive, tons to do, lets you choose what to focus on, many variables which stop the game being repetitive and you control more instead of watching cinematics/scenes. I could go on because that game does it well, this game doesn't.
They were right when they made this game too pompous. Instead of engaging gameplay you feel like you are in a documentary simulation.
I don't think the graphics are the issue, it's more the animations.
Lol ppl from 2005 wouldnt be able to fathom that this is bad graphics
Finding meteorites with babies gives you up to 6 extra reinforcement points.
I LOVE your reviews :) Your the ONLY reviewer who talks about controls!! I'm disabled and so that's important info to me :)
”Mate. Cutscene. Mate. Cutscene. Mate. Cutscene. And there’s your six little apes” - So pretty much like real life.
Man your reviews are so good. I disagree on some of them but it’s fun to discuss. (MGS V one of my fav)
While a lot of gamers are raving about WoW classic and cursing long queue times,... Mack is rubbing some hairy Old Meg's back with an irritating 'mining and grinding' pain. Kappaface EDIT: Mack, next check out CoD's new MW. I haven't seen the big gamemode gameplay footage yet but it looks like it may have vehicles.
The bad gameplay on top of an epic exclusive... big L... but hey the dev got their money so why should they care about the quality of the game 🤷♂️ it’s sad what gaming has came to
Yeah, I am one of the roughly 6 people who this game would appeal to but that epic store exclusive.. I will have forgotten all about this game by the time I can purchase it from my store of choice.
mathiacus Why do people dislike Epic Games tho?
@@emilhansen24 Cause of Chinese ownership, cause of how they keep F'ing up their launcher and some games, the exclusives they are buying but mainly, how easy it's been for people to hack them. 6 times so far my account has been hacked on there (that they've told me about) eventhough I don't even have the launcher, people were just trying to get access to my non-existing Fortnite account =p
@@emilhansen24 for me personally, I just dont want numerous launchers on my pc, have already uninstalled various others that I dont want and I'm not installing another just to feed devs/epics greed (though I do understand how that model can work better for smaller indie studios) Its a personal choice on my part, nothing more. Same as where I buy my games from should be a personal choice too, as it has always been in the past.
@@mathiacus Same goes for WWZ
You can skip the cut scenes. You should always have 6 babies before aging your generation AND evolving. Get a meteorite and you get additional capabilities you can keep (I think max is 12 or 14?). Precious gems might give you additional ones too, I don't remember. Tbh, don't worry too much about gaining a bunch of skills and spend time exploring and evolving. That way you're not wasting a ton of time relearning skills. And keep moving camps too. And if the hominid you're playing with is attacked, it sends you to the nearest hominid and they can actually rescue the other one.
Apes climbing trees and never coming back down again is why I called it quits. Bring apes out to get food, apes run up trees, never come back down. OR get "lost" wandering on the ground because they ran 500m to get to the spot next to you instead of jumping a half foot gap. I did enjoy my time while the game worked without issue, though.
Mack, please review Kenshi. I think you'd love it and it needs more recognition.
Love your reviews mate, always so honest and truthful and that's what I appreciate the most in a game reveiwer. I always come to your videos first before potentially buying a game. So thank you.
Sounds like a pretty great idea with pretty poor execution. A shame
Another Epic exclusive - So is it worth a cry? Nah, looks like Bantha piss lol Epic can keep this shite.
@Illusion tool
Jansen LMAO
@Illusion you are a fucking asshole. The lootboxes in rl were pretty mundane in comparison to the rest of the industry. I also am likely going to lose the ability to actually fucking play the game, since Epic does not support Linux. Also, Epic is gonna fuck you far worse, they push any extra fees and do not support many currencies. What the fuck is wrong with you?
Illusion Haha morals 😂 Crates were selling less and less what is normal because it gets boring after a while.
So its just a Fortnite sauce to try and make it fresh again.
I love RL and bought some keys, Rocket League pass and dlc to support them. But that was not enough for the greedy basterds. Now i will never ever spend a cent on RL anymore.
Same thing for the Epic store. Got a free key for Contact on the Epic store with my gpu but i will never install that launcher before they deliver a finished product where my info and savegames are save.
I use Steam, Uplay, Gog and Origin so its not the extra launcher i am crying about. Its the way they do business and try to take over the pc market by force. Its not out of love for gamers thats for sure.
@Illusion yeah, I don't either, but if you think fortnite's cosmetic sales model is better you are a goddamn fool. Also, as I said, they are cutting out Linux support. So I paid $20 for a game I no longer get to play. But hey, fuck Steam, am I right?
If the main theme of this game was "Evolution" by Korn it would have been a 10/10.
I play games for entertainment and when you have a game like this that requires you to no longer enjoy yourself but instead work yourself where even to completion (if you ever get that far) doesn't feel like you either enjoyed yourself or accomplished anything worthwhile then it's time for developers to start questioning which part was more important to them? The art form or the entertainment.
Those animations while walking on the tree stumps are horrid.
Also WHAT THE HECK is that giant PIGEON doing in the jungle?
whenever a game developer makes a game where they expect the audience to be smart. The reviewer and audience complain why is that. Use tab to skip the cut scene for babies.
@ent|ty if you were a monkey though you wouldn't receive cues on how to do things from a program on your screen, you would have to figure it out on your own
I'll just smile and continue enjoying kenshi, until 2 comes out or something similar surpasses it capabilities.
More people should know about and play Kenshi!! I've been trying to get Mack to review it for months!
@@Robert_90dayfianceUK Sadly it is VERY, VERY indie, only way people will see it if they search for it on youtube/steam and not just being recommended to people.
But yeah, Kenshi has it flaws but the mechanics is amazing, more game should make survival/RPG games like that. It's totally overthrown Skyrim for me.
Once you get past 20 hrs this game is amazing, it opens up to what has to be the most unique game ever. Addictive plusssssssssssssss.
Maybe it was designed by Creationists to passive-aggressively turn people away from evolution. :)
WeAreSoPredictable doubt it. it's bogus anyway so why would they? It's just made up. Science is just as bad as religion. Each have their own logic and rules, and there will always be people who just don't care. Everybody needs to stop letting society ordering em around. Anyone can lie. Think about that...
@@jex-the-notebook-guy1002
1. It was a joke.
2. I know that it's fashionable these days for scientifically illiterate laymen to trust their ill-informed intuitions over entire fields of professionals and the conclusions of those professionals from their painstaking research and studies, but why not be a little unfashionable and, ya know, maybe learn some science before you dismiss it on a childish, impetuous whim?
WeAreSoPredictable Nah. I was raised an SDA. But my dad got me into the conspiracy stuff. We already disbelieve "scientific theories". So I'm biassed.
But still... Research my ass. Their research could be fake (not saying it is. Just a possibility) Idk who/what to trust anymore. So the only thing I trust rn is if a game is fun or not. But even that can be blinded by things like hype. It really sucks when you tricked into having fun. It's still fun yah... but it won't be when you come to your senses. So much fun in Warframe. But the grind just put me off bit by bit till left being burnt out.
Think of it this way... Thinking everything you are taught in school is correct, is like thinking everything on the internet is correct. Dishonesty exists, so follow your gut I guess.
@@jex-the-notebook-guy1002
1. Conspiracy theories are 99% circle-jerk _"Hey, we're in on this big secret, so we must be the smart ones"_ bullshit.
2. If you don't know shit about scientific research, what grounds do you have to conclude it's bullshit? Sorry, but that's just dumb thinking, conveniently supporting the lazy conspiracy theory way of thinking.
3. _"Think of it this way... Thinking everything you are taught in school is correct, is like thinking everything on the internet is correct."_ This is the crux of the problem. The moment somebody's ignorant gut feelings and intuitions tell them the science is wrong, they immediately conclude that *everyone on the planet* who believes, studies, uses, or accepts that science is just a mindless sheep who blindly believes what they were taught in school. But that's just a cop-out; a lazy _'solution'_ to the problem of actually doing the work to _show_ people they're wrong and blindly believing. Ever noticed how flat-earthers never use maths? Ever noticed how Creationists never 'debunk' what the science says, but a straw-man argument instead? I'm guessing you didn't notice, because conspiracy-theory thinking is just the laziest of lazy ways of approaching the pursuit of truth. It's the lazy console port approach to intellectual honesty, and I hope you grow out of it one day.
Evolution is one of the biggest practical jokes ever played on mankind. If it wasn’t taught in school no one would believe it
So if you play the game long enough does it eventually just turn into GTA?
Sounds to me like the "losing skills" was added to extend the game due to lack of content for a short game.
You live through 2 million years of evolution 😂
I'd imagine more so because if you die in real life you dont restart at a check point with all your knowledge you gained before. Though I think in real life when you die you take some of the lessons learned into your next life, so maybe they could have an overarching system with important things that carry over somehow.
graphics are poor? looks pretty good to me and performance is great on my old pc. i play ultra settings can get 120FPS without vsync
I actually find the game to be fun and different and its a new IP. Everything else these days is either a remake,reboot or a sequels or prequels and nothing really new. But good video and good points
With some well thought out patches do you think this game could be saved?
Unskippable cutscenes? That's a total nogo point for me.
Why are developers not forced to play their bing-games themself to feel what is wrong with it?
Well in the end it sounds like another sadistic game for masochists.
Cutscenes ARE skippable!
Hold "back" button for that.
But game itself looks boring.
@@igorthelight it is bad design anyway to force even a skipable scene so many repetitive times.
@@skjelm6363 I agree.
What’s disappointing about this kind of game is that the concept is great, but the developers didn’t know what to do. It’s as if they’re not gamers and they’re just artists, techies, and science buffs. There’s literally no game... in this game.
I got super angry when i found out that you cant kill with stealth, they Will all act the same
And you can skip cut scenes fyi use TAB on keyboard and back button on controller
I have to say, the idea for the game sounds amazing.
Can they patch in a Monolith and jump evolution by several thousand years - chuck a bone in the year - game over
AchtungEnglander hahahaha this is great mate, perfect reference ;)
Watching you fail to swing off the tree tops and instead collapse on the ground is hilarious
All the complaints I have heard about this game is, "It's too hard, too little pay off." Wtf, go play fruit slice if you want easy mechanics, and instant payoff.
lol, this combat is not bad, just harder and unknown. Much harder for you due to your age and how long you have been doing it one way that has been the norm to you. The combat makes sense if they are going for even a higher level of realism as success of a counter would be based on how soon you realize what they are doing and how fast your limbs can react. The sooner you press the right button the better. Just that real life has damn near infinite amounts of buttons to press in every situation while this only has a few. Though too soon should be part of it too. It should have been a bit more of noticing it at the start of the window and holding it to the end of the window to be even more "realistic".
Oh well, we have hope in so many games, but if every single one succeeded it would be impossible to play all the good ones...
I wouldn't even call it harder or unknown. Wouldn't call it good either. Combat is very dull just like most things in the game that require to listen to the audio queue to release button to do something. Cool you enjoy it, but I can't call that QTE stuff good.
Im gonna grab it. Looks like the exact kind of game I enjoy...Mind you I can bash rocks for hours on Ark and just zone out and enjoy it.
So, yea, actually looks perfect for me 🤗
The comment about controls was wrong, you just need to hold A/spacebar to hold onto anything and release to dangle across the trees.
At least the hominids can hear the "ding" while bonding. The "Daily Ding", guys.
Is this not on standard consoles?? Cant find it on Xbox!
Whats the bell for? Ive heard in other videos as well.
will you revisit Wreckfest now that its out on consols?
Agreed. I think the game does have a niche audience, but, this review you've made is accurate.
I played it for a long time before my old computer shat out, since I've got a new one, I have it downloaded but have this question in my head "Do I feel like it?" and the answer is "Nope, not now."
I totally agree with the mention of how they should've dialed back/dumbed down the evolution by natural selection aspect.
But.. above all else, the fact that it was one of those timed Epic Exclusives that started everything off, to me, is an indicator of the lack of attention to these things.
Very few games which started off as timed Epic Exclusives have turned out to be as good as they seemed like they would be. I mean, Mechwarrior 5 should've been an easy job; the IP is solid, Mechwarrior 4 laid all the groundwork through the core game and its expansions to make the game shine from the getgo. Yet, it flopped for a few reasons, not only the lack of ethics involved by the devs who took Steam preorder money and then Kickstarter money and then last moment went "Oh, yeah, despite all this money, we decided the game would be better with more money from Epic, so fuck you and yours if you bought the pre-order on Steam or pleged on Kickstarter because it was going to release on Steam, we're out." all the while, the game that they released looked nothing as good as Mechwarrior 4. One can debate that the upped visuals were a plus, but, Mechwarrior 4 is abandonware, and has a cult following of modders who can circumvent that. but, even when I tried playing it through Xbox game pass, I was not only disappointed with the experience, the performance was horrid. I got a key for it from, I think a humble bundle, for Steam after it launched there, and... not much had changed on the performance side and the gameplay was very very on-rails feeling. I have the game now, and, I'll admit, they've done things to rectify that mess, and good things in general with DLC that do add things, but, even now there's weird performance bugs in this game that I don't even get when I run Cyberpunk 2077 on full settings, and, I've got a better rig now soo...
Other than MW 5. It seems to be the same story for the other games that were timed exclusives too... I mean, ffs, Stardock used to make some pretty solid games. Galciv 3 was not a good example, but, Galciv 2 was as well as Galciv. They just shat out Galciv 4 on Steam and, its been "in development" on Epic through and exclusive for a while and we're getting update patches from the dev announcing on this 1.0 "Hey guys, sorry the game is a mess, remember, it's an Early Access!!! It will take time to make this game good." Umm... where the fuck did the money go when it was on Epic? What the hell was the development while it was on Epic? How can you bake a game for a year with an up front payment for a not-small amount of money from them and still cling to the "remember, it's an Early Access" line especially since the game that launched on Steam launched with a paid DLC included with the price of the game... ffs. This stuff is not directly related to Ancestors, but, at the same time, to me, it's a sign of the caliber of quality that goes into games, even from IP's that are verifiably good with otherwise good devs which ends up a big fucking mess more times than there's a success.
What success? Satisfactory... and, even with that title, it's not the best example of a game, but, they're still working on it, I'll give them that at least.
I saw footage a couple of months ago and I thought "This is pretty cool alpha footage, hope they get this off the ground" and then it turns out they weren't actually going to improve the climbing at all and it was proper gameplay of the nearly finished thing... It honestly looks like a finished mobile game
Wonderful concept, that's all it is. It's not a game.
This game actually looks cool. They got my $40. I don't care what scores it gets, it looks like a great game for a Sunday afternoon with nothing better to do. I'll probably wait and pick it up on console, though. I don't use Epic. I'm hoping Xbox will have it on gamepass, but if not I'll pick it up on the PS4.
"Backrub, mate, backrub, mate..." Not much has changed in 100,000 years.
It looks really cool, but yeah if it's not fun or intuitive, and it punishes the player it's not fun. Even as an app for a university, if it's taking away the skills that's students' time wasted. They likely haven't updated it as it's almost 3 years on now. Oh well
It doesn't punish you at all. If you die your clan carries on. Not intuitive? That just says that you are literally dumber than an Ape!
It looks like you're just bad at the game. Eventually you learn how to do things like swing on branches and fight off predators, and when you do it's rewarding to use all the knowledge you've aquired. The large learning curve can be frustrating and turn off impatient people who are used to instant reward. For those of us that like slow paced survival games it's very fun. If you don't want to play it yourself I highly suggest watching TagBackTV's Ancestors playlist, he's made it interesting and entertaining to watch. Some of his streams are 2+ hours long, because it's a long game. Stick with it, figure out how to play and you'll hopefully find that learning how to properly survive and explore the immense map is highly rewarding.
Miscreated is working on a big update and a new map is planned please make a note of it.
Completely disagree mate.First of all all cutscenes can be skipped, combat is easy and fun, you can relearn all skills in about 20 seconds with analyzing elder corpses, climbing and jumping around on the trees is awesome, the graph is okey for this kinda big world, etc, etc.Seems in this case you were unprepared to review this game.Imho this game is a gem and i hope ppl. will support it.
I love that calm music in the background. If there was any way to downlaod it, I would
Curious as to whether this game has matured (Evolved...?) over the past couple years. It could be an interesting concept if the gameplay is good. It's on sale on Steam right now, and I was wondering if it was worth dropping 10 bucks on?
I would say yea, got the game three day's ago. The learning curve is a pain though.
@@andrewgardner58 Yeah. I think I'll give it a pass.
this should have been a MMO could have been the best new and different survival game of 2019...would have been so cool playing with others and watching how they evolved how large their families are etc. .. DEVELOPERS ADD MULTIPLAYER!
Glad those apes had the patience to redo things.. now we know . From a gameplay experience might be not so good , but the actions and the way we evolve are very accurate , reason why is normal to lose the skills . Same as in reality , your kid won't know shit until he learns .
Rubbing backs is harassment, especially when you don't know when to stop. I couldn't help it HAHA
I dont understand why everyone hates epic games so much. The only thing that really bothers me about it is that it has no reviews.
Noah the preservation of species would be a great concept as well. at least it wouldn't be based on a fairy tale called evolution.
Just want to note that this game employs Lamarckian evolution mechanics, so it's not even a good educational tool for demonstrating *actual* evolution. Boring and not even a good simulation.
That's what gets me. What's the point of adapting the evolutionary theory as gameplay if the gameplay isn't fun and the theory isn't even accurate.