



Explore Ruthless AfricaExplore the never-before-experienced world of Neogene Africa starting 10 million years ago at the dawn of humankind. Your choices will write your clan’s story and determine if you can survive your evolution. Grow your clan and find strength in numbers as you progress through critical evolutionary stages of human evolution. Just like real life, make sure to eat, drink, and sleep to stay alive and have the energy to face any danger that may come your way. Decide what attributes to learn and hone in order to pass down knowledge to future generations, from crafting tools to enhancing evasive tactics against predators. Explore a beautiful yet ruthless world, from swinging through tree branches in the jungle to stalking prey across the golden savannah grasslands. Spanning from 10 million to 2 million years ago, begin your journey, before us, in Neogene period Africa. In our review, we discussed how Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey did well for a unique concept but the charm only lasts for a single playthrough, which should be fine as well for those interested in new experiences.Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in this exhilarating new adventure from Panache Digital Games.Įmbark on the most incredible odyssey known to humankind: human evolution. The subject matter informed that decision. It’s like, “How can you make a game about a character who doesn’t know much about what’s going on, while being played and controlled by someone who knows everything?” So we made the decision that if we wanted the player’s sapiens to actually experience human evolution, had to be in the same knowledge sphere as the main character of the game. There is no helping hand here for the players as far the developer is concerned. However, the obscurity as Désilets labelled it, could still return. Panache Digital Games could perhaps start on the sequel to Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey once the current in-development game is finished.

He noted that his present project will “not be as obscure as Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey in terms of subject matter” and players will be explained “some portions of the game” through the narrative. Now it’s just a matter of seeing when we’re gonna do it.ĭésilets is currently working on his “next game” but that should not be taken as the aforementioned sequel. On paper, on the design board, it’s done. We didn’t go through all of human evolution, so there are some years left for us to tackle in sequels down the road, because the game finishes around two million years ago, so we’ve still got two million years to cover eventually… so we’ll see. However, the sequel will not enter production anytime soon. The developer has also finalized design aspects. Speaking with the Official Xbox Magazine for the latest issue, creative director Patrice Désilets confirmed that the follow-up to Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey has already been “done” on paper. Envisioned as the first of a trilogy, those who enjoyed the game will be happy to know that a sequel is still on the cards. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey was launched last year to a rather lukewarm reception, pertaining mostly to a steep difficulty curve that left players to fend for themselves with little to no directions.
