![]() ![]() ![]() Although I was frustrated, I was glad for having given it a chance. ![]() Not a lot of people have the mindset, patience, skill (and the attention span, for that matter) to give a challenging game like this a fair chance. It seems many people will bash this game right off the bat, in part due to that initial frustration, difficulty and lack of explanation. Although, perhaps there is sound reason to do so. Heavy tutorial sections often come across very demeaning to the player, in my opinion, as well as being burdensome. I think game devs often imagine a dumb audience and try to dumb everything down unnecessarily. Honestly, I found this kind of approach refreshing, as it assumes intelligence and capability on the part of the player rather than the general "assume-the-player-is-an-idiot" approach many other games tend to take. At the beginning, the player's Apes are quite vulnerable and thrown into the wild with very little tutorial, direction or assistance. I initially felt a lot of frustration with learning the controls and mechanics. ANCESTORS: The Humankind Odyssey was an interesting concept and a game I enjoyed playing, although it was rather challenging, especially in the beginning when I feel a game should generally be a bit more forgiving. ![]()
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