No, we will, instead, be taking control of an entire ape clan, and moving from ape to ape and going down the clan’s lineage as time in the game moves forward. By the time the game is finished, we still won’t have reached the birth of homo sapiens, though, so don’t expect to see the world change that radically.Īs we mentioned, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey charts eight million years of evolution, but we obviously won’t be playing as one ape who somehow lives for eight million years. The entire game, in fact, from start to finish, will chart eight million years of evolution of an ape clan’s evolution (more on this in a bit). Let’s stick with that central premise for just a bit longer, because Ancestors looks like it’s going to double down on it in a lot of ways. This is a game about charting the evolution of what would go on to become the early, early human, and ensuring your survival in the harsh, wild wilderness of pre-historic Earth promises to be a fascinating experience. Players will begin the game playing as an ape, and will be tasked with ensuring its survival while helping it and its clan grow and survive. With its launch right around the corner, in this feature we’ll be talking about fourteen things that you need to know about this intriguing not-so-little game.Īncestors isn’t just giving us a historic setting- no, it’s taking things a step further, and going full-on pre-historic. Patrice Desilets, who at Ubisoft revitalized Prince of Persia, before going on to create, Assassin’s Creed, is now in that indie space, and his studio’s first game, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is looking like a very interesting one. It’s hard to find games in the current market’s AAA space that exude creativity and are willing to take risks with unconventional ideas- and that’s where the indie scene comes in.

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