Patrice Désilets, the creative mind who brought us Assassin's Creed, moved away from Ubisoft a few years back, and has been crafting a brand new game with his new studio, Panache Digital Games. We've sort of known about Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey for a while, but today we have the first real look at what to expect from the title.
Ancestors looks to be an open ended survival game, starting 10 million years ago and working through the evolutionary chain. You play as ancient primate species, and need to eat, drink, and sleep to stay alive, as well as explore the vast Neogene Africa environment. In the above video, Désilets outlines some basic gameplay elements, and describes the lack of map and objectives, forcing players to discover for themselves what the game has to offer and come up with their own story. It sounds pretty interesting, we must admit.
It clearly still has some way to go in its development, but Ancestors is currently down for release this year. What do you think? Follow your instincts in the comments below.
[source youtube.com, via blog.eu.playstation.com]
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It looks quite rough around the edges.
It looks a bit budget-y but this could be a cool idea.
“Odyssey” has got to be one of the top 5 most over-used words for a video game title.
It looks so boring.
So what is this Apessassins Creed Where you play as the Real First Assassin and live your day to day life while assasnating your targets with a banana
@Th3solution That what I thought reading the title. It seems like every single game is renamed Odyssey lately. It used to always be "legend"
I like the concept, but it looks quite rough. I wouldn't mind a delay to give it some more time in the oven.
For those saying it looks a bit rough...
"In game alpha footage"
It's right there on the screen.
@Paranoimia That doesn't mean anything when it's slated for this year
Video game of the Apes.
@Octane "This year" still gives them 9 months, give or take. You can make a whole human in that time... a few minor graphical tweaks shouldn't be a problem. It's not like it's Bioware or something. ;-p
Sorry but not interested in playing a role of an ape / a monkey..
The new Ape Escape game looks lit.
In all seriousness though...
"need to eat, drink, and sleep to stay alive"
Well that sounds realistic, but not very fun. If they've sacrificed fun of the game for realism, they deserve neither.
"the lack of map and objectives"
You either like this kind of game, or you really, really don't. A pure exploration game with no objectives needs lots of things to discover, both in terms of numbers and variety. It also benefits greatly from emergent gameplay mechanics. I'll need to see more than just tree traversal to be convinced this game is a good idea. I'm all for making my own fun, but right now it's an environment to walk around in, and not much else, lending it a feeling of blandness - and I'm not falling for another walking/photography simulator.
After the Anthem debacle I just assume these early first look videos will have nothing in common with the released product
@Th3solution Along with the words "Shadow", "Origins", and "Legends".
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