Once you’re safely hidden inside, control will transfer to an adult. When you find one, memorize it to make it a persistent icon on your HUD, and then start making your way there.
You don’t care about any plants or items right now. Pull up your intelligence, and start looking around. Panache Digital Games/Private Division via Polygon You just need to get the infant to a Hiding Spot. Your job as that infant is to face your fear - ignore the spectral dangers - and get somewhere safe. This is an introduction to the game’s fear of the unknown mechanic. But they aren’t real (for the most part). The jungle is full of spectral hyenas and scary sounds. When you first take control of a hominid in Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, you’ll be the infant from the game’s prologue cutscene. But for now, let’s just get you through your first hours on Earth. Over time, you’ll learn to lock these new neurons so they stick around in subsequent generations. Those skills and abilities make your survival easier. You’ll do this by earning Neuronal Energy, which you’ll use to make new connections in your hominid brain, unlocking new skills and abilities. You’re just going to learn to be better hominids. You’re not going to evolve your hominids into humans. Your goal in Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is to guide your lineage through eight million years of survival and (small-scale) evolution. Before we get into the walkthrough, through, let’s talk about the point of the game. Each section is a step along your evolutionary journey, and we’ll fill in what you should be learning from each. This guide is here to walk you through the game’s first hour (or so).
It just takes some work to figure it out.
There’s an underlying logic to the game, though. As we pointed out in our review, “ No shit.”ĭiving into Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is baffling and often frustrating. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey starts with a warning that it won’t help you much.
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