
What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story.Experience an abstract telling of the lives of our earliest recorded ancestors.
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8 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
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Themes across 41 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
The premise is not that bad, but it gets boring quickly, there is not much replayability in my opinion. Pretty forgettable board game "game of life" adjacent game.
This games sequel is my half-life 3
I found it to be an exercise in some of the most redundant choices that could be repeated. It's a slog, essentially. I wouldn't say the game is bad though, I think it just starts to become a bit repetitive quite quickly.
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8 on sale2 answered “not sold”5 we did not ask
The 2 “not sold” markets are read from the Steam price pass of Aug 8: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price in those. The 8 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 5 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
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Languages: English
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Fantastic board game with a unique premise. The mechanics make for interesting decisions. The story generation got me invested in the people and the lives they lead.
Insane pricetag for such a dull game.
I don't really know what is going on, but not in a good way unfortunately. I got this ages ago in a Humble Bundle and can only say that I would not purchase it by itself.
Nice idea, but it just didn't translate into a fun experience.
Ich kann dieses Spiel nicht empfehlen, da ich hier nicht hinter gestiegen war und mich das Spiel nicht gerade dazu motivierte, dahinter zu steigen. Das Gameplay an sich ist einfach und mann klickt nur rum. Dennoch habe ich keine Ahnung, was es sein soll.
A sort of interesting timewaster game that's at way too high a price point. Combines arcade token mechanics with simple RPG and idle gameplay. The result isn't bad, but isn't amazing either.
its not terrible. janky weird little board game like experience. kind of boring, but has its own identity for sure. sadly just not engaging enough for me to really keep playing. if this was way cheaper itd be more compelling. only game that has ever hard crashed my steam deck.
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