The Ancients

This game wasn't put out in early access in the sense that it would be developed. It was just put out for whatever cash could be generated. There were a few hotfixes, but nothing substantive as in a 'roadmap' to release. It is dead now and far from in a playable state. Many crashes, little in the way of tutorial or help. And many bugs. A good concept. a tech tree, and some interesting mechanics. But don't be tempted. It just isn't playable. Could've been, but devs gave up.

game is in a very very very alpha state with no answer from DEVs for more than 7 months. Dont buy it :(

I want my $20 back. This game is sold then no updates. ♥♥♥♥ move.

Maybe I'm missing something, but it felt like the game is micromanaging cavemen. I got bored with it pretty quickly. The hunter gatherer lifestyle doesn't really appeal to me. I didn't really care what happened to my tribe so when they died it didn't seem like a big deal. Maybe this needs something to make you connect with the ancients more. Perhaps card events with individual tribesmen like Thea has. Whatever they do it definitely needs something more.

An interesting idea, but not fleshed out at all and with weird balance UI (Expect to fail the 'Basic Tutorial' because of poor sequencing). Came back to this to see if any work had been done, but the game seems to be abandoned. Sad miss here.

Well... Definitely early access. Is it recommendable at this stage? Depends. The gameplay is solid. The theme is awesome and well implemented. Very buggy still and performance needs more work. I played on an i9, 32GB 4070 graphics and still had to lower specs to run properly. A hard game to learn. I died more times than I could keep count of. But oddly enough I had fun dying. I really hope the developers continue their work on this, as nothing like it exist. It's a complicated game and the tutorial part needs fleshing out with more crafting examples etc. I initially gave up on the game, partly because of the difficulty (there are no difficulty settings), and partly because of the bugginess. But alas, here I am not able to get the game out of my head. It's actually THAT interesting. Are the negative reviews fair? Is this Early Access perhaps too early? More an alpha test stage than open beta perhaps? Either way, it is recommended if you love the theme and want to support the developers finish the project.