Humankind Review

Humankind reviewed on PC by Leana Hafer.

I don't dislike Humankind - far from it. But as the sun sets on my attractive empire, I'm not that impressed with it either. It certainly has some strong ideas, and the diplomacy system, at least in theory, is excellent. I loved the flexibility of being able to specialize in something different with each new culture I adopted. But especially against the passive and tactically inept AI, I kept feeling like I'd rather be playing Civ 4, or Civ 5, or Civ 6. To be fair, if this were a Civilization game, that would almost be expected - they've each come out in a state that was a bit underwhelming compared to where their predecessors ended up after multiple expansions. And maybe with time and DLC, Humankind will stand alongside the best of them as well. For now, it's an intriguing, though not always excelling, offshoot of a time-tested formula that succeeds at making me want to keep clicking one more turn...

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[peterGchaves]

*Damn, who else thought the score was a 4 when you moved the time cursor right to the end ??* 😅

[Speculaas]

If IGN had a casino, all the slot machine icons would be 7

[toastymcgee]

Why are IGN reviews so petty? Doesn't like the color of the zoomed out maps. Barely even talks about how interesting the battle system is.

[defintity_]

This reviewer gave civ an 9.4, but this only a 7. Even though half the features that he complained about were totally obscure and lacking in civ.

[AnonyMouse-ub]

“The AI is kind of boring like in Civ 6”. Proceeds to outtech the ennemies by one shotting milicia with muskets and killing spear man with Musket Cavalry

[Pringles]

“AI is disappointing” as he uses dragoon’s to kill enemy unit with clubs

[fisulohi]

Why is it that so many gamers see grey in games and call it "soul crushing"? 😂

[Parkourjumper]

And polution does force the game to be ended at a certain level. It needs more then just 1 Faction to build factories etc.

[ollllj]

for a longer neolythic game, play the Civilization4 mod [cavemen to cosmos]. it is more a super-compulation-mod, and it sure has some sillier aspects (mostly in the form of bear-cavalry and other creative mounts).

[Friskylandshark]

He spent half the video shitting on the game just to give it a 7 anyways

[rinto]

The best part of the humankind, is that it makes you feel like human

[stormhammerx]

Watch PartyElite's review of this game to see a review done right.
IGN's reviews are terrible.

[unknown]

A fair assessment for the game, but the key takeaway are the better alternatives. The studios previous work Endless Legend and Endless Space pushed the envelope more than this title and if you wanted to play a Civilization like game, play any Civilization game with all updates and DLC. I'd also recommend Stellaris, Beyond Earth or Factorio.

[LM-vqju]

Fast Forward this entire video with Push It to the Limit playing

[derricksmotherman]

On what level are you playing that you never had a war brought against you? Literally every play through I've had, the AI has started at least one war. And was constantly fighting someone in some capacity

[bradlamrs]

But does the humankind really make you feel like Spider-Man tho?

[brendanwebster]

My wife while I’m watching this: “that sounds like Kermit the Frog”

[rohandanielisaac]

Just played the game. Its FREAKING AWESOME

[DeathlyDiJ]

:D you played on the same map as me!! probably a tutorial map

[grgamer]

Question: the avatar we created before starting the neolithic era had a meaningful role to the game?