Ancestors Legacy

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  • Summary: Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. Hooked Gamers
    May 23, 2018
    85
    Problems such as fairly samey missions: getting a base, building a base, building a mega army, to then overwhelm their base, and there are a fair few missions like that in this game. But, all in all, Ancestors adds enough of a twist to that classic formula to keep most RTS fans on their toes, while giving them a decent level of enjoyment.
  2. PC Games
    Jun 4, 2018
    81
    Beautifully presented tactical massacre in medieval times.
  3. CD-Action
    Aug 2, 2018
    80
    When picking up Ancestors Legacy, you need to be aware that it’s not a carbon copy of Age of Empires or Warcraft III. A lot of gameplay elements were designed in a new, original way and even though at first it does cause confusion, it quickly turns out to be one of the game’s most notable strengths (which also include visuals and entrancing soundtrack). [07/2018, p.54]
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  4. COGconnected
    May 31, 2018
    79
    It’s a badass strategy simulator, one with deep gameplay and that glorifies what is maybe one of the most gnarly periods of human history. It makes for a wonderfully executed strategy experience. But I still long for the day that we leave behind this whole “historical accuracy” fallacy and devote our fantastic game development resources to something more deeply imaginative.
  5. IGN
    Jun 1, 2018
    77
    More often than not, Ancestors Legacy showed me a good time watching my berserkers, Teutonic knights, and Slavic tribesmen hack their way through forests, marshes, and the occasional open field. The weakness in the core infantry combat, which tilts a bit too much away from quick, tactical thinking and into correctly guessing how the enemy line will be arranged, was the main issue that kept me from really coming to love it.
  6. GameSpace
    May 29, 2018
    75
    Ancestors Legacy is a great new take on the RTS genre. While it has it's flaws, it's a breath of fresh air to a stagnant genre of games. It's laid back approach to real time strategy games allows more access to more players without causing too much effort to learn the game. Overall it's a great time.
  7. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Sep 26, 2018
    65
    Since you can’t have more than a dozen units at any time and defensive buildings can only be placed in pre-determined spots, your tactical options are extremely limited – and no matter what you choose, you’ll end up playing whack-a-mole with enemy troops. [Issue#231, p.72]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 21
  3. Negative: 4 out of 21
  1. candreeck
    Jun 9, 2018
    10
    It's great real time strategy game with very special atmosphere and complex mechanics.
  2. Halik
    Jun 8, 2018
    10
    Its a great strategy game. It gives you sth that was not available on the market untill now. Plot, battles, graphics, historical background.Its a great strategy game. It gives you sth that was not available on the market untill now. Plot, battles, graphics, historical background. Everything is on top lvl.… Expand
  4. WereSuricat
    May 23, 2018
    10
    Wow a fantastic RTS with a special twist.. very easy to start and very deep system. The graphic is very great and the history part is veryWow a fantastic RTS with a special twist.. very easy to start and very deep system. The graphic is very great and the history part is very cool. A must play for any RTS gamer and fan of history fact !!… Expand
  5. Wulwax
    Feb 2, 2021
    8
    Whereas there are some issues later on in the game with some missions getting very frustrating and a bit of same-yness, the game is brilliant,Whereas there are some issues later on in the game with some missions getting very frustrating and a bit of same-yness, the game is brilliant, brutal and well flavored. A pleasure to play it.… Expand
  6. Rrichard
    May 30, 2018
    6
    A good RTS ruined by poor balance and game design.

    For example, even on Easy difficulty, the enemy can replace unit losses faster than you    A good RTS ruined by poor balance and game design.

    For example, even on Easy difficulty, the enemy can replace unit losses faster than you can kill them, even when you are fighting in their base and they have no apparent resource pool, and buildings 'heal' faster than you can destroy!

    And like plagues so many RTS, you have to micromanage **** all over the map, sending units to defend some far off settlement that the AI has decided to target.

    I think the game would have been better with a slower, more linear pace, like Total War battles on a smaller scale.

    Great tech and art, poor game design.    … Expand
  7. Ultra_Tovarisch
    May 23, 2019
    6
    A decent combat system spoilt by base building. You can't call your game "Historical" and then put in it some barracks that produce unitsA decent combat system spoilt by base building. You can't call your game "Historical" and then put in it some barracks that produce units while burnning. I mean, recruits literally train on the backyard of the barracks while the battle rages on. It's like if i'd go "Wait a minute, I'll push up to build some muscle" before a bar fight. It breaks any immersion completely, especially when some character say "Burn the barracks to cut them from reinforcements".

    It works in old school RTS games, but non of them supposed to be a historical realistic experience. The game looks gorgeous and I really like the animations, but that base building system is just a deal breaker for me.    … Expand
  8. Freem4n
    Aug 9, 2019
    0
    Game constantly crashes Game constantly crashes Game constantly crashes Game constantly crashes

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