ANCESTORS LEGACY Review for Nintendo Switch

Ancestor’s Legacy, by developer Destructive Creations and publisher 1C Entertainment, is now adapted to be playable on the Switch. This massive real-time strategy made the transition from PC to console recently, and from what I can tell, did so successfully.

Ancestor’s Legacy takes place in the Medieval Era of Vikings and barbarians, with the first run-through focusing on Vikings although in the end there are four groups you can play as, the Germans, Anglo-Saxons and the Slavics along with the Nordic people.

I must admit my experience in RTS is minimal, limited to Civilization IV, which to be honest is turn-based. However, as an experienced gamer, I booted up Ancestor’s Legacy with optimism, sure in my ability to make headway in the game. I turned out to be dreadfully wrong. In short, this game is hard. Perhaps it is just me, however I view this unlikely. Besides the slight learning curve in getting a hold of the controls of Ancestor’s Legacy, which are complex but necessary and in the end quite impressive and provide great command of your armies, levels were simply difficult to complete.

I probably spent three hours on the third mission alone, which caused me great frustration even as I felt myself improving. As I kept going, a few aspects of combat –like retreating being the only option to remove a unit from combat, friendly fire not easily controlled—were aggravating and made battles more difficult to handle. Furthermore, unit mastery was the hardest for me. Individual command is possible, but manipulating many units at once puts you at a significant disadvantage as the enemy does not need to stop and split their attention to select your archers to move somewhere else, while also making sure your spearmen reach the other end of the village to raze the crops to the ground. Selecting many groups also was hard, as frequently it was hard to discern what each unit was for with a quick glance.

However, Ancestor’s Legacy isn’t only about the battles. Three elements of Ancestor’s Legacy are village growth, battles, and resource management. I would say the primary focus is the many battles you lead your faction through. But the other added aspects contributed to solid immersion to the feeling of scrumming through this dark era of blood and gore.

In terms of graphics, I would say Ancestor’s Legacy tried its best. I’m not familiar with the PC version, but overall when zoomed out, Ancestor’s Legacy looked pretty good. Large maps loaded nicely without lags, and definition could be seen from far away. However, zoomed in, graphics were left to be desired. Figures were chunky with solid colors.

In between levels, cut scenes provide nice graphic-novel narrations with alluring voice-overs and engaging story line. Ancestor’s Legacy provides many hours of gameplay, and with it, much content regarding stories and these fun cut scenes.

In short, Ancestor’s Legacy is impressive but can prove to be a challenge for many players. It offers an enormous amount of fun, if one is willing to brave through the grueling crucible of the first few levels.

End score: 9/10

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Ancestors Legacy will release for Xbox One on August 13, 2020. The game is already available for PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.

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