A Beautiful Fast and the Furious [Tapping] – Ancestor Game Review

+Beautiful, scenic, awe-inspiring aesthetics +Free, no energy system, and no advertisements +Interesting timing / logic-base puzzles +Each boss battle is unique and different +Overall a very fun game -The rare instant death can feel frustrating. -Puzzles (even rarer) can be unfair and spammy -Decently long loading times ( > 10secs) Essentially, Ancestor is a series of puzzles. You play as a mysterious character continuously moving to the right at a constant speed, and if you tap onto the screen, you fire a quick projectile where you've tapped. You will find obstacles and traps as you continue on your journey, all of which you can remove with a specific method, whether it be tapping blocks in the right order, drawing lines to save yourself from pits, or timing a see-saw to project you over a canyon. Ancestor isn't about the thinking of the puzzles though, but rather it becomes an exercise, the execution of each solution. It will test the player's ability to perform, knowing very well that you already know the answer. Along with the unique boss battles, it is Ancestor's unique sequence of puzzles that make it fun without becoming dull from repetition. These expectations can rarely lead to what feels like unfair situations though. Just to name a few examples, though you're given five chances to fail at a puzzle, there are a few puzzles that will instantly kill you if you fail despite how many chances you have left. Another is being dropped into a pit, and bouncing up to have the airborne bot to immediately shoot you before you have a chance to fire back. On top of that, many of the puzzles try to be clever, but instead it's must easier to just brute force your way through them by constantly tapping, the equivalent of spamming. Despite it though, when put all together, the constant tapping mixed in with a few time-based puzzles provides a sense of frantic fun. And though on occasion it's stopped short by some unfair moments, it's a great game that you should play!
Review by BlueTieCasual on Ancestor Game.