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| Developer(s) | Destructive Creations |
| Publisher(s) | 1C Company (PC, XBO) Destructive Creations (PS4, NS)[1] |
| Engine | Unreal Engine 4[2] |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows Xbox One PlayStation 4 Nintendo Switch |
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| Genre(s) | Real-time strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single-player,multiplayer |
Ancestors Legacy is areal-time strategy video game developed by Polish studio Destructive Creations and published by1C Company. It was released onMicrosoft Windows on May 22, 2018,Xbox One andPlayStation 4 on August 13, 2019, andNintendo Switch on June 11, 2020.[3][4]
Ancestor's Legacy offers two game modes: a single-player campaign scenario or a multiplayer game, in which the player can choose to play one of four civilizations:Vikings,Anglo-Saxons,Teutons, orSlavs[5] (theSaladin's Conquest DLC adds a fifth civilization, theSaracens). The game features a day/night cycle which changes the way factions play.
The game features one or two campaign scenarios for each civilization. The Anglo-Saxon campaign features the likes ofEdward the Confessor,William the Conqueror and theEarl of Huntingdon.[6] For the Vikings campaign the game is set in 793 and is divided into two parts. The first part is set during the raid ofLindisfarne's monastery, an event which is sometimes considered the beginning of theViking Age and which serves as atutorial. Once the tutorial is completed the other campaigns become available.[7] The second part is set in 892 and is dedicated toRurik, aVarangian chieftain during the Ladoga campaign.[8] TheSlavs andTeutons have one campaign each. During the campaigns, the AI is a better player as it is able to replace losses and send large armies to your base.[7]
The multiplayer aspect of the game providesDomination andAnnihilation modes,[9] during which a player can have as many as 10 squads.[7] Multiplayer battles can take place on any of 15 maps, prepared for 2, 4 or 6 players (1v1, 2v2 or 3v3).
Ancestors Legacy's development was announced on May 10, 2017.[10] It enteredopen beta on February 5, 2018.[11] A single player preview beta build was released duringGamescom[12] on September 3, 2017.[13] Initially, the Xbox One and Windows versions were supposed to come out on the same day (May 22),[14] but the Xbox and PlayStation 4 versions were released on August 13, 2019. It was released forNintendo Switch on June 11, 2020.[15] PublisherGameClub portedAncestors Legacy toiOS devices under the titleAncestors Legacy: Vikings on March 9, 2021. It includes just the Vikings portion of the original PC version.[16][17]
In September 2018, Destructive Creations added a second Slav campaign where the player can leadBolesław I the Brave of Poland[18] and his sonMieszko II.
In December 2018, Destructive Creations announced the release of a free-to-download campaign calledAncestors Legacy: History of the Teutonic Order. The campaign, which is made out of five story missions, is divided in two parts. The first part will tell the story ofHerkus Monte and his rebellion against theTeutonic Order during theGreat Prussian Uprising. The second part of the campaign is dedicated to the Commander of the Teutonic Order Konrad von Thierberg and the siege of rebel bastion, the Lidzbark (Lautenburg) Castle. All of the new content is set in the 13th century.[19]
In May 2019, Destructive Creations released a paid DLC titledAncestors Legacy: Saladin's Conquest. The DLC contains a new nation ofSaracens and mainly a brand new campaign, but this time Ancestors Legacy leaves the European soil and tells a completely different story from the perspective ofSaladin, the first sultan of Egypt and Syria. It contains five new missions, 3 new multiplayer maps and new achievements.
IGN had said that despite some historical inaccuracies and some tactical issues, the game was a traditional RTS.[21]
