Rise of Humanity: Prologue

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Rise of Humanity: Prologue is a single player tactical role playing game with post-apocalyptic and science fiction themes. It was developed by Cybernetic Walrus and was released on June 24, 2021. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

GET THE EARLY ACCESS GAME JOIN OUR DISCORD About the GameThis Prologue allows you to experience the first events taking place in Rise of Humanity – a tactical turn-based deck-building game set in a dystopian future where an AI has taken over the world. Take control of a band of loveable misfit heroes that survived the onslaught decades ago and help them save humankind! Each hero (and ene…

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Audience ScoreBased on 43 reviews

gameplay5 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

High quality graphics and sound design with a cyberpunk/post-apocalyptic theme that appeals to strategy and turn-based game fans.
Interesting mix of deck-building and tactical turn-based gameplay offering variety in cards, skills, and upgrades.
The prologue successfully piques interest with solid mechanics and potential for more content, praised for challenging yet engaging gameplay.

Performance issues including bugs, lag, crashes, and poor optimization even on mid-range hardware.
Card-based mechanics are cumbersome and sometimes glitchy, leading to frustrating controls and clunky combat interactions.
Game design feels unfinished or unbalanced with sluggish pacing, unclear costs, poor UI, and short demo content.

gameplay
13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay combines card-based mechanics with tactical strategy reminiscent of XCOM, offering an interesting and promising experience despite some bugs and performance issues. The prologue is notably short and may not fully showcase the game's depth or scaling, but early feedback indicates potential and developer responsiveness. Overall, the gameplay is engaging and enjoyable, especially for an indie title.
- “Gameplay loop is quite interesting.”
- “Fun gameplay which surely looks great for an indie game.”
- “Interesting landscape, characters and mechanics - really enjoyed this introduction to the game and can't wait for more.”
- “The core mechanic of using cards to perform actions in a tactical game like XCOM doesn't work in my opinion.”
- “Did they playtest this prologue, and were they happy with the tactical gameplay that's here?”
- “Technically it seems fine, and the mechanics could work... but it's weird to release this in such a terrible game design state.”
story
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
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25%
The story is basic and somewhat barebones, with serviceable dialogue but no voice acting, offering only light world-building so far. While the prologue missions generate interest and hint at deeper narrative potential, some gameplay elements like random card losses and mission design may impact overall immersion. Players are eager to explore the story further as more content is released.
- “Played through the two missions available in the prologue and it has wet my appetite for more.”
- “Can't wait to see where the story goes and explore the world setting more.”
- “-barebones story”
- “No voice work, but serviceable dialog with a basic story.”
- “Cards are randomly unplayable for the rest of the game, you can't do anything else than quitting the game and starting your mission from zero.”
graphics
11 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
64%
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The game's graphics are consistently praised for their high quality, stylish design reminiscent of XCOM but featuring large robots, with detailed visuals and effective antialiasing. However, some users report performance issues, including high RAM usage and GPU demand even on lower settings. Overall, the graphics stand out as a major positive aspect, complemented by fitting music and sound effects.
- “The graphics are very nice, the style reminds me of XCOM but also features big robots.”
- “High quality graphic detail with great antialiasing.”
- “The graphics are better compared to others I have seen.”
- “- Ultra graphics setting at 1440p on my RTX 3080 maxes out the GPU with an average of ~90 fps.”
- “The game was really RAM-intensive even on the lowest graphics settings, didn't let me alt+tab at times, and generally ran slowly.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music is generally praised for its quality and fitting atmosphere, with users highlighting the soundtrack and sound effects positively. While some find the background music slightly nerve-grinding, overall it complements the visuals and setting well.
- “Also kudo's for the amazing graphics and the slightly nerve-grinding background music.”
- “+visuals, music, setting”
- “Need moar content :) love the soundtrack.”
optimization
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from poor optimization, resulting in lag and low performance even on low graphics settings and mid-range hardware. Cut-scenes are notably more laggy than gameplay, indicating a need for overall performance improvements.
- “+ High quality graphics detail, great antialiasing, as well as decent music and sound effects.”
- “I played on the lowest graphics settings and still experienced rather poor performance (NVIDIA GTX 1050).”
- “Because of poor performance, the game lags horribly.”
- “Poorly optimized and rather boring.”
stability
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game has notable stability issues with bugs affecting gameplay and visuals, though the developers respond quickly to feedback and work on fixes. Despite ongoing bugs, the gameplay shows promise.
- “A buggy nightmare.”
- “Some blurry buggy cards.”
- “Some buggy cards.”
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The grinding aspect is noted for its slightly nerve-wracking background music, which adds tension during repetitive gameplay. However, the impressive graphics help maintain player engagement despite the grind.

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Rise of Humanity: Prologue is a tactical role playing game with post-apocalyptic and science fiction themes.

Rise of Humanity: Prologue is available on PC and Windows.

Rise of Humanity: Prologue was released on June 24, 2021.

Rise of Humanity: Prologue was developed by Cybernetic Walrus.

Rise of Humanity: Prologue has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Rise of Humanity: Prologue is a single player game.

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