The Tomorrow Children
6.6
Platforms
- PlayStation 4Oct 25, 20166.6playscore5.831 Critics7.82.56K Players
31 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- You have to admire where The Tomorrow Children does innovate—particularly its look and social engineering—but it overly burdens you and bogs down progression with dragging resource collection and bureaucratic manipulation. Even though you immediately progress from a Prole to the ranks of the papered Bourgeoisie you’re still tediously grinding for the man.
Rob Smith · Oct 07, 2016 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - It seems like The Tomorrow Children has a message that goes against modern free-to-play systems and massive microtransactions, but it’s also absolutely filled with what it’s attempting to make a point upon. It sends a weird mixed message that constantly made me feel terrible for indulging on any purchases, and yet I also wanted to keep coming back. It’s a very contradictory product that grossed me out as much as I was impressed.
Tyler Treese · Sep 22, 2016 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - The Tomorrow Children gave me no real incentive to continue playing it. With no end game and very slow mechanics due to the game’s reliance on microtransactions it feels like nothing more than a cash grab. It saddens me that a game that seemed to have such great promise a few years ago has ended up being more suited to an iPhone than a PS4. I can only wonder how different the game would have been had it not been F2P.
John Whitehouse · Sep 21, 2016 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - With not a whole lot going on besides grinding for resources, trying to catch the bus, and ending up doing it all over again, this game will not hold your interest for more than a few days.
Aaron Main · Sep 19, 2016 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - The game will only get better, and it’s already a feat of unique gameplay coupled with charming visuals and a sense that glory will come to the comrades that work the hardest!
Dyani Wood · Sep 12, 2016 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - Technical problems are the least of Tomorrow Children's troubles. The resource gathering is tedious, the crafting is superficial, town management is convoluted, microtransactions are practically inescapable, and the world is unwelcoming and empty. In short: The individual components aren't enjoyable, and they don't contribute to anything bigger. There is no payoff. There is no point.
Scott Butterworth · Sep 12, 2016 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - It’s easy to see this being a game forgotten rather quickly, as the combination of its quiet launch and lack of a major hook outside of its general vibe feels like a death nail. Still, considering that The Tomorrow Children is free on PlayStation 4, it’s worth giving it a shot if you’re the type of player who enjoys resource management, even though better resource management games exist.
Matt Whittaker · Sep 12, 2016 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - The Tomorrow Children is bland, clumsy, and monotonous. A fantastic core idea wasted on yet another cumbersome burden of a game.
Jim Sterling · Sep 09, 2016 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - The Tomorrow Children is a very interesting game, but one that left me feeling lukewarm towards it. I was drawn in by its post-apocalyptic theme and its bizarre structures that beg to be explored, but was left underwhelmed by the lack of depth that lies under the hood.
Mike Guarino · Sep 09, 2016 Reviewed on PS4Read full review - You’ll mine for a few different kinds of resources, run on treadmills to generate power, solve tedious tile puzzles to add generic buildings to your generic town… the closest the game lets you get to actual fun is when blasting the strange B-movie beasties that periodically make moves on your homestead but even then, it’s all so stodgy and unsatisfying that it actively works against the experience – it’s a reminder that you’re playing a videogame and that blasting monsters is an itch that countless other games are far better equipped to scratch.
gamesTM · Oct 31, 2016 Reviewed on PS4
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The Tomorrow Children is the story of a future re-imagined from the after-effects of an experiment in 1960s Russia. In an attempt to ‘sublime’ the human race by melding all human minds into one global consciousness, the entire human race is decimated by the unsuccessful experiment. They have created you, the player, as a ‘projection clone’. Venture into ‘The Void’ to reclaim the human race and restore it to its former glory!
Developer: Q-Games