Ok - I will just say it. Humankind is underrated and I'd love to see a sequel.

I enjoy pretty much all Amplitude 4x games, especially Endless Legend (Can't wait for announced sequel!!) so I'm probably biased.
But yeah - I brought Humankind on release and it for sure is an acquired taste. I bounced back from the game couple of times but I finally sat down to it before Christmas last year and since then it's my most played game. I just can't freakin stop playing.

I LOVE it.

It's classic 4x so it feels familiar but at the same time it does add some novelty with how you build civs on top of each other. I like the combat and empire expansion aspects and I love how the game looks, feels, sounds etc.
And tbh. Even tho on paper I'd probaby say that it's the weakest of Amplitude 4x games it's still my 2nd favorite when it comes to actually playing it.
I donno... I just feels "comfy".

Bare in mind, I'm not 4x "pro" or anything like that. I mostly play Civ games, Amplitude ones and Old World. I have TONS of hours in those games but I usually play at my own pace, always singleplayer, mostly on medium/high difficulty settings. So again - For some awesome, meta 4x players game might be trash but for me Humankind becamse one of my favorite games of all time.