You start out in the Stone age (from 200,000 years back - Dinosaurs, and other creatures live and battle alongside and against Man in the Wildman universe) and progress through the eras, looting Technology, Items & Weapons from defeated tribes/camps, kingdoms, etc and shape your own path (your character and your army) throughout history in a large seamless open environment.
The Super Joystiq podcast interviews Chris Roberts and Chris Taylor. In this they talk about how the traditional publisher model is harmful to developers and they talk about each of their games. (Star Citizen and Wild man) Kck.st