What matters now, however, is how the game evolves with coming patches, content updates, and expansions.
Humankind brings a lot of ideas to the table, some of which I like (such as the narrative focus and Neolithic start), some of which I feel ambivalent about (such as the morphing cultures), and some of which I don't like (such as pre-defined regions). I am currently playing it myself, and enjoying it a great deal, but that was also the case with Civ 6 in the early days. As for the comparison with Humankind, I think it is just too early to say.