I'm 3 days into this New Zombie Survival MMO and I've Played 20 Hours - Once Human

Once Human gameplay with Splattercat! Let's Play Once Human and check out a game where you'll wake up in a destroyed world full of strange horrors from the other side of the veil. Survive and build upgrades to conquer greater enemies.
Key provided by developers
Download Once Human : www.oncehuman.game/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nerd Castle on Twitch: / splattercatgaming
Twitter : / splattrcatgames
Discord : / discord
Support The Nerd Castle on Patreon : www.patreon.com/splattercat
Steam Curator : steamcommunity.com/groups/Spla...
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[@an_imminence]

Wait no way. Someone had an actual zombie survival mmo just lying around and smelled the perfect opportunity to advertise what that could look like if it wasn't a scam. Awesome!

[@fartloudYT]

could have stopped at 'wait someone actually made a game'.

[@King-O-Hell]

Yeah, the timing is kind of hilarious. The hero Devs sweep in with their Survival game. Lol

[@jairusstrunk94]

It actually came out the night before. think they smelled the scam coming. Because they released the day before, "the day before."

[@Hyde-dg7ef]

lol it's the perfect timing.

[@blinkintervention2110]

😂

[@rafen8409]

This looks exactly like what the Day Before was hoping it could be

[@enightc]

that is made by actual competent developers

[@bluciuswastaken]

That's a disgrace to this game

[@plick645]

​@@enightclol

[@plick645]

Ah. You got that notification from a 2 day old video too huh?

[@littleowlgaming-unity-tutorial]

notice the same interaction system and stuff as the Day before lol

[@luc1ferous]

Re: base building - What I would like to see is a system where you claim individual ruined houses and pour resources into rebuilding and expanding it in a controlled fashion so you can maintain a cohesive art style whilst keeping players on the same map.

[@mrmafialazycooken1786]

i forget the name of the game, but there a game that does something like this and i think it be good idea.

[@Tis_13]

@@mrmafialazycooken1786State of Decay 2 does something like that

[@jasoncramer6717]

This is a good approach I think

[@manio22]

That's a really good idea. The thing with that though is , not every house in a town or a village will be the same. Richer townsfolks would had bigger houses. So there will be a sprint from players to claim the more 'fancier' ruined houses. In that idea is FFXIV which everybody can build in specific locations with limited house outlines to maintain a cohesive aesthetic , and richer guilds would claim the bigger ones always.

[@brolohalflemming7042]

@@manio22 Not instancing can be a really bad idea. My first MMO was Ultima Online. That had housing like this, ie grab a plot and have at it. Problem is there's a finite amount of space that very quickly gets filled up and ends up looking like Florida, packed wall-wall with McMansions. Some other MMOs have tried the same approach, but made it worse, ie if you weren't in the beta, you're homeless because every build spot is taken.

[@pbsixgun6]

Gotta say It's running VERY smooth for being 'Stress Tested'. Doing better than AAA titles that have crashed on first day release!!

[@lowkeyobsessedngl]

there's definitely more rubberbanding now after the new update, i guess there are more players? first time i got a queue. took 37 minutes before i got in!

[@Paoa02]

isnt it kinda weird to be stress testing a year out from launch? cant think of a game that did that this far off from being finished

[@mrjtfang2]

@@Paoa02 What do you think they're stress testing for?

[@lowkeyobsessedngl]

@@King-O-Hell even on a 1660 Super its pretty smooth on medium setting, tho i heard there was going to be a mobile release as well? and i find that highly incredible with the graphic quality right now

[@ShadeScarecrow]

Yea, I have mild latency issues but that does not surprise me, considering all the beta servers are in the US while I´m in Europe. Haven´t encountered anything gamebreaking yet.

[@maniacal1870]

Man, I've never even heard of this, and I'm pretty steeped into the zombie survival genre.

[@jairusstrunk94]

It's cthulu, great old one, survival game. The setting is akin to Secret World. It's not really zombie survival, though zombies are present in the enemy pool

[@misterkage7530]

It's freaking good. Few bugs but damn the game is fun and crazy as all shit. I have been playing it and wow it kind of reminds me of The Secret World in a way.

[@cw3598]

I hope people shit on This game as hard as the day before. Unfinsihed peice of crap.

[@Sprite1533]

@@misterkage7530 games dogshit

[@Dudecox]

I honestly have no idea how I never heard of this. If this is the beta, I see a ton of potential here. I'm impressed.

[@mohawkan423023]

It's so beyond sad that games like this go under the radar, while the attention goes to shovelware like The Day Before... hopefully now that that's over, this game can get some hype behind it

[@smoothlyrough512]

Thats what happens when you dont advertise a game. No no one knows about it.

[@keylorv1533]

@@smoothlyrough512 I guess is good in that way... Cause yeah, most of the best games are those ones that a lot of people doesn't hear about or know about...

[@nanashi5139]

nah ill stick to Project Zomboid. Easily one of the best zombie survival games of all time 😊 I don’t need another zombie game

[@keylorv1533]

@@nanashi5139 Project zomboid is a masterpiece.. Even tho its still in early access

[@deusvult9439]

Well "They Day Before" kinda advertise for it lol

[@daemonflayer]

Once Human, the zombie MMO that delivered on more of The Day Before's promises than The Day Before did.

[@ecbrown6151]

Stark contrast here between this, a game clearly crafted with a great deal of passion and a certain other extremely short lived title that we don’t need to name.

[@vexillian]

Thanks for playing this! I saw this game earlier and I've been so up in the air about my opinion of this game. Good to get some actual gameplay to base an opinion on and hear an experienced opinion from someone whose bias is based on fun.

[@codered_dev]

the day after

[@kennethgray7020]

Thank you for the thorough explanation of the different systems! I appreciate that because at 17 and a half minutes into the video you opened your inventory and I saw your revolver and how it had tiers. It was 1 out of 5 stars. That made me wonder if there was any way to upgrade your weapons and improve their tier. I was about to begin typing my question, but decided to wait. Then at about the 25 minute mark you talked about how you could upgrade all your weapons so I didn't have to ask after all. I really like how you play these games ahead of time and really give us a good idea of what we should expect from the game. I would 100% use your channel to help me judge whether I should spend money on a game or not. Some guys I watch will go into these games blind. Which is cool in it's own way, but they don't know all the ins and outs and therefore can't really give me a good idea of what the game has to offer. I appreciate all that you do homie! I do kinda wish your vids were longer, but you can't have it all I suppose. Have a good one! ✌️ out!

[@Raiden-pi3gt]

Glad to see someone remembers defiance, no game up to this day has been able to replicate the feelings i had with it

[@michaelstoaks1259]

Splatttttttttttttttt, been like 2 years since I watched you bro, glad to see your content is popping up in the algorithm again, you’ve always been a seriously underrated content creator. Keep up the good work bro !

[@DP22777]

This has been one of the best game surprises I have had in a while. been playing for a couple days. I expected just a assety generic survival game. What i got instead was an actually fun, interesting, and enjoyable game even in beta. It's the most random things in the game show me that this is actually a good game and they are taking the time to do it right, from having piping and wires and just small details. Also my number 1 criteria is met: you can craft from your storage boxes. that is a huge thing after playing so many survival crafting games.

[@danielmiller4354]

Love that you covered Once Human even though it is a little outside your normal coverage. I have been playing for about four days and can't put it down. While I agree the starting area is ugly from all the player boxes around. A mechanic I like is that you cannot progress into harder parts of the map until you beat bosses. The farther I get into the game the less I see of players and it makes the entire experience better. It makes it feel like the world is actually ending and there are only a handful of people you see from time to time.

[@TheBlueRoseKnight]

I wasn't that onboard for this until you compared it to Defiance. Now I'm on the Beta list crossing my fingers. Thanks for the always great content, Splatt!

[@brandonblackfyre5783]

*This game absolutely blew my mind when I first downloaded it a few days ago. Luckily like many people I somehow stumbled upon the game after seeing someone streaming and making videos of what this game is. I am so happy i found it*

[@limarchenko96]

Damn, indie games are getting better and better. Specifically, this one has very impressive graphics.

[@mahardika0032]

i dont think this is indie game anymore

[@azarinevil]

@@mahardika0032It is, the studio behind it has never dropped a game before. They just happened to have something amazing that puts the "AAA" studios to shame. I got in on the Beta, it definitely feels like an indie project in places.. like half the translations are unfinished despite being in Beta. You can tell they put everything into the important parts of the game first because of limited resources.

[@smoothlyrough512]

Until they are big enough to be bought out or fall into taking investor money, which we know how that turns out.

[@deusvult9439]

Is it indie ?

[@GabeLogan202]

For the esthetic of the players houses in contrast with the world I 100% agree. And the solution is very simple ; simply add better looking apocalyptic details such as dust, decaying texture, burnt wood, vine growing between the slabs and brick, etc…on all building assets and then everything will blend perfectly. This game amazing and to see players bases everywhere really makes it for me, just need a little tweek. Much love.

[@TheBladeKnight12]

Ok, I’ve just asked what type of business model this game will be in their discord, and they confirm this’ll be F2P game

[@blotcho84]

The game looks really cool. I thought the zombie action was cool--then I thought the umbrella-head lady was really interesting--BUT when you TK lifted that barrel I was sold! Also the quote, "Good Lord--is that a baby-head-spider made out of fingers??"

[@luciusliu9417]

My biggest worry is all the online things. Game looks great otherwise. I wanted to add in, seeing the sun set with lighting was effin' amazing (14:51), you don't often see a live weather change in games. The attention to detail on display here is immaculate. It's like Splat said, smart of them to open beta tests The Days After.

[@franciscoapolinar2316]

I see what you did there 😂

[@mahardika0032]

They will add microtransaction sooner or later

[@ShadeScarecrow]

You even profit from weather changes, because you can build raincatchers to collect water for you.

[@TheLazyFinn]

@@mahardika0032 I looked online for this and there was a post saying it's going to be cosmetics only and "not player stressing" or something to that effect, hopefully they will honor this edit: apparently splat said the same later in the video, well still I hope they will honor this

[@richardatkins3623]

Imo that's pretty common tbh. Can't remember the last open world game that didn't have live weather changes

[@Svecke80]

Never heard of this before, and it looks right up my alley. So many interesting enemies instead of just the old boring zombie ones too. Thanks for spreading awareness of it!

[@AeonSaint]

I'm in the current Closed Beta (April 24) and really enjoying the game. Yes, the starting area is littered with camps, but since that's part of the "onboarding" questline, that's no wonder. If you just move away a little from that initial area, there's lots of space. The building is nice, most things snap without problems (could use a bit more deco ;)). The visuals in general are great, audio is good too. I am very happy that I got into this closed beta.

[@JennyxA]

i like being able to see other people bases makes it feel alive.

[@brsubwayfc]

Timing is everything. This being promoted on the heels of The Day Before imploding? Priceless!

[@klustergaming3910]

Splatty, I love your videos and stuff, but that intro is killing me. LOL Short and simple my man! Much love.

[@KyrosX27]

I like how when you enter a room from the outside it's dark then it starts getting brighter, and while you're indoors looking out, the outside is just a washed out white of brightness. That's cool.

[@N0stalgicLeaf]

"The Division with no cover system and zombies AND FLASHLIGHTS?!" SOLD! I do think people want to be careful with how let down we are from The Day Before and be able to look at this with fresh eyes, but Splat is here doing the Lord's work.

[@MongrlMatt]

Literally started playing this yesterday and I love it :D

[@yeetusdeletus1873]

regarding housing and aspect of the map, would be awesome and unique if you could make your dwelling in the sewers and whenever you see a manhole you can teleport to your house. The dwelling can be further expanded by digging in the sewers or clearing rubble to make space and encounter random infected rats or other monster or weird side quests for random hobo survivors like "bring me a sock" or something like that. that would be cool.

[@Gigusx]

Man, this shooting looks so satisfying, and I can only imagine how much better it feels when you're the one playing the game. I would love it if you've talked about the MMO-specific mechanics and features (even this early on). E.g. the way they're thinking about the end-game and progression, if having other players around, e.g. grouped or killing a big mob changes the gameplay smoothness (because right now it's so smooth it feels you're like playing a single-player game), if there are big mobs/bosses, how many people in a single realm and some (existing) social features etc. Also, really really great point about the break of immersion when you let everyone build their houses wherever they want and everything's in the same world (non-instance based). I hope they change that because it will only get worse with time as more players start building.

[@jairusstrunk94]

PVP servers will have base raiding so no thank you on instanced bases. But the map is MASSIVE and most of the western side is open land with nothing around but resources. Many people will live there. Bosses and mini bosses are present along with elite normal mobs etc. Repeatable instanced dungeons with some neat layouts and mechanics. Public events. Area events. Gear progression through unlocking new blueprints and upgrading the ones you have. It's got most of the MMO things you'd want in an MMO. The main bosses are a lot like dark souls bosses and combat stays smooth usually even in a group. (Team size is limited to 4) We have no idea about end game, or if there IS an end game. It's using a seaon system where things change as the server lives. New regions unlock every 3 days until they're all unlocked. Then (from reading the season point descriptions) about 2 weeks in the world starts to change as a great old one Dakini, decends upon the world. My server is the furthest ahead in the beta. Well know what all that entails in about a week.

[@Gigusx]

@@jairusstrunk94 Hopefully the housing issue will be figured out and they'll find a good balance. And everything else, sounds very exciting! Thanks for answering all my questions ♥

[@jairusstrunk94]

@@Gigusx The housing system works perfectly for the type of game they are making. If it bothers you to see bases... this isn't the game for you.

[@akeemmorrison2589]

Looks great just wish more games would give us urban locations with vertical exploration.

[@panedrop]

"Don't squirm, I want your parts," funniest thing I've heard all year.

[@aswaswasw2323]

Just got a key today, gonna play it, cant wait Edit: after playing for 2 wks now, i love thr housing mechanic. Its an alive world and also the houses dont fill the space the further u go out!

[@GameTimeWhy]

The teleporting brush and other assets was making my eyes go funky

[@DudeSoWin]

They opened early because they want to remove PvP. It always works that way and you have to start immediately yelling at the Carebears.

[@johnfalkenrath6485]

Managed to get a key during the Christmas key giveaway. Thanks for the recc Splatter.

[@ShadeScarecrow]

Randomly saw this game on a stream and it looked cool. Decided to try out the beta and been having a pretty good time. I do like the housing as well. I think the big problem with it right now is that the game asks you to claim territory and build a base pretty early on, so the entire starting area is just littered with player buildings. If they pushed that off a little bit or handled it differently to have the player housing spread out more it would probably feel less intrusive. Afaik its also currently not possible to move your territory once you claimed it. Changing that would also de-litter the areas of player housing.

[@Omfghellokitty]

I wish this was higher resolution to watch, Great video though love the quality review

[@CritStanley]

9:20 Oh. I am sold. I want this game now.

[@Kaylakaze]

When you started, I was thinking this looked like Project Zomboid meets Generation Zero, which would be great. Then, I visit their page right as you get to the umbrella Ghostline Tokyo enemy, and the Death Stranding influence is really clear and then you mention the psychic abilities and stuff. I'm so hype for this (as long as it can be played single player).

[@VinnyVinceViper]

Started playing the new test on the 10th, now 35 hours in and not that much of the map that I have visited. I love that crafting pulls from storages, that we can move our entire base elsewhere on the map super easily (press B and Z then click) I'm definitely buying on day 1 of release.

[@lowkeyobsessedngl]

the blankie tigers are so far the best designed mobs ive ever seen on this game.

[@dagsogaard]

Spot on. This looks like a fun zombie survival game that I would like to play!

[@suraimuzu1919]

I’m not sure if anyone mentioned it, but the yellow bar on your HUD is your invigoration meter (I think that’s what it’s called) if you press E while holding most weapons, you enhance the weapon to perform a special attack type

[@patrickmuhwheeney6518]

"Is that a baby head spider made out of fingers?" Amazing...

[@iskallos7593]

Looks cool splat, thanks for the heads up.

[@anthonykotevski6241]

It is a really good load of content, huge map and heaps of quests and bosses. I am currently part of the beta as well and this game is up there!

[@thestarvox]

I watch because you make Star Wars references so often. Just hearing the word "Kolto" makes me want to play KOLTOR.....

[@ashryver3605]

holy shit splattercats channel has grown so much

[@WhatAboutRC]

Been in the demo now about 30 hours and im hooked and cant get off. This game needs to be huge.

[@thegamerdudeabides]

I just got my key!!! Thank you for bringing this game to my attention SC.

[@nikolainikiforov3883]

This game is so much fun, easy to jump in with friends, create a hive "guild", your able to build together. so many enemies, even human enemies that carry guns. It's just fun and a good looking game at that. I don't mind the building mechanic and being able to see everyone's base, but once you leave the starting area it's very empty out there In the wild, houses are much further apart form one another. Also you can move your entire base after being built. Awesome game so far, enjoying every minute.

[@PixxxelWizard]

OMG you invoked Defiance, one of the most blursed games of all time. On point.

[@bankbarcomo806]

what does blursed mean? I enjoyed the first season of the show, was always curious about the game but never got to it.

[@PixxxelWizard]

blursed is combination of blessed and cursed. :D @@bankbarcomo806

[@Dave-ef5mv]

Looks so fucking good! Thanks for the video splat!

[@zappedguy1327]

This looks really good for a beta.definitely on my Wishlist!

[@Fireballl14]

Look's good! Thank you for bringing it up!

[@msolomonii9825]

This actually looks/sounds pretty good!, I'm curious about the base building parts (I agree 100% should be instanced, cuz wow that destroys the "world", Splatty's comments about this I agree 100%) and the long-term interest, can only do so much hack & slash before it gets boring to me. The whole weird butterfly in the backpack thing, pretty weird to me.

[@Reoh0z]

> Splatty, "Don't squirm, I want your parts." Dark.

[@epencrep]

Definitely looks interesting and worth keeping an eye on in the future

[@jaredboudreaux4311]

OK so came here to say DID NOT EXPECT TO SEE A MIMIC in a zombie mmo! And that hand spider uuuuughhh its perfect

[@Texas240]

4:41 "Make it as weird as you can. Just don't make a kids show." -Sci Fi channel president regarding the show "Farscape"

[@dhruvagarwal]

graphically it looks beautiful hope to see more of this game

[@MonkeyOfTheSpud]

Asmon watched you on stream congrats dude!

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for showcasing. ^^

[@cstylez5982]

As someone who has played life after for years now this is straight up what ive been wanting

[@sharpz6698]

I’ve put 60hrs in to this game I love it can’t wait till it fully releases

[@revtwilight9308]

This is the kind of game i see and go damn i wish it was single player with good multiplayer and mod support instead

[@benniisan]

Now that you've mentioned it, I really missed my days in Defiance.

[@ShawnMichaels232]

Now THIS game may be one I keep my eye out for. It looks pretty cool based on this bit of gameplay.

[@occularmalice]

Looks like a great game, and hey, that actually released a beta you could test a year in advance. What a nice change. Just waiting to get into the beta now.

[@Schizm1]

Rant about building mechanics in survival game hits really close to home;P I HATE that 90% of survival games are flooded with box-like player made structures. That's one of the reasons why I like Long Dark and Zomboid so much. No base building and instead changing already existing buildings as shelter

[@EzaneeGires]

It looks quite polished already. It looks like Control, The Division, some Death Stranding and Remnant. But with more psychic horror. Wow I'm tempted to sign up

[@fortroyale2719]

You cover this game very well thanks That's The best explanation there is. i had to say it.

[@DEMO_and_a_half]

“Is that a baby head spider made out of fingers??? Good lord.” 😂

[@cabbage_cat]

Oh wow, this already looks solid. I hope the beta is going great.

[@plick645]

Mission accomplished Airvi. Post left in the wild.

[@widepeepohappy1969]

like the little death stranding reference/inspiration on that like backpack with the butterfly like organism

[@chaoticneutral783]

yellow meter is when you press E to activate your weapons passive, EXP meter is visible when you press I to open up your inventory, I think they should move that to the top right or upper middle of the screen or better yet, let us customize UI.

[@fenavarro202]

How does the base raiding work is it the same as any other when your off line it can be attacked anytime ?

[@natefoldan]

Wow the environments and gunplay look awesome

[@Johnggernaut]

I respect that you know both the bacta and the kolto tank from SW lol

[@vieworama8188]

I actually think the building system is wonderful. It gives a huge amount of freedom to players to band together to create villages/towns. Imagine you isekai-ed to an apocalyptic world, and players have to unite to retake earth from monsters. It'd be even cooler if there's a job or class system so that you can focus on hunting while other players can specialise on building and crafting, and you guys can trade, creating a new ingame economy

[@istark]

This looks really promising!

[@retrospectus]

every studio with a zombie survival game in development has just been handed a fantastic opportunity in the wake of the Day before

[@user-hi3ke6qh7q]

Splattercats villain arc starts here 😂

[@alexmhi123]

looks interesting. When it comes to base building in a game like this i have to agree, just being able to place wherever ruins the looks of zones. Hopefully they change it to instanced or even reduce where you can build your base to only certain wilderness areas or like claimable homes. Just something that isn't what it currently is. Who knows if they'll change it though. Hopefully they're able to do something with it though.

[@samiches4500]

Oooh exciting! . . I hope there's fishing

[@Recsy]

I like that the enemies aren't sponges, most are one shot headshot kills.

[@Meenie66]

Will def be getting into this with my mates. It's this good so far and a long way off being completed so I can't see it having any huge problems on release.

[@lum4707]

Looks like mix of Defiance, Secret World and Rust ... can't wait

[@sonoftheemperor5685]

make everyone's build zones an instanced island that you take a boat to and you can customize the boat into a ship. swap out gear or extract survivors to work on your island. it can be a loot drop off as well and make missions to extract hire grade professions that can help make better weapons and armor or buff you and limit each buff to 1 or 2 slots. make a building called radio control or something that you assign these buffing workers like if they are giving your advice over your comes and help navigate through the world. just to give you lore for why they you are given buffs

[@Styrax]

Oh man this is a really good find! And really ironic that its just right after that fail of 'zombie' game xD

[@Zalixor]

I'll definitely check this out when it releases. Right now I'm waiting for Enshrouded. Played it with a buddy and had an absolute blast.

[@LivinProoof]

Duuuuude I'm looking forward to that game toooo, haven't played it yet but looks really cool. You think it's a game that ppl can put a lot of time in?

[@Zalixor]

@@LivinProoof I guess we'll have to wait and see. I could easily have spent 8-10 hours on only the demo, which was just a small piece of the game. I'd probably be happy just to play it again in the demo state 😂

[@LivinProoof]

@@Zalixor Does it have a level of depth to it?

[@Zalixor]

@@LivinProoof I'd say so. Demo was limited but you have a skilltree and the building part was pretty damn good. Finding materials unlocked new stuff you could craft/build. Good design overall!

[@NotIronUnder]

lol doa. Seen these games 1000 times already. Lemmings getting hyped are funny

[@Markalot284]

Very good video, finally I know what to expect from this game. Very thorough explanations of basically everything. For the base building issues, maybe they should make it easier for people to make nice camps. Like in fallout 76, very often you would come across a camp that was surprisingly nice and/or it fits the general ambiance of the game. 80% of the reason I played fallout 76 for so long was the base building. I love a good shooter looter especially with zombies and base building so if they double down on the kind of buildings you can create I think more and more people will play this game.

[@drewfamilyadventures]

It's pretty much a replica of Fallout 76 base building. He only showed the Tier 1 of the game, right now up to Tier 5 has been released.

[@4pigeons]

we have to give The Day Before some credit, they made a free ad for this game

[@aussiespringbok8504]

This looks mad as, cant wait for release!

[@pbsixgun6]

Looks like they took some cues from the Dying light series with the treasure boxes and mantling ability. Love that you can climb stuff.