[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"similar-games-once-human":3,"game-once-human":5},{"similarGames":4},[],{"game":6,"hasUserReviewed":186},{"id":7,"name":8,"summary":9,"cover_image":10,"header_image":11,"trailer_url":12,"release_date":13,"avg_score":14,"igdb_id":15,"slug":16,"steam_app_id":17,"companies":18,"genres":23,"platforms":28,"reviews":32,"coverImage":10,"headerImage":11,"trailerUrl":12,"releaseDate":13,"criticReviewCount":181,"userReviewCount":182,"previewCount":182,"publishers":183,"developers":184,"userReviews":185,"hasUserReviewed":186,"steamAppId":17},109757,"Once Human","Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.","109757\u002FOnce Human Cover.webp","109757\u002FOnce Human Header.webp","https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FXXpfbP9Ml_4","2024-07-09",74.67,204538,"once-human",2139460,[19],{"company":20,"developed":22,"published":22},{"name":21},"Starry Studio",true,[24,25,26,27],"Shooter","Role-playing (RPG)","Strategy","Adventure",[29,30,31],"PC (Microsoft Windows)","PlayStation 5","Xbox Series X|S",[33,49,64,80,94,109,124,139,154,167],{"id":34,"author":35,"outlet":38,"summary":44,"review_url":45,"review_date":46,"original_score":47,"normalized_score":48},18459,{"id":36,"name":37},1008,"Vikki Blake",{"id":39,"logo":40,"name":41,"website_url":42,"score_format":43},8,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FEuroGamer-Logo.png","Eurogamer","https:\u002F\u002Feurogamer.net","5","Once Human offers a deeply moreish open world scavenge-em-up, but weak action and generic clutter hold it back.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eurogamer.net\u002Fonce-human-review","2024-07-25","3\u002F5",60,{"id":50,"author":51,"outlet":54,"summary":60,"review_url":61,"review_date":62,"original_score":59,"normalized_score":63},48555,{"id":52,"name":53},4145,"Nic Reuben",{"id":55,"logo":56,"name":57,"website_url":58,"score_format":59},64,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FRock-Paper-Shotgun-Logo.jpg","Rock Paper Shotgun","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rockpapershotgun.com\u002F","unscored","Neither Once Human’s third-person combat or survival crafting are especially novel or exciting, made less so by reams of live service baggage and seemingly endless resources and collectables. But an idiosyncratic soul and great creature design keeps it from being uninteresting.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.rockpapershotgun.com\u002Fonce-human-review","2024-07-15",null,{"id":65,"author":66,"outlet":69,"summary":75,"review_url":76,"review_date":77,"original_score":78,"normalized_score":79},30790,{"id":67,"name":68},3293,"Heather Newman",{"id":70,"logo":71,"name":72,"website_url":73,"score_format":74},35,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FPCGamer-Logo.jpg","PC Gamer","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcgamer.com\u002F","100","Build, farm, shoot, and cooperate in this deep MMO.\n","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.pcgamer.com\u002Fgames\u002Fmmo\u002Fonce-human-review\u002F","2024-07-18","84",84,{"id":81,"author":82,"outlet":85,"summary":91,"review_url":92,"review_date":62,"original_score":93,"normalized_score":48},28349,{"id":83,"name":84},3043,"Ravi Sinha",{"id":86,"logo":87,"name":88,"website_url":89,"score_format":90},29,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGaming%20Bolt%20Logo.png","GamingBolt","https:\u002F\u002Fgamingbolt.com","10","Once Human's setting and gunplay have merits, despite some unoriginal ideas and systems. However, its faulty foundations, from the blueprint system and the building to the story-telling, keep it from truly standing out.","https:\u002F\u002Fgamingbolt.com\u002Fonce-human-review-not-the-meta","6.0",{"id":95,"author":96,"outlet":99,"summary":104,"review_url":105,"review_date":106,"original_score":107,"normalized_score":108},29273,{"id":97,"name":98},3089,"Lloyd Coombes",{"id":100,"logo":101,"name":102,"website_url":103,"score_format":43},30,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FGGRecon-Logo.jpg","GGRecon","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ggrecon.com","Once Human might be the first crafting game I find myself coming back to regularly thanks to solid combat fundamentals, a perfectly-tuned crafting loop, and a level of polish that’s often all too rare in the genre.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ggrecon.com\u002Freviews\u002Fonce-human-review\u002F","2024-12-05","4.0\u002F5",80,{"id":110,"author":111,"outlet":114,"summary":119,"review_url":120,"review_date":121,"original_score":122,"normalized_score":123},29848,{"id":112,"name":113},3147,"Vitor Braz",{"id":115,"logo":116,"name":117,"website_url":118,"score_format":90},33,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FMP1st-Logo.jpg","MP1ST","https:\u002F\u002Fmp1st.com\u002F","Fans of survival MMOs should get their share of resource gathering, combat, and building in Once Human. For a free-to-play game, it offers quite an impressive playtime to enjoy without any constrictions, and the production values are quite good overall. It can be a riot for solo players for some long hours but it gets more enjoyable in a group, and the issues that be aren’t enough to deter any player who is having fun with it. Give it a shot and the most you can lose is the time it took you to install it and play for a while.","https:\u002F\u002Fmp1st.com\u002Freviews\u002Fonce-human-review-survival-without-an-entry-fee","2024-07-26","7.5\u002F10",75,{"id":125,"author":126,"outlet":129,"summary":134,"review_url":135,"review_date":136,"original_score":137,"normalized_score":138},36166,{"id":127,"name":128},3658,"Mark Steighner",{"id":130,"logo":131,"name":132,"website_url":133,"score_format":74},7,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002Fcog-connected-logo.png","COGConnected","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com","Games that take a multi-genre approach to design have at least two challenges. First, the components have to make sense together. Second, the hybrid mash-up still needs a strong identity. It can’t be “jack-of-all-trades, master of none.” Luckily, Once Human solves these problems in a satisfying and engaging way. It might still be an amalgam of other genres, but it works.","https:\u002F\u002Fcogconnected.com\u002Freview\u002Fonce-human-review\u002F","2024-07-16","78",78,{"id":140,"author":141,"outlet":144,"summary":149,"review_url":150,"review_date":151,"original_score":152,"normalized_score":153},68635,{"id":142,"name":143},202,"David Walters",{"id":145,"logo":146,"name":147,"website_url":148,"score_format":90},2,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FCGMagazine-Logo.jpg","CGMagazine","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cgmagonline.com","Once Human is a fantastic MMO based in an interesting post-apocalyptic landscape, but still has some growing to do to reach the peak of the genre.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.cgmagonline.com\u002Freview\u002Fgame\u002Fonce-human-pc-review\u002F","2024-07-24","8\u002F10",85,{"id":155,"author":156,"outlet":159,"summary":164,"review_url":165,"review_date":46,"original_score":166,"normalized_score":108},56960,{"id":157,"name":158},4285,"Jordan Moyer",{"id":160,"logo":161,"name":162,"website_url":163,"score_format":90},73,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FThe-Nerd-Stash-Logo.png","The Nerd Stash","https:\u002F\u002Fthenerdstash.com\u002F","A survival MMO that offers a unique experience, but still has plenty of room to improve.","https:\u002F\u002Fthenerdstash.com\u002Fonce-human-review-devious-potential\u002F","8.0",{"id":168,"author":169,"outlet":172,"summary":177,"review_url":178,"review_date":179,"original_score":180,"normalized_score":173},75294,{"id":170,"name":171},5786,"Donovan Erskine",{"id":173,"logo":174,"name":175,"website_url":176,"score_format":90},70,"https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.criticdb.com\u002Fstorage\u002Fv1\u002Fobject\u002Fpublic\u002Favatars\u002FOutlets\u002FShackNews-Logo.jpg","ShackNews","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002F","At its core, Once Human is a survival game that encourages and rewards exploration. It nails the gameplay loop of gathering resources and gear, upgrading your character, and then venturing out to do it all over again. I had a great time running around and fighting alongside friends, and I’ll probably continue to jump in and play when I get that survival itch. However, it’s hard not to be put off by forced live-service elements that undercut mechanics and lock unique items behind a paywall.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.shacknews.com\u002Farticle\u002F140735\u002Fonce-human-review","2024-07-29","7\u002F10",10,0,[21],[21],[],false]