Just last week, The First Descendant was criticized for its "predatory" monetization practices and seemingly dodgy drop rates . Now, Once Human , which only launched yesterday, is being review-bombed on Steam due to major privacy conce
Starry Studios' Once Human is soon joining the competitive survival game scene, hoping to stand out with its unique world design, exploration features, and crunchy combat mechanics, among other things. Certainly, Once Human is chock-full of interesting ideas, which may help it carve out a space in such a crowded mar
Overall, it seems that Human Head Studios was happy with Epic's offer as they think it will make Rune II better. The developers have opened up a page where players who pre-ordered the game on Steam can get refunds. That being said, those who decide to keep their pre-order following this change will receive an extra copy of the game upon its lau
Human Head has assured that Rune II is coming along well in development, but the biggest thing looming over players' heads right now is the Epic Games Store exclusivity. Unlike some developers of Epic Game Store exclusives, Human Head's CEO and Co-Founder Chris Rhinehart did take the time to explain the decision. Outside of Human Head's history of working with Epic Games on the original Rune, Chris Rhinehart explains t
It's been a rough week for the newly launched free-to-play multiplayer open world survival game Once Human Survival Guide|Https://Oncehumanworld.Com/ Human . Just a few days ago, the game had been review bombed on Steam due to its rather egregious terms of service , including the potential to collect a government-issued ID via its personal information policy. And then, just 24 hours before that, players took issue with the game only allowing one character per account and preventing server switches . Thankfully, that problem has since been fixed. But regardless, things have not been gr
It's also a positive sign that Netease is listening to player feedback, as it's the second response they've given within the first 24 hours of Once Human's launch. Shortly after the game became available, players were disappointed to learn that they could only ever create one character , and that character would be permanently locked to a single server. Starry Studio quickly rectified that issue, confirming in their official Discord that "multiple-character creation is now availab
When you boot up a new game, you're likely to expect that there will be some terms of service to adhere to. What you're less likely to expect is that those terms of service will ask for a "government-issued ID". That's exactly what Once Human d
In other words, if you were planning on purchasing cosmetics, you might want to hold off for a couple of weeks, or at least until the issue has been solved in full. And if you happen to have purchased multiple of the same cosmetic, then you'll receive a refund in the form of in-game curre
The five aspects of your body that you'll need to keep watch over are your energy, oxygen, hunger, thirst, and sanity. Sanity in particular is driven by Stardust contamination. Insanity will lower your maximum health, and you will need ways to get your sanity back up.
If you want to see Human Head Studios' Chris Rhinehart explain the name change and Epic Games Store exclusivity in more detail, you should watch the aforementioned video below. Rune II only has a vague "Summer" release window, though we do know it will be an Epic Games Store exclusive when it launches for
You can only have six active Whims at a time. You can see how many Whims you have and the conditions that they inflict by clicking on Whim Details when you hover over the sanity icon on your character inventory screen.
The statement claims that the company would only collect government-issued IDs when "the local laws require us to do so, when the identity of a user's parent must be verified to obtain consent for their child, or when the user wishes to correct their age information." Adding that "ID information is deleted immediately after we have fulfilled the purpose for collecting the ID information in the first pla
"NetEase takes our users’ data privacy very seriously and adheres to the data privacy principles such as data minimization, purpose limitation, and transparency. For example, we would only collect government-issued IDs for the following reasons: where the local laws require us to do so (such as for a specific promotion), when the identity of a user’s parent must be verified to obtain consent for their child (if required by applicable child protection laws), or when the user wishes to correct their age information (again, if such verification is required by law). In any case, the ID information is deleted immediately after we have fulfilled the purpose for collecting the ID information in the first plac
In a lengthy statement, the developers recognized the error of their ways and outlined how things are being changed for the better. Additionally, the team thanked the players for their support and asked for continuous feedback to help improve the experience. The statement read in p