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Starry Studio’s long-awaited survival shooter Once Human is off to a less-than-ideal start following a launch that saw network problems for some and frustrating technical issues for others. Although server problems seem to have largely abated, that hasn’t stopped several frustrated players from criticizing the game’s quality and technical design. And, unsurprisingly, the wave of backlash has led to Once Human launching to ‘Mostly Negative’ reviews on Steam.
Most complaints on the predictably center on its disastrous . For those unfamiliar, the game only lets you create one character for now and also doesn’t let you delete characters. This means that you essentially get locked into a single server until August 2024, which is when the developers plan to introduce multiple-character support per account.
And, since , you can only try out one of these experiences until the devs release the multi-character update. However, character creation issues only scratch the surface of Once Human’s fundamental foibles. Many are also finding faults with the game’s basic design, as players list its lack of controller support on PC and absence of mouse invert as its biggest shortcomings.
The latter, in particular, is surprising since mouse invert had previously been a feature during the game’s lengthy beta period. Unfortunately, it’s current.
