Once Human

Once Human

AnimePervert Jul 10, 2024 @ 6:38pm
why is there still locked game areas
i am a very big fan of the game i just hate the mechanic of waiting for a season to end just to continue the main story line. there are locked zones for what reason? played the demo got to lvl 30 in one day with a friend cant do anything else after that waited 2 weeks for the full release and its exactly the same thing you cap out at lvl 30 and you cant continue to the next zone until the new season starts.
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Mommy Dearest Jul 10, 2024 @ 6:42pm 
Not sure but I looked at season details or some such thing. If I remember correctly it stated that certain areas only unlock as the season progresses.
MerlinW Jul 10, 2024 @ 6:45pm 
Originally posted by Mommy Dearest:
Not sure but I looked at season details or some such thing. If I remember correctly it stated that certain areas only unlock as the season progresses.

Indeed.
Felky Jul 10, 2024 @ 6:46pm 
Wait you can't finish the main story right now?
Does it just abruptly ends or you still get some kind of "end of season boss/fight" or something?
I didn't look up anything about it cuz going blind into the game sounded nice but that's a bit underwhelming.
LifeisPaytoWin Jul 10, 2024 @ 7:06pm 
going blind into a game doesnt stop you from reading. its literally written IG
Gyson Jul 10, 2024 @ 7:08pm 
Parts of the game are time gated.

Let's be honest about this.. this is not the kind of developer that is fine with you just playing a few days and then vanishing until the next content update. They need you to return frequently because that's the only reliable way to repeatedly get the various stores in front of your eyes. There's a reason all these daily/weekly claims and tasks exist.
Last edited by Gyson; Jul 10, 2024 @ 7:09pm
Felky Jul 10, 2024 @ 7:11pm 
Originally posted by LifeisPaytoWin:
going blind into a game doesnt stop you from reading. its literally written IG
I continue to be blind once in game :yella_laughing:
AnimePervert Jul 11, 2024 @ 3:32am 
Originally posted by Mommy Dearest:
Not sure but I looked at season details or some such thing. If I remember correctly it stated that certain areas only unlock as the season progresses.
yep so after you beat a certain boss and you are supposed to go to the lvl 31-40 zones but there will be a barrier wall that kills you if you go past it. you have to wait untill the current season is over witch is in 3-4 days
AnimePervert Jul 11, 2024 @ 3:32am 
feels like im being punished for liking the game to much lol
Neyreyan_Youtube Jul 11, 2024 @ 5:58am 
Come one, even if you play 10 hours every day, you wont advance past the locked area.
I think people are just skiping alot of content and not doing their tasks wich is a big mistake because the exploration/events/locations/silos/deviants can be a big help later on.
Even just doing all the secondary quests and geting a few secrets can be a big help.
Even if you finish all that you can still build a better base or work on the blueprints, even make your own blueprints for a big house.
People treat games like fast food these days🤔
Little Strawberry Jul 11, 2024 @ 6:33am 
It's like Path of Exile, except you don't just play it for 3 days straight and then wait for the next season.

I don't know which button it was, but there is a screen with a timeline. In that timeline, you can see that each week opens up the upcoming areas and content, as well as changing previous areas and their content. So it might be a completely different world by week 8 when newcomers join in, who also get a headstart thanks to your efforts as a mayfly pathfinder (they can equip a bunch of powers straight from level 1).

This basically exists to prevent what you're saying it does. If you want to follow the story/events and want the optimal rewards, you have to play at least every third week. You don't simply get to wait until the season ends. So in the event that you really have cleared the plenty amount of content you already have (you can get way later mats by scavenging around the border too), just come back in 2 weeks to catch up on all the missable stuff or next week to get the new content straight away. Like joining midseason is fine too, because you get really stupid ♥♥♥♥ like getting 999x items per gather buffs. Usually games have either intense time requirements, like having to playing daily during a season, or playing for 3 days straight and never again for the season. I think asking you to play every phase for the optimal rewards is absolutely fair to gamerdads/gamermoms and all lil gamers get enough side content to last them for some days.

Honestly, I find this a much better model than the content goldrush where kids are minmaxing as hard as they can to get to the end of a game by playing for 40 hours without sleep or breaks straight, who then complain that game X has no content because they devoured it like little piranhas. Now they're just going to complain about time gating instead. Like you're not getting dripfed 2 hours of content like Genshin Impact. This is a whole ass triple A length each time and that seems like a fair compromise between people who don't have enough time, but can play long sessions every few weeks, versus people who want to play 10 hours a day.
Last edited by Little Strawberry; Jul 11, 2024 @ 6:42am
The poe comparison is very gud or if you imagine most mmo expac usually you have to wait until .x patch to access the next set of dungeons and such (ffxiv im imagining in my head and wow but i dont remember wow that well)
Strexxi Jul 12, 2024 @ 11:09am 
Yeah yesterday I completed every purple zone quest and every side mission as well as the gold AK blueprint now I have nothing to do but farm one silo and pvp. Seems silly for devs to put a block on progression that can be achieved so fast
Last edited by Strexxi; Jul 12, 2024 @ 11:13am
luckily the next week begins tomorrow I think at least dawn breaking happens then (the next part of the story). If you look in the manibus section (of esc menu) you can peek ahead and see whats coming when. I think week 3 the whole map will be open.
A good thing to remember although kind of unrelated is that this is just 1 map, other scenarios take place in different places, different amounts of times, different giant enemies, etc.
Vixere Jul 12, 2024 @ 4:54pm 
Originally posted by Felky:
Wait you can't finish the main story right now?
Does it just abruptly ends or you still get some kind of "end of season boss/fight" or something?
I didn't look up anything about it cuz going blind into the game sounded nice but that's a bit underwhelming.
I reached as far as I can currently and the game just puts up a barrier and yells at you to turn around at the area border, if you don't it'll just kill you off, so you'll end up unable to reach areas for the rest of the quests
Last edited by Vixere; Jul 12, 2024 @ 4:55pm
ZeroLifeXpect Jul 12, 2024 @ 10:27pm 
So where is the info saying when the next area unlocks????
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