HumanitZ Preview (Steam Early Access)
For this HumanitZ Preview, we play a co-op, top-down, open-world survival game in a world ended by the zombie outbreak. As one of the few human survivors, try to last as long as “humanly” possible. The past can’t be changed, but you can make a difference today for the future of humanity.
HumanitZ Preview Pros:
- Decent graphics.
- 19.1GB Download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Graphics settings – resolution, v-sync, graphics quality preset, post-processing, foliage, shadows, textures, view mode, and max fps.
- Full controller support.
- Two ways to play – Single-player and multiplayer.
- Zombie survival gameplay.
- Eleven professions for your character – unemployed, mechanic, junior biodiesel researcher, emergency medical technician, apprentice gunsmith, amateur boxing, farmer, food service worker, Sunday fisherman, car salesman, and outdoorsman. These give buffs.
- Character creator – male/female, face, skin, facial hair, hairstyle, upper wear, lower wear, and footwear. You can just randomize if you wish.
- Optional tutorial prompt.
- Blood – on/off.
- Mouse settings – cursor size, color, Invert zoom, and sensitivity sliders.
- Two initial modes – Single-player, and multiplayer. (scenario mode shows but it is locked)
- The Survival Guide is basically the game manual offering tips and all the information from the game.
- Optional replayable tutorial.
- Game setup settings – permadeath, clear infection on death, disable eagle eye, airdrops, weapon break, respawn loot, loot respawn time, loot rarity, airdrop every X mins, zombie difficulty, hostile human difficulty, zombie amount multiplier, zombie respawn timer, animal respawn timer, starting the season, days per season, day duration, and vital rain.
- Best played with a mouse and keyboard.
- You get to choose your starting spawn point and get a brief bit of Intel before deciding.
- You can basically loot anything from cars to coolers to toolboxes and houses.
- Crafting can be done both at a table and freely from the menu.
- Rebind able controls for the keyboard.
- Zoom in and out.
- A torch is important for night but it does run off batteries.
- Vehicles can be driven if you manage to fix them first.
- Space is king for you need to find backpacks etc so you can carry more.
- Encumbered is in the game and every item has a weight tied to it.
- Movement is done with the WASD keys and the mouse is for aiming.
- You can stomp and kick down zombies.
- All the meters are at play like food, hunger, health, etc.
- Drag and drop inventory system but if you have space then you can auto-pick up.
- Uses different weather types.
- The map fills in as you explore but you do get a marker to show an objective.
- Excellent sound effects and noises.
- Save when you want.
- Auto saves regularly.
- You can pause in a single-player.
- Play and do what you want.
- A fantastic atmosphere.
- Melee and ranged weapons.
- Cars can trigger alarms that bring zombies in.
- Earn exp and level up to get skill points to put into the three skill trees – survival, combat, and world.
- When you eat or drink you can still move albeit at a much slower pace.
- Multiplayer has a server browser and the ability to make a private room with a password.
- Find items to make life easier like a compass to help the map Coordinates.
- On the map, you can place your own markers.
- Isometric view.
- Make fires to cook food and purify water.
- Toxic gas can hinder you unless you find a gas mask.
- Has strong vibes of State of Decay but without a home base and a lot slower.
HumanitZ Preview Cons:
- When in big-picture mode, even if you don’t touch the settings the screen size changes and never goes back.
- Using a controller is bad as all the prompts are not clear, the game would still require mouse input and the prompts were not shown for the controller buttons.
- Not the best loading times.
- Never clear what cars can be driven.
- You have to be pinpoint and precise to interact with anything.
- Sucks that you can repair certain cars but you cannot strip other cars and all car pieces are just random loot drops.
- So much to take in.
- The controls however you cut it are clunky and not that smooth.
- Constantly having inventory issues with so little space.
- All the writing is so small from items to the menus.
- The music that is always playing is fine but very one note.
- Hard to see at times not just at night but also in houses.
- Takes a long while to get going from the slow speed to the constant resource management.
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HumanitZ:
Developer: Yodubzz Studios
Publisher: Freedom Games
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