Warranted Humanity

Warranted Humanity is an ambitious game that suffers from a common malady of the first-time game developer: Unconscious bias. The developer insists that you can develop your own playstyle, but there's clearly one he already has in mind, and by "develop your own" he means "find the edges and corners of the intended route" and "figure out where the trap options are." The other issue is that in a zombie game, a genre defined as much by improvisation and survivalism as gore and horror, you have essentially no room to deviate from the intended path. You are *intended* to grind up Lockpicking, Courage, and Strength before you go into town or collect Survivors, because the most consistent source of the Tools you need to actually support those survivors are locked cabinets. The lockpicking minigame is a moderately clever variation on the "realistic" school thereof, as opposed to Fallout and Skyrim's "find the correct angle." Find the stuck pin and then wiggle the tension selector around in the Sweet Spot until it sets, and then let go before it pops loose. This is hampered by the fact that unless you grind up about 5% Lockpicking Bonus, you won't be able to let go of the arro…

More a survival simulator, than a game. I expected it to be easy, because you can’t die. Whatever you do, the days just continue until you run out of time. This time factor, not knowing if you’ll make it in time, is what makes it hard. Really hard. Looking back, it also makes it very rewarding. After a few replays. In the beginning I felt like a wimp. Also very lost. There’s a ton of info to absorb and lots more decision making, even during the day when there is more action than in the night. When I did save the world in the end, I felt like a god. I trained my chemist wimp into a survivalist leader and zombie fighting machine. There are new concepts that takes getting used to. For example, never dying and you can drop something on one side of the map and pick it up on the other side by paying a time fee. The game’s been crash-free. No Steam achievements.

This game really deserves much more attention from the public. It is a survival/base building game, with everything you would expect from it in place, looks and plays interesting and with decent amount of content and depth for it's size. Also never encountered even a single bug or crash. Only cons being somewhat clunky combat and loading screens that take bit too much time. Totally recommend!

Warranted Humanity is definitely an interesting experience. I enjoyed playing it, but it’s a lot to take in at first. There’s a learning curve, and I feel like I’ll need a lot more play time before I really get the hang of everything. It could use a bit more explanation and guidance in certain areas, but overall it’s coming along nicely and has a lot of potential. I’m excited to see how it develops as it continues to grow.

A hidden Zombie survival management gem.

Initial Impression: Thankfully, not yet another Unreal 5 disaster. The UI is clean, with nice little touches that explain what’s going on for example, how to shake off the rat. Graphics/assets, sound, and music are decent. All in all it seems to check out. Now, when I've done some actual hours in this the real review will follow... [𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟]