Once Human’s free-to-play Season 5, Dissonant Resonance, will launch globally on PS5 on Nov. 18. Its music-driven Colossus encounter gives four-player squads more to do than attack a boss. The PlayStation Blog preview details Emotion Zones, note-based combat and a new Deviant called Silent Statue.
An earlier update schedule had already pointed to Nov. 18 for Once Human’s next update. Season 5 is now confirmed for that same date.
Four Emotion Zones, named Joy, Anger, Sorrow and Fear, will change the feel of open-world fights. Defeated enemies scatter musical notes. Shooting them produces pitch-tuned sounds and helps purify corrupted scores. Arrange the notes into harmonious melodies and the squad can earn powerful rewards. The Sky Living-Machine Colossus will also change its visual expressions as players create those rhythms.
If the Colossus descends and stays overhead, a rift will open into a four-player Colossus Raid. In a ruined cathedral, squads must sprint to silence glowing resonating pipes before the deadly track ends. The pipes turn the boss’s music into an urgent objective, alongside the fight itself.
The new Silent Statue Deviant begins as a shattered gray monument and absorbs elemental chaos during firefights. Unlocking its full potential mends the ruins and spreads golden wings, granting the squad an elemental blessing.
Tell us what your squad would prioritize when the Colossus starts changing the battlefield’s score. For more on Dissonant Resonance as Nov. 18 approaches, follow us on X, Bluesky, YouTube, Instagram, Steam and Telegram.
Once Human
Developed by Starry Studio
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future. Unite with friends to fight monstrous enemies, uncover secret plots, compete for resources, and build your own territory. Once, you were merely human. Now, you have the power to remake the world.
- Genre Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
- Platforms Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5
- Perspective Third person
- Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
- Release July 9, 2024
- Publisher Starry Studio, NetEase Games
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