H1Z1 Early access

[Kitlope]

Let us know how it is guys! I may even pick it up today to give it a go, anybody else?

If I know Sony though they'll screw this up big time.

 

[Kenadian]

I think their doing a pretty good job with Planetside 2 so there's reason to be optimistic.

Personally I think it looks a bit like ass though in some of the videos I've seen and Zombie Apocalypse is starting to wear a bit thin for me.

I'll wait as I did in Life is Feudal to see if it has legs around here before pulling the trigger.

 

[Daunt]

Yes. I am very tired of the zombie genre. Very cliched.

I would love to get back into PS2 though, since you mentioned it, even for the occasional fuck around. As opposed to like Insurgency, it is something everyone can play and a great team game.

 

[Kenadian]

I update PS2 now and then and am willing to jump into a game.

 

[Daunt]

I update PS2 now and then and am willing to jump into a game.

I will have to do the same!

 

[ElektroVodka]

I got it, but can't play yet

https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/555876234748375042

 

[ElektroVodka]

Better yet, everything is down....including PS2

 

[D.O.A.]

Dont buy the Early Access !! Just dont ....
Especially if you are from the EU .
Early Access launch is mainly US focused , very few Eu servers .
Cant tell you about the actuall gameplay because the only server i was actually able to get in to was US based and lagged so bad i couldnt progress at all .
So far very bad first impression , going to wait untill more EU servers open up so i can give it a proper try .
But for now my personal advise is : Do not Buy !

 

[ElektroVodka]

I agree with D.O.A.

Don't be fooled by streamers either, those guys run on their own servers provided by SOE (Low pop better quality)

I dunno what's going to happen on todays patches but if it doesn't change, i'd wait with throwing money that way and just go for the F2P release.

Just hope i didn't waste the money on something that turns out to be WarZ:2-SOE Stories.

 

[JohnnyK]

Read it is very p2w too - you can buy airdrops which contain weapons and ammo..

 

[Kenadian]

P2W, wtf :icon_evil:

If that's the case I'll bypass this for sure regardless of how "good" it gets.

 

[D.O.A.]

Read it is very p2w too - you can buy airdrops which contain weapons and ammo..

Been keeping an eye on that particular debacle most of the day , its been taken out of context mostly .

The way airdrops are supposed to work is ; You call in an airdrop , it spawns a good distance away from your position .
By the time you get to the drop site a horde of zombies has spawned around it making it impossible for you to get it by yourself .
The only way to get to the contents of the air drop is to team up and fight of the zombie horde .

Now , the streamer who started this whole mess had the crates dropped right on his position and the zombie horde had failed to spawn .
Not only that but the spawn rate for the weapons was bugged , resulting in what appeared to be a very easy way to get "end game level gear" .
The "internet" took this as part of the game a failed to see this a an obvious bug/early access / alpha test , resulting in a massive over reaction .

Personally , i still feel this game has great potential .
It looks good , the core gameplay looks solid (still haven't had the chance to properly play(test) the game) and above all the devs seem to be on top of things(ai: bug reports , listening to the community etc.) .


And >here< is an official response from SOE's John Smedley on Reddit on the next update .
Pay attention to nr 5 .

 

[Kenadian]

Thanks for the update DOA. That sounds a lot more reasonable but my question is, are these weapon spawns only available to people who pay for them?

 

[Daunt]

Sounds like if you get a killstreak of 5... or 4 with hardline you get it :icon_cheesygrin:

 

[D.O.A.]

The devs have always said that the shop would contain cosmetics only.
I suspect the weapons are in the airdrops now for testing purposes.
But i imagine its all subject to change seeing its still early in development , who knows .

 

[Kenadian]

Oh ok, was just curios.

 

[D.O.A.]

Sounds like if you get a killstreak of 5... or 4 with hardline you get it :icon_cheesygrin:

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Lol , from what i've seen its going to be hard to get a kill streak at all , the H1Z1 zombies are pretty damn though and always travel in packs/hordes .

 

[Kenadian]

It would be really great if they had gibbing in this game as I'd love to see a zombie apocalypse game tackle this.

If a game could actually allow you to cut a zombie in half and have the torso move around trying to eat you that would be great.

 

[D.O.A.]

The only game that had proper dismemberment , as far as i can remember , was Soldier of Fortune .
So much fun was had shooting of arms and legs and heads and bits in that game

 

[Kenadian]

The only game that had proper dismemberment , as far as i can remember , was Soldier of Fortune .
So much fun was had shooting of arms and legs and heads and bits in that game

Actually Blade of Darkness had a pretty good dismemberment system as well. You could chop off Ork heads, legs, arms etc. and either throw them or beat others to death with them.

It was AWESOME!!!

Music was pretty epic too.

...back when Codemasters actually produced quality shit.