H1Z1 (Not actually an MMO) - Server: Antidote (info in first post)

They had a live stream yesterday and the entire time Smedley was trolling lol Dude is pretty funny.

January 15th on Steam

H1Z1 Steam Early Access Release Date! | H1Z1 News

If this is on par with PS2 for quality I'd stay far far away. They've made it obvious that as long as they're making money they could give 2 shits about their product.

Early access? No thanks, never falling for that one again.

wait, so there's a cash shop item that will lower/remove the screen shake from explosions ? wow !

RobXIII_sl said:

(Talking PS2 here still)

Yep! and not just that, it came out literally a day or two after a patch made screen shake intolerable and the forums blew up about the increase.

So it'll be interesting to see what this game pans out to be.

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The same path that ps2 took. The game will come out incomplete and fairly popular. SOE will fix some things completely while breaking some things and leaving others broken. People will stick around but the population will slowly die off as there is nothing appealing to newcomers, and veterans bleed away slowly. Eventually SOE will restructure and move devs to EQ:Next and whatever the next project they have is while Smed promises that this does not change anything for H1Z1.

This game will likely be the same; a small and loyal player base that never grows because most of the new people that try it can't handle the flaws or how unfinished it is.

It's a good setting and ripe for a good game. Sony likely will fuck this up but I'm a gamer, $20 or free is a pretty low barrier of entry and you can either play games or just bitch about them.

7 Days to Die is actually pretty fun and the devs are still very active in updates. Although like Minecraft, 90% of the enjoyment comes from base building.

I actually have a cool setup on one server. I murdered the owner of a really big base near mine and he never logged back in. I use it as a "honey pot" for scavengers. My base is nearby (which is "camo" so it just looks like part of a shitty building no one bothers with because they have no loot of worth) and I wait for them to come and I snipe them from a distance ;P

Why the hate for PS2? Been playing casually for 2 years and enjoy it, have no problems with the pay shop or changes. But then, i've never been one to notice the pangs of "nerfage" that some suffer. I just game. Lucky I guess.

I'll probably try this when it surfaces.

Cybsled_sl said:

7 Days to Die is actually pretty fun and the devs are still very active in updates. Although like Minecraft, 90% of the enjoyment comes from base building.

I actually have a cool setup on one server. I murdered the owner of a really big base near mine and he never logged back in. I use it as a "honey pot" for scavengers. My base is nearby (which is "camo" so it just looks like part of a shitty building no one bothers with because they have no loot of worth) and I wait for them to come and I snipe them from a distance ;P

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Giving a nod to 7 Days to Die as well. It's satisfying that survival/base building niche for me at the moment and as Cybsled, the devs are extremely active. They're pushing out changes so actively that it frustrates some folks as their builds are wiped but the updates are necessary imho. Overall, solid game so far and has come quite a way since early alpha.

Warflagon_sl said:

Why the hate for PS2? Been playing casually for 2 years and enjoy it, have no problems with the pay shop or changes. But then, i've never been one to notice the pangs of "nerfage" that some suffer. I just game. Lucky I guess.

I'll probably try this when it surfaces.

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i play that shit about 5 times a week and about to get on PS2 right now. I actually kill more then i die now. I just play to kill folks for about an hour or 2 at a time. I know its not a super duper military sim like the arma games or anything. I just have fun killing folks and getting killed. It kind of reminds me of old Alteric Valley at times where you had to break the bridge as the horde and it took hours sometimes. Only thing in WOW i ever liked. haha


I had to teach myself to play with the mouse in my right hand (im lefthanded). It took a long while til i felt i had control of the damned cursor. I played MMO's with the mouse in my left hand for 9 years. It was a bitch to flip it.


Anyways, 11 days until H1Z1 comes out cant wait.

I also still play PS2 but that's only because it's free. However, there are serious problems with the game. Core mechanics never completed, halfway through a resource revamp where you can pull maxes for days, crazy lag spikes, etc, etc. I don't understand how a company with the same resources as Blizzard can't look at how successful Blizzard is and go "They put out a polished bug free product and made billions, let's half ass it!".

If they would actually finish the core mechanics, keep shit balanced and bug free and maybe add some kind of drops/crafting system for new weapons/gear I'd sub and play this game for years. I mean sure I have good runs but those infuriating instagib maxes that I can't seem to disengage from due to their sprint ability is not fun, neither is fighting at the same 3 bases for weeks at a time because one super organized outfit can just sit on it and hold it. I also don't get the zerg mentality, sure the big fights are sometimes fun but being camped by them is not. There needs to be some kind of incentive or penalty for doing these tings, make these fucks spread out somehow for more fun fights. I'm by no means a game designer but there has to be something they can do to fix these issues.

We've seen this same scenario play out for what, a decade now? When the fuck are these companies going to learn that you get out what you put in. However, they seem too retarded to grasp this concept.