H1Z1

[Vibe]

So, Sony Online Entertainment recently shut down 4 of their (old) MMOs. In return, they're teasing with a new, unannounced MMO, that's supposed to appeal to Star Wars: Galaxies players. Seems to be in a post-apoc setting.

Reddit:

"SWG players, our next game (not announced yet) is dedicated to you," Smedley wrote. "Once we launch it... you can come home now."

Twitter:

ex SWG players. Quick comment about our "mystery game". Specifically if you liked the sandbox elements of SWG you may like it.

things like player created towns, bases.. etc.

"Can you elaborate on how combat will be. Is it SWG combat or FPS (al la PS2) style? Also what about crafting?"

FPS. and yes heavy crafting

"John this sounds awesome , but are there laser pistols and lightsavers in game"

negative. Although we do have some sci-fi stuff in mind for the future

"Hmmm very exciting! Can you give info on timeframe? Q3 2014, Q1 2015, etc?"

next month.

I don't consider it sci-fi myself. I consider that post apoc. Probably a tastes great / less filling kind of argument.

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Source:
http://www.reddit.com/r/EQNext/comments/1w2lu2/im_john_smedley_president_of_soe_amaa/cey4rth
https://twitter.com/j_smedley/status/430746909276246016

[LordBerenger]

Post apo Krayt Dragons plzzz

[Rumblood]

It has potential for sure. I'm interested in any FPS, I just hope it is 1st person and not 3rd. (though 3rd can be okay)

[bilwit]

They mention SWG and show two pictures of the same church. Exciting.

[Vibe]

welp

https://www.h1z1.com/home

Gameplay Details

First Person or Third Person shooter
Zombie Survival
Night is dark and full of terrors
Player versus Player at it's core.
More than just zombies in the world
Base Building, Town building, Fortress creation
Can burn down things others build.
Lots of crafting. Probably the biggest thing about the game.
Vehicles are already in. Possibility of aircraft in the future.
Based off the United States.
If you die, you lose your gear
"No skills or levels".
"Thousands of players". I'm willing to bet this will be larger, playercount wise, than planetside 2.

Tech Details

PC first, PS4 later. "Well, we are Sony" when asked about the PS4 version.
"If you can run Planetside 2, you can run H1Z1 better".
"Orders of magnitude larger than Planetside 2".
Based of Planetside 2. Shares no tech with Everquest Next (so no Voxels).
Built in voice chat options.

Monetization Details

Free to play
Part of the All-Access subscription that SOE is launching this month. $15/mo for premium sub in all SOE games.
"you seriously don't need to spend a dime. We're still figuring out the monetization but we will telegraph our plans early and let people comment and we'll listen if they don't like something and come to a place where people feel good about it." -Smed, in this thread
Early Access ($20ish, on steam) in 4-6 weeks.

When do we get more details?

Screenshots will start coming out almost immediately.
The next playtest will be Live streamed (I have good intel that it will be Monday).

[Kafein]

Oh look it's DayZ

[Leesin]

Oh look, another Zombie Survival MMO, I'm just not interested anymore lol.

[cmp]

True innovators.

[Vibe]

appeals to SW:Galaxies players

lmao

[Ninja_Khorin]

Here's some innovation: Zombie survival survival game.

You play a hacker trying to survive the endless onslaught of zombie survival games on the Steam store which is visualized like Jonny Quest's virtual world. Your mission is to intercept payments to these zombie survival games and redirect them to helpless less popular genres.

[IR_Kuoin]

God dammit SOE, had me exited at Galaxies, and you bring out a fucking zombie game?

[SixThumbs]

Aren't you ready to go home!?!

[SixThumbs]

Also, H1N1 was about 5 or so years ago, so they're behind the times.

Should be H13Z1 for it to be culturally relevant now.

Edit: I guess the number is the generation, I still kind of cock my head to the side when SoE try to relate it to the bird flu the media tries to get people to panic about every year.

[Leshma]

Not bad, already looks better than DayZ in every possible way (I'm not into "it's copy burn it" thing). But it is already seen. Which is a shame because there is an easy way to create something fresh in this genre.

Don't start with apocalypse. Start with healthy society. At first most players are human (few are infected), minding their own business when they enter a server for the first time. But after just half an hour, most of them will to turn to dead (make it so that every infected player has 30 seconds to bite healthy player to keep playing) and few survivors will have to try to win the match. Make it so matches last couple of hours max and you've got completely new zombie game, something that has been seen in movies but not yet in games on that scale.

[Voso]

Could still be a lot of fun.

I love DayZ but I do have to admit im getting a bit tired of zombies.