PS4/PC Sandbox Game H1Z1:Zombie AI & Crafting Detailed, Orders of Magnitude Bigger Than PlanetSide 2

John Smedley reveals a bit more about the upcoming post-apocalyptic zombie MMO.

[GiantFriendlyCrab]

hard is good

[Ron_Danger]

Are we still talking about games??

[UnbiasedOpinions]

Looks good, i'm afraid of all those DayZ comparisons though, it might damper the series success as a "DayZ ripoff" like Saints Row was dubbed a
"GTA ripoff" we'll see

@Belwo: i know its a different game, but this game does look like Sony's answer to DayZ which is NOT a bad thing but they do look like similar games within the same Zombie survival genre

[Seafort]

@UnbiasedOpinions
How can H1Z1 rip off DayZ? For one DayZ has limited crafting and no base building whatsoever.

For a zombie apocalypse game it has very few zombies as well atm.

Only simalarities is both games are in alpha :)

[Orange Juice]

@ unbiased

"Here is something that you can do here [in H1Z1] that you can’t do in other games, light things on fire. You will be able to burn down trees, burn down stuff and that is going to be a lot of fun,” he said in an interview with GamerTalkLive.Unlike other zombie games, H1Z1 will feature dynamic zombie AI resulting into different experience every time the player plays the game. “H1Z1 is the first game that we will be putting out that will have emergent AI. The zombie themselves have their own individual AI, they are not on some pre-programmed script script and they actually think of themselves.,”

As long as they keep innovating like this rather than cutting and pasting into low budget crap like saints row does, I think H1Z1 will be able to stand on its own as a major ip. I think this genre is going to be huge.

[UnbiasedOpinions]

@MyReplys: Yes i agree, the game looks great, i was just pointing out that it has already been compared to DayZ, and the similarities are there, DayZ screwed up lately though and we need something better, this may be it and i'm excited

[randomass171]

Just as long as I can play with friends, I think I'm cool with that.

[Eonjay]

thats what she said...

Good Morning everyone!

[randomass171]

Dang, all of you guys beat me to it! XD

[ATi_Elite]

"refill the cell in batteries"

this is not crafting this is tedious MICRO-Management.

1. find battery
2. refill cell
3. find battery acid
4. find special battery acid carrying container
5. be trained on carrying battery acid
6. be trained on proper battery safety
7. be trained to read
8. learn to walk
9 etc etc.

[frostypants]

The idea is that something like a car should be seen as a hard-to-acquire luxury. They have to make it difficult. It should be a major achievement.

[trenso1]

i get you point but and do feel the whole re fill the cell is a bit tedious but Day-Z getting a car isn't the easiest task especially if it totaled

[frostypants]

Uh...this article is just regurgitating everything we've already heard about this game over the last couple of days. In fact it's based on the same interview that was already posted and discussed ad nauseam on N4G. Typical GamingBolt. How did this get through?

[3-4-5]

Planetside 2 is HUGE so this world is going to be Gigantic.

[Ragthorn]

Yea the PlanetSide 2 maps are pretty big, and Arma 3's Altis map is REALLY BIG (270 km squared, correct me if I am wrong, forgot exact lol). I am still hoping this game will be great because I tried the DayZ Standalone, but it is of course in alpha and has way less content than the mod. H1Z1 is shaping up to be pretty good nonetheless!

[Lawboy2]

when was the ps4 version confirmed

[Rickgrimes95]

That was my question too I think the answer is that it is all but confined by smedley in an interview when asked about a ps4 version he said "well we are sony and it's been decided" that's not the exact quote but u get the picture

[MasterCornholio]

He also nodded his head as to say yes.

Dont know if thats enough to take it as a confirmation though,

But I will say this, the PS4 is the best console for MMOs and FTP games due to Sonys policies with their online network. I would not be surprised at all if this game gets announced for it.

P.S Also this game is being made by Sony.

P.S.S I find funny how many claim that PSN is terrible for multiplayer when its the service (on console) with the most multiplayer games. Everything from Call of Duty, DC Universe and Everquest Next can be played on it.

[Lawboy2]

okay cool

[gameseveryday]

It's obviously coming on the PS4. Smedley confirmed it in closed words.

[Delsin_Rowe]

I cannot wait for this Sony exclusive games, I also wish Sony computer entertainment third party could ask Garry mod creator to bring Garry Mod on PS4.

[Father__Merrin]

no doubt ps4 is the best console this gen

[o-Sunny-o]

I like the size of its magnitude. ^~^

[randomass171]

Planetside 2 is already pretty massive. I'd like to see just how big we're talking here.

[elhebbo16]

As long as SOE don't consolified the controls for PC then I'm good.

[Eldyraen]

I hope players can band together and create makeshift towns/camps to hold the zombie horde at bay while zombies can mass and completely demolish all their hard work. Perhaps have abandoned cities which can be adapted for better survival like PC centric communities as well as would allow for a template to use without going all out creative/original (plus could enable retaking ideal territory easier to expand outward).

I'm probably hoping for too much though but would love a zombie apocalypse that had some sense of safety but knowing at any time it could also be lost (for MMO players that tried Rift think when Rift mobs would attack a camp but more devastating when you failed to stop them).

Basically though the game sounds very ambitious and something I could get lost in for a while but will hold my breathe on how awesome it is till I can play it.