H1Z1

Also if anyone wants use this link to just see what Smedly is saying in response to the reddit, you can click the context link under his comments to see what he is replying to.

http://www.reddit.com/user/j_smedley

 

As much as I want a fully funded gaming studio to make a "DayZ" style game, I am extremely pessimistic about this game.

I do not appreciate SOE's decision to move on to this new FPS while leaving their current flagship FPS broken and unfinished. Hossin, Battle Islands, Continental Lattice, Resource Revamp, Class Evaluations, Spawn-camping-side, etc, etc, etc. Everytime I play I'm either getting camped in a spawn room, camping a spawn room or ghost capping. This never happened in the original game and it angers me more than it should. DO SOMETHING SOE. FIX YOUR SHIT. Nope, need another cash grab, release a dayz clone that will also be full of unfulfilled promises.

UPGRADE NOW!

That'll hold you over til the next Everquest.

/rant

 

While I kinda of agree, Smed explicitly stated in the reddit that no one from the PS2 dev team is moving or working on H1Z1 and that the PS2 team still (and will) be his largest team for the foreseeable future.

However my view on PS2 is that ship has sailed and no amount of fixing will ever draw back the amount of players (or myself) back to the game. AT this point I much prefer they just get the forgelight engine fully optimized as it still needs some work.

 

Smedley talks H1Z1's map size, population density
by Jef Reahard on Apr 11th 2014 5:00PM

Horror, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, PvP, News Items, Free-to-Play, Sandbox, H1Z1

SOE CEO John Smedley's not done talking about zombie sandbox survival MMO H1Z1. Earlier this afternoon on Reddit, Smed posted a lengthy comment addressing questions about the game's map size. Rather than summarize it for you, I'll just go ahead and leave the whole thing here.
I've seen a bunch of people asking questions about the map size. Forgelight is built to handle arbitrarily sized worlds. Our plan is simple -- we're building the core of "anywhere USA". When we first open it up to users the map will be huge, but nowhere near as big as it's going to be in short order. Our map editing system allows us to quickly add massive areas. We want to make sure we clearly understand how the players are playing the game before we do that. On PlanetSide 2 we made a mistake by making multiple continents before we had a strong enough idea of what worked and what didn't. This game is different. We're doing it smarter.

When we open up the early access there will be a massive map for players to enjoy. Over time (very quickly) they'll magically just be able to keep going further than they've gone before. It's a very unique way of doing it, but we actually think this is a better way to go.

So not to worry. Zombie Apocalypse isn't going to be any fun if it's like Disneyland on Spring Break and super-crowded. We want remote... haunting... being scared when you see someone. Your first instinct needs to be to hide. If there are 20 players in your view it's not a very convincing Apocalypse.

So how many players per server? Who knows. As we add more land the number of people we can hold on a server goes way up. So we're excited. We have a ton of zombies for you to fight too. You'll be seeing hordes, oh yes you will.

 

Speaking of which...

http://kotaku.com/after-eight-years-in-development-world-of-darkness-is-1563017855

 

Already a lie.

I'd like to officially announce that I am now on H1Z1. I am super excited to be on this project and lets make this game AMAZING! #H1Z1

— Arc (@Arclegger) April 14, 2014

 

I'm just bitter. PS2 was supposed to be "the game." Now there's nothing.

 

Being totally honest with myself.... being a part of the build up, riding the hype train, reading the new reveals, discussing geeky minutia with you guys... that's a very significant portion of what I enjoy about getting into a new game.

 

Arguably the best point on many games that don't live up to expectations

 

Well there are also games that have no hype yet people seem to love them as well. It's just the way it is. If we are not careful SC can be the next PS2. You have to remember these are just games and there are ALWAYS more games out there to replace the ones that are out now. And games are supposed to be fun yet so many people (myself included at times) get so upset because OMG a program has a bug in it and it caused us to lose our virtual pixel stuff....our lives are over. Every game will have bugs and things will happen that will make us upset at times.

I just pray SC isn't that game because so many people have invested so much money into it. I myself honestly regret spending as much as I did on the game only from purely a financial point of view. But I have also come to terms with the fact that money is gone so I just forget about it and will enjoy the game the best I can and not worry about things.

There will never be a game without bugs or exploits that will cause players some problems.

 

Here's the recorded footage from the livestream they just did.

http://www.twitch.tv/h1z1/b/520748817

 

SOE's new Player Server initiative debuting in H1Z1
by Jef Reahard on Apr 18th 2014 9:00AM

Horror, Business Models, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Free-to-Play, Sandbox, Player-Generated Content, H1Z1


Did you watch SOE's late-breaking H1Z1 livestream last night? Are you excited for the zombie survival sandbox MMO? Well, here's another nugget to chew on courtesy of CEO John Smedley and his Twitter feed.

[Thanks BabaGraPL!]

Source: Smed's Twitter
More coverage: Official site