H1Z1 - zombie survival pc early access - out tomorrow (15 Jan)

[phil bottle 9,952]

lol I still haven't been able to play, they messed up my account and I can't log in.

 

Their customer service is run by bots, I swear it

[J4MES OX4D 10,183]

lol I still haven't been able to play, they messed up my account and I can't log in.

 

Their customer service is run by bots, I swear it

I still haven't bought it! I've never been so torn between getting a game and not especially with Resi Remastered out tomorrow. I desperately want to buy H1Z1 but something is holding me back...

 

I'm sure i'll end up biting the bullet and buying it sometime this week though!

[phil bottle 9,952]

They finally sorted out my log in and I got one for an hours or so last night.

 

I like the fact that I was able to craft a rudimentary bow and arrow from scratch but didn't like not being able to find any loot. A forthcoming patch is due to fix that.

 

I did enjoy stalking and finally killing a dear with my bow and arrow but didn't enjoy the fact that I wasn't able to harvest any meat.

 

I met quite a few other players, much more than I'm used to encountering in DayZ but eventhough it was a PVP server everyone was pretty friendly.

 

Though I did witness a squeaky voiced player getting robbed by two guys with bows and arrows. I didn't hang around to be fair. Escape was the better part of valour on my part.

[J4MES OX4D 10,183]

They finally sorted out my log in and I got one for an hours or so last night.

 

I like the fact that I was able to craft a rudimentary bow and arrow from scratch but didn't like not being able to find any loot. A forthcoming patch is due to fix that.

 

I did enjoy stalking and finally killing a dear with my bow and arrow but didn't enjoy the fact that I wasn't able to harvest any meat.

 

I met quite a few other players, much more than I'm used to encountering in DayZ but eventhough it was a PVP server everyone was pretty friendly.

 

Though I did witness a squeaky voiced player getting robbed by two guys with bows and arrows. I didn't hang around to be fair. Escape was the better part of valour on my part.

Good to hear Phil! Are the server queues still an issue? I heard SoE were ramping up their EU server quantity this week but unsure if it's done yet. Loot still needs much work though from what I've read. 

[phil bottle 9,952]

Good to hear Phil! Are the server queues still an issue? I heard SoE were ramping up their EU server quantity this week but unsure if it's done yet. Loot still needs much work though from what I've read. 

 

The servers were pretty packed but I didn't have any problems (well, it crashed once so that's a bare faced lie) or encounter any queues. There's a lot more US severs than EU from what I could see. 

 

The UI for finding a server could do with some tweaks, I'm used to DayZ commander I suppose...

[J4MES OX4D 10,183]

Just got the game today and managed to get into a EU server right away. Looks like they've fixed that issue as there were plenty of servers available and had a good range of server types with different rule sets. Walked around for 25 minutes and found a knife and quite a few zombies in a town I eventually stumbled upon. Found a pistol with no ammo and a few fringe items. The map lacks a real identity so far and just feels a bit characterless but you get the feeling that there is mostly placeholders in play at the minute and every aspect will be tweaked/improved. I died after getting overrun by zombies for my first life but wasn't really trying much - just getting used of the basics but I'll hope on again a bit later and try and learn a bit more from the game. 

[phil bottle 9,952]

I was just in now myself, I was on a german medium pop server. An entertaining 20 minutes.

 

Had a fist fight with a guy who spawned about 20 metres away from me.

 

I then came across a town where a guy with an axe who was running towards me suddenly started running away. I looked behind in time to see and then hear a jeep bearing down on me. Managed to side step the fucker and ran afer it into the town.

 

A lot of players and zeds in the town plus a madman driving around in a burning police car.

 

Entertaining 20 minutes indeed

[J4MES OX4D 10,183]

I was just in now myself, I was on a german medium pop server. An entertaining 20 minutes.

 

Had a fist fight with a guy who spawned about 20 metres away from me.

 

I then came across a town where a guy with an axe who was running towards me suddenly started running away. I looked behind in time to see and then hear a jeep bearing down on me. Managed to side step the fucker and ran afer it into the town.

 

A lot of players and zeds in the town plus a madman driving around in a burning police car.

 

Entertaining 20 minutes indeed

Ooooh that's brave going onto a PvP so early on - I chose a Bulgarian med pop server and after 15 minutes of running and collecting berries; I found a road and some random town where me and this other guy were trying to contain the influx of zombies. To cut a long story short; he survived and I didn't http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/535135100395858445/52223B7B67BE17FF1D3CC27F80C7D95DBD24CE6E/

 

Also found a jeep hidden in the woods but that needed spark plugs and a battery to get going

 

It's hard to tell which places have been looted because there is no indication like we see on DayZ - if a door is open; you can gauge that someone has stripped the joint but on this game, the doors don't open and there is no visual indication if somebody has been there. 

 

I think this game could be really good fun for randomness and messing about. It's gonna be interesting to see the updates and how the game grows. Later I'm going to find an appealing server with my preferred rule set and try and stick on it. 

[J4MES OX4D 10,183]

Fantastic video from Frankie just gone up

[phil bottle 9,952]

Fantastic video from Frankie just gone up

 

 

 

Frankie is the man, love his vids, a lot of folk seem to have issues with him, I've never been able to work that one out

[J4MES OX4D 10,183]

Managed to get my first car up and running tonight! None of them work pretty much so you have to collect the parts from ones dotted around and assemble to get them going. The engine sounds seem really loud with headphones so that needs tweaking. Handling seems okay and you can mow shit down no problem. Fuel consumption doesn't bleed too much either. Sadly, I got cocky by taking the vehicle up a mountain and subsequently crashed, blew up and died

http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/535135275378547660/9B6D67A94260672039CCDC428582CB13869DFD3C/

http://cloud-4.steamusercontent.com/ugc/535135275378548439/34AB318C72BAFFB6618158220132248F2A99BCF6/

[BO7H B4RRELS 2,456]

Thanks for posting the video.  I haven't watched any yet.  He seems like a decent guy.  I really want to play this game now.  That looks like a lot of fun.  I like the crafting aspect.