The only marginally interesting or entertaining part of this game is it's history.

January 15, 2015: It's sold under the name of H1Z1. It was marketed as an open world zombie survival game, akin to DayZ. I bought it for 20$. The game does not run.

After a time, they release a new gamemode; King of the Kill. It's a battle royale mode, made specifically because PLAYERUNKNOWN made a hugely successful battle royale mod for the game but then split off to make his own game (PUBG).

February 5, 2016: KOTK is doing well, so they split it off from the game, both of them costing 20$. They silently abandon the original game, only doing small feature updates and adding nothing but bugs. H1Z1 (The survival game.) is renamed to H1Z1 Just Survive. KOTK is renamed H1Z1: King of the Kill. Not long after they rename H1Z1 Just Survive to simply Just Survive (Which sounds like a terrible 3$ app game.) and rename H1Z1 King of the Kill to just H1Z1. (H1Z1 Battle Royale on consoles.) Development of the original survival game, "Just Survive", is still mostly halted.

October 24, 2018: Just Survive, the survival game i paid for, is shut down. The game is removed from my, and everyone else's steam library, with no refund. KOTK, or H1Z1, or H1Z1 Battle Royale...or...whatever the crap they named it, is shut down as well, and re-published and renamed as a different game, Z1 Battle Royale, obviously done to alienate the game from it's wretched history.

The kicker? It's free. Also, it's still called H1Z1 Battle Royale on consoles, and when Z1 BR is run, the window is named H1Z1.

They made a game said it was like DayZ. It didn't even work. Then they simply deleted it from my library with no refund. Z1 BR is dead, it garners about 3 active players. They actually, legitimately built a fake game and then deleted it for money.

Utterly disgusting development team. When everyone said the original game was going down in flames due to terrible updates, horrible balancing fix attempts that only worsened the balance, and endless amounts of bugs spilling into the game, i sat there, with hope. This is what i got.

They said the original H1Z1 was originally going to be made free. I was fine, 20$ for instant beta access to a DayZ game was fine. What they didn't say is that it was a blatant lie and they would toss the game in the trash in favor of another random game they made using the original games assets (I told you. They're terrible. Too lazy to even make new assets.) simply because Fortnite was getting popular.

And after all that?

The game sucks balls.

Don't buy download this game.

WARNING DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. IT IS GOING TO BE FREE TO PLAY IN NOT TO LONG, JUST WAIT FOR THAT

What I'll say is just the same perspective you've seen alot around here... just in different words. Basically H1Z1 (the Battle Royale edition, I'll skip the whole game and dev splits in between) was the first battle royale around. People enjoyed it and it was overall a good time. Buggy but alpha and betas exist for a reason, right?

Fast forward a bit and PUBG is announced and released and booms the BR market. Later Epic gives a free BR mode to their survival game Fortnite (also in beta, it performs like a charm and was/is extremely enjoyable, still getting updates extremely regularly).

While H1 was around and before PUBG was released what did Daybreak (the devs) do?

Push out little updates every 4-6 months, such updates that were NOT worthy of the time they took to come out.

After PUBG and Fortnite appear what did Daybreak do?

Push out big updates (mostly cosmetic) and completely reworking both gun mechanics and vehicle mechanics (which only needed tweaks, not ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ reworks) into what is now the 3rd gun mechanic rework that no one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ asked for. This shows H1 could compete in the BR market with the big boys again! Support the game! Hell yeah!

Updates that didn't bring anything good to the game, ♥♥♥♥ yea...wait, what?

Anyway, couple months later, the unoptimized, cosmetic filled, money grabbing H1Z1 is announced to go out of early access, aiming at a very good perspective for the future of the game, with constant support and updates from the developers.
http://steamcommunity.com/games/433850/announcements/detail/1673522637761530036


One week later (yesterday), what I will consider as an "emergency announcement" is given by Daybreak:

"Guys, H1Z1 is out and our future perspectives dictate that F2P is the way to go. Sorry for the buyers of the fully functional release, you can refund according to steam's refund policy"

http://steamcommunity.com/games/433850/announcements/detail/1675775070302263191

So get this ♥♥♥♥: The game is out and gets a huge publicity stunt, facebook, media articles, steam banners, etc. It's out! People will buy it more since there is alot of people who only buy the game upon release, Daybreak got a very likely boost in sales. Logic dictates one plays the game once it's bought, and according to steam's refund policy: if you exceed 2 hours of steam play time... the refund is no longer eligible.

Do you see where I'm going with this?

So they release this (still) unoptimized, broken and ALPHA-STATE WORTHY game and day 7 release the Free to Play announcement and make it F2P THE DAY IT'S ANNOUNCED!! And people who bought it during this week and played little over 2 hours (which is about 4 matches) can't refund it. Excellent!!


We (I mean every buyer with "We") got a hat, a shirt (not even good ones), a car camo, 10 of the newest crates (and if you get good valuable items to sell and try to refund your game through this "plan B", you can't sell them cuz... unmarketable) and 10K skulls (a currency) which allows you to buy about... nothing.

One dev said in the community hub "Hey - we can't control your luck of the day, but at least you have a few other ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to enjoy!"
People must feel so happy they paid 20€ for the final product of their game to be this. Some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Yay.
Oh and I mentioned the 10K skulls. So get this, with those skulls, you can buy: about a mix of 3-5 clothing pieces depending on which ones you buy, a car camo or an unlocked crate + 1 skin.

Wow, so much value. So much appreciation for all the support, love and suggestions we gave you throughout the game's lifespan, Daybreak.

So the grave was set, the nails were locked, they just needed to drop the hammer. F2P dropped the hammer. You compensated your loyal playerbase with ♥♥♥♥-all. You gave F2P users a broken game that barely runs, not even my GTX1060 can run this at 60 FPS at all times. AutoRoyale (their "innovative" mode which is essentially the same but locked inside a car) doesn't even hit 60FPS at all.
(And before you argue bottleneck I have an i7 7700k)

And don't forget. What would F2P users play? A game that is in absolute no way better than Fortnite for the same price... or Fortnite? We get a pistol, 2 AR's, a shotgun, a sniper, an SMG and 2 bows. Some weapons were even removed! Other BR's can get upwards of 15+ weapons!!


You can reward yourself with the Edition Packs! Bronze, Silver and Gold all give skins and crates for you to open and get your mass supply of cool skins!
EXCEPT THE PACKS ARE 20, 45 and 93 (NINETY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ THREE) EUROS!!!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/820442/H1Z1_Gold_LIMITED_EDITION_Battle_Royale_Pack/

LOOK AT THIS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, WOULD YOU PAY 93 EUROS FOR THIS?

You can get Witcher 3 COMPLETE GOTY EDITION + Fallout 4 GOTY EDITION FOR THE SAME PRICE. You can buy 3 copies of PUBG for this price!!!!!

And before you insult me for being a self entitled ♥♥♥♥ wanting a refund...

I payed 50,99€ for BRINK back in 2011 ON RELEASE. And I DEFENDED it's F2P model introduced in 2017. 6 years vs. 3 years. It honestly doesn't matter. BRINK is a full game. You get the story, multiplayer and skins all for free through the standard play everyone did back in 2011. The DLC's existed since 2012 and are cheap cosmetic aside from Agents of Change.

But this... this... there is no middle finger big enough from Daybreak to consumers and from us to them as well. All aboard the big middle finger convention!

So, what do you want, then?


I won't do the usual Pros and Cons ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, all pros this has are present in PUBG and Fortnite as well. All cons... PUBG and Fortnite have about 20% of such cons, if that many at all.

A cashgrab through and through, the biggest slap in the face of the year and that I ever got. I've seen shady ♥♥♥♥, but this level is astronomic, not even Aliens: Colonial Marines, Rome 2, BRINK were this ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up.

Don't even dare download this, just don't. Play Fortnite, it costs the same and it's made with love and care and not the most ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ business practises I've seen.

H1Z1 Timeline:

1. Early Access game Released on Jan 15, 2015 for $20. (Keep this in mind.)
   
2. People loved it, and it got support.
   (Sidenote: It goes all downhill from here. Yea. Pretty quick right?)
   
3. Devs made their BR mode a higher priority instead of their main survival mode (You know, the main draw to the game? Yea. Pretty smart right?)
   
4. Fast foward. In October 2017, the Devs split the one game into two separate games. (Sure! just split the playerbase in half! they'll still support us! Also, lets make each game $20 while we're at it so we can maybe make more money off this quickly dying game!)
   
5. Devs rebrand both games so many times it's hard to keep track. (Great for marketing btw).
   
6. Both games suffered from less people working on them due to less people working on them.
   
7. Daybreak gives up with communicating with their community. (The only people who still like their game).
   
8. Games such as Fortnite and PUBG came out which took almost every person away from H1Z1.
   
9. Daybreak came to the conclusion that they were dying. So what do they do? On February 28, 2018, they made the $20 game, that so many people bought, free.
   
   Oh, you thought that's where it ended? yikes! you won't like what you read next.
   
10. August 24, 2018, the devs for the game "Just Survive" (THE ORIGINAL GAME) announce that the game will be discontinued and taken off of steam. The game was never finished and is still in early access. Also, I can't get my refund.

FInal Words: I supported Daybreak by purchasing their $20 game. It got split to make more money. One of the games became free, which makes me feel I got scammed. And to top all off, the original game mode is now discontinued and I can't play it even if I wanted to. I paid $20 for actually nothing. Seriously. Never buying a game from Daybreak again. Also, did I mention I can't get refund?

H1Z1 Timeline:

Early Access game Released on Jan 15, 2015 for $20. (Keep this in mind.)
People loved it, and it got support.
(Sidenote: It goes all downhill from here. Yea. Pretty quick right?)
Devs made their BR mode a higher priority instead of their main survival mode (You know, the main draw to the game? Yea. Pretty smart right?)
Fast foward. In October 2017, the Devs split the one game into two separate games. (Sure! just split the playerbase in half! they'll still support us! Also, lets make each game $20 while we're at it so we can maybe make more money off this quickly dying game!)
Devs rebrand both games so many times it's hard to keep track. (Great for marketing btw).
Both games suffered from less people working on them due to less people working on them.
Daybreak gives up with communicating with their community. (The only people who still like their game).
Games such as Fortnite and PUBG came out which took almost every person away from H1Z1.
Daybreak came to the conclusion that they were dying. So what do they do? On February 28, 2018, they made the $20 game, that so many people bought, free.

Oh, you thought that's where it ended? yikes! you won't like what you read next.
August 24, 2018, the devs for the game "Just Survive" (THE ORIGINAL GAME) announce that the game will be discontinued and taken off of steam. The game was never finished and is still in early access. Also, I can't get my refund.

FInal Words: I supported Daybreak by purchasing their $20 game. It got split to make more money. One of the games became free, which makes me feel I got scammed. And to top all off, the original game mode is now discontinued and I can't play it even if I wanted to. I paid $20 for actually nothing. Seriously. Never buying a game from Daybreak again. Also, did I mention I can't get refund?

Never have I seen a game fall so far down than H1Z1. This game used to be fun, amazingly fun infact. The hit reg was bearable, the guns felt great and the lighting was great. H1Z1 was the #1 battle royale game for quite sometime.

This games worst enemy is its own developers, Daybreak games have ruined what this great game once was. With the additon of the combat update, the gun play and recoil was drasitcally changed for its core guns which left a lot of veteran players infuriated. To give a clear analogy to how bad this recoil change was:

Counter Strike (starting from 1.6) has had a VERY similar if not the exact same recoil pattern for the AK-47 for more than a decade and a half. All the core players have got this on lock giving the game a much higher skill gap. Imagine if Valve suddenly decided to completely change the AK-47 spray pattern with no logical reasoning? The outrage would be immense.

Daybreak are trying to re invent this game into something that it shouldnt be. It should be what the players want not what the developers want. The players have been screaming to the devs to revert back to the build of a previous season where the game was at its peak, but they dont listen. They say they wont do it and they dont provide any logical reasoning.

Now the gunplay is horrid, shotgun is broken, ENAS has plauged the play style and there is little to no skill gap in the game.

I really do want this game to prosper and go back to that beautiful game that it once was, but I sadly and firmly believe that it wont ever get close to what it once was purely because of the developers. If you want proof as to why I believe this, have a look at the Steam Charts and the H1Z1 Subreddit.

PUBG did not kill H1Z1, Fortnite did not kill H1Z1, the players did not kill H1Z1.

Daybreak Games killed H1Z1.

And it will never be great again.

This game started as H1Z1, the best zombie survival game on the market at the time. Their battle royal mode that came along with it was great too, however they saw a boom due to it on twitch and got greedy. They stopped development for their zombie survival game and focused on nothing but the battle royal experience. Once PUBG got big they got nervous and made changes to turn it into a PUBG clone. This failed and the game has never been the same since. They took away an amazing zombie survival experience, a fun and competitive battle royal mode. This was all for nothing. You cant play H1Z1 any more and Z1 battle royal lost its identity and was thrown in the trash. Reminds me of the poor choices the culling dev team made to kill their game. All of this for nothing.

Buy game for 20$.
(Next Day)
H1Z1 Is now F2P.
TF..

H1Z1 Timeline:

Early Access game Released on Jan 15, 2015 for $20. (Keep this in mind.)
People loved it, and it got support.
(Sidenote: It goes all downhill from here. Yea. Pretty quick right?)
Devs made their BR mode a higher priority instead of their main survival mode (You know, the main draw to the game? Yea. Pretty smart right?)
Fast foward. In October 2017, the Devs split the one game into two separate games. (Sure! just split the playerbase in half! they'll still support us! Also, lets make each game $20 while we're at it so we can maybe make more money off this quickly dying game!)
Devs rebrand both games so many times it's hard to keep track. (Great for marketing btw).
Both games suffered from less people working on them due to less people working on them.
Daybreak gives up with communicating with their community. (The only people who still like their game).
Games such as Fortnite and PUBG came out which took almost every person away from H1Z1.
Daybreak came to the conclusion that they were dying. So what do they do? On February 28, 2018, they made the $20 game, that so many people bought, free.

Oh, you thought that's where it ended? yikes! you won't like what you read next.
August 24, 2018, the devs for the game "Just Survive" (THE ORIGINAL GAME) announce that the game will be discontinued and taken off of steam. The game was never finished and is still in early access. Also, I can't get my refund.

FInal Words: I supported Daybreak by purchasing their $20 game. It got split to make more money. One of the games became free, which makes me feel I got scammed. And to top all off, the original game mode is now discontinued and I can't play it even if I wanted to. I paid $20 for actually nothing. Seriously. Never buying a game from Daybreak again. Also, did I mention I can't get refund?

They should just send h1z1 back to preseason 3