And given the shoddy state that H1Z1 is still in, the delay doesn’t seem to have paid off.įor those unfamiliar, a battle royale game drops a hundred players onto a massive map, with the simple rule that the last person standing wins. If the idea behind this game was ever novel, developer Daybreak seems to have missed an opportunity by keeping it in early access for so long. I won’t even pretend that I wasn’t spending every second of H1Z1 daydreaming about playing a version of it that’s smoother and more pleasant to look at. This fact offers little consolation in 2018, however, when the title has only just now limped its way to a full release and the genre has already been dominated by Fortnite and Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds - two considerably better games.

Having originally popped up in alpha over three years ago, H1Z1 can technically claim to be the first battle royale game. WTF Incentivizing cosmetic rewards in a game with zero visual panache.

LOW The game is ugly to the point of being difficult to read. HIGH The usual thrill of placing high among such a large group of players.

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