Frozenprince
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Meanwhile the survival one hasn't been updated in over a year.
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H1Z1: KotK's concurrent playerbase grows 1000% since September, tops 110K con players
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Phrozenflame500
Member
It says so much that such a buggy piece of shit can become so successful just because it's the only decent title in an extremely in-demand genre. We'll see how Battlegrounds changes things.
Gormenghast
Member
And again to the topic of GAF becoming disconnected with the mainstream "gamerbase", no popular GAF thread for this game.
Not that I say GAF needs to be more mainstream, but it explains why people shouldn't be that shocked that a lot of GAF's favorite games aren't doing as well as they think
Game is super addicting and everyone seems to play it.
Not that I say GAF needs to be more mainstream, but it explains why people shouldn't be that shocked that a lot of GAF's favorite games aren't doing as well as they think
Game is super addicting and everyone seems to play it.
the kids are wrong
Compsiox
Banned
You're assuming Battlegrounds will be better and more popular than H1z1. When that probably won't be the case for a very long time if it ever even gets there. Also, there are barely any hackers in h1z1 because of Daybreaks systematic method.
ashecitism
Member
Still surprised no big publisher has tried their hands at survival or battle royale games all these years. Let's see how Amazon does with Crucible and New World.
The Division added it as a mode called Survival. It was very popular, though needed more updates.
They did survey about an H1Z1-like version of Survival as well.
But yes, I'm surprised at the lack of standalone products.
dave is ok
aztek is ok
I was comparing them based on how deep/involved the gameplay is. H1Z1 is the most arcadey and ARMA is the most sim-like with Battlegrounds falling in between them.
H1Z1 clearly has the biggest audience in the genre.
fluffydelusions
Member
Most people here who have played it says it is better though. I haven't played yet to say personally. Whether it will be more popular who knows. All the big streamers on Twitch were playing it during the beta. Guess we will see next week.
fluffydelusions
Member
Yup! I think the competition will be a good thing.
TVexperto
Member
Knock knock
Let's see how this plays out.
what is this and where can i buy it?
Gormenghast
Member
That's why I tried to say/ask earlier in the thread.
Battleground is in alpha ALREADY better than H1Z1, this is what they say. But The Culling too at the time was considered much better and it ended being a short burst.
I don't know why. The Culling was also better because half the time in H1Z1/Battlegrounds you're killed by a bullet you didn't even think was coming. Just unexpected deaths after 10 minutes of walk.
In The Culling, because of de-emphasis on reliable ranged weapons, you're actually fighting actively and sudden deaths are much less likely. You have a whole lot more control on what is going on (and it's also based on Unreal Engine, so not a complete shit of an engine).
Yet it fizzled in a short time. I have no idea why. Especially I have no idea why H1Z1 went up when on the development side it's almost completely inactive and just enjoying the money.
Battleground is in alpha ALREADY better than H1Z1, this is what they say. But The Culling too at the time was considered much better and it ended being a short burst.
I don't know why. The Culling was also better because half the time in H1Z1/Battlegrounds you're killed by a bullet you didn't even think was coming. Just unexpected deaths after 10 minutes of walk.
In The Culling, because of de-emphasis on reliable ranged weapons, you're actually fighting actively and sudden deaths are much less likely. You have a whole lot more control on what is going on (and it's also based on Unreal Engine, so not a complete shit of an engine).
Yet it fizzled in a short time. I have no idea why. Especially I have no idea why H1Z1 went up when on the development side it's almost completely inactive and just enjoying the money.
fluffydelusions
Member
New game from the guy who made the the BR Arma mod and h1z1. Comes out on early access next week (March 23rd specifically)
fluffydelusions
Member
I think h1z1 and Battlegrounds benefit a lot from being super popular on Twitch. I can't recall any of the big streamers playing the culling but maybe I'm wrong about that.
we know who to thank:
I watch quite a bit of people playing this in twitch, but goodness, all of them get so angry at the game and daybreak about the technical aspects of the game, specially Dr.
ashecitism
Member
To clarify, he made the King of the Kill mode for H1Z1, which turned standalone.
Azzurri
Member
I feel the same way as you man. I just don't see the appeal of these type of games. I guess the reason I love MMORPGs is the progression system they have, which survival esque games are jump in, die repeat and I find that utterly boring. Different strokes for different folks.
Compsiox
Banned
It's different everytime though. It's not like you're playing through the same level of a game over and over.
Azzurri
Member
But you're basically doing the same thing over and over again just on a different map. And once it's done it's done. I guess it's just the lack of a persistent world and progression I don't like. I mean I play sports games a lot and it's basically the same thing; different game every time.
Compsiox
Banned
Actually it's the same map but things go down differently everytime. Yeah, I think progression might be it for you.
ashecitism
Member
What's that in numbers and how does it compare to KotK?
dave is ok
aztek is ok
Won't really know until it's available for purchase on Steam. Right now it's just closed beta weekends.
KOTK's growth has been impressive though
~100K during beta hours. H1Z1 caps around half that recently.
CountAntonius
Member
Battlegrounds has better gunplay but it still needs a ton of optimizing. It runs much wore than h1Z1 for me.It's map is also awful but they say a new one is coming whereas H1Z1's awful map is here to stay.
H1Z1 is very fast paced and I think a lot of people like that about it. I would be surprised to see it die off completely when battlegrounds comes out but it will be something to watch.
Awww my first OT. Yeah the popularity dipped and never resurfaced on gaf even after the split and growth of KoTK.
H1Z1 is very fast paced and I think a lot of people like that about it. I would be surprised to see it die off completely when battlegrounds comes out but it will be something to watch.
Awww my first OT. Yeah the popularity dipped and never resurfaced on gaf even after the split and growth of KoTK.
ChosenPredator
Banned
Player Unknowns game is going to give h1z1 a fatality the amount of popularity that is garnering is tremendous
Goldenmoney
Member
CHINA NUMBER ONE
It's a really fun game to watch on twitch. I decided to buy it a few months ago and have put almost 100 hours into it, very challenging to aim in this game. Overall I think I still have more fun watching it then actually playing it. Server lag is bad especially if you're out east, and good luck if you come across an asian player in NA servers. They just lag all over the place.
It's a really fun game to watch on twitch. I decided to buy it a few months ago and have put almost 100 hours into it, very challenging to aim in this game. Overall I think I still have more fun watching it then actually playing it. Server lag is bad especially if you're out east, and good luck if you come across an asian player in NA servers. They just lag all over the place.
This statement is wrong on several levels.
BumperLips
Member
Yeah I fucked up. Shouldn't have said it without more research. Assumed Frog was the creator when it was someone else.
fluffydelusions
Member
About 7k people playing that compared to the 124k peak for kotk today. Guess that is why. Wonder how many devs they have at their disposal.