Ontwikkelaars H1Z1 fans van DayZ volgens SEO president

De ontwikkelaars van H1Z1 zijn fans van DayZ, volgens SEO president John Smedley. Smedley beantwoordde vragen via de website Reddit over H1Z1. In dit artikel zei hij het volgende over de verschillen tussen de games en over het grote voorbeeld DayZ:

Not going to give some politically correct dodgy b.s. answer. H1Z1 is a survival in a Zombie Apocalypse game. So is DayZ. They have made a brilliant game (first I might add). So sure. We're another Zombie Apocalypse game. Call it what it is. But our goal is to make ours fun, accessible, hard core and super, super deep.

This is our take on the Zombie Apocalypse with a lot of friends and hopefully some great enemies both living and dead. We're proud to be up front and say we love DayZ and the job they've done and we hope they enjoy what we make, too.

A key difference, is that H1Z1 will allow players to create "structures, forts and towns" to hold out against the post-apocalyptic nightmare. There also will be "a deep in-game economy that is heavily dependent on crafting. Players will be able to become manufacturers ... sell bullets, arrows ... etc. The in-game economy will be entirely player driven.

Al met al zijn de ontwikkelaars goed te spreken over DayZ. Wij zijn alvast nieuwsgierig hoe H1Z1 gaat uitpakken en in hoeverre de game zijn eigen smoel krijgt. De game zal ergens in de komende weken beschikbaar worden via Steam Early Access. Later komt de game ook naar de PlayStation 4.