At H1Z1: King of the Kill the big “Fight for the Crown” tournament took place. The winners took home $180,000 – for a single match.
We have already reported on the big tournament at H1Z1, which was broadcasted by the TV channel “The CW.” In a single deathmatch, 15 teams of 5 players each faced off – the winner took home $180,000.
Now the tournament aired on US television. The team “Obey Alliance” won and it was not a “close match” but a total dominance. All 5 members of the team survived from the first to the last minute in the “death match.”
Nervousness faded as it began
15 teams with 5 players each participated in the tournament. 70 of them died off one by one, while the 5 members of “Obey Alliance” emerged unscathed from the match.
In an interview with PC Gamer, one of the winners, Kevie1, stated that he had been nervous before the match. After all, it was the first big event in his life. However, once it started and he sat at the PC, he was focused, the uncertainty faded, and it was only about playing, surviving, and winning.
The video shows: Obey Gaming holds back in the end, when things get tough. They let others fight against each other and strike against the weakened teams at the end.
http://youtu.be/7Ugic2qhZds
The tournament was less about individual shooter skills, but rather about holding the best positions with the team, positioning cleverly, and always having a few steps ahead of the poisonous gas.
The broadcast was good, the game not – “Graphics at PS2 level”
The site PvPlive watched the tournament and concluded that the presentation by “The CW” was entertaining and excellent for the tournament. Because the tournament was not broadcast live, it could still be edited and cut – thus the level of presentation was high, higher than in live TV on Twitch.
But H1Z1 itself is not ready for such a big stage.
H1Z1 suffers from numerous difficulties. The graphics are said to be at PS2 level. The mechanics of the game are still lacking polish – the “weight” behind the shots is said to be missing from the game.
PvPlive accuses Daybreak of focusing more on the cash shop and new cosmetics than on really addressing the problems of the game: such as the mechanics.
H1Z1: King of the Kill is in a strange situation. Originally, the early access title H1Z1, a survival MMO, was as good as failed and dead. Then the “action part” was separated as H1Z1: King of the Kill from the MMO part and suddenly had success.
Because the title is currently riding a hype wave with the “Battle Royale shooter,” the sub-genre is incredibly popular on Twitch. It is great for watching. For a long time, H1Z1 was the only current game with this orientation and was able to ramp up its viewer numbers to unprecedented heights during the second half of 2016.
However, H1Z1 now faces serious competition from “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” , which is now considered by some as “the better game.”
H1Z1 was originally a survival game. From that survival game, the 'Battle Royale' shooter H1Z1: King of the Hill later emerged. The survival game became known a...
