Development is advancing in the survival MMO H1Z1 . Fresh game content is expected with a patch next week.
H1Z1 is in Early Access, and the development pace was high in the first months, then it slowed down, fixed issues, and continued to develop the eSports mode “Battle Royale” for a Twitch presentation.
Next week, development of the survival mode is expected to pick up speed again. A patch will be released then. A precise date has not yet been given.
The patch will bring a fresh vehicle to H1Z1 with the “ATV”. It is off-road capable and easy to control. Two people can take a seat, and the passenger can also shoot. Such features are important in H1Z1.
The inclusion of women zombies adds variety among the biters. They resemble the female player model strongly, receive typical uniforms and outfits for variety: policewoman, park ranger, and a nurse are also included. Practically the Village People among the zombies.
Soon, they also want to create a new zombie type from the previous male player model, “Ivan.”
The biggest addition will surely come with the four-story Kurama building. It is quite a creepy hospital. Later, they want to show moving body bags here.
In the building, they also want to implement a new game idea: “Loops.” These are quest-like sequences. In the hospital, for example, there is a doctor who researches the H1Z1 virus and has infected herself. She needs samples from the world and grants the chance for codes in return, which in turn request special air drops.
Additionally, there is a special zombie who has a key – and this opens a certain container. These are not supposed to be real quests with a quest interface and so on, but merely sequences that arise from the environment and give H1Z1 more personality and background.
In the presentation from the test server, it can be seen that there is still much work to be done before one can speak of a polished version. But many will be pleased that something is happening again. It will likely take a while again until the still raw patch gets live fixes.
For the curious: All game content is already available on the test server.
