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Sony's DayZ-inspired zombie MMO H1Z1 launched its alpha yesterday on Steam Early Access, where it received quite the backlash.Like a lot of massively multiplayer online games, the servers weren't up to snuff at launch and many users were plagued with login issues. Not exactly a rousing reward for those who just plopped down upwards of £14.99 / $19.99 to play an early build of what will eventually be a free-to-play game.
While these issues being ironed out, there's a bigger problem many folks have with the game: it includes arguably "pay-to-win" microtransactions in the form or air supply drops. This was a big shock to a lot of people as president of Sony Online Entertainment John Smedley was so adamant last spring that it wouldn't allow players to purchase important items such as guns, food or ammo.
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