When comparing Miasmata vs H1Z1 [Early Access], the Slant community recommends Miasmata for most people. In the question“What are the best survival games on PC?” Miasmata is ranked 18th while H1Z1 [Early Access] is ranked 31st. The most important reason people chose Miasmata is:
Clues are hidden all around the island of Eden. No one is here to lay out exposition so you must find them all to unravel the mystery!
Specs
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Pros
Pro Mysterious story
Clues are hidden all around the island of Eden. No one is here to lay out exposition so you must find them all to unravel the mystery!
Pro Scavenging
Use your scientific skills and clues from your journal to find the three ingredients to cure you from your plague.
Pro No HUD
Miasmata gives you a clear view into the world to see the beautiful island around you. You interact with paper maps, compasses, and journals along your journey to discover the cure to your illness.
Pro No Combat
You are weak from your sickness and cannot combat against the fierce predator hunting for you throughout the island. The only thing you can do is try to get away when the predator is near.
Pro Crafting
There is crafting in the game so players can build bases to use as a home and a place to store items away from the rest of the world.
Pro Vehicles
H1Z1 has vehicles in game that can be fixed up to working condition to then use to traverse the landscape. Making travel a whole lot easier, but also making your whereabouts known and an easier target.
Pro Unpredictable
H1Z1 adds in an element of unpredictability with every encounter of another human player. Whether cooperation or fighting will ensue depends on the individuals playing and could go either way.
Pro Plenty of exploration
Exploration is a key part to H1Z1 as items need to be found to survive (though some gear can be purchased with real money as item drops). Depending on how lucky the individual is in finding the proper guns ammo and food/water makes for how long they are likely to survive.
Cons
Con Mixed quality on visuals
This game’s scope is very impressive especially since it was created by two brothers but it does show in the graphical quality of the game at times with muddy textures and odd animations at times.
Con Filled with hackers
Due to Sony's inability to properly combat hackers the game has become pointless to play. Hackers can just teleport into anyones base stealing all of their hard earned or purchased items, which being that this is a survival game makes survival pretty much impossible for any length of time.
Con Pay to win
Sadly despite claims from the developers that it would not happen, there are microtransactions for gear, guns and ammo in game. Meaning groups that pool their money and numbers to claim the falling crates will have an unfair advantage over those that do not pay to win.