
Most character outfits look like IRL paramilitary gear, but H1Z1 also has unicorn masks and even a skin that looks like Ghost Rider. Daybreak Gamesįortnite often comes off as bit cartoonish and sometimes even childish, but H1Z1 goes all in on the more mature carnage with hyper-realistic graphics. Vehicles play a huge part in the 'H1Z1: Battle Royale' experience.

So while Fortnite players build magical staircases up the sides of mountains, H1Z1 players will be running each other over GTA-style. Perhaps the coolest gameplay mechanic that differentiates H1Z1 is the inclusion of vehicles. The middle portion of the trailer highlights an experience all-too-familiar to any fan of battle royale games: a player enters a bare house and engages in a chaotic firefight with multiple enemies.

Environments look mostly similar to those in Fortnite with its rural roads and compounds in varying states of decay and destruction, except H1Z1 opts for more realistic graphics and action compared to Fortnite’s cartoonish aesthetic. The trailer highlights the game’s intense and gritty action - which includes drivable vehicles. I wonder if GTA5 will be able to maintain its lead next month, too- there’s no major release for the PS4 in July either.If Fortnite: Battle Royale on PlayStation 4 is a little bit too cartoony for your liking, then the gritty-looking H1Z1: Battle Royale - which just hit the console - is totally for you.ĭaybreak Games released the PlayStation 4 open beta for H1Z1: Battle Royale on Tuesday and celebrated with a new trailer. You can check out the full download charts for yourself below, for paid and free to play games. Instead, that honor goes to Daybreak’s H1Z1, which launched on PS4 last month, and managed to hit millions in downloads right away.

On the free to play side of things, this may surprise you, but Fortnite did not end up on top this month. Now, admittedly, there were no major releases on PS4 last month, so it kind of makes sense- but even so, the game managed to beat out far more recent releases such as Detroit: Become Human, Far Cry 5, and God of War, which is hugely impressive.

And not just the retail sales charts, either- Sony reports, for example, that Grand Theft Auto 5 was the most downloaded game off of PSN last month. The title launched almost five years ago, and yet, even today, it continues to chart on sales charts around the world. There may never be a game like Grand Theft Auto 5 ever again.
