I'm playing H1Z1 and having a blast. Yeah, the paid airdrops are a rotten feature, but as noted above, you're not even guaranteed the airdrop. My pal was standing right under an airdrop when it fell. He said the area was swarmed with no less than 60 people in an all-out deathmatch.
People purchasing airdrops are probably wealthy. Or dumb. Probably both.
Aside from that, the game offers a unique approach on the zombie survival aspect. This is the first time in a survival shoot-em up where it does not always make sense to kill on sight. Many times, I find some other dude just running around scavenging, we make friendly and go about it together. So far it's very, very hard to find enough materials to build an actual base, so most players are just living the nomad lifestyle.
Death is not a huge deal. Usually pretty funny, actually. Especially since there's no chat. That's right, you can't type in messages. The game is played strictly using voice proximity chat, which is both hilarious and a pain in the ass. There are character motions tied F1 - F11 (for instance, F1 is to wave, F1 is to flip the bird, and everything in between) if you are in close proximity to enemies, they can hear your voice chat and vice versa, so you are stuck using the F buttons to communicate.
The game has a long way to go, but it's lots of fun and worth the $20.
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