The War Z

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Post 1

The War Z

Has anyone played it?

Its a direct ripoff of DayZ, but as I haven't played it I cant comment. The online vids of it look ok, i don't think it has in game voice chat and the weapon audio might be a bit crap, and I have a slight moral objection to encouraging the devs behviour, but at $20 I am now interested.

Has anyone got any experience playing it?

Or a free guest pass?

Post 2

I purchased the pioneer pack. I think i have 1 key left, not sure if it will still work as the website gave the impression it was valid for the 31st of october.

I haven't played much, but i've always been able to join games within 5 minutes which is more than i can say about dayz :P.

Anyway, jump in steam chat and i'll shoot you the key.

Post 3

Yeah Ive played it a fair bit.
It is a ripoff of DayZ (although they claim they have been in development longer - but who cares really).

It needs some work on the pvp side of things if it doesn't want to fall down the same hole as bandit-ridden DayZ.

Post 4

I seriously love DayZ... but that love is overridden by spending 30+ minutes trying to get on a server and then getting kicked or hacked in seconds.

...but man. The game is SO good. Even with bandits. In fact, I've had my best gaming night ever on DayZ.

Post 5

ahh i thought you were talking about the movie
[Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwTxRuq-uk]

Post 6

Quote from grandinferno;407678:
I seriously love DayZ... but that love is overridden by spending 30+ minutes trying to get on a server and then getting kicked or hacked in seconds.

...but man. The game is SO good. Even with bandits. In fact, I've had my best gaming night ever on DayZ.

Is hacking still going on?

Post 7

I haven't played for a while, but given that it's a mod and the main dev is working on a standalone and not paying much attention to the said mod... I'd say so.

Post 8

Quote from The Happy Devil;407679:
ahh i thought you were talking about the movie

OMG So Looking forward to this, I Just finished reading the book and it's pretty freakin awesome. As for WarZ 1. Who cares if they ripped of dayz? There are countless examples of basically the same game on different engines. 2. It's already pretty much a bandit fest which is a shame coz I am trying so hard not to go down that route but after getting shot by "friendlies" and exploiters (not script kiddies just people not ashamed to glitch through the store walls and the like) I am having a hard time not pulling the trigger as soon as I see someone. 3. Pretty fun game Zombies seemed to have gotten harder in one patch which was great but then they noobed them again in the next which is stupid (all you kiddie fag gamers who can't handle the zombie menace need to shut up and just go play COD)

Deffinately needs to be played with other people will be much more fun when they open up the rest of the cities and swamp them with zombies.

Post 9

Quote from grandinferno;407682:
I haven't played for a while, but given that it's a mod and the main dev is working on a standalone and not paying much attention to the said mod... I'd say so.

Supposedly he's been given his own dev team and they're being made in parallel.

Post 10

This is now on Steam.

DO NOT BUY IT!

Post 11

Why not? I enjoyed it more than Day Z to be honest.
Or are they becoming vapour-ware? (Haven't played it in a bit).

Post 12

I've got my refund and lots of other people have as well. Won't be possible through Steam.

Hackers, Hackers, Hackers, Cheaters, Cheaters, Campers, and oops banned the wrong people. Too much to explain:
WarZ releases on Steam: Devs blatantly lie about included features, and neglect to mention game isn't complete. If this isn't false advertising I don't know what is : gaming

http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/151utv/i_made_the_hammerpoint_interactive_a_promo_poster/

Draconian rules in place: http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/152u0c/just_when_you_thought_it_couldnt_get_any_worse/. Make a complaint on the game on their forums and you get banned and blacklisted.

Those of us who have got refunds have apparently been blacklisted from the WarZ and all future games.

Lead developer made arguably the worst game in history.

Lots of dodgy stuff has come up, from outright copying LOL's TOS, copying DayZ's reddit web theme(taken down since getting caught), the game is basically just War Inc with a few bits tacked on.

Development time going beyond what they claimed to cash in quickly, Beta has disappeared and now become the 'Foundation' edition. They claimed to have been in development already for 'years'. Quite obvious this isn't the case.

[Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtKAm3nzg6I]

Post 13

Oh god.

Post 14

you didnt mention how the steam description doesn't match the game

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/12/fans-rage-over-war-zs-misleading-steam-description/

Post 15

The funny thing is that so many DayZ fans were panned online for accusing this dev of just being a copier/scammer. It turns out they were right - at least to a certain extent. Glad I didn't buy in on it. Will continue to wait for DayZ standalone.

Post 16

Have been hitting DayZ a fair bit as of late......The hackers are still roaming on some servers but you will get use to which servers are better with their anti hacks.....There are even whitelisted servers which offer a little more protection. Had no issues getting on a server AU servers. Once you go past some of the bullshit ARMA II controls such as your gear it is rather sweet..Minor bugs still with some loot and spawns but once you get use to the routine it is fine. Managed to build my life expectancy from about an hour to around 3 days. It is very easy and common not to see anyone for a very long time as you build your self once you get use to the location of things and your terrain. As for bandits well they are part of the game, nothing better than taking out a bandit and stealing his gear, allthough I havn't seen one for a while as I do my Bear Grills impersanation.....

Post 17

also, this happened in DayZ not War Z
[Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVFHQsWPMhU]

Post 18

i got it, is pretty average but its "3 so its what i expected for that amount of money anyway. i've played worse, much worse.

Post 19

Quote from mepm;407810:
i got it, is pretty average but its "3 so its what i expected for that amount of money anyway. i've played worse, much worse.

The only way it can get worse is if you're playing Big Rigs, the game that WarZ's creator made previously.

Nobody should buy this game based on its developer's ethics. People should not support dodgy companies. I bought it originally giving it a chance, I'm just glad I could get a refund. They've gone the Steam route because too many people were getting refunds through Xsolla.

Annnnddd now they're getting investigated.

Steam Community :: The War Z

It appears people should be able to get Steam refunds due to 'false advertising' at the moment.

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GameSpy: A Shocking Interview With The War Z Developer On False Steam Store Claims - Page 1

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GameSpy: Mostly corrected. Again, the Steam page still makes no mention of the fact that this is a "Foundation release." It is simply labeled as "The War Z."

Sergey Titov: What's difference ? I mean -- I'd love to adjust that BTW -- I just personally don't see what difference does it make? Ie -- THIS IS "THE WAR Z" game. It's not like there'll be "final release" or anything like this.

GameSpy: So as far as you're concerned, The War Z is officially out of beta and fully released, correct?

Sergey Titov: Nope - there's no such thing as "fully released" for online game. As far as I'm concerned The War Z is in stage when we're ready to stop call it Beta. This is basic version - bones that we're going to add more and more "meat" - features and content in a coming months and hopefully years.

What do you call a llama that is obviously a llama but the herder tell you it isn't.

Post 20

an alpaca?

Post 21

WarZ pulled from STEAM.

The War Z Removed From Steam [UPDATE: Valve Calls Release 'A Mistake']

Post 22

[Video: http://youtu.be/BUrKdAjN4DM]

Post 23

Some War Z Images Were Ripped From The Walking Dead

Post 24

How big is The War Z's map? - PCGamesN

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Would you like to know how big The War Z's map really is? 50 square kilometres? 75 square kilometres?

Around 10 square kilometres.

Post 25

to me, that is the worst lie of the lot