Author Topic: So THAT's the problem with WarZ.  (Read 4139 times)

I've been hearing a lot of talk about The WarZ lately, and very little of it has been good. I understand it was recently taken off of Steam by popular demand. I can find nothing detailing just why people hate it so much. What's the problem? Is it just that it's a terrible game?
« Last Edit: December 20, 2012, 10:19:22 AM by Man 2 »

It's description lied
It was very similar to another game
people are bitches

The usual.

It's pay to win while also being pay to play.

mostly bullstuff advertising:
  • "400 square km maps" actually 75 square km
  • "Many maps" only Colorado
  • "This is version 1.0" is a buggy piece of stuff (bad animations and textures, models sometimes not spawning, zombies berging out)
  • no tutorial or any real help whatsoever at all unless you have someone tell you how to play (i.e. you start off with a flashlight but there's no real sense of "where do i go?  how can i get a gun without getting loving ruined by zombies in this stuffty combat system?")
  • reminds me, stuffty combat system
  • charging for microtransactions + the base game itself while still being in an unfinished state
  • shady business practices by the developer period


let me put it this way, there's a good reason that the game is no longer being sold on Steam
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UPDATE: The War Z is no longer purchaseable on its Steam page. Speaking to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Valve Director of Marketing Doug Lombardi said the removal stemmed from “prematurely issuing a copy of War Z for sale via Steam.” Further sales are on hold until Valve has time “to work with the developer and have confidence in a new build.” Valve is also offering refunds by filing a support ticket. The game is still purchasable at $15, $25, and $50 tiers at thewarz.com, and playable through the game’s proprietary launcher as well as any already-purchased Steam copy.
via PCGamer
« Last Edit: December 19, 2012, 04:01:28 PM by Nickelob Ultra »

"250 players" really 70

"MMORPG" Not even close to an MMO, and the whole 'RPG skill tree' is non-existent so far.

It's basically Sonic 06.

hehehehe poor people who bought this game

Steam is also offering full refunds

also check almost every topic in reddit /r/gaming most of those top topics explain everything wrong with this game

"MMORPG" Not even close to an MMO, and the whole 'RPG skill tree' is non-existent so far.
skill trees aren't a defining characteristic of RPGs

for one
"a player playing for months wont have better stuff than a person who just started"
that's because they wipe the hive every month and finding any type of gun will take years to find

expecting a good game from the person that brought you big rigs

yes big rigs

expecting a good game from the person that brought you big rigs

yes big rigs

and how this game is a loving dayZ ripoff


I apparently enjoy stuffty games because I quite enjoy WarZ. I admit the texture work is shoddy, and the developer is almost too hush hush, the fact that you're plunged into the world without a sense of direction is the point. You're surviving a zombie apocalypse, you're not commuting to work. You have to explore to find the supplies you need and attempt to develop the psychology of your fellow players to stay alive. Personally, I feel not all of the game's criticism is deserved.

and how this game is a loving dayZ ripoff

Here we go..

mostly bullstuff advertising:
  • "400 square km maps" actually 75 square km
  • "Many maps" only Colorado
  • "This is version 1.0" is a buggy piece of stuff (bad animations and textures, models sometimes not spawning, zombies berging out)
  • no tutorial or any real help whatsoever at all unless you have someone tell you how to play (i.e. you start off with a flashlight but there's no real sense of "where do i go?  how can i get a gun without getting loving ruined by zombies in this stuffty combat system?")
  • reminds me, stuffty combat system
  • charging for microtransactions + the base game itself while still being in an unfinished state
  • shady business practices by the developer period


let me put it this way, there's a good reason that the game is no longer being sold on Steamvia PCGamer
The game isn't done, and I see nowhere it says "1.0 release"
Most games don't have tutorials. Does DayZ have a tutorial? Is WarZ as complicated as DayZ? Give you a hint, both of the answers are the same.
The only thing necessary, that isn't a DEAD GIVE-IN is probably the inventory key, however you can probably guess it, and it can be accessed from the Escape-menu (as the map can aswell)

for one
"a player playing for months wont have better stuff than a person who just started"
that's because they wipe the hive every month and finding any type of gun will take years to find
I have 20 guns in my global inventory. I was only given 1 of them. Heli crash/NORAD server hopping is easy to get guns.
It's pay to win while also being pay to play.
The only way money helps you, is if you're dumb you might buy a bunch of MRE's, or I buy cool hats, and I buy spiked bats for when I respawn.

So I guess you get a minor advantage. You can carry more if you spend dumb amounts of cash (the larger backpacks are like 1-5 dollars each) For like 1.50 you can get a light armour that does little also. I guess lots of minor advantages that are expensive.