Who is going to play "The War Z"

[sygyzy]

It's the players that spice things up.
On the other hand, like any spice, it has to be used carefully.

Wow, Pulitzer anyone?

 

[Jules]

Anyone still playing this? Im looking for people to play with. I have a TS3 Server so we can hook up. PM me. My Steam name is TFSPIKE

 

[Karsten]

I tried again, but stopped almost as fast as I started since nothing has changed as far as the guys that don't have anything better to do than to kill noobs.
A learning curve is OK, a little payment in blood to figure things out too. But being slaughtered within a few minutes by someone with an automatic rifle that will not get anything out of your death is not. It's simply not fun right now. Nothing has changed since my last post. Zombies... no problem, making it anywhere, even figuring things out right now is near impossible since you have people that have nothing better to do than to grive.
This reminds me about the worst times in Straglethorn Vale at the worst of my WOW days. So until they figure out how to deal with griefing I won't return. Just not worth my time. Just not fun!

 

[Madia]

It's out on steam now for $15. I'm going to wait for some reviews before trying this.

 

[smackababy]

I tried again, but stopped almost as fast as I started since nothing has changed as far as the guys that don't have anything better to do than to kill noobs.
A learning curve is OK, a little payment in blood to figure things out too. But being slaughtered within a few minutes by someone with an automatic rifle that will not get anything out of your death is not. It's simply not fun right now. Nothing has changed since my last post. Zombies... no problem, making it anywhere, even figuring things out right now is near impossible since you have people that have nothing better to do than to grive.
This reminds me about the worst times in Straglethorn Vale at the worst of my WOW days. So until they figure out how to deal with griefing I won't return. Just not worth my time. Just not fun!

They need a system similar to what UO did. The murder count system worked because it did not discourage killing players, but discouraged dying as a murderer. Yes they couldn't enter towns but that can't be in a game like this.

Let's say that players who kill "innocent" players are labeled as bandits. Their names are colored a different color than other players. In order to become a bandit, a you must kill enough players that are not bandits. Let's say it is 8 players. Now, when you kill a player that is not a bandit, they get a prompt to report you. If the chose yes, you gain a count against you. Now, as a bandit, any player can kill you without penalty of receiving a count. If you die as a bandit, instead of the 60 minute timer for that character, you must wait 6 hours. Now, you can lose counts by waiting 24 hours of server time without receiving a new count. Each time a count is received, the timer starts over. Now there is a middle state. Upon killing a player, for 10 minutes you are in a criminal status. This will allow anyone to freely kill you without receiving a count.

This system would offer a risk vs reward system to being a bandit. And if the game gains a community, there will be those who will strictly target bandits. Bandit hunters, if you will.

 

[Karsten]

It is clear that they need something. As it is right now it is broken and simply not fun. There is plenty that would be fun but for the silliness that is going on on the servers right now. As it stands I won't even bother to invite any friends anytime soon.

They need a system similar to what UO did. The murder count system worked because it did not discourage killing players, but discouraged dying as a murderer. Yes they couldn't enter towns but that can't be in a game like this.

Let's say that players who kill "innocent" players are labeled as bandits. Their names are colored a different color than other players. In order to become a bandit, a you must kill enough players that are not bandits. Let's say it is 8 players. Now, when you kill a player that is not a bandit, they get a prompt to report you. If the chose yes, you gain a count against you. Now, as a bandit, any player can kill you without penalty of receiving a count. If you die as a bandit, instead of the 60 minute timer for that character, you must wait 6 hours. Now, you can lose counts by waiting 24 hours of server time without receiving a new count. Each time a count is received, the timer starts over. Now there is a middle state. Upon killing a player, for 10 minutes you are in a criminal status. This will allow anyone to freely kill you without receiving a count.

This system would offer a risk vs reward system to being a bandit. And if the game gains a community, there will be those who will strictly target bandits. Bandit hunters, if you will.

 

[EDUSAN]

ooooh

the PVE clans
the PK clans
and the PKK clans

used to play that in the old diablo 1 game in b.net

I was in a PK clan. When you killed someone in diablo 1 you could pick up his/her ear. We exported the "bounty" and sent it by mail to the leader that would give us points according to the level of the victim, and we had a ranking of the best killers in the clan.

And there were some IMPORTANT targets that would give us more points if we delivered his ear.


those were the days, so much fun hunting people AND being hunted by the PKK

 

[gonvik]

I realize War Z has it's problems after reading this thread and many others, has anything changed with this steam release?

After reading the steam store page, then hitting the discussions forum for the game.. is 90% of the information listed under the store page false?

People seem to be going nuts on the game's forum, touting that mostly all of the features (100 player servers, lots of skills, etc) are completely false and have not been added yet as the game is still early in development. I even saw a "WarZ scam" tumbler page linked there.

I've never played it before, so just curious what's going on.

 

[KaOTiK]

I realize War Z has it's problems after reading this thread and many others, has anything changed with this steam release?

After reading the steam store page, then hitting the discussions forum for the game.. is 90% of the information listed under the store page false?

People seem to be going nuts on the game's forum, touting that mostly all of the features (100 player servers, lots of skills, etc) are completely false and have not been added yet as the game is still early in development. I even saw a "WarZ scam" tumbler page linked there.

I've never played it before, so just curious what's going on.

Apparently this game is pretty much a scam currently.
http://warzscam.tumblr.com/
That site seems to hit most the points from what I understand.
I was interested in the game, but this developer is beyond shady. I wont be touching this game now unless it drastically turns around.

 

[thm1223]

Is the DayZ standalone version still supposed to be released before Christmas?

 

[Dankk]

Is the DayZ standalone version still supposed to be released before Christmas?

That was the plan. Wouldn't be surprised if it got delayed.

I feel bad for any confused people buying "The WarZ" thinking it's actually the DayZ standalone. KaOTiK is correct; the WarZ developer is shady as hell and it's pretty obvious they're trying to bank off of the success of DayZ with their shitty clone.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/13x8na/shocking_info_on_the_game_thewarz/?sort=top

For anyone considering buying TheWarZ on Steam: For the love of god, please don't. The amount of negativity and consumer backlash from this game is so thick, you could cut it with a knife.

Edit: Here's a 42 minute video of TB playing it, just to show how much of a joke the game is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtKAm3nzg6I

 

[sigurros81]

This game looks like ass--zero art direction and what is suppose to be a zombie apocalypse looks like a Big Game Hunter simulation.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Yup sorry to offend anyone who bought it, from day one this looked like something that was quickly banged together me too type game to make money off Day Z.

 

[JumBie]

TB destroyed the game....I played a game of league and just listened to him in the background and I was cracking up the whole time. Good for them, they deserve all the bad publicity they are going to get from this one.

 

[Childs]

Yup sorry to offend anyone who bought it, from day one this looked like something that was quickly banged together me too type game to make money off Day Z.

I bought it in October. To be honest, its wasnt that bad compared to DayZ. UI is actually better. I probably played it for 10-12 hours. What I didnt like was in that time, I found 1 hand gun in a trailer, and thats after hitting all the military outposts. Ran into packs of players with M4s, AKs, M1014s, and some kind of sniper rifle. So 9 times out of 10 every time I came across another player I was dead with no chance to fight back. Where the game really fails is where it diverges from DayZ. Having your character disabled for 1 hour after death, and you need a unique username to create a new one. Micro transactions that arent persistant. Zombies are faster than you because you run out of stamina, and they dont. They can two hit kill you, but it takes a minimum of like 5 headshots with a flashlight to kill them. It is easier to find items, so you probably wont starve or die of thirst, but the map is smaller so it doesnt matter as much. I wrote up like 10 bugs and 5 enhancement/feature requests, but it ended up being too much work for something that is supposed to be fun.

At the time IMO it was a better alternative to DayZ because of the hackers, but then I realized it was just better to play neither. Its too bad...I really want to play a game like this.

 

[Skott]

TB destroyed the game....I played a game of league and just listened to him in the background and I was cracking up the whole time. Good for them, they deserve all the bad publicity they are going to get from this one.

Yeah, I just watched his video review. He really ripped into them good. He also ripped into Steam for allowing it to be on their service to begin with. Buyer beware, here guys. Buyer beware.

 

[smackababy]

Yeah. I am listening to the video and this game looks like a money grab, and an awful one at that.

 

[Dankk]

The 12-minute mark in the TB video is one of the most hilarious things I've ever seen.

 

[Nvidiaguy07]

The 12-minute mark in the TB video is one of the most hilarious things I've ever seen.

whos tb?

 

[Dankk]

whos tb?

TotalBiscuit, popular video game reviewer/commentator on Youtube.

Video in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtKAm3nzg6I

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Ha steam de-listed it for not supporting advertised features. Anyone who purchased it from steam is free to submit a support ticket for a refund.
Gabe kicks ass!

 

[KaOTiK]

This guy gives a pretty accurate and quick rundown of the shit that has happened with this game so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUrKdAjN4DM

 

[Skott]

This guy gives a pretty accurate and quick rundown of the shit that has happened with this game so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUrKdAjN4DM

Yeah he's been hating on it a lot lately from the videos I have seen. I can't listen to his rants for too long though. Grinds on my nerves. Not hating on him. Just saying.

 

[KaOTiK]

Yeah he's been hating on it a lot lately from the videos I have seen. I can't listen to his rants for too long though. Grinds on my nerves. Not hating on him. Just saying.

I agree, it was my first time listening to him and that was about all I could take of the guy.

This keeps getting better and better though. Apparently someone figured out that the promo image they used was a rip of some The Walking Dead shots hah.
http://kotaku.com/5969927/some-war-..._source=Kotaku_Facebook&utm_medium=Socialflow

 

[sigurros81]

This guy gives a pretty accurate and quick rundown of the shit that has happened with this game so far.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUrKdAjN4DM

Listened to him for 5 seconds and I had to shut it off. Sounds like a complete anti-social tool.