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The War Z

Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 7:50 pm
by BloodEagle
http://www.thewarz.com/index.html
The War Z - is it an MMORPG or shooter?
It's little of both and sort of neither of either ;) The War Z is first and foremost a "sandbox" survival game. We're creating an open world for players to live in, explore and ultimately create their own experience. There are no character levels or unrealistic stats, skills or abilities to learn and new players just joining the game will be on almost the same level playing field as a player that has been playing for a month.
It uses the Guild Wars payment plan.

If you want (mis)information on the mechanics: http://forums.thewarz.com/forumdisplay. ... -works-etc

YouTube video of actual gameplay as of 10-29-2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1isbx_SbN6M

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As interesting as the core concept is, I feel like there are a number of really poor design decisions that are going to cripple this in the long-run.

Is anyone currently playing this or does anyone know someone who is currently playing this? I'm curious if the game has anything going for it, since the video above makes it look boring as Hell.

Re: The War Z

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:50 pm
by Matthew
I like how their "Guest access passes" were for 2 weeks ago.

Re: The War Z

Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:11 pm
by BloodEagle
I think they still work, but I'm not sure. You'd have to track down someone who still has one.

Re: The War Z

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2012 9:25 pm
by BloodEagle
Okay, I grabbed it.

#1. Guest passes now last for 24 hours, and can be used whenever. I don't know if the timer starts from the time you input the key or the time you create a character, though.
#2. It is, according to the dev. team, in beta. Which is bullshit. This is alpha-stage.
#3. A lot of the core-mechanics aren't finished (or even up for testing), but they're pushing to release along-side DayZ.

I'll post if the game gets better, but right now it's a waste of money.

Re: The War Z

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:28 pm
by aldo
Wasn't The War Z the one that took an existing Counter-Strike style clone and rapidly reskinned it to cash in on Day Z's success?

Re: The War Z

Posted: Wed Dec 19, 2012 3:25 pm
by aldo
A rude, lying waste of money, it seems - http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/12 ... ore-135980