Originally posted by BillMurphy
Just FYI, I've already asked their PR to give us a bazillion Beta Keys when they're able, because you nuts will eat them up.  :)  Here's hoping we can land some for you lot.

FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ME WANTS!

Doesn't look like an MMO. Looks more like a DayZ ripoff.

Just because it "can have" 200 players on a public hosted server doesn't make it an MMO. If that were true than Arma2 by itself, or IL-2 Cliffs of Dover, would be MMOs. They aren't, so neither is this.

However, I will say we need more Zombie Sim co-op games to show an interest for a REAL zombie sim MMO!

I realize it is very early in development, but this game concept sounds like it will be griefer magnet.  Battling hordes of undead, only to get whacked from behind by some anonymous turdbomb? Yeah, that's fun.

We shall see.

From what I have read from their devs, War Z was in development before Day Z hit the scene.  They were really pleased with the interest in the genre though.   And Day Z is the best argument for interest in sandbox play in years.  We'll see if War Z can design it well enough to withstand the hackers, and give it legs vs the greifers inevitable attempts to screw things up.

Hope it does well, never can have enough good zombie games.... 

Originally posted by Arglebargle

From what I have read from their devs, War Z was in development before Day Z hit the scene.  They were really pleased with the interest in the genre though.   And Day Z is the best argument for interest in sandbox play in years.  We'll see if War Z can design it well enough to withstand the hackers, and give it legs vs the greifers inevitable attempts to screw things up.

 

Hope it does well, never can have enough good zombie games.... 

 

 

Right, they just happened on the similar name and concept.  I have a hard time believing that is true. 

WarZ..DayZ...who cares? It's not like the name DayZ is that original..it was obviously inspired by the Novel "World War Z" (2006 by Max Brooks..son of Mel Brooks) Also about..doh!..the zombie apocalypse...or even possibly the mention of Z-Day in the News reports at the end of "Shaun of the Dead"(2004).

I think  WarZ looks like a good mixture of survival and multiplayer FPS. An earlier thread..a few months ago points out it graphic similarity (i.e practically identical) to War Inc. Only tweaked a bit for the better. I actually find War Inc very entertaining so WarZ will be even better imo.

Originally posted by SneakyRussian

Doesn't look like an MMO. Looks more like a DayZ ripoff.

 

Its obviously a WoW ripoff what are you smoking? .... errm anyway who cares which 1 is made first i dont care if they used the name DayZpart DEUX  !! Its zombie survival horror which = lots of shootin zombies. As far as griefters and full PVP goes i think theyve got the right idea with the death timer going on = you wont piss off to many people b4 they put a bounty on your head and you have people gunning for you every where you run.

Besides with a character limit of 5 and a normal death timer of 24 hours after you die? ya i dont think many people will be as eager as you think to just start knockin people off especialy if there is a kind of message that say ooo

YOu wer just killed by player "JoeBoB1"

YOU ARE DEAD!!

In this case my first priority upon loggin in on my next toon that isnt on lockout is to put the biggest bounty i can afford on t his guy and all of his alts or roundin up some buddies and hunting him down myself. Basicaly if they can add some message where you cant just anonymously  kill people they are set.

160 kilometers wide by presumably 160 kilometers high is 25,600 square kilometers. Divide that by 200 players per server and it is 128 sq km per player. That is silly huge.

Either something is seriously wrong with his numbers or players will never find each other outside of hot spots likes cities etc. 

Sounds nice and cool, but if I wander around for 50km exploring, and get randomly sniped by some douche; yeah - sorry. I'd e-rage hard.

The game model is not good enough for the casual player. The idea is to punish excessive stupiduty by players with debuffs or similar, not reward the creepers who will sit on mountain tops and snipe noobs exploring. Will be interesting to see how long the rush-to-play-a-anew-zombie-game-community sticks around after the novelty wears off...

game sounds interesting BUT the biggest issue i have with it, is the fact i can be perma killed for no reason by some prick. it feels like its going to punish the more "neive helpful" player over the solo artist.

while i dont mind pvp in a survival style game like warz i cant help feel like ill be punished more by players then zombies. much like you see in dayz lps.  as much fun as that sounds, it not my cup of tea to be greifed and killed every day.  more so if the phat looootz is only on hardcore..

Hm...in normal mode your character will be dead for 24 to 48 hours and when all 5 are dead you can't play the game for 1 or 2 days? O.o Sounds like hardcore mode is much more forgiving, you die and lose that character, make a new one and play on. Even though its a none sub game it doesn't look like a smart business model to exclude gamers for 24 to 48 hours when all 5 characters are dead, and knowing that its fully Pvp i think most people run out of characters rather soon (i know i will).

O well atleast they bring a punishement system to the game, that is more than in regular MMO's where you pay a few copper to repair your gear after you died.

Great write up Rip. Looks like Day Z will have some competition after all....

:D

Originally posted by Jorendo

Hm...in normal mode your character will be dead for 24 to 48 hours and when all 5 are dead you can't play the game for 1 or 2 days? O.o Sounds like hardcore mode is much more forgiving, you die and lose that character, make a new one and play on. Even though its a none sub game it doesn't look like a smart business model to exclude gamers for 24 to 48 hours when all 5 characters are dead, and knowing that its fully Pvp i think most people run out of characters rather soon (i know i will).

 

O well atleast they bring a punishement system to the game, that is more than in regular MMO's where you pay a few copper to repair your gear after you died.

The game has a cash shop, do you not think one of the options will be to buy more lives so you aren't locked out?

Originally posted by SunwolfNC

Sounds nice and cool, but if I wander around for 50km exploring, and get randomly sniped by some douche; yeah - sorry. I'd e-rage hard.

The game model is not good enough for the casual player. The idea is to punish excessive stupiduty by players with debuffs or similar, not reward the creepers who will sit on mountain tops and snipe noobs exploring. Will be interesting to see how long the rush-to-play-a-anew-zombie-game-community sticks around after the novelty wears off...

Sniping happens in DayZ but it all depends how many players are in each game in dayz it's never more than 50. There are hotspots that you have to be careful not to get sniped in but the rest of the map the chance of you getting sniped while walking in some random location are almost nil.

Not every game has to be created to cater to the casual player though, I am fairly casual these days but I will put in the time with a hardcore game if it is good enough.

Originally posted by BillMurphy
Just FYI, I've already asked their PR to give us a bazillion Beta Keys when they're able, because you nuts will eat them up.  :)  Here's hoping we can land some for you lot.

Thank u very much! Maybe once i will be lucky enough to get my first ever beta key >.<

Originally posted by BigCountry

Great write up Rip. Looks like Day Z will have some competition after all....

:D

Thanks Big Country!