Controversial it may be, but no more than many other games.

However, i can't recall a game being released to such universal panning from players and reviewers alike.

WarZ is probably a contender for the worst game of the last 10 years.

Originally posted by dais

Hellgate London comes to mind.....urban dictionary even has numerous references to the term "You just got flagshipped".

 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Flagshipped&defid=2757484

 

 

I don't think anything could ever top HG:L. I still rip on my friends who bought the lifetime sub any chance I get.

The reason I feel no pity for the people who buy The War Z is that there a plenty of videos out there, whereas when HG:L came out there wasn't much known about the game other than OMG MADE BY THE DIABLO PEOPLE BUY BUY BUY $$$$$$!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, yeah. One game that comes to mind is Spore. They completely gutted the game and removed all these cool aspects just so they could appeal more to the "casual" crowd. You could go watch preview demos feature Will Wright and see that it was pretty much a different game.

However, back then the gaming community was thinly spread out across the internet and social media wasn't like it is now. Yeah, that was four years ago but think how much has changed.. 

People were outraged then, I could only imagine what people would do if it was released yesterday! 

the accusation of Darkfall being vaporware.

the accusations of mismanagement at MO.

the switch from SWGpreNGE to SWG:NGE.

but honestly, none of those made the headlines of the BBC. which accolade now belongs to WarZ.

Originally posted by Zinzan

Controversial it may be, but no more than many other games.

However, i can't recall a game being released to such universal panning from players and reviewers alike.

WarZ is probably a contender for the worst game of the last 10 years.

No More than any other Games?

I don't recall any games being pulled from STEAM.

That is as bad as it gets. I don't see a game recovering from this much flack.

Too bad too. I realy wanted it to work.

I hope they get it together.

Originally posted by chelan

the accusation of Darkfall being vaporware.

the accusations of mismanagement at MO.

the switch from SWGpreNGE to SWG:NGE.

but honestly, none of those made the headlines of the BBC. which accolade now belongs to WarZ.

Originally posted by Giddian

Originally posted by Zinzan

Controversial it may be, but no more than many other games.

However, i can't recall a game being released to such universal panning from players and reviewers alike.

WarZ is probably a contender for the worst game of the last 10 years.

No More than any other Games?

I don't recall any games being pulled from STEAM.

That is as bad as it gets. I don't see a game recovering from this much flack.

Too bad too. I realy wanted it to work.

I hope they get it together.

good point about Steam pulling the game.

in addition consider as well Steam's longstanding reputation for being hardasses about refunds.

Originally posted by dollada06

I have been trying to think if I have ever seen a game that has has so much controversy and uproar about it as long as I have been playing videogames. From the day it was revealed it was instantly branded as a stolen concept from DayZ.  Then they were catching a lot of crap for their lack of any information or real gameplay footage less than a month before their Alpha test.  Then there were the early on refunds which were a huge deal, the pay-for-clan debacle and now this revive thing and especially the false advertising on steam.  I really don't remember a game that has had so much negativity around it.

 

Anyone else?

You must not have ever read many of the posts on this site alone. Look back at the history of SWG, SWTOR, LOTRO, EVE Online and you name it....they have ALL had big controversies.  Not saying that War Z (or any of the others for that matter) didn't have it coming. They falsely tried to "sell" their product based upon features that were/are currently NOT in game. Yes, they may plan to have them but they are not now. You don't gain trust by selling wishful dreams as actual content.

EVE Online got a lot of negative press and pissed off users with 'Monoclegate' especially after the release of a couple of internal memos. But the War Z would definitely earn a spot near the top of the list thus far, especially for something that's not a fully released game, nor has a complete community yet.

Originally posted by dollada06

I have been trying to think if I have ever seen a game that has has so much controversy and uproar about it as long as I have been playing videogames. From the day it was revealed it was instantly branded as a stolen concept from DayZ.  Then they were catching a lot of crap for their lack of any information or real gameplay footage less than a month before their Alpha test.  Then there were the early on refunds which were a huge deal, the pay-for-clan debacle and now this revive thing and especially the false advertising on steam.  I really don't remember a game that has had so much negativity around it.

 

Anyone else?

Final Fantasy XIV.

When it first came out:

No auction house, 8 hour xp decline, buggy UI, quest are reduced to 3 tasks per profession, copy/pasta terrian, no jumping (rocks and pebbles could stop you), unreadable map, crafting actually takes 5-10 minutes, you couldn't see enemies, no markets at all, no tutorial, massive amount of censorship to shut people up about how bad this game was, comic artists talking about their adventures in game (but later revel they never played the game).

I paid 80 bucks for the collector's edition...

Here are the reviews and marks against the game, you could see I was mad as hell. People were fired, Square Enix is apologising and they have been attempting to fix and reboot this turd since 2 years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--LOYdzogDA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YalPV3cgI78

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La9nLBfH44c