The War Z

[Iccz]

Posted about this in the DayZ thread and it was rightly suggested that it has a thread of its own. You can sign up for the beta on their website:
The War Z: The Survior MMO Zombie Game coming to you this fall!

And you find out a little more about the game here in an interview with the game's producer and designers.

The War Z -- A New Zombie Survival Experience - IGN

Looks awesome.

 

[stument]

Will defo be Beta testing this! looks and sounds great

Hopefully it is no where near as buggy as DayZ

Any news on the Beta Start Date?

 

[majnu]

seems like they are capatlizing on the success of dayz.

 

[Naaktgeboren]

Well...... if its strapped onto the Arma II engine, this will only go one way

 

[Iccz]

Will defo be Beta testing this! looks and sounds great

Hopefully it is no where near as buggy as DayZ

Any news on the Beta Start Date?

They say Fall this year, fingers crossed.

seems like they are capatlizing on the success of dayz.

Indeed, but competition is what makes games strive too make their's better - hopefully this will hurry DayZ to sort out bugs and such, either that or it will take over as a better game. Either way it should be a win for the player

And they do claim to having been working on this for a while - although do we believe that?

Well...... if its strapped onto the Arma II engine, this will only go one way

It uses the Arktos' Eclipse engine, I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not

Might try "War Inc. Battlezone" just to see what the engine is like. It's a free to play... http://www.thewarinc.com/

 

[Sinzer]

Shame really that they have completely ripped off DayZ. They say they had something in development, but to me it sounds like they had a basis that was probably not like DayZ at all and they have just decided to change it all around.

I feel sorry that Dean Hall has lost his work to these guys.

I mean no investment firm would put $4million dollars on the line for a hardcore zombie wasteland simulator. It was probably initially a WoW clone, with standard MMO trappings, then they see how popular DayZ becomes and they change it to practically a carbon copy.

I would still try it out if it is good, but just a shame that so much these days seems to just be ripped off.

 

[Miss Chief]

I can't see how a game like this could be knocked out in less than a year to eighteen months when Day Z has been in alpha for a few months only. I guess it's possible they had something similar and have tweaked it when they saw how popular Day Z had become but you can't do an MMO in a few months.

 

[FlyingShrapnel]

I can't see how a game like this could be knocked out in less than a year to eighteen months when Day Z has been in alpha for a few months only. I guess it's possible they had something similar and have tweaked it when they saw how popular Day Z had become but you can't do an MMO in a few months.

That's a good point, but it seems too much of a coincidence that they have similar features like PvP, needing food and water etc and their name is pretty similar too

 

[Sniper Ash6]

I was surprised that he said they took parts from DayZ, I was expecting a flat out refusal though it's pretty clear anyway.

Hopefully it turns out good for its own reasons, the beta should give us a good indication of this.

 

[AML]

Glad someone is making a proper game like this.
I wish there was more support for modders who make ip as popular as the Arma 2 mod, but the reality is that devs will always have the edge.

Will def get this when it comes out!

 

[gr0uty]

I couldn't care less if they rip DayZ off. I Love the idea of DayZ but not the execution. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

 

[MiniCho5en1]

I couldn't care less if they rip DayZ off. I Love the idea of DayZ but not the execution. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

Think the Arma engine is to blame really, i've never liked it.

I've signed up for this beta though, just hope it turns out as good as it sounds.

 

[majnu]

Looking Great

New Footage and Commentary for The War Z
New Footage and Commentary for The War Z - IGN

The War Z vs. DayZ
The War Z vs. DayZ - GameSpot.com

 

[majnu]

I feel WarZ is missing some element that keeps you on your toes constantly in DayZ. It's hard to tell what it is, maybe it's the music, dynamic weather or the fact that zombies don't run after you like a Jamaican sprinter when you fire a shot.

I do like the weapon crafting 18mins into the video, reminds me of the nano abilities in Crysis.

 

[Joe Pineapples]

I feel WarZ is missing some element that keeps you on your toes constantly in DayZ. It's hard to tell what it is, maybe it's the music, dynamic weather or the fact that zombies don't run after you like a Jamaican sprinter when you fire a shot.

I do like the weapon crafting 18mins into the video, reminds me of the nano abilities in Crysis.

Maybe its lacking the constant fear of having your character hacked & killed, or being shot on sight by a player armed to the teeth with all those freebies he got off a hacker .

 

[majnu]

 

[Supernova74]

Looking really nice, hope it delivers !

 

[majnu]

Hands On With The War Z's In-Game Store and Menu System.



The War Z - Gameplay Interview w/ Sergey Titov

 

[majnu]

https://account.thewarz.com/preorder/preorder.html

 

[Supernova74]

oh no it looks like its pay to win what a shame

 

[Iccz]

Yep, avoiding it purely because of that, I refuse to pay for a game then have to pay more just to keep up with others. Completely ruins it.
Especially as it's not even a well known/established developer, I'd probably okay with it if it was someone who has been in on the MMO scene for a while and you know you could trust it to run well.

 

[addyb]

Yep, avoiding it purely because of that, I refuse to pay for a game then have to pay more just to keep up with others. Completely ruins it.
Especially as it's not even a well known/established developer, I'd probably okay with it if it was someone who has been in on the MMO scene for a while and you know you could trust it to run well.

Yeah it looks good but ive no interest in it now.

 

[Supernova74]

roll on dayz standalone

 

[Sega Mega Dave]

I just wish someone would bring a truly polished zombie MMO out on a decent engine.

DayZ has many great attributes but ruined by an awful engine and generally very buggy game.

WarZ is using thr engine from War Inc which is also pretty grim.

 

[majnu]

So do we need to pay to play the closed beta on Oct 31st?