Total shock, right?
If you didn't know, War Z was a zombie survival title announced soon after the breakout success of the Day Z mod for Arma II (which will soon be receiving its own standalone game anyway). As far as follow-the-leader cash grabs go, this one wasn't hard to pick out.
The plot thickens, however. According to a recently fired moderator from the game's forum, creative bankruptcy is the least of the game's problems.
(This is the text from his post - you can view a screencap of the original here)
I think the drama here can be best summarized with a hardy "Oh, snap!", or perhaps this gif.
The developers are at war with consumers, not with the shambling mobs of brain dead stiffs (What's the difference? Dohohohoho!)
TL;DR: Do not spend money for this game unless you really, really hate yourself.
If you didn't know, War Z was a zombie survival title announced soon after the breakout success of the Day Z mod for Arma II (which will soon be receiving its own standalone game anyway). As far as follow-the-leader cash grabs go, this one wasn't hard to pick out.
The plot thickens, however. According to a recently fired moderator from the game's forum, creative bankruptcy is the least of the game's problems.
EX-Forum Mod Devin here. Let me tell ya some stuff you can spout on for a new youtube video
My forum account was hacked, my fault, they deleted a lot of posts. I was de-modded and banned, got my computer secure, re-modded and unbanned and took care of business as usual. Except their company is full of dumb fucks and didn't backup the forums at all. No backups whatsoever.
Sergay then took it upon himself to tell Kewk to demote me for my fuckup that could have been reversed if they were not so fucking stupid.
I then made a post on the forums about how I knew this was coming; and I was sorry and would not long be supporting a company that did not support their unpaid volunteer Moderators that spent over 100+ hours answering THEIR CUSTOMERS questions and concerns as well as relaying them the ideas the community had for their bullshit game.
I was then banned for making a "Rage quit" thread permanent and here is the even funnier part my in-game account banned under the excuse I requested a refund
So, since I didn't sign any sort of NDA for those fuckfaces here are some interesting facts.
WarZ is a direct port over from War Inc. They literally took the game and added NPCs, made a large map, and changed around camera angles and gun settings while adding more functionality and switching over some things. ALL ART however was actually done in-house by their amazing ART team. (Those were the best guys to know, they were in touch more with the community than Kewk)
They randomly ban accounts that have a certain amount of time spent playing in-game, knowing they are hooked on the game so they re-buy the game.
Their anti-hack is actually functional but here's the kicker..wanna know WHY their bans are TEMPORARY the first time around? 0.8% hacking? Try an EXTREMELY LARGE PORTION of the player base is hacking. If they banned everyone they'd have a mass refund issue on their hands, and no one to play their piss poor of an excuse game.
they plan to HALT DEVELOPMENT AND ABANDON THE GAME in SIX months if revenue is not enough for them (I.E. People are not buying GC and spending the fuck out of it) -- take note, if they do not get ENOUGH revenue. They will have enough revenue to pay for the game development for over a year at this point in time already, but if they don't get enough to give themselves regular raises they will stop making the game and shut down the servers and website.
Here is a "Proof of ban" picture & a proof of me NOT requesting a refund.
(This is the text from his post - you can view a screencap of the original here)
I think the drama here can be best summarized with a hardy "Oh, snap!", or perhaps this gif.
The developers are at war with consumers, not with the shambling mobs of brain dead stiffs (What's the difference? Dohohohoho!)
TL;DR: Do not spend money for this game unless you really, really hate yourself.
