The War Z PC
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1.4 out of 10

Overwhelming dislike- based on 3199 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 66 out of 3199
  3. Negative: 2,741 out of 3199

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  1. Phlakes
    Dec 18, 2012
    0
    I'm not a fan of zero bombing, but this is out of principle.

    This game should not be allowed to be sold, at least as it is right now. It was "launched" in an alpha state, with absolutely no indication to anyone who doesn't research it that it's not a final release. Its Steam store page was full of blatant false information, which was "fixed" to contain slightly less false information, a    nd the blame was pushed onto the consumers, accusing that they, and this is a direct quote from the creator of the game, "misread infromation about game features".

    No, Sergey, you lied to lure people into paying for things that didn't (and still don't) exist. Good luck meeting your end-of-2012 launch deadline. I hope the lawsuits don't slow you down.    … Expand
  2. mrpoolman
    Dec 23, 2012
    0
    This game is just horrendous. False advertising is the only reason it sold even a single copy. either that or because they though it was the Day Z standalone.
  3. Tridus
    Dec 20, 2012
    0
    Bunch of fanboys on here giving out high scores blaming the customer for not "reading that the game is still in alpha/beta." Fun fact: the Steam page doesn't mention that minor detail. The company says the game is release worthy, and they're selling it like a release game. Don't listen to the fanboys, they're blinded by stupidity.
  4. murut87
    Dec 24, 2012
    0
    What a bummer,they trying to release the game that haven`t finish yet.And now people who brought it got scammed.Stick with DayZ instead.WarZ is just a piece of crap that they wanna look like DayZ but even better,but nothing can do anymore with broken gameplay at all and rob money by purchase something...what a joke.War Inc game should not make a game like this!
  5. Kossak
    Dec 20, 2012
    0
    The Developers are liars, the game is buggy, some textures are worst i have ever seen. Most important it's so **** boring - walking slowly through endless **** being killed by overpowered zombies and invisible players, etc. I just want my money back!
  6. Draken
    Jan 31, 2013
    0
    A complete piece of garbage. Some games just rip off others, and the results is often mediocre at best, but War Z beats records in terms of lazy game development. If trolling had its equivalent in the game industry, this game would be a fine example. Stay away from this sorry excuse for a quick cash grab.
  7. UndeadReviewer
    Jan 6, 2013
    0
    Buyer beware. The fact that this game was removed from Steam should be all you need to know that it is a scam. Their current scheme is perma-banning honest users in order to have them repurchase the game. Anyone with insider knowledge knows this game will not exist 6 months from now. Save your money and buy Arma II on Steam to play Dayz.
  8. Kyrzon
    Dec 19, 2012
    0
    This game is absolutely awful. Please, do not waste your money on this game that is a clear rip off of DayZ and is under supported by this greedy, banhappy developer. If you voice an opinion of dislike for the game, in any capacity (constructive criticism or otherwise) you will get a permanent ban and no option of refund.

    Save yourself; but this game isn't the way to survive.
  9. TechRyze
    Dec 20, 2012
    0
    Absolutely shocking behaviour by this developer. DO NOT REWARD THIS DEVELOPER WITH MONEY.

    In case you need more info - this guy made Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing. Google it.

    Rip-off merchant.
  10. Ecko69x
    Jan 21, 2013
    2
    Terrible game that is only further backed up by their customer support. War Z is not ready for official release by a long shot and should have been delayed.
  11. nbtc971
    Jan 5, 2013
    4
    Going to attempt to give a fair review... I have been playing this game since Oct 15th and as for potential, it has a lot of it. The problem arises from a few different front, first and foremost, hackers. Unfortunately the person at the top made a wild boast that the game was unhackable, you know what that did in the cheating community, encouraged them to create and sell cheats and they are rampant in WarZ. The other problem is, for whatever reason, promised features are missing and in all honesty, don't appear to be getting added to the game. The only thing that gets added are features that were in War Inc, a game that Hammerpoint created that uses the same engine. The community has been promised many features, few of which we've actually seen, none of which are even close to polished.

    The game is ok for what it is at this point, but grows stale with time. Lack of new features and very little to do other than kill other players in a deathmatch atmosphere means that this game is not as billed. Can it be saved? Sure, but time is running out.    … Expand
  12. andrix10
    Dec 18, 2012
    0
    this game is crappy, it is really a huge scam
    dont buy it, just wait for the dayz standalone, like i am even tho i never played the actual mod
    if arma 2 co will be on sale i will get it just for the mod
  13. Coeco
    Dec 18, 2012
    0
    Unpolished, unfinished and poorly thought through, War Z manages to disappoint me in ways I didn't think was possible. The producer is a moronic jackass, developers lie on a daily basis, there's no communication in their company and the game-play is still in very early alpha-stages. To top it all down, they are also trying to deny people their human rights by pre-emptively saying "No refunds" before the game was even released, knowing that it would have turned out like **** and that people would demand their money back. Good thing they used a 3rd party to transfer funds. Day Z fanboys raging at it before even seeing in-game footage aside, avoid this title like the plague and check back within a year or two to see if they've finished adding all the animations.… Expand
  14. peekitup
    Dec 17, 2012
    0
    Do not purchase this game. Many features listed on Steam are completely missing. The price was reduced to less than $15 in order to squeeze as much money from the game before it dies. I repeat: do not purchase this game, you will not get what you think you are getting. Just look at the War Z forums to see the problems.
  15. SystemActive
    Dec 19, 2012
    0
    The developers of this game obviously had evil intentions to make this game a pay to play but wasn't quite finished with the game so they charged people for it. Just recently they updated a in game payment for respawning???? So to the people that paid money here comes some more cash for you to throw at the game already. What's next? DO NOT BUY THIS GAME... You're NOT supporting the original creators of Day Z... They obviously rushed this to get the sales and screw everyone over. Just a side note the guy Kewk one of the developers http://steamcommunity.com/id/xkewk has Activision in his group profile so that basically says everything around the direction this games going.... Money grabbing... Save your money for Day Z they won't do something like this...… Expand
  16. Ansatsu83
    Feb 22, 2013
    1
    Worst thing I've ever bought on steam, luckily I got a refund. It was plagued by tons of bugs and glitches and lots of false advertising. It really shouldnt even be able to be rated a 1... I would honestly rate it a 1 out of 100. Yes, 1 out of 100!!!. The developer had no excuses on this one, then again the same idiot developed big rigs over the road racing as well, so clearly he is amateur and behaves like it too. How the people from gamespot, eurogamer, etc. gave it a 36 or around when they clearly said its not worth a single cent, really baffles me... I think they honestly have an auto generated rank and are required to put text on top of it to make it seem valid... Stay away from this with your life, if you think you have 15 dollars to waste you are better off getting a steak at a steakhouse...… Expand
  17. asmoron
    Dec 23, 2012
    0
    It just goes to show you, spending a few months to ripoff someone else by making a frankengame composed of broken pieces and unfinished components, lying about features, banning anyone with criticism, showing fake set-up screenshots and denying your failings is not the way to go. Hey, at least it was nice of a hundred of Sergey's employees to join Metacritic so there would be some positive scores for his landslide failure. It's not like they were busy making a game or anything.… Expand
  18. Sepoquro
    Mar 11, 2013
    10
    This is the best game ever 10/10 must buy, most innovative game of the year. Beautiful graphics, fascinating lore, brilliant story, deep character design. What more can I say? Get this game now, what a bargain for just $15.

    Just kidding lol.
  19. Yiani92
    Dec 19, 2012
    1
    A cash grab gamed base off of the success of the DayZ mod. Nothing good about it at all. Also has in-game cash store where players can buy supplies!! how is that survival?!?
  20. Kalahee
    Jan 5, 2013
    6
    Terraria was called a ripoff Minecraft which no one made any comparison to Infiniminer. DayZ isn't original either, Dead Frontier was doing the free roaming zombie shooting MMO. DayZ did it in FPS as a mod, why can't others do it? Medal of Honor, Call of Duty, Battlefield, Red Orchestra and many more did WWII FPS. All that happened was a new game play experience appeared, it's not like no game designer or player ever though of it. Won't be the only reason I won't compare, other reason is I never played DayZ yet, Arma II publisher are money whores hiding Arma X during the sales and raised the price to profit from a free mod popularity.

    I've been looking forever for a TRUE survival horror, trying to survive, band with people and create a community, tactical exploration for resources. DayZ or WarZ, you'll always have people killing people for fun, why would they care about the survival of a virtual person (and pretty sure in same situation they'd be either cowardly hiding or murdering people because there's bigger problem at hand and higher chance they won't get caught).

    Glitch and blah blah, all games have them, and not all experience them. Cheaters, Hackers and etc... all games have them and always try their best to protect their product from it. Flaws, of course there is and yes it's been rushed before DayZ standalone (don't need to be in business to know that).

    Bad business and other stuff. They all do it, and very few are noticable. They were just terrible at it and got caught. Delve Deeper devs are still getting bashed on for a crash to desktop bug, they are still a small team and are trying to work on their next game.

    Can WarZ be better? Yes and probably DayZ too. Is WarZ buggish? Didn't see any yet. Was I pissed when I lost all my inventory when I got killed by a mass murdering player? Of course, same when i get killed by wall hackers! Did I lose my money buying it? Not as much as preordering Duke Nukem Forever or people who bought All Points Bulletin.

    Should we complaiin, yes. Should we be unhappy, of course. But all this doesn't mean we can't be civilized in doing it.

    As for my personal complain on WarZ : Lack of construction capabilities to make barricade. Thirst and hunger comes too quickly, mostly compared to what you can find. Random spawning makes it painful to gather up with friends and difficulty to aim due the awkward camera position without cross-air with a melee weapon.    … Expand
  21. Aetherion
    Dec 19, 2012
    0
    To put it simply, this game is unfinished and broken at best. An embarrassment to a developer. Released way too early then it should have been and with a broken community. Save yourself, don't buy this.
  22. bosspiranhas
    Mar 17, 2013
    0
    I just playing this game, created a character and got in a newbie camp. trying to find out and run around. then i got raped by other player shooted me, look like a stupid people camping for killing a newbie ppl? cause it said PvE. all players can killing to other players. it called a PvP, not PvE. Well now got hour respawn. now wait? really? that's bs! well gg that's poorly game.
  23. Strider
    Dec 18, 2012
    8
    I just want to start of by saying that a vast majority of the "negative" reviews you read here, not all, but most of them, are people who never played the game, got banned, or simply "sucked" at the game. Many of them are the same people from other outlets, creating multiple accounts, to try and deface the game. The short version "haters are gonna hate". That all being said.

    The game is     not perfect, it most definitely has flaws, issues, bugs, and it's own sets of problems. It is released and up for sale, but it's no where near done. There is a lot of features and content yet to come. So please, don't go into the game expecting a polished complete experience. Go into it knowing it's a work in progress, that it's going to be evolving, being updated all the time. Graphic quality is "average", what one might expect from a console, but it's also not bad either. The graphic quality is subjective and up to the individuals own opinion. I think it looks pretty good for what it is. The gameplay is pretty simple and straight forward and easy to master. If you can play an FPS or TPS, you can play War Z from a control perspective. From a mechanics perspective, it can be difficult for some players. The game is not meant to be easy, it's meant to be a survival experience. You will be killed by zombies, you will be killed by other players, and you will loose your items. You will need to invest time in the game to learn it, find good loot, and to survive. This is not a jump in and win it sort of game. You will need to play cautiously, you will have to think before you act, you will have to take your time. If you expect otherwise, then perhaps this is not the game for you. The game does have a micro transaction shop where some items and features can be purchased for "Gold Coins", purchased with real world money. However, none of the items in the shop will give you a notable advantage over other players who spend no GC at all. The items will save you time, and this is good if you play on a tight schedule. All the items in the shop will also be available in the game, for free, as loot if you are lucky enough to find it.

    Those same items, can also be lost. If you die with them on you, or in your backpack, you loose them. They drop in the world like any other loot, and can be pillaged by other players. This is a great balancing tool IMO. NO matter how much money you spend, you are not going to pay to win. You will die with them on you at some point, and you will loose them, so they will add to the global loot if they are pillaged. Or you will use up the items and run out. Does the game have hack users? Sure, but you point me to ANY popular online game that don't. Simply put, you can't. Are they doing something about them? Yes, they are. They are working on their own anti-cheat and detection engine and banning accounts found to be cheating. It's an ever evolving process that they appear to be taking very seriously. Will there be false bans? Of course there will, this also happens in ALL games. They are double checking bans and if players are found to have been accidentally caught in the net, they restore the account, and they have even been compensating those players with gold coins to spend. Is this game a "scam", a rip off of Day Z, a "money grab", or just an War Inc mod? No. I am not sure why people keep saying this. The game is 100% real and legit, with thousands of active players. Yes, the game has Day Z concepts, but it's not a rip off. Day Z took many of its concepts from previous games. ALL games build on concepts of previous games. Example, the insane popularity of WWII shooters just a few years ago. Company after company put out their games, and you know what, they all shared a lot of the same concepts and gameplay. This is NO different. The game is not going anywhere, so it's not a money grab either. It is a War Inc. mod? No, it does use the same engine, only modified, and it does use assets from War Inc. Why is this a problem? What in the heck do you think Day Z is? War Z is not War Inc, no matter how much they share. So, IS this game for YOU? Well, I can't tell you that. It's up to you to make up your own mind. That's all I am asking. Don't listen to all the hate being spread, most of it is false, half-truths, or highly misleading. Don't even listen to me. You have a brain, use it, and make your own decision and form your own opinion. Look at BOTH sides of the arguments and do your own research on what people are saying. If you choose to buy and try, it's not like it's expensive, so if you don't like it, you're not out much. Perhaps you can come back to it later and see if you change your mind. If you like it, then kudos. I for one like the game. I take it for what it is, I temper my judgement with experience. I have been a gamer since the Atari days, yes, I am an "older" gamer, we will leave it at that.    … Expand
  24. vadikboss3
    May 7, 2013
    0
  25. Deadalious
    Dec 18, 2012
    0
    Poorly made rip off of Dayz. Most stated features are broken on non-existent. the single map is maybe 100 km, there are no private servers. even setting up a clan costs real money. The screen shots on steam are staged, there are no zombie hordes only a few here and there with no AI, This game was just a quick mod to the War inc engine to cash in on the popularity of Dayz, the game was rushed and it shows. There is really no point to playing this game, as a result all players have nothing left to do but sit around and camp waiting for someone to walk by so they can shoot them. I don't think this development company could make the game they say they wanted to make (which was just a laundry list of Dayz features). They seem very unprofessional and maybe a little shady. You are better off waiting for Dayz standalone or if you can't wait buy the Arma 2 pack off steam and get the Dayz mod for it. There will be a lot of fanboiz posting on here giving it 10/10, but this game is garbage and will not likely improve.… Expand
  26. rasive
    Jan 4, 2013
    0
    ATTENTION: DO NOT BUY THIS GAME

    The developers are straight out lying, and the game is NOT finished AT ALL. This is nothing but a quick cash grab. If you have bought this game, get you money back as soon as possible
  27. Brianmz
    Dec 19, 2012
    0
    Terrible game, can't even call it alpha ready, horrible animations, textures, very limited in mechanics, etc.

    Feels like a cash grab from the developers.
  28. danu22
    Dec 19, 2012
    0
    I urge anyone, do not buy this sick scam of a game. The developers tried to cash in from the popularity of the mod Day-Z and are also using an ILLEGAL TOS agreement to stop victims from getting a refund.
  29. cryocore
    Dec 19, 2012
    3
    The War Z is an cash grab low grade scam. It does at least run and offers some distraction so isnt deserving of a 0-2 as it succeeds in some areas. It however fails in many many more.
    Its a laggy, ugly, buggy, game that makes promises it doesnt deliver on and ultimately tries to cash in on the popularity of another title while failing to even meet the level of that title which is a buggy,     ugly game as well. Except that the other game is a free mod in Alpha. Dont waste your money on this garbage.… Expand
  30. Masterhummel
    Feb 3, 2013
    0
    This game is scam. Don't even try it. Inform yourself via google first. The games producer steals, insults and threathens people who criticize their product.
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Metascore
20 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 13 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 13
  3. Negative: 13 out of 13
  1. PC PowerPlay
    Mar 7, 2013
    0
    Its mechanical foundation - like this Foundation Release - crumbles at the lightest touch. [March 2013, p.94]
  2. MMORPG.com
    Feb 22, 2013
    17
    The War Z has about as much value as its crappy in-game melee weaponry and that’s not much at all. At least it doesn’t cost anything to play after you buy it, and the cash shop items are fair enough, so you won’t see people running around with machine guns just because they spent money. If you’re going to give your money to a zombie-survival game, grab ArmA II and a copy of the DayZ mod, or wait for the full retail version of DayZ to arrive on digital store shelves and check that out. Do not buy into The War Z.
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  3. 4Players.de
    Feb 5, 2013
    36
    The War Z might use the same elements that make DayZ an enthralling experience. But it puts them together so halfheartedly that you have to turn away in disbelief.
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