Infestation: Survivor Stories (The War Z)

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 3958 Ratings

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  1. Shekky
    Mar 28, 2013
    5
    It seems the devolopers want to punish the glitchers more then the hackers. This game is ripe full of hacking which defeats the point of even playing at all. I'm a glitcher that never got banned but I've had friends who got banned just to glitch to have a fighting chance against hackers. I have even killed a hackers who have been walling and aim botting by glitching into walls.
  2. Simon8000
    Mar 27, 2013
    8
    People are way way way to rough on this game. They constantly update and tons of features were added. Plus nobody who reviewed it actually bought it, its just a parade of IGNnorant 10 year old fanboys with no life. They say it sucks, but if you watch the review they just repeat what IGN said. Give it time. Its very fun. I dont see a problem with the Gold Credits score, its not like you canPeople are way way way to rough on this game. They constantly update and tons of features were added. Plus nobody who reviewed it actually bought it, its just a parade of IGNnorant 10 year old fanboys with no life. They say it sucks, but if you watch the review they just repeat what IGN said. Give it time. Its very fun. I dont see a problem with the Gold Credits score, its not like you can buy guns or anything like that, just food, medicine and knives and hats.… Expand
  3. AK7
    Mar 27, 2013
    0
    I tried to give this game a fair chance, since it was getting sh*t on by so many people. Unfortunately I will have to take the side of the people who hate this. The game is so dreadful it's unbelievable, this game doesn't even a deserve a 1. There is literally no effort put into this game, really really bad textures, everything in this game is broken EVERYTHING, well maybe not everything,I tried to give this game a fair chance, since it was getting sh*t on by so many people. Unfortunately I will have to take the side of the people who hate this. The game is so dreadful it's unbelievable, this game doesn't even a deserve a 1. There is literally no effort put into this game, really really bad textures, everything in this game is broken EVERYTHING, well maybe not everything, funnily enough the micro transactions work. The game is nothing like the epic screenshots, it's seriously nothing like that. This game is a money grabbing game made by a terrible company. Again this game doesn't even deserve a 1.… Expand
  4. Azingbo
    Mar 27, 2013
    1
    The positive reviews on here I can only assume are developers or friends of the team behind War Z trying to salvage some sales for this horrible product.

    They mislead hard earned money of gamers. They over promised and under provided. They lied to everyone about the production times. They even stole graphics from 'the walking dead tv show' slightly edited and used them in adverts.    The positive reviews on here I can only assume are developers or friends of the team behind War Z trying to salvage some sales for this horrible product.

    They mislead hard earned money of gamers.
    They over promised and under provided.
    They lied to everyone about the production times.
    They even stole graphics from 'the walking dead tv show' slightly edited and used them in adverts.

    This game and the team behind it do not deserve your money.They deserve to learn the hard reality that gamers ARE NOT IDIOTS. We analyse your production data,applied patents,search reviews and press coverage.We do not just buy into your over bloated promises.

    Drop this game and attempt to build a franchise worthy of our money.    … Expand
  5. Duskspark
    Mar 25, 2013
    1
    You know, it's true what people say. A blowjob in the morning DOES make your day better. Oh this has nothing to do with War Z, you think? Good eye, brother! That's because this game is a money making scandal that copies everything about Day Z (The Arma II mod) and puts a price on it. I'm going to give you one simple hint: keep those 15 bucks, buy yourself some candy and enjoy yourselfYou know, it's true what people say. A blowjob in the morning DOES make your day better. Oh this has nothing to do with War Z, you think? Good eye, brother! That's because this game is a money making scandal that copies everything about Day Z (The Arma II mod) and puts a price on it. I'm going to give you one simple hint: keep those 15 bucks, buy yourself some candy and enjoy yourself with that. You'll have more fun with the wrappers than War Z, trust me.… Expand
  6. Enrekae
    Mar 24, 2013
    10
    The game has potential and is very enjoyable, i found myself enjoying it more then any other survival game. I would honestly recommend this to all my friends.
  7. loren2038
    Mar 23, 2013
    10
    Best game ever end of story.
  8. samuelhely
    Mar 23, 2013
    0
    This game is a the developers don't care about the players, they don't fix the bugs and just want money. this game. DayZ copy. Terrible gameplay, bad controls, boring gameworld, tons of bugs, tons of cheaters.
  9. Thangoldaar
    Mar 22, 2013
    10
    "Haters gonna hate." I can truly say that this game is underrated due to the hater.There were mistakes which the game's company did but this reason can't make the game trash.They're trying to make this game better nowadays.They release new updates at least once in 2 weeks.That's good for a game which is still developing.If you're reading this post and about to buy this game, just buy"Haters gonna hate." I can truly say that this game is underrated due to the hater.There were mistakes which the game's company did but this reason can't make the game trash.They're trying to make this game better nowadays.They release new updates at least once in 2 weeks.That's good for a game which is still developing.If you're reading this post and about to buy this game, just buy it.I believe that other reviews are written on purpose to damage the game...… Expand
  10. Tranquility
    Mar 22, 2013
    10
    I do not understand the hater of this game. The War Z is still developing game and owners trying to make the game better. I believe it is %100 worth to buy.(do not listen to the hater)
  11. Willsportalgun
    Mar 21, 2013
    0
    This game is a complete rip off! Hammer point interactive has LIED to all our faces, I don't under stand how people could like or defend this game or hammer point.
  12. Animefreak
    Mar 21, 2013
    0
    Buy Left 4 Dead or DayZ instead. Actually, Plants VS Zombies is a better zombie survival game than this one (If you can even call PvZ a zombie survival game rather than a puzzle game). This game is horrendous, do NOT buy it.
  13. Rahza
    Mar 20, 2013
    0
    If you think that buying this game is a good idea, prepare to change your mind, because it isn't. It seems fun the first few hours, but in the end, all of the glitches, bugs, hackers, graphics that are just *barely* comparable to X-com UFO Defence on low; and on high like a game that came out around Half Life, and people with AK-47s and full Kevlar body armor killing you as you spawn withIf you think that buying this game is a good idea, prepare to change your mind, because it isn't. It seems fun the first few hours, but in the end, all of the glitches, bugs, hackers, graphics that are just *barely* comparable to X-com UFO Defence on low; and on high like a game that came out around Half Life, and people with AK-47s and full Kevlar body armor killing you as you spawn with 1 granola bar and a can of soda, kinda kill it. Which might be fine if they made some MAJOR changes and fixes, but they haven't and probably won't. Arktos Entertainment (I believe it was originally called "Hammerpoint Interactive" before they decided to change their company name: probably to avoid all the bad press, although I may be wrong) meant for this game to be a quick pocket liner. Their EULA were stolen from League of Legends. Their support team takes days to respond with their copied and pasted fourm letter telling you to "restart your computer" and "make sure The War Z is up to date". They promised things that were not implemented and weren't going to be implemented for a long time (For example, they promised Levels and Skills when both said "coming soon...", and probably still say that). It is partially Steam's fault as they failed to mention that the game was in Beta still, but they at least gave us a refund and didn't blatantly ignore their player base. There are so many things wrong with the game that I could go well beyond the 5K character max for the review, so I'll just say this: The game doesn't deserve a coin, so go look for a good MMO elsewhere.… Expand
  14. Scuba
    Mar 20, 2013
    0
    Aside from the fact that warz is basically a clone of War Inc, one of the bigger FPS failures due to crappy coding, glitching, and dated graphics, The gameplay probably deserves a 2 or 3. However I rated them as a zero because of the lie upon lie they stated. They stated this was in the making well before dayz came out (When it's obviously a rip off of dayz), and they continued to makeAside from the fact that warz is basically a clone of War Inc, one of the bigger FPS failures due to crappy coding, glitching, and dated graphics, The gameplay probably deserves a 2 or 3. However I rated them as a zero because of the lie upon lie they stated. They stated this was in the making well before dayz came out (When it's obviously a rip off of dayz), and they continued to make many other lies in order to attempt to get a cash cow (Which they managed to do, I guess). Heck, they literally took the TOS from everquest 2 and just did a copy paste with no editing, and put it up a while back. You could literally see "Everquest 2". This is one of the companies that should be put to trial and sued for lies and slander.… Expand
  15. silentil
    Mar 20, 2013
    0
    Blatant rip off of DayZ. They lied to the community about their origins only to then have the title pulled from Steam. Now it's back avoid at all costs, wait for Day Z to launch!
  16. Barranoid
    Mar 20, 2013
    0
    The WarZ startet out as a promissing DayZ clone. It ended as scam...a rip off of the ideas that DayZ made so enjoyable. I really would like to go into detail but even thinking about all the bugs, not available features, bad support, horrible graphics and nearly criminal behaviour of the developers, I simply can't.

    Do yourself a favor and avoid this game whereever you can. Can one call    The WarZ startet out as a promissing DayZ clone. It ended as scam...a rip off of the ideas that DayZ made so enjoyable. I really would like to go into detail but even thinking about all the bugs, not available features, bad support, horrible graphics and nearly criminal behaviour of the developers, I simply can't.

    Do yourself a favor and avoid this game whereever you can. Can one call that piece of code even a game?! And DON'T mistake it for DayZ. That's a whole different game with a whole different developer.    … Expand
  17. Argusian
    Mar 19, 2013
    0
    Where to start with this pathetic excuse for entertainment. Playing a video game is supposed to be enjoyable, sadly this is not the case with The War Z. From ignorant developers to outright deception of their product, The War Z infuriates rather than entertains. When someone asks me, "What's the worst game you ever played." I finally have an answer for them. The War Z is the Citizen KaneWhere to start with this pathetic excuse for entertainment. Playing a video game is supposed to be enjoyable, sadly this is not the case with The War Z. From ignorant developers to outright deception of their product, The War Z infuriates rather than entertains. When someone asks me, "What's the worst game you ever played." I finally have an answer for them. The War Z is the Citizen Kane of bad video games.… Expand
  18. 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.
  19. johnnyblanco
    Mar 17, 2013
    0
    This game is a festering pile of camel dung. It is not even a completed game it is a ALPHA it's not even a beta as it's PLAGUED with problems, glitches, players who will kill you sooner than look at you and a mod staff that bans people for NO REASON AT ALL. Yeah. Go screw yourself hammerpoint and go buy The Day Z standalone when it's released later this year. At least THAT game will beThis game is a festering pile of camel dung. It is not even a completed game it is a ALPHA it's not even a beta as it's PLAGUED with problems, glitches, players who will kill you sooner than look at you and a mod staff that bans people for NO REASON AT ALL. Yeah. Go screw yourself hammerpoint and go buy The Day Z standalone when it's released later this year. At least THAT game will be FINISHED and not a piece of crap alpha that we spent hard earned money on… Expand
  20. lionodub
    Mar 17, 2013
    0
    This game is unbelieveable so many bugs and glitches zombies sound like dogs anyone you see kills you takes hours and hours just to get to an area. The fact that you are an ex military character you cant even run for at least 10 seconds before getting tired. poorly executed game. it's broken!! The fact that you have to wait 1 hour just to respawn because of when a zombie hits you, yourThis game is unbelieveable so many bugs and glitches zombies sound like dogs anyone you see kills you takes hours and hours just to get to an area. The fact that you are an ex military character you cant even run for at least 10 seconds before getting tired. poorly executed game. it's broken!! The fact that you have to wait 1 hour just to respawn because of when a zombie hits you, your character takes damage 3 seconds later and you have to pay for items such as ammo or food with real money!! NO WAY!!! I paid $15 already! It should have been like every zombie you kill, you earn points so you can buy melee weapons or guns not pay with real money! Also everytime you die all your stuff that you spent hours looking for just disappear and when you spawn are left with nothing at all! A complete waste of time and money. This game is not finished. Hackers are also common my DAYZ the list goes on!… Expand
  21. MenaceX
    Mar 16, 2013
    1
    The game is a piece of dump. I gave the developers plenty of time to fix their mistakes since release. Still nothing seems improved. Don't waste your money here. You will get more entertainment watching your money burn or by flushing it down the toilet, which is what I should have done instead of buying this dump!
  22. Loldude12
    Mar 16, 2013
    0
    When many of us have heard of The War Z trying to be better than DayZ, most of us wanted to see what the hype was about, the concept was good, I would give you that, however, it turned out, that it was a huge failure of a 'game'. The game often made me die unfairly by characters with textures not completely done, hackers which exploited the game and killed me from a humongous distance andWhen many of us have heard of The War Z trying to be better than DayZ, most of us wanted to see what the hype was about, the concept was good, I would give you that, however, it turned out, that it was a huge failure of a 'game'. The game often made me die unfairly by characters with textures not completely done, hackers which exploited the game and killed me from a humongous distance and the zombies by the faulty and horrible concept of the combat system. The textures are very horrible and looks like it took them 3 months to make this game. If you watch TheTotalBiscuit's 'The Bore Z', you have a good knowledge of what it is about, the most unforgiving parts of this game is that many of us were lied to by the developers, lying to us about the features of this game, and secondly, if you buy items with your currency that you used for real life, once you die, all the items that you bought have been washed down the drain as you are not getting them back. I am glad it got all the controversy it has as it is a messed up game which needs HEAVY improvements. Thankfully, I bought it on Steam and got a refund for it, that is the only good thing, but other than that, stay away from this game, as the scariest part of it, is buying the game and playing it.… Expand
  23. Chioto
    Mar 16, 2013
    0
    To start: if you play on a public server, get use to hackers and the "pay-to-win" item mall they have up. You find a few different types of pistols and rifles often but never mags for these weapons. So most the weight/space in your pack are just 7-10 bullet guns that you end up tossing on the ground. Food and water seem abundant in most areas as well. As well, the zombies seem to do someTo start: if you play on a public server, get use to hackers and the "pay-to-win" item mall they have up. You find a few different types of pistols and rifles often but never mags for these weapons. So most the weight/space in your pack are just 7-10 bullet guns that you end up tossing on the ground. Food and water seem abundant in most areas as well. As well, the zombies seem to do some weird congregation into these sometimes large clusters of 3-15 zombies standing all on top of each other. The zombies have no AI at all and just go to the nearest person to them. Aggro radius of weapons and sound do not seem to match up and many people would agree the newly added skill tree doesn't even seem to add the benefits to the character.

    Also the game is ripped off of the well known Dayz mod. Everything they claimed on the steam page (the first go) is not "yet" implemented into the game. You are NOT able to sell items to vendors, you are NOT able to spawn in high population servers without getting aimbot killed or some kind of hack killed, 70-80% of the good items cost REAL MONEY to get, the other items cost an absurd amount of in-game money to purchase. There is only 1 map maybe about 90-100km2 and no transportation other than walking so trips start taking hours depending on where you start on the map (assuming you do not get killed by another player instantly). There are only 2 buildings in each settlement even in use currently; the vault where you store items and gear, and the vendor for purchasing ammo and other useful items. You are NOT able to leave notes for players other than with time capsules which cost REAL MONEY to obtain or you may get lucky enough to find one.

    The Steam page does NOT mention the game is in so called beta stage (when in my opinion the game is so broken it should be alpha if anything). You glitch through buildings often hoping up on top of the roof or just falling straight through dieing.

    All in all with all the broken mechanics of the game, the shotty graphics that still seem to eat up all your computers resources, and the pay-to-win item mall, I would say stay away from this game if at all possible or get buddy buddy with someone and a private server. In all honesty with all the blatant lies and all the false advertising, I'm surprised the customer base hasn't started a class action suit against them (or what ever it would be called lol I'm no lawyer). For this I give them a 0/10 but the game concept would be awesome with a competent company behind it.    … Expand
  24. justop2013
    Mar 14, 2013
    0
    this game is a piece of crap go buy amra 2 or 3 there better than this ecspalialy with the dayz mod this is a rip off of dayz but dayz is free so f this game
  25. Hamburglar
    Mar 13, 2013
    2
    This game could have been great, it has a lot of potential. but I can't help to be bothered by the greed of these terrible developers, the game apprently isn't finished yet, but already charging high prices for additional items, and even respawns. Seriously 1 f*cking hour to respawn, or buy a respawn? That is incredibly stupid, as if isn't hard enough to survive, when conviniently youThis game could have been great, it has a lot of potential. but I can't help to be bothered by the greed of these terrible developers, the game apprently isn't finished yet, but already charging high prices for additional items, and even respawns. Seriously 1 f*cking hour to respawn, or buy a respawn? That is incredibly stupid, as if isn't hard enough to survive, when conviniently you can't find what you need in the game when you need it most and to reach safe zones way too long, and too little of them. This game is complete sh*t and regret spending 15 on it, just to see I'd have to spend more to actually enjoy such terrible set up of game mechanics. Maybe one day this losers will fix this cheap money drain, but for now that's all it is.… Expand
  26. wasabi867
    Mar 13, 2013
    8
    I review it from a point with ~15 hours of gameplay, to be honest, it isnt all that bad as everyone says. I have ~200 Hours of gameplay on dayz and all i can say is that, you should also give WarZ a fair Chance...... I give this Game a fair 8, also keep in mind that it is FAR from complete....
  27. xzenocrimzie
    Mar 12, 2013
    0
    I played the game in alpha stage. It was crap. I played the game in it's beta stage. Nothing changed but they added safe zones that aren't actually safe in any way shape or form. I filled out a million bug reports but nothing got fixed. After the 'release', the game is still not what it should be. It's not a game, it's a catastrophe.
  28. Aeon_Amadi
    Mar 12, 2013
    1
    I have no idea why I bought this game. It started off very enthralling and very entertaining and then I started to realize the issues. Apart from all of the other ones listed by other members my main issues were this: Items bought with real money only apply to one character and are dropped whenever you die. "settlements" are no-pvp safe zones but they're RIDDLED with campers sittingI have no idea why I bought this game. It started off very enthralling and very entertaining and then I started to realize the issues. Apart from all of the other ones listed by other members my main issues were this: Items bought with real money only apply to one character and are dropped whenever you die. "settlements" are no-pvp safe zones but they're RIDDLED with campers sitting outside of the safe zone waiting for people to come out so they can get free gear. Spawn points are very often camped. Areas that spawn Guns/Melee items are ALWAYS camped. There are so many griefers in this game it makes any sense of community absolutely pointless. Clans will stack their members in "camp" sites and kill -anyone- including new characters. Another thing that makes this game silly? New characters only start out with a flashlight, and that's -IT-. Being as all the weapon sites are camped you HAVE to spend REAL MONEY in order to get an edge.

    To hell with this game.    … Expand
  29. knapp16
    Mar 11, 2013
    7
    The War Z has a horrible reputation, that alone will drive away many potential buyers. For that same reason I did not purchase the game until only recently. After playing for a few days I will say that I am actually having fun. I play with one of my friends and we have a blast sneaking through dense zombie infested regions to get those few cans of food or that bottle of water (or if we'reThe War Z has a horrible reputation, that alone will drive away many potential buyers. For that same reason I did not purchase the game until only recently. After playing for a few days I will say that I am actually having fun. I play with one of my friends and we have a blast sneaking through dense zombie infested regions to get those few cans of food or that bottle of water (or if we're lucky a new weapon.) And then the thrill of hearing nearby gunshots and praying they are not meant for you is a pleasant change in the world of fast paced FPS games. What really made me purchase this game, though, was seeing that the developers were releasing new patches constantly. To me that means they really are trying to get the game to where everyone will like it. Hammerpoint clearly isn't a pro though and it is taking time. I like to think of the game at the moment as an in an alpha phase, and now that I purchased it I get to watch it grow and hopefully bloom.… Expand
  30. 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.
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Metascore
20

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

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. 4P.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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