Infestation: Survivor Stories (The War Z)

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1.7

Overwhelming dislike- based on 3958 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 502 out of 3958
  2. Mixed: 155 out of 3958
  3. Negative: 3,301 out of 3958

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  1. Animus_V0x
    Jun 22, 2023
    3
    We had some fun nights with my friends at the time where it was still called War Z. Then cheaters arrived, the game hasn't evolved and we got bored really quickly.
    The game became a Pvp arena full of aim-bots or wall-hacks and bugs everywhere and the Pve servers were just empty and boring.
  2. simrik
    Jan 31, 2020
    1
    Don't buy. It's a scam.

    I really do love zombie shooters and it first looked like a promising game. But there are so many things (starting with login, ui issues...) that make this entire game not enjoyable.
  3. alexislapute
    Feb 21, 2019
    0
    ce jeu est optimisé avec le cul est ce qu on me prend pour un con.
    ce jeu est une vulgaire copie de day Z
    je ne peux le recommander passez votre chemin
  4. Apone
    Nov 30, 2016
    0
    If you miss Infestation Survivor stories the fret not, Infestation the newZ is available. Expect the same old gameplay, hackers, scam devs, Sergey Titoff, subpar graphics and just one question, why??

    I don`t recommend the rehash of this game or anything else related to these companies and devs.
  5. Mrexreturns
    Oct 16, 2016
    0
    This is basically one of the Pay 2 Win abominations that i had always imagined as a concept that i want to make to troll gamers to oblivion. To be honest this game is so unimaginably terrifying for a pay to win game that it's beyond the imagination of man.

    The concept is as the follows: Make an interesting concept like a fighting game or a card game Add endless amounts of bugs Add    This is basically one of the Pay 2 Win abominations that i had always imagined as a concept that i want to make to troll gamers to oblivion. To be honest this game is so unimaginably terrifying for a pay to win game that it's beyond the imagination of man.

    The concept is as the follows:
    Make an interesting concept like a fighting game or a card game
    Add endless amounts of bugs
    Add unplayable, boring and outright insane enemies
    Give zero content save for paying and paying
    Begin serious censorship on criticism
    Take money and run

    I always treated as if it was something worthy of uncyclopedia material, but it has came true 2 years before i wrote that.

    This isn't even anti-human. It does not even qualify to be in the same barrel as humans. This is literally an otherworldy monster which somehow came to this earth.

    If you buy this crud, YOU'RE WINNER and will fall for basically anything.    … Expand
  6. GamecubeLover
    Jul 17, 2016
    2
    I tried to like this game and I tried to like terrible games like Sonic 06 and I just fail to. This game is so bad I can't and won't explain don't EVER play it.
  7. SergioVM87
    Jun 6, 2016
    0
    Este juego es totalmente injugable, cansino y está totalmente bugueado. Es un juego totalmente desesperante. Ahorrad vuestro dinero en este tipo de juegos que sólo están hechos para hacer dinero facil. Además está pensado para que además paguemos con dinero real.
  8. Shaide
    May 22, 2016
    0
    The game looked good at first glance, but it played like absolute garbage. Possibly the worst game I have EVER played, and I played E.T. on the Atari 2600.
  9. ugura
    Apr 8, 2016
    0
    No one plays this game anymore, I bought it before I had a gaming rig, never got to play in the good times of the game, (the very short lived good times) but now that I have one, I tried to play! Needless to say, ♥♥♥♥ this game. I would rather snort shards of glass.
  10. Maxa1577
    Jan 28, 2016
    0
    Abandoned and turrible. Not worth the hard drive space even. Rather hit yourself in the head with a spiked wooden plank. That might be more fun and interesting
  11. RavenoiPL
    Nov 30, 2015
    4
    It was one of first games on my low-end PC. It launched BF3, but I didn't had suitable Windows (XP). But it didn't launched even to main menu this. Now i have better PC, and what I say- you can live with it, game isn't so bad, but still, higher price than 5 Euro is too much.
  12. MrBlue
    Jul 23, 2015
    1
    Developers do not know what to do they ruined all the game.This game is all about pay to win you can find weapons and foods in the game but you can't find some ammo for your gun all you have to do is pay and buy some ammo like real world I mean I'm playing a game I already paid you guys 15 dollar to buy this game ,greedy developers.Don't buy this game !!!
  13. azgoodaz
    Jun 4, 2015
    6
    Game is filled with hackers, like with every other game. But Moderators within the game try to keep the game clean. The game is possible to play for fun, and lacks many things that it ''could'' be a good game. Within recent updates, they introduced "Hardcore" mode where you get permanent death on that character if you die, only first person mode, and no global inventory.

    Overall, it can    Game is filled with hackers, like with every other game. But Moderators within the game try to keep the game clean. The game is possible to play for fun, and lacks many things that it ''could'' be a good game. Within recent updates, they introduced "Hardcore" mode where you get permanent death on that character if you die, only first person mode, and no global inventory.

    Overall, it can be a good game for a few hours. But I dont recommend it.    … Expand
  14. viniwiermann
    Mar 4, 2015
    0
    BAD GAME,a lot of hackers,bugged and no optimization.This is for sure the worst game ever since Big Rigs of course,must be the same **** creator(Sergey Titov).
  15. Lohung
    Jan 23, 2015
    1
    This Game had a lot of promise but once you spent about 30 minutes in it you realized it wasn't worth the money. Besides the fact that the developers started banning people for complaining on the forums about hackers that the developers themselves Challenged people to try and hack them, then, when the hackers did hack their game the developers simply denied it. I had seen multiple videosThis Game had a lot of promise but once you spent about 30 minutes in it you realized it wasn't worth the money. Besides the fact that the developers started banning people for complaining on the forums about hackers that the developers themselves Challenged people to try and hack them, then, when the hackers did hack their game the developers simply denied it. I had seen multiple videos posted on their website of very blatant aimboting and the developers response was to ban the person reporting the hacker. Not just ban them from the forums but permanently from the game.

    Many occasions they would berate and degrade users on their forums for being babies about getting killed in the game while invisible survivors ported across maps beating you to death in seconds with a flashlight.

    Also they locked their website forums from anyone who didn't already own the game. So there was no way to ask questions and see if you want to buy the game..

    The game itself was 1/6th the size they said it was but yet still boasted that the map was bigger then their self proclaimed enemies DAY Z.

    Lastely I have seen Dev's show up on a server and spawn weapons in "impossible" places but still semi visible to players. Then through some strange acrobatic technic's watched players reach these weapons to receive a ban for "porting to a spot that is unreachable" even when video proof of legitimately reaching the loot

    I would not recommend this game because of the um-professionalism shown in the developers. You can buy the game and be banned for reporting someone cheating or just saying something the dev's don't like on their forums. They have no value for the player what so ever and i question whether they have even played a Video game let alone their own. The game itself is ok, at best, but it is definitely gear to the "i want an easy way to kill people" type of gamer    … Expand
  16. BlakHawk101186
    Jan 1, 2015
    0
    If i could give this game negative points i would. this game is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ****
  17. skafast
    Dec 21, 2014
    7
    The new hardcore servers are the way to play it, no global inventory, First-Person only, one-life characters. Had abandoned this game, but played it 3 hours straight today. Still the same retarded spawn system that will sometimes spawn players on top of the others, weak zombies, some hackers, and the lack of things to do beyond loot/kill players/die/repeat, but it's the formula that madeThe new hardcore servers are the way to play it, no global inventory, First-Person only, one-life characters. Had abandoned this game, but played it 3 hours straight today. Still the same retarded spawn system that will sometimes spawn players on top of the others, weak zombies, some hackers, and the lack of things to do beyond loot/kill players/die/repeat, but it's the formula that made DayZ famous on the first place. Many guns around nowadays, not sure if that's good or not. Lots of fun to be had, especially if played with friends. Buy it when it's around U$10,00 or less.… Expand
  18. Maxmac765
    Dec 5, 2014
    10
    Its A Good Game And Everyone Who Leaves A comment Is A Fricking Idiot Who's Never Played he Game Anyway! SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
  19. wesleyd0g
    Nov 30, 2014
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great game really get some good patch coming out! This game looks better then before. There are less bugs and less hackers what makes me happy. I say go and play this again!… Expand
  20. CriticonRisueno
    Nov 26, 2014
    10
    This review is after playing the game on the NEW HARDCORE SERVERS/GAME MODE

    The game right now is absolutely brilliant, you find weapons(with a few bullets) and stuff everywhere, fps at least for me have increased, you wont find groups of 10 people laughfing at you in this servers cause you literaly cant make groups (sure people will still play together but it helps), zombies look    This review is after playing the game on the NEW HARDCORE SERVERS/GAME MODE

    The game right now is absolutely brilliant, you find weapons(with a few bullets) and stuff everywhere, fps at least for me have increased, you wont find groups of 10 people laughfing at you in this servers cause you literaly cant make groups (sure people will still play together but it helps), zombies look diferent from each other and are an actual threat if you dont take them serious, no thirdperson view makes it even more inmersive, 0 lag, and it seems there are no hackers.

    Plz buy this game or reinstall it you wont regret it, the game really deserves a second chance.    … Expand
  21. Venatius
    Nov 18, 2014
    0
    You know what really inspires faith in the quality of a video game? When its creators have to re-brand it completely in order to escape from the reputation it built up. Think about it. They want you to mistake this for a different game from The War Z entirely. What does that tell you? Everything you need to know.
  22. basejack
    Nov 4, 2014
    0
    Worst game ever; pay to win, copy of Dayz, devs that ban players that ask for refunds or complain, and BUGS EVERYWHERE. Dayz in alpha is better than this piece of crap. I cannot believe this game is still
    shown as having mixed reviews on steam, do people not know a bad game when they see it? If possible I would rate this game a -10

    DO NOT BUY AT ALL!!!!!!!!
  23. TheExtraGuy
    Nov 3, 2014
    0
    Don't buy this game. No. Never ever. Even if you see it on sale for like a buck, or even like 50 cents or something... NO! DO NOT! That money can go towards helping a starving child or some sh#t like that, hell maybe even towards a game that deserves that kind of money!

    Wait, did I just mix up my priorities? Eh, I'm sure it's nothing... Pros: *Makes for a good present if you want to    Don't buy this game. No. Never ever. Even if you see it on sale for like a buck, or even like 50 cents or something... NO! DO NOT! That money can go towards helping a starving child or some sh#t like that, hell maybe even towards a game that deserves that kind of money!

    Wait, did I just mix up my priorities? Eh, I'm sure it's nothing...

    Pros:
    *Makes for a good present if you want to breakup with someone
    *Makes for a good present if you really want to breakup with someone
    *Look by this point if you're going to buy it for someone, you must really dislike them because you're essentially spending your hard earned money on something you can do for free, like for instance: Take a sh#t in a paper bag and say it's an offering of what you think of your relationship with them.
    *If you ever go on Metacritic, there's like 600 or so positive reviews, and you just have to wonder, how was someone this stupid to rate it high in the first place... then you read the reviews... and you immediately want to never go to Metacritic ever again...
    *aaaaaaaaaaaand that's about it... I'm sure there's one guy that will say "aefujhkhl but therz thingz it duz betta then Day Z"... f@#k em...
    Cons:
    *Yeah... not going to list the plethora of cons... I have a life to live

    Overall score... a F@#kNo/10    … Expand
  24. Shanejaya
    Nov 2, 2014
    0
    Do not, buy this game! Biggest regret I've made in the gaming industry. I got ripped off $30 for the pre-order! Most of the features that were promised were not made, and the system of the game was literally ripped out of a free-to-play game known as "War Inc." The game was so notorious, the developers changed the name of the game from "WarZ", to "I:SS". The game has so many bugs, hackers,Do not, buy this game! Biggest regret I've made in the gaming industry. I got ripped off $30 for the pre-order! Most of the features that were promised were not made, and the system of the game was literally ripped out of a free-to-play game known as "War Inc." The game was so notorious, the developers changed the name of the game from "WarZ", to "I:SS". The game has so many bugs, hackers, and a horrible anti-hack system. Heck, they would ban random people for no valid reason. Before it was released, it looked like it had potential. Now it's just a "worse than a f2p" game that swindled me out of 30 bucks.… Expand
  25. molenga123
    Oct 28, 2014
    10
    This is one of the best games I have ever played, it can be boring you u play alone for a long time, or not.
    You should buy this game, Infestation is been better than dayz sa in my opinion, But DayZ sa is still in alpha
  26. Nightvizion
    Oct 24, 2014
    1
    If you've ever wanted to feel the sensation of shoving glass shards up your ass, then this game is for you! Seriously though, the game's not finished, hell why am I calling it a game, it barely functions as one! It was made by one of the worst developers of all time: Hammerpoint interactive, and do you want to know their previous title? Well, it's Big Rigs: Over the road racing, one of theIf you've ever wanted to feel the sensation of shoving glass shards up your ass, then this game is for you! Seriously though, the game's not finished, hell why am I calling it a game, it barely functions as one! It was made by one of the worst developers of all time: Hammerpoint interactive, and do you want to know their previous title? Well, it's Big Rigs: Over the road racing, one of the worst PC games of all time. Now let that sink in.… Expand
  27. SiAScORCH
    Oct 15, 2014
    1
    This game is horrible and the developer is a crook. I started playing this game in it's Beta stage and it had a lot of bugs then, but once the game was released it was an entirely different game, and I mean for the worse.

    First off, the game had nothing to stop cheaters from using aimbot, esp and all of that stuff, so you primarily only played in games with a couple of people or empty    This game is horrible and the developer is a crook. I started playing this game in it's Beta stage and it had a lot of bugs then, but once the game was released it was an entirely different game, and I mean for the worse.

    First off, the game had nothing to stop cheaters from using aimbot, esp and all of that stuff, so you primarily only played in games with a couple of people or empty so you could at least enjoy the game without being killed by a cheater. This only got worse over time, and I quit about the time they implemented that fairplay, because the developer kept on with lies. The servers were supposed to be priced reasonable, or at least that's what he said, something around $20 a month, but when they actually allowed you to rent servers, it was $60+ a month, and even more for a password protected server.

    So what people started doing is renting slots out and you paid them with the in-game stuff or the currency that you could shop with(I don't remember what it's called). That was the only way to actually play a decent game without having to worry about cheaters.

    Then what killed the game the most is the developer kept messing with the loot spawns, zombie spawns and all of that and it just got tiring. You would of honestly never expected the game to be such crap after looking so promising.

    I wouldn't give this game to somebody for free. If you want a zombie game, play Day Z or wait for H1Z1(though it keeps getting pushed back).    … Expand
  28. ZombieKiller
    Oct 14, 2014
    0
    This game is horrible! Wow...do not buy this game! You've been warned. It is filled with hackers and cheaters. This game is not survival game at all, this is a run-n-shoot fps for cheaters and hackers. And, it is a pay-to-win game..if you are rich you can win if no cheaters playing with you...you will get killed on sight every time you join a server by campers and cheaters. Played it andThis game is horrible! Wow...do not buy this game! You've been warned. It is filled with hackers and cheaters. This game is not survival game at all, this is a run-n-shoot fps for cheaters and hackers. And, it is a pay-to-win game..if you are rich you can win if no cheaters playing with you...you will get killed on sight every time you join a server by campers and cheaters. Played it and uninstalled it. Wasted my time and money...oh well.… Expand
  29. rboege
    Oct 11, 2014
    0
    Worst game ever. The developer should pay us for even trying it out. No support, free to hack, basically nothing good has come out of this game, and properly never will. Game developers bans people for "free speech", but not hackers, for ruining the game even more.
  30. angel91a
    Oct 5, 2014
    9
    This game is pretty good, I'm not joking, at first, I thought it was bad, but I see that is was worth the 3 bucks. It's just addicting to get more xp to get more skills, get more gear, and more cash. The game world is large to me, so I give the game credit for that. I don't know why people don't change their reviews here, they were made in 2012, today in 2014, there were several bigThis game is pretty good, I'm not joking, at first, I thought it was bad, but I see that is was worth the 3 bucks. It's just addicting to get more xp to get more skills, get more gear, and more cash. The game world is large to me, so I give the game credit for that. I don't know why people don't change their reviews here, they were made in 2012, today in 2014, there were several big updates that added more features and fixes. I don't see any bugs and glitches, only that melee combat does get awkward sometimes, and an occasional lag. Graphics, I must admit, are not so good. I have a strong laptop with a powerful graphics chip, but the game lag a little on medium setting, while on high graphics setting, it lags a lot. Although, to me, it doesn't matter how the graphics look like, this game is fun, zombies should be better designed though. Thank you. :)… Expand
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#3 Most Discussed PC Game of 2012
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#31 Most Shared PC Game of 2012

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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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