[Megathread] Infestation: Survivor Stories (The War Z)

[Lovecrafts]

Mayan's were two days off .


WarZ is no longer available on Steam. This is great!

Now to see if those who were scammed end up being refunded. This whole situation is a joke.

[Scummer]

Now to see if those who were scammed end up being refunded. This whole situation is a joke.

Whatever the case, the complaints and criticism have obviously had some sort of effect.
I hope those people get their refunds.

[Wynnyelle]

WarZ is no longer available on Steam. This is great!

Wow, that didn't take long, haha.

[mace16]

WarZ is officially removed from Steams front page and you can no longer purchase it.
Good to see when justice is done.

[Whiskra]

http://kotaku.com/5969836/the-war-z-removed-from-steam

This whole situation truly is hilarious.

[philefluxx]

I just don't understand what made people want to buy it in the first place after watching that trailer. Why not just buy Arma 2 so you can play DayZ?

Because people wanted to run around holding hands instead of actually surviving a zombie apocalypse.

[Scummer]

Most importantly - "Those who purchased the title via Steam and are unhappy with what they received may seek a refund by creating a ticket at our support site here: https://support.steampowered.com/newticket.php "

Full quote from Valve:

Valve: "From time to time a mistake can be made and one was made by prematurely issuing a copy of War Z for sale via Steam. We apologize for this and have temporary removed the sale offering of the title until we have time to work with the developer and have confidence in a new build. Those who purchased the game and wish to continue playing it via Steam may do so. Those who purchased the title via Steam and are unhappy with what they received may seek a refund by creating a ticket at our support site here: https://support.steampowered.com/newticket.php

Again, we apologize any inconvenience."

[Nirawen]

http://www.pcgamesn.com/article/how-big-war-zs-map

so... i heard it was between 100 to 400....... sergei said it was 100sqm, so it should be BETWEEN 100-400.. but it ends up being barely 10 lol?

Have to admit that article made me giggle a bit .

[SirRobin]

Wow, even Steam yanked it? Just... Wow. So anything on what the hell happened? Was this just a dev trying to scam or are we talking a full on Sigil-Vanguard level pooch screwing?

[Deleted]

Have to admit that article made me giggle a bit .

The 5th comment makes me facepalm

[llDemonll]

The short story is they promised a lot, delivered very little, and used a lot of scummy money-grabbing techniques (increasing respawn timer 4-fold from 1 hour to 4 hours when you die but allowing you to rez instantly for a currency fee (currency is bought with real money))

I try not to take sides in issues like this, but justice was well-served in this case.

[Nirawen]

should go here and file a complaint with the BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation?

[Punks]

Didnt he make Big Rig trucks? Good god Why would ANYONE buy this game.

[Grraarrgghh]

Called this shit back in August. Friggin lousy developer.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...1#post17930916

I hate getting to OT but it kinda is. The motivation to defend the creators of the game is based purely on hype, ideas, and 6 screenshots which could easily be Maya mock-ups. As I mentioned on the last page, I'm signed up, I would love to see this game created as they've described it, and I personally don't think it's a scam, but the lead designer made fucking the backbone code for Big Rigs FFS.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD3OfVVVI88 Yikes

[Scummer]

(Gonna post a guide to getting a refund TB re-tweeted in-case there are members who maybe want a little help if they desire a refund)

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...und-From-Steam

[Whiskra]

http://kotaku.com/5969927/some-war-z...?tag=The-War-Z

I find it harder and harder to see how this thing was not intended as a scam as more things show up.

[philefluxx]

You know..... I never thought that getting your game sold on Steam would be a bad thing hahahaha

I keep thinking about all those GreenLight titles, indie devs just chomping to get their games posted on Steam.

Oh and i finally got that Gamespy article read, I about fell outta my chair when I read this:

Sergey Titov: I'm sure there'll be people who will look into small details and will say "no I was mislead," where in fact they imagined something to themselves without checking details first. I'm sure that Steam have it's refund policies that should handle those situations.

I knew this guy was no good after he made that comment about the Dead Lingor and preordering to put food on their table. Ya F**K that guy!

[barackopala]

http://kotaku.com/5969927/some-war-z...?tag=The-War-Z

I find it harder and harder to see how this thing was not intended as a scam as more things show up.

That's kind of a difficult one, one could argue they got "inspired" on those images, but is still sort of weird that the zombies in the pics are doing the same poses.

[Scummer]

http://kotaku.com/5969927/some-war-z...?tag=The-War-Z

I find it harder and harder to see how this thing was not intended as a scam as more things show up.

I'm actually finding this down right appalling.
I hope they get sued for everything they got. The entire game at this point is one giant cash grab taking advantage of the DayZ community.

I don't think I've been more angry at a company/game before, especially for a game I hadn't planned on buying anyway.

---------- Post added 2012-12-19 at 10:13 PM ----------

That's kind of a difficult one, one could argue they got "inspired" on those images, but is still sort of weird that the zombies in the pics are doing the same poses.

I don't really think you can call it inspired when it's exactly the same .

[Zechs-cenarius]

Well it seems that Steam has removed the ability to buy the game. The game info is still up on their site but you can not buy it. LOL. Justice for the gamers!