Originally Posted by
Elgand
So if I am getting your position correct it goes something like this:
1. You dislike Sergey because you feel he is to hasty with his responses to questions, and doesn't take the time to have everything he writes peer-reviewed.
Personally I would like it if he was more articulate in the English language. But that isn't what matters. He seems to respond light heartedly to comments made, and from what I can infer from his responses has a good personality. That's more important to me. If you are hung up on broken language it is your prerogative.
I feel he could do more to put across a professional and timely approach to things he is putting to the public. It is my prerogative but something that has come up repeatedly as it doesn't speak well of the game if the lead developer cant even be bothered to check/get someone else to check his spelling/grammar.
2. You dislike The War Z because it is a War Inc Mod, is unoriginal, and directly stole ideas from Day Z.
Often the wheel isn't re-invented. You can say that Day Z isn't original because the idea of zombies has been done many times over. Yes The War Z is a different company making a game that is similar to another game. This is actually something I cheer on though, because Day Z is riddled with hackers, and the Arma 2 engine makes it so easy it isn't funny.
On a side note, you must really hate every sports franchise, and every CoD/BF game ever made. They aren't original, and rarely have new mechanics.
I do infact have somewhat of a distain for those companies yes. Like EA and the fifa series, they are churning out the same game every year with very minor changes. It's a cash cow, like a lot of other games. That is not to say i dont enjoy some of the games, its just the advertising that goes behind it that gets to me. Trying to portray them as new and innovative games when they are not. Yes i cant stand CoD anymore and BF i like but its got a bit boring now. The war Z has frequently tried to set itself as the original people behind the idea of a zombie survival game ( please list me some of these realistic survival games which are apparently everywhere?) . Also you say where have they claimed this? simply by saying that they started before dayz. They have absolutely no proof of this. This in the end is up to personal opinion. As there is no way of knowing 100%, but all i know is that dayz came out with a working ( ish) mod that had nearly 1million people who played it, the war z didnt even have a screenshot till July yet claimed to have thought of the idea first. Agreed dayz is a game i now don't play because of the hackers. But actually if you go on a hardcore server/ vet server it it incredibly unforgiving as a game (at least when it first started out) I feel the standalone will remedy many of the problems faced in the beta of the mod.
3. You dislike their facebook page because they removed your comments.
*sigh* I still don't have facebook. I'm 27 and my friends all want me to get one but I just don't want the drama. I dealt with that when myspace was big, and don't need the same shit twice. Deleting your comments is annoying, but critically think about what your comments said. I didn't write/read them so i don't know, but you know if what you said was acceptable or not.
I said pretty much what i've said on here, but the main 3 points were:
1) paying to be able to even get access to a beta/alpha is a bad idea, considering the speculation surrounding the game, and i would not be doing it.
2) Offering 300+ payment methods just makes it seem like they are so desperate to get peoples money it doesn't bode well
3) They need to address all the problems surrounding the game to install some faith back in the following.
4. You feel they are lying in their advertisement of their game.
Yeah, that is annoying. I hate when people lie in advertising, and am not going to say that "It happens all of the time" is a valid excuse. I even went to the tokyo game show's website, looked at the floor plan, and couldn't see where The War Z even had a booth. (I looked for Hammerpoint interactive)
This is one thing that really really put me off. MC thrived because the bloke was doing it on his own, was very honest about its production timeline, didnt make fanciful claims and generally seemed like a genuine bloke. The War Z has made so many claims just to make themselves look good, almost all of them unsubstantiated, and some just insulting to the fans as well. The Tokyo Gameshow one was the one that got to me the most. It just felt like my intelligence was being insulted, they actually believed anyone would buy that? I mean Highschool of the Dead never picked up in Japan because of exactly the reasons why The war Z would never be even close to the most popular game in a tokyo gamshow.
5. You feel it is going to be pay-to-win.
Sorry man, but your definition of pay-to-win and the majority of others is quite different. In my opinion pay-to-win is any significant advantage attributed to money spent in a cash shop. These advantages cannot be found in the game, and thus the game is pay-to-win. Better rifles, or body armor being available in a cash shop could make a game pay-to-win. The War Z has said they won't do this, and all we can do is hope they don't.
I feel like a broken record, because i have already said this, but it is not currently a play to win, but that is where i personally see it going, I have already said this so I wont bother to repeat everything i have already said, just having an ingame shop goes against every part of me as a long time MMO/online gamer.
6. You dislike them charging for Alpha.
So don't buy it? I don't understand why people have a problem with this. It isn't like your hands are tied and you cannot buy the game yourself. Just because the option is made available doesn't mean you have to support it, or should support it. I support it because I want to see the game succeed. If you don't support it, then don't buy it, but don't try to remove the right from others.
Alpha/ Beta testing is an integral part of getting a game ready to release to the public. Also Alpha and Beta's are usually limited to a small collection of the public not to EVERYONE. Letting everyone into the alpha and beta testing for a game like this is not only monumentally stupid, but it is going to taint a lot of people's view of it. This is not MC, the server load, isssues, bugs etc are going to be MUCH harder to deal with. I am also rather worried by the fact they have only just installed the servers ( from what Sergey said in his replies to questions) about a week before they are due to go live? This means there has not been any extensive stress testing/ prep for release. I see the 15th being an absolute clusterfuck. This is not an alpha/beta test ( alpha tests dont take just 2 weeks) it is simply a rushed pre-release of an unfinished game, which i foresee pissing a lot of people off. Now i actually hope i am wrong, because i like most of what the game has to offer. I am not trying to take it away from other people, as i am quite happy for others to be the guinea pigs before i spend my money, i just think those who do will regret it. But i very well could be wrong.