Indeed, ArmA itself is a good game for what it does, and somebody who is interested in that kind of game is going to love it. The fact DayZ required it however seems like more of a money maker for BiS than anything.
I just feel like paying a developer to cut every corner imaginable to get an unfinished incredibly buggy product to market sets a bad precedent and encourages other developers to make horrible decisions. Watching any video on youtube featuring this game just shows the extraordinary lengths they have gone too to just get something out there to cash in on the massive amount of demand for a Zombie survival game of this nature.
I agree with this, not only is it a terrible practice but an incredibly stupid action on their part, WarZ does have the potential to go far and make them tens, maybe hundreds of millions revenue, but they just aren't settling down and working on it, they are doing what they've done and want to make War Inc 2 and this Aftermoon game, despite being a small studio. That means that WarZ is either going to be canned, or develop at a snails pace from this point on.
Both DayZ and WarZ are actually pretty bad games but there's a huge gap in the market for an MMO Zombie survival game and these are the only games out that fill the void no matter how bad they are. Atleast DayZ is just a free mod so lots of its shortcomings can be looked over.
No it isn't, about 5% of the DayZ playerbase actually owned the game before DayZ came out. DayZ has the prerequisite of owning ArmA, which is something the majority of PC gamers don't. Why do you think BiS are absolutely bumming Rocket? Because Rocket made ArmA 2 the best selling game on Steam for almost half a year. Yes it is technically free, but at the same time it really, really isn't. I'm
far from the only person to of paid £25 a few months ago to experience DayZ, and you cannot justify building a hugely appealing mod onto a niche, almost cult level game engine for the reasons stated above.
I just hope a more refined polished and evolved game comes to market that really puts WarZ to shame comes out sometime soon, perhaps the DayZ standalone will be the proper evolution with full development put into the game I think it could be huge.
I agree, DayZ standalone could be brilliant, but as I just stated, none of this is at all free, saying DayZ is a free mod is quite naive tbh.
Lots of questions here, the main one being why are people still playing War Z let alone defend it?
What else are they going to play? As stated above, the demand for this kind of game far outweighs supply. WarZ players are the kind of players that want the DayZ experience, but better, and for less. As stated above also, though, that sadly comes along with an awful company attached to it who might shaft you any second.
Fair points, but at the end of the day, dress it up however you want, but until ArmA 2 CO dropped to £11 in some places it was like this;
DayZ - £25
WarZ - £9
Like I said, dress it up however you want, it's the truth, and to say DayZ is actually better than WarZ is pretty incredible, granted it has more depth, but the fundamentals are 10x better in WarZ, as is the game engine for a concept like this.
People can play it all they want and enjoy it all they want. Some people prefer to eat in a Burger King than in a decent restaurant, that's fine, it's their choice. But they would be crazy to say their burger is of higher quality than my fillet steak.
What exactly is the fillet steak you're referring too?
WarZ feels more stable and built for purpose than DayZ by miles, and it shows. WarZ is, like I've said before; the Ferrari of the genre compared to DayZ's Toyota MR2 with a naff turbocharger glued and gaffa taped onto the engine. DayZ standalone will probably kick some serious arse, but at the moment, not only is WarZ still actually cheaper, it's a far better experience. The game world is 10x bigger in WarZ aswell, considering the fact that the DayZ maps are gigantic loads of nothing, with a few villages scattered around with a few zombies, WarZ has content everywhere.
You've gotta remember, I have ArmA II CO sitting in my Steam library which I paid £25 for, and do not own WarZ. So why would I defend WarZ (a game in which I'm never going to buy thanks to the developers) over DayZ? Because right now, this second; it's a thousand times better.
You'll most likely find me playing either DayZ standalone or Class 4 in the future, so again; this is as impartial as it gets.
I also agree DayZ is pretty terrible >.< 90% of the issues with it were solved with ACE mod YEARS AGO. Its such a step backwards trying to play DayZ lol.
