The War Z Review by CPT QuaG

Many of you may already had the opportunity to play The War Z developed by Hammerpoint Interactive.  My first impression was pretty impressive.  To sum it up, this is basically World of Warcraft and Counterstrike mixed together with a zombie theme.  After playing this game for a bit longer, I realized that the game was more about killing humans than zombies.  It doesnt seem like there is enough pressure from zombies at all on the humans that are playing.  There is also a huge disparity between those who first start playing and those that have a massive arsenal of weapons to kill Noobs. 

As I did a bit of research, I was informed that Valve pulled this game from steam due to, “allegations of plagiarism, false advertising and lack of oversight are just the beginning.”  While one can ask for a refund back for puchasing this game, I am going to hold onto it to see what happens over the next few months.  There is some great potential here, but for now, I am somewhat disappointed. 

Some suggestions (as I am just talking to the community and probably should post in their forums, however I am too lazy). . . .

• Humans should always spawn in safezones in order to alleviate “spawn” killing
• Buildings should have way more detail than what they currently have, most buildings are almost completely empty, need much better models
• Ability to drive vehicles.  The initial map “Colorado” is huge.  Driving would make a lot of sense in an apolocolypic world (obviously you would have to scavange for gas and possbiliy car parts when needed
• Team co-op play.  This game is built on not trusting others.  There should be game play based on how zombies horde humans that “require” humans to work together to survive
• Community establishment.  In the safe zones, you should have the ability to purchase items and trade with local merchants
• Ability to build and repair.  If you are in a post apocolypic time, you should have the ablity to repair buildings and fortify and secure those same buildings

Those are just a few of many suggestions.  Feel free to check this game out.  I am sure as it is better developed and gains in popularity, we may adopt this into our community. . . I will keep everyone posted on the development of this game.