When Hammerpoint Interactive announced The War Z, I was excited to see what the studio could do with the formula DayZ established. They said it was in development prior to the explosion in popularity for DayZ, and in initial reveals with IGN laid out all the awesome sounding features it was going to have. My hope was when they did their initial, official release, we'd have some crossover between DayZ's gameplay, with a much, much more polished experience.
Instead, The War Z's "Foundation Release" is littered with bugs and other technical issues. Gameplay wise it just isn't all that fun at this point either, where the high spawn rate of weapons, as well as fear of hackers, makes the majority of player interaction in The War Z overly punishing and one-dimensional. The laundry list of currently missing features, such as skill points and missions, only make it more exasperating. Someday War Z could be good, but for now it's just disappointing.
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