After yesterday’s Steam Page issue, The WarZ is at it again with a new patch that now forces players to accept a Terms of Service that disallows refunds and introduces more pay-to-win aspects into the game.
Let's face it, there are some hated games out there that are just complete trash. The developers responsible for these games usually have little clue about game balancing and their poor decisions usually leave their game to die in the dust.
However, sometimes a developer will make an absolutely terrible game that still has some admirable game mechanics.
A continuing look at the various controversies plaguing the video game industry. In Chapter VIII: The War Z, SimCity 2013, Brown v. Entertainment Merchant's Association, and the less-than-stellar public image of the Xbox One prior to, and shortly after, its release.
Open world zombie survival sim Infestation: Survivor Stories - better known under its original name, The War Z, before altering it due to a trademark issue - has sold 2.8m copies since its launch in November 2012.
this just keeps getting worse. I've played the game and hell I've even enjoyed it at times but now when I log-in I have about 10 minutes of free time before someone kills me for no reason. I don't even have time to find a gun to defend myself. it's a boring experience.
Speaking of their Terms of Service...
http://gdinews.com/2012/10/...
Doesn't mean its enforceable, plenty of ways you could still get refunds, they are false advertising so that would get you a refund.
See here- http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/case...
I'm loving this story, mostly because i know they will not get away with this. There are audiences you can rip off like this and probably get away with it but not gamers. In any group of ten gamers there are at least two obsessive idealists with lots of free time who will go to the ends of the Earth to see somebody pay and pay big for attempting to rip them off. I know because I'm one of them. Luckily I didn't buy this product so I'm content to sit back with popcorn and obsessively follow this story while my nerd brothers and sisters do all the work.
If I was Gabe Newell, I'd demand these guys give refunds or get delisted, and on top of that, refuse to put any of their future games on Steam, though from the sounds of things, it seems like the studio and its creators are going to get blacklisted anyway.
Maybe the dude in charge can go work on Big Rigs 2.