Written by: (@WadeDMcGinnis) | September 4, 2012 2:06 pm

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Finally game play footage has appeared for Hammerpoint Interactive’s upcoming zombie survival MMO The War Z! Check it out and make sure to give thanks to MrJoeTrocious for capturing the footage.

PAX: The War Z Video Footage

  • http://twitter.com/squared002 Squared002

    And I am not impressed. Looks like crap. Go play War Inc for a little bit and you’ve played this game. I’ll stick with DayZ.

  • http://twitter.com/Artamos_ Miguel Devora

    making bacon is more entertaining

    • http://quintlyn.com/ QuintLyn Bowers

      I’m not sure that it’s fair to compare anything to bacon.

  • Hicks64

    I’m actually impressed by how far along they are, since it seemed they were avoiding showing actual gameplay when they announced WarZ back when (over a month ago?). I’m a DayZ fan, so I hope this adds motivation to both games to pump out quality content sooner, rather than later.

    Also, I did play the War Inc beta, and I did like the graphics, shot registration, and the large maps. I remember thinking, “it’s pretty good for a f2p game, but definitely not great.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/stephon.waller Stephon Waller

    Ill stick with DayZ, this just looks like another zombie fps. reminds me too much of dead island.

    • Randall_Wolfcry

       lol I don’t see anything different about it from DayZ. I’m not sure how you can gauge it to be “just another zombie fps” when everything they did was the same thing as what you do in DayZ lol. Except this game looks like it works smoothly instead of having wonky bugs from the Arma 2 fail engine.

      • http://twitter.com/TheOpapanax Most Morbid One

        Hahaha.. You caught him bro..

  • http://www.facebook.com/craig.gafoor Craig Gafoor

    i think the creator of dayz should sue them for his IP rights personally 

    • scottsummer

       WarZ has been in development longer than DayZ and not to mention DayZ is still a mod .
      Just because both games are zombie survival game doesn’t necessary mean one game copy the other.
      It is a GENRE. Maybe World War Z should DayZ for using the Z too.

      • http://twitter.com/squared002 Squared002

        War Inc has been in development longer then DayZ, not WarZ. Once they saw the success of DayZ, they changed their development to capitalize on the success of DayZ. Get your facts straight.

    • http://profile.yahoo.com/WFG667RAZSMYCSRJGIDXUNY56E Jack

      Going by that logic then any FPS title past Maze War should be sued because they have used the same exact game model being First Person Shooters. 

      War Z has been in creation before DayZ the mod IE current DayZ was released. The War Z is not using code from DayZ so nothing has been stolen whatsoever. 

      I play DayZ I enjoy DayZ but Arma II gameplay/UI blows which is what DayZ is based off of because it is a mod for it. Arma II simply is not aimed to be played as DayZ intends Rocket has changed as much as he could but it simply cannot be great which is why he is going stand alone so he can do such. 
      The War Z may in fact be overall better then DayZ in every aspect or at least better in a few aspects. For example DayZ zombies are nothing more then a nuisance they are nothing to be feared in DayZ the only dangerous thing is other players. 
      Other factors like again UI look exceedingly better already then Arma II its smooth and slick vs the clunky inventory system found in Arma II.

      Give it a chance or not but never say “OMG ITS A COPY AND SHOULD BE SUED” because it already provides new mechanics its set in a different settings and has a different art style and its based off an entirely separate engine and most of all its actual game not a mod. 

  • http://twitter.com/cr4zycru Cruc

    There has got to be some Intellectual Property theft here….this game is a direct ripoff of DayZ. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/juan.chavez.71619 Juan Chavez

    The way they’re speaking makes it sound so staged : /

    • http://twitter.com/GeekCream Koolaid Gospel

      I agree. That alone makes me less interested. Simply show us the game play. Stop requiring someone to acknowledge your every action. Hes not your commanding officer. 

      Hopefully the developers read the comment sections here because its important not to bring false game play to your current fan base. We are allergic to bull crap. I am still interested. Just lose the stage act.

  • http://twitter.com/TheOpapanax Most Morbid One

    It looks interesting. The similaritie between this and DayZ don’t bother me really. I just want to see how smooth of an experience they can bring and if they can support a playerbase with enough things to do to keep us entertained for the most part..

    It’s actually good that they are both on the rise, makes the competition between them more impactful. They both have to step their games up and make sure to make something really solid if they wish to dominate over the other.

  • http://twitter.com/cyanpill cyanpill

    This is so totally a Shaun of the Dead rip off. In other news, I would totally play a shaun of the dead game.

    • DoctorOverlord

      Cricket bats and the objective is to protect your GF along with a bunch of clueless friends?   Sign me up!  

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/Z36GPOU3Q2QIQYBIDVNQAVGNGE Raul

    Tasty!

  • DoctorOverlord

    The footage looks good but I’d rather that they let GBTV and other press members play a demo, even in a limited form     Pretty graphics are nice but gameplay is the important thing.

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