World War Z

Trailer released with Game Awards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFeeufRfhZs

Damn this looks awful, unfortunately.

TerrorFirmer

Crap trailer. Haven't a notion what sort of game it is from that.

Having googled it though, it's done by the guys who made Timeshift (OK) and Halo: Anniversary (great) as well as assisting with some other titles like Quake Champions.

So reasonably competent studio looking to pull off Left4Dead....I'm definitely interested!

Mr Crispy

First gameplay footage I've seen. Nothing special, unfortunately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyZ7yHhgxw8

degrassinoel

looks like the division... with zombies

They mention it being like the book in that it's many peoples perspective but I bet my bottom dollar all that changes is the map. I would toughly recommend people actually read the book it's not all that long but how it tells it's tale is very clever and I don't think this game will be nearly as clever. It looks dated already in what they are trying to do. It's basically left 4 dead meets everything after.

Stone Deaf 4evr

Deleted User wrote: »

They mention it being like the book in that it's many peoples perspective but I bet my bottom dollar all that changes is the map. I would toughly recommend people actually read the book it's not all that long but how it tells it's tale is very clever and I don't think this game will be nearly as clever. It looks dated already in what they are trying to do. It's basically left 4 dead meets everything after.

Just chiming in to second the book recommendation, some amazing sequences in it

fixXxer

So, has anyone picked this up? Impressions? Left 4 Dead was ace, so if it can capture some of that I'd Be interested.

dudeeile

fixxxer wrote: »

So, has anyone picked this up? Impressions? Left 4 Dead was ace, so if it can capture some of that I'd Be interested.

I was looking for this thread earlier, it looks great fun and reviews are favourable. 40 quids not bad but you would wonder if they will be providing any updates and/or balancing.

super_furry

Game Pass is ruining me. I see a sub full-price game like this and before I would have bought it, but it looks exactly like the kind that will end up there in a couple of months.

chrislad

Stone Deaf 4evr wrote: »

Just chiming in to second the book recommendation, some amazing sequences in it

And thirded. If you're not the reading type, the audio book has a stellar cast with Mark Hamill and Nathan Fillion, amoungst others.

fixXxer

I think I might just give this a go and hope for the best. Can always trade it in sure.

Sleeper hit of the year imo

chrislad

chrislad wrote: »

And thirded. If you're not the reading type, the audio book has a stellar cast with Mark Hamill and Nathan Fillion, amoungst others.

I actually "re-read" it recently via audio book and you're right it's excellent.

If you liked L4D you'll like it.
Higher octane, horde survival. You'd need a squad of four on mics though to play the higher difficulties.

Is this basically multiplayer only or would single player be any fun?

glasso

glasso wrote: »

Is this basically multiplayer only or would single player be any fun?

The AI is pretty woeful, best to play co-op in some form.

Canis Lupus

Watching Jackfrags playing it there and it looks pretty but completely bereft of anything remotely like tension etc.

Potential-Monke

gilberto_eire wrote: »

The AI is pretty woeful, best to play co-op in some form.

And that's me out. I was not pushed at getting this, but if this is the case, it's definitely not for me.

I can't see this doing well, but I'll put my hands up if it does. I don't see any real hype for it.

Mr Crispy

According to Saber Interactive, it's exceeding expectations sales-wise (although the developers would say that I guess) - 1m copies sold across all platforms in its first week.

fixXxer

Have it installing, but won't get to play until tomorrow. Here's hoping.

dudeeile

Crashes are daily on PS4, also the corrupted save data puts a damper on things.

Canis Lupus

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Watching Jackfrags playing it there and it looks pretty but completely bereft of anything remotely like tension etc.

Play it on Hard or higher

Darch Nemesis

Darch Nemesis wrote: »

According to Saber Interactive, it's exceeding expectations sales-wise (although the developers would say that I guess) - 1m copies sold across all platforms in its first week.

It really is though. A game at a budget price on launch that nobody was talking about previously.

super_furry

Just goes to show how much demand there is for another Left 4 Dead game. If only Valve were still a game dev.

dudeeile

PS patch live, all 15gb of it, supposed to fix the corrupted save problem, fingers crossed.

They have also made it more of a grind to upgrade weapons but any progress you had remains.

goon_magee

dudeeile wrote: »

PS patch live, all 15gb of it, supposed to fix the corrupted save problem, fingers crossed.

They have also made it more of a grind to upgrade weapons but any progress you had remains.

Not a fan of them making it more grindy to unlock any further weapons. The pace seemed spot on I thought, and they will need to introduce more content soon if the grind has increased by much as I was already starting to tire of the original set of maps and missions.

Great game all the same thought and I am glad to see it seems to be selling well and has found an audience.

dudeeile

Yep I definitely preferred the easier unlock system, this shouldn't bother most original players as they will have all the unlocks completed at this stage, I have quite a few unlocked just not paid for and I only picked it up.

It's earning coins that is the problem and I can see them addressing that in the near future.

They have the third part of Tokyo that's still due but I'm not sure if we will see new maps, I think they may be hoping that all replayability will come from harder tiers, that's not gonna work for solos or randoms. It gets undoable even on hard if you have bad teammates and there are 2 more difficulties past that. Cracking fun game to play.

It's a great game when it lasts with m8s. They need more campaign maps quickly however.
The base game was too short IMO.

And now they have made it even more grindy. I won't be returning until there is new content.

ZiabR

Fred The Red wrote: »

It's a great game when it lasts with m8s. They need more campaign maps quickly however.
The base game was too short IMO.

And now they have made it even more grindy. I won't be returning until there is new content.

How short is the base game? Would you have it complete in a few hours?

ZiabR

ZiabR wrote: »

How short is the base game? Would you have it complete in a few hours?

Yes on Normal run.

But there are higher difficulties and it's repayable enough. But still needs more.

fixXxer

Played it finally last night and went straight to hard. The little lore there is is a nice merging of bits of the book and bits of the film. Found the 3rd person view tough to get used it at first. The Melee class is my favourite so far. Feel the guns don't have quite the weight I would like from a shooter, or the enemies are a bit papery or something. Still, enjoying it a lot so far.

dudeeile

https://twitter.com/wwzthegame/status/1123974954461036546?s=19

Zero-Cool

Watched a stream of this a few days ago by a group of Irish lads and looked a great laugh. Raging i didn't pull the trigger when it was on sale for 12 euro. Anyone know where is going cheap, seems a bit pricey all around.

Thecageyone

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Watched a stream of this a few days ago by a group of Irish lads and looked a great laugh. Raging i didn't pull the trigger when it was on sale for 12 euro. Anyone know where is going cheap, seems a bit pricey all around.

If you haven't already signed up, Epic games have it for 36.99 but you'll get a €10 voucher for registering which will take the sting out a little. That is for the GOTY edition so you get all the DLC included

Zero-Cool

Thecageyone wrote: »

If you haven't already signed up, Epic games have it for 36.99 but you'll get a €10 voucher for registering which will take the sting out a little. That is for the GOTY edition so you get all the DLC included

I'm on PS4, currently on sale for 30 but there is a big rumoured sale next week so will check that out.

Thecageyone

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I'm on PS4, currently on sale for 30 but there is a big rumoured sale next week so will check that out.

Ah righty, been a while since I played anything on console, still have my xbox 360 though

30 is a bit much for a game a couple year old - I would definitely wait on a sale, there's up to date games you can grab for as much used at least

JimBurnley

Zero-Cool wrote: »

I'm on PS4, currently on sale for 30 but there is a big rumoured sale next week so will check that out.

18 sterling plus postage for physical on base.com

https://www.base.com/buy/product/world-war-z-ps4/dgc-wwzps4.htm

Mr Crispy

Jesus Christ it took ages to find this thread on boards nouveau.

Anyway, there's a sequel on the way with new classes, locations, FPS mode, and rats.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ciw_v7MF0

Zero-Cool

Just tried it on PS Now trust and found it great , just played the first level with bots. Then i read about the expansion above that will be 40 or 20 if you own the original. Then i noticed the original is on sale in psn for 7.50 at the moment. Think it will be worth buying now, even if i wait for the PS5 free upgrade early next year. Wish i had tried this sooner

Zero-Cool

Bought it instead of renewing Now, just had a few games with 2 lads on here and it was a great laugh, enjoyed it way more than back 4 blood beta. Highly recommend trying it for 7.50 before it goes back full price tomorrow on psn.