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Posted December 18, 2012
Recently the highly controversial The War Z was released on Steam. It is now the best-selling game on Steam. You buy the game then pay for micro-transactions. However, many people are considering it a scam. The developers flat-out lied about features implemented in the game.
They quickly changed the description of the game.
Recently TotalBiscuit uploaded his WTF is... of it.

This of course wasn't the first time it has happened. Very recently, Towns was released, which many consider unfinished and buggy. If anyone has any articles related to it, link them to me & I'll put them in this post.

So, what do you guys think? Does this hurt Steam's credibility? What purpose does Greenlight serve?
Also, a little side-point, GoG & Origin (to the best of my knowledge) have never released scams or unfinished games.
Posted December 18, 2012
TBs vid was slightly bias filled
But honestly I don't really care about it I just like to laugh at the stuff people write in discussion
Posted December 18, 2012
We have a topic about the game, but it has kinda died down a bit.

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/war_z

Regarding the OP, yes it does hurt credibility to see stuff like this get a free pass onto Steam when good games are stuck in perpetual Greenlight limbo. Changing the page after wards shows they realize there are problems with the game, but will keep selling it because it means more revenue for them. People that bought it based on the original features list are out of luck as Valve won't give refunds, and hold threats of account closure over your head to prevent charge backs.

Buying the game from the devs seems even worse. People that bought the game direct that felt suckered by the state of the game were told getting a refund would cause them to blacklist you from whatever service you used to pay for the game. http://i.imgur.com/t6F9c.jpg

Apparently a new patch for the game went out this evening that ups the respawn timer to 4 hours, but lets you buy a respawn faster with micro transactions. Lovely.
Post edited December 18, 2012 by Fictionvision
Posted December 18, 2012
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Fictionvision: We have a topic about the game, but it has kinda died down a bit.

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/war_z

Regarding the OP, yes it does hurt credibility to see stuff like this get a free pass onto Steam when good games are stuck in perpetual Greenlight limbo. Changing the page after wards shows they realize there are problems with the game, but will keep selling it because it means more revenue for them. People that bought it based on the original features list are out of luck as Valve won't give refunds, and hold threats of account closure over your head to prevent charge backs.

Buying the game from the devs seems even worse. People that bought the game direct that felt suckered by the state of the game were told getting a refund would cause them to blacklist you from whatever service you used to pay for the game. http://i.imgur.com/t6F9c.jpg

Apparently a new patch for the game went out this evening that ups the respawn timer to 4 hours, but lets you buy a respawn faster with micro transactions. Lovely.
They're THREATENING consumers?
Geez, how are they still allowed to operate?
Posted December 18, 2012
Thank you TB for everything that you do... thank you... i will never give money to this game ever
Posted December 18, 2012
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SovietSharkey: TBs vid was slightly bias filled
But honestly I don't really care about it I just like to laugh at the stuff people write in discussion
Course it is, it's his first impressions series.
The discussion around it is turning out to be entertaining though. Wonder where all this will lead.
Post edited December 18, 2012 by Ash360
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