40 for a game that is almost dead?

[interceptor2002]

40 for a game that...
...is as dead as this one (can never find a MP matchup)
...was previously FREE on EPIC games?
...with literally zero communication?
...apparently only few 15yearolds and RUS players playing it?

Not worth it - prove me wrong, but not in Russian please!

[Sauer_Kraut]

thats what i dont get either..... 20 on sale, barely anybody ingame... why not make it 5€ to have some sort of playerbase.

no make it 1,99€, not worth 5€

[Meekadox]

It's fun but super buggy so definitely get it on sale if you want it.

The main appeal is the sheer amount of zombies so its a quite nice brain off game whereas other games like this seem really hands on. E.g. Back 4 Blood has loads of equipment and card choices, Vermintide has different enemy formations to react to.

This game has a lot of holding down areas whilst you do something or protect NPCs. So the main gimmick is to place defences and to use heavy weaponry to fight them off. Specials are janky if you're coming from other games, as lurkers(hunters) will teleport to corners in front of you, boosters will literally spawn in front of you and bulls(chargers) are very good at turning. Also the rats are super stupid but have been nerfed a few times.

The game has a bit too much grind to it, with you needing to grind
- class exp
- yellow coins
- weapon xp
- blue coins (higher difficulties)
- documents (hidden items - only available in challenge mode)
- extreme victories (highest difficulty)

It's a much better adaptation of the book than the film is. With some of the characters being taken/adapted from the book, instead of Brad Pitt drinking Pepsi. Obviously it is different as the zombies run, and there are automatic weapons.

Multiplayer PVP is basically dead.

EDIT: The bots are pretty useless on hard and above.

[RMJ]

And it has very little replay value. My friend and I got it on EPIC for free.We finished the game coop. And have no desire to replay it.

[eLTwin]

get it on sale tho.?? where were you during spring sale? I got it like around $5. I bought the original base game on the day it was released on epic. The steam version will get you "game of the year edition" of the game (base game + cosmetic DLCs) + expansion (aftermath). the free wwz you get on epic is the base game only (the one that I bought the first day it was released). I enjoy the game mainly because there're no other zombie game that can spawn a river swarm of zombies and makes you gun blazing 'em.

but I agree with the lack of content makes you get bored easily. I just heard there will be new update to the game giving you 2 new maps in horde mode (jerrusalem and NY), new melee weapon + allows you to choose any character despite which episode you're playing in.

I wouldn't recommend this game if u don't have any friend to play with. Just like you mentioned, the active player is very little so it takes time to find a match (a match with decent players and low ping).

wait2... it's still on sale... what do you mean 40? $40? which region are you come from?

[One-HiT KiLLeR]

It's not dead, i find players, some of them join mid-game, but who cares...it's still fun to play. ;)

[Txmvs]

So what's ur problem with russian players? R you blaming russian players for keeping online +- alive? Wtf?

[eLTwin]

Originally posted by \Tomvs\:

So what's ur problem with russian players? R you blaming russian players for keeping online +- alive? Wtf?

bro chill2, maybe he met a lot of russian players who won't interact or won't use english in-game. which he can't understand any of them. I never met any russian player (I don't know they're russian or not), but I met few players who won't interact with me in horde mode. they won't even listen to any what you say, but do whatever they want. like instantly starting the next wave without asking the whole squad.

maybe these things happened to him and he happened to know they're from russia maybe because they use russian instead of english in in-game chat. english is not my first language but when I play a game globally, the first language I'd use is english. not gonna lie, most russian player I've met in any game would start a conversation in in-game chat using their own language. like, wtf? this also include China and Japan. I mean, just use broken english I don't care. I also use broken english

[Hadouken]

I have no problems to find players (playing on hard difficulty). There aee allways open games no matter wich time it is. feel free to add or build a small community to play with. you guys are you - add the ppl and meet on discord?

[Txmvs]

Originally posted by eLTwin*V*:

Originally posted by \Tomvs\:

So what's ur problem with russian players? R you blaming russian players for keeping online +- alive? Wtf?

bro chill2, maybe he met a lot of russian players who won't interact or won't use english in-game. which he can't understand any of them. I never met any russian player (I don't know they're russian or not), but I met few players who won't interact with me in horde mode. they won't even listen to any what you say, but do whatever they want. like instantly starting the next wave without asking the whole squad.

maybe these things happened to him and he happened to know they're from russia maybe because they use russian instead of english in in-game chat. english is not my first language but when I play a game globally, the first language I'd use is english. not gonna lie, most russian player I've met in any game would start a conversation in in-game chat using their own language. like, wtf? this also include China and Japan. I mean, just use broken english I don't care. I also use broken english

Still u have no rights to blame all russian players for that. U will be surprised but ukrainian, belarus, kazakhstan n a lot of different players use cyrillic alphabet in the games.

In my own expirience almost all random players doesn't interact with you at all: when u r bleeding, when u marked some loot or virus sample, when u telling them to extract from the mission. And i always use english language - they just doesn't care. Yesterday i've waited for 30 minutes straight at extraction point cause 3 randoms keep killing zombies with no point. I used my mic to tell them that it's time to go - they didnt give a f. So if this dude feels that he can just go and insult russian players from my prespective i have all rights to do the same to english speaking community. Like wtf?

[Doogie]

I don't think this game is dead. I used to always play alone and for some time now we play almost every day to 3 or 4. The other players I got to know through the game. And believe me, we always have a lot of fun.

@elTwin*V*
do you have a source for the update?

[eLTwin]

Originally posted by Doogie:

I don't think this game is dead. I used to always play alone and for some time now we play almost every day to 3 or 4. The other players I got to know through the game. And believe me, we always have a lot of fun.

@elTwin*V*
do you have a source for the update?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjwex_9J-78
so basically, the information about new upcoming update was meant for japan or already coming to japan or something like that... :v but yeah, it's not just a rumor because you can already see a bunch of new stuff from japan in-game version

edit : ummm anyway, it's live now lol

[๖ۣۜGαЪყнн*~]

The game is not dead, I've been doing daily and weekly challenges lately and it doesn't take so long to find people to play with. As for replayability that's personal... If you think the game has none you would say the same for left 4 dead, a game that has been out for ages and people still play it to this day. If you can't have fun with the game's mechanics, difficulties and challenges that's on you. The game provides enough content to keep playing it.

[IceBeam]

First of all, I have to point out several important things:

• The burden of proof is on the person who brings a claim in a dispute. In this case, it means that you are the one who should be proving all of the claims you've listed in this post.
  
• Your post is worded in a combative manner and makes it look like you've come here to troll, not to discuss something in a polite and constructive manner. Don't be surprised if people respond to you in kind.

Originally posted by interceptor2002:

40 for a game that...
...is as dead as this one (can never find a MP matchup)

The game is totally not dead if you're playing in Europe (which is exactly your case). Even if you're on another continent, it's still possible to find people to play with even during weekdays at any time of the day as long as you can tolerate an increase in latency (ping).

Remember that this game has multiple game modes, multiple levels, and multiple difficulties. Some missions are locked behind DLCs. People can play this game on many platforms, from many countries, and in many time zones. There are many combinations of these parameters, and you can't expect to find 3 other German players with gaming PCs to play Rome 3 on Extreme at any time of the day. Make sure that you have crossplay enabled and use the "quickplay" feature of your chosen mode if your goal is to get matched with others quickly.

Originally posted by interceptor2002:

40 for a game that...
...was previously FREE on EPIC games?

Epic Games has been doing weekly giveaways of paid games for a long time. Has WWZ been given away? Yes, that's true, because it was this game's turn to be given away for free back then. It was a limited-time offer tied to the Epic Games platform.

Originally posted by interceptor2002:

40 for a game that...
...with literally zero communication?

This game has a built-in ping system, radio commands (just like in old games), text chat, and voice chat. What you're saying is incorrect. How have you even come to this conclusion?

Originally posted by interceptor2002:

40 for a game that...
...apparenlty only few 15yearolds and RUS players playing it?

Not worth it - prove me wrong, but not in Russian please!

If 2002 indicates your year of birth, I have to tell you that this game has players old enough to be your parents. GenoMachino, the author of multiple perk guides on Reddit, is one of them. There's nothing wrong with playing this game as a teenager, though. Everyone is welcome as long as they are willing to be a positive addition to the team and not act a troll/griefer by ruining games on purpose.

Your remarks about "RUS players" and the Russian language are just adorable. Aren't you the author of this topic and this topic? Haven't you been explicitly looking for German-speaking players? What, is communicating in the English language too hard for you?

I've played in multiple regions this game has to offer, and I can safely say that the lion's share of communication in pub games happens in English. The only lobbies where this wasn't the case were in the Asia-Pacific region (Japanese, Korean, Chinese) or Latin America (Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese are the dominant languages there).

This is not to say that you must speak English and nothing else. It certainly makes things easier for speakers of different native languages because English is currently the lingua franca of the world. However, what language people on the server communicate in is up to them, and you don't get to dictate it. It's their choice. On a side note, playing video games is a nice way to learn a foreign language, so it's not okay to be mad at people for their language choice in pubs.

Speaking of Russian, you should know that it is one of the most spoken languages in the world, together with English, Spanish, German, and Arabic. It's the lingua franca in countries of the former USSR, just like English is the lingua franca in Great Britain and a major portion of the world. If gamers from Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Latvia find themselves on the same server, there's a good chance they will communicate in Russian despite not being from Russia. However, it would be grossly incorrect to call them "Russians".

Also, if you're not familiar with any Slavic language, you could easily mistake Bulgarian/Serbian/Ukrainian/Polish/etc. for Russian.

[Txmvs]

Originally posted by IceBeam:

First of all, I have to point out several important things:

• The burden of proof is on the person who brings a claim in a dispute. In this case, it means that you are the one who should be proving all of the claims you've listed in this post.
  
• Your post is worded in a combative manner and makes it look like you've come here to troll, not to discuss something in a polite and constructive manner. Don't be surprised if people respond to you in kind.

Originally posted by interceptor2002:

40 for a game that...
...is as dead as this one (can never find a MP matchup)

The game is totally not dead if you're playing in Europe (which is exactly your case). Even if you're on another continent, it's still possible to find people to play with even during weekdays at any time of the day as long as you can tolerate an increase in latency (ping).

Remember that this game has multiple game modes, multiple levels, and multiple difficulties. Some missions are locked behind DLCs. People can play this game on many platforms, from many countries, and in many time zones. There are many combinations of these parameters, and you can't expect to find 3 other German players with gaming PCs to play Rome 3 on Extreme at any time of the day. Make sure that you have crossplay enabled and use the "quickplay" feature of your chosen mode if your goal is to get matched with others quickly.

Originally posted by interceptor2002:

40 for a game that...
...was previously FREE on EPIC games?

Epic Games has been doing weekly giveaways of paid games for a long time. Has WWZ been given away? Yes, that's true, because it was this game's turn to be given away for free back then. It was a limited-time offer tied to the Epic Games platform.

Originally posted by interceptor2002:

40 for a game that...
...with literally zero communication?

This game has a built-in ping system, radio commands (just like in old games), text chat, and voice chat. What you're saying is incorrect. How have you even come to this conclusion?

Originally posted by interceptor2002:

40 for a game that...
...apparenlty only few 15yearolds and RUS players playing it?

Not worth it - prove me wrong, but not in Russian please!

If 2002 indicates your year of birth, I have to tell you that this game has players old enough to be your parents. GenoMachino, the author of multiple perk guides on Reddit, is one of them. There's nothing wrong with playing this game as a teenager, though. Everyone is welcome as long as they are willing to be a positive addition to the team and not act a troll/griefer by ruining games on purpose.

Your remarks about "RUS players" and the Russian language are just adorable. Aren't you the author of this topic and this topic? Haven't you been explicitly looking for German-speaking players? What, is communicating in the English language too hard for you?

I've played in multiple regions this game has to offer, and I can safely say that the lion's share of communication in pub games happens in English. The only lobbies where this wasn't the case were in the Asia-Pacific region (Japanese, Korean, Chinese) or Latin America (Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese are the dominant languages there).

This is not to say that you must speak English and nothing else. It certainly makes things easier for speakers of different native languages because English is currently the lingua franca of the world. However, what language people on the server communicate in is up to them, and you don't get to dictate it. It's their choice. On a side note, playing video games is a nice way to learn a foreign language, so it's not okay to be mad at people for their language choice in pubs.

Speaking of Russian, you should know that it is one of the most spoken languages in the world, together with English, Spanish, German, and Arabic. It's the lingua franca in countries of the former USSR, just like English is the lingua franca in Great Britain and a major portion of the world. If gamers from Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, and Latvia find themselves on the same server, there's a good chance they will communicate in Russian despite not being from Russia. However, it would be grossly incorrect to call them "Russians".

Also, if you're not familiar with any Slavic language, you could easily mistake Bulgarian/Serbian/Ukrainian/Polish/etc. for Russian.

100% agreed.

[Half Slav]

I think the game is really great I have 500H on epics and I got it here trough hunble bundle in one of their budles.Nice updates too,only bad thing is they removed aftermath from the base game and sold as dlc again.Otherwise is pretty neat and well worth like 20 bucks.Specially when I got aftermath and skins and all when I got it for steam