DayZ creator angry about The War Z

There is a Brad Pitt movie called 'World War Z' zombie apocalypse movie coming soon... to a cinema near you.

Zombie games are awesome to milk.

No matter what, both games = FAIL!

I remember when War Z was first being talked about over on IGN, they said War Z was going to be based on the "World War Z" book. That's what got me interested in the game in the first place. It was only recently that I learned War Z actually has NOTHING to do with World War Z!

What are you guys talking about people being too dumb to research the game. I thought WarZ was an expansion or sequel to DayZ (I havent played either). He should be able to sue over th name. What a dumbass copying him making the z CAPTIAL.

grow some balls Hall

I don't know about quitting video game design over this, but I understand resentment of WarZ. It looks like pure money grabbing garbage and it is unfortunate that people cannot read a name of a game before they buy it. DayZ and WarZ have the same amount of letters but D and W are nowhere near the same. haha. People get dumber by the second.

Why are people so stupid they cannot do some research before they spend their money? Seriously have been perplexed how little people think before they act, getting swept into scams on the internet or through their emails, being persuaded by flashy commercials or people with big mouths and a microphone. Please people, before you do anything make sure its the right thing to do!! Do the homework and do the research before you commit to anything,

lol he's "depressed" and contemplated quitting because something successful got copied. Sounds like a bit of pearl-clutching going on here. Try to aim for the fainting couch Rocket, if you get too woozy. I mean, it's not like even yet-to-be-released books/films/games/whatever have been blatantly copied before. No, that's never happened. Ever.

Everyone who creates something and puts it out for public consumption has put their rep on the line. And often get ripped off. Welcome to adult life big guy.

If everyone wasn't so obsessed with zombie/survival games this game wouldn't have half the attention it does. I don't think it was hard for people to find out this thing was a cash grab, let's move on to and talk about other things finally...

Can't wait for Day-Z standalone. Day 1 purchase for me and a few of my buddies.

Oh god, after watching some of the above video I saw that WarZ completely copied the attachment system of Crysis. Same angle of the gun being held, same layout of what you can choose, just a complete theft. It's disgusting that these guys could even make this game without a single original idea.

l'm sure the developer has regrets about the war z game, but everyone makes mistakes and l hope this developer of war z relized his mistake and does not repeat the same mistake twice.

Dean Hall has every right to be bummed about all the controversy surrounding these two games. I haven't played either and while neither looks particularly GOOD, WarZ looks particularly TERRIBLE. I've followed both for a few months now and at the very least DayZ has some leeway for being a mod. If the the standalone version of DayZ turns out to be some good stuff, I'll be happy to buy it (being an avid zombie survival-horror fan). I'd be depressed too if one of the makers of Big Rigs decided to copy my mod and make it awful. He should stay in the business and continue to bring his ideas to light; that's exactly what the industry needs. None of us blame you, Dean. We blame the fucks making WarZ that are just trying to make a quick buck via micro transactions.

I can completly understand him being upset. It's an outrage for someone to be accused of unethical practices by his close friends and family just because of some low quality ripoff. No one deserves that indignity.

I'm assuming based on this article and the comments that the two games are not actually related as I had assumed before. But for the uninitiated, that could have been made clearer in the article.

I don't think it's good to get pissed someone copied you, everyone has that happen to them. But it does kind of suck people are now getting the two games mixed up.

I understand how he feels. I've been a fan of ARMA since the first release, and a fan of Bohemia even longer. But I knew as soon as I heard some developer was making a WarZ game it was going to fail. However grim things look for WarZ, I know for a fact when Bohemia releases Arma 3 and DayZ standalone people are going to be asking 'What is WarZ?'

Is it just me, or did everything Max said in the video turn out to not be in the game at all and was a complete lie?

@vishisluv7 Nothing wrong with the game you just described (aside from the long respawn timer), it's called EvE Online and is one of the most successful (and highest quality) MMOs to come out ever. The problem is, that game is balanced and launched complete and stable.

I just realized... Dayz is pronounced Daisy...

I can totally feel where he's coming from and I feel bad for him. Now this dude has to fight for the respect of the work he's put into doing DayZ, all b/c these asshats at Hammerfront have completely took a dump on screwing over gamers w/ the scam that is The War Z.

It's good that he's being more blunt w/ how he really feels. But it's a damn shame this guy has to fight so hard now to defend the difference in his work and the shit that is The War Z. I'm sure it's infuriating that he's got to constantly not only explain to consumers that don't understand the difference, but even having to defend his work and explain the difference to his friends and family.

sry, 2nd paragraph, what was the "unethical behaviour" they thought he was making?

Wow...I thought they were both the same franchise. Crazy. I can see his point.

Re-posted from earlier.

Since people will inevitably not bother to read the actual article, I'll explain it.

Hall isn't mad that WarZ copied DayZ. He's stated multiple times that competition is good. What he's mad about is that the name and concept is so similar to DayZ that people confuse the two games, causing him to get a lot of undeserved backlash, even from his own family.