I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone on this entire site ever say that it was a good game, at least not in recent memory, yet here we all are.

So I’ll be the first to say that for all of it’s problems, it’s better than a lot of crap out there and not a complete waste of my time. I even like it enough to get out of the Lurker mode I’ve used my entire internet life.

Gold Star for effort guys, keep up the good work.

Also, WHEEEEEEE!!!

utter ****

Voted “used to be good” option, as the game had a lot of potential in the beginning.

The main problems with Forumwarz is it’s extremely linear nature, as well as the the use of gimmicks to occupy us between episodes, rather than new, game-related content.

I don’t mind the linear, mission oriented gameplay (although, CZ could push to make a more “sandbox” environment), but it’s the linear character development system that ****s up the fun. Early on, it DOES seem open to customization, but once you get the hang of it, it pretty much becomes “max out upkeep/frugality, learn all abilities, pump some ego, pump offense/defense”. There’s no room for ‘specialized builds’.

Also, grinding the same forums over and over again gets old; fast. But rather than small amounts of new, periodic ‘filler’ content between episodes, they keep creating gimmicks like contests and Itembuildr. “Falcon****er” was exactly the kind of update that CZ needs to do, but it’s been one of the only attempts at such that they’ve made.

Also, the achievement system (E-Peen) used to be really cool (coming from somebody who, for awhile, had the most available E-Peen), but CZ just keeps making gimmick Peen after gimmick Peen. CZ should be introducing Peen that gets people to play the game, not using them like “Scooby-Snacks” styled rewards. “Collected X (different) pairs of shoes.” “Had 100,000/250,000/500,000/1,000,000/10,000,000/etc. at one time.” “This player is good/evil.” Those are ways that peen can be used to encourage people to keep playing.

Speaking of good/evil, CZ shouldn’t be leaving their ideas untouched. Good/evil doesn’t do anything right now. Early, Trout talked about “factions” that you could join, but the idea hasn’t been explored yet. I realize that there have only been two episodes so far, but these are two ideas that could be developed even BETWEEN episodes.

Anyways, that’s it for me.

The game is utter **** and I hate Evil Trout.

Fake edit: the other way round, ET is utter **** and I hate Forumwarz.

Fake edit 2: Alright alright, that was a lie, I like both FW and ET.

Edit: Why would you even start this thread? In Game Discussion of all places.

Bill_Murray_Fan_7383 Posted:

CZ should be introducing Peen that gets people to play the game, not using them like “Scooby-Snacks” styled rewards. “Collected X (different) pairs of shoes.” “Had 100,000/250,000/500,000/1,000,000/10,000,000/etc. at one time.” “This player is good/evil.” Those are ways that peen can be used to encourage people to keep playing.

This is exactly what I’ve wanted for a while, and while they may take a while to get, it’s better than having nothing to work on, at the moment, I’m going for whatever the last Job Points one is (Chai as a Kite?), after that, I’m not really sure what I’ve got left to get, aside from Dom. and stuff. I hope this gets taken on board.

I enjoyed the game till it ran out of reasonable content. I simply don’t care enough to level moar.

Where is the “gameplay mechanics are boring thusly repetitive so I play the game from time to time but stick around for the community” option?

That’s the only thing I could vote for. The game is, at this point, a novelty. It’s a good novelty but mechanically it’s very simple and gets boring quickly especially when you try to grind for items/money or run multiple characters who have to do the exact same things.

Dunatis Posted:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone on this entire site ever say that it was a good game, at least not in recent memory, yet here we all are.

So I’ll be the first to say that for all of it’s problems, it’s better than a lot of crap out there and not a complete waste of my time. I even like it enough to get out of the Lurker mode I’ve used my entire internet life.

Gold Star for effort guys, keep up the good work.

Also, WHEEEEEEE!!!

Lol. It’s a good game. There are certain counter-intuitive criteria that need to be fulfilled before you can appreciate it properly, sure. But that’s legitimately part of the appeal. Log in to see images!

Evil Trout Posted:

I think the CZ team will be the first to admit there’s a lot of room for improvement. At any given time we have a huge list of what to tackle next.

The problem is that we’re a really small team, so it takes a long time to get things done. In fact, I don’t think there’s a single suggestion in this thread that we don’t plan to do, it’s just an issue of prioritization and scheduling.

It might look easy from the outside, but it’s really hard to please everyone Log in to see images!

Then stop playing Xbox and get to work. Log in to see images!

Also, I agree with TUBS, the only reason I really stick around is the community.

I would certainly like to see some changes, but of course I like it. Anyone who has bothered to hang on a site for months and doesn’t like something about it has really weird ideas about how to spend free time.