Urban Dead! Who plays?

[Rufus]

So, who all here plays Urban Dead (http://www.urbandead.com/)? It's an awesome online RPG, any fan of zombie games/movies should play it!

[WeedWacker]

I did, but the turns thing got me off.

[Hunter4Life]

i played it to but wheres the zombie?
all i see is blocks with words in them

[Rufus]

If there's a zombie, you'll know it when you see it. It will say "1 Zombie" under the name of the structure that it's outside.

[KashMunni]

I tried to play the game but had to do a bunch of complicated things.. or maybe they just seemed complicated cos i tried a long time ago.. lol..

[Stubbs]

it was stupid i didn't even see the char's it just says joe shmoe is in the room or there is a lone zombie

[candyman25]

what was that??? i had no idea what i was doing in that game, i was just clicking on squares and what not?!?!

[Stubbs]

seriously that game is stupid it says the house is heavily barricaded but you enter like no prob.

[Drizzt]

im playing but am confused

[Stubbs]

extremely confusing

[The One]

Yeah, give the game some graphics and make it a fps. Then I might reconsider quitting the game. I dont think anyone even plays the game. And the turn thing sucks

[Drizzt]

yeah the action points suck I wish you could do anything without any action points

[OoooDifferous]

HEY i find the action points to be the 1 thing balancing the game out. I mean if there were no action points then there would be soooo many people turn off from the game due to such large amounts of z players controlling the game!

jus think beng mauled by 20 people wit nothing but a "metal pipe"

[The One]

Would be better than waiting for hours just to get another turn point

[Drizzt]

pretty much I hate the waiting

[The One]

It takes forever........................................... ....forever..............................ummm? forever?

[Drizzt]

plus the xp sucks shoot a pistol get 5 xp why not when oyu kill it you get all the xp it offers?

[The One]

Yeah, or how it says someone else is in the room but you cant chat with them worth crap, the game sucks period......

[Drizzt]

yeahh and when you chat it takes a point away I mea it takes like life energy to talk?

[The One]

Seriously, the characters in the game are lazy as hell..........

[Drizzt]

hehe plus I closed door and empty bodies into street then they come back thorugh the window and eat me!

[The One]

I say the game Survival Crisis Z or something like that should be an <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href=&quot;http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=2 4&k=online%20game&quot; onmouseover=&quot;window.status='online game'; return true;&quot; onmouseout=&quot;window.status=''; return true;&quot;>online game</a>. It would be reall good for a small little mmo

[OoooDifferous]

no waiting would be nice...always the windows that come back to haunt u!?

[Drizzt]

yes GER uhh the one whats with the code that looks like it was suppose to be a picture

[The One]

OH NO THE VOICES IN MY HEAD AHAHAAHAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111!!!!1!!1

[Drizzt]

*gasp* more prozak for you here is a 5 pound bottle

[The One]

aaahhh, a five pound? thats for push overs........

[Drizzt]

really? but the bottle it self weighs 5 pounds imagined whats inside!

[The One]

hahahah, yeah still pushover.....my balls weigh more than the bottle then hahahahaha

[Shrubberyjsc]

Back on subject,

I played Urban Dead for a little while, and I think I mentioned b4 that I wanted to borrow some of its concepts to make a mod of L4D.

And yes, I also quit because of the action points. I don't think the game was confusing, it would just take too long to see any action. It was too tempting to keep making characters to get more action points.
=/

[staggy11]

I quite like Urban Dead. I know that many people disagree with the action points, as well, as the basic graphics, and I think that's quite sad.

You shouldn't just say a game is rubbish, simply because it isn't a FPS with real-life graphics. The whole point of Urban Dead is that it can be played from any computer with internet access. No downloads, no plug ins needed. The design is minimalistic, which is quite hard to do properly when you need to keep everything on one screen.

As for the turns, it's to stop people from getting an unfair advantage. It also adds a touch of realism to the game.

Simply put, if you don't like it, don't play it. But don't call it rubbish, simply because it is much simpler than the games you are used to. Simple doesn't always mean stupid. I'm trying to make a game similar to Urban Dead, and I have a lot of respect for it because it is hard work to do well.

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[Kanelgiffeln]

DUUHHH,This game is a big pile of Shit O.o Urk i say...Urk..

[candyman25]

im not saying it's &quot;rubbish&quot; but i don't get what to do, there is no instructions so im clicking on buildings and OH, there is 1 zombie in there so i shoot him with my gun and his health goes to 56...wtf?? so i didnt want to use any more ammo so i go to some library and i bash at the barricade...nothing happens...so i shoot it...nothing happens, so then i was like screw this piece of (insert fowl noun besides rubbish)!!!!

[Quotidius]

Different*.









*Rubbish.

[staggy11]

If you don't get what to do, read the wiki/FAQ.

As for &quot;so i shoot him with my gun and his health goes to 56&quot;, what don't you understand? You shot him, it did some damage, and now his health is 56. As for barricades, of course nothing happened. It's a barricade. It's supposed to stand up to attack. Find another building.

[Rannos]

Played it a while, got bored with the AP point, thought it was rubbish after making many alts for more action and left...




Then, a while later I just devoted all efforts into one character and got to a decent level. Joined one of the clans defending my area and began to have a pretty good time. Those against AP points have no idea what they're doing. You don't play this game like any of your other video games were you play an intense game for an hour than join another one. Urban Dead is more about commiting to it to achieve long term goals.

I am there Sakon Rasthor (http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=456638) if anyone ever finds themselves in the Northeast Corner (specifically Rhodenbank.)

[dontleave]

I'd rather play L4D...

[staggy11]

I am in it as Staggy11. I'm part of Caiger Mall Survivors, and I'm currently returning to the mall after a long absence.

[Synapse]

Good idea; shit game.

[The One]

I quite like Urban Dead. I know that many people disagree with the action points, as well, as the basic graphics, and I think that's quite sad.

You shouldn't just say a game is rubbish, simply because it isn't a FPS with real-life graphics. The whole point of Urban Dead is that it can be played from any computer with internet access. No downloads, no plug ins needed. The design is minimalistic, which is quite hard to do properly when you need to keep everything on one screen.

As for the turns, it's to stop people from getting an unfair advantage. It also adds a touch of realism to the game.

Simply put, if you don't like it, don't play it. But don't call it rubbish, simply because it is much simpler than the games you are used to. Simple doesn't always mean stupid. I'm trying to make a game similar to Urban Dead, and I have a lot of respect for it because it is hard work to do well.


The game is still crap, sorry but I dont judge it by graphics and things like that. Its just the game's principles and controls....just everthing sucks

[staggy11]

What about the principles? What about the controls?
I don't mind that you feel this way, I'm just curious as to what exactly you would change/add/improve/remove.

[Synapse]

The goals aren't set out clearly, the html layout isn't even lined up properly, there is no form of tutorial, playing time is limited, exp is earned in a wrong way.....

[The One]

First, the turn points, then chat points, then how much xp you recieve from killing zombies, umm should I go on?

[Rufus]

I really don't understand all the hate towards UD. Yes, it's pretty basic and lacks good graphics, but it's free, it's an MMO, and has zombies! It's not meant to be a fast paced, shoot-em-up like L4D.

To each his own, I guess...

[Synapse]

There are MMO's that do not get hated. Therefore it is not the type of game.

[The One]

This mmo is just simply to boring for my taste, and its not even the graphical features. Its just boring, and its stupid how you have to wait like a f**king hour just to get 2 turn points. I just hate it......

[Drizzt]

ah there we go that's what make me mad is waiting 30 mins for 1 single turn point. I mean it takes 1 turn point to talk to some1? that seems like a waste.

[FadedEchos]

The problem with this game is that you either have to have patience, other things to do, or a good imagination. Thankfully I've got all three, so it's fun to play around once in a while. Maxed out a character already though, and after that there's nothing to really do except join a clan and start screwing around.

Gotta say www.nexuswar.com (http://www.nexuswar.com) , which is based on the same map / names thing as urban dead, is a much better game though. Quite a bit more to think about and do, with a ton of different classes and skills. Also: The power difference between a level one and a maxed out level 30 is much more significant than in UD. It's the difference between a random person on the street and a demigod.

But you still need the patience, other things to do, and imagination to really enjoy this. (Also you get AP back faster. Yay)

[Drizzt]

hmm sounds good faded whats your name might join

[FadedEchos]

You get up to three characters, more if you donate, so I've got more than one name. But my highest level character's called Scrounger and he's in The Legion. And he can teleport. And summon a tiger. And make guns. And see hidden people. And track down murderers ( Eye Of Death ) which is pretty useless but still a cool idea.

[Drizzt]

ah kool

[The One]

umm.............still.......

[Drizzt]

hey hey hey let me be the last poster on each fourm just wait ok The One

[staggy11]

Goals: There are only two goals; Zombies kill, Human survive. It isn't like WoW or other MMORPGs with quests. You make your own story, rather than following one written by the developers.

HTML: Not sure what you mean. Screen shots would explain better. The actual page has always lined up perfectly for me.

Tutorial: I don't think there is any need for one. You have big buttons saying &quot;Search&quot; and &quot;Attack <object> with <weapon>&quot;. That's about as clear as it can get.

Playing time: I assume you mean Ap/Turns here? Fair enough. But it was designed as a game to play semi-casually. It's not designed for you to spend hours per day on. Ap limits mean that someone playing 5 hours a day doesn't have an unfair advantage over someone who can only get on the game for half an hour a day.

Chat Points: You mean the fact that it costs Ap to talk? In all fairness, I agree. That is one thing that I would change.

XP rates/ Xp earning: I'm not sure why you feel that you gain XP by doing the wrong things. Please clarify.
As for XP rates, well Kevan (the maker) isn't able to please everyone. As someone already said, this isn't a fast-paced game. You shouldn't be aiming to level up, let alone grinding. It should just be a bonus every now and then to make things a bit easier.

[Drizzt]

sounds ok im Dane21

[The One]

The Point is, urban dead is still not a good mmo. Case closed.

[staggy11]

The Point is, urban dead is still not a good mmo. Case closed.

You mean you don't like it. It has an extremely large fan base, and lot's of people like it. So it obviously is a good mmo. You may not like it, and you may think that it's not very good. That's your personal opinion. You have every right to think that.

But Urban Dead obviously does SOMETHING right, otherwise it wouldn't have half the popularity it has now. That's a fact.

[The One]

Sorry bro, if it did do something right I would probably stop saying it sucks for the fifth time :)

[Synapse]

Staggy wtf did you make it or something? Noone likes the game it's tough luck. Some win (valve) and some lose (urban dead).

[hooray for zombies]

I haven't played the game, so I don't have an opinion. What I do have an opinion about is the fact that some people *coughtheone/synapsecough* are being assholes. Racists say that black people are inferior, Nazis say that white people should rule the earth. Do you think that they're right? They did, so does that make them right? In the end it's a matter of opinion, and if the opinion of the forum is that it sucks, then OK. But it is the opinion of other people that it's good, why should your opinion be worth more than theirs?

This has been th HFZ ranting hour, thank you for joining us.

[Synapse]

Staggy said the game was good, does that make him right? Just being a critic, nothing wrong with that.

[hooray for zombies]

I'm not saying that, I'm just saying that you guys are acting like your opinion is absolute, and that happens to be one of the things that pisses me off the most

[Stubbs]

game extremely sucked cant even see your guy noone talks and every place is heavy barracaded but you still can enter for some reason.

[Synapse]

game extremely sucked cant even see your guy noone talks and every place is heavy barracaded but you still can enter for some reason.

Summed up nicely there Stubbs. :)

[staggy11]

I'm not saying that, I'm just saying that you guys are acting like your opinion is absolute, and that happens to be one of the things that pisses me off the most

Thank you HFZ. You have managed to sum up my argument better than I could.

I don't care if people don't like it. I just get annoyed when people use their point of view as a fact, when it is little more than an opinion.

[Shrubberyjsc]

I have some constructive criticism.

I would take out player-zombies. Playing as one, I felt weak, even if I got the upgrade that lowers it to one AP per move instead of two, it would still feel gimped. I think this could be a really cool Co-Op game, but right now it just feels antagonistic, (IMHO).

As a human, I wanted to get out there and be useful, but I would waste AP's searching for useful stuff forever. I read that doctors can make the syringes, (correct me if I'm wrong). I would have liked it better if you would buy a gun or trade for petrol. I think that could add a whole other layer to the game. Is there even money?

My dream zombie game would be that small communities made forts outside cities. They would send out foraging groups, to loot the city they are next to, and the city would be the battle zone, like the wilderness in Runescape.

Every person would have money, so they can trade, and one person would be the 'Mayor' of the fort-community. The mayor would trade with other communities, they would have trade routes between them, etc.

I was kinda hoping I'd see this sorta game as an MMO, but I doubt I ever will.
=' (

[Rufus]

My dream zombie game would be that small communities made forts outside cities. They would send out foraging groups, to loot the city they are next to, and the city would be the battle zone, like the wilderness in Runescape.

Every person would have money, so they can trade, and one person would be the 'Mayor' of the fort-community. The mayor would trade with other communities, they would have trade routes between them, etc.

Wow...that sounds extremely awesome. I'd love to see a game like that! And I agree about the PvP zombie thing. Things aren't always completely balanced, regardless of the skills you can get.

On topic: I think that UD is only fun if you have the patience. If you want a run n' gun zombie gore-fest, it's not for you. However, if you don't have a burning itch to get into some zombie action how you want it and when you want it, and can get past the whole AP system, it can be a lot of fun.

Did I sum that up about right? :)

[Stubbs]

game extremely sucked cant even see your guy noone talks and every place is heavy barracaded but you still can enter for some reason.

still stick with my idea

[ThE PaWnZoReR]

Hey, I played this game and to tell the truth.........................................it sucked

[staggy11]

On topic: I think that UD is only fun if you have the patience. If you want a run n' gun zombie gore-fest, it's not for you. However, if you don't have a burning itch to get into some zombie action how you want it and when you want it, and can get past the whole AP system, it can be a lot of fun.
Exactly. Couldn't have said it better myself.

My dream zombie game would be that small communities made forts outside cities. They would send out foraging groups, to loot the city they are next to, and the city would be the battle zone, like the wilderness in Runescape.

Every person would have money, so they can trade, and one person would be the 'Mayor' of the fort-community. The mayor would trade with other communities, they would have trade routes between them, etc.

I was kinda hoping I'd see this sorta game as an MMO, but I doubt I ever will.
That would be awesome. So very, very awesome.