Hunter197

My opinion on GunZ This game was an absolute dream **** when it first came out. It was fairly fast paced, ad a nice level of competitiveness, and had an even playing field for both newcomers and veterans. Also the level up system was fantastic! This game absolutely COULD be reborn again by a new publisher, if they would just fix the one single flaw in the game... GET RID OF THE K-STYLE!!! I cant believe no official game publisher has done this yet, but maybe it's just too late. A "sort of" no K-Style mod has been made on private servers, but it is never used because well... obviously a new player is not aware of mods and such, they just wanna have fun. Which is impossible when you are facing veteran players who all know K-Style like the back of thier hands. If they got rid of all the glitch abuse, I think new players would flock in for multiple reasons: 1) The original, UN-modded version can be played optimally on almost any machine, regardless of power. Even a net book could run it! I have many young gamer friends who desperately need online games to play on their moms old laptop, but there is not really alot of good choices out there for a dated machine. And not everybody can afford a specialised gaming PC. Seriously this is a HUGE reason for people to play it. Even brand new Windows 8 laptops struggle to play browser based/unity engine games. 2) At first glance, it is a very attractive game. Until a new player encounters a K-styler. Then it is instantly abandoned. Without K-Style, it would make a much more even playing field for all skill levels. People are intrigued by GunZ. I played it at the Internet cafe back in 2008, and had people crowded around me in awe of it. 3)Many people know about this game, but do not wish to play as it is just too hard. Making it easier will bring many old players and people who just tried the game back for another try. Also, people stopped playing because of health reasons. The glitch abuse is alot of twitching and drilling of the left hand, which after a while can cause alot of pain. Basically the faster you can move your hand, they faster you will move in the game. And people move at lightning speed in GunZ, so you can imagine how fast their hands are moving. 4)So I gaurantee people are gonna say stuff like "GunZ is nothing without K-Style" or "K-Style is what made it good" but that is so so wrong. GunZ is nothing WITH K-Style, and K-style made it crap! It turned it from a fun game for all into a newbies nightmare. If I had the resources and the knowledge, I would recreate GunZ into the game it should have been. To the game it was back when I first started. An enjoyable, mildly chaotic game that could be enjoyed by everyone. 5)The character customization options in this game is really very nice. and the item mall can be filled with options which is something western gamers like! They don't like to be slowly drip fed item mall choices in order from worst to best, they like all the options laid out in front of them so they can choose how they want to look. Which is how GunZ was back when Ijji published it. That was one great thing about GunZ that never changed. You could make your character look completely different from all others. Its been thrown out by Aeria ****? Because not enough people played! And why? Because new players didn't like being insta-killed by some fat B*stard who has done nothing but train K-Style for the last 2 years. I can guarantee that if K-Style didnt exist, Aeria games would still be running it and the online player base would be over 1000 at any given time. I started playing GunZ back in 2007 I think. It was amazing! I was completely hooked! Back when the glitches were rarely ever seen. It was a super fun game! Now... I cant stand to even look at what it has become. Laggy private servers full of ego tripping K-style freaks taunting every noob that is foolish enough to stumble into their game. It's really sad to see such a great game go down the gurgler like this. In my opinion, games such as S4 League don't even come close to what GunZ was back in the day. In conclusion,no new player can ever hope to be the best at this game. The current best just keep getting better. It is the one true reason why the game is how it is today. Some private servers still have a player base of around 280 players. Imagine an official server, with the game refurbished to accommodate players of all skill levels. I believe it will be a success. I have may other ideas of how the game could be improved, but I lack the knowledge to action these ideas.