LOOKS Great... but this ain't it yet // Gray Zone Warfare Gameplay (2024)

So what do you guys think 🧐

“The guns all sounded the same”
“Everyone used the same gun”

These Tarkov comparisons are ridiculous lmfao. This video is speculative yapping at best, with nothing of value being added to the development/discussion of this game.
Also, criticizing every little detail in what is clearly just a tech demo of the game is hilarious. Considering how early in development this is, it’s pretty incredible that they’re even able to showcase this

Maybe have all extraction shooters in the tarkov channel? Grey Zone definitely looks like it has some legs, hope they last!

keep the videos of this game on this channel i think ppl are at least as interested to see where this is going as i am

for a pre-alpha it makes the current states of tarkov seems almost stupid

The devs are super passionate about this game. This has me hyped for the future of this game.

i see absolutely no looting

They stated that it took them running this mission all day to get a run that no one died in so that is most likely why they looked like they knew where the AI may be

They made it seem like they had a bit more progression than what we are seeing.

Been waiting

Remember this gameplay for when Beautiful Light beta test hits at the end of '24

Would definitely like to see continued coverage of this and any other extraction shooter related updates on this channel myself.

I'm certainly impressed by the approach of the healing system. There are no health pools for every hitbox, just your blood in liters. And it looks like you can examine and heal your teammates

I do think the animations even for getting hit or shooting the gun could use some work, visual feedback is actually a MASSIVE thing, especially when coming off a hit game like Helldivers 2
(not same game but that game is a PERFECT example of why sound quality and visual feedback is KEY to a successful title, no matter the genre!)
personally i would of loved to see them introduce DESTRUCTION in this game, like im talking slight Battlefield levels, like i think it should add that eventually, imagine someone camping in a building or behind a door and just able to BLOW UP OR KICK DOWN THE DOOR OFF THE HINGES so it cant be closed again, stuff like that will be AMAZING to add to a extraction shooter that for some reason not yet has been done (Yet)
But i do agree my hype has been died down from looking at the gameplay they showed, just simply comparing to Tarkov isnt fair for it at this point having the development time of Tarkov vs GZW but i do also agree it will probably be good in the future, give it some time to cook as you said :)

It was nice 4 a First Look and they sat tey Had a few atempts needed

I'm all for this game being covered on the main channel. Empirical graphic information/lack theirof aside, I think their aesthetic is way better than EFT. More color but not unreasonably so, more detailed and appealing medical animations (puffy bandages aside) snappier weapon handling, I love it so far.
It does have a long way to go.
Besides AI, I am interested to see just how far the medical system will go. I would like to see it get as detailed or more so than EFT, and they claim it will be, but they should make sure that complexity isn't all behind the scenes. One of my gripes with EFT since it came out is that all your treatment animations target your left side or your stomach, and that there is zero evidence on the character model what the injury even is. It's all just status effects and magic bluetooth tournequets. There isn't even an animation change if your legs are broken, that should practically be step 2 in a system that deep. Madfinger have shown they take the visual side seriously, I want to know how seriously.

Right now to me, it just looks like a "bigger" Ground Branch, it has that same indie vibe to it that I get when I play Ground Branch. Will be paying attention to see how they improve and polish things up.

Finally someone takes tarkov and make it better hopefully with a no wipe. than we could finally play the game.

What is gonna actually sell me on this, is if they ACTUALLY double down on the realism aspect, like Tarkov "claims" to do
I want gunfighting, EVEN CQC< to be cover and angle based, not movement based.
I want TACTICS (real world tactics), not ammo meta and movement, to determine winner
Also, the actual open world is a HUGE plus, compared to the rather stale and predictable raids of current Tarkov
(If Tarkov could get away from the fixed spawns and "ready-set-go" raid setup, then they would be closer equals)
Furthermore, if Gray Zone actually pulls through with things like "your in game actions change the game world as a whole", that would also be an advantage over Tarkov.

Damn i was hoping this could get me into tarkov remission

Yes, please keep the Grey Zone content here.

I'm comparing this to how tarkov was in early access, this looks better than tarkov ever did in early access and I played since day 1. Tarkov is good now and these games can easily co exist together to satisfy certain gameplay experiences.

Whats the gameplay loop of this game they say open world pvpve but is it just going to be a bunch of people doing missions and running into each other? I don't get it the looting seemed like DMZ the little that they did show when he picked up the cell phone

I think if it's note able updates on gray zone, that is fine. However when the game releases and you have full game tips,etc. Then you can put on your second or make a septate channel for it. That is my thought.

I dont think the purpose of this video was to show off the weapon variety, or health system, or anything else. I think it's purpose was legit only "This isn't The Day Before, this game exists"

Seems like the closest thing to Tarkov that's up and coming. So keep big updates on this channel!

While I think raw gameplay footage like this is ultimately valuable, I dont think this particular approach is good to drum up hype for this particular game. The Devs themselves have said that they really want to immerse the player in the process of it all; selecting a mission, crafting a tailored loadout for the task at hand, treking through the rainforest with your squad as you approach your destination, before finally executing your plan. Shooting enemy AI is such a small part of whats (imo) appealing to this game, yet thats all we really see here. Its the gear, weapon customization, faction gameplay, mission variety, and story quests. All of this stuff is supposed to be present in the games initial EA release and I hope we see more of that stuff soon as well.

Wherever you put it i will watch it. I think this looks pretty dope. Its gonna be hard to be as in depth as tarkov but as long as its better than like ghost recon games (they arent bad just kinda clunky) it will find a good slot in the category. People just need to manage expectations about what they see. Its nowhere near a finished game. Its just the beginning.

0:54 the mountains are not physical, it's very much a skybox texture.

Wait so is it a extraction game?

I saw this gameplay this morning and It look alright but the Thing that stood out for me the AI wasn't as good as I was hoping for a game calling itself PVEVP. If this game is gonna succeed I think it will need to have some realy impressive AI

It looks cool but the only thing that worries me is that the scope of the game might be too big for the studio, I mean they are promising A LOT of things here, A huge open world map with a lot of details and environmental storytelling, a lot of story and quest options, and apparently much more. "The ultimate gaming/fps experience."

I agree that the games very bare bones right now, but thats not bad. The skeleton is there and it looks like its got a good base to build from but yeah its very obvious that the game isnt anywhere near a release stage, like early alpha at best honestly

We need to drop these comparisons to Tarkov. It's not trying to be the "Tarkov killer". It's not even trying to be Tarkov. I was impressed by the visuals and the map design. Animations look great as well. I honestly thought the gameplay looked great too. Early but great. Also the guns sounded the same here because they were all the same gun. I like the slow and immersive feel they're going for. Completely different than Tarkov.

It’s promising but I was under the impression that they were much further along. To me, it looks like it needs another year before even a closed beta should take place. Still looking forward to it and still want it to succeed but more work indeed

Looking forward to seeing more game play but I doubt it will kill Tarkov

The problem is that no game is going to overthrow tarkov’s popularity unless they have some really intuitive base mechanics. this looks like it might work, but they will have to develop it for a lot longer if they want to challenge the depth and progression that tarkov presents

i think u should keep uploading gzw stuff on this channel

My vote is that it shouldn't be posted on the tarkov channel if it's not meant to be in the tarkov conversion. Sure, it might draw in Tarkov fans, but we can always go looking for the info if we really want it. Thanks for covering the game, though. I am curious as to what this game is all about.

This deserves to be on the channel more than tarkov lol

PROs:-
MAP, Lighting, weapons, vegetation, atmosphere, everything except things I mentioned in cons. 22:13 Look at the leg of AI, damm great.
CONS :-
1. They need to work on the medical system, it's very basic. I want to see something like ACE3 advanced medical system, where we can use morphine, different bandages, splints, IVs, heart rate, blood pressure, broken bones, etc.
I want to see if a player got hit in the leg, can't run or sprint for 15 minutes and if hit in the arm can't hold the rifle stable. If hot in the chest pain is there unless administered morphine.
GZW's medical system is very forgiving. Bandages disappear after being used on the body? WTF?
2. AI took a lot of bullets before they died & they are not wearing body armor.
3. No need for Heli insertion, map looks small.
4. Damm COMPASS on the top. Give the player an option to use the animated compass, not the UI. Immersion killer.

I'm excited to see GZW still. I don't think it will kill Tarkov, because I don't think they want to try to kill Tarkov. They're going for more of a DayZ-meets-Tarkov-ish feel and I dig it. I fell in love with Tarkov's combat and promise to one day be open-world DayZ-like since they were inspired by DayZ. For me, a DayZ with actually useable AI and a combat system that isn't absolute cheese grater bad is a cool idea and thing to look forward to. At this point I'd vote second channel, but give it time to cook. If the game is enough like Tarkov to stay, then, well, we'll find out in due time. Right now the game definitely looks to be in Ground Branch/Zero Hour territory, which is not a diss, just a general look at current development. These things take time. I think Tarkov's biggest downfall was it released to the public a little too early to be realistically viable until suddenly it was giant.

In my personal opinion I don't think it will get as in deep as Tarkov on the health system or even on the gun moding. I also notice that the time to kill is not on par on a realistic approach since they are calling that they are. I could be wrong. I also notice that there was no gun sway when they where aiming it looked completely static.

This looks so good. My only concern is the ai has to be good. Challenging without game breaking, realistic responses, different behaviors, etc

The only Tarkov killer is BSG...
Edit: I hope GZW gets top the point they wanna go! PvEvP to me is META

So it has the same issues as tarkov?

in the end of the day if you cant copy paste the fight feeling you have with tarkov it seems so off for me

I'm doubting this game will kill Tarkov, out of all the extraction shooters out right now I still believe that Tarkov is the only game to do it right despite all of the things going against Tarkov. In my opinion, I doubt that I'm assuming is really trying to be as realistic as possible will be as successful, part of what makes Tarkov so great in my eyes is how it's quite gamified. The way that attachments work, stims, and all the skills that you level up affecting your character. I've seen people say (myself included) that Tarkov is a realistic, hardcore, survival/looter shooter game, but in actuality it's a hardcore RPG with some realistic elements.
This game will definitely have its audience though, there are some Tarkov players that wish the game was something along the lines of Squad or full on mil-sim like, and this will be the perfect game for them.
The only extraction shooter that I'm a smidge excited for is Marathon, that game has me sold on it's aesthetic and the franchise's story. However, Bungie seem to be faltering and just not doing too well from what I've heard. I think they've got something going on, and I'm sure they have some pretty unique ideas for the game, but I'm going to keep my expectations in check.

Been saying this exact thing. I'm excited for it, but people need to realise that this game is literally in a 2016-2017 Tarkov State, and will likely take 5-8 years to fully develop. If they are expecting anything else, they will be sorely disappointed. Just like they are with Tarkov. I see too many people crying about how Tarkov and Arena are "sh*tty complete games", when they are absolutely not.

Petition to change the name from NoiceGuy Tarkov to NoiceGuy Gray!😂

This is not a game yet. Theyre trying to figure out a flow and feel. There is (seemingly) no gameplay loop or mechanics like recoil/damage etc showed here. I would assume there are more features that are not shown in this demo, while they figure out which directions they want to go with.
Aint no way UE5's baked in spacial audio could be worse than Torkov. Gawsh I miss old eft 2d directional audio vs current 0-4Deez audio

i mean keep it on this channel for now, and maytbe look how many views and what comments will say about it and you will see if it fits here or on the other channel.

I warned people that they're dooming any new IP by referring to it as a killer of another extremely popular IP especially one with a huge committed fan base (this is not referring to you NoiceGuy you did a great job in curving expectations for GZW and luring in those anxious to try EFT) (also lots of those "anxious" potential gamers are on the fence solely because the method to purchase EFT seems sketch to them and are just accustomed to getting games directly from Steam (like GZW is) plus they don't know how dedicated the devs really are, those were my reasons why it took me 7 years to try EFT)

I'm really keen to play gzw, one thing I'm not keen on the pve server, having pvp and pve servers separates the community literally down the middle and you will have two grounps of people that want the game to go in completely different directions. Plus pve servers will be full of groups just cheesing the game and the pvp will be full of greifers.

Genuinely think it's great, compare tarkov at this stage to GZ:W to this stage. It's a vessle for something amazing but now it's just upto the devs to fill it with something great

Tarkov is alot farther along. This has a long way to go. Can't even compare them yet. It's not even out yet

For a day 1 early access launch it looks pretty incredible if your comparing it to tarkov, tarkov had 0 missions, 0 traders, 0 animations with broken audio broken lighting at launch all of these this game already has locked down.
This game just needs time but as a 7 year tarkov veteran it doesnt need to "destroy" tarkov it just needs to be a well made serious tactical shooter alternative because tarkov will always be there as the o.g

Imo, I think Beautiful Light looks way better.

Why do the weapons look so tiny?

I mean, it's not Tarkov so probably doesn't need to be on the Tarkov channel unless the core mechanics/scale evolve into legitimate competition

Only four or five guns being used in Tarkov?

How i understand, tarkov in ue5? XD

I am looking forward to a game more relaxing than tarkov but not so complex like arma.

I have a feeling that developer will give up eventually 😅

If grey zone actually put up good lines of communication to their playerbase and mechanics it could kill Tarkov with that alone.
Remeber Tarkov right now only makes money from hackers, Nikita is aware that hackers fund him. Nikata's response is buying prop sets for tarkov irl, saying anti-cheat has been updated, and not fixing major issues (like audio).
Vacuume hackers are back in full force, aimbot, walls, all of the instant ban easy detectable hacks are back because hackers get a month or so of playtime before being banned and buying the game again. 900,000 new accounts purchased last year in Tarkov, lets be nice and say 50% are real players. That is still 450,000 cheaters all getting about a month of playtime, AND THEY MAKE MONEY CHEATING SO THEY CAN KEEP BUYING THE GAME AGAIN AND AGAIN.
Also lets add in Arena, Ive been forced solo SINCE LAUNCH because the invite systems so bugged that I cant see other people and vise versa.
All of this is why Grey Zone can be a Tarkov killer very easy if they just start with transparency and clear communication.

Gun looks like a small toy in his hands lol. Is that how guns look irl?

Keep it on this channel.

if youre only using 4 or 5 guns in tarkov you are blowing it...... also it just looks boring so far but hopefully that changes.

I'm hopeful where the game will be, but nothing about it currently excites me. Just looks too far away. Nothing about that demo makes me want to play it

Looks pretty good. I'll get it to support the devs.

Nobody is saying its a tarkov killer 😮 also whats the thought process ? Yea grey zone is its own game so should have its own channel separate from eft. No brainer. 🎉

Ya my biggest thing will be AI behavior. Anything that can even sorta mimic tarkov scavs and bosses would be so nice. I want to play a tarkov like game that’s pve with my friends. Seems like the only game to be like tarkov is tarkov tho 😂

SPT is the only thing that can kill tarkov

main channel clown guy

I think it will be good just needs some time in the oven.

there will never be a tarkov killer. the only thing that will kill tarkov, is the netcode

Gun sounds and recoil sound/look very meh. A lot of walking, not sure why they thought it was a good idea to feature so much walking in this trailer.

Gray zone seems to be falling into a similar trap I’ve seen so many games fall into. They’ve yet to tell a compelling story about why the gameplay loop can/will be fun, progression or any systems other than a persistent world. I hate when promos are about tech, realism, fancy sh*t that UE5 can do. The fun comes before the sim if you want a successful game. I hope they realize that and are just playing to the roleplayers. But until I get that info I’m just gonna have to ignore the hype train

Honestly for now it look's like most UE5 tarkov wannabe shooters that are beeing worked on by small studios lately.. (I mean games like Road to Vostok which I know is beeing worked on by 1 guy but shouldn't really be compared to tarkov imo)

The real question is if Tarkov should be allowed on the gray zone channel.

It’s amazing how one year you get giddy seeing someone post every time and then the next everything that comes out of their mouth is insanely biased or just factually wrong making you dislike them more and more with each passing video.

I think that your approach here is super defensive about Tarkov, rather than being sort of neutral. So your opinion is fairly hard slanted, can't blame you as you have a lot on the Tarkov line.
Yes, this is an early development of this game. Not remarkably, the guns likely all have the same sound for now (not the most important part of early game development, just having "bang, pow" is enough for development sake. The player movement looks pretty good, the level of detail for an early model is super nice, and it seems to be running somewhat smoothly. That the shooting appears to work, that the hit registration seems to work, and so puts it somewhat ahead of Tarkov, IMHO. It seems that these guys are working to make sure the basics actually work, and aren't worried about fancy stuff yet. That is GOOD development technique.
So yeah, wind it back and try again. Think of how you would have reviewed Tarkov in 2016, and then consider how far ahead this game is. You might feel better (or at least less congested, if you know what I mean)

It can't be the Tarkov killer until they add unnecessarily repetitive side quests and start stacking poorly designed systems like FiR, run-through, and in-game item drop limits on top of one another.

Looks like your average uninspired indie shooter. What makes tarkov great is their attention to detail, for example recording audio for every gun in game with the real life counterpart. This game looks like they bought assets off the unreal store.

keep on this channel

Play Grayzone if u want guys stop hating

The gunplay looks a bit too CoDlike

People need to STOP calling other games/game modes the “tArKoV KiLlEr”. I saw it with Cod DMZ and it probably started way before that. I can’t take people seriously when they describe a game that way. This isn’t about NoiceGuy, just the community in general! STAHP lol

The guns look so f*cking tiny

Second Channel....Nothing beats Tarkov....YET

I know it's pre-alpha footage but this game just looks Generic AF to me... Even if the generic issues are fixed, I'm still not convinced Grey Zone isn't just a Ghost Recon clone with survival elements.

This game looks very very far behind where they led us on to believe it was. This has as you say years of catchup to play. The animations look stiff, the guns look okay but the sound is lacking and very generic. We see no looting, no "smart" AI which is supposed to be one of the main USPs of this game when listening to the game designer talking... I think I'm going to continue dipping into Tarkov and steer well clear of this one for a while.
Edit: Just popped into my head the lack of gun diversity is also a no from me. I love how Tarkov has almost endless amount of guns and customisations to choose from. I used to only use 3-4 guns bue with the new patch I'm making a point to try all of them.

Paid BSG employee.

It just looks like open world ground branch, and that game has no content

I don't think this game will take 'years' to flesh out. From the development speed we've seen, the communication between the devs and the community, and the fact that it's on unreal engine, they can probably get a substantial amount of work done quickly. The idea of games taking multiple years to be fleshed out after the first demonstrations is entirely a BSG and triple-A studio thing. Sure a game can take years to develop, but not flesh out, and the hardest part to finish, the foundation is already here and looking good.

Something not mentioned the terrain for a mountainous area is WAY TOO FLAT. They are underestimating cheaters. Such flat terrain is going to lead to so many kills when cheaters arrive at least in Tarkov you have such excellent map design that had cheaters in mind. Tons of elevation, trenches (literially), ditches, dips, etc,. you had to have bad spawning or make choices to be in the open. Here you're absolutely screwed no matter what cause the whole map is practically flat. Also the pristineness of some things make it look out of place. Vehicle rusted and shot up; perfectly shiny windshield. The guys arm looks like he just got out of a nice steamy shower. Etc,.

second channel but tarkov fans wil probably enjoy this game looks good but cant add to much realisim though as itll ruin games

They just need a better anti cheat to be better than tarkov 😂

This game always seemed like a asset flip scam when they tried saying dumb sh*t like pvevp while not being articulate at all with how this game us even supposed to be played