DayZ Standalone! :)

[Cappuccino]

wow.. found food, m4, ammo, and med kits.. accidentally jumped of the building and died

 

[LinkTECH]

best zombie game ever

 

[taq8ojh]

Could someone give me a brief description of the game? It looks super interesting, but I am totally confused by Wikipedia article about it. I never heard about it.

Also, why does alpha version cost money? That's the first time I see something like that.

 

[smackababy]

It is a zombie survival game based on the Arma 2 engine (started off as an Arma 2 mod). It is supposed to be realistic (as far as zombies go) in that it is about survival not shoot zombies. There is no real objectives other than to survive. You have to eat, drink, and avoid most human contact (as they will probably kill you for your gear, even if you have none). This is like a thinking man's Left 4 Dead, except it is populated by children who have cheats.

The problem is Arma 2 is awful from a game standpoint. The UI is intentionally obtuse and the hyper realism just isn't fun. It doesn't help at one point literally only a single guy was working on development and the source code he posted when looking for answers was pretty bad according to a friend of mine who was on his forums.

This is a great concept if it was executed properly. Sadly, this is still better than The War Z.

 

[Remobz]

It is a zombie survival game based on the Arma 2 engine (started off as an Arma 2 mod). It is supposed to be realistic (as far as zombies go) in that it is about survival not shoot zombies. There is no real objectives other than to survive. You have to eat, drink, and avoid most human contact (as they will probably kill you for your gear, even if you have none). This is like a thinking man's Left 4 Dead, except it is populated by children who have cheats.

The problem is Arma 2 is awful from a game standpoint. The UI is intentionally obtuse and the hyper realism just isn't fun. It doesn't help at one point literally only a single guy was working on development and the source code he posted when looking for answers was pretty bad according to a friend of mine who was on his forums.

This is a great concept if it was executed properly. Sadly, this is still better than The War Z.

Points taken.

In a nutshell, do not waste your money on this game.

 

[taq8ojh]

Hm, the gameplay I can see on Youtube looks pretty amazing. Also, people say the UI is pretty intuitive. Being a standalone game now developed by authors of the original game, I kinda assume it's better than what you describe.
Being just about survival and nothing else, wouldn't it have fairly short life though? Apparently it's nowhere near a MMORPG, even though it kinda looks like one.

 

[smackababy]

Well, you'd think people would get bored eventually, but they continue to play. You have no real objectives other than building a car I suppose, but then you can go around either helping or harassing other people more easily.

I stopped playing because of cheaters mostly. Every server was plagued by them it seems.

 

[slightlyhuman]

i still play dayz from time to time and enjoy it. i'm used to the shitty game mechanics, etc.

my question is, for those who have played this and old dayz, is it any more buggier than what we're already used to?

also, are there lots of populated servers?

 

[WiseUp216]

If you liked the mod, you'll like the standalone.

I haven't played the mod in a long, long time so I don't know how it really compares to the standalone presently. I would say it is less buggy than the mod I remember from ~2ish years ago.

I am definitely enjoying the standalone. I'm seeing much less kill-on-sight than you would expect. The wave stance and hands-up stance help you discern risk pretty quickly.

Pretty much splitting my Arma zombie time 50/50 between this and the Arma 3 Breaking Point mod.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Are the controls better than it was in Arma II? That was so atrocious I stopped playing. It bothers me that people are saying it's based off Arma II....

 

[WiseUp216]

Interface is slightly improved over Arma II but still very similar. It won't win you over.

 

[TheBigEarl]

The inventory interface is hugely improved. Most buildings can now be entered and looted. Graphically the game is quite a bit better, but needs optimization. Guns are harder to come by and snipers are almost non existent. The survival aspect is really emphasized, with food and water being your primary concerns early on. So far haven't seen any hacks of any sort. Biggest downfall in gameplay right now is that combat logging is rampant and must be addressed immediately.

It's not for everyone. It's still very rough as an alpha. But the core aspects of the game that are done so far give them a much better platform to build on. Watch some lets plays and streams and decide for yourself.

 

[Cappuccino]

If you liked the mod, you'll like the standalone.

I haven't played the mod in a long, long time so I don't know how it really compares to the standalone presently. I would say it is less buggy than the mod I remember from ~2ish years ago.

I am definitely enjoying the standalone. I'm seeing much less kill-on-sight than you would expect. The wave stance and hands-up stance help you discern risk pretty quickly.

Pretty much splitting my Arma zombie time 50/50 between this and the Arma 3 Breaking Point mod.

'I'm seeing much less kill-on-sight than you would expect' That's because there is only 3 guns in the game and takes around hours to find ammo. I always KOS now, it's more fun. Trust me! :twisted:

 

[Cappuccino]

The inventory interface is hugely improved. Most buildings can now be entered and looted. Graphically the game is quite a bit better, but needs optimization. Guns are harder to come by and snipers are almost non existent. The survival aspect is really emphasized, with food and water being your primary concerns early on. So far haven't seen any hacks of any sort. Biggest downfall in gameplay right now is that combat logging is rampant and must be addressed immediately.

It's not for everyone. It's still very rough as an alpha. But the core aspects of the game that are done so far give them a much better platform to build on. Watch some lets plays and streams and decide for yourself.

'combat logging' I hate that too. You kill someone and they back out lol.

 

[Danimal1209]

Points taken.

In a nutshell, do not waste your money on this game.

Completely disagree.

It's not for everyone, but watch some videos and decide for yourself. Either you'll hate it or you'll love it, there is no in between for this game.

 

[pontifex]

Could someone give me a brief description of the game? It looks super interesting, but I am totally confused by Wikipedia article about it. I never heard about it.

Also, why does alpha version cost money? That's the first time I see something like that.

you been under a rock? look up kickstarter...

 

[Childs]

Are the controls better than it was in Arma II? That was so atrocious I stopped playing. It bothers me that people are saying it's based off Arma II....

From what I've seen its one step forward, two steps back. There is drag and drop, but now its even more obtuse. You have to put a weapon in your hand, then put the clip in your hand, then reload. Magazines are bullets are often separate, so you have to pull bullets out, put them in a magazine, etc. No straight blood bags, you need two separate items and craft the equivalent of a blood bag. You get more types of health items, but you dont necessarily know what illness you have. Items also degrade. Also, third person is still enabled, so people hide behind stuff and look in third person. Then they combat log when someone fires a shot at them. Zombies still move through walls and doors.

The idea of the game is fun, and it was fun when it first came out, but the mechanics will only appeal to certain types of people. If you already had ARMA 2 and the mod and stopped playing, I dont think standalone will do anything for you.

 

[SPBHM]

I bought Arma II specifically for DayZ as did thousands and thousands of player, I'm not going to pay again for the same game, they are using a lot of the same stuff with almost no changes, map and so on, they simply stopped updating the Arma II mod and now are going to ask full price for it again...

 

[The Boston Dangler]

I bought Arma II specifically for DayZ as did thousands and thousands of player, I'm not going to pay again for the same game, they are using a lot of the same stuff with almost no changes, map and so on, they simply stopped updating the Arma II mod and now are going to ask full price for it again...

i had the same reaction to that mechwarrior game when they dropped crysis for crysis 2. marginal in the first place, no way i'm going to buy the same thing twice. this game will be dead shortly.

 

[Danimal1209]

I doubt that. Its hard to lose 200,000 players so quickly.

 

[SPBHM]

I doubt that. Its hard to lose 200,000 players so quickly.

well, the game is popular anyway, Arma II was forgotten, DayZ came and put it as the top selling steam game for a while, I'm sure it sold something like that or more for DayZ players only... if other people are buying the game again, good for them I guess... hopefully the final game will be a huge improvement over this version I've seen people playing on Twtich.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

I doubt that. Its hard to lose 200,000 players so quickly.

no it isn't. just wait for the 2nd month of any mmo ever.

 

[taq8ojh]

you been under a rock? look up kickstarter...

Think hard and try to come up with slightly less useless answer. With ~40000 posts I assume you know how to use forums.

 

[pontifex]

Think hard and try to come up with slightly less useless answer. With ~40000 posts I assume you know how to use forums.

i was referencing your pay to play an alpha comment. this is the new trend in gaming for the last year or more.

even steam is full of pay alphas...if you haven't heard of this until now, then you've been living under a rock...

 

[taq8ojh]

That's your problem.