DayZ Standalone

[VVarlord]

Not sure if this has already been linked but it is worth a read...


http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/1ttujw/dayz_my_decent_into_madness/

I will place in a spoiler for those who prefer....

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Well, I installed DayZ, and now I bear a terrible regret. There I was walking around, not knowing what the hell I was doing. I managed to find water but that was about it, no food, no weapons, nothing. As I looked into the void, on the brink of starvation, I thought I heard a voice. Then I saw him. A figure come from the distance. He said, "Hey man, I can see you a mile away in those clothes, you need better gear." I replied that I hadn't found anything and was on the verge of starving to death. He threw me a box of cereal and said hope that helps. Before he left he said, "One last thing, don't trust anyone in this game. You got to look out for you and you alone." Then he left. As I devoured the cereal like a feral beast I realized as a noob, I had no chance. Then this stranger came back. He said, "Hey, felt bad for leaving you, if you want you can follow me so I can teach you the basics." I thought what the hell and obliged with his offer. He threw me a wrench and said use that as a weapon. Fast forward 4 hours and we hadn't found anything. Every nook and crevice had been scavenged and looted thoroughly. We manged to find water, but alas not enough food. We walked into an abandoned house, but there was something... unsettling about it, like a darkness was there, or about to be. We searched the rooms hoping to find food for we were both about to starve. Then as we were about to leave, we saw it. A glowing can of tuna. We went towards it and he said we could share a little bit. As we bent to pick it up, I stood behind him. I don't know what possessed me, but I said one thing to him, "Do you remember what you taught me when we first met? After a long pause, he sighed. I was already raising my wrench as he said, "Yes," in a disappointed yet accepting tone. As I started bashing his skull in I felt nothing but deep regret, yet it did not stop my madness. As my tears hit my keyboard and blood splattered over my character, I kept saying, "I'm so sorry." I don't remember unequipping the wrench but soon I found myself punching his lifeless body. The deed was done. I ate that can of tuna like a wild animal, right next to my mentor's body. But it was him or me... He had to die so I could live... There was no other way... I never even got his name, so whoever you are, if you see this, I am sorry. My character will live with this the rest of his life, however long that is.

[NejStark]

Been away for a week. Back now. Looking forward to playing some standalone! Has there been another character reset since the 20th?

[VVarlord]

Waylander_VVar, Waylander_KingConan, Waylander_Sprinter, Waylander_Sambeer and Waylander_Kibbles

As you can see we have had a productive day....



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[JackieChan]

http://www.twitch.tv/lirik/c/3481126

[jtobiasm]

Haha music guy is hilarious on lirks and towelliee stream. Wish I could run this game but watching lirik is also a rate laugh.

[Sniger]

towers is fixed 

[BlindGuy]

http://www.twitch.tv/lirik/c/3481126

Untill watching this I have avoided this game since it looks absolute fucking dogshit, but now I might have to try

[Banok]

Phoenix bought it so i just got to try it, played 43 minutes. got too bored to continue, so I jumped off top floor of multiple floor building (which was empty of items) in an attempt to commit suicide but landed in a bush and took no damage. so I instead just exited via the menu.

I've enjoyed watching some of the new dayz videos, game can still be hilarious. I'm sure If I put in 20 hours I would have something amusing happen, but fact is new day z is simply worse and less fun than the day z mod I played back in the day. Even once they add back in zombies, loot, fun, etc. its still going to be basically a carbon copy of the mod but with better inventory system and a price tag.

I know its alpha but I frankly that's irrelevant. Firstly because they are charging for it, so money is no object since they have already sold a billion copies of this alpha aswell as arma 2 for day z mod. Secondly because its been over a year and all they have done is taken 1 step forward, but 3 back. thirdly because once its finished the direction will still be the wrong one; they aren't taking the idea to a its full potential, just rehashing it with a few welcome, but meaningless improvements.

I used to be a pretty big fan of the mod but I can't see myself ever buying standalone now. victim of its own success I guess.

[Ganner]

JESUS CHRIST PEOPLE ITS AN ALPHA THAT'S NOT FEATURE COMPLETE WITH ABOUT 1% OF THE LOOT IN IT.

FFS people even rocket (Dayz's chadz) told you not to buy it if your looking for a polished complete game. If you bought it now, just look at it like this, you preordered a game that will be out in a year, but instead of having to wait said year, you now get access to it in its current form. Its up to you if you want to be a constructive member and give bug reports and feedback to the devs, or just not play it at all until its at least in a feature complete state.

I'm not saying you must love the game, but what I am saying is it makes no sense to call it a shit game because its not finished... BECAUSE YOU PAID FOR A NON FINISHED GAME.

[Weren]

Phoenix bought it so i just got to try it, played 43 minutes. got too bored to continue, so I jumped off top floor of multiple floor building (which was empty of items) in an attempt to commit suicide but landed in a bush and took no damage. so I instead just exited via the menu.

I've enjoyed watching some of the new dayz videos, game can still be hilarious. I'm sure If I put in 20 hours I would have something amusing happen, but fact is new day z is simply worse and less fun than the day z mod I played back in the day. Even once they add back in zombies, loot, fun, etc. its still going to be basically a carbon copy of the mod but with better inventory system and a price tag.

I know its alpha but I frankly that's irrelevant. Firstly because they are charging for it, so money is no object since they have already sold a billion copies of this alpha aswell as arma 2 for day z mod. Secondly because its been over a year and all they have done is taken 1 step forward, but 3 back. thirdly because once its finished the direction will still be the wrong one; they aren't taking the idea to a its full potential, just rehashing it with a few welcome, but meaningless improvements.

I used to be a pretty big fan of the mod but I can't see myself ever buying standalone now. victim of its own success I guess.

They could've gone for large amounts of very buggy and unstable content, or for very stripped but mostly stable initial alpha build. I think I prefer the latter way, which they decided to take. Now that the groundwork is on a good track(Server-client architecture, network bubble etc.), they can start adding more features and content. I'm not really sure what you were expecting to see at this point.

[Lennu]

I'm quite enjoying the game. Alone it gets quite boring, but when playing as a group you can be really effective in pvp. Ofc, since there is no real goal in the game you just go into the pvp hotspots and start hunting
Yesterday I lost my char (one of the gamebreaking bugs I hope they'll fix asap), but today it took me about an hour to equip myself with scoped Mosin and 60+ ammo, a pistol with 30+ ammo and a good backbag filled with food and good will. So I'm ready to hunt again 

[Herkkutatti666]

What this game needs is some kind of Highscore board, for example it would show who has been most time living ingame with the current life. so there would be some kind of goal instead of just killing people after getting all the shit you need.