DayZ Standalone Completely "Redone", New Screenshots Show Ambition

I always wanted to try Day Z, but after seeing that some people can easily troll you by killing you over and over, it kinda kills the mood to explore or to horde items when you know someone will just snipe you.

If when you die instead of having to start all over again you start with fewer stuff, something like Dark Souls, then that would be most encouraging.

Is it going to be true MMO or just several instances with X player cap?

THe screenshots look pretty.

I watched a few hours worth of gameplay over the course of my lunch breaks back in January. It was some obnoxious preteens who basically proved what I'd read online, that the real "enemies" in this game quickly became other player characters, not zombies.

The game looked really fun and as original as a game about something as old and played as zombies could be, but if they can't address the PKing and camping that I saw, it would lose its luster quickly.

I think the "charm" of the game is how it gets really close to how a zombie outbreak would be in the real world; sure, the zombies are a big problem, you also got crazy people who don't trust you and are willing to use any excuse to put a bullet in your skull.

Some people love that idea, but I sure don't. I'd play a generic FPS if I wanted to be shot over and over again.

That's what kept me from playing it for a long time, but once I actually got into it, it's not as bad as people make out. At least on most servers.
If you stick to servers with around servers with 20 - 30 people, and avoid the big cities you'll be fine.

Though, you can always download one of the modded maps/gamemodes and change how the game works. If you want the zombies to be a /real/ threat, DayZ Origins is quite good for that.

Once Day Z becomes a standalone game, I may give it a shot.

I like your avatar, Kazunari, and wildmario's avatar too.

Perhaps we can get a GR server/group going. Would mitigate some of the issues people feel they might encounter. Also it means you get to shoot people you know in the face.

I fully agree that part of the "reality" of that situation is that groups of people would probably not be friendly and should be integrated into the game.

It just sounds like griefing is to a point that it wouldn't be fun to play.

If this releases as stand alone and gets even a semi-decent review I am 100% picking it up on a Steam sale.

In a way, it's basically Minecraft with more zombies, and guns.

Theres the weeping widow, you head towards the sound of a crying woman and she kills you and loots you. I guess if you kill enough fellow survivors they change your skin to a raider so ppl know from a distance what youre up to.

I will most likely play this... and I apologize to those I will slay to get your items.

Apology accepted... if you can get them *devilish laugh*.

Ill be happy when we get a release date announced.

waiting patiently for this one!