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DayZ - zombie apocalypse online FFA permadeath survival Arma II mod
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OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Figured they would save it until the end. Release the kraken of new players!
legacyzero
Banned
Whelp. Here comes the rush of DayZ noobies.
READ THE OP everyone.
READ THE OP everyone.
They will probably use your ARMA II Keys for the stand alone version when that happen I imagine.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Yes. It'll be at least a year before anything happens with that. You can get $18 worth of entertainment out of it as it is.
Rocket was saying it should be by September.
Dandare4444
Member
....and bought! Now to wait for the long download to finish...my paitence (on pricing and d/l speeds) shall soon be rewarded
Thats one hell of a deal. More than worth the price IMO. I hope Rocket puts up some stats of the new players
Just want to bitch here too so I can feel better. Lol. Been waiting for the damn Steam sale on this game so I could try it out with you kids, only to have Steam yesterday start to refuse my money. Pisses me off. Is it as cheap anywhere else at the moment?
Fucking steam wallet bullshit.
Fucking steam wallet bullshit.
PMC gives you higher res textures.
Is this definitely going to be the case? It won't be a full retail game? Or f2P?
According to this:
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/...ne-in-september-adopting-minecraft-model.html
It seems that you will have to purchase the stand alone game separately even if you own Arma 2.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/...ne-in-september-adopting-minecraft-model.html
It seems that you will have to purchase the stand alone game separately even if you own Arma 2.
Classy.
Canis lupus
Member
The sale is very tempting and I really wanna try DayZ! What should I do :/
buy it?
Yeah - something weird was going on there. I kept on flashing back to the beach with about 7 other people running around (several miles where I should'e been). Logging off for now.
Good to go. Steam is by no means a requirement here. You should find out everything you need to know here.
Dog Problems
Banned
I forgot about this topic so I'll ask here:
Before I get ARMA II I've got a few questions regarding DayZ. I recall reading that it's currently "broken" right now, is this true? And how is it broke? Also, I seem to remember some talk of it coming out as a standalone game at some point? Is there any truth to that?
Before I get ARMA II I've got a few questions regarding DayZ. I recall reading that it's currently "broken" right now, is this true? And how is it broke? Also, I seem to remember some talk of it coming out as a standalone game at some point? Is there any truth to that?
Rocket has said he wants to create a stand alone product. As for it being broken, I'm not quite sure what that's referencing. The biggest thing to remember about DayZ though is that it is a mod and that there's still a good side of jank to it. With that said, if a giant zombie sandbox with other players you can't trust (or can you?) sounds like a good time, it's definitely worth it IMO. To be fair though ARMA2 itself has a lot of redeeming qualities even without DayZ attached if you like realistic combat shooters that have a lot of tactical considerations (ala old school Ghost Recon).
Its not broken, its simply an early Alpha of a mod. So things can become broken quite easily with every new build they release, but theyre usually resolved quickly. As of this current build everything is pretty fine.
And yes the game is almost certainly going to become standalone and follow the Minecraft model, ie pay earlier at reduced rate and get access while under development, and so you will almost certainly have to pay another 20-30 bucks at the least when it does. The thing is though, the more people buy Arma 2 right now the more leverage and clout Rocket and his team will have to negotiate and demand for more funding and resources from BIS or whatever other studio he'll be working with on the standalone game.
Dog Problems
Banned
Yeah, that sounds excellent and I'd love to play along with GAF. Just wanted to be clear about a couple things, thanks!
I was originally thinking to wait for the standalone game before getting into but that will probably be quite awhile before it happens. Might as well jump in now.
I am really hoping he stay with Bohemia. From what I have played of Arma 2 and DayZ
this engine has a lot of potential.
I think its overwhelmingly likely they'll stay with BIS. I mean they already work for them, he loves the engine itself and the whole company is very community/modding friendly and open to irregular ideas and not so player friendly mechanics.
The only thing I can think that would pull Rocket away from BIS would be some other publisher offering him significantly more money and resources than BIS can supply, which isnt so hard, but also giving him complete control over the entire project, which is less likely.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
He said we should probably hear something about a stand alone version by that time. Updates take a week or more now, they don't have the man power to make a standalone game in 2 months.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Well I picked up Operation Arrowhead and PMC. (already had ARMA II since launch).
Time to see what this is about.
Time to see what this is about.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
You'll need to tell us what you've done so far for us to figure that out.
I pretty much just ran the installer from the 1st page of this thread after getting done installing arma ii and oa.
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
How the fuck do you play this game? So, I join a server. I'm all alone. Zombies are chasing me, but I give them the slip. I come across a vacant warehouse in an abandoned town, and I start looting. Haven't seen a human, yet.
Suddenly, I'm warped to the middle of a field with a pile of dead bodies and a bunch of human players, and I'm killed. This happens three more times.
Am I playing this right? This game is dumb. =P
Suddenly, I'm warped to the middle of a field with a pile of dead bodies and a bunch of human players, and I'm killed. This happens three more times.
Am I playing this right? This game is dumb. =P
Dacvak
No one shall be brought before our LORD David Bowie without the true and secret knowledge of the Photoshop. For in that time, so shall He appear.
that would be a hacker ruining your day
So, where do all the cool kids play?
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Us 38 is the gaf server but its having " M.O.B" issues atm.
edit: also be on mumble unless you want gaffers to shoot you up
that is when you are de-syncing from the server.
Gotcha. Thanks