man, a lot of people are super salty over DayZ.
The game was flawed on many levels, however I cant think of a recent game that gave me more memorable experiences on a multiplayer basis. The simple dynamics of role playing, having situations rapidly evolve and become chaotic messes is something I've never really seen done again.
The issue DayZ faced, is that after everyone figured out it's mechanics after a few months of playing, and people became bored with it. Once that happened, characters weren't valued, and people simply camped out and went on killing sprees, running around spawn points.
Then the Stand Alone drama happened, and for the most part people were freaking out about the lack of content, even with Dean constantly posting and telling people to not buy the game if they are not willing to deal with an insane amount of development time and issues.
And then... people get mad because a game in development faces major developmental issues after they were being called out for death because the release of the Stand Alone was delayed (people were freaking the fuck out over a game they had not purchased, feeling betrayed and stuff because reasons).
So yea, I think Dean got a raw deal with DayZ. He could have handled things better for the release, but anyone who gets mad that game development doesnt go as fast as people want in an open development game were warned.
I mean, the idea that Dean is forced to stay on development for a game he no longer wants to work on is laughable. He's not a slave, there is a team developing this game, why was him leaving development some type of major betrayal to everyone, like people in this thread who are personally offended that he wanted to work on something else?
