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For those that don't know its a zombie survival MMO which involves you starting on a beach with nothing but a torch. You have to scavenge food, water, tools, supplies and a weapon all whilst evading the hordes of roaming zombies.

However the zombies aren't the worst danger, the biggest killer is other survivors (players), or bandits as they're better known in game. Many players out there are friendly, and are willing to team up with you, but some want to shoot you and take your gear. When you die, its permanent. You respawn back on the beach with your trusty torch, and trust me, you will die a lot.

It is an extremely satisfying game though, and I've never played anything that got my heart racing like this one. Its a free mod based on the ARMA 2 combat system, which is one of the most realistic war games ever made. Expect everything from zeroing on scopes, bullet drop, realistic gun noises and volume (which are VERY important as they attract both zombies and players), vehicle damage, etc.

On the downside its still in its alpha stages which means a lot of glitches and the occasional hacker. Although it is getting fixed quite rapidly. Mainly because it has grown even faster than Minecraft did.

Highly recommend it.

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Got it going last night. six launcher won't run coz something with my .NET installation is corrupt, but at least I can run it via steam.

First impressions are the graphics ate blurry as f**k, dunno what's going on there hopefully it's just the weather in game making it look that way.

Also it's really f**king hard dealing with key bindings/run toggle...it would appear that's coz you can't run under multiple conditions like being in iron sight mode without having a gun out lol

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I was a pretty heavy Arma2 player when it came out, so had no issues with controls (other than the custom inventory setup). I use 6 launcher and its ok, weekly updates and Arma2 hotfixes are annoying. but what reeeeaaaallly shits me is that you have to play off-peak because all the servers are always full.

I put about 3 hours into the game without ever finding a weapon, which is frustrating, cause even an axe just triples your chance of survival. I would play it more, but you can only really play at weird hours.

IMO Dayz has just 'cashed' in on the unscripted and chaotic fun of Arma2, which is good but doesnt give the engine or game the credit it deserves.

I also dont like running into people like this (and they are out there):

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lol running into the crack head demanding trade or the guys who shot him? I'd have shot him too.

You don't have to play off-peak at all. I get into a ANZ server within 2 minutes of logging on, or you can join a US server whenever you want, which isn't bad at <200ms

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I also dont like running into people like this (and they are out there):

stuff like that is the best part of the game, confrontation with other players and the tension that builds up makes for some great gameplay and some of the best stories come out of it

in what other games can you lure people into a trap lol

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I've been playing this mod for about 2weeks now. Here's a hint, don't trust ANYONE bearing a weapon -_-'

Gathered heaps of shit for 2days then had two guys walk up yelling 'Friendly, friendly!' Then one went behind me and hit me with a crowbar. It's good fun but after the recent patch last night, I think there might be a memory leak or something. I dropped from a constant 50fps+ down to 13fps. Nothing I could do to fix it, deleting the dayz folder was a temp solution... for about 40mins.

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I spent the whole day today trying to get this game working.

Downloaded the pack last night

Went to Dayz website and downloaded the game.

Followed all the things to get it loaded.

Now any server I join says I have the wrong version and I for the life of me cant work out how to update.

I have downloaded and installed so many fricken things

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