![]() ![]() The joys of playing a survival game!Ĭount yourself lucky if you’re not just shot on sight. Respawning is simple enough but you do lose everything (which, in my case, was nothing) when you die. Should I feel guilty about that? I’m not sure. The problem was I had now been hit so were both bleeding all over the place.įighting in DayZ is currently quite cumbersome – you can avoid being hit by strafing around the target but it’s awkward at best even doing that I managed to acquire what would turn out to be a fatal wound. Okay, it was so early in the game that dying wasn’t a big issue, but I had failed to save a fellow player. After a few rounds of what can best be described as clumsy punching, she went down. I was joined by the bleeding guy and we both piled into the zombie as she awkwardly lunged at the pair of us. I decided that perhaps with some searching I could find something to bandage the guy up.Ī couple of house searches in I opened a door to be greeted by a hideous zombie hag who pursued me into the street at quite a pace. Stupidly, I didn’t have my mic plugged in, so through the wonders of the chat window I announced I was new and basically had sod all that could help, not even rags. It was clear he needed help.Īnother player joined the bleeding man so I thought the humanitarian thing to do would be to join them and see if there was something I could do to at least stem the flow of blood. Breathing a sigh of relief I watched from an upstairs window as the chap made his way into the street, still spurting blood everywhere. Thankfully, this was enough to avoid confrontation. I raised my hands and waved like a loon to indicate I had no interest in panning his head in with a weapon I didn’t actually own yet. There was that awkward DayZ moment where you just stand like a statue and stare uncertainly at the other person to ascertain whether they are friend or foe. Everyone in DayZ is potentially a foe and it’s something that makes me feel rather uncomfortable. ![]() There was nothing particularly notable in the first few buildings I explored, but when I ventured to the second floor of a house I was greeted by another player who was spurting blood everywhere. ![]() Heading to what I assumed was north (I really had no idea) I arrived at a small village which looked pretty deserted. When I fired up the game I found myself on the coast, alone and under-geared, so my first goal was to hunt down some supplies – basically, anything that would fend off zombies and (of course) other players. It’s currently rougher than a tramp’s scrotum and even creator Dean Hall encourages you not to buy it right now. ![]() With its solid fanbase and an improved engine, it may just turn out to a well-deserved hit.ĭayZ Standalone is finally here in a rough alpha form and it’s been a long time coming, although I’m surprised it’s taken so long for the game to finally make early access. When Bohemia snapped up Dean Hall and news broke that there was to be DayZ Standalone, it sparked a renewed interest. Dayz standalone mod#The concept was great but the game itself always felt a little awkward – probably because it’s a mod built on the Arma 2 engine, which itself always felt a little ropey. I must have only dabbled with the original DayZ for a few hours. ![]()
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