J wrote on Jun 10, 2012, 05:58:
If you don't like it then stop clogging up the servers.

EbowGB wrote on Jun 10, 2012, 08:25:
"This game is basically CoD with few zombies thrown in now

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Still waiting to experience that, and been playing daily for the last 3 weeks.

Tried other servers? Tried EU server?

This game is basically CoD with few zombies thrown in now. Even I have resorted to just shooting most players I see because that's exactly what they will do to you.

It really highlights what the gaming community has become, when if you show displeasure at those who refuse immersion, you are shouted down and called a assortment of derogatory names. It's a sandbox game, so there is no real point to it. Yet they will force you to play their way by relentlessly and remorselessly killing you over and over before you(or they) can even approach anything resembling progression.

They say it's because there's nothing to do. SO? Move the fuck on then instead of griefing everyone because your 12-20 year old brain is bored and you are too stupid to think constructively. I feel pretty bad for the people who were playing this before it went viral...their perception of the decline must be a lot worse than mine. After removing the bandit mechanic and certain comments in the patch notes, my opinion of Rocket is pretty fucking low right now. He better do something, and fast, or this mod will die as quick as it was born.

Bhruic wrote on Jun 10, 2012, 02:13:
Yeah. We've started to see a few "civilization" projects pop up, where large groups of survivors are planning to take over an area, and make it a "safe zone" for other survivors. We've seen some people volunteer to play a doctor role, and volunteer to help people who need medical aid (with precautions, of course). So there are options other than "shoot everyone you see", but you have to make the effort to enact them. The game isn't going to hand them to you. It truly is open-ended in that sense.

Jerykk wrote on Jun 10, 2012, 03:06:

Bhruic wrote on Jun 10, 2012, 02:13:
Yeah. We've started to see a few "civilization" projects pop up, where large groups of survivors are planning to take over an area, and make it a "safe zone" for other survivors. We've seen some people volunteer to play a doctor role, and volunteer to help people who need medical aid (with precautions, of course). So there are options other than "shoot everyone you see", but you have to make the effort to enact them. The game isn't going to hand them to you. It truly is open-ended in that sense.

This is the kind of stuff that I'm really interested in. Most MMOs have completely failed to really explore the whole "multiplayer" aspect of MMO. EVE is only the one that has come close. Most MMOs are basically just theme parks where you take turns grinding retarded AI enemies for loot and XP. Games like DayZ allow players to shape the future of the game and define the experience themselves.

Bhruic wrote on Jun 10, 2012, 02:13:
Yeah. We've started to see a few "civilization" projects pop up, where large groups of survivors are planning to take over an area, and make it a "safe zone" for other survivors. We've seen some people volunteer to play a doctor role, and volunteer to help people who need medical aid (with precautions, of course). So there are options other than "shoot everyone you see", but you have to make the effort to enact them. The game isn't going to hand them to you. It truly is open-ended in that sense.

Jerykk wrote on Jun 10, 2012, 01:43:
DayZ is basically a sandbox. You set your own goals. Want to survive as long as possible? Want to kill as many zombies as possible? Want to kill as many players as possible? You choose your own priorities. Having a co-op mode where you only kill hordes of zombies would be stupid. There are already plenty of games that do that, like Left 4 Dead or Killing Floor. DayZ's open-ended gameplay is what makes it unique. Your interactions with other players and the general sense of paranoia and distrust are essential to the experience and zombie fiction in general.

DangerDog wrote on Jun 10, 2012, 01:38:
There's not much in the way of a "game" here, it's just an experience and once you've experienced surviving by running around and collecting gear / killing zombies you get bored and people start killing other players.

I find Arma to be an extremely poor game for PvP, extremely long distance kills and the rather clumsy movement system just doesn't bode well.

It would be much better to have a co-op mode where you need to kill zombie hoards and have some sort of end game solution.

The few days I did play it I found the zombies not as great of threat as other players were.