This is a thread dedicated to Day Z, the highly engrossing persistent world zombie survival mod for ArmA II. This mod is single handedly responsible for bringing ArmA II to #1 on the top 10 biggest sellers list on steam for more than a week running.
TSBspartacus has set up a dedicated room for Day Z on the TL teamspeak server, so check in there if you're interested in teaming up.
I felt like I was done with gaming (except SC2 spectating of course), but then I found this through the twitch streams. Wow.. I'm seriously hooked. Getting a buddy or multiple buddies together, and you have one of the most amazing experiences ever. I'm exhausted after playing for nearly 10 hours today. I was basically a total noob yesterday, and now we are camped on the east coast near the NE airfield with MP5s, AKMs, blood packs, grenades, and countless other stuff (map, compass, watch, etc). Simply put.. there is NOTHING else like this game. We are at the beginning of a gaming revolution...
acerockolla United States. May 16 2012 20:30. Posts 210
By the way.. the buddy I'm playing with is someone that I met today in the game. He was completely new, but we eventualy hopped into steam voice chat and forged an entirely new friendship through this epic journey of a game. So even if you don't have someone to play with, I highly suggest playing and finding people in game. There isn't much to lose when you first spawn, so it's not that big of a deal to attempt to trust/form relationships.
acerockolla United States. May 16 2012 20:38. Posts 210
Be sure to watch the DayZ mod. Pick someone and watch for a bit to get a feel for the game. You'll quickly realize that this is something very special. Also, one thing the OP didn't specifically mention (it's in the links) is that when you die, you lose everything. There really isn't anything in this game that isn't realistic. Even when people are killed, it doesn't say by who.. murders within groups can be mysteries. This is real life happening in a zombie apocalypse.
You quickly learn to be cautious of others in this game. It's one thing to be slinking around avoiding the zombies, but it's another when you know a bandit (player character marked for repeatedly murdering other player characters) could be hiding anywhere, ready to take you down for your precious hoarded goods.
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Gingerninja United Kingdom. May 16 2012 21:57. Posts 1171
This looks amazing, been watching some videos on youtube. Only a mod could ever do this, no way a full release would ever have such freedom for the player to do as they want, or have such punishing survival mechanics.
On May 16 2012 21:57 Gingerninja wrote: This looks amazing, been watching some videos on youtube. Only a mod could ever do this, no way a full release would ever have such freedom for the player to do as they want, or have such punishing survival mechanics.
For some reason I imagined Valve hiring these guys to make a version on L4D or something. Probably because of dota2 and CS:GO
We should get a team liquid group together in game! I've only been playing solo (and I'm still a big noob) so it would be cool to have people to play with
On May 16 2012 23:11 Khalum wrote: Is it possible to install Operation Arrowhad over Free Arma?
You need both ArmA II and the expansion, each on their own is about 15 bucks each, get the joint operations one for 25-30 bucks total.
I take it no one plays on Arma 2 Free?
Apparently some people made it work on Free Arma + Operation Arrowhead, but I'd rather have the full game. OA is only 10eur cheaper than Combined Operations anyways.
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CrimsonLotus Colombia. May 16 2012 23:39. Posts 799
Wow, this game looks really cool. I got bored with ''unrealistic'' zombie games like Left 4 Dead, this is really innovative. Too bad I'm playing Diablo 3 right now. I'm pretty sure I'll never try this mod.
D3 and Pho, the way to go. http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=340709
On May 16 2012 23:56 Krowser wrote: Wow, this game looks really cool. I got bored with ''unrealistic'' zombie games like Left 4 Dead, this is really innovative. Too bad I'm playing Diablo 3 right now. I'm pretty sure I'll never try this mod.
yeah same here ^^ I wanted to buy the walking dead on steam this week but i probably will never start another game for a while ^^
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acerockolla United States. May 16 2012 20:27. Posts 210
Gingerninja United Kingdom. May 16 2012 21:57. Posts 1171
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