deathwolfx03

I started playing dayz over 2 years ago, it was the period where it had a ton of hype and youtube was filled with videos, it looked extremely cool so I got it. Spawned somewhere in a field near the coast, it was extremely dark and I could hear zombies all over the place, I scouted the area like every 30 seconds seriously, took an hour before I moved through that tiny field and into the village, but then I got chased by the zombies and died. I respawned at a similar place, saw some fellow noobs running around with flares along the coast, I was absolutely clueless so I just started moving towards the forest where I met two guys. They were friendly enough and we started going through the forest together, which took ages because of the darkness. Nothing happened until later on we also met another guy, we made a fireplace and camped for a bit because those 2 guys I met in the start had to leave, we didn't do much after that, the last guy also left and I was all alone so I just disconnected too. This was my first time playing, one of the best game experiences I can remember. Its different now, zombies are too predictable and you never feel like sneaking around carefully etc. It personally doesn't scare me anymore, before while I was still learning stuff I used to get adrenaline rushes, never experienced anything like that before in any game. Hopefully the standalone makes the zombies and the whole game more unpredictable so experienced players still get that dayz feel.

You don't even need all the newest stuff to enjoy it so stop exaggerating. If a computer struggles that much then it is time to upgrade and get a new setup. Yeah, I know its not easy for some people to do that but do you expect games to stay in the same state forever? This is not the right way to do it, you don't downgrade a game graphically. They should just give extra tweakable options and significantly start reducing the quality the closer you get to the lowest possible settings.

As others have said, you should definitely try playing it yourself, watching a vid is not enough. You will have a lot of amazing experiences trust me, especially when you first start out. And most of them might trigger real emotions. There was this one time where me and my friend got chased by military zombies. We were exhausted because of hunger, dehydration and so much running so we started losing speed, they managed to catch up and suddenly I heard a weird sound, I turn around and see my friend unconscious, 5-6 zombies were eating him alive, I tried to save him but there were too many zombies, I had to run and leave him, oh god the screams I heard behind me.. I barely made it out of the woods alive, broke my leg and almost died because of blood loss. But the best part is that after 5 hours he managed to get to my location again and give me a blood transfusion. We also managed to find his corpse on the same spot, with all the loot still intact. You will have moments like this all the time. I highly recommend playing with headphones + first person for the best immersion