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Really looking forward to seeing the new zombies in action. New skins, animations. Hope they add new infected voices too. I wonder how they'll implement melee attacks on zombies; if the zombies slowed down a player when attacking; similar to L4D. That would make them harder I guess

I tend to play the game like in a real life zombie apocalypse; and consequently this usually means I'm lone wolfing it. I actually find it difficult to not play as if it were "real". Even though the zombies are glitchy and the howls are repetitive; the game is still very immersive and all the feelings are there.. It is the human players I fear the most; which again is very much in the spirit of the genre. The loneliness gets to me once I pretty much achieve end game; which again is an amazing aspect of this simulation. I then move on, from town to town; in search of another kindred soul. If nothing happens after that I'll move into the dangerous territories. The other day I spent 45 minutes surviving using only stealth; moving around the NW airfield; on a high pop server; I finally got shot up when I got sloppy and reckless. I had my favorite gun too; m14 aim; but just didn't have the heart to kill anyone. Lesson learned...next time don't spend more than 15 at the NW airfield and remain perfectly vigilant at all times. Last night I tried joining one of those "spawn with a sniper PVP to the eXtreme" type servers for practice; I failed to get into the game after 2 tries so I never spawned; But I could hear the side-chat; and it was an orgy of rancorous sh-t; like people making fun of peoples russian accent as they gunned them down; etc. It only made me want to lone-wolf it even more. Don't get me wrong. I do meet some very nice people too. I mean I want nothing more than to be the 2nd gunner of a Huey; for me, that is end game.

When battalions of this new generation invade Chernarus, the air will be filled; with shrill petulant cries. I heard this kid just screaming his butt off in that really high voice; while zombies finished him off. I did nothing. Deciding where you play now has a massive influence on how you experience the game. I'm in the process of getting whitelisted for balotabuddies; looks like a really good community; add me on steam

Killing someone in this game is pretty serious business. I have too much empathy and tend to feel remorse at the thought of murder. Someone shot and got me killed the other day in origins; I had 2 Ivan Hofman zombies chasing me through the wilderness; and this guy's just taking pot shots at me and breaks my leg; its all good. I actually like having bandits around because it makes things exciting and they make me better at the game. I PVP all the time and I rarely die and I very rarely kill; spying on someone with my rifle and watching him loot; hunt; setting up camp and making a fire can be just as exciting. I hope we have journals in the Standalone; at least I can take some small satisfaction in the fact that my killer will find out how often i spared his life; haha.

*zombie children confirmed Thank you; shockwaves are rattling the gaming industry for sure; games like this take time to make though.

Hi there, first time poster here; but I've been haunting the forums since about august. I'm pretty old-school, 35 yrs old; my first rig was a sega master system. Anyway; for the last 5 or 6 yrs i haven't been able to get into games like I used to; other than the original crysis; the left4dead series when they came out; and now...dayz. I just can't immerse myself into the storylines of games like i used to. After about 20 hrs of Skyrim I threw in the towel; I just don't care. Back in the day I think I cried once playing a harp in an RPG game (Lunar-sega cd). Now that I've gotten older the impetus to play games has been mostly about marveling at the graphics; which are cool and I can dig it. I loved building my pc and then grading its performance, etc. But where were the games for older folk like me; something mature...a game where my intelligence, wisdom and creativity can be involved. Thank you Dayz; thank you Dean; what a fricken genius this guy is. When i watch him in interviews; he just seems so alert and articulate; too smart to be bought and sold; and I love that about him. Now I can play a game that evokes emotion again. Don't like the storyline? Fine, I'll make my own. I can sit on this hill and watch the sunset as I contemplate what I want to do. Gotta give credit to arma 2 as well for making it all possible. But I'm not into military stuff very much...unless a zombie apocalypse is involved in there somewhere; which I think we can all agree is the best thing ever :P I'm very patient for the standalone too; since I can't enough of Dayz as it currently stands. Looks like the standalone is going to expand all the things i like most about the game anyway. Hurray! P.S: looking to make friends? add me on steam; id: εpιcคl Peace out.