So i've had roughly five lives in Dayz so far, I never played ARMA or the mod so its all been new to me.
Life #1 - Dropped from a small ladder, broke my leg... crawled for a few miles looking for something to put me out of my misery.
Life #2 - Engaged a small pack of Zeds in fisticuffs whilst looking in a town for something to use as a weapon. I was torn apart.
Life #3 - Equiped myself modestly and survived long enough to meet another player, well not so much meet as hear the crack of a long-range rifle before dying instantly on the tarmac.
Life #4 - Im doing quite well and im clearing out a small town, house by house, I notice a fellow survivor, he notices me and raises his rifle,.. as I scrabble for cover and get my pistol out a pack of zeds fall upon me forcing me to flee, I sprint to a wall and fall to my belly crawling through the broken concrete, I get to my feet just in time to see the other survivor stood a little way down the street taking aim.. a short burst of fire later and its all over for me.
Life #5 - I run to the nearest settlement and happen across two fellow survivors (one with a fireaxe) moving quickly from building to building searching for gear. I try to greet them, to socialise.. they ignore me entirely and continue stripping the houses of loot, i follow for a while trying to make contact to no avail. At this point something inside of me snaps, up until this point everything and everyone I met wanted to kill me or eat me,. to be ignored makes me see red. I knock out the axe wielding survivor with a sucker punch to the back of the head take his weapon and set upon his unarmed friend with it felling him quickly. Stripping anything of use from the unconscious man I leave him next to the corpse of his companion and set out into the hills for a new life as a murderer and a thief ashamed at myself but alive with a solid weapon, a compass and a few provisions. I am still alive at this point, but its only a matter of time till im stood on the coast with an empty belly, a flashlight and a battery.
This game is great! I love it. Obviously theres a lot of work to do done but i knew that when I paid my money, at the moment the only thing that makes me stamp my feet is the zeds ignoring walls.
