Well i played the DayZ mod for quite a bit and i just recently started playing DayZ StandAlone. My impressions as well as my first impressions are as follows : First i was a little surprised at the graphics. To me it looked like an improvement on the mod for sure. Almost every aspect of the game looked better than the mod and just gorgeous which was a nice first impression. The downside of course is the affect it has on the gameplay and preformance.For me it's not a big deal because i have a fairly decent setup and i don't really need to worry and if i do have a problem there's the in game settings which are nice but for a regular playerbase which may not have the best setups this COULD pose a serious problem.The game can and will become unplayable to some people and i think that really.. for no reason.. showes away the playerbase which COULD be playing the game. The next thing i noticed was that there's plenty more houses you can enter, changed map, and different and added loot. Again i realize this is an alpha stage of the game so i won't go on about how there's 3 biker helmets in the same barn and how silly it is to be hungry every 10 minutes or how retarded it looks when you fall for 1m and die in horrible pain lol. But the problem is that players need to have a better chance to find basic items SOONER. I spent at least an hour finding an OK gun and armor and stuff like this and that is only because i know where to look from experience by playing the mod. I really liked the added feature of pants and helmets and holsters all having extra slots for you to carry your gear in. I loved that! It's such a great idea! Also. In addition. I hated the fact there is no health bar or a counter to tell you for example : how many zombies i've killed, how many people, how much health i got left, how much blood i lost, SPECIFICS! debug monitor at least please! Or at least some slides and bars would be nice with the option to turn them off and such. Dayz is in dire need of those things, please add them! So much for my experience SO FAR.