So yesterday was my first on DayZ, played about 4-5 hours worth to try and get to grips with it. Now I'm happy to deal with the games problems itself, after all it is an Alpha game, but my general game experience hasn't been overly great. Now I know bits about DayZ, and it's layout from watching FrankieOnPCin1080p as I've been stuck in bed for the last week. Now I've come over from playing Infestation: Surviour Series, so maybe I'm comparing it too much to that. But my first problem I found is that I have no map. Now I spent most of my time wandering around looking for where the hell I am, and while I found the maps online useful, I couldn't get a clear representation of where I was. When I finally found 3-4 map segments, I found that I couldn't pinpoint my location, which was a pain. I ended up running around until I found the coast, then walk all the way down to the broken ship so that I could find exactly where I was. Was a bit of Argo but I guess I'll get used to it. My second problem is that every player is shoot on sight. Now I know the point is you can't be shot if you can't be seen, however when a new player has no gear, I don't see the point in scouting around until I've found something worth while. There have been a few times where I've gone into a house, looked around, found nothing and then someone snipes me as soon as I step out the door. Now I haven't got a microphone which doesn't overly help as I have to type to talk to people. But even just one experienced player stopping and giving new players a hand or bit of advise would be really good. My last point, which I expect to be down to the fact thst it is an Alpha game, is that there really aren't many Zombies. I think in my total playing time I came across maybe 5? Now I'm happy with that if I'm just wandering around the woods, but when in cities I thought there would be massive hoards! As said, I presume this will be added in when the game is finished and ready for a proper release, but at times I just want a zombie to give me some company. Anyway off I go to play some DayZ, maybe my 2nd day will be more successful. Peace.
