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Spawn 1. Started at night, used the shadows of the trees against the stars to head to a hilltop to try to get a view and wait out the remainder of the night in safety. As the sun rose in the east, I headed towards it until I could see a road at dawn. I followed it up hill until I came to a small village which translates as Tulga. Spent 20 minutes looting the houses which had all their doors open, the odd Z walking around but I managed to avoid their attention. Found a water well and replenished my hydration. It was getting late so I headed into the nearby forest to log out. Logged back in the next day to much fuller servers, went again into Tulga to immediately see 2 guys looting the houses. I avoided them by sneaking around but unluckily they headed back over their own tracks to the end of the village I was looting. They cornered me, I spoke to them and greeted them, no response. I calmly turned away and jogged off. One started to follow me, the one with a rifle. I didnt think he would shoot me seeing as I didnt have any reason to shoot them or even raise a weapon. Then, as I went into tree cover I didnt even hear it, I was on the floor and the time on earth for my character was done. I'd been shot in the back by cowards for no reason and I was carrying barely anything worthwhile. He then added me as a friend, which was declined. Overall a successful start to Dayz, but confirmed that most people I meet wont be as friendly as me.

It's not impossible, it's about finding the necessary tools to survive the night. My very first session on dayz for ps4 I was surprised to spawn at night. I dont know how far through the night I was but i started using the shadows of trees against the sky and heading up hill to a safe hill top helped. By then, the sun was coming up in the east, which helped me tell which way was north and where I wanted to go. I did have a flare also, but I didnt want to use it straight away in case I got shot. To be honest, as an ex PC gamer of many years, it just reminded me of a mission in operation flashpoint, a predecessor to Arma. In that mission it was night time, you had just escaped prison and were on the run using only the stars for navigation. Brought back old memories. So I actually enjoyed the challenge of the night.

That would go against what the game is meant to be about. I played yesterday for the first time for about 90 minutes, managed to survive my first night, find food, hydration and plenty of loot including 3 guns. I got off to a good start, until I spawned back in today and immediately got shot in the back as I spawned close to two guys who had obviously got themselves well equipped. It's a hard game, if you cant handle the brutality of it, it might not be for you.

Well, I know how you feel. However, from an ex PC gamer and came from many BI games of old, I love them. Regardless of the silly clipping and bad collision detection, the games are usually better than those of bigger developers. I bought the game but haven't had chance to play yet, my opinion may change but I doubt it. I've always loved ultra realism games and I've watched videos of Dayz since 2012 wishing it would come out on a console. I do think its come to the market a little too late, the game does look old generation, but I think it will be a classic if overlooked by the masses.

I don't believe it's that us PS4 gamers want a big advertisement, just some promising updates every week, fortnight or month. At the moment we feel totally in the dark without a chem light. From a PS4 gamer who has been watching Dayz videos online since 2012 with hope of a console release, it's disheartening to not offer any information at all on a semi regular basis. Even if you could confirm whether it will be released in Q2, Q3 or Q4 would at least allow some PS4 fans to prepare for a little longer wait. But to have so little information we feel like it might slip into 2020 or beyond, maybe even PS5 !!

Nope it hasn't. Any news yet when we can expect a PS4 release / beta ?