Namalsk is incredible.

[Ozelot (DayZ) 394]

It feels like an actual post-apocolyptic-zombie wasteland unlike Charnarus which mostly just built out of terrain/models that were frankensteined from Arma 2. The color palette is also different and I don't know who did the soundtrack for Namalsk but it's some of the most lonely sounding music I've ever heard.

I also hate how ALL the good guns are up north for the better part of an hour in Charnarus, yet the stuff you actually need to survive is plentiful and everywhere-- It's the exact reverse in Namalsk. You can easily get high-grade military hard ware as easily as you get tin-cans on Charnarus, and ammo is plentiful. But if you need heatpacks, or just a little bit of food you're in for a hunt. There's also not this dearth of morphine like in Charnarus. Worst of all, the animal spawns you see -everywhere- in Charnarus that let you get your blood back up right away if you have box matches? You can spend entire HOURS searching for one animal spawn on Namalsk.

TL;dr: It's not actually hard to SURVIVE on Charnarus, (until the inevitable hacker shows up) just hard to get ARMED. On Namalsk it's the exact opposite. Guns everywhere, but finding food and water is a bitch.

Edited February 6, 2013 by Ozelot

[sobieski12 835]

Namalsk is a death-match type of map.

* Even tho I love the main city "Vorkuta", feels great with the music and atmosphere.

- Best part it actually forced players from all over to the map to the city, to find food/gear.

Till the map developer changed that...

Don't expect to hide anything on this map.

* Even tho I never did, the map is very small.

- Some still try.

The freezing temperate of Namalsk is amazing, you should have been there the 1st week. When the map was first released, players gave up clips of ammo for "HEATPACKS" to survive the journey into the mountains to find better military gear.

Either way, both Namalsk and Chernarus have pros and cons, but overall it depends on your play style.

[sp86 508]

Don't expect to hide anything on this map.

I put tents in the buildings at Brensk in a semi-popular server. There are multiple spawns within a couple hundred meters still went unmolested for weeks. Even when I started parking my ural in the barn.

Edited February 6, 2013 by sp86

[sobieski12 835]

I put tents in the buildings at Brensk in a semi-popular server. There are multiple spawns within a couple hundred meters still went unmolested for weeks. Even when I started parking my ural in the barn.

lol