SmashT 10907 Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) http://www.pcpowerpl...-the-year-2012/Like death in the game’s own openly hostile environment, you probably didn’t see this coming. Unless you did, in which case, well done – you get a can of beans and a chance to die another day. Those still left asking how DayZ, a mod for ARMA II no less, can win a Game of the Year award, may recall PCPP’s 2010 GOTY was controversially awarded to Minecraft – before its own official version 1.0 launch. It’s only fair that we afford DayZ the same opportunity. PCPP is nothing if not inclusive. Stay away from our beans, though.More importantly, DayZ is the most significant thing to happen to PC gaming in 2012. It is the game that absorbed us the most, throwing us into its simple survival tweaks and leaving us with some of the most incredible stories to ever arise from a PC game. DayZ leverages everything great and unique about the platform to allow harrowing experiences to craft themselves, whilst leaving player interaction completely in the hands of the players. Your life is forfeit to the whims of others, as can theirs be to yours.In these respects, DayZ is both a game the way they used to make ‘em, and yet it is unlike anything we’ve played before. In every sense, (really, the best sense) it is a hardcore PC game that does not compromise. It is the product of a single man’s vision; one that was time and time again dismissed as futile – something that would never catch on. But it did, and the infection has spread.Over 1.3 million players, each with an average life expectancy of just over an hour, have killed more than two billion zombies across DayZ’s complex server architecture. The mod’s success re-launched ARMA II – a two-year-old game – putting it not just at the top of Steam’s best-sellers list for months, but back onto retail shelves. It upheaved Bohemia Interactive, rupturing its projected development cycles as it rightly realigned itself to bottle that lightning. DayZ’s effect on the industry and PC gamers worldwide is akin to that of Counter-Strike over twelve years ago. Hell, the mod made it to #5 in our Top 100 PC games of all time list earlier this year.Whether or not it’s a full “game” yet doesn’t matter: DayZ is the best thing we’ve played in 2012.Also an extended interview with Rocket talking about the server architecture, inventory system, skill trees, zombies, additional maps/modding and more...http://www.pcpowerpl...nded-interview/ Edited February 22, 2013 by smasht_AU 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inception. 9443 Posted February 22, 2013 ...I'm in that screenshot!Shh 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pmjkerr 76 Posted February 22, 2013 Awesome job, gg DayZ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted February 22, 2013 Nice one, more win. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
camycamera 36 Posted February 22, 2013 sweet! a little old (i have the magazine) good job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted February 22, 2013 Just shows how a few people with a unique idea, given the right resources, can make something big :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mzltv 2281 Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) Congratulations to all involved on another award. Gonna have to start giving other games a chance, soon!So you see the first release of the standalone not as the game as it will finally be, but the first alpha milestone release in that Minecraft style release model?It’s hard to define it. I chose the name ‘Foundation’ at one point – but we’ve abandoned that as it’s been borrowed elsewhere.So glad. It's such a cursed word now. Edited February 22, 2013 by mzltv Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acix 132 Posted February 22, 2013 Hopefully the SA will do the same this year !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SuperBandit 2 Posted February 22, 2013 NICE MAN NICE) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DemonGroover 8836 Posted February 22, 2013 Gonna need a trophy cabinet soon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Nasty 1023 Posted February 22, 2013 Congrats to the team for another well deserved award!Youll also be happy to know you've won the keys to my heart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joe_mcentire 2074 Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) so there is talking about "skills" just the way i was thinking about :D Edited February 22, 2013 by joe_mcentire Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bat (DayZ) 230 Posted February 23, 2013 Faith in humanity restored. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eviljezza (DayZ) 39 Posted February 24, 2013 The entire Dev. team deserve all the success that is coming their way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sephisto69 201 Posted February 24, 2013 I have faith in the team that they'll renovate my shack in Kamenka. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ImageCtrl 719 Posted February 24, 2013 "I chose the name ‘Foundation’ at one point – but we’ve abandoned that as it’s been borrowed elsewhere."lolCall it pre-alpha, the more alpha you call it, more fun we can make about warz. :PGOTY 2012 GZ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ThePhotoshop 15 Posted February 25, 2013 ...I'm in that screenshot!ShhHaha, nice - which one are you? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Inception. 9443 Posted February 25, 2013 Haha, nice - which one are you?I'm kidding, lol. I was making fun of one of the ducks who commented on that article saying that they were in there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DMC14 46 Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) congrats and good on yas.i wouldnt even have a pc if it wasnt for dayz. i should say laptop. Edited February 28, 2013 by DMC14 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
