My first impressions

[Owain1122 218]

Great improvement over the mod! I was initially very cynical from the videos and streams, how the SA would be at release.

 

1. Melee is ten times better, now my axe actually goes where I aim it.

 

2. The inventory system is leaps and bounds beyond the mod. From Rocket's streams, I thought it looked very clunky and I wasn't impressed at all. However after using it I must say that it is a very fluid and simple UI, the combination actions in the inventory are glorious.

 

3. Night time is much improved, I don't have to use gamma cheats to see. I must say that the atmosphere at night is greatly improved. For example when I spawned in, I was creeping round a house with a flash-light and a zombie jumped me in the pitch black darkness, I have never been terrified in DayZ up till this point.

 

4. Zombie textures and animations are 100X better, I actually feel satisfied when I kill them. They are also much more deadlier than in the mod. The only problem is that there's so few of them and that is obviously a major concern at the moment.

 

5. The graphics are great again 100X better than the mod. I'm eager to see what days looks like, but the improved building textures but especially the player and item models are amazing.

 

6. There are some bugs that I noticed 5 minutes in but only very minor; Floating loot and flickering textures.

 

7. Animations are so much better. In the mod I gave up with 3rd Person because the animations were atrocious, while the SA does have some worse for wear animations; Zombie jump and ladders, they are a great improvement.

 

8. The world is much more realistic and dense. I don't feel like I'm in a world built for a military sim but in a genuine world. I will say that some of the buildings feel a little mashed together.

 

9. The text pop ups are horrible and need to be replaced ASAP, I never have a clue what is up with my character or what stage they're at.

 

Overall I can perhaps see this being very barebones and eventually boring for the sole player but the SA is a bigger improvement than I could have ever dreamed of. I'm impress and this is from a previous cynic.

Edited December 16, 2013 by Owain1122

[boneboys 7988]

Glad you like it.

Did you know you can whip out your axe while running ?

Not when sprinting.

[kichilron 8550]

Glad you like it.

Did you know you can whip out your axe while running ?

Not when sprinting.

 

 

Was that changed? Was able to do that the other day.

[Owain1122 218]

Glad you like it.

Did you know you can whip out your axe while running ?

Not when sprinting.

 

I haven't tried that yet, that's awesome, running attack on those zombies haha

[boneboys 7988]

I did it today just before release, do not confound sprint and run.

[kichilron 8550]

I did it today just before release, do not confound sprint and run.

 

 

No, I was spefically testing. But maybe not the place. Sorry.

[boneboys 7988]

No, I was spefically testing. But maybe not the place. Sorry.

NP, it worked for me.

[callsignBravo (DayZ) 323]

love it thanks for the review, I'm going to jump in tomorrow. Time to really survive

[Owain1122 218]

love it thanks for the review, I'm going to jump in tomorrow. Time to really survive

 

I was pleasantly surprised, just waiting for day time now!