More hidden storyline to be explored..

[Cydone 41]

We start off not knowing anything, and not much background story has been told if any about what is going on in Dayz. We just have to survive. Which is cool.

 

But in the longer run, it would be nice if the storyline was discoverable. Now you have a few scenes here and there, where you can make out what might have happened. But you they should add much more of this. As this poster here talks about make the scenes much more dramatic.

 

They should not only add much more "last stand" fillings to the game, but also lootable logbooks and stories about the time up until the zombie apocalypse. What happened etc. Should be hidden and hard to find, but it should be there, and create depth to the game..

[Propulsion_Joe 97]

I like this. Reminds me of the early resident evil games. You would come across people's journals and scientists notebooks. They would give insight into what went wrong and offered helpful tips sometimes. I think it would be cool of they had some thing similar. Find a person's journal that tells a bit of story and maybe gives a subtle hint on how to craft something, or a loot spawn location. Beans for a fresh idea.

[Mopp_94 29]

I like this Idea. 

 

Could possibly be expanded on by having multiple storylines? I.e, The story of what happened to this family from Guglovo can be different to the story of what happened to this family from Kamyshovo? Would add more depth to discovering the past of people that could potentially be roaming the streets now undead. 

 

I think only having one story would be an issue because as soon as it is discovered, what else is there? Everything will be posted to here/youtube/wherever as it is found and then once its all found they'll be nothing left. 

 

Just a thought. 

[thelonewarrior 886]

Maybe have a submitting area that only the devs can read

People make up their own stories or recount those they have had and a logbook or note based on lets say 5 submitted stories find their way into each update

This would then spawn at a random or fixed location depending on the story

This would add an ongoing interesting addition

Some people could recount a last stand and have it implemented as a book in game or just write a survival tip that could be found and looted

[Mopp_94 29]

Maybe have a submitting area that only the devs can read

People make up their own stories or recount those they have had and a logbook or note based on lets say 5 submitted stories find their way into each update

This would then spawn at a random or fixed location depending on the story

This would add an ongoing interesting addition

Some people could recount a last stand and have it implemented as a book in game or just write a survival tip that could be found and looted

 

Fantastic Idea, adding more and more stories throughout the games life is brilliant, although it'll likely be a while before we see anything come of it if anything at all. But that's fine, im in for the long haul haha 

[Mos1ey 6301]

I think this will happen TBH. Rocket had his brother, who is a virologist, write a paper on the theoretical "zombie" infection/outbreak in DayZ. So I would assume that will be used for something at some point.

[hefeweizen 254]

I want stories about a small town sheriff that fell into a coma before the outbreak and then like two weeks later in he woke up. Then he lived on a farm for a while and it was super boring.

[rybo 171]

Me and my boys were on patrol and found a front page of a newspaper on the ground. It had been ripped away from the rest. It's head line was like "Who stole all the banana's?" in big bold letters....

 

Such a let down. When I found it i thought GTA5 style and figured it would have "People eating People" etc....

[Cydone 41]

Maybe have a submitting area that only the devs can read

People make up their own stories or recount those they have had and a logbook or note based on lets say 5 submitted stories find their way into each update

This would then spawn at a random or fixed location depending on the story

This would add an ongoing interesting addition

Some people could recount a last stand and have it implemented as a book in game or just write a survival tip that could be found and looted

Great idea there. Imagine having your logbook, your writings, the story of your "family" inside a game like this, to be discovered by other players. They could make competitions, and the greatest stories would be added to the game. Puts a smile on my face !