Dayz Standalone, Do arma 2 players need to pay again?

[Worrun (DayZ) 108]

Already had Arma2 before DayZ, all DayZ did was rekindle my love for the game. I would glady buy a stand alone version (would love it to be on the Arma3 engine).

Has the Arma 3 engine been released yet? Is there a game for it? Because the Arma 2 engine (like I've said before) feels like it was made in Windows 95 MS Paint.

[ChinWooMan 34]

If DayZ standalone came out in December I'd be happy to buy since that Month it's my birthday :D

If 20-50$ I don't mind I rather buy it then buy an everyday same FPS shooter (CoD or BF's) for 60$ and get bored after a month.

[Worrun (DayZ) 108]

If DayZ standalone came out in December I'd be happy to buy since that Month it's my birthday :D

If 20-50$ I don't mind I rather buy it then buy an everyday same FPS shooter (CoD or BF's) for 60$ and get bored after a month.

I think they should get standalone ASAP

Why? Because Arma 2's engine is SHIT and they'd also have 29323x more freedome. Example: Creating and adding new areas, textures, enterable buildings etc

[phorest 54]

I never played ArmA and I only bought it for the mod, I'm also not retarded. It's pretty bad when a company's product isn't even popular until after a player makes a mod for it that is a completely different theme from the original game.

You realise ARMA 3 was being developed before DayZ right?

[Nabica 1]

I will not pay for it. Absolutely not. I purchased Arma 2 for DayZ. Arma 2 sucks. I didn't play it for a long time for a reason. Tried it and hated it. Essentially, I've already paid for DayZ and I won't do it again. Unless it's the Arma 3 version.

You did not pay for DayZ, you paid for arma 2 that's what you get. DayZ is a mod, not in any way part of the game so your logic fails.

[finalstraw 193]

Has the Arma 3 engine been released yet? Is there a game for it? Because the Arma 2 engine (like I've said before) feels like it was made in Windows 95 MS Paint.

Nope, it's not out yet but it depends entirely on Rocket I guess. The Arma2 engine is fine visually, but I like the idea of the Arma3 engine from more of a functionality standpoint like having better physics other new features.

The only complaint I see from some gamers would be system requirement but I sure it's just as scaleable as Arma2.

Edited July 21, 2012 by -lOldBoyl-

[Miragenz 71]

I never played ArmA and I only bought it for the mod, I'm also not retarded. It's pretty bad when a company's product isn't even popular until after a player makes a mod for it that is a completely different theme from the original game.

Arma 2 was popular, popular enough to continue and create arma 3.

And its not a player that made the mod, rocket is an employee of Bohemia, and they have now gained an extra half a million upto a million sales.

Now there is again money to be made when its a stand alone, and they will benefit from it when Arma 3 gets released.

[Guest]

I will not pay for it. Absolutely not. I purchased Arma 2 for DayZ. Arma 2 sucks. I didn't play it for a long time for a reason. Tried it and hated it. Essentially, I've already paid for DayZ and I won't do it again. Unless it's the Arma 3 version.

Yes, but see you are an idiot. People who buy a game for a mod and then proceeds to get pissy about potentially having to pay for the game based on the mod - if it ever even gets to the stage where it can be released as a standalone game - just boggle my mind.

I think they should get standalone ASAP

Why? Because Arma 2's engine is SHIT and they'd also have 29323x more freedome. Example: Creating and adding new areas, textures, enterable buildings etc

Please explain why the ArmA 2 engine is "SHIT". Please indulge us with your wisdom.

Edited July 21, 2012 by Guest

[Smoogles 1]

I think some of you are forgetting that we are currently DayZ is in the Alpha stage of development, a very early alpha stage at that.

Beta testing is a long way off, let alone the actual release, by that time DayZ will probably be a completely different game. It would effectively be like you have payed for DayZ 1 and then DayZ 2 is released.

Edited July 21, 2012 by Smoogles

[redsh1rt 24]

What is it with people and their sense of entitlement these days?

It should be fairly obvious that when you buy a game you can only play that game and mods that work in conjunction with it. Imagine if they went standalone and had to give out a million copies of their new game to existing Arma2 owners (which btw the DayZ peeps don't get money from)...

[sixbarns 217]

I'll be happy to pay again if the wrinkles get ironed out.

[Lukio (DayZ) 24]

Yes. They will need to pay for the standalone, just like anyone else will have to pay for the standalone game if they want to play it.

[Munx 1]

Hey guys, i got a question;

If you bought Arma 2 : CO,

Do you need to pay AGAIN for the standalone version?

Because its a little unfair when you bought arma 2 for dayz only..

And how much of the money that you payed for arma 2 went to the developer of DayZ? care to take a guees.. what would be unfair is if you did NOT have to pay again for a standalone version.

You never payed rocket or his team a dime, so I suggest you drop that sense of entitlement, its out of place.

Edited July 22, 2012 by Munx

[orphanstephen 11]

Releasing Dayz standalone doesn't rule out that it could be built on a customized version of the ARMA III (or II) engine. I think it unlikely that rocket is going to build an engine from scratch even with a good sized team. You might have to buy "ARMA II: DayZ" all over again to play!

[Lawson 5]

People who bought ARMA solely for DayZ (and then don't even try ARMA) are retarded enough, but then those that expect to not have to pay, or at least get a discount, on the stand-alone version are even more retarded.

And what makes them retarded exactly? Dayz is a fun game and worth the 20 dollars for Arma 2. 300,000 people bought Arma 2 since the release of DayZ.

[ErbseGG 9]

There you go folks.

http://www.digitalspy.com/gaming/news/a392296/day-z-going-standalone-in-september-adopting-minecraft-model.html

[pumbas 1]

OP makes a good point.. I still remember that horrible day Rocket came to my house with a gun and forced me to buy ArmAII:CO for DayZ only.

No wait... I made a conciousness decision to hand over my cash in order to try out DayZ, a game mod I was more than aware was in Alpha mod and was unlikely would forever remain on the ArmaII engine.

Suck it up and stop whining.

Holy crap!Every topic I see you make a hateful, troll comment do you have any social problem or something, because I am getting annoyed with your comments

Edited July 22, 2012 by Pumbas

[WarpedMonkey 0]

I would gadly pay for DayZ if it became a standalone game. Think of this as a paid alpha...it's pretty much is, and I'm totally fine with it

[Munx 1]

Actually its a free alpha, as we never payed the developer a dime.

Edited July 22, 2012 by Munx

[nickseemann@gmail.com 9]

People who bought ARMA solely for DayZ (and then don't even try ARMA) are retarded enough, but then those that expect to not have to pay, or at least get a discount, on the stand-alone version are even more retarded.

Yeah, like even if you aren't a fan of the single player/coop campaign stuff the freaking Warzone gametype for multiplayer is a freaking blast, played it with my clan yesterday when I hadn't updated our DayZ server yet and it was awesome.

[sandorski 17]

Do Windows 7 Users have to pay for Windows 8?

[guynumber7 1]

SO let me get this straight.

The game is going to have nothing to do with ARMA III? Not an expansion? not same engine? completely standalone?

[ErbseGG 9]

SO let me get this straight.

The game is going to have nothing to do with ARMA III? Not an expansion? not same engine? completely standalone?

exactly.

[guynumber7 1]

exactly.

I dont know if i like that. What does BI get from this? dont they have the rights or somethin?

[chrismgtis 55]

People who bought ARMA solely for DayZ (and then don't even try ARMA) are retarded enough, but then those that expect to not have to pay, or at least get a discount, on the stand-alone version are even more retarded.

Ha. This kid thinks people actually play Arma 2 for Arma 2.