Day Z is soon to be dead

[robo (DayZ) 7]

Way too soon to speculate or care.

700k people vs. an announcement :D

Anyway, I hope there's a dev-involved alpha focus group soon. That is if Rocket &co are still interested in what the community says. They have to sort through a lot of crap now.

peez!

[ZedsDeadBaby 2287]

What really bothers me about day z is the imminent death of it from two things; Arma 3 and War Z.

DayZ is going to be based on ARMA 3 most likely.

And WarZ is 5 fucking concept screenshots that clearly were not taken from a working game.

So what the fuck are you talking about?

[Scrumilation 16]

The only problem with DayZ at the moment is that hackers can do a shitload of things like killing everyone and teleporting everyone, this is really sad but it's not rocket's fault.

WarZ is going to be a complete fucking fail

DayZ will probably be ported to ARMA 3 and it will be much more awesome, i hope they remove client-sided scripts!

[A Bush killed me 189]

ill play what ever one will be more polished and easier to play. So far dayz is failing in that department.

[ZedsDeadBaby 2287]

Rockett is shady, learn the story behind the single player DayZ; and not from this site.

Oh, look who it is.

Mr. Project fucking Quarantine.

How's the game coming along?

You ridiculous turd.

[vekien 84]

WarZ and DayZ can co-exist, just like BF/COD, just like Forza/GT/N4S and all the other games that's like another game...

Things come down to very simple facts right now: WarZ is a list and a interview, wait until you see more, Dean is very focused on the standalone project, who knows what he has but you've seen his work, dedication and transparency already. That said if you prefer WarZ on release, go to it, if you prefer DayZ on its new standalone version, stick with it. Or ya know, play both...

Competition is good, and DayZ is not going to die, not soon anyway, the numbers are rising, its survived in top 5 throughout steam summer sale and its just climbing more and more, and whether 40 zombie survival comes out by end of year or 2 come out, DayZ will be there to stand tall and be its best.

Also OP remember, if DayZ was to be on Arma 3 it would have a lot more background support, especially since Dean is there, but it would be supported ground up, but the intention is to go standalone.

I should also remind you guys to reduce the hatred, come on, we're all adults, no?

[DarkRaven123 602]

Its a forum on the internet.

It's not just that, it's a popular forum on the Internet.

It has exploded with Fuckheads the past two weeks.

[unitus77@live.com 61]

At some point frustrated players leaving because of well everything or migrating to Warz or other games will overcome new players joining.I love dayz but there's just no argument it and arma 2 are complete crap speaking in a technical sense.

We have all been through terrible fps, lag, hackers, random spawn dying, DC pussys, and well 1000 more of the stupids things i've ever seen in a game. How long will players stick around? How long is it going to take to have a playable version of dayz?

I gets its alpha and its bugged to crap the thing that i don't get is if you know it's alpha and its going to be almost unplayable why did you release it to 800,000 players? What in gods name did you think was going to happen? That's the only reason i think it will fail. To warz? I doubt it.To just plain frustration and the new great games and mods that come out all the time? More likely.Every game dies. I just think dayz will die so much faster for releasing to early then it would have if they held out until they had something respectful.

Edited July 23, 2012 by unitus77

[LIMITID 28]

"ill play what ever one will be more polished and easier to play. So far dayz is failing in that department."

So you want an easy zombie game? Go play Left for Dead. The game is already to easy imo, just hard for people to lazy to play the ARMA 2 tutorials and read some Dayz guides.

"gets its alpha and its bugged to crap the thing that i don't get is if you know it's alpha and its going to be almost unplayable why did you release it to 800,000 players?"

It was never intended to have that many players. As far as I know it was released for the ARMA2 commuity as that game has a rich mod scene, that is small but dedicated. The game exploded in popularity which was totaly unexpected. PC gamers should be used to buggy alphas and betas and buggy mods. Most of the rage is likly from console gaming air heads. Maybe read up on this before claiming stuff like that.

Edited July 23, 2012 by LIMITID

[Tex Willer 47]

So 4 months of Alpha testing is "long" to the OP.

This thread is so full of fail that it stinks.

Edited July 23, 2012 by Tex Willer

[Slitter 11]

I don't know how anyone could possibly argue about dayz beeing worse/better than TheWarZ. I mean both could be true.

There is almost no information about TheWarZ.

As much as i like DayZ it has a lot of issues... which is why, probably soon, big companies might come up with a game like dayz just finished, because they have the manpower behind that.(and them oney)

[ZedsDeadBaby 2287]

As much as i like DayZ it has a lot of issues... which is why, probably soon, big companies might come up with a game like dayz just finished, because they have the manpower behind that.(and them oney)

Big companies could never make DayZ. That's kind of the point.

They will make WoW with zombies and DLC and "epic loot" and boss zombies, because that's what the "market" wants.

No major publisher will ever put a game with the features of DayZ.

[thisisbleep 32]

War Z was in development before Day Z was first announced, games are not made overnight. Please all stop claiming that is is a copy, they have the same story/scenario, but so do most games and people are not jumping up and down about that.

I would agree that War Z is similar and the developers of that game have said that they have taken inspiration from what they have seen in Day Z, I am sure Rocket will do the same if he finds something cool to add for Day Z.

War Z will be an MMO, we will have to see how that turns out. For now I am reserving judgement, but I would like to play it if it can handle a crazy amount of zombies and it will have a specifically designed map for the game, which Day Z is currently lacking.

[xeaglenec 13]

Dayz will only die when something better comes along. And there is nothing like it on the horizon...

[TehMikaL 49]

competition is always good news for gamers. Whatever game i find better, ill play! Also, to have a few different companies or ppl competing for customers, that forces the developers to stay sharp and keep making updates and continue to polish the games up so the users can have the best possible expierence.

DayZ rules.

[GulpinGulpin 40]

You're an idiot. The War Z is the exact same as Day Z, just a shitty MMO version

dayz is an mmo...

[soapmak3r 677]

Yes. The unrealistic quantity of psychopaths engaging in kill on sight behavior in this game will drive players in droves to War Z. There are consequences to killing people, in war, murder, or disaster. War Z will address them nicely. So far it seems like nobody cares in Day Z.

How do you know? You are making all these assumptions based on a couple of staged screenshots and empty claims...

DayZ is here and we can play it. It is already a great game and it is only going to get better. From what I have read about this WarZ it is going to be another generic RPG style game similar to Dead Island...And I imagine it will be just as much of a let down as Dead island.

That it feels as if it has to cash in on the success of DayZ should be indication enough that it won't be very good.

I don't want skill trees, levels, xp points, quests and all that crap...That's what makes DayZ so great for me. I can play how I want, go where I want, assume whatever role I want, there are no quests, I make my own story and I become more skilful as I gain experience and knowledge about the game world and how to survive in it.

Rocket seems to understand this. That is why I am confident in the future of DayZ. It's a breath of fresh air and fuels the imagination.

Edited July 23, 2012 by soapmak3r

[vacalouca 86]

The problem is we do not see a roadmap to become Dayz beta, standalone version does not have much information (I'll have to buy another game again if you play Dayz?) Mod fans suffer from bugs and hackers and we have no predictions on when going to solve, Rocket can not judge, he does his best, BIS should give more attention to the MOD and turns it into a new franchise as soon as possible.

Sorry my poor english =)

[Stridsbulten 9]

You all know that DayZ is an MMO too right? Massively Multiplayer Online? Or is 700k people playing with and against each other online not massively enough for you?

[sandorski 17]

When Microsoft releases Freecell 2, the whole Gaming industry will be wiped out. So get your games while you can people.

[unitus77@live.com 61]

"gets its alpha and its bugged to crap the thing that i don't get is if you know it's alpha and its going to be almost unplayable why did you release it to 800,000 players?"

It was never intended to have that many players. As far as I know it was released for the ARMA2 commuity as that game has a rich mod scene, that is small but dedicated. The game exploded in popularity which was totaly unexpected. PC gamers should be used to buggy alphas and betas and buggy mods. Most of the rage is likly from console gaming air heads. Maybe read up on this before claiming stuff like that.

You may read through forums often picking every person you see post and saying to yourself i'm smarter then him but i'm no idiot.

I'm 27 and i've been around PC and console gaming since i was very young. This isn't the first time i've been through something like this. I realize the game did explode but it doesn't make everything understandable. Weather your plan was to release it to 100 or 1 million whats the difference? Also how could someone gaming on a console make them an airhead? Maybe you should read up on life bud.

Edited July 23, 2012 by unitus77

[dallas 5195]

War Z isn't speculation or a rumor, its a full fledged game based around a zombie apocalypse rather than being a mod to an army simulator.

Right now WarZ is:

5 screenshots.

A four day old website.

A whole lot of promises.

[elliotle 6]

Sorry, but this is laughable. You actually think WarZ will be any different? Not counting the fact that the game is going to fail hard in every way outside of this.

Yes. They have already interviewed the development team and they are already addressing the bandit problems that Dayz has. They have settlements with military police. If you murder somebody within the settlement the military police come after you. There are consequences for crimes, even in disasters. Just ask all the people who were arrested in New Orleans during Katrina.

[jubeidok 495]

Is this one of those "I can't make it 10 feet without dying so the game must suck" threads?

Come on, you know that's what you really wanted to say.

[Slitter 11]

Big companies could never make DayZ. That's kind of the point.

They will make WoW with zombies and DLC and "epic loot" and boss zombies, because that's what the "market" wants.

No major publisher will ever put a game with the features of DayZ.

How can you be that sure?

If dayZ didn't exist i would agree with you. But DayZ sent a really big message to publishers and gamedevelopers.

Almost 800k different players with 200k players online every day on an ALPHA MOD is a huge crowd to make games for.

Not taking into account that there are people that don't want to pay for Arma2 just to play an Alpha mod (3 of my friends) but still like the idea.

So you don't know how huge the crowd could be.

There will be companies and publishers just wait for it ;)