DayZ is the experience I have been looking for!

[WhiteLight 4]

Finally a game that has some emotion and freedom! I have been waiting for so long for such an experience and the game is only in alpha. If you havn't read this interview with Dean Hall you probably should.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2012/05/16/day-z-interview-how-zombies-arma-2-created-gamings-best-story-machine/

The underlying concepts of the game are so simple but so effective in providing a player driven experience. It makes me wonder how such a game hasn't been developed already, but it is obvious these days that big developers create games for the masses. Players are told what to do, when to do it and this decreases feelings of achievement and detaches them from said game. There are also few games out there that make the player place so much emphasis on their life/playthrough, and personally this is what I have been searching for. The fact that I could die and lose everything creates many feelings and it is this kind of attachment that will drive players back to the game after raging for a couple of days over their last death. DayZ will remain enticing and exhilarating as long as the basic concepts of player choice and high risk gameplay remain.

I just want to wish Dean Hall all the best and hope this MOD maybe even one day standalone game continues to shine! I am now a member of these forums and will continue to support the game with the rest of the community!

[FragMonkey 1]

Agreed. This is the kind of game that everyone has been asking for and no one was making

[Latros 1]

This is a good game and what many of us have been waiting for or wanting :)

However remember what you just stated: This is a ALPHA so I hope you maintain that mentality after the bugs and assholes try and ruin it for you :) after the 4th or 5th time your shot in the face after helping someone or respawn in the ocean to drown after you just got fully geared out or whatever the cause :) just try and keep the focus and remember its not complete and hopefully whats taken from this will one day be a truly great game.

Its easy to fall in love with DayZ its harder to not to want to hate it after a while :)

[WhiteLight 4]

Yes I don't mind getting a few bugs here and there, it is actually quite funny at times however like you said one must maintain a refrained mentality as enjoyment could begin to slip. But it is literally the first game I have played in a long time that has giving me such an on edge experience.