Project Zomboid or Dayz

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[Dozz]

they are completely different games and there for i can not and will not tell you one is better then the other, Zomboid is a top down "realistic" PVE Zombie game, DayZ is a mostly PVP First or Third person zombie survival game. what do you like more, FPS or Top down.

Also in the Future id recommend against asking this in either games Community if you want a actual answer as all it will do is cause fights and have Bias. its not anything anyone can help its just how it is.

[TaM_tHe_JaM]

I'd personally choose Project Zomboid. DayZ has an excellent premise, but it's too... unforgiving. Don't get me wrong, I've played souls games, I like that sorta thing, but DayZ shoves it to a point where it's just not fun. Sure, realism is great for immersion, but I don't think I should die from a slight tinge of metal burn on my hand from going down a ladder too fast.

[Slain The Ulti-Maid]

dayz is a great pvp game, depending on which servers you join you could have an amazing time, but if you'd like to setup bases AND have a life then it's simply not possible since not being logged in 24/7 will result in you getting raided without being able to do anything.

pz feels like a better game for PVE players who want a more immersive and hardcore survival feeling with character building.

Love both games, but i simply cant take a break from dayz without ruining hundreds of hours of progress, pz however you can play whenever you feel like.

[fluxtorrent]

zomboid has so much more content, both vanilla and in mods.

Dayz is decent for what it does but the experience is so much less than zomboid

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So in PZ is more focus on PVE and Dayz is more focus on PVP?

[BrototypeH]

I wish Day Z was Project Zomboid, tbh. To be more concise, I wish Day Z was doing exactly everything Project Zomboid is doing. I'd be playing that. If State of Decay was doing what Project Zomboid is doing and threw in some functional parkour elements, I'd never play another game.

[Snarbles]

the zombies work right in zomboid. day z just never works right, ive played it since it was a mod, bought it day one as a stand alone, im not a day z hater, but day z just has never worked right. the cars dont work right, the zombies dont work right, the game got new grass updates for 4-5 years.

[⚜︎Dmitry Light]

Two completely different games. This is as choose between Dark Souls or Blasphemous, Fallout 2 and Fallout 76, Sniper Elite 4 and CoD Vanguard etc etc. All these games have pretty similar setting, but visual style and gameplay itself so different, what it does is completely incomparable.

[Andy]

As a player of both, if you have 100hrs+ in Dayz, you are done. I finally gave up the hope last year and put it to bed for good.

[LootMech]

Zomboid = pure zombie survival
DayZ = standard pvp survival with some (bad) zombies

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I just bought it and play it and instance die again and again. Ok then i try MP but all server are 1 or 2 people only😐

[Calico-Jack]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)⎠⎞:

Project Zomboid or Dayz

PZ really reminds me of the spirit ofDay Z when it was just an Arma mod - the core loop consisting of exploration, resource management and unforgiving environments, with very detailed interactions with the environment and items. All bundled up in a no-hand-holding approach that forces you to look for solutions beyond your comfort zone.

Later iterations of Day Z as the community splintered into factions lobbying for their way of playing the game to be the only way to play the game, less so. A tuber called Soviet Womble made a series of videos about what happened to DayZ as it developed from mod to standalone app, well though out, entertaining while earnestly attempting to explain why DayZ went from being the must have mod to online backlash whipping child.

[Calico-Jack]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)⎠⎞:

I just bought it and play it and instance die again and again. Ok then i try MP but all server are 1 or 2 people only😐

it takes a few tries to "get" the game - but fundamentally you will balls something up and you will die is a constant. There is no winning just staying alive for as long as you can while trying to create some kind of normalicy.

[Reggit]

I don't mind DayZ....
But I've lost count, how often id spawn in DayZ. and either starve to death (no loot) - or get randomly sniped in the head.....grrrrr.
I prefer Zomboid because it's less PvP focused, and if I die it's usually MY fault.

[HelpMyLifeIsInShambles]

DayZ is better if you really want player interaction, that being Kos, random snipes, "hi" *runs away*. PZ is if you want an actual challenge, the attention to detail in project zomboid is amazing, and it actually gets real updates, where dayz is just a new gun every couple months. I play both and honestly don't get dayz if its not on a good sale. PZ offers long-term play (base building, tailoring, farming, ingredient based cooking, even a detailed mechanics system.)