possible returning player, worth playing? any alternatives?

[Nihil Reich]

Used to play this a lot back at launch a decade ago, why I stopped was zombies were never truly a threat like in the arma 2 mod, and overall lots of buggy mechanics with the cars and stuff.

I've been feeling the survival itch again lately, Is it any better now? or are there any new alternatives to play? preferably one where zombies or any pve enemies are a constant credible threat so when you meet someone cooperation is also an option and the game is not just a deathmatch but 90% of the time you're looting and walking.

It saddens me that these games died before hitting their ideal form, and imo the main problem was that none of them really ever pushed hard enough into the pve aspect as in the original mod, and battle royale games already perfected the rest of the game into a less time consuming version.

[Ewil]

I would not say that the game is "dead". Far from it. Still getting updated, still alive forum, lots of servers, popular on twitch.
But I would like to see DayZ 2.0, but this still works. If you want to play on "good" servers, you should try out the community ones. Where they have active admins. The officials can sometimes have hackers/ESP'ers in them, and playing on a popular community server, is more safe since some of them have many admins looking out for honest players.

If DayZ is not for you, but you like zombie/apocalyptic suvival games, check out 7DTD. It is also very much alive.

[Envy The Dead]

Publicado originalmente por Nihil Reich:

Used to play this a lot back at launch a decade ago, why I stopped was zombies were never truly a threat like in the arma 2 mod, and overall lots of buggy mechanics with the cars and stuff.

I've been feeling the survival itch again lately, Is it any better now? or are there any new alternatives to play? preferably one where zombies or any pve enemies are a constant credible threat so when you meet someone cooperation is also an option and the game is not just a deathmatch but 90% of the time you're looting and walking.

It saddens me that these games died before hitting their ideal form, and imo the main problem was that none of them really ever pushed hard enough into the pve aspect as in the original mod, and battle royale games already perfected the rest of the game into a less time consuming version.

you only have 270 hours, you havnt really even given the game a chance

while you have been away this game sold over 10 million copies, you have really been missing out

[RoY]

This game never died. The daily player population is much higher than most games on steam.

[Idaho]

Try my server, or find a server that runs mods that 'beef up' the infected. People die on my server a LOT, most people quit my server because the infected are 'too difficult'.

[1337Dude]

Publicado originalmente por Skeeter:

Publicado originalmente por Nihil Reich:

Used to play this a lot back at launch a decade ago, why I stopped was zombies were never truly a threat like in the arma 2 mod, and overall lots of buggy mechanics with the cars and stuff.

I've been feeling the survival itch again lately, Is it any better now? or are there any new alternatives to play? preferably one where zombies or any pve enemies are a constant credible threat so when you meet someone cooperation is also an option and the game is not just a deathmatch but 90% of the time you're looting and walking.

It saddens me that these games died before hitting their ideal form, and imo the main problem was that none of them really ever pushed hard enough into the pve aspect as in the original mod, and battle royale games already perfected the rest of the game into a less time consuming version.

you only have 270 hours, you havnt really even given the game a chance

while you have been away this game sold over 10 million copies, you have really been missing out

Lots of games sold millions of copies years ago and are dead online. That's how the gaming industry works.

[Jethro]

I’ve been playing for about 3 weeks so far and honestly I’m not sure why I didn’t give this game a chance sooner. It’s just about everything I’m looking for in a survival game. I get The Long Dark vibes when out exploring, I love having to hunker down and sit by a fire. The hunting, fishing, and overall feeling of anxiety and nervousness that I could be sniped in the face at any given moment is awesome. I don’t know any of the maps at all really, and I think it makes me play extra cautiously…..probably too cautiously to the point where I’m not traveling far enough from my current “home”.

[Idaho]

Publicado originalmente por Jethro:

I’ve been playing for about 3 weeks so far and honestly I’m not sure why I didn’t give this game a chance sooner. It’s just about everything I’m looking for in a survival game. I get The Long Dark vibes when out exploring, I love having to hunker down and sit by a fire. The hunting, fishing, and overall feeling of anxiety and nervousness that I could be sniped in the face at any given moment is awesome. I don’t know any of the maps at all really, and I think it makes me play extra cautiously…..probably too cautiously to the point where I’m not traveling far enough from my current “home”.

Not knowing the map was the best time in the game. When you've learned every square inch of it, a little bit of the fun dies forever.

[Jethro]

Publicado originalmente por Idaho:

Publicado originalmente por Jethro:

I’ve been playing for about 3 weeks so far and honestly I’m not sure why I didn’t give this game a chance sooner. It’s just about everything I’m looking for in a survival game. I get The Long Dark vibes when out exploring, I love having to hunker down and sit by a fire. The hunting, fishing, and overall feeling of anxiety and nervousness that I could be sniped in the face at any given moment is awesome. I don’t know any of the maps at all really, and I think it makes me play extra cautiously…..probably too cautiously to the point where I’m not traveling far enough from my current “home”.

Not knowing the map was the best time in the game. When you've learned every square inch of it, a little bit of the fun dies forever.

Man, with how big Chernarus is, it blows my mind that anyone can really remember all of it.

I have a feeling I’ll be into this for quite a while. 😎

[Envy The Dead]

Publicado originalmente por Idaho:

Try my server, or find a server that runs mods that 'beef up' the infected. People die on my server a LOT, most people quit my server because the infected are 'too difficult'.

its no fun to play on your empty server

[Envy The Dead]

Publicado originalmente por 1337Dude:

Publicado originalmente por Skeeter:

you only have 270 hours, you havnt really even given the game a chance

while you have been away this game sold over 10 million copies, you have really been missing out

Lots of games sold millions of copies years ago and are dead online. That's how the gaming industry works.

this game sold millions of copies this year alone and still has hundreds of full servers daily

why do you waste your time complaining and making things up about a game that you clearly know very little about

[🅼entalpatient]

Publicado originalmente por Nihil Reich:

Used to play this a lot back at launch a decade ago, why I stopped was zombies were never truly a threat like in the arma 2 mod, and overall lots of buggy mechanics with the cars and stuff.

I've been feeling the survival itch again lately, Is it any better now? or are there any new alternatives to play? preferably one where zombies or any pve enemies are a constant credible threat so when you meet someone cooperation is also an option and the game is not just a deathmatch but 90% of the time you're looting and walking.

It saddens me that these games died before hitting their ideal form, and imo the main problem was that none of them really ever pushed hard enough into the pve aspect as in the original mod, and battle royale games already perfected the rest of the game into a less time consuming version.

the new map PNW just came out, go play that

i just did a super edit of an adventure i did there

https://youtu.be/jiCyVHCuSoo

[Nihil Reich]

Publicado originalmente por Ewil:

I would not say that the game is "dead". Far from it.

Publicado originalmente por RoY:

This game never died. The daily player population is much higher than most games on steam.

No, I didn't mean to say the game itself died. I meant the genre died in the industry and there are no new games giving a new shot at this "open world zombie survival crafting" etc genre like back in the day.

[Humpenstilzchen]

Publicado originalmente por Nihil Reich:

No, I didn't mean to say the game itself died. I meant the genre died in the industry and there are no new games giving a new shot at this "open world zombie survival crafting" etc genre like back in the day.

Well, there is still Scum to mention though it sucks so much due to recent changes and is so incredibly bug riddled that you can´t even reload your weapons without having the magazines poof away, so I really can´t recommend it. It´s brokenness is the reason why I bought DayZ two days ago since I have no hope left for Scum.

[Ichigo]

Publicado originalmente por Nihil Reich:

Publicado originalmente por Ewil:

I would not say that the game is "dead". Far from it.

Publicado originalmente por RoY:

This game never died. The daily player population is much higher than most games on steam.

No, I didn't mean to say the game itself died. I meant the genre died in the industry and there are no new games giving a new shot at this "open world zombie survival crafting" etc genre like back in the day.

I remember this tbh, brought this way back in the day and surprised its still alive.

[Envy The Dead]

Publicado originalmente por Ichigo:

Publicado originalmente por Nihil Reich:

No, I didn't mean to say the game itself died. I meant the genre died in the industry and there are no new games giving a new shot at this "open world zombie survival crafting" etc genre like back in the day.

I remember this tbh, brought this way back in the day and surprised its still alive.

You only have 2 hours in the game you didn’t even give it a chance lol