Recently I bought Arma II combined
operations so I could try this new DayZ zombie mod that everyone has
been raving about as of late and after an extremely stressful install
process I got it running. The game is still in Alpha so it has a long
way to go but I figured I'd write about my experiences in the game.
The game is set in a fictional place called Chernarus and is
approximately 225 kilometres in size. When you start the game you
wash up on a random beach with nothing but a bandage, a torch and
some painkillers. It's your job to survive the zombie infested area
for as long as you can, because death means that you lose everything.
I peered around myself, looking for
some sign of life. It was difficult to spot anything with the
overcast making my sight ever so slightly blurred. To the right I saw
nothing but to the left I could see what looked like a small dock and
figured that if there wasn't any life, I might at least find some
food or at least a gun. Off I went and before long I bumped into
someone. Not a player, mind but the shuffling undead. It's sight was
very poor but it's hearing was superb so I tried to sneak past, which
was successful but upon turning around I found myself in-front of
another undead but this one was hunched over on the floor, hopping
around like an animal...He spotted me so I ran, More spotted me and
chased after with human-like speed...I was trapped...I died.
I figured I would have to accept that I
would die here and there, so I started over. A different area of the
coast this time. Looking around I saw a road and nothing else, so I
followed it. A road has to lead to a town eventually. It took a fair
bit of running but I did find a town...A town that was guarded by
Zombies. I had no choice. Like a survivor ninja I tried to weave
between the zombies in town to try and find some kind of tool. Not
even a gun, just something to hit them with would do. Success!, I
thought to myself. On the floor were some objects inside a small barn
I found. Some 12 gauge bullets, some makarov rounds and a
heat-pack...Fantastic. Well if there were bullets maybe there would
be a gun. Too late...A zombie had phased through the door I had just
closed and in getting up and running another horde was on my
tail...It was impossible to outrun them so only death awaited me.
Okay...There has to be something I'm
doing wrong here. Maybe coastal areas are not the way to go...This
time I made a bee-line straight through the forest ahead. No zombies
so far and it wasn't too long before I noticed another man-made
structure. An army airfield I thought, perfect!. There would have to
be weapons there. Sneaking around the undead AI, I could see many
soldier corpses but sadly it seems I could not check them for weapons
and items. I saw something move oddly and when I focused on it, I
could see that it was another player. One well equipped it seemed.
Sneaking around with an AK47 in his hands I could see that he had far
more experience than me...Or that he was very lucky. I decided to go
my own direction as to not get in his way. A small building I found
near me and with some items on the floor. Before I could pick them up
I saw the guy from earlier.
He turned around and shut the door
behind us so the Zombies would not get in. I thought that finally I
would have someone to aid me in getting a weapon. I heard a gunshot
and I was laying on the floor, dead.
Zombies are avoidable...Players are not
so much. So that was my first experience with DayZ. It's a very fun
and realistic attempt at a zombie apocalypse but it has a fair way to
go yet in my eyes. Removing some glitches and maybe balancing the
game more. In earlier versions you did start with a handgun which I
suppose is kind of interesting that they removed it...Maybe they
should add a few more melee weapons to find. Either way, I see great
potential for this game In the future but right now...It's a little
bit of a mixed bag.
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