How long can you survive a post-apocalyptic world? A land overrun with an infected “zombie” population, where you compete with other survivors for limited resources. Will you team up with strangers and stay strong together? Or play as a lone wolf to avoid betrayal? This is DayZ – this is your story.
Developer: Bohemia Interactive
Platforms: Steam, Microsoft Store, Xbox One , PS4
Link: Website
Release Date: Dec 13, 2018
- With no checkpoints or saves, when you die, you lose everything and have to start over.
- Complex and authentic survival mechanics, including hunting, crafting, building, health preservation, and resource management.
- Unpredictable and often emotional interactions with other players leading to a limitless spectrum of emergent game play.
- A huge 230 km2 map with a variety of beautiful landscapes and landmarks based on real-life locations.
- Up to 60 players striving to survive by any means necessary. Make friends, kill on sight, kidnap strangers and bend them to your will, or be betrayed for a can of beans. Anything and everything is possible.
- An array of environmental threats that will test your capabilities. From erratic weather and dangerous wildlife to pitch-black nights and rage-induced infected.
I love and hate the survival aspects of DayZ, no lie. I love that they have more than just basic food & water, though I will say that the tuning - the degradation- of your food & water meters is a bit wonky. But there are health related status effects like dehydration, cholera, common cold, dysentery. Wounds will bleed and require bandages, you can be knocked unconscious, pass out from blood loss. I would love to see the methods of remedying these issues be expanded upon because outside of blood loss (remedied by transfusion), pretty much the rest of the issues can be resolved by popping a pill and some time. Though the pills can be damn rare depending on your server! There is a body temperature mechanic that does impact you getting cold and getting sick, though frankly I've found it to be clunky. You can also implement and/or enhance survival related mechanics with the addition of mods, because there is a fairly expansive modding community built around the game.
I'm a huge fan of this game and consider it one of my top choices for survival. You can find a link to my full review one tab over under 'Links' - but get the game, especially on sale when it's more pocket friendly! Goes on sale fairly frequently- and you'll want to pick up the Livonia DLC as well, since it's a fun map to explore.
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