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24.2 hrs last two weeks / 1,729.1 hrs on record (175.2 hrs at review time)
Posted: 17 Apr, 2016 @ 5:14am
Updated: 3 Jul, 2016 @ 9:48am

Early Access Review
New review:

I have to say that now that 0.6 is stable, i have to change everything i've said about this game.

Game runs on ~60-90FPS in the biggest towns, 144FPS everywhere else (vsync on). The new renderer actually was a miracle, and now i cant wait when we can have it in other BI games, such like Arma 3.

Zombies work better than ever, you can actually loose them if you agro, and shooting in biggest cities will make you have a problem. But if you choose to, you can actually avoid them by going slow and low.

Loot. Oh the loot that was the biggest problem for first two years. You had to choose between full server or server with loot. Now the dynamic spawn actually works, even tho somebody has looted stary sobors tents in past 15mins, you can still find usefull stuff. And all the food inside the clothes are a blessing.

I play on fairly populated server and i see people often, now it doesn't matter since i have more than 20fps and i can actually fight.

Sure you can run out of content pretty fast, you'll find nice CR 527 (or what ever it is) with sniper scope, some ammo, couple of mags, you have plenty of food and drinks so you're set for life. But trying to get a FAL with scopes and stuff is actually fun and due to the RNG element of the game, pretty damn hard.

Not that many game breaking bugs, but there is some that annoys the ♥♥♥♥ out of me:
- Accidentally hitting G inside the building, then seeing that fully equipped M4 falling through the ground never to be seen again
- Drinking with 2 main weapons on you while server has a slight desync. Now you have a useless can of soda in your backpack and your weapon is gone. Thankfully this is fixed with relog.
- Somehow during a night while raining with only jeans and t-shirt i got orange "overheated" status. Character whining about over heating. This didn't go away at all in the whole life. I just kinda ignored it. I was sitting in a pond for 10-15 minutes without clothes on and dude was still overheated.

Overall i would give a score of 7.5/10 for current build of v0.60.13361


OLD review:
Broken in almost every aspect, runs worst than arma 2 or 3, which is kinda ironic. 3/10

EDIT:

BREAKING NEWS, 0.6 IS OUT AND FIXES EVERYTHING THERE IS BUGGED?!1-11-

Nope, it doesn't. As of 0.6 the game doesn't even launch for me. Fresh install and i've done stuff but it still doesn't launch. Memory just cant be read. http://i.imgur.com/PZTQiom.png

1/10
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17 Comments
cynaraos 10 May, 2016 @ 5:04am 
I don't know what causes your issue, then.
if you give a detailed bug report on the DayZ forum [forums.dayz.com] or the proper bugtracker when it comes back up, you might help fix similar issues, or fix your own issue.
nikoJ 10 May, 2016 @ 4:40am 
All updated, minus nvidia drivers.
cynaraos 9 May, 2016 @ 2:40am 
if your memory issues that are caused by 0.60 still persist, try updating your operating system and/or hardware drivers.
TPaige 6 May, 2016 @ 7:30pm 
lol
nikoJ 6 May, 2016 @ 3:51am 
ATinyTortoise, i updated my review for 0.6.
TPaige 6 May, 2016 @ 1:42am 
not anymore. 0.60 is out
Narco 23 Apr, 2016 @ 11:54am 
Haha, Denied... you truely are a DayZ fanboy. How many negative reviews did you comment on today? It must really upset you when people state facts about the shitty game you love so much.
Denied 22 Apr, 2016 @ 11:39pm 
If you bought a full release game, I woul whole heartedly agree. You bought early access to a game being developed, which of course means that there will be different versions.

I would recommend you do not purchase an early access game again as it will just lead to disappointment for you. Rather wait for the full game.

@ Dervykins...You are indeed special. If you make remarks such a "cock gobbling" and "mental midgets" you are a kid. Adults can have disagreements and discussions without calling eack other names, which you seem incapable of doing. So my assesment of you proves correct.
nikoJ 22 Apr, 2016 @ 3:31pm 
Well yeah, if totaly broken game isn't a valid point to give in review then i have this:

The empty promises, oh the empty promises. I liked to think that this was rockets fault, but now that he isn't leading, i still see that.

Q1/2015 was the time when new renderer, new zombie AI, basic stealth system, diseases, improved cooking and advanced anti-hack system were supposed to be released. Q2/2016 And we still don't have any of those.

Q2/2015 Advanced animals, player statistics, new ui, dynamic events, world containers and new physics. Nope

Q3/2015 Character life span, animal predators, aerial transports, advanced communications. Yeah, no.

Q4/2015
Animal companions, base building and game to hit beta. NOOOOOOPE.

Everything in this game is a broken joke.
Dervish 22 Apr, 2016 @ 11:06am 
There is also no such thing as "the dayz engine".

It's a slightly modified version of the take on helicopters branch of the RV engine that arma 2 used.

The "Dayz engine" is that thing they've been promising us since 2014ish and have yet to show anyone outside of the company. 3 years on sale, and we have still never yet tested the engine they said this game would be running on.