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   Registered Member #1505 Joined: Sat Nov 18 2006Location: HmSpeak youtube Posts: 120 | Such is the harsh world of DayZ, a zombie mod for Bohemia Interactive's three-year old military simulator, ARMA II, and its 2010 expansion, ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead. Solely developed by Dean Hall (who now works for Bohemia), this multiplayer-only, open-world zombie mod is nothing like you've played before, placing emphasis on realistic survival mechanisms rather than just being a mere shooting gallery. The mod's player base has grown exponentially in the last couple of weeks due to positive word of mouth from both fans and mainstream sites alike. Because of this recent popularity, ARMA II: Combined Operations now sits comfortably near the top of the selling charts on Steam. So what makes this mod so special? Well for one thing, the shambling corpses aren't the only threat you'll encounter. You'll have to contend with other survivors who MIGHT or MIGHT NOT help you out in your quest to stay alive. When you first spawn into the fictional post-Soviet state of Chernarus, you're given a modest amount of ammo, food, and medicine to start you off, but beware, these things alone are enough to make you a walking target to anyone who might cross your path. Generally, these players would be identified as “bandits” with their own custom skin to label them as such, but this is not always the case. Even if you call yourself out as being “friendly” in the public chat, other survivors will not hesitate to murder you. In one particularly painful sequence, I had been silently foraging a town for loot for more than two hours when two survivors got the drop on me and placed a well-aimed bullet into my skull. So, just like the real world, DayZ can be heartless. Once you die, everything in your inventory is lost, and you'll have to start all over again. It's this constant risk and reward gameplay that keeps players coming back. Game is only in ALPHA but is Awesome  [ Edited Mon Jun 04 2012 ] | ||
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"history will be kind to me, for i intend to write it" - Winston Churchill  Registered Member #1297 Joined: Wed Jun 28 2006Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 383 | Here's the guide I used to install it: PCGamer install guide. Just to make it clear. You need ArmA2 Combined Operations, which is ArmA2 & ArmA2 Operation Arrowhead together. I have the retail version of ArmA2 and a Steam copy of ArmA2: OA and it works fine. [ Edited Mon Jun 04 2012 ] | ||
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 Registered Member #1213 Joined: Sat May 06 2006Location: Slovenia Posts: 920 | Thanks for letting me know that you got Arma. I've been playing it alone for 5 years, simply because you said it a stu*id game. Thanks a lot.  | ||
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Diablos_ear  Registered Member #452 Joined: Sat Jan 08 2005Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 21 | Well i´ve been playing the game since the first arma2 game came out. In my opinion it´s far better than JO even if very buggy/laggy. The editor seems much easier to use (i´m a noob) so it´s even good fun playing solo. And now this Dayz...... good news seems to be that if they make it a part of arma3 it will have more building to enter and probably a new map as well. On the downside all bohemia products are unfinished and has humongous bugs and crashes. I´m also testing Iron Front Liberation 1944 and the story continues with more of the same. | ||
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| Registered Member #1505 Joined: Sat Nov 18 2006Location: HmSpeak youtube Posts: 120 | No Country for Old Men    Doctors doubled my beta-blockers to slow down my heart rate just so i can play  I think i need to go back to minecraft  | ||
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Life is like a box of chocolates...  Registered Member #14 Joined: Sat Dec 20 2003Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 2646 | You do seem to like triggering hordes of Zed's. How the heck do you keep getting away with it and not dying. Usually when you get chased by that many you get ripped apart - then eaten. | ||
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| Captain Slow Registered Member #3 Joined: Fri Dec 19 2003Location: Scotland Posts: 4651 | I would sleep for a week if i played this.  | ||
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| "history will be kind to me, for i intend to write it" - Winston Churchill Registered Member #1297 Joined: Wed Jun 28 2006Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 383 | *HmS*Wedge wrote ... I would sleep for a week if i played this. It's not the zombies that gets your heart going in this mod, it's coming across another player and not knowing whether he is going to shoot you for your beans or not...  Well that and the damn bunnies...  [ Edited Mon Jun 18 2012 ] | ||
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| Registered Member #1505 Joined: Sat Nov 18 2006Location: HmSpeak youtube Posts: 120 | Keep your friends close , but you beans closer ===============================Sun tuz. the art of bean wars . run into the buildings zombies slow to a walk indoors  | ||
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kingpin.uk Registered Member #743 Joined: Tue Aug 02 2005Location: Norfolk Posts: 236 | ##SANITISED## width="853" height="480" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xD54OiRaiD0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>##SANITISED##> | ||
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| Registered Member #1505 Joined: Sat Nov 18 2006Location: HmSpeak youtube Posts: 120 | Cool  | ||
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| Diablos_ear Registered Member #452 Joined: Sat Jan 08 2005Location: Stockholm Sweden Posts: 21 | Anyone here playing any wasteland http://www.mmogames.com/gamereviews/arma-ii-wasteland-sandbox-preview/ I didn´t know if i should start a new thread because this is a completely different game tha dayz. Fell free to move it if you want. I think it is a good mod when you find a server with people that play it seriously. Here you can build bases (actually move stuff) and there is a food/drink system which reminds a little of dayz. You start out with a pistol but there is alot of guns stacked in almost any vehicle. Communications through side/global/vehicle/direct com channels. You can play as Bluefor, Opfor or Independent. Blue/Opfor has missions displayed on the map, they can consist of attacking an outpost or retrive ammo crates from a plane wreck. You can even salvage choppers and refuel and repair them pretty easy. As independent you don´t really have any missions and can kill anything you want or team up with others and set up ambushes all over the map (guns shops are good). There is AI soldiers (priests?) on the map so beware if you are driving a armored car, their rpg´s will kill you :) Try it and let me know what you think, maybe i seee you in game. | ||
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