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  • Summary: The post-soviet country of Chernarus is struck by an unknown virus, turning the majority population into frenzied infected. Fighting over resources has bred a hostile mentality among survivors, driving what’s left of humanity to collapse. You are one of the few immune to the virus - how farThe post-soviet country of Chernarus is struck by an unknown virus, turning the majority population into frenzied infected. Fighting over resources has bred a hostile mentality among survivors, driving what’s left of humanity to collapse. You are one of the few immune to the virus - how far will you go to survive? Expand

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  1. Dec 21, 2018
    69
    DayZ has the power to create incredible stories, but the twitchy, weightless combat and buggy zombies let it down.
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  1. Dec 21, 2018
    Today, after more than five years of proper early access development, it’s still only barely playable. At times, though, it is also breathtakingly beautiful.
  2. It has its moments. Stumbling on other survivors is a thrill, but in reality those encounters rarely lead anywhere interesting. DayZ is an anecdote-generator, but the odds are you’ll need to feed it more hours of your life than they’re worth.
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  1. Positive: 21 out of 51
  2. Negative: 24 out of 51
  1. Dec 26, 2018
    10
    Скачал раз в год, посмотреть чего поменяли - бегаешь 40 часов, набиваешь палатку пушками, одним утром понимаешь что всё с3.14здили (stolen),Скачал раз в год, посмотреть чего поменяли - бегаешь 40 часов, набиваешь палатку пушками, одним утром понимаешь что всё с3.14здили (stolen), умираешь от рандомной пули.

    11 рюкзаков набитых яблоками из 10
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  2. Nov 15, 2022
    10
    Für mich ein mega Spiel und das über 10 Jahre. Es hatte Höhen und Tiefen aber Spaß hat es immer gemacht.
  3. Dec 23, 2018
    9
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    Very good hardcore survival game with a great atmosphere. Beautiful realistic graphics. Good optimalization. Complex combat mechanics
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    Very good hardcore survival game with a great atmosphere. Beautiful realistic graphics. Good optimalization. Complex combat mechanics and crafting.
    You have only one life. When they kill you, you lose everything and you have to start a new game. This creates a feeling of real survival.

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    Still enough bugs
    Some content is missing as a several weapons but it will be back soon
    Long development
    Few building models. They are almost the same

    The game may look complicated, but it needs patience and understanding to be repaid.
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  4. Dec 18, 2018
    5
    After 4 years of early access the game is out and I tried it during the free weekend extensively. The game still feels like it's in earlyAfter 4 years of early access the game is out and I tried it during the free weekend extensively. The game still feels like it's in early stages of early access. It can't be a beta since it seems to lack so much content.

    The map is huge but absolutely empty. There are some nice places, where the exterior looks nice and provides a little city or rural atmosphere. But the inside they look all absolutely the same. Just after 30 min I was already bored from the visuals, just running from building to building because the next one has a bigger coat placed in it. Most disappointing are the hospitals and industrial building. They are just completely empty, seriously. Just the loot changes but nothing more.

    Then there is the huge issue that this game offers no goals to aim for for the player. One just gets spawned into the world. Surviving is an absolute joke since food is in abundance available. It has survival elements but it is never a threat. The threat are other player which you encounter every 5 hours or so on a high populated server. These encounters are fun, with tensions and can end brutal. But there is not winning or loosing in general. Only two "endgame" goals, building a base and repairing car. Both are extremely time consuming and frustrating. I mean 15 hours at least and if not done without breaks, the chances are very high someone steals you stuff. But even if one gets this done, there is no payoff in any way. A working car is useless, when there are no places to go.

    Third aspect is the very basic fighting system and half assed inventory management. The zombies offer no threat whatsoever. I thought first, that one has to time dodging and attacking to bring them down with melee but then quickly realized that just standing and spamming is the only way to go. No matter how crappy or good the weapon is, it's always the same. There is no aiming down sights for some weapons (I probably haven't found all), which would be very beneficial for human encounters. There is no tutorial for the inventory and it's not self explanatory, only a 10 min youtube video showed me what to do.

    The last aspect is the lag in moments that counts. Just roaming around works fine but in zombie battles it stutters massively. If one has to fight two zombies, there is a high chance two or three hits will be taken just because of the stutters. But it is just a minor thing, since the zombies are walking tuna (food to eat) bags anyway. It just makes bashing zombies less fun.

    All in all it is a somehow unique but widely boring experience. I give it an average 5 for the nice idea but with a huge lack of content to back it up. The map could have been easily half the size but with more things to do.

    I would only recommend this game to people who are in for the rare but exhilarating human encounters, probably nice with a friend or two (but it takes a whole gaming session just to find each other).
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  5. Dec 20, 2018
    2
    Как и многие другие я доверился разработчикам и купил игру в 2013 году, активно следил за всеми её обновлениями, релиз обещали к 2015му, дажеКак и многие другие я доверился разработчикам и купил игру в 2013 году, активно следил за всеми её обновлениями, релиз обещали к 2015му, даже на оффициальном сайте это было написано. Могу сказать, что тут и одной рецензии не хватит чтобы перечислить всё то, что они обещали и как итог не добавили. Игра все такая же пустая, и забагованная. Релиз НАСТОЛЬКО сырого и неиграбельного продукта это просто плевок в лицо тех кто удосужился её купить. Я крайне разочарован в проекте, и жалею о потраченном на неё косаре. Expand
  6. Dec 2, 2022
    1
    i have played quite some crap games but dayz just bounced into my top 3.
    - Toxic
    - Horrible - Crappy combat and loot system If you want
    i have played quite some crap games but dayz just bounced into my top 3.
    - Toxic
    - Horrible
    - Crappy combat and loot system

    If you want to be punished hire a mistress dont waste your money on this game, the experience is the same but the mistress at least is honist what she will do to you..this game is a cash grab just well a horrible experience.
    Played a few hours and my opinion just gets worse and worse.. so be glad i wrote this review after playing a few hours.
    If you are looking for a nice zombie survival game go for 7 days to die or something...dayz is just crap.
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  7. Sep 12, 2019
    0
    Absolute Grbage , Repulsive and Foolishness , after FIVE YEARS Graphic and Gameplay two importantest elements of every video game really isAbsolute Grbage , Repulsive and Foolishness , after FIVE YEARS Graphic and Gameplay two importantest elements of every video game really is horrible in this Garbage and any element else too. Developers are absolute Garbage , Moron and useless too. Expand

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