DayZ

 PlayStation 4
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3.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 201 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 45 out of 201
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 201
  3. Negative: 140 out of 201
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  1. kubabooba
    Sep 22, 2019
    4
    This game is bland. It's a huge open world with nothing interesting to find. All the better loot is found inland but the 'better loot' are really just guns. The survival aspect feels minimal. Sure you can get sick but it's not that big of a deal. You can hunt, you can fish but your character hardly ever needs to eat and canned food and fruit is enough. This is an online game soThis game is bland. It's a huge open world with nothing interesting to find. All the better loot is found inland but the 'better loot' are really just guns. The survival aspect feels minimal. Sure you can get sick but it's not that big of a deal. You can hunt, you can fish but your character hardly ever needs to eat and canned food and fruit is enough. This is an online game so expect to watch yourself take damage from a zombie from a meter away. PVP is dull. I'm running through a forest or down a street and I die. I don't even hear the gunshots. I'm just dead. The thing is, I didn't care because this game feels like a walking simulator because of how uninvolved the survival aspect for your character is. You have to drink all the time so if you cant find water, eat some fruit. I just find myself looking for whatever bag or clothing can carry the most stuff and just hoarding loot.

    This game doesn't offer much of an incentive to move from town to town. If you find a water tap and a bunch of fruit, you've won. Just a long stick to take out a few zombies, clean water, some fruit and you can rest easy.

    The world is interesting. The game on PS4 Pro has serious performance issues. The game will freeze for a few seconds. Zooming in freezes the game for a few seconds. If you turn around, the textures have to load back in. I'm being chased by zombies, I don't know which building I can go in because they haven't loaded in yet.

    I think a better survival game is The Long Dark simply because you have something to work towards which is crafting better gear by hunting animals with resources you need to find around the world. With this game, it lacks that need to be working towards something useful. It lacks that survival aspect for your character that The Long Dark has. This game just feels like a walking simulator. You'll come across a city in the distance full of buildings and shops but you'll end up wasting your time going from one empty room to the next. If you're lucky, you might find a beanie.    … Expand
  2. polardcen
    Jun 11, 2019
    4
    Such a wasted game ever made by Bohemia Interactive. The rubbish Arma even better than this. Glitchy, buggy, technical disaster, deezy sound system.
  3. TheLastofMe
    Aug 3, 2019
    3
    50€ for that 5 years old rubbish? Server issues, technical desaster. Absolutely no one should buy this for 50€. Shame on you Bohemia Interactive.
  4. jackattack046
    Nov 16, 2019
    3
    Okay, the game has a lot of bugs and glitches and half the time your like standing in place lagging while something is killing u, It’s by no chance a good game, but it is fun when you have a group of friends, still a very bad game
  5. AtomicTBag
    May 24, 2020
    3
    This game should cost no more than $5. It is unfinished, buggy, laggy, and filled with graphic glitches. Go watch someone stream it and you’ll see many odd things. You won’t understand the controls until you try it yourself. I gave it two hours and it’s horrendous. It’s the worst $45 I’ve spent. Even Anthem was released in a far better state than this game. DayZ should not exist for saleThis game should cost no more than $5. It is unfinished, buggy, laggy, and filled with graphic glitches. Go watch someone stream it and you’ll see many odd things. You won’t understand the controls until you try it yourself. I gave it two hours and it’s horrendous. It’s the worst $45 I’ve spent. Even Anthem was released in a far better state than this game. DayZ should not exist for sale on the PlayStation network for sale. Steer clear!! 3/10 only because it’s a neat idea.… Expand
  6. Drifter616
    Jun 9, 2019
    2
    I played this for about 5 days and it is just bad. I died 2 times just walking from server lag. I died from opening a door and getting stuck in the wall. It only spawns you the beach where everything is looted so you have to run a hour inland to hopefully find anything worthwhile. The UI takes forever to do anything. The game could have potential with updates but I’m not expecting muchI played this for about 5 days and it is just bad. I died 2 times just walking from server lag. I died from opening a door and getting stuck in the wall. It only spawns you the beach where everything is looted so you have to run a hour inland to hopefully find anything worthwhile. The UI takes forever to do anything. The game could have potential with updates but I’m not expecting much after 5 years of development. And it’s hard to justify 50$ For this game. And why there is no single player or private servers is beyond me.… Expand
  7. marcelskerps
    Sep 29, 2019
    2
    me arrependi de ter comprado, jogos feitos pra multiplayer sempre são um desastre
  8. Kitinep
    Feb 14, 2020
    2
    One of the worst PS4 games I have ever played, it's simply dreadful. I am baffled how this game even released. I borrowed this game from a friend and I still feel like I've been ripped off.

    For starters the game is atrociously optimized. Frame drops galore, the world taking up to 30 seconds to load up, insane amounts of lag, random crashes and disconnects, awkward menu controls that are    One of the worst PS4 games I have ever played, it's simply dreadful. I am baffled how this game even released. I borrowed this game from a friend and I still feel like I've been ripped off.

    For starters the game is atrociously optimized. Frame drops galore, the world taking up to 30 seconds to load up, insane amounts of lag, random crashes and disconnects, awkward menu controls that are really awful if you are in the heat of combat (hell it takes up to 40 seconds just to reload your gun if you don't have many magazines), and the bugs, my god, the bugs. There is a barrage of glitches, like not being able to pick up items, falling through the map, getting stuck on doors, buggy melee combat, getting stuck on zombies, broken hit registration, and inventory bugs.

    Even if you get past most of these issues, the game is still practically impossible to play anyway because every server has been looted to high hell. I can't tell you just how many times my character has died of hunger because there is never any food, or any other supplies to help me get anywhere. How does the game expect you to make any progress when you can't get the supplies you need to survive? It's hard just trying to survive for more than 20 minutes because of this and it is just aggravating.

    You drop into a server, there's no loot anywhere, so then you just run around for 20-30 minutes not finding a goddamn thing and then you'll die of starvation. Unless if you partner up with someone to help you, but considering how valuable loot is in this game and the nature of the game itself, everyone just kills each other on sight. There is no such thing as teamwork unless if you play with friends. I've went into at least 30 different servers and I'm always in the same scenario. And speaking of playing with friends, there is no map screen to help you navigate. I understand this is supposed to be a survival game, but if you are a new player, how in the holy mother of **** are you supposed to know where you are at all times? Especially since the map is incredibly big, too big for its own good. You'll just be wandering around aimlessly like a cockroach without its head. I get that learning the map might seem appealing, but without such basic gameplay features to help you navigate, how are you supposed to meet up with your friends?? God, this game just punishes new players and discourages working with others. Oh right, I have to download a goddamn mobile app that gives me a real life map when it could have just been provided in the game itself, and I need it because all of the text is in Russian and I can't read it, rather than just having the text pop up on screen in English when I reach said town. Joyful..

    And the servers take up to 45 days to refresh the loot drops, which is WAY too long. By the time it's been a week or two, all the servers will have been looted and nothing can ever be found aside from clothing items. Rinse and repeat.

    You can rent your own private servers for a monthly fee, I believe it's $18. So players are expected to pay more money on top of a game they already payed $50 for just so they can actually PLAY the game?? Go to hell.

    So overall this game is the equivalent of highway robbery. Why Sony approved of the sale of this game on their store is one thing, but the fact that it's a port of a PC game from 6 years ago that's being sold for $50 when it's clearly not finished is just insulting. It is truly disgusting and thinking about it makes me nauseous. The game has a great concept but is executed in the worst ways possible. I have better chances of surviving a zombie apocalypse in real life and spotting a group of UFOs in the process. It is awe inspiring just how poorly programmed and incompetently designed this game is, it's giving me Fallout 76 deja vu.    … Expand
  9. Slader247
    Mar 27, 2020
    2
    I went into the game not expecting an immersive, jaw dropping survival experience, but a relatively enjoyable, possibly infuriating time of trying to find my friends. Nothing could have prepared me for the barrage of getting stuck on doors, beaten by zombies I was unable to hit back, and being afflicted by status effects that were accompanied by zero explanation.
  10. GuitarboxerHugo
    Nov 18, 2020
    2
    Game changes character every time I join a game even though I picked it in the menu. Idiot developers. Making my character black lol
  11. manoel-gomes
    Aug 2, 2023
    2
    250 reais num jogo com baixo desempenho ruim, gráficos bem meh, gameplay travado e insatisfatorio, desenvolvedores e comunidade tóxica. pior compra da minha vida, praticamente PUBG com zumbis.
    esse jogo vale no maximo 15 reais
  12. Bzone
    May 30, 2020
    1
    Giving it a one because it's a decent walking simulator if that's your thing. The first few hours are unlike anything thanks to the whole vibe of the game. Other than that it's really bad. Rather Get Minecraft.
  13. RonnyB
    May 30, 2019
    1
    50€ for that 5 years old rubbish? Server issues, technical desaster. Absolutely no one should buy this for 50€. Shame on you Bohemia Interactive.
  14. almostfamousguy
    Jun 10, 2019
    1
    It's horrible game.
    Why this thing in ps4 store???
    Sony why!???
    I don't understand.
    No idea...
    Guys better support sony bend studios and buy Days gone.
  15. ledimi
    Jul 24, 2019
    1
    I rated 1 for the idea, the rest worth nothing. lagging so impossible to see zombies sometimes. looks like a games from the 80's. server problems. day and night stupid idea when you can change server to find one when it is day time. so many changes have to be made , this game is still in an alpha state it should not be released yet.
  16. Bendoddy
    Jun 5, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a load of crap, Sony should be ashamed, not buying anything on the ps store again if this is what they release and how they treat their customers...give us a refund… Expand
  17. sitlos
    Jun 6, 2019
    1
    Absolutely ridiculous this games was released in this state, let alone at $50. Playing on the PS4 Pro, it constantly has frame rate drops and screen lock ups. the inventory is not optimized for consoles and it gets irritating after a while. The servers are trash, this game is trash, wish i never bought it
  18. Demonhunter6669
    Jun 9, 2019
    1
    Absolute **** and way over priced . The game feels clunky and broken. It's almost impossible too find your friends on it the loot is terrible , the graphics are way outdated very laggy all in all don't buy it save your money for something better or when the games fixed an working right. I bought it an wish I never . Gonna try an get my money refunded cost me 67 dollars for a broken game
  19. Jagacin99
    Jun 12, 2019
    1
    Way to buggy and outdated, and way to expensive. You'd be better of buying a much better battle royale game in Player Unkown's Battlegrounds for a fraction of the price. Even Fortnite and Apex Legends are multiple times better... and those 2 are free to play! Absolutely embarrassing from the developers. A shame too, because it used to be really good and enjoyable when it was just an ArmaWay to buggy and outdated, and way to expensive. You'd be better of buying a much better battle royale game in Player Unkown's Battlegrounds for a fraction of the price. Even Fortnite and Apex Legends are multiple times better... and those 2 are free to play! Absolutely embarrassing from the developers. A shame too, because it used to be really good and enjoyable when it was just an Arma mod. Such a waste of potential. Do NOT give money to these developers. They are trying to rob you out of your money.… Expand
  20. Matthew2448
    Jun 15, 2019
    1
    This game is garbage I want my $60 back I would give this game a 10 If they Would add a cheat option so you can have fun with the game as it sits the game is garbage.
  21. Sickboy0138
    Jun 15, 2019
    1
    Trash game that looks like it came out on an Atari. Terrible hit detection. Buggy.The idiots above me who gave this an 8 and a positive review must work for the dumpster fire company who made this crap. You can tell they were just trying to recoup their losses. **** scum.
  22. RASMUSJAKOBSEN
    Jul 23, 2019
    1
    Unplayable... Worst game dont buy, lags screen cracks, can't pick things up zombies running through walls shooting a machinegun will lag so much you can't hit nothing. Still no update... 3 Months nothing... Amateurs
  23. TXGamer
    Aug 11, 2019
    1
    Huge waste of money! This game is laggy with rendering and frame rate issues, the inventory system is the worst I’ve seen in a long time. Most of the buttons and hot bars don’t even seem to function properly. The day/night cycle seems to be about 50/50, there is no way to adjust the video setting on the ps4 version, and it is so dark that more than half of the time I’ve tried to play thisHuge waste of money! This game is laggy with rendering and frame rate issues, the inventory system is the worst I’ve seen in a long time. Most of the buttons and hot bars don’t even seem to function properly. The day/night cycle seems to be about 50/50, there is no way to adjust the video setting on the ps4 version, and it is so dark that more than half of the time I’ve tried to play this game I’ve spent just standing around in the dark waiting for daylight. Very disappointed, this game looked like it was going to be fun but turned out to be a very poor adaption from the pc version. Pretty much unplayable on PS!… Expand
  24. PUNIDINHO
    Dec 23, 2019
    1
    Olá,eu sou do Brasil e jogo este jogo desde o lançamento e fui notando que esse jogo tem muito problemas, problemas de desempenho,bugs ,física,etc. E a empresa do jogo não escuta a comunidade e a cada um ou dois meses eles lançam uma atualização para arrumar os bugs e acabam deixando o jogo com ainda mais problemas. E o que mais me deixa estressado é o fato do jogo custar R$150 e não valerOlá,eu sou do Brasil e jogo este jogo desde o lançamento e fui notando que esse jogo tem muito problemas, problemas de desempenho,bugs ,física,etc. E a empresa do jogo não escuta a comunidade e a cada um ou dois meses eles lançam uma atualização para arrumar os bugs e acabam deixando o jogo com ainda mais problemas. E o que mais me deixa estressado é o fato do jogo custar R$150 e não valer o mesmo.… Expand
  25. Brylek
    Jan 13, 2020
    1
    On Steam moderators remove all Bethesda unfriendly comments so here is my first comment about this tfu..."game". I've been playing their games since the very beginning of the company, at the moment I think they can't do (finish) any game. I suggest you read what ex-employees think about the company to realize what we're dealing with. Releasing a paid dlc into the Dayz "beta" is a spit inOn Steam moderators remove all Bethesda unfriendly comments so here is my first comment about this tfu..."game". I've been playing their games since the very beginning of the company, at the moment I think they can't do (finish) any game. I suggest you read what ex-employees think about the company to realize what we're dealing with. Releasing a paid dlc into the Dayz "beta" is a spit in the face of customers. Lies, incompetence that has been going on for so many years, I suggest avoiding all bethesda games as far as You can.… Expand
  26. XChromeX
    May 16, 2020
    1
    This game is just boring, u cant find your friends on the map, the looting is terrible and is just a buggy mess. Don’t buy this game
  27. Alexkitkat
    Apr 8, 2023
    1
    The game would not be bad if it were not for the players who kill the unarmed for fun. In fact, at the very beginning of the game, you will not even be allowed to make a fire or grow something in the garden. A complete disappointment. Wasted money. Worst purchase of my life.
  28. Happychappy
    Apr 23, 2021
    1
    I made an account to review this game.
    At first I loved it, the concept really appealed to me as I’m hugely into survival games especially in the zombie genre. I watched so many videos and read all the reviews and felt I knew what I was letting myself in for. I made the leap and got the game on psn for £27.
    Played a few hours on official and community servers and whilst I was enjoying the    I made an account to review this game.
    At first I loved it, the concept really appealed to me as I’m hugely into survival games especially in the zombie genre. I watched so many videos and read all the reviews and felt I knew what I was letting myself in for. I made the leap and got the game on psn for £27.
    Played a few hours on official and community servers and whilst I was enjoying the feel of the game, I died so many times due to illness, lack of food, water, players and zombies. The loot was a bit hit and miss, at one stage I had guns but no ammo, food but no decent clothes, all the above but no medicine and I would always die by the most annoying means.
    I decided to rent a sever to try and get a head start with some friends. Although the loot was there, the sickness would kill me consistently. (Loot is sporadic in type).
    You can edit the loot via Nitrado but not easily, essentially it’s like coding.

    After 5 days of playing on my own sever, the realisation hit that this game is pointless, empty, buggy and broken. Literally a snooze/death fest.
    I stopped my server and went back to higher populated severs to find that the boredom and pointlessness remained. Even with the interaction with other players, you never really get geared enough and advanced enough to compete (if like me you have a full time job and a family).
    To summarise, the concept is great and the graphics are ok yet the gameplay is abysmal.
    I give this one star for the fact that the first few hours are fun while you are learning.
    Do not pay full price or buy this digitally (like me). You are very likely to want to resell if you do purchase it. I’m out of pocket and feel hard done by. I am the target audience as this would have been right up my street but alas, it is what most gamers say-
    Compete and utter trash.    … Expand
  29. Agt_Killionaire
    Oct 7, 2022
    1
    At the start the I liked the game but it was not really worth it. Then they release an update that makes your hunger consume faster and ever since then I despise the game. I don't know if it is any better now but there was no food or loot in the beginning houses because of fresh players spawns and spawn timers so 70% of the time I starve to death or die of dehydration. Last time I played IAt the start the I liked the game but it was not really worth it. Then they release an update that makes your hunger consume faster and ever since then I despise the game. I don't know if it is any better now but there was no food or loot in the beginning houses because of fresh players spawns and spawn timers so 70% of the time I starve to death or die of dehydration. Last time I played I would be stuck in a gameplay loop of getting something to break stone down, making a stone knife out of it, using the stone knife to cut up random cloths to get cloth, using that cloth to make rope, using the stone knife to cut up a bush to get a long stick, putting together the long stick and rope together to make a fishing rod, using my stone knife to kill a chicken, harvesting the chicken for bone, turning the bone into a bone hook, using the bone hook and fish rod to catch fish, burning the fish on a campfire, then eating the fish for food. I cannot leave spawn because I'll run out of food or water and on top of that I may not find a chicken or something to breakdown stone with to even get a supply of food. Before the hunger nerf you would be able to run all the way up to the end of the map before you would start experiencing hunger and dehydration.… Expand
  30. Zentriefugal
    Jul 13, 2019
    0
    Worst thing I‘ve ever played. Even worse then Ark (technicaly). Do you‘re self a favour and keep the money.
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Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 5 out of 6
  1. PlaySense
    Jul 16, 2019
    10
    It's unbelievable that this broken mess of a game appears on the PlayStation Network in this basically unplayable state. It's worse if you consider the steep asking price. Steer clear.
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  2. PlayStation Universe
    Jun 23, 2019
    70
    Just about every aspect of DayZ is in dire need of some degree of polish, however, if you persist (and you should) a deep and ultimately ingenious title lay underneath that places a premium on player-made stories. All the same be aware that in its current state, it will take a remarkable degree of patience to get that most from DayZ - such quantities that more than a few folk simply won't have.
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  3. GamePro Germany
    Jun 9, 2019
    48
    The catastrophic technical condition obscures the gaming experience enormously: glitches, bugs, poor sound mixing, zombies without hitbox make DayZ a nightmarish gaming experience that is hardly fun.
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