DayZ Standalone Alpha on Steam now

[_Belial]

The one we've been waiting for is on steam now at this URL

http://store.steampowered.com/app/221100/

£19.99

About the Game

WARNING: THIS GAME IS EARLY ACCESS ALPHA. PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME AND ARE PREPARED TO HANDLE WITH SERIOUS ISSUES AND POSSIBLE INTERRUPTIONS OF GAME FUNCTIONING.

Welcome to the world of DayZ, hit by a new and presently unknown infection which has wiped out most of the world's population. You are one of the few that have survived and now you must search this new wasteland in order to fight for your life against what is left of the indigenous population now infected with the disease. Go solo, team up with friends or take on the world, as you choose your path in this brutal and chilling landscape using whatever means you stumble upon to survive.This is DayZ, this is your story.

DayZ is a gritty, authentic, open-world survival horror hybrid-MMO game, in which players follow a single goal: to survive in the harsh post-apocalyptic landscape as long as they can. Players can experience powerful events and emotions arising from the ever-evolving emergent gameplay. There are no superficial tips, waypoints, built in tutorials or help given to players. Every decision matters, there are no save games, no extra lives, every mistake can be lethal. If you fail, you lose everything and you need to play again from the beginning with nothing but your wits, and your two hands. Fight the hostile environment, where every other player can be friend or foe and nothing can be taken for granted.KEY FEATURES IN ALPHA

• Chernarus - 230 sq. km chunk of post soviet state, featuring deep forests, cities, villages, abandoned military bases, and more..
• Up to 40 players per server - Rich server / client architecture developed from scratch.
• Persistent player profile - Key player data is persistent across all servers.
• Inventory – Combine various clothing items, equipment and carry all of the items that you will need to survive the harsh new environment in the open and intuitive inventory system developed to answer the needs of crafting and character customization.
• Crafting - In the apocalyptic world of DayZ, resources are sparse and every useful bit should be utilized. Items or equipment can be improved, turned into something else or fixed using the new crafting mechanisms.
• Weapon customization – Use customizable firearms with authentic ballistics and weapon characteristics as well as melee weapons to protect yourself against all the dangers a survivor may face.
• Customizable clothing – Customize your survivor with a multitude of new clothing items that can be scavenged from the remnants of civilization, which provide various degree of protection against the elements, infected, and other survivors.

DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP

DayZ is currently in early alpha and we see a lot of work ahead of us in order to make it the true authentic multiplayer experience we want it to be. Current version is including only small subset of game mechanics and serves mostly as test bed with core technology that should serve as basis for future additions and improvements. Currently planned key future features are:

• Playable vehicles
• Wide variety of native animal life
• Player created constructions in the environment
• Extensive interactions with the environment and crafting options
• Streamlined user actions and interface
• Upgraded graphics and physics engine (including ragdoll, etc.)
• Control and animations expanded and improved for fluidity
• Support of user mods

We estimate that reaching Beta version with all key features present will take more than one year from current stage. All features and plans listed here are subject to change, we may add or remove features as seen fit during development process.


System Requirements

• Minimum:
  
  
  • OS: Windows Vista SP2 or Windows 7 SP1
  • Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT or AMD Radeon HD 3830 or Intel HD Graphics 4000 with 512 MB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 10 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX®-compatible

• Recommended:
  
  
  • OS: Windows 7 SP1
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-2300 or AMD Phenom II X4 940 or better
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or AMD Radeon HD 7750 with 1 GB VRAM or better
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 14 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX®-compatible

[BM]

Watched a few streams of this now and it seems pretty decent. I have seen DayZ Mods released that are way buggier than this. It should get better as more people play and bugs are found.

Apparently there were 200 new players a second being added to the database on the day of the launch so it is certainly popular.

[_Belial]

It's still pretty buggy atm tbh, and you can go for aaaages without seeing a single zombie, not much of an advertisement for a zombie survival game

[beerman]

I don't play Day Z but love watching the FrankieonPC videos on youtube. Can't wait for him to do some Day Z Standalone vids

[BM]

I dont play either but also enjoy Frankies videos despite the controversy. I also watch Ngotie on twitch, he streams most nights http://www.twitch.tv/ngotie

[beerman]

Controversy? Have I missed something in his vids?

[WRATH OF BOD]

1st patch out today..

[BM]

Well they main controversy was that it was suggested that Frankie was using hacks. This was because in one of the vids someone spawns in a load of cows that fall from the sky and he breaks a leg but in the next scene he has full blood and no broken leg. Also when he is giving all the guns away in the church and it blows up, he was the only one to survive. There was something about him having a dodgy debug menu too. It has also been suggested that he pre-records the footage and does the voiceover in post which makes him appear to be better at the game than he is.


I dont really care. The way the videos are put together, they are clearly for entertainment. Whether they are staged or not, I find them entertaining.

[Rhinoz]

I purchased Arma 2 plus the Arrowhead just to play the Dayz mod a while back but just couldn't put the time into the game that was needed.

If it does get released on a console it should be better as I don't trust the pc version in case of cheats.

[beerman]

Agreed, couldn't give a feck if they are staged. They entertain me.

Jack Frags also does a good Hive Bandits series of vids, well worth checking out if you've not done so already.

[BM]

Agreed, couldn't give a feck if they are staged. They entertain me.

Jack Frags also does a good Hive Bandits series of vids, well worth checking out if you've not done so already.

Ive watched em

[beerman]

I dont play either but also enjoy Frankies videos despite the controversy. I also watch Ngotie on twitch, he streams most nights http://www.twitch.tv/ngotie

I watched a bit of this guy earlier but then he just sat around waiting for his mate he accidentally killed so turned him off.

I was surprised to see he's actually making a living out of live streaming. I had never seen twitch tv before now. Back in my day we'd have to crowd around an arcade machine to watch a stranger play a computer game.

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[BM]

Yeah it was a bit slow last night. Its not normally like that.
Its crazy now people can make a living from streaming, his 'mate' is Sacriel and he had around 7k viewers last night and he is consistently getting subs and donations. He must be raking it in. Ive heard of youtubers making 5 or 6 figures
Truly living the dream

[WRATH OF BOD]

i follow jack & Frankie, BF4 & Dayz on there Tube, i make vids my self now on just about anything & make money from them with google adsence. i only make 300 to 400 a year atm but its going up all the time,
both jack & Frankie make loads & get lots of hardware & software to test for free so good luck to them,
both are very entertaining.

[consoles]

I sat and watched the Dayz Frankie videos over a week or so and from that spent £600+ on a new gaming setup to play it, just haven't really got round to playing it that much so still very much a Bambi lol
setup or not the video's are entertaining and adds depth to the game with his story lines.