As if overnight, a new MMO Zombie Survival game has arrived to rival Day Z. This is good news as it means another sandbox zombie infested world for us gamers to sink our teeth into! Apparently it has been indevelopment long before Day Z (although there is no hard proof of this fact) and is built from the ground up using a pretty solid engine. it's B2P with a one time payment, sustained by a cosmetic/conveniance cash shop (no comeptitive advantage).
Interesting features worth mentioning are as follows:
It uses the same sort of persistant server technology as Day Z, with official servers housing upto 250 players.
Full loot - you die, you drop everything
Sandbox with player/clan "strongholds" which you can build and maintain
Player generated missions
Bounty / Reputation system - Bandits can have gold on their head etc.
Multiple game maps planned for the future
Softcore. Death locks you out of that character for 24-48hours
Hardcore. Permadeath
The alpha starts 15th October, and the beta is going live at the end of the month.
Check out some of these gameplay vids to increase your hype meter!
So what do you guys think? Is it just a cheap Day Z clone or does it look like something you can see yourself playing. Personally I've purchased the preorder and look forward to the Alpha and Beta test. I'll probably still get the Day Z standalone client, but so far this looks to me like it may play a little more fluid and generally more fun. Time will tell!
Yes, alpha starts tomorrow afternoon (PST). Anyone who prepurchases Pioneer or Legend packs gets Alpha access (aswell as other goodies). Check out their homepage
On October 16 2012 02:16 BliptiX wrote: That co-op pvp video was pretty bad. The guns feel too arcadey and next to no zombies were alerted from those sniper shots.
Doesn't seem bad, but I don't like the fact that it looks so much like dayZ, I mean, if it was in development before, how do so many UI elements, weapons, items etc are just like ArmA ones? I'll wait to see how the DayZ standalone goes before chosing between it and dayZ :<
On October 16 2012 02:41 Nimix wrote: Doesn't seem bad, but I don't like the fact that it looks so much like dayZ, I mean, if it was in development before, how do so many UI elements, weapons, items etc are just like ArmA ones?
What exactly do you mean? Weapons all look similar, doesnt matter if CoD/Day Z/War Z ... The UI to me looks different, except the top right thing maybe. Item wise ... yeah that Pasta Can looks just like Day Z. But the Inventory in general looks completely different (I liked the Day Z one more)
On October 16 2012 02:16 BliptiX wrote: That co-op pvp video was pretty bad. The guns feel too arcadey and next to no zombies were alerted from those sniper shots.
zombies aren't that smart to begin with.
shooting an extremely loud sniper rifle should have some repercussions imo
and wasting sniper bullets on a zombie should be a bad idea, but it seems like ammo is going to be freely available
it looked cool at the start of the video. then it became more arcade-like. then it showed how few zombies there are. then it showed how easy guns are to find and restock.
so much EZ mode. 3/10. could be 9/10 if they weren't afraid to twist people's balls.
On October 16 2012 06:43 TheDraken wrote: it looked cool at the start of the video. then it became more arcade-like. then it showed how few zombies there are. then it showed how easy guns are to find and restock.
so much EZ mode. 3/10. could be 9/10 if they weren't afraid to twist people's balls.
They say guns and ammo and gun attachments especially will be really hard to find.
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