Is DayZ actually playable for hours and hours?

My friend and I have an excess of time to waste and we are wondering if it is actually possible to spend 5-6-10 hours on it nonstop? We love zombie games (played through Dead Island, Dead Rising, L4D1/2 multiple times on each game) and we cannot get enough. We have been following the DayZ and Project Zomboid games and we will be playing both once either comes out. I just want to know if DayZ is actually playable for long periods of time. We both enjoy the concept of an open world zombie apoc. game. Living in the woods and gathering supplies from a nearby town to stay alive with the very possible chance of some troll coming along and murdering us both for our beans (DAH BEANS!). Would like to hear some opinions about sustained gameplay over many hours. Thank you in advanced.

Forgot to mention. I DO realize it is only in its alpha stages. I would love to be a bugtester if it lets my friend and I live out our fantasy.

I want this soo bad, but i'm waiting for the steam summer sale to purchase! I've watched a bunch of youtube videos and it looks like so much fun. Still a little buggy, but overall looks like it would be alot of fun to play.

yes and no. its a walking simulator for 90% of the time, but when things get exciting they get awesome quickly

thank you V-E-R-Y much i appreciate the feedback, I will definately be getting this ASAP, cept I really don't know if I want to wait for a summer sale...I want it nooowww, I want the whoolleee world!!!

yes and no. its a walking simulator for 90% of the time, but when things get exciting they get awesome quickly

REforever101

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yes and no. its a walking simulator for 90% of the time, but when things get exciting they get awesome quickly

Elann2008

Are there servers in Australia with decent community size?JC_Spot

Are there servers in Australia with decent community size?JC_Spot

[QUOTE="REforever101"] Yeah, it certainly looks that way. I wish it was exciting 50% of the time.. but I guess I'll have to find out. I don't think I'll have much patience playing it solo. I'll probably have to play it in a group.Pvt_r3d

Are there servers in Australia with decent community size?JC_Spot

[QUOTE="Pvt_r3d"][QUOTE="REforever101"] I was just going to say... Playing with a group with goals and base camps is more fun than walking around looking for people to kill or bother.[QUOTE="JC_Spot"]Are there servers in Australia with decent community size?Elann2008

Don't worry, you won't have anything to shoot :lol:

I have over 40 hours on DayZ, its def playable (:

Go inland and stick to remote areas for your suplies, there are plenty of barnsand cow sheds around that will keep tou stocked up on ammo, food and drink or you can live in the wilderness as there are now a lot more animals you can kill for food, you can also refil your water canister in ponds. However, this may get a bit boring after a while.

If you have a friend or two to play with you, then absolutly, you can spend dozens of hours in that game without even trying.

yes and no. its a walking simulator for 90% of the time, but when things get exciting they get awesome quickly

REforever101

Well without all of the walking, the risk/reward factor wouldn't be there. If you could just respawn and gather a bunch of supplies easily then dying is more of an annoyance rather than a real punishment. Since you spent 2 hours looting maybe 2 towns and staying alive in between, you're going to be invested a lot more into your character, making you really want to keep him/her alive. This in turn increases the suspense and intensity of really desperate situations and makes the game a whole lot more enjoyable.

That's something a lot of modern games don't have anymore. They go straight to the fun and only mildly punish failure. This reduces the investment that the player has in the game and thus reduces the risk/reward causing situations to be less intense and a lot less impactful on the player's overall experience.

The downside, of course, to this method is that you need to invest quite a bit of time to fully enjoy the experiance, and that's something most gamers don't wnat to do.

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yes and no. its a walking simulator for 90% of the time, but when things get exciting they get awesome quickly

Wasdie

Well without all of the walking, the risk/reward factor wouldn't be there. If you could just respawn and gather a bunch of supplies easily then dying is more of an annoyance rather than a real punishment. Since you spent 2 hours looting maybe 2 towns and staying alive in between, you're going to be invested a lot more into your character, making you really want to keep him/her alive. This in turn increases the suspense and intensity of really desperate situations and makes the game a whole lot more enjoyable.

That's something a lot of modern games don't have anymore. They go straight to the fun and only mildly punish failure. This reduces the investment that the player has in the game and thus reduces the risk/reward causing situations to be less intense and a lot less impactful on the player's overall experience.

The downside, of course, to this method is that you need to invest quite a bit of time to fully enjoy the experiance, and that's something most gamers don't wnat to do.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

[QUOTE="REforever101"]

yes and no. its a walking simulator for 90% of the time, but when things get exciting they get awesome quickly

JC_Spot

Well without all of the walking, the risk/reward factor wouldn't be there. If you could just respawn and gather a bunch of supplies easily then dying is more of an annoyance rather than a real punishment. Since you spent 2 hours looting maybe 2 towns and staying alive in between, you're going to be invested a lot more into your character, making you really want to keep him/her alive. This in turn increases the suspense and intensity of really desperate situations and makes the game a whole lot more enjoyable.

That's something a lot of modern games don't have anymore. They go straight to the fun and only mildly punish failure. This reduces the investment that the player has in the game and thus reduces the risk/reward causing situations to be less intense and a lot less impactful on the player's overall experience.

The downside, of course, to this method is that you need to invest quite a bit of time to fully enjoy the experiance, and that's something most gamers don't wnat to do.

You can log off at anytime and when you come back you start right where you left off :)

Sometimes I play for 2-4 hours straight and other times I play 20-30mins, can do what ever you want :)

[QUOTE="REforever101"]

yes and no. its a walking simulator for 90% of the time, but when things get exciting they get awesome quickly

Wasdie

Well without all of the walking, the risk/reward factor wouldn't be there. If you could just respawn and gather a bunch of supplies easily then dying is more of an annoyance rather than a real punishment. Since you spent 2 hours looting maybe 2 towns and staying alive in between, you're going to be invested a lot more into your character, making you really want to keep him/her alive. This in turn increases the suspense and intensity of really desperate situations and makes the game a whole lot more enjoyable.

That's something a lot of modern games don't have anymore. They go straight to the fun and only mildly punish failure. This reduces the investment that the player has in the game and thus reduces the risk/reward causing situations to be less intense and a lot less impactful on the player's overall experience.

The downside, of course, to this method is that you need to invest quite a bit of time to fully enjoy the experiance, and that's something most gamers don't wnat to do.

[QUOTE="Wasdie"]

[QUOTE="REforever101"]

yes and no. its a walking simulator for 90% of the time, but when things get exciting they get awesome quickly

JC_Spot

Well without all of the walking, the risk/reward factor wouldn't be there. If you could just respawn and gather a bunch of supplies easily then dying is more of an annoyance rather than a real punishment. Since you spent 2 hours looting maybe 2 towns and staying alive in between, you're going to be invested a lot more into your character, making you really want to keep him/her alive. This in turn increases the suspense and intensity of really desperate situations and makes the game a whole lot more enjoyable.

That's something a lot of modern games don't have anymore. They go straight to the fun and only mildly punish failure. This reduces the investment that the player has in the game and thus reduces the risk/reward causing situations to be less intense and a lot less impactful on the player's overall experience.

The downside, of course, to this method is that you need to invest quite a bit of time to fully enjoy the experiance, and that's something most gamers don't wnat to do.

You can log off and resume from the same spot, this also apllies across servers.

Just curious. I went to the website but I couldnt find anything, I do know that the world is supposed to be huge but can anyone clarify exactly how large it is, like square miles? Also how many people can be in a server at any one time?

I really want to try DayZ out it sounds like a ton of fun. I will have to pick up ARMA II: CO and check it out soon.

225 square kilometers and you can have around 50 people on the server at a time (though I have heard there are some servers hosting double the amount of players). The map is absolutely MASSIVE! If you couldn't find the size of the map then you did not go to the site, it's the first thing you see. dayzmod.comjer_1

WOW! I am an idiot lol. I went to the website and clicked the "What is DayZ" tab before even reading the MAIN frikkin page. Thanks :)