Anyone played DayZ? As the title suggests it's a mod for ARMA 2 which I don't have, nor am I particularly interested in having. But DayZ looks brilliant, so I'm considering buying ARMA 2 just so I can get the mod. Getting to the point, does anyone have DayZ, and if so, is it worth buying ARMA 2 for?
Nope. Not if you aren't interested in Arma 2 at all. Consider that the folks behind DayZ are currently working on a standalone version of the game. If you are impatient then go ahead and take a shot and see how it pays off, but if you aren't interested in ARMA 2 in the slightest, then I wouldn't bother. ARMA 2 is alot of fun, there are alot of cool things you can do with it. Give it a chance would be my advice. Also there is an ARMA 2 free version, (DayZ doesn't work with this version) but it will give you an idea of what you can expect from ARMA 2.
I got arma 2 just because of dayz. I think it's a pretty sweet concept but you have to overlook a couple bugs from time to time. It turned out i love arma 2 standalone too
I wasn't aware that there was a free version, I'll give that a go! If I don't like it I'll probably do what you've advised and wait for the standalone version of DayZ, then. Thanks =)
The alpha version of the standalone is scheduled to be released by the end of this year. I would personally wait unless you want to pay for Arma 2 Combined Operations and $5-10 for access to private hives. The main hive is overrun with hackers.
DayZ rocks. I ended up becoming friends with this one guy after he came from Stary to Chernarus to give me a blood transfusion. We're about to check out the Taviana map now. Game is highly addicting, but be warned, hackers can be really really frustrating.