DayZ Standalone Quick Overview/Review

For those who don't know what DayZ is, it was an ArmA 2 mod that features an online multiplayer zombie invasion. What makes this game so great, is that it's very realistic, and very immersive.

DayZ is known for two things:

          1. Never trust anyone. Ever.
          2. Seriously never trust anyone.

Although it may seem ridiculous, the reality is that it's true. Whenever you see another player in the game, chances are they're going to kill you without asking any questions.

So the DayZ standalone features everything that the mod had, hunger meter, thirst meter, bleeding, looting, PvP, and now some new things and more things to come (as the game is currently in the early-alpha stage). The new things that you can do now are:

• Able to chamber a bullet instead of having to put an entire mag (this is only done when you can't find any mags but you have bullets for your gun)
• Clothes and character customization! (Although the character customization isn't very in-depth, I can imagine they may add some more features in the future. Clothing is pretty cool as well, not only can you actually use the pockets in the clothing to store your gear, but it's easier to identify friends from foes as well.)
• Crafting (very limited right now, but I can see this being a very important feature later in development. Shirts can be torn into rags, and a wooden stick and a rag will make a wooden splint that can fix broken legs.)
• Improved inventory system! (finally, a manageable and easy to use inventory system that we've all been waiting for! Literally, it's just a click and drag, and it's that easy now.)
• Handcuffs and being able to force feed (force feeding is good when a friend has food and can feed you. It's bad when you're handcuffed and a bandit feeds you disinfectant spray or rotten fruit)

Obviously since the game is in alpha, there will be bugs, some bugs that I've encountered are:

• When placing an item on the ground, it will not show up right away. But if you wait a minute or two, it will eventually show up on the ground.
• Character resetting. This can be frustrating because after hours of looting and surviving, suddenly everything is gone and you need to start over. It is now less frequent though, and Rocket is continuing to address the issue.
• Not a lot of zombie encounters. Although this isn't really a bug, it's definitely something to bring up to potential buyers of the game. Right now, Rocket is testing their servers and fixing more important bugs of the game, so not a lot of zombies are on the servers right now.

These are all the bugs that I have personally encountered. I'm sure there are way more and if you want to find out more, you can do so by googling it. 

Right now, I have very high hopes for DayZ, the dev team is doing an amazing job fixing known bugs every day and releasing updates everyday for the game. If you don't want to encounter all these bugs and want to wait for the game to be refined a bit more, it's completely understandable and it's what Rocket recommends for most people. But, if you're a big DayZ fan like myself, then the standalone will surely not disappoint you at all. It's an amazing experience like no other and gives you a certain rush that no other game can achieve.