Re: Discussing this thing we call dayz:

Posted by benevolentdevil on Jun 29, 2019; 3:38pm
URL: http://kodabar-dayz-daizy-single-player-forum.163.s1.nabble.com/Discussing-this-thing-we-call-dayz-tp20345p20348.html

Xbox1 and PS4 both have dayz standalone now, but they cannot be played offline.  Must get a subscription and pay for it, play on provided servers.  No options for private servers yet.

 Arma series I doubt ever goes to console.  

Closest I would say , thats actually still got a good solid playerbase is Miscreated, as far as competition goes.  It plays a lot like Dayz, but is done in crye engine , which is visually nice.
But Miscreated is not "infected" , it has mutants , wildlife , and severe environmental hazards and a map thats 1/4 the size of chernarus.

 Epidemik ( Project Origins) was shown trailers, and announced a couple years as a Origins "standalone" , but I hadn't followed it to even know if anything had been done there.

7 days to die-
Project Zomboid-
NightZ -
WarZ-
there were a couple "free-to-play" ones that popped I don't remember the name for now.

 All these sucked.  

 Other "survival games" ... I think maybe The Mist was possibly a good game, but it's also entirely singleplayer , and very "grindy".  It had some night creatures that hid from daylight in it.

the rest -
Rust
Conan exiles
Ect ...
Weren't anything close to Dayz in any form.

Arma2 vrs Arma3 "mods" -  
I would argue Arma2 still has the better "Mods" for dayz ... however Arma3 plays smoother, is better visually, but seems it's Dayz mods just weren't the same as Arma2's.  Since Arma3 is a better tactical shooter than Arma2 , and most play Dayz for the PvP ... makes sense more would be playing A3 mods than A2 mods now.

Standalone-  I hear it's better now, but it already lost it's drive. Lost it's playerbase. It held onto hard-core followers, and cheaters/hackers mostly.
Very few "populated" servers in US timezones.

Consoles - Hit and miss.  You have those that really love the game, and those that really hate it. I think because console players are used to more high action, intense moments ... and many have called DayZ on consoles a running simulator , and a waste of money.