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- This week, Zero Punctuation reviews DayZ.
- DayZ places the player on a beach in the fictional post-soviet state of Chernarus, where an unknown virus has turned the general population into savage infected, who have devastated the CDF. As a survivor with limited supplies, the player must search the world for supplies such as food, water, weapons and medicine, while killing or avoiding both zombies and other players - in an effort to survive the zombie apocalypse.
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| abstract | - Please leave this page in place for future content and Steamification BrentNewland (talk) 04:23, December 2, 2013 (UTC)
- This week, Zero Punctuation reviews DayZ.
- DayZ places the player on a beach in the fictional post-soviet state of Chernarus, where an unknown virus has turned the general population into savage infected, who have devastated the CDF. As a survivor with limited supplies, the player must search the world for supplies such as food, water, weapons and medicine, while killing or avoiding both zombies and other players - in an effort to survive the zombie apocalypse. The game attempts to portray an authentic scenario, with the environment having many different effects on the player. A player may receive bone fractures from repeated damage to the legs, go into shock from unexpected ambushes, receive infections from both infected zombies or diseased players, or even spontaneously faint due to a low blood pressure. Thirst and hunger must be regularly dealt with by finding sustenance in either cities or in the wilderness, with body temperature playing another key part in the character's survival. The Zombies of DayZ are fast, and will chase the player indefinitely, but cannot close pursuit on an able bodied survivor. Zombies appear in three basic varieties, runners, kneelers, and crawlers/slitherers. Much like Left 4 Dead, a player cannot be infected and transform into a zombie (One can catch and transmit a regular flu, however). They are durable, and require many shots from handguns to put down (except for headshots and axe blows, which are instant kills). They are also fairly easy to sneak past, and can be distracted by thrown objects.
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