Tuesday, July 24th 2012
Day Z Mod To Go Stand-Alone This Year
The Day Z mod for ArmA 2 has been a runaway hit, boosting ArmA 2 sales and raising its profile among PC enthusiasts. The mod team has been open with its plans to spin off into its own stand-alone game, but it sounds like that's happening sooner than expected. Modder Dean Hall told VG247 that making it a stand-alone product could happen "certainly before Christmas," but that will rely on reaching an agreement first. Apparently he has entertained offers, but felt they were based on the mod's rocketing success rather than an understanding of the game.
"We're really on borrowed time," he said. "I want to see it become a standalone game, following the Minecraft model of a low price point, but that will only work if we say that everyone is going to pay, and in order for people to not feel ripped off we need to have a load of new content; so, things like base-building, tidying and cleaning up animations and add ragdoll physics as the like."
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Shacknews
"We're really on borrowed time," he said. "I want to see it become a standalone game, following the Minecraft model of a low price point, but that will only work if we say that everyone is going to pay, and in order for people to not feel ripped off we need to have a load of new content; so, things like base-building, tidying and cleaning up animations and add ragdoll physics as the like."
31 Comments on Day Z Mod To Go Stand-Alone This Year
Arma 3's engine has potential.
I agree though with what he says and I like how he acknowledges features that need to be added and content that needs to be made, so peole don't feel ripped off..
Smart devs know if you piss of the paying customer, you end up with no customers.
Great stuff, hope they don't do something stupid and piss off the fan base..
Just like you said, I'd rather see the Arma 3 engine.
Arma 2 is already getting dated and is dated in some aspects.
EDIT: COD engine is better than Arma II engine to me... I'd love to see this mod using the frostbite 2 engine
EDIT: I hope they do a better job than the Desert Combat guys.. :toast: I loved Desert Combat mod for 1942!
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COD engine (Quake 3 engine) has it's zombie game called Nazi Zombies. Frostbite 2 engine...now that would be interesting. Could imagine using the environment to slow down or kill zombies. Blow out the wall of a building onto a horde...kill or slow down multiple, buying your team time to escape.
It's also just a mind numbing shootfest. I can't stand games like that..
On topic, buying Arma2 just to play DayZ is what has prevented me from dipping into the pool. I have no interest whatsoever for Arma2, BF3 fixes that itch. If they price it at $10-15 it would be a definite buy and price competitive with the other just announced zombie game - War Z.