As most of you will have noticed by now
DayZ by Rocket which is a persistent-world Zombie RPG for Arma 2: Combined Operations has introduced many new players to the community.
Arma 2 sales on Steam are going through the roof with Arma 2: Combined Operations being the best selling game of late! That is correct, right now Arma 2: Combined Operations lists
number 1 on Steam.
So, I guess it was time for the devs to support another community project and
Marek Španěl has stated himself Dayz will be
included into Arma 2 with the next patch, being patch 1.61!
Asked wether it could be included in Arma 3 he said thats a whole different business, Arma 3 is very different compared to Arma 2 and to be able to add DayZ into Arma 3 would need at least another year of work after release.
To read it all for yourself,
Luke Plunkett from
kotaku.com sat down with
Marek Španěl to chat about the current events with Arma 2 and a community project.
Quote :
"There's no doubt that the thrilling Day Z mod currently drives Arma 2 Combined Operations sales on Steam", he says with a touch of understatement. "Sales have increased almost fivefold from how they were before Day Z's Alpha release!"
"Bohemia Interactive has always tried to help community mod makers in many different ways and Day Z mod is no different", he says. "We're more than happy to assist DayZ in any suitable way and considering the mod's popularity we are committed to do some related work in the next Arma 2 update (1.61)."
"We are actively communicating about how we could best support the Arma 2 user community especially in multiplayer and Day Z players are right now a significant portion of people actively playing the game, so of course it's high on our priority list to support it the best we can. It's important to understand that DayZ was released just a few weeks ago as a tech demo/proof of concept and it's still at Alpha status so until we know where the project intends to go it's hard to commit to anything specifically."
And the future? "I personally find the combination of realistic Arma style gameplay and settings with survival zombie apocalypse so addictive that I believe it can stand as a gaming experience on its own."
"There are many aspects involved, for example the environment and different assets in Arma 3, new engine features etc. It's important to understand that there is still a long way to go even after Arma 3 is out until mods are properly configured, ported and matured onto the new platform.
"So realistically we may be looking at one year or more from now until we can see something like Day Z based on Arma 3 technology."
Read the complete interview on
kotaku.com.
And when you have not yet tried DayZ this definatly should give you the final push to see what all the talk is about.
Arma 2 + Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
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lol
In the beginning OFP was the most realistic combat sim on the market and we played it for that reason. Today we include zombie gamemodes to sell the game. Bit bizarre to see the sim go more and more into the hands of casual gamers to sell. But the rest of the market does as well so its unavoidable i guess.
DayZ is a very funny mod - dont get me wrong. ;)
All for the money
And, to be honest (and I haven't even played DayZ) I don't see whats bad about it. It attracts more players which is good for the community. Some of those will leave in a few months and some will stay to see what else Arma is about. And that is what it is all about, a growing community
Good for Armaholic as well, we have a surging ammount of new unique visitors! 23% more unique visitors past 30 days and its only actually rising since last 10 days. Imagine how it looks over -10 + 30 days. Than you see the full change
How did you draw that conclusion from the interview?
Hmm, are you saying I read wrong.
Shit, I really believed I was sober by now...........all those Slovenian snaps really got to me.
Let me read it again and when I was wrong I will update the text to correctly reflect the news.
(nevertheless it is good to post some DayZ news
[update]
In my vocabulary, but it has to be said I am not a native English/American person, I am Dutch, I really believe "accommodating" means something like "giving it a home", meaning DayZ will be included (however that will be) inside the next Arma 2 patch.
Unless of course "accommodating" has a whole different meaning which I than do not understand
Thats how i understand it too.
Now i hope Rocket adds a "brute" zombie that spawns rarely, but around, where good gear spawns. New model, new sounds (ROOAAAAAR!!! *echo reverb*) -you know!?)). Big nasty fella that NEEDS teamwork to be taken down due to lots of HP and badass melee swings (big muscular arms!). A monster you dont go against alone as that would be certain death - unless you got an arty in your back pocket.
And come to think about it, yeah, i would like DayZ in ARMA3 as well (physics and everything else). A game to relax with after some serious sessions on the battlefield. 2 in 1 comes to mind. No other game needed. There, i said it.
Interesting interview with Rocket on games.on.net.
Part 2 tomorrow. I think for the sake of I just go buy myself a nice domain
It's funny to me that out of all the things that arma has to offer, a zombie mod, that's prob really corny like the stalker mods is what interests people.
It will be even funnier when you read the above linked interview. Many people are actually praising DayZ for the features it has which are most in Arma 2 already
(stated by the author himself!)
Talking about first impression huh........
If a game is not apealing or awesome on first sight lets call it buggy, stupid, and made for a niche market.
Add some zombies and its an awesome game, only a little bit buggy and made for the core zombie lovers.
But, who cares. Arma is growing and that is what counts, left or right we will all benefit!
The intervju shows promise. Like how the intervjuer asks about more "rules" and more strict frames with maybe storyline etc, but again, many ARMA players do like to work for payoffs and not be the ultimate superman from start.
DayZ should definatelly stay in the same theme as now - thats what made it popular. Alone in a big world where everything is out to get you.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/accommodating
To me it sounded like that. BI is willing to help DayZ. I doubt they will incorporate it to Arma2.
If that Zombie stuff will be included in 1.61 I demand that ACE2 and CWR2 are included as well. At least these make way more sense in a military simulation!
@W0lle
While i can understand your position regarding these news..
..we both know Bohemia needs (and deserving) some extra money to be made-
and as others have said: ArmA community will benefit from this.
p.s Don't worry WE love ACE2 & CWR2
I understood it as Spanel saying they were adding some changes, maybe functionality to better support DayZ in 1.61. To me saying "DayZ will be part of Arma2" means that the mod will be inside the next patch in full and will be a fully supported game mode that requires no additional downloads. It's just there, always. Like superpowers MP gamemode for example. Perhaps it got a bit lost in translation. I'm an Aussie, so native English speaker.
Actually I think the title of this article is misleading. At least to me, it really seems they are fixing certain Arma related issues which create problems or whatever for DayZ. Or maybe making certain changes to accommodate how the addon can add certain things in an easier way.
IMO there is nothing in the Kotaku article that hints to the conclusion that they will incorporate DayZ into the upcoming patch. There really is no statement that "DayZ will be included in the next patch".
I could be wrong, but still it's really not what's mentioned in the Kotaku article IMO :)
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