2018

Only played this game during alpha when barley anything was in it (I preferred it that way lmao)

2018

Standalone ripped apart the DayZ community.

Initially 100% of players were playing the first version of DAYZ played with a mods via ARMA2.
There were hundreds of custom servers on Arma2 DayZ, Multiple maps, modded vehicles and so many fun extras to keep people engaged.

Then DayZ standalone came along... This game launched with like 3 fucking guns, no cars, no planes, no helis, and took place on the FIRST base chenarus map.
Dont get me wrong, At the time it was so EXCITING to see a OFFICIAL DayZ game, The graphics were better along with some of the animations. At the time It really felt like DayZ was going to grow with this new game.
NOOOTTT really the case 💀. The development was so hellishly slow the fanbase began to split up, and many went back to Arma 2.

After years of weak updates, they eventually opened the game up so modders could host custom servers with new maps/custom items. But clearly DAYZSA must be harder to mod than any ARMA game because people never seemed to really create much

Fantastic open world survival/crafting/factorio/star citizen type game for the price.

Press initially labeled this as a cheap cash grab... "Pokémon with guns", but I got around 50 SOLID hours played with friends. Obviously not a title you would play every day, seems like most of my steam friends clocked out around 30-80 hours.

Very silly fun gameplay with alright progression, however gets a little boring once you are around 65%+ done; not much to motivate you to keep playing.
Factory management is fun at the start, but once you start getting more advanced- the lack of management tools becomes frustrating as the AI will often go and do their own thing.

DayZ waiting room. Played this game Day 1 launch it was so goofy

Flower Zone and Sky Pavilion CHANGED me as a 10 year old.
This game was really really niche but if you played it you know. one of the last games where you play as a Pokémon besides unite which is really sad.
Playing as Pikachu fighting others was badass. The controls and graphics would prob feel massively aged to me if I played now. But I just remember this being a pretty and fun experience. Also the ending had MEW in it a ton so 11/10

Really solid competitive game with one of the craziest skill ceilings in history. Have really good memories playing this LAN with some friends.
Kinda dull though they dont do or change things often at all. Same shit since 2015

The game DAYZ was created on.

One of my only perfect games.
So many amazing memories made on the DayZ mod, Proximity voice paired with intense situations made for some of the most nostalgic gaming memories for a 12-15 year old boy

A infinite pile of dogshit.

I really dont understand how this game dropped with NO content. There was barley any maps OR halo flavor. They should of opened the game up to the community and let people make custom forgemaps/ game modes ASAP and let the halo community carry halo like they always have had to do.

DISTORTION WORLD AND SOME OF THE BEST PIXEL SPRITES OF ALL TIME RAHHHHHHHH

One of the only VR games where I felt like the devs REALLY tried to make a game and not just some gimmick.

I sold my QUEST2 after completing this game because I knew there wasn't going to be anything for a while on VR worth playing. And I hate to be that guy but damn I was right.

Insane attention to detail with map design. I completed the game very slowly because I did a lot of looking around like a idiot with my mouth gaped open at the beauty of this shitty destroyed world ALYX takes place in

Might aswell hang up the discord call when people suggest to boot this up. Means everyone is rock bottom bored.
The fucking UNO of steam. its 4.99$ and everyone already has it for some reason

Base game barley gives you anything. I remember when this game launched I felt so betrayed that they didn't add pools and hottubs instantly like COMEEEE ONNNNN yall why even make this S4.

Me and my sister were making people have sex and launching fireworks inside catching everyone on fire at age 6 & 8.

Some of my best gaming memories playing on the family PC as a kid were on this game. A really indepth fun game at the time. Still want a robot butler IRL to this day

One of the best WW2 flight sims I played as a young kid with my dad on my family pc. Great missions and a blast with a joystick.

UGLY, GLITCHY, SAD, BAD.

Hated this game, Only bought it because the whole world was screaming how this would be the next best game of all time. I had a okay MID grade pc at the time and this game looked and ran like shit. Unrewarding gameplay and exploration. I hope you like looking at shades of grey and yellow 24/7