“The living dead had taken more from us than land and loved ones. They'd robbed us of our confidence as the planet's dominant life form. We were a shaken, broken species, driven to the edge of extinction and grateful only for tomorrow with perhaps a little less suffering than today. Was this the legacy we would leave our children, a level of anxiety and self-doubt not seen since our simian ancestors cowered in the tallest trees? What kind of world would they rebuild? Would they rebuild at all? Could they continue to progress, knowing that they would be powerless to reclaim their future? And what if that future saw another rise of the living dead? Would our descendants rise to meet them in battle, or simply crumple in meek surrender and accept what they believe to be their inevitable extinction? For this alone, we had to reclaim our planet. We had to prove to ourselves that we could do it, and leave that proof as this war's greatest monument. The long, hard road back to humanity, or the regressive ennui of Earth's once-proud primates. That was the choice, and it had to be made now.”
― Max Brooks, World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War"
About
DayZ is a non-official mod for the realistic battle simulator Arma 2, that, since it's release, has turned Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead into one of the fastest selling steam games, - this hardcore extreme zombie survival mod, combined with the fact that Arma 2 is the most realistic military simulator to date, has created arguably one of the most horrific and realistic experiences of survival in a zombie infested world, with 225km^2 of land to explore, with often more than 700 zombies roaming about - and a number of other players who are more than happy to backstab you for your items.
It is your job to scavenge, survive - feed yourself, drink, gather medical supplies and weapons and do as you wish. Either forming a party of survivors to endure the onslaught, or becoming a bandit who picks off the corpses of murdered survivors.
Requires Arma 2 and Operation Arrowhead Expansion
Media
Resources
DayZ Homepage
Steam store for combined Ops (needed for mod)
Interactive Map (for those of you interested, right click for co-ords, Me, Iguana and hopefully soon san00b = all meeting up at a barn at 49.54, -150.08/i]
