DayZ

Item: DayZ
Rating: 82
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-02-22

Summary

Unpredictable, rewarding player interactions define the experience.
Immersive atmosphere and sound enhance gameplay.
Extensive modding and community support available.
Tedious, unrewarding looting experience frustrates players.
Steep learning curve makes game unforgiving.
Persistent bugs and glitches detract from experience.

Categories

Survival Open-World Exploration Resource Management Base Building Cooperative Multiplayer Competitive Multiplayer Mod Support Hunting

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 53%
Unhelpful reviews: 42%
Protest reviews: 5%

82%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
18%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 2783
Negative points: 2361
Gameplay points: 1119
Perf. points: 157
Rec. points: 1044
Misc points: 285

Point	Description	Importance
Unpredictable, rewarding player interactions Description The game offers emergent, unpredictable, and intense player interactions, creating unique stories and memorable experiences. High stakes, combined with survival mechanics, make every decision critical and every success rewarding. The game balances realism and arcade elements, providing a challenging and engaging experience. Importance 96%	The game offers emergent, unpredictable, and intense player interactions, creating unique stories and memorable experiences. High stakes, combined with survival mechanics, make every decision critical and every success rewarding. The game balances realism and arcade elements, providing a challenging and engaging experience.	96%
Immersive atmosphere and sound Description The game features immersive atmosphere through detailed environments, realistic sound design, and dynamic weather. These elements create tension and enhance the sense of danger, making the player feel connected to the world. The combination of visuals and audio contributes to a unique and compelling experience. Importance 54%	The game features immersive atmosphere through detailed environments, realistic sound design, and dynamic weather. These elements create tension and enhance the sense of danger, making the player feel connected to the world. The combination of visuals and audio contributes to a unique and compelling experience.	54%
Extensive modding and community support Description The game has extensive modding support and a dedicated community, offering diverse experiences through custom servers, maps, and content. Mods transform the game, adding new mechanics, items, and gameplay modes. This enhances replayability and allows players to tailor the game to their preferences. Importance 49%	The game has extensive modding support and a dedicated community, offering diverse experiences through custom servers, maps, and content. Mods transform the game, adding new mechanics, items, and gameplay modes. This enhances replayability and allows players to tailor the game to their preferences.	49%
Realistic, detailed survival mechanics Description The game emphasizes realistic survival mechanics, requiring players to manage hunger, thirst, health, and resources. Detailed item interaction and environmental elements add depth to the gameplay. The game rewards strategic thinking and careful decision-making, making every choice impactful. Importance 26%	The game emphasizes realistic survival mechanics, requiring players to manage hunger, thirst, health, and resources. Detailed item interaction and environmental elements add depth to the gameplay. The game rewards strategic thinking and careful decision-making, making every choice impactful.	26%
Vast, detailed open-world map Description The game features a vast and detailed open-world map, encouraging exploration and rewarding players with diverse landscapes and points of interest. The environment is immersive and atmospheric, with dynamic weather and day-night cycles. The world invites exploration and adventure. Importance 16%	The game features a vast and detailed open-world map, encouraging exploration and rewarding players with diverse landscapes and points of interest. The environment is immersive and atmospheric, with dynamic weather and day-night cycles. The world invites exploration and adventure.	16%
Active development and updates Description The developers actively support the game with regular updates, bug fixes, and new content based on player feedback. This ongoing support keeps the experience fresh and improves gameplay mechanics. The development team is dedicated and responsive to the community. Importance 11%	The developers actively support the game with regular updates, bug fixes, and new content based on player feedback. This ongoing support keeps the experience fresh and improves gameplay mechanics. The development team is dedicated and responsive to the community.	11%
Decent graphics and performance Description The game has decent graphics and optimization, with detailed environments and objects. The visuals are appealing, and the game runs smoothly. The graphics are a redeeming quality and contribute to the overall experience. Importance 10%	The game has decent graphics and optimization, with detailed environments and objects. The visuals are appealing, and the game runs smoothly. The graphics are a redeeming quality and contribute to the overall experience.	10%
Better moderation on community servers Description Community servers offer better moderation and a more varied experience through mods. Active admins address player reports and ban hackers, creating a cheat-free environment. Community servers provide alternatives to official servers, including role-playing projects and PVE servers. Importance 9%	Community servers offer better moderation and a more varied experience through mods. Active admins address player reports and ban hackers, creating a cheat-free environment. Community servers provide alternatives to official servers, including role-playing projects and PVE servers.	9%
Cars and base building enhance Description Having a car and a base greatly enhances the game experience. Base building mechanics have been refined, allowing for more creativity and strategic planning. New vehicles and improved vehicle mechanics make traversing the map more exciting. Importance 8%	Having a car and a base greatly enhances the game experience. Base building mechanics have been refined, allowing for more creativity and strategic planning. New vehicles and improved vehicle mechanics make traversing the map more exciting.	8%
Playing with friends is better Description Playing with friends can be comforting and feel great, with no one overburdened unless they’re greedy. Meeting friendly players and teaming up for adventures can be fun and memorable. Moments of camaraderie with other players can be deeply rewarding. Importance 7%	Playing with friends can be comforting and feel great, with no one overburdened unless they’re greedy. Meeting friendly players and teaming up for adventures can be fun and memorable. Moments of camaraderie with other players can be deeply rewarding.	7%
Immersive and addictive gameplay Description The game creates a sense of immersion through diverse situations and quests that players undertake, leading to addiction. Given the size of the open world and the dynamic nature of the game, each session feels different. Importance 6%	The game creates a sense of immersion through diverse situations and quests that players undertake, leading to addiction. Given the size of the open world and the dynamic nature of the game, each session feels different.	6%
Freedom and customization appreciated Description The reviewer appreciates being able to play the game on Linux and host their own Linux servers. They also enjoy the freedom to create their own narrative and role-play different characters. The reviewer has spent over 3244 hours in the game, indicating a high level of enjoyment and engagement. Importance 5%	The reviewer appreciates being able to play the game on Linux and host their own Linux servers. They also enjoy the freedom to create their own narrative and role-play different characters. The reviewer has spent over 3244 hours in the game, indicating a high level of enjoyment and engagement.	5%
Great with experience and teammates Description The game becomes great when you gain experience and find good teammates. Many players are respectful, mature, and enjoy the camaraderie. The game transforms completely if you have a friend and both overcome the initial 50-hour learning curve. Importance 5%	The game becomes great when you gain experience and find good teammates. Many players are respectful, mature, and enjoy the camaraderie. The game transforms completely if you have a friend and both overcome the initial 50-hour learning curve.	5%