DayZ

bought game. was offered tomatoes from a man with a gun, picked a tomato he shot me in the back. 3k hours later still hunting this man.

if you see this man tell him i'm looking for him

This game is fun but not like minecraft fun more like shoving glass shards in your ass and having a bath in tobasco sause fun

Best survival game, would be awesome to see some improvements to base building and the anticheat, the cheater problem can really suck at times :(

Amazing game, i spawned found a friend, drank water and ate with him. then i offered him a helmet and he didn't accept it. so i beat the shit out of him took his gun and shot him in the head.... i miss my friend.

Wake up in a field, no clue where I am.
Hear distant gunfire, decide to run the other way.
Spot a guy cooking steak over a fire, he offers me a piece.
We bond over our shared love of survival and hatred for zombies.
Ten minutes later, he “accidentally” shoots me while showing off his new rifle.
He panics and promises to fix me up.
Pass out.
Wake up, no steak, no friend, just betrayal.
11/10, trust no one.

I thought I'd be chilling in the wilderness, making a fire, cooking beans and maybe chatting up the occasional survivor. Yeah no. About five minutes in I'm crouched in a pitch-black building holding a knife like it's Excalibur while some zombie horde claw at the door like I owe them money.

The scenery? Beautiful. The atmosphere? Immersive. The game? Pure panic disguised as survival. I love it and hate it in equal measure - half the time I'm sneaking around like a terrified racoon jumping at every twig snap, the other half I'm jumped by other players and wondering why I thought I'd make it out alive.

So here's the catch: don't get attached to anything. Not your character, not your stuff or the friendly stranger you split beans with. Honestly, I've learned to say goodbye the moment I spawn.

10 - 11 years ago I had a friend tell me about this mod that people were playing set in a zombie apocalypse (I know... they're infected..) he thought I should check it out. I gave the game a watch on yt, then played the mod, then standalone a bit and so on. I took a massive break from the game, mostly because, life, career, kids, etc. I don't remember what update it was when I came back to the game, but I believe it was around 1.23.
There is no real reason why it shouldn't be an abject failure. There is no real story or purpose, It is unfair, it doesn't respect your time, it will not tell you anything. You will die over and over and when you finally get past zombies, starvation, dehydration, sickness, you will be shot in the back, at a well, as a freshie, for literally no reason. But there is nothing else like it.
I've had more adventures and experienced more unforgettable stories than any other game I have played. It has made me literally sweat, shake, yell and randomly… made me much better at navigation on irl hikes.
Its a lot like hunting, you mostly do nothing, looking at nature for hours and hours and hours, stopping because you thought you heard a sound… then, out of nowhere, for 5 - 10 minutes you experience all emotions, all at once, in rapid succession and you're hooked.
Moral of the story, Its good, Sakhal is good, 1.26 and 1.27 have been phenomenal updates, cheating on official isn't as bad as some people like to make it out to be. The community by and large is very good, the community servers are as well. There are tons of streamers/yt’s making enjoyable content, if you like to watch what you play. And the modding community/map designers are incredible and we are lucky to have them in addition to the Dev team at BI.
get it and get a mic