I’m sure it’ll be a better title because of this. It’s like comparing a UDK based game and one that is actually developed with Unreal Engine.

joshsux:
I’m pretty sure Day-Z was originally just a test some guy made to see what could be done with the engine, it’s not his fault people were too stupid to realise how awesome Arma is and buy it solely for Day-Z….

I’ll buy the Stand-Alone game, As I know this buggy pile of poop one we have now is just a tech demo / something nobody expected to get so popular.

Stand-Alone would have way way better functionality than it just being a mod.

I remember playing a zombie mod for Arma 1. It’s not like its even that new a concept, was just new to this specific engine.

I personally prefered the Arma 1 mod, where it was all coop and everyone had to band together, and the backstabbing element wasnt there.

I’m happy to throw money at the screen hoping a bug free DayZ oozes out.

I’m a little concerned that they’re going for the cheap buy in at Alpha model… it means the game will perpetually be in the weird quasi-Alpha it is now. I’d prefer they abandon the mod right now and devote everything to producing a quality release… but I’m sure whatever comes out of this will be the best of this new genre that has been created.

Also whether or not Arma 2 is a good game is irrelevant to the conversation, people bought Arma 2 for DayZ and otherwise would not have given Arma 2 the light of day, this is pretty much free money to Bohemia.

Even if you think of it in terms of buying DayZ, well that means you got Arma 2 for free.

A lot of people might be shocked to discover that Arma 2 is an entire game and one well worth 30$ at that.

If I was in charge of Bohemia Interactive I would take that hornets nest and drop kick it into those angry mobs who ‘bought DayZ’.

jambo:
But they are putting development time in to a new game now, using their own staff (who are working on ArmA III) to make this game. You can’t expect them to do it for no money in return.

Except they’ve already gotten that money from people buying Arma 2 just to play DayZ. I’m not suggesting they release it to everyone for free but preferably those who bought Arma2 to play DayZ wouldn’t have to buy it again, or at the VERY least get a very heavy discount off of it.

I’ll buy the Stand-Alone game, As I know this buggy pile of poop one we have now is just a tech demo / something nobody expected to get so popular.

Stand-Alone would have way way better functionality than it just being a mod.

With support would mean a better mod and a better supported mod.

exe3:
buy DayZ again.

*facepalm*

By the sound of the development model they are using, the alpha price should be nice and low, and guarantee you all future versions of the game.

bennyburner: I don’t think that buying ARMA II gives anyone the right to have a free copy of the standalone, even if they bought it for dayz and dayz alone.

Maybe not a right but they’d be smart not to quick that hornets nest. Bohemia know just as much as we that their huge sales bump recently is solely because of DayZ (ie: very few people will actually play Arma2 itself). They’re now making a standalone version of the game which means everyone who bought Arma 2 to NOT play Arma 2 may have to drop even more money to keep playing what they actually wanted to play (DayZ), people are going to be pissed if that’s the case regardless of whether it’s right or not.

I mean i’d see it as perhaps ‘fair enough’ if it wasn’t Bohemia making the standalone version but they are.

“Development and updates of the mod will continue in parallel with the development of the game, so anyone who is playing the mod now will be able to continue to do so.”

I’d pay for a standalone, but I would expect it to feel like a standalone, rather than a mod in its alpha stage. I don’t think that buying ARMA II gives anyone the right to have a free copy of the standalone, even if they bought it for dayz and dayz alone.

exe3:
It better be free for those of us that bought Arma 2 strictly for it. There’s going to be real bad blood between them and the players if the mod just gets dropped and you’re expected to buy DayZ again.

More frequent updates will be good however, so much needs to be done and there’s so much potential for new features to exist.

*polishes pitchfork* They better be careful about the action they take…

Here’s hoping the standalone uses a different engine. (not likely)

More frequent updates will be good however, so much needs to be done and there’s so much potential for new features to exist.