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Weekend Confirmed 120 - Dawnguard, Day Z, Diablo 3
by Garnett Lee, Jul 06, 2012 11:00am PDTDespite the summer's dearth of new releases, the Weekend Confirmed crew get into some spirited discussions about Diablo 3's questionable end-game, and what it's like to be a vampire in Skyrim's new expansion, Dawnguard. Garnett, Jeffs Cannata and Mattas, and regular guest Andrea Rene also delve into some talk about the Day Z beta mod that brings hardcore zombie survival to ArmA 2, and opine a bit about ZombiU and Sim City Social as well. The eclectic mix of topics all wraps up with another batch of Finishing Moves.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 120: 07/06/2012
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Comments
Jeff, I strongly recommend going through the Arma 2 Combined Operations tutorial. Many interface things that are confusing are not DayZ specific - that's just the weird way the UI works in the regular Arma 2 game. And quick tip: full on sprinting can be an effective tactic against zombies. Remember if you can break line of sight, they go away. Look for buildings with two exists and you can ditch them.
You mention you wish whispering was a mechanic. It's in there! DayZ has localized voice chat in the game and it does attract zombies. Just hit caps lock. There is no global chat, so this is how you voice chat with other players nearby.
Lots of people saying wait until this game is more polished... I say bollucks on that! This may be a once in a lifetime gaming experience. For all we know the game will be entirely different in a year due to patches or just the player base changing.
Garnett: You want that unscripted experience, where deciding how to deal with people and factions is totally up to you? You can stumble into people and have that moment where you are confronted by a survivor group who has you at gunpoint:
http://games.on.net/stockholm-syndrome-how-six-men-kidnapped-me-in-dayz/
Check out these clips from a DayZ streamer getting into shenanigans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzj7JyJD43w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9IaNWNx0No
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru5RglF-I3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APdlpgsBqJ8
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/10/thank-you-for-the-dayz-part-zero/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/14/surviving-in-day-z-part-two/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/05/24/surviving-some-more-thoughts-on-day-z/
Great episode guys!
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Sorry for posting another link to the kidnapping story. I was listening to them talk about DayZ at work and I made it a point to link to it as soon as I got home without even checking if anybody else did it.
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