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Dean Hall (DayZ) launches Early Access for VR strategy shooter Out of Ammo
- Thread starter ashecitism
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Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
He's not with the DayZ studio anymore, right?
ashecitism
Member
Yeah, he founded his own studio. They also have another game coming. ION, I think.
Diablohead
Member
after all that original hype for dayz he's not with them now? wow what happened
ashecitism
Member
He's from New Zealand.
Yeah I realised that when I double checked his wikipedia there. Oops, thanks.
legacyzero
Banned
Took his millions and ran, while leaving DayZ in a perpetual Alpha state.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Aztechnology
Member
It looks like a good bit of fun. Unfortunately for Dean Hall it will be a long time before the PC community forgives him for what they see as him creating a false promise with DayZ and then "abandoning" it. DayZ will be his legacy for a while yet.
Out_Of_Ammo
Member
They made a game about me? I'm honored.
Ah, this is what this thread is turning into.
valkillmore
Member
Out Of Assets
FlyingIrishMan
Member
Don't even start this crap. He said from the get go that he would be leaving eventually, there was nothing more he could do for the game and he wanted to return home to New Zealand.
DayZ is still terrible, but it's not Dean Hall's fault at this stage.
Karspankey
Banned
Wow, this looks incredible! I really wish I had a a way to play it.
1) DayZ is still in development. There are bi-weekly updates on its progress. It has been explained time and time again what a time consuming task it is what they're trying to achieve. They're essentially rewriting the entire Arma 2 engine to make it work what DayZ is trying to do. If you're even vaguely familiar with Arma 2 you'll understand what a mess it is. This has also taken longer because they initially planned to just release the DayZ as a standalone product without changing too much to the core of the game. Instead they decided to make it a proper standalone game gutted the game to start almost over again. They did this knowing fully well that it would require a lot more time.
2) Dean Hall is a big picture kind of guy, similar to Notch. Him still being there wouldn't have changed much in this situation. If anything he probably would have gone too far with making it realistic instead of making getting a good balance between fun and realism. The details of DayZ are better left off to the current development team who already have a good idea of what they want to do with the game.
Do I wish development on DayZ was faster? Sure, but I've already had over a thousand hours of fun in the mod and the first versions of the standalone version and I'm more than happy to wait longer to get a properly new experience instead of just the mod with some additions. Dean Hall leaving or not doesn't really change the situation so I really can't help but feel indifferent about it.
legacyzero
Banned
Nope. Dean was the captain of that ship, soared that game to the top for over a year, made lots of comments and promises, and then see-ya-later. At least hit SOMETHING resembling 1.0 before you happy-trails it.
Yeah, Im gonna have trouble trusting the guy with future projects. Kibda hard to stay open minded, but im open to turning my opinion around if he completes something soon.
lmimmfn
Member
That needs a gif
ashecitism
Member
Giant Bomb Unfinished/Quick Look: http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/unfinished-out-of-ammo-04202016/2300-11138/
ashecitism
Member
benicillin
Banned
Dean Hall + Early Access? Never gonna get finished, will be abandoned for the next project midway through dev. DayZ is a blight on his record and it's gonna be that way forever.
