<s>
DayZ	B-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
open	O
world	O
survival	B-Application
third-person	O
shooter	O
modification	O
designed	O
by	O
Dean	O
Hall	O
for	O
the	O
2009	O
tactical	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
ARMA	B-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
its	O
2010	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
ARMA	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Operation	I-Application
Arrowhead	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
survivor	O
with	O
limited	O
resources	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
scavenge	O
the	O
world	O
for	O
supplies	O
such	O
as	O
food	O
,	O
water	O
,	O
weapons	O
and	O
medicine	O
,	O
while	O
killing	O
or	O
avoiding	O
both	O
zombies	O
and	O
other	O
players	O
,	O
and	O
sometimes	O
non-player	O
characters	O
,	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
survive	O
the	O
zombie	B-Application
apocalypse	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
DayZ	B-Application
has	O
been	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
innovative	O
design	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mod	O
reached	O
one	O
million	O
players	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
four	O
months	O
on	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
with	O
hundreds	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
people	O
purchasing	O
ARMA	B-Application
2	I-Application
just	O
to	O
play	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
its	O
popularity	O
,	O
Bohemia	O
Interactive	O
made	O
a	O
standalone	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
alpha	O
,	O
designer	O
Dean	O
Hall	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
Bohemia	O
Interactive	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
mod	O
,	O
retitled	O
to	O
Arma	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	O
DayZ	B-Application
Mod	O
,	O
was	O
officially	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
21	O
,	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DayZ	B-Application
attempts	O
to	O
portray	O
a	O
realistic	O
scenario	O
within	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
environment	O
having	O
different	O
effects	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thirst	O
and	O
hunger	O
must	O
be	O
kept	O
under	O
control	O
by	O
finding	O
sustenance	O
in	O
either	O
cities	O
or	O
the	O
wilderness	O
,	O
with	O
body	O
temperature	O
playing	O
a	O
key	O
part	O
in	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
survival	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
focuses	O
on	O
surviving	O
and	O
the	O
human	O
elements	O
of	O
a	O
zombie	B-Application
apocalypse	I-Application
by	O
forcing	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
acknowledge	O
basic	O
human	O
needs	O
like	O
thirst	O
,	O
hunger	O
and	O
shelter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DayZ	B-Application
is	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
level	O
of	O
emergent	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BuzzFeed	O
author	O
Russell	O
Brandom	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
mod	O
has	O
spawned	O
the	O
first	O
photojournalist	O
in	O
a	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
role-playing	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
,	O
creating	O
articles	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
only	O
about	O
a	O
game	O
world	O
but	O
journalism	O
told	O
from	O
within	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brandom	O
claimed	O
that	O
DayZ	B-Application
is	O
a	O
unique	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
massively	B-Application
multiplayer	I-Application
online	I-Application
game	I-Application
genre	O
in	O
giving	O
players	O
the	O
freedom	O
to	O
harm	O
or	O
murder	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
whilst	O
adding	O
no	O
restrictions	O
on	O
how	O
or	O
why	O
they	O
may	O
do	O
it	O
,	O
quoting	O
a	O
player	O
who	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
people	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
players	O
in	O
DayZ	B-Application
are	O
forced	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
dilemmas	O
in	O
similar	O
ways	O
as	O
portrayed	O
in	O
both	O
the	O
comics	O
and	O
TV	O
series	O
for	O
The	O
Walking	O
Dead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
proposed	O
that	O
DayZ	B-Application
provides	O
some	O
insight	O
into	O
people	O
's	O
motivations	O
and	O
behaviors	O
when	O
reacting	O
to	O
real	O
crisis	O
events	O
,	O
mirroring	O
controlled	O
experiments	O
of	O
a	O
similar	O
nature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
has	O
stated	O
he	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
experiences	O
during	O
jungle	O
training	O
while	O
on	O
exchange	O
with	O
the	O
Singapore	O
Armed	O
Forces	O
in	O
Brunei	O
,	O
where	O
he	O
was	O
badly	O
injured	O
in	O
a	O
survival	B-Application
skills	O
exercise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hall	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
what	O
he	O
had	O
endured	O
then	O
directly	O
affected	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
DayZ	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
immersion	O
through	O
forcing	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
experience	O
emotion	O
and	O
tension	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
gameplay.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1	O
Hall	O
believed	O
that	O
early	O
rapid	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
mod	O
was	O
largely	O
due	O
to	O
social	O
media	O
and	O
consumers	O
 '	O
desire	O
for	O
games	O
that	O
provided	O
significant	O
challenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
requiring	O
manual	O
installation	O
,	O
DayZ	B-Application
can	O
now	O
be	O
downloaded	O
,	O
for	O
free	O
,	O
from	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
credited	O
for	O
over	O
300,000	O
unit	O
sales	O
of	O
ARMA	B-Application
2	I-Application
within	O
two	O
months	O
of	O
the	O
mod	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
putting	O
this	O
three-year-old	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
seller	O
charts	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
for	O
over	O
seven	O
weeks	O
,	O
much	O
of	O
this	O
time	O
as	O
the	O
top	O
selling	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marek	O
Španěl	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
ARMA	B-Application
2	I-Application
developer	O
Bohemia	O
Interactive	O
,	O
said	O
the	O
mod	O
was	O
directly	O
driving	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
applauded	O
it	O
for	O
an	O
addictive	O
and	O
thrilling	O
experience	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
stand	O
as	O
a	O
gaming	O
experience	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kristoffer	O
Touborg	O
from	O
CCP	O
(	O
EVE-Online	B-Protocol
)	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
best	O
game	O
he	O
has	O
played	O
in	O
several	O
months	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
particularly	O
innovative	O
given	O
the	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
genre	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
gaming	O
's	O
least	O
innovative	O
genres	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
designers	O
Erik	O
Wolpaw	O
and	O
Tim	O
Schafer	O
stated	O
at	O
PAX	O
Prime	O
2012	O
that	O
they	O
believe	O
that	O
player-driven	O
experiences	O
such	O
as	O
DayZ	B-Application
are	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
gaming	O
,	O
commenting	O
on	O
what	O
the	O
title	O
achieved	O
without	O
having	O
a	O
driving	O
narrative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	O
called	O
DayZ	B-Application
the	O
mod	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
PowerPlay	O
said	O
DayZ	B-Application
was	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
thing	O
to	O
happen	O
to	O
PC	O
gaming	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Pereiraa	O
of	O
1UP.com	O
called	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
shining	O
example	O
of	O
PC	O
gaming	O
at	O
its	O
finest	O
"	O
,	O
stating	O
the	O
tension	O
from	O
interacting	O
with	O
other	O
players	O
leads	O
to	O
an	O
experience	O
unlike	O
anything	O
else	O
he	O
had	O
experienced	O
in	O
gaming	O
apart	O
from	O
making	O
love	O
in	O
Heavy	B-Application
Rain	I-Application
,	O
and	O
cited	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
that	O
PC	O
gaming	O
is	O
not	O
in	O
decline	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
such	O
a	O
mod	O
is	O
something	O
that	O
is	O
only	O
possible	O
on	O
a	O
computer	O
(	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
bit-tech	O
'	O
s	O
Joe	O
Martin	O
,	O
no	O
other	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
has	O
offered	O
so	O
compelling	O
take	O
on	O
a	O
zombie	B-Application
apocalypse	I-Application
and	O
its	O
impact	O
of	O
the	O
mod	O
on	O
the	O
industry	O
might	O
be	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Defense	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
the	I-Operating_System
Ancients	I-Operating_System
and	O
Counter-Strike	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamer	O
gave	O
DayZ	B-Application
the	O
"	O
Mod	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
2012	O
award	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
least-forgiving	O
and	O
most	O
intimidating	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
year.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Good	O
Game	O
gave	O
DayZ	B-Application
the	O
"	O
Quiet	O
Achiever	O
"	O
award	O
for	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
PowerPlay	O
gave	O
DayZ	B-Application
the	O
"	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
2012	O
"	O
and	O
named	O
it	O
number	O
five	O
on	O
their	O
list	O
of	O
top	O
100	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standalone	O
title	O
,	O
also	O
called	O
DayZ	B-Application
,	O
carries	O
over	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
core	O
gameplay	O
mechanisms	O
of	O
the	O
ARMA	B-Application
2	I-Application
mod	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DayZ	B-Application
has	O
enhanced	O
graphics	O
,	O
enhanced	O
UI	O
,	O
and	O
AI	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
mod	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DayZ''	O
launched	O
on	O
8th	O
generation	O
consoles	O
(	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
)	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
