Boring gameplay and an inexcusable amount of glitches.

80-90% of my time in Dayz has been spent just walking. Getting from one place to another and crossing ground consumes a depressingly large amount of time in-game. And rarely are the moments in between enjoyable or unique. Even on a full server you can run from the beach, loot every town along the way, reach the very northern part of Chernarus, and STILL not have seen a single person. Gunplay in most cases is clunky, with the exception of sniping which can be satisfying, if not boring.

Glitches are also unacceptably intolerable. I'm not a game dev, but for a game that has been officially released since 2018(and been in early access for years before then) it seems bewildering how so many basic ass glitches can still exist. Simple things like, joining a server and not being able to switch between items in your hotbar and just being stuck with whatever was in your hand when you last disconnected. Not being able to fire guns that aren't jammed and have plenty of ammo loaded. And items refusing to equip into your hands for no discernible reason. They aren't quite game-breaking issues, but they can be incredibly frustrating, especially after waiting in a queue to join that specific server.

Boring gameplay and an inexcusable amount of glitches. 80-90% of my time in Dayz has been spent just walking. Getting from one place to another and crossing ground consumes a depressingly large amount of time in-game. And rarely are the moments in between enjoyable or unique. Even on a full server you can run from the beach, loot every town along the way, reach the very northern part of Chernarus, and STILL not have seen a single person. Gunplay in most cases is clunky, with the exception of sniping which can be satisfying, if not boring. Glitches are also unacceptably intolerable. I'm not a game dev, but for a game that has been officially released since 2018(and been in early access for years before then) it seems bewildering how so many basic ass glitches can still exist. Simple things like, joining a server and not being able to switch between items in your hotbar and just being stuck with whatever was in your hand when you last disconnected. Not being able to fire guns that aren't jammed and have plenty of ammo loaded. And items refusing to equip into your hands for no discernible reason. They aren't quite game-breaking issues, but they can be incredibly frustrating, especially after waiting in a queue to join that specific server.