There's no getting around the fact that society is obsessed with zombies. From George A. Romero to Robert Kirkman, Dead Rising to Daryl Dixon, we have become obsessed with the brainless flesh-chompers and the fictional worlds they have overrun. A conversation I and I assume many others have had with their friends is the 'What would you do in a zombie apocalypse?' topic. Where would you run to? Would you fortify a location or keep moving? Would you be part of a group or go it alone? For the first time ever, a game lets us answer these questions, offering an ultra-realistic simulation of what it would be like to attempt to survive in world plagued by the reanimated dead. Once a mod for the hugely popular tactical shooter Arma 2 and now a standalone title in a constantly-refining-itself demo-state, DayZ is a massive multiplayer online zombie-survival game tasking those who play it to survive in society's ruins. Here are the 5 incredible reasons DayZ is worth that precious time you set aside for gaming:
Hailing from South East London, Sam Heard is an aspiring writer and recent graduate from the University of Warwick. Sam's favourite things include energy drinks, late nights spent watching the UFC with his girlfriend and annihilating his friends at FIFA.
