MineZ: Zombie survival, Minecraft-style

Yes, that's right, MineZ is a mod of a mod. It's a zombie survival mod for Minecraft that is inspired by DayZ, the zombie survival mod for ArmA 2. It's the same but different, recognisable but re-imagined. It's a little like looking at a reflection in a carnival's hall of mirrors. MineZ still feels like DayZ, it works like DayZ and it plays like DayZ, but most importantly... ...it's better than DayZ. All right, yes, I know, hold on just a moment. I know you want to tell me that there's no way a voxel-based building engine could provide the same bleak and gritty realism as Bohemia's Real Virtuality engine, but that's fine, because it's not trying to. I'm sure you want to argue that Minecraft can't provide the variety of weapons, nor the combat modelling that ArmA can, but I'm okay with that too. You likely want me to step forward and make some admission of subjectivity, but that was never something I was going to avoid. For me MineZ is way better than DayZ, and chief among my reasons is that I've simply had more fun with it. Much, much more fun. The game world is dotted with relics and ruins. The premise is the same. You're trapped on an island infested with dangerous, hyper-fast zombies who track you as much by noise as by sight, chasing down anyone who disturbs them. Supplies are scarce and you'll constantly be searching for food and water among the various deserted settlements. Strike it lucky and you might just unearth some useful equipment, perhaps a piece of armour, a...