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First In-game ArmA 2 Screenshot Emerges

by Aaron Linde, Jul 29, 2008 10:50am PDT

Related Topics – ArmA 2, Requiem: Bloodymare, xbox 360, PlayStation 3, screenshots, PC

Bohemia Interactive today released the first in-game screenshot from ArmA 2 (PC, PS3, 360), the followup to last year's ArmA: Combat Operations.

"We have a very strict policy when it comes to publishing in-game screenshots," said Bohemia CEO Marek Spanel. "We guarantee and take pride in the fact that the screenshots are not processed in any way that would make them look better than in the actual gameplay. What you see is what you get."

Set during 2009, ArmA 2 tasks players with keeping the peace as U.S. Marines in the fictional country of Chernarus. The game marks the second unofficial sequel to Bohemia's Operation Flashpoint series, a property now owned and in development at former publisher Codemasters.

ArmA 2 is expected to hit retailers sometime later this year.

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Really the major things that bugged me about ArmA and OpFor were:
1. The interface and the polish there of. The menus and hud could have used a LOT of work in both games. It was so convoluted to get a game setup and get people in. I tried setting up games with friends and everyone got really frustrated trying to navigate.

2. The insane range and my inability to see who was firing. I still do not know if it was my settings on my PC, but in both games I would never see the enemy others were shooting at. It felt like I was hunting for 2 or 3 pixels, but I rarely saw them. I would lay there waiting to see movement only to get hit in the head from the 2 pixels that I did not notice.

Jul 29, 2008 11:41am PDT

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- The game didn't make it easy or graceful to move, either. The controls felt clumsy and stiff. : Jobos
- agreed on the menus, controls etc. the word "elegant' does NOT come to mind when I play these games. : cell9song

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So this game is kind of like a very realistic military simulator, right? I've only seen game play videos of it.

Jul 29, 2008 11:00pm PDT

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- More or less, yes. : Dslyecxi

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For those who have not been following Operation Flashpoint 2 and ArmA 2, all Codemasters have been willing to reveal of their GRID/Dirt-turned-FPS-engine so far is a bunch of concept art and pre-rendered footage. In other words, nothing.

Jul 29, 2008 11:09am PDT

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For those who have not been following Operation Flashpoint 2 and ArmA 2, all Codemasters have been willin... : xrolando
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  there was a movie from e3 of OpFlash 2 - ingame stuff - looked terrific. In fact I'm more excited about O... : mankeroo
  - it was still more "we hope to make the game this intense etc", not actual gameplay. : dangerdoggie
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    i'm pretty sure they said it was cgi 'with some ingame assets' : xsoulbrothax
    - Yup, only target-renderings so far. : fffortune

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I really hope they fix the mouselag issue in 2.

Jul 29, 2008 1:57pm PDT

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I really hope they fix the mouselag issue in 2. : quadeh
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  ArmA (i think you mean) had an optimization problem -- I have a beast of a machine and the only way it wo... : Jobos
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    It was pretty ridiculous. I have no monster machine, but it was far more than sufficient and even at medi... : quadeh
    - That sounds like a driver issue. Have you played the latest patch? (1.14) I've heard of a bug in past ... : Dslyecxi

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We've been seeing ingame screenies, hell, videos of the game for almost six months now. What the hell are they smoking?

Jul 29, 2008 12:22pm PDT

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We've been seeing ingame screenies, hell, videos of the game for almost six months now. What the hell are... : Zolneirz
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  Yeah, wth! They should just hurry up and release it unfinished so that we have a reason to complain about... : LordPhobos
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    You seem to have replied to another post, or made a misguided effort to ridicule mine. I was watching ga... : Zolneirz
    - I'll take half credit then for messing that one up. You didn't really explain who "they" was, so I assume... : LordPhobos
    - It's strange to hear our Shacknews Overlords referred to as "They"... As if they aren't present here. : Jobos

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What is the difference between Arma 2 and Operation FLashpoint 2?

Jul 29, 2008 2:52pm PDT

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What is the difference between Arma 2 and Operation FLashpoint 2? : Athlon7
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  Arma is being made by the operation flashpoint 1 developer Bohemia and ofp 2 is being made by Codemasters... : kaankasim
  - Oh shit. Codemasters did "Turning Point: Fall of Liberty"... which was pretty bad to say the least. : Jobos

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Looking forward to this, big fan of Flashpoint and ArmA :)

Jul 29, 2008 3:03pm PDT

Looking forward to this, big fan of Flashpoint and ArmA :) : Cowburn199

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I wonder how these games will fare on consoles, I am interested to try them out.

Jul 29, 2008 11:23am PDT

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I wonder how these games will fare on consoles, I am interested to try them out. : kodt
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  Operation Flashpoint was released on Xbox. I tried it for a week and liked how it had drop in multiplayer... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Yeah I always wanted to try that one was it any good? I agree that OPF's MP really required an organiz... : kodt
    - I didn't play it much when I rented it. It's good if you haven't played it for sure. I played maybe 2-3 h... : Sailor of Fortune

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I've never played any of these games, but I'm looking for a more serious FPS. Something that's slow and more realistic, where it punishes people for bunny hopping or charging out. Is this what ArmA 2 is about?

Jul 29, 2008 11:34am PDT

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- You can't even jump in ArmA so I would say this is the game you're looking for. : dangerdoggie

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"ArmA 2 is expected to hit retailers sometime later this year."

haha. Good one.

Jul 29, 2008 11:40am PDT

"ArmA 2 is expected to hit retailers sometime later this year." haha. Good one. : Enjoysoy

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I wanna see how they handle squad control on consoles. It was an awkward clunky chore on PC. I pray they optimized this.

Jul 29, 2008 11:35am PDT

I wanna see how they handle squad control on consoles. It was an awkward clunky chore on PC. I pray the... : coyoterys

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Here's hoping they finally get the AI pathing working right with regard to them driving vehicles. It always takes me out of the experience in the single-player missions when the AI drivers drive from side to side on a road instead of just following it.

In any case I'll still pick it up because I love BIS and their games.

Jul 29, 2008 11:16am PDT

Here's hoping they finally get the AI pathing working right with regard to them driving vehicles. It alwa... : zipperface

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