ArmA 2 Demo Released, Samples Campaign and Multiplayer

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  What did you play of it? MP? SP? What about the videos excited you? What was different about the actual g... : Dslyecxi
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    He's just confused as usual. My only gripe about Arma 2 is that it refuses to work with my FreeTrack s... : VisitorQ
    • it uses an encrypted trackir dll which makes freetrack useless, there is a workaround for this in Black S... : kaankasim
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    I played the MP portions, the CTI missions and the Deathmatch. I could spend a few hours telling you ... : Porkasaurus
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      Did you try the SP at all? As to the MP - that's a tiny, tiny tip of the iceberg for what the full gam... : Dslyecxi
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        I will try it. I was most interested in the MP for this though. It seemed like a more indepth BF from wha... : Porkasaurus
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          The MP in A2, as in A1 and OFP, comes in a huuuuuuuuuge variety of flavors. The demo only portrays a very... : Dslyecxi
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            I'm not new to gaming, I realize what this game is about or can offer. I also understand that I might not... : Porkasaurus
            • Death messages are dependent on the server you're on, as are plenty of other settings. So, apart from... : Dslyecxi
            • Realistically you're not going to get told where you getting shot from or how you're getting injured in r... : greh kleh
    • imo, your complaints about the things "easy to fix" are things that shouldn't be "fixed". They are part ... : Poor Yurik
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    Not to hijack this thread, but what kind of rig were you running the game on in your Youtube video of ARM... : tnyswonger
    • Quad core @ 2.66GHz, not the i7 type, Geforce 285, 4GB DDR3, WinXP. It was a prerelease version. : Dslyecxi
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  I agree Pork, AI were tards, and most of the time one MG could destroy my whole squad before I could do s... : Techpriest((Thc))
  • Isn't that what a machine gun is supposed to do? : ninjase
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  This was almost exactly the same impression I had the first 3 times I played Operation Flashpoint's demo. But given my knack for challenging "realistic" shooters Dslyecxi convinced to spend all of $10 for the game and a few shackers got together for some fun. We decided in advance it might be more fun if we used a little more communication, a basic formation and some planned squad coordination rather than everyone spawn at once and run alone to the chokepoints >engage>die>repeat system virtually every other FPS I had been playing at the time used used.
  
  My point: This game isn't for everyone, the controls still irk me, the AI can make me uninstall the game spontaneously at times BUT when given the opportunity to play cooperatively with people you trust against human adversaries in a well designed mission INCREDIBLE things happen. The suspense, the intense immersion and the camaraderie simply has no equal. I don't play SP or pub servers but I will never pass a chance to relive the heart-pounding excitement of staging a good ambush or torching a BMP with an AT-4 right before in reaches where the other half of your team is hiding.
  
  If anyone hates this demo but remains willing to take a little more than average amount of time to get used to it your diligence may be rewarded with moments that become indelible events in your gaming life. Its not for everyone, in fact, I can't stand people who don't like it whining in game GTFO but for the rest of us who are willing to do more listening than talking you will how fun a "serious" can be. I really hope ArmA 2 will bring back some casual mid-week shackbattles. It doesn't have to complicated. The bugs will get swished, the cool missions will emerge and the people who buy arma2 will get their moneys worth if they learn about the game.

  Jun 26, 2009 1:18am PDT
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  This was almost exactly the same impression I had the first 3 times I played Operation Flashpoint's demo.... : Lightzout
  • well written and truthful. OF had some of the greatest moments in gaming for me, I never played with the ... : greh kleh
  • I couldn't agree more. This is a niche game and not for those looking for a quick BF or COD type game at ... : Carstman