[Game] The Armed Assault thread

[[5.SS]Strother]

It is a FPS or a 3rd person. Mostly FPS, most servers run with FPS only, but 3rd person is also fun when you get new addons that you want to check out.

The game is purely good, I don't know what to say, it's my #1 game of all time, I've been hooked to it since the demo was released. This game sets the standards for all other semi realistic-realistic army games.

 

[Ghad]

A good friend of mine who is a long time OPF player has tested. ArmA.

Verdict: It rocks!

 

[Xendance]

Based on the videos I think that some of those sounds **** :x
Or the sound system. Everything sounds so flat imo.

 

[[5.SS]Strother]

The reason some sounds sound flat is because of the sound system, it muffles sounds that are on the other side of objects and hills and such. They had something similar in OFP and I thought the sounds were still good. But don't worry in a couple weeks we should have some beefier sound packs from the mod community.

 

[Xendance]

I suppose so. It just bothered me that all gunfire sounded the same. I prefer that I can tell which weapon is firing, like in RO every gun has a very distinct sound of it's own.

 

[[5.SS]Strother]

Trust me, they have their own unique sound, you'll notice that once you play it.

 

[Xendance]

Ok, must be the video quality then.

 

[revolutioN]

feck sounds just hope to god you can run it!

I have a 6600 GT 128mb, 1 gig ram and 3.2 processor. Im hopin to get medium + low settings and play ok.

 

[Xendance]

I think my 7800 GTX, 3500+ AMD Athlon 64 and 2 gigabytes of ram will be enough

 

[Sgt.Rock]

Ill just brute force the game to everything max

X1900xtx, Opteron 170 @ 2.4, 2 gigs of ddr 500 OCZ

 

[Dillinger]

So...I've just ahem...acquired...the Czech version of ArmA to hold me over until I can purchase the English version.

It's awesome. Looks stunningly beautiful! Sounds are great. The models and textures are perfect.

Runs quite well on my system on High Settings at 1280x1024. Got the English language patch featured on some add-on sites. Some stuff is still in Czech, like subtitles, but the voices are already in English.

A few quick screenies from the first mission:

We were ambushed, I was hit in the arm...notice the blood on my hand.

They've added bleeding to ArmA. Notice all the extra blood running down my arm. I wasn't shot again, I just didn't get to the medic to heal, and I bled, and I started to get tunnel vision. AWESOME!

And the gore is noticeably hiked up. Check out this guy who was riddled by a .50 Cal MG on our Humvee:

I cannot wait till the English version comes out. I'm totally buying the special edition. This will work for now.

Initial Verdict: The game is IDENTICAL in gameplay to Operation Flashpoint, which is the highest praise I can give it. Add on top of that STUNNING graphics and added features, it's a no-brainer. Add on top of THAT multiplayer games that can FINALLY be joined MID-GAME. No more waiting for games to start! It's a no-brainer...you must purchase this game when it comes out.

 

[Dav1d]

Are the hit effects like opflash? like when you shot someone in the face/head it is the same impact effect all the time or is it different with each bullet? Kinda looks like how opflash had it. But alot nicer (if gore can be nice )

But the bleeding arm is awesome, could you possibly get a screeny of the tunnel vision? that would be great

Also this vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BnKxOO2ENEw&mode=related&search=

Looks pretty good (graphically) and is set on low! and he posts his specs at the end: amd 64 3200+, ge force 6600GT, 1 gig RAM at around 35 fps, pretty promising if you ask me.

 

[Bluehawk]

Is the gore more dynamic, like with holes actually appearing where rounds hit? or is it like the old OFP where the model's limbs have a normal skin and a wounded skin.

 

[Dillinger]

It's still like OFP pretty much in the wounds department. If you're shot in the arm it will get bloody in the general area you got shot, if you get shot a few times in the same place it will look brutal, like that guys face above. Same with any other area. A few shots to a limb look nasty as well.

 

[Bluehawk]

Well atleast it's not binary, like you get shot once in the back and it looks like you got gored by a bull (I'm looking at you Civilian Man #1 in the white sweater!)

 

[[5.SS]Strother]

As long as it's not like OFP where

Shot to knee=two bloody legs

Shot to hand=two bloody arms

Shot to chest=ripped apart clothes (front and back)

Shot to head=face ripped clean off

I'm sure we will see some VERY VERY interesting mods come out fairly shortly for this game. The mod community for OFP was probably the best of any game (up there with HL1), you should see all the hurdles and obstacles modders got around in the OFP engine limitations!

 

[Dillinger]

I may be wrong about tunnel vision. I thought that's what was happening. It might have been some glitch in the game though caused by something with shadows and crazy stuff...I'm not sure. So don't quote on me on the tunnel vision.

 

[Werner]

Damn it Dillinger, that looks just awesome!

Are there any tentative shipping dates to Finland? Can't wait for 2007 Q1.

 

[Dslyecxi]

I've been given permission to release an ArmA TrackIR video I recently created. It shows off the in-game and real-world views, along with info about what the TIR's are, how they function, and what they add to the experience.

You can check out a Google Video version here:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4928428714571383685&hl=en

Or you can download the full-res 105MB video from here:
http://ofp.umbr.net/videos/trackir_in_arma.wmv

Let me know if you have any questions about it.

 

[Polygon]

As much as some of you might want to purchase a copy of the Czech version of the game from places like eBay, I'd recommend waiting until the German version is released so as to avoid the infamous Starforce technology.

By the Dsly, your videos are pretty incredible, and I'm very tempted to invest in the Track IR technology myself for games such as ARMA. Also, the damage effects in those still images are wonderful- I love the way the blood is treated on the arm for example.