[Game] The ArmA 2 thread (hurr hurr, no Armed Assault 2)

[The Masta]

Yep, as Draggon already said ArmA2 officially reached gold master status.
There are probably some pics coming soon as there was some kind of press event today.

 

[The Masta]

Some info gathered at the press release:
http://www.tacticalgamer.com/armed-...-discussion/139134-arma2-announcements-2.html
http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=5694

Edit:
the full armaholic article is now up.

 

[Pvt.pile]

Cheers Masta that was good reading, im actually looking forward to this now if my PC can run the fecker.

 

[fiftyone]

I for one am looking forward to this game.
The Armaholic report was pretty constructive, and the test machine spec's noted, resemble mine, (at least I believe it was the test machine).
Dual joystick support, does this mean I can plug my SideWinder Racing wheel in to fly the choppers ?

So it seems there will be a German version before the 505

 

[The Masta]

It should be "The ArmA2 Thread". Devs repeatedly stated that it's not the short of Armed Assault, but the latin word "Arma"

Sorry to bring this up again but it's true (if you don't believe me look here).
So could some mod rename the thread please?

 

[Reddog]

I am still skeptical, I'll wait until we get a proper review and until I hear what the people who bought it think.

 

[fiftyone]

Yes, its true, the thread name should be changed.

RO:HOS will become "Red Orchestra Two"

ArmA II

 

[SiC-Disaster]

[url]http://www.videogamer.com/pc/arma_2/preview-1736.html[/URL]

VideoGamer Handson preview

 

[DraKon2k]

[URL="http://www.videogamer.com/pc/arma_2/preview-1736.html"][url]http://www.videogamer.com/pc/arma_2/preview-1736.html[/URL][/URL]

VideoGamer Handson preview

Now that's one awesome preview! Only thing that worries me is how he isn't talking about bugs or any problems at all, and there sure got to be some!

 

[The Masta]

The armaholic preview said that they're expecting some bugs but no major bugs like ArmA had.

 

[DraKon2k]

PCGames, germanies 2nd biggest PC Gaming domain, reviewed the game already(full review available on friday) and in a short comment they said Armed Assault 2 atm is nothing but a bug disaster and nearly unplayable because hardly anything is working at all.

 

[Pharnakes]

Ohh dear.

 

[Rak]

PCGames, germanies 2nd biggest PC Gaming domain, reviewed the game already(full review available on friday) and in a short comment they said Armed Assault 2 atm is nothing but a bug disaster and nearly unplayable because hardly anything is working at all.

Let me take this moment and LMAO at BIS if they couldn't get it right this time.

By the way, there's an update on their site and it says BIS already sent them a "beta-patch" and it corrects many issues.

 

[The Masta]

to quote the Forums
Ohara (Dev):"Please calm down, we dont know whats happen. Hope its just wrong DVD or some registry, autosave files from previous versions instaled on tester PC. Worst variant could be that DVDs are made badly. Im sure that morphicon will check it. Most of errors that they are reporting are strange and we need to know more. If there was bugs due installation, lot of strange behavior can apear."

and the conclusion:"The sum total of this kerfufle is that pcgames.de wrote a bashing article based on loadiing a saved game from a very old beta in to a slightly less old beta that then caused bugs and have then removed the article because they did not follow basic press rules of checking facts with those involved."

 

[DraKon2k]

Well that's either just bull**** excuses from Bohemia or PCGames made a VERY embarrassing mistake

 

[SiC-Disaster]

Apparently PCGames got installation errors as well.
That should have been a clear indication that when you boot up the game regardless of that, it should not be used for reviewing purposes.
Honestly, i'm amazed that they are amazed they got 'missing files'-warnings.

 

[DraKon2k]

how is it their mistake when it was what bohemia sent them =/

 

[SiC-Disaster]

The German publisher sent them the German game, which is not the Gold Master version btw, that is the 505 release.
After the European release, all previous versions (the German one) get a patch that updates them to Gold Master status.
From what i have understood it was the German publisher that wanted an earlier release than others got, and that resulted in the version PCGamer got.

If i am correct, this beta patch they have been sent is the beta-version of the patch that is supposed to bring 'German old version' to Gold Master status.
So in a way it is not PCGamer's fault, but honestly: you can't expect to get a working game if the installation is giving errormessages too?

Ohara from BIS thought it might have been a misprint on the DVD that causes the problems as well.
Anyways, i'm still not too worried and i'll wait for handson reports from German gamers or from other magazines that got the 505 release to review.

 

[Nimsky]

For the Dutchies (I know you're here ):

We did an interview with one of the Dutch designers working for BIS.

You can read it here. Enjoy.

 

[SiC-Disaster]

Don't forget to mention the exclusive screenshots Nimsky!