Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

Didnt look like a g3 neo, but I may be wrong, The whole vid looked really good.. Can you imagine inserting into a town and having a marketplace full of non-coms, it would be pandemonium.

As for buggy people, etc, Ive not played arma2 in a while since the OcUk server went, only recently played again, i.e last 3 days, and on my rig it is smooth. High settings, q6600 at stock, 2gb 4890, 6gb ram, and it looks amazing, plays just as well. Am looking forward to this expansion.
 
Ewanb75 said:
Didnt look like a g3 neo, but I may be wrong, The whole vid looked really good.. Can you imagine inserting into a town and having a marketplace full of non-coms, it would be pandemonium.

As for buggy people, etc, Ive not played arma2 in a while since the OcUk server went, only recently played again, i.e last 3 days, and on my rig it is smooth. High settings, q6600 at stock, 2gb 4890, 6gb ram, and it looks amazing, plays just as well. Am looking forward to this expansion.
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i miss the ocuk server, had so much fun awhile it lasted.
 
antran said:
i miss the ocuk server, had so much fun awhile it lasted.
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It was OK , too many people wanted to play Domination ALL THE TIME :(

And when we tried to organise proper missions it was like herding cats
No one really wanted to work together , 20 rambos all trying to do different things
 
lurkio said:
It was OK , too many people wanted to play Domination ALL THE TIME :(

And when we tried to organise proper missions it was like herding cats
No one really wanted to work together , 20 rambos all trying to do different things
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hehe, I'm probably one of them. The teamwork wasnt that bad, considering I'm was a complete arma 2 noob and still is. I'm getting bored of BC2 atm.
 
If you really want to see this game for all it's worth try join a community that has planned games, you seriously can't go back to public when you do!
Looking forward to the enhancements this game will bring(hopefully MP stability for 50-70+ players, joining in progress issues) aside from that nothing new or better that the community has already released themselves.

Mostly FLIR tbh!
 
ChrisJSY said:
If you really want to see this game for all it's worth try join a community that has planned games, you seriously can't go back to public when you do!
Looking forward to the enhancements this game will bring(hopefully MP stability for 50-70+ players, joining in progress issues) aside from that nothing new or better that the community has already released themselves.

Mostly FLIR tbh!
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well said. after i joined the ocuk clan, i never played public servers. this game is best played with an organised lot of people. Highly recommend it
 
my ati 5850 should be tomorrow , now just need to save up for a trackir 5 using it in this game is amazing !!! for me arma 2 is THE best game ever , yes it has bugs , but itsssss huggeeeeeee
 
The ocuk server was epic.
I thought what killed it was that it was made member/regular only.
Once people got busy over summer it died a quick death, needed normal people in to keep things going.

However, ArmA is certainty best plated with a group of friends who want to play it properly. Voice coms also help.
 
Must admit, I called it meh with games about 2 years ago, and haven't really been tempted by much to comeback since. This however, is making me seriously contemplate splurging a grand on a new rig. I'm afraid my current E6600, 2Gb DDR2 800 and 8800GTS 320Mb just couldn't cut ARMA, let alone ARMA2 or OA.
 
Reppyboyo said:
The ocuk server was epic.
I thought what killed it was that it was made member/regular only.
Once people got busy over summer it died a quick death, needed normal people in to keep things going.

However, ArmA is certainty best plated with a group of friends who want to play it properly. Voice coms also help.
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Yes after around september last year ocuk died along with a dedicated ocuk arma 2 forum we had setup too! i diddnt realize many moved onto havoc clan though.

i then went off to join a clan called british commanders but couldn't find the time to play with hose guys as they seem to always play around 7pm when i just got home from work and usually have my dinner :(

The OCUK lads were perfect as most started gaming at around 8/9pm. i remembered one mission we did together that when you die, u stay dead until the missions over.

I must have played that mission for 2 hours straight before me and one guy were the ONLY men alive! we escaped in a helicopter looking to complete the mission by going to our base then all of a sudden the AI blew is out of the sky LOL.

2 hours of pure arma 2 goodness spread across that huge map in arma 2 and most of us died trying to take the enemies base! that gun fight must have lasted nearly an hour on it its own! i ran out of ammo 4-5 times and had to jog back to our ammo crate!

awsome game this is
 
I run ArmA 2 comfortably on my medium rig of a dual core 6400 amd and 4870 512 sapphire. The patches have improved performance a long way since release.
 
Psch

It may look good and it's making me want it too but that's exactly what happened with ARMA2 I got hyped for it and it was disappointing, got uninstalled 2 months later.

Before anybody comments I'm more than capable of being patient, I do like that part, fact is it's got too many problems that FOR ME don't make it immersive and enjoyable.

It's little things as well that could have made it so much better
-Sounds, some of them are terrible and they should be ashamed tbh
-It's got such a slow feel to it, no I don't mean game pace, I mean literally when you move, it feels like your a stick man, the A.I also look like stick men
-ARMA2 is a game where draw distances is needed but suprise suprise performance is terrible here
-Performance in general is pretty bad shame it isn't a bit more balanced, rather than being so cpu dependant
-OH and also explosion effects, poor!

Sorry to rant, this game has the potential to be so epic but it falls well short IMO. (don't hate me :p)
 
craig3000 said:
Psch

It may look good and it's making me want it too but that's exactly what happened with ARMA2 I got hyped for it and it was disappointing, got uninstalled 2 months later.



It's little things as well that could have made it so much better
-Sounds, some of them are terrible and they should be ashamed tbh

-It's got such a slow feel to it, no I don't mean game pace, I mean literally when you move, it feels like your a stick man, the A.I also look like stick men


-ARMA2 is a game where draw distances is needed but suprise suprise performance is terrible here


-Performance in general is pretty bad shame it isn't a bit more balanced, rather than being so cpu dependant
-OH and also explosion effects, poor!

Sorry to rant, this game has the potential to be so epic but it falls well short IMO. (don't hate me :p)
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You uninstalled after two months lol.

A lot of patches have come out to increase performance and stability.

The game doesn't get good until ACE mod was released.

Sound mods - sort the sound out. download csm2, it will blow your mind.

Slow game - have you tried running around with 40KG on your back, bunny hopping like your in cod? It's slow because it's realistic.

OPF/Arma seems not for you, you seem to want it to be like battlefield?

You really need to join a proper clan, like HAVOC where youb get trained up and play proper missions, not gay ass domination mod.

Playing with 40 people, with A10's and Apache's providing CAS is awesome fun!
 
craig3000 said:
It's little things as well that could have made it so much better
-Sounds, some of them are terrible and they should be ashamed tbh
-It's got such a slow feel to it, no I don't mean game pace, I mean literally when you move, it feels like your a stick man, the A.I also look like stick men
-ARMA2 is a game where draw distances is needed but suprise suprise performance is terrible here
-Performance in general is pretty bad shame it isn't a bit more balanced, rather than being so cpu dependant
-OH and also explosion effects, poor!

Sorry to rant, this game has the potential to be so epic but it falls well short IMO. (don't hate me :p)
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Sounds: True, some of the stock sounds were very boring, even if they did go out and record them in real life they didn't require the "oompf" that makes a game that bit more fun, however just like ARMA1 the community have released packs to really bring in some amazing sound effects.

Coupled with having proper sound delay as sound travels slower than light (every game pretty much forgets this) and the doppler effect/cracks/whistles/echoes, I can't say it's poor at all.

Slow Feel: Not sure really, I think you may have had a few options on that made the mouse move slow, or as for movement you need to double tap W to sprint, also it's a little mil sim so you're not going to run really fast are you?

Draw Distance: That would be entirely your PC, the game runs fine at 10k for me, however nothing useless beyond 3-4k is needed as not many weapons if any are going to shoot that far. You won't even see anything that far. Most engagements on the ground are <600m.

Explosion Effects: Again, I don't see how this makes/breaks the game, but the community have released effects for this, unlike a lot of games again they do create craters, leave dust particles in the air, can damage from "pressure" not just the heat or shrapnel, and even have the effect of condensing the air around.

You should try it with the mods and find a community if you were really hyped for it, trust me when I say I would say the same thing if I never joined one, the stock game, playing on public servers alone is, to put it harshly, CRAP! Modded up, in a decent commmunity, is freaking Aweeesomeeee!

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Tried to find a video, hard to find good ones but the first part of this when the air support starts firing on the city, shows you how atmospheric it can be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YddMeWdVoI8

If you want more info of communities to join I can recommend a few.
 
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To both of you I did wait for a lot of patches, still not that great, I was in a clan, most of the mods aren't that great imo and I cba with games and mods I would just rather it was built as it should have been out of the box.

However this is a good video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkYpi-mqRjY&feature=related especially when the tank fires at the start, that is what Im talking about :p

It's just disappointing that the devs at bohemia didn't think wait a second some of the sounds (not all) are really poor let's fix this, I just think a game like this could be so epic, I would be in heaven if I could get a cross between ARM2 and Bad Company 2 (mainly the sound engine and dectruction from BC2) that'll be the day.
 
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