Arma 2

[magicroundabout]

well i treated myself to this at the weekend after i read some good reviews on it. Got it home, installed + patch and then had a spin.

All i can say is after 1 hour of doing the drills and a bit of combat it is awful.

The controlls are poor and it has so many bugs it's untrue. Constant freezes with graphics and when doing training it just keeps repeating itself.

Graphics aren't too bad but not as good as the reviews have stated.

I think i may return it tomorrow and get something else

 

[magicroundabout]

What is Fallout 3 like? Might take it back and get this instead

 

[magicroundabout]

Have you played OFP and ArmA?

What were your expectations before buying it?

What "similiar" games have you played before this?

Not played ArmA or OFP. Should i have? Are they better or would they have just given me a better idea of what to expect?

Similar games would have been COD/BF2&2142/Medal of Honour/Brother in Arms/Tom Clancy Ghost Recon. From memory.

Expectations from reviews and the online videos were BF2 but with far more gameplay and involvement and the campaign like COD4.

But what i experienced was nothing like. Maybe i expected too much?

 

[magicroundabout]

Yeah, not played the demo a lot yet but inital impressions aren't good. Didn't enjoy it at all really.

magicroundabout - Fallout 3 is a completely different game but I certainly found it instantly more enjoyable than Arma2. One of the best single players I've played actually.

One of the best games I've played! Great graphics, runs brilliant on any system and the storyline is great

Yeah was deciding which to buy and went for Arma 2.

I think i'll take it back later and maybe try again in 6 months time when all the patches have sorted the bugs out.

 

[magicroundabout]

ok. so what you guys are saying is give the game time and learn more about it before dismissing it? i think that's fair enough.

As for my control problems quite a few times i seemed to be doing everything in super double time fast motion? Like Cooper was on speed or something. Buttons would get messed up and instead of firing my weapon it would put me into 3rd person view!

I've been going through the training to learn the controls but the instructors speach keeps freezing or repeating. When shooting targets on the range the instructor keeps telling me i'm doing it wrong even before doing anything!

Also i've tried the parachute jump several times and even when it gives me the option to open my chute it wont let me. i hit the ground and explode! Maybe my middle mouse button isn't the best but who knows?

as for flying planes etc they have never been my strong point on any game so i can't say that's bad because it's just me

Also screens merge into each other and takes a while to sort it's self out.

quite frustrating really