Real men only play co-op ArmA 2. It’s absolutely the best venue for the mechanics and antics.
Arma 2 did have character IMHO. OFDR had no flavor at all except the excellent menu soundtrack and the intro that they ripped off from The Kingdom.
Automated Town Generator confirmed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gyVO7BZIss
Also: 300 new ‘assets’ (vehicles, weapons, or soldiers) in OA.
spiffy
1565
Hm. I can’t help but feel like this new desert environment will not be nearly as fun for infantry as the first game… too much empty space, lack of cover and vegetation… and vehicle combat (other than choppers) in Arma2 isn’t nearly as fun.
jpinard
1566
There are wooded areas of Pakista… err I mean Takistan. This was confirmed by the dev’s as some had this same concern in the official forums. I can only hope that people will port the default Arma2 stuff over to the expansion like they did with Arma1.
The map used in that video is the third one, “Desert”, which is not a “real” map, it’s just a even flat surface with a desert texture, used for testing purposes. The real maps are the other two.
But yes, it’s going to be another type of experience for the infantry. Engagement in longer range, more careful movement, cover > concealment, more focus on vehicles (which btw have upgrades like flares, damage by systems, flir, laser rangefinders, a basic FCS, and RWR).
So vehicles wont be destroyed by some guy with a pistol? that’s great!
spiffy
1569
I’m confused every time I get in a humvee in arma2 and die in 4 seconds when some dude in a field a mile away opens up on it. I saw Black Hawk Down! You need at least a thousand dudes with AK’s hanging out of windows twenty meters away to slow one down, and even then!
You need to lower the AI accuracy (yep, it can be done) if you want to replicate the BHD experience ;)
Really dig features like this. Hope they keep working to improve the editor.
Slightly off topic, but my friends and I play arma 1 warfare co-op against the AI a lot and it’s serviceable. Is there a warfare mod for Arma 2 that can have the OPFOR controlled by AI that most people use or do most probably use the standard version (or only play against human opponents)?
Yeah, i think there are missions like the one you want.
Look in armaholic.com for Arma2 warfare, “Benny edition” or “Oden Warfare”. And there are more version.
jpinard
1573
And out of the blue (bad pun), an animated SHARK mod! http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=98129
Never ceases to amaze me what modders come up with.
jpinard
1575
Hey it looks like a new beta patch is out?! http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=98190
With the work on the new game, I can’t believe they’re putting time into new beta patches. Read the thread before deciding if you want to go with this patch. Great for some people, not for others - looks toe dependant on the hardware/drivers a person is running.
Lh_owon
1576
Great new set of screenshots here: http://arma2.pl/46/arma-2-operation-arrowhead-zapowiedz.html
Nice breakdown of the different sides. I’m pretty damn hyped about this now, it’s addressing so many of ArmA 2’s deficiencies and more. Article is in Polish though Google translate is some help.
Video startet in 30 Sekunden! Man, we have to watch foreign commercials now to get our game videos. :)
I feel like I’ll once again get suckered into buying a ArmA product, then be disappointed when the most basic infantry tactics don’t work against the AI and the multiplayer is too laggy to bother.
Lh_owon
1579
I guarantee that the most basic infantry tactic* does work against the AI!
*Shoot them ;)
jpinard
1580
Considering I’ve seen plenty of fraps videos with zero lag I’d have to guess some of this might be based on your connection, computer specs, and choice of server.
I manually modified the AI accuracy down to .40 and it still eats me for breakfast considering they use better infantry tactics then I do. Do you use any mods?
