Why do most big gaming websites dislike the Arma series?

Why do most big gaming websites dislike the Arma series?

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Because it doesn't provide instant gratification like cod or bf

Because it's less of a game that they're used to and closer to a Sim. I imagine they'd have the same problem with any flight sim game as well.

Well, it IS a military sim.

no bribe money

not really

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Because it's not a game.
It's a simulator with a video game interface.

because casuals hate this type of game

Kinda miss the old ARMA 2 days

It's difficult to get into, can't be played with a gamepad and the quality of content is heavily influenced by yourself.

If you seek quick action and fast gameplay like a battlefield you will be disappointed. If you seek CINEMATIC(TM) solo missions - this is not for you. If you seek cool perks and killing sprees, you're in the wrong game. It's slow, it's walking and it misses the comfort of modern action shooters.

Too fucking complex for their tiny minds to comprehend. Did you see how much trouble they had with Doom?

toasters

Because its not user friendly and requires effort

because they cant market it to their retarded fanbase and profit from it

It's one of those games that takes time to get into and thus incompatible with modern, retarded gaming journo lifestyles.

that screenshot looks really good, is that straight up the game or is it injected with a bunch of graphical mods etc?

>All the retards in this thread saying Casuals hate it

Casuals killed my only fun time playing Vidya in the last 10 years. DayZ brought so many cheaters and scumlords into Arma that you cannot even play Base Arma 2 anymore. The whole franchise is fucked forever just because of DayZ and the name attached to it.

Controls are shit and floaty.
The enemy is stupidly accurate.
The enemy seem to be able to see through things.
The AI is dumb.
Strategy and tactics are pointless due to the above reasons.

It's a game that bites off more than it could chew with every single iteration. I suppose they achieve what they wanted to do, but fail at making a decent experience.

From my experience all the retards and casuals self-herd themselves into Lifemod/zombie/survival ghettos away from the actual community

Then the Cheaters, who raid those servers, get banned and where do they flood? They killed the game. As I said. Casuals killed a Mil-Sim.

no, steam ruined the game. now ever 12 year old pc gamer (which is pretty much every pc gamer) can fire it up, doesnt even have to worry about how to install mods, and then join some server because they some epic video from their favorite streamer.

not to mention garbage like wastedland and dayz ruined it as well.

oh well. ive been playing the game since the original ofp, i really only play invade & annex now since CTI is fucking ruined and i have fun. the new expansion map is fun.

this is probably the only real pc exclusive game left worth mentioning. its pretty much the only game that makes me want to upgrade my machine for

feely clunky as fuck

It's alright but it is a niche game

Only reason 3 had a budget is because of the shitty zombie mod

Day Z can be fun but only if playing alone or with friends.

wasteland is pretty okay though.

>making things more user friendly ruins things

neckbeard in the literal sense, probably uses a AMD only machine running fedora linux.

the people who heard about the game because of dayz and shit like are the people who shouldnt be playing.

if you didnt know of the game when it was called operation flashpoint you cannot appreciate it

I'd like to say youtube letsplayers also ruined a lot of games communities

I heard of it but I didn't think milsims would be fun. When dayz got popular I decided to buy it, and then I found out dayz was shit. I then decided to play multiplayer and found out it was fun as fuck. sue me.

Is there a level where I take out the trash in the break room and fail my pt tests?

check your mail for the impending lawsuit paperwork

>Modern day military sim
>not every firefight ends in an airstrike
What military does this simulate?

It has NO FUCKING SHOTGUNS. Worst piece of shit ever.

>using a 15 year old engine that refuses to use your GPU
>making a map that has such shitty performance that they resort to using 2D buildings
>less content (vehicles, weapons, maps) than previous arma titles

Arma 3 is an enjoyable game

Shotguns have no practical applications in modern military besides busting open locked/bolted doors

It's too hardcore for them

Not really. Arma 3 is like COD.

>index finger clipping on the clip

lol

>Shotguns are effective at close range, which makes them the weapon of choice for close-combat battles.
Straight from the ARMA 2 site. Why aren't they in ARMA 3?

You can just port them over from Arma 2 or use an already existing mod that ports them.

Well, COD has guns, arma 3 has guns, they're practically the same.

you know what is a slap in the face? they released like ONE fucking helicopter and charged $15 for it.

arma 3 is a price example of how a game turned away from its roots and into the dlc bullshit. i still bought the expansion though but i sure as fuck am not buying the sniper or helicopter garbage

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I miss OFP.

If you're stop memeing and start thinking for a sec, you know that Arma 3 is the most streamlined, linear campaign that almost comparable to your average FPS in the whole series including the original OFP.

Wait, is this a screenshot from the new ARMA 3 expansion or a different game?

>using the clip as a trigger
arma 3 quality

It actually is. I'm in the US army and we used a version of Arma engine to train doing combat manuevers and patrols etc.

Basically we had a fake humvee and 360 degree screen and our weapons actually were used in game when we pulled triggers. It was fun as fuck blowing each other up.

cuz its boring shit

>no practical applications
Why would you use anything other than an AA12 to clear a building?

this is bullshit

>Taxiing people to LZ in Taru
>Fly low to avoid being spotted by enemy AA/Buzzard
>Staying low over trees and hills
>DINGDINGDINGDING
>'Buzzard behind us m8'
>AA missiles missing as I spam flares
>Banking and skimming the ground as fast as I can to try and lose him
>Some faggot starts screaming that im going to crash
>AC4 Agnus Dei starts up on my playlist
>mfw

you and me both ;_;

what am i read?

You fucking idiot everyone with a brain knows a modified version of ofp has been used in the military. But you yourself wouldn't know because you are a steambaby who only heard about this game through some retard youtube video

It's really not senpai

>streamlined, linear campaign
he gives a shit about campaign in either of them
are you brain dead

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Isn't that colled VBS and developed by an completely different branch of the studio?

No consoles port

The campaign is fun until a patch comes out and fucking corrupts your saves. That literally happens with every patch they put out. I do enjoy the campaigns though because they do a good job of highlighting the cool environments the game can provide.

Because its not for normies, and the fact that any multiplayer makes the framerate shit the bed unlike most other games.

Kind of curious, the military excited for the new VR tech and maybe combining it with the Arma engine for improved simulations?

Project reality is better

>tfw have a 8320 and 390
>get 15 fps, immediately refund
t-thanks amd

Yes but it's just a tweaked version of the Arma 2 engine with some propietary plug-ins for specific military equipment.

You can always run it on your own computer if you feel so inclined.

>I play arma exclusively for mp games

You can't buy it as a civi.

please tell me this fat piece of garbage has diabetes or something

This.

You are fucking stupid. They have been using vr bullshit for decades now, you think the government is going to wait for some garbage oculus faggotry if they thought it was worth the trouble?

That's the game straight out, of course it's running at 20FPS at best.

>Sup Forums told him to buy amd and he actually did it the absolute madman

I dunno, I figured a headset plus some augmented reality might be easier than setting up a huge 360 screen. That was my logic at least.

If only there was a place where you can get shit off of the internet.
The game is terribly optimized so don't worry too much about it.

It's a shitty game for autists.

Arma is public, watered down version of their actual milsim for actual military

They're probably use way ahead of you. Even in Arma 2 there's already a headtracking system.

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Yeah, it offers a lot of training in an almost realistic environment. I mean, it allows users to train and try tactics against each other in a setting of realism, not like COD/etc, that helps them understand battlefield tactics.

Back in the day we used to just fight each other doing paintball, but, this offers a whole world.

One game we play is one team is the terrorists and has to ambush the other team in the "VR" setting. It's pretty fun to see what to come up with.

It literally can not run on a console.

they're way too different to be compared

National Guard soldier here. Can confirm other anons, you are retarded and yes we do use a modified Arma engine for training.

>thinking it has something to do with AMD and not the utter trash optimization

it's not bullshit it just explains why the US finds war fun and is looked down on by every other professional army in the world

Because it's horribly optimized, it barely runs on PC

Huh, so you actually prefer the digital simulations to things with a bit more... I guess 'real feedback' like paintball and (a form of) airsoft?

Interesting. Just how far ahead is the military in the tech compared to the civilian market?

>Arma is public, watered down version of their actual milsim for actual military

I've played it when I was stationed in Bavaria

It's archaic shit compared to Arma 2 and 3

see all I ever used was that clunky ass fucking MILES shit- but it was nice to be able to actually shoot, move and communicate in a real environment without being restricted

Is there a mod like this for Arma 2?
Full on war, conquer the whole map
moddb.com/mods/this-is-war

I tried Arma 2 for a bit but I found it really boring and I'm not invested enough to play online.

There are multiple VBS games, you sure you were not played the first one?

Because you have to spend 1000 hours modding that shit so its fun

VBS2

List some of the must have mods

>Those textures

Fuckin' console tier garbage, m8. I hope you complained to your CO.

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Quick browsing and youtube and I found that VBS3 is more like Arma 2

the same applies to Bethesda games yet they're popular