Things I already love about Arma 3

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Things I already love about Arma 3

This is sort of a sister post to one I created to critique the game so far. This one however is me pointing out the things that I found awesome, and what makes me stick with the game though its quarks.

Wide Open Battlefield Gameplay.

I was lucky enough to join a decent server on my first try. We were playing Escape from Stratus mission. Listening to my commander talk I got a grasp of just how deep this game goes. We wanted to get to the airfield so that we cold hijack a helicopter to get off the island, but before we could do that out commander wanted to get a hold of some better hardware first. Some armored vehicles, maybe even a tank. This wasn’t some call of duty rip-off where your objective is to go kill someone and you just gun your way though a base like an action hero. You played as a soldier, you had to be smart. There was a great amount of depth in tactics and strategy. It gave the correct feeling of being stranded and alone on a hostile island far better than Far Cry 3 without ever showing a single cinematic.

Host Custom Servers:

Just for kicks I decided I would try my own server; both because I wanted to see if I actually could, and because I wanted to try a server on super easy because I am lame like that. I clicked the new button selected internet and hit launch and it worked. In within minutes I had someone I didn’t even know already connected. With so many games forcing players to use proprietary servers only it is good to see a company that respects its players enough to give them private servers. Not only that but private servers that work simply and easily as well as working out of the box in an alpha version. Now that’s just unheard of.

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They have my gun!

The gun I've been shooting for two years is (reasonably) represented in-game and in the Alpha!

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Oh yes, I love that gun too, although I don't own one. Honestly my choice of guns at this point is based solely on look X D