Arma 3 still a popular title

[Rich_R 1087]

We’ll file the following stories under ‘Use when cynics complain Arma 3 is dead’.

 

The game continues to sell, ranking at the Bronze level for Steam sales in 2018

https://store.steampowered.com/sale/winter2018bestof/

 

Verge lists Arma 3 among the 15 must have games for a new gaming PC!

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/26/18131097/best-pc-games-2018-free-multiplayer-rpg-top

[froggyluv 2136]

I would certainly recommend this title to any PC gaming enthusiast/masochist

[Tankbuster 1747]

Define 'popular'. It isn't a mainstream game - it has never sold in the vulgar numbers of some other games.

The game isn't dead, though we do know there aren't going to be major progressions in the game until we get 4 in 2020.

Though it drives me distraction and rage on a depressingly regular basis, it is still the only FPS for me. Nothing else comes close.

[VanZant 48]

This game is one of the very very few that can be played over 2 decades, only if no new version comes out. The player base is mainly mature, very dedicated, modding friendly, hardcore and hungry of simulation. And if tomorrow all the casual multiplayer kids go away, it will be the same.

[sithgonnasith 10]

there is people playing the xbox version of ofp/armacwa online

Arma 3 will live until people stop making lan and playing in like 2030

[cb65 86]

On 12/29/2018 at 12:34 PM, froggyluv said:

I would certainly recommend this title to any PC gaming enthusiast/masochist

 

21 hours ago, VanZant said:

This game is one of the very very few that can be played over 2 decades, only if no new version comes out. The player base is mainly mature, very dedicated, modding friendly, hardcore and hungry of simulation. And if tomorrow all the casual multiplayer kids go away, it will be the same.

 

 Best game I've ever played and I'm still loving coding and making missions.

 

On 12/29/2018 at 9:53 PM, Tankbuster said:

until we get 4 in 2020.

 

Have they said there will be an arma 4 ?

 

Hope so.

[Tankbuster 1747]

https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/arma-4-release-date/

 

I'm paraphrasing, but this says 3 isn't the last ARMA game, and then goes onto say that the engine (Enfusion) comes before the game. The crucial quote that said (in mid 2018), "Not in the next 2 years" I now can't find. :(

[FallujahMedic -FM- 867]

IIRC its still in the Steam Top 30 (despite being released in 2013). 

[cb65 86]

3 hours ago, stburr91 said:

 

BTW, do you have a link to your missions that you made? 

No, I haven't released any of my missions to the public I mainly make sector control missions that I host with friends. Could release one or two soon though.

[zimms 22]

On 29.12.2018 at 12:53 PM, Tankbuster said:

Define 'popular'. It isn't a mainstream game [...]

 

I disagree. Sounds like your version of mainstream would require numbers like Fortnite.

 

I think Arma 3 sold really well (and still is) and still has an active community which is not bad at all for a six year old game.

[socs 92]

1 hour ago, zimms said:

 

I disagree. Sounds like your version of mainstream would require numbers like Fortnite.

 

I think Arma 3 sold really well (and still is) and still has an active community which is not bad at all for a six year old game.

Arma 3 isn't really a mainstream game. I know a lot of people who have never heard of it before. What he meant by mainstream is like the "Call of Duty" franchise or "Battlefield". He's right when he says it's not mainstream, but there also aren't as many PC gamers as there are actual console players. That being said, Arma in general has always sold in high numbers and has always been a game that you can play at any point in time. Hell,  I still play Arma 2 Dayz Overpoch sometimes lol..

[vafana 116]

Apparently ArmA 2 is just as popular, because images from ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead's map Takistan, is used in a promo video of a new tank produced by the Israeli:

 

 

[Tankbuster 1747]

Rafael makes up a fictional country name that happens to be the same as the fictional country name BI made up is proof ArmA 2 is popular?

[TiredGiraffe 1]

17k players for an old game isn't bad at all :)

[EyeSpyU 1]

Arma 3 is still very popular and relevant, especially with this new DLC

[zukov 490]

This game can be sold for several years ahead, Needs just the will of the developers to improve and make a Multiplayer PVP funny. But seems that BI doesn't want. 

[zukov 490]

2 hours ago, stburr91 said:

 

 

Well, Arma 3 is still declining in average player count ever after a CDLC, and an official expansion. So if putting out new content can't stabilize the player count, I'd say Arma 3 has pretty much come to the end of it's life.

 

Of course the developers keep telling us that Arma 4 is years away.  

lowered because BI doesn't want to develop a decent multiplayer mode. The big maps implie a sort of RPG style for gameplay (like endgame but more deep) and more Special forces oriented than huge field Military operations. Even the assets in Contact DLC, they add a flatbed truck,are using the blufor truck instead an EU style one .
Thinks how would be more awesomeness with Mercedes Truck.
My 2 cents.  To me Bi has to improve CSAT faction and recycle some old assets like Utes Map and Bystryca but overall need to studies a good gameplay PVP multiplayer!

[Gunter Severloh 4088]

8 hours ago, zukov said:

Needs just the will of the developers to improve and make a Multiplayer PVP funny. But seems that BI doesn't want. 

I dont really play pvp anymore like i used back in the RO days (Red orchestra Ostfront 41-45) but improve what specifically?

 

 

[zukov 490]

11 minutes ago, Gunter Severloh said:

I dont really play pvp anymore like i used back in the RO days (Red orchestra Ostfront 41-45) but improve what specifically?

 

 

so far the only MP pvp mode that i had fun in ARMA 3 is ENDGAME. you have squad system, roles tacticts but i want  more! hacking system,  energy plant to enable some facility to work, something like that.  More to do than to shot   with some hot point where explode the CQB. in final Endgame with more different targets and randoms final target or something like that.  I apologize for my english

[FallujahMedic -FM- 867]

è abbastanza buono per noi

But couldn't much of what you're describing be solved with better (and more) modules?

 

[zukov 490]

6 minutes ago, FallujahMedic -FM- said:

è abbastanza buono per noi

But couldn't much of what you're describing be solved with better (and more) modules?

  

absolutely! but needs even  the soul, for example in Endgame when you download and upload the data. you stay close to  some objects without any movement. Why don't reuse the animations (in apex) where you digit the notebook keyboard and avoid the bullets (look the video from 1.59) in this manner your squad have to defend you. Is just an example but this details are very important to me.  
Another example no  one has never made an endgame with scuba divers, almost ideal with that characters.  CTRG VS VIPER? with Contact scenario the possibilities are endless!  in Contact we have CBRN suits, why the dev don't port a old  scud B with chemical warhead? caputere the scud mission?
If BI want sell again and again  has only to choose the creativity. Arma 3 has great potential for a lot of years

 

[FallujahMedic -FM- 867]

@zukov
I recently has a conversation with a few individuals from BI and my complaint was the stiffness of Arma. By stiffness, I mean the "clunkiness", the "inflexibility" of it. I mentioned "Simple" things like environment interactions... climbing, digging, picking up sticks and stones (to build a shelter or bivouac). As it stands, there is very little in terms of interacting with the environment. If you've ever played far cry, you'll understand what I'm about to mention.. In arma, when you brush past a bush, you hear nothing different. In Farcry, when you do the same, you hear the rustling of the leaves. In Arma, you can walk through cactus without being injured. Its little things like that which could be improved. There are elements of DayZ which could be incorporated as well. Breakdowns of vehicles, injuries caused by walking over uneven ground, et cetera. 

To put this into context with ease of use, I will mention Modules such as those found within mods such as RHS and Ryans Zombies and Demons. In the RHS module, it provides for Paradrop, in Zombies and Demons, it provides for the spawning of enemies. To a competent programmer, these thigs are easily solved via scripting. But for the other 80% of us, a module is what is needed. Arma have an opportunity to make the game more accessible to the "average" player, and I'd like to see them exploit this in future titles. 

Sono nato a Pozzuoli zukov 

[zukov 490]

i agreed with you for the limit of the engine. I know the Farcry,  legacy from Cryengine, But is for small terrains, RV engine manage HUGE terrains. 
To me the key is the gameplay, Arma 3 has all asset that you want but not the funny mix.
If the developers want to sell for eons this game (CSGO is still popular) they need to rediscover the game soul not only the simulation.
Endgame is a good start but i want more!
I attach a video is a old game with tvt objectives Quake wars. Has objectives with a campaign all in MP tvt. (clearly is an example is old and sci fi)
 

io sono di Roma Falluja!

[mickeymen 324]

Hello everyone!

 

Arma 3 still a popular - this is true

 

2020 ends, I want to congratulate the whole Arma community, a Happy New Year.

All the best to everyone who reads this post!

Good health, harmony and happiness in the future 2021!

 

And most importantly,  I want to say that Arma3 in 2021 will continue to be the best war game, the best shooter.

In the 2020 I still can't compare any other shooter with Arma3,  This fact is surprising to me, since the game is over seven years old.

I can't imagine Arma3 without mods. Thousands of mods keep the user interested in this game over the years! 

 

Many thanks to the entire Arma3 community, which creates countless modifications to the game, which sometimes even exceed the quality of the original game.

It is thanks to you that the game looks so cool, after 7 years of its life. Many thanks to the developers for this beautiful game and for supporting the mods, this is a wise decision.

 

Thank you all and Happy New Year, I love you Arma 3!