OFP2 Vs. ArmA 2

[WARFIGHTER989 0]

Which one do you think is better? If codemasters is smart they will respect long time fans and make it realistic, and we all know Bohemia is aiming for realism but which OFP do you all think is better?

[The_Captain 0]

I think OFP2 will have more detail and polish. They have a huge team of people, and can burn time and money on nit picky items (like their touted 5000 poly frag grenade). I think OFP2 will have a more tuned "low level player experience" (moving, aiming, shooting, driving, flying, etc) without much of the clunkiness we're used to in the BIS engines. I think it might have better MP out of the box. I think CM is really gambling that OFP2 will sell another million+ copies, and are betting the farm on it by putting lots of resources into the development.

I think Arma2 will continue to have the more open engine, with much better capabilities for mission makers (esp having access to quite a bit of the game code) and addon makers. I really doubt that OFP2 will have enough commands and options for mission designers to script new complex gametypes within a map, or create sophisticated addons and vehicles. Arma2 will likely give more possibilities to players, such as more vehicles to drive, weapons to use, different styles of gameplay, etc.

Overall, I think OFP2 will be more polished and immersive, but Arma2 will give players (and map makers/modders) more options. Level of overall realism will probably be about the same... and WAY better than anything else on the market (save Red Orchestra and a few others).

Personally I'm looking forward more to Arma2, but I'll probably buy OFP2 as well. (Bias note: I like making/coding maps). Hopefully arma2's level of polish will be about the same as Ofp2.

[whisper 0]

The most reasonable answer : nobody knows and everything at the moment is baseless speculation.

[raedor 8]

There's no ingame footage available from OFP2 and there's very little available from ArmA2, so I guess there's no ground for a comparison.

Closing.