Impressions on Arma 2

[Comet 10]

First of all I want to thank those who recommended this game as it really has surpassed my expectations.

To begin with I must admit, I expected lots of options but not like this. Gameplay is more or less how I though it would be coming from OPFP, but better.

A good sign. Now one major thing that I didn't expect to be that good is really the graphics. This game with everything set to maximum can compete

with most current games out there. I really was expecting one of those games with lots of gameplay options but as far as visuals to be below par specially after reading people comments on this being run on an old engine.

Youtube videos don't make Arma 2 justice that is for sure. The attention to realistic detail is astonishing. I never saw such an accurate implementation in stuff like

human adaptation to light. For instance right at the start of the game when the mission slideshow ends and the light is turned on, the player eyes adapt to the new conditions.

Or when at night when you put your NV googles you get a very bright flash as the eyes adapt. And when you take them out everything is pitch black and begins to get a bit clearer.

As far as campaign missions are concerned I haven't found any bugs so far. I'm sure I will since people comment that there are quite a few, but so far my take on the campaign is that it is

the best military campaing I've experienced so far. Bohemia did a great job giving you the power to make your own decisions. And sadly the choices presented are pretty much accurate real life stuff that military personel has to live with.

Obviously not everything is positive. When I begun playing I had a bit of a hard time getting used to the controls because for instance the basic training option in tutorials tells you what you need to do but not the key that does what you want.

Good thing that they give you a small training introduction when you start the campaign and in that case they point the keys for important actions.

Some gamers have very short attention span and this may put some people off. The other issue is regarding my out of box experience.

In my case I got 2xGTX260 in SLI. Since I read lots of stuff on Arma 2 online before buying it, I had good idea that my rig would be able to handle the game well with everything set to maximum. What I didn't know was that it would take such a big amount of tweaking.

They need to improve on the high end SLI and crossfire support for the US release. The game is not ready out of box for this and right now if you really want to set everything to maximum with really siky smooth fps you need crossfire or sli.

Anyway I think this post is a testment to my excitement. If you're looking for a tactical shooter I don't think you can go wrong with Arma 2. Do be prepared to feel a bit overwhelmed by the amount of options available but this is the price to pay if you're looking

into that tactical shooter that gives you a taste of all the array of options available to the military.

What about you guys? What are your initial opinions on Arma 2?

[maddogx 13]

Impressions thread. Use it. :)

[Swedda 10]

Link to sticky

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=74926&page=6

[jonneymendoza 10]

Yea use the official threads at the top of this forum mate. cheers

[amadieus 0]

It was a good read!

[Sniperwolf572 758]

As the others said, already existing, pinned impressions thread is here, please use it.