ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead discussion thread

[andromedagalaxe 10]

Thankfully I couldn't get past the bad translation far enough for spoilers.

From what I did read, sounds like the typical BIS review, played the campaign, found some bugs, give it a 7/10. Most of us are not paying attention to reviews of BIS products anymore because they don't understand what these games are about.

[SEALVI 10]

The screen shots are too small. WTF?

[gossamersolid 155]

yeah that review was pretty crap. Didn't see anything about the editor and it didn't go in depth with the multiplayer (meat and potatoes for me).

This review sounds similar to A2 ones, but I still love and play A2 more than any other game anyways :)

[Mafia101 0]

Another review: http://www.doupe.cz/Doupecz/Recenze-ArmA-2-Operation-Arrowhead--poustni-boure/Naskocte-rovnou-do-akce/sc-108-sr-1-a-138195-ch-132162/default.aspx

[SEALVI 10]

Another review: http://www.doupe.cz/Doupecz/Recenze-ArmA-2-Operation-Arrowhead--poustni-boure/Naskocte-rovnou-do-akce/sc-108-sr-1-a-138195-ch-132162/default.aspx

Nice screen shots. I love the IR laser pic.c

[AnimalMother92 10]

I think I'm really gonna enjoy having IR lasers. Looks lovely

[enad 11]

Yeah it really looks awesome.

I'm DYING for OA! Where the hell is the demo!?!?

[Fox '09 14]

we're hiding it from you....

serious though, If the game has gone gold...... why not have a demo?

[noubernou 77]

we're hiding it from you....

serious though' date=' If the game has gone gold...... why not have a demo?[/quote']

Who cares, IMO not having a demo is a good thing. The demo for ArmA2 is off an ancient build which doesn't reflect the current way the game plays at all.

Demos work for other games where after release its pretty static, but we all know that lots of things get fixed after release, or added, or whatever. Having a demo is a drawback because peoples first experiences with the game will not reflect what it is really like.

[sparks50 0]

I'm guessing it takes some work and time to make a demo too.

They never made a second demo of Arma 1, even though there was a big need for it, because according to them self it would take too much resources.

Edited June 22, 2010 by sparks50

[SEALVI 10]

Demos work for other games where after release its pretty static, but we all know that lots of things get fixed after release, or added, or whatever. Having a demo is a drawback because peoples first experiences with the game will not reflect what it is really like.

Somehow I think you fail to realize the gigantic disclaimer on every demo that reads "This demo does not reflect the final product."

And actually, the ArmA 2 demo got me through the month (after the international release of ArmA 2) it took for NA publishers to ship copies around Canada and the US. If it wasn't for that demo, I would have canceled my preorder.

I'm guessing it takes some work and time to make a demo too.

They never made a second demo of Arma 1, even though there was a big need for it, because according to themself it would take too much resources.

If we ever see a demo prior to OA's release date, it will be the preview build all the gaming news companies got to preview a couple of months back.

Edited June 22, 2010 by SEALVI

[AnimalMother92 10]

The new loading screens look pretty awesome:

http://www.doupe.cz/uploadedfiles/653415489.jpg

http://www.doupe.cz/uploadedfiles/111210745.jpg

and even the main menu:

http://www.doupe.cz/uploadedfiles/713738807.jpg

[enad 11]

Wow that looks awesome! :)

[^Th0mas^ 10]

Excuse me, but why the hell arent we getting some english/american reviews from this game? I dont want these foreign onces!

[thasundancekid 10]

Dont get me wrong, i love arma and it looks great! But i think the colors are to dull, they look like something from an old WWII movie ->

I know its not the same gamtype and blah blah, but i think mirrors edge´s colors and sunlight would look much better (and more natrual) on arma

Edited June 22, 2010 by ThaSundancekid

[Max255 59]

Just noticed the "Expaniosns" section in main menu... Also the "All missions" button at bottom right... Wonder what are they hiding.

[Richey79 10]

Would be fun in a team-deathmatch. One team has the lee enfield, the other has the hightech-scar-super-flir weapon thingy. I would be rootin for the lee enfield team

Sounds just like the only enjoyable Dragon Rising multiplayer map, but done properly. Make conditions foggy, set it at night, give the grossly-outnumbered American spec-ops some SCUDs to destroy... . Sounds pretty awesome.

Looks like Bis are including some nicer red-dot sights this time around: http://www.doupe.cz/uploadedfiles/259511490.jpg

[AnimalMother92 10]

;1655920']Just noticed the "Expaniosns" section in main menu... Also the "All missions" button at bottom right... Wonder what are they hiding.

Good catch, I wonder what's up with that..

Also we can see the build # is 1.52.71608 whereas Arma 2 is at 1.05.71548 (as of the latest beta). So I guess that really does make it Arma 2 and a half :p

[Placebo 28]

Excuse me, but why the hell arent we getting some english/american reviews from this game? I dont want these foreign onces!

The reviews aren't "foreign" to our Czech and Slovak fans, the world doesn't revolve around just you......

[eJay 1]

Wow, it's nice to see some positive reviews from Czech and Slovakian sites. They bashed ArmA 2 vanilla when it was released. Surely, Arrowhead is better ;)

[Alex72 1]

Dont get me wrong, i love arma and it looks great! But i think the colors are to dull, they look like something from an old WWII movie...

The colors in OA works the same way as in ARMA2. You can configure it as you want. Even dynamicly during a mission you can have the colors change. Standard OA is very colorful and clear so theres no reason to get sad. ;)

[P226 0]

Looks like Bis are including some nicer red-dot sights this time around: http://www.doupe.cz/uploadedfiles/259511490.jpg

Looks like the same to me:

http://www.doupe.cz/uploadedfiles/471043959.jpg

The laser does not feel "real". But well maybe that is the screenshot's quality!

[BlackLord 0]

Yeah the laser doesn't look too good it's just a thin nontransparent green line but effects were never the strong side of ArmA.

http://www.imaging1.com/images/AN_PVS-7_NVG_GEN_3_with_Infrared_Laser_illuminator_aimer.gif

[jonneymendoza 10]

Wow, it's nice to see some positive reviews from Czech and Slovakian sites. They bashed ArmA 2 vanilla when it was released. Surely, Arrowhead is better ;)

yOU GOT A LINK TO THE REVIEWS?

[Zipper5 74]

Dont get me wrong, i love arma and it looks great! But i think the colors are to dull, they look like something from an old WWII movie ->

I know its not the same gamtype and blah blah, but i think mirrors edge´s colors and sunlight would look much better (and more natrual) on arma

Well, it's obvious from the screenshots that BIS are still using the same color correction scripting they used in Arma 2. Basically that means it's still possible to make OA look however you want using the ppEffectEnable, ppEffectAdjust and ppEffectCommit commands. ;)

Here's how they did the "Movie Night" and "Film Grain" Modules:

"colorCorrections" ppEffectEnable true;
"colorCorrections" ppEffectAdjust [1, 1.2, -0.00, [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0], [0.6, 0.6, 1.0, 0.4],  [0.199, 0.587, 0.114, 0.0]];
"colorCorrections" ppEffectCommit 0;
"filmGrain" ppEffectEnable true;
"filmGrain" ppEffectAdjust [0.02, 1, 1, 0.1, 1, false];
"filmGrain" ppEffectCommit 0;