FP : DR - News & Discussion

[walker 0]

Hi all

I said it long ago in this very thread: Codemasters are just Whoring the Brand; a publisher acting like a cheap pimp.

With 3 epic fail projects already and this one looking the same.

I think they have little future.

Their best hope is that some one buys them up. Maybe BIS will.

Regards walker

[Zipper5 74]

Oh dear, the PCG Podcast doesn't sound good at all...:j:

I require intricate detail!

Or a link to somewhere I can listen to it myself. :D

[vasmkd 12]

Their best hope is that some one buys them up. Maybe BIS will.

Regards walker

that's one way of getting the name back ;)

[NoRailgunner 0]

Walker - please prove your theory. ;)

Guess that Codemasters are overall making more profit with all of their mainstream games than BIS + publishers with ArmA/Arma2. There are three big publishers who could be much more interested in CM's portfolio than BIS developers.

Anyway, most people are patient+clever enough and will wait till the DR demo is released. Only CM/DR devotee's are buying this game without doubts.

[j5surferdude 10]

Ive got to stop reading that comparison thread its killing my brain. Why do they flat out ignore every good point about ARMA? That BF Bad Company clone is not going to come anywhere close to ARMA 2 in scale, realism, community, anything. And Viiiper..... What a joke.

I honestly think when its released and plays like a BF game, everyone will defend that, and start saying that realism doesnt equal fun, the balance of realism/arcade is better etc... Anything to try and push the fact ARMA2 is easily the most impressive military simulation on the market. Period.

The mod love there is just.... strange. Dedication to Helios threads every few pages, with 10 plus pages of people saying "thank you helios for lying to us about a console demo, about MP sizes, about MP map sizes, about a true free roam game, about number of weapons, vehicles, about coop tether's, about numerous other failures in the game". Strange people for sure.

Sorry it just really irritates me because i already know that people on the consoles are going to get this game, and think its the pinnacle of realism, realize its pretty average, and not want to play a "realistic" military game again. All without trying ARMA2.

Thats the funniest thing i've read all day because its so true.

I have to admit that I have already pre-ordered the game for PC, mainly

because its cheaper that way and I didnt want to be caught out if it

is good and have to pay the full price. It is hard to get enthused about

the game when you go through their forums however. Especially as I

learnt today about the forced 2x2km max playable area for multiplayer.

In my heart of hearts I still hope that this game is good and has some

magic to it that makes it playable - some real competition wouldnt be a

bad thing! The pessimist inside me thinks :rolleyes:

[bangtail 0]

Don't forget Skira is very empty too. Havent seen anything larger than a farm yet, people are raving about how DR's CQB is going to be better, but if there are no built up areas, how do you CQB?

This is a limitation of A2 as well but at least we have cities (even if you can't enter all the buildings). All I have seen in DR is barns and small houses with scripted "door kicking".

Another point that someone else made is the sheer number of objects available in the A2 editor. I don't believe DR will have anything close to this.

Eth

Edited September 20, 2009 by BangTail

[BronzeEagle 2]

oct. 6th, the release date has been set, and i get paid three days before that. excellente. its going to have a mission editor. the bad part is, its nothing like the BIS mission editor and does not look user friendly at ALL, and as far as community goes. its going to be hard getting updates when theres no forum for the damn game. at least none that i can find.

[Deadfast 43]

What the? :eek:

[BronzeEagle 2]

looks like my reverse psychology has worked. thanks.

[echo1 0]

What the? :eek:

I sincerely feel sorry for that guy.

[fincuan 0]

I sincerely feel sorry for that guy.

Oh my... That thread was one of the most pathetic things I've seen in a while. :)

In defense of the mods it must be said that they've now closed it.

[interox 10]

I sincerely feel sorry for that guy.

"I can borrow an xbox360 to review on that" Made me chuckle.:)

[Praelium 0]

Not to mention that if he did get a game, he would be very biased towards making it look good.

[fincuan 0]

Man that place is a real Comedy Central. Remember to check the DR vs. Arma comparison thread while it's still there. Good stuff

[Wildgoose 1]

What gets me is its constantly been marketed as the true successor to OFP1?

Well lets compare it to that then, apart from the obviously improved graphics....where has it improved apon the original OFP?

Cant be the multiplayer can it? OFP1=32v32 easily and CO-OP 64+ with dont know how many Ai

Whole island usable for any of the missions created in the inbuilt editor.....

Ok it may well be a bit less buggy....but give me the BIS bugs any day, rather than a castrated glossy console game.

[walker 0]

What gets me is its constantly been marketed as the true successor to OFP1?..

Hi all

Like I said Wildgoose

In marketing it is called "Whoring the brand". The problem is it acts like an STD and infects the whole publishing company, Codemasters seem to be getting themselves a name for producing bad titles.

Kind regards walker

Edited September 21, 2009 by walker

[bangtail 0]

What gets me is its constantly been marketed as the true successor to OFP1?

Same here - If it hadn't been marketed as OFP 2, I would probably be a little more accepting of it.

Eth

[Rahul 10]

Expecting equal fairness fairness for each side.

[Hans Ludwig 0]

you heard it.. cuz hans wrote up this ridiculous comparison charr, opfpdr wins hands down over arma 2... woot.. noone cares, we dont compare games we compare name to old name

Unfortunately this troll dont even know the name of the game he is a fanboi for...

hint to morons, there is no such thing as OPFP2

I never said I made this "chart." If you read the bloody link you would know this. I was just trying to start a conversation of how are we the original OFP/Arma community supposed to counter argue some of those statemetns?

[White_Hat 0]

@99% here

Superiority complex refers to a subconscious neurotic mechanism of compensation developed by the individual as a result of feelings of inferiority.

[max power 21]

@99% here

Superiority complex refers to a subconscious neurotic mechanism of compensation developed by the individual as a result of feelings of inferiority.

Wow. How scientific Freuds theories were, what, with their post hoc hypotheses and scientifically debunked methods. How fitting too, that someone would log on to the internet to mass-insult people using them. Perhaps you are a card carrying, tithe paying doctorate in psychodynamic theory?

Edited September 21, 2009 by Max Power

[Planck 1]

White_Hat knows how to copy paste most of the first paragraph from a Wiki page on the subject anyway, so his/her copy-pasting skills are top notch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority_complex

Planck

[Thunderbird 0]

White_hat,

The ongoing discussions are not so psychological oriented as you try to make them sound. they are no more no less than the result of some humble analysis of what have been shown so far in terms of 'Media' files regarding the subject in question.

Regards,

TB

[bogdanm 0]

Superiority complex refers to a subconscious neurotic mechanism of compensation developed by the individual as a result of feelings of inferiority.

So what was the purpose of your post? To say that BI supporters have an superiority complex? Well guess what, what you see here is also happening on CM forums but with reversed roles. So your smart-ass comment will bite you no matter which side you pick.

[dm 9]

Please dont feed the troll, this thread has been doing reasonably well recently...