Hi guys, prospective purchaser here.

[polecat.uk 11]

youtube has lots of vids of coop play

[sn0b0ard 10]

The game is very playable, anyone who says its not playable at all either has a crap computer or is just being silly imo.

The game is awesome, highly reccomended, but then again I LOVED Operation Flashpoint, and you seem to have hated it so I donno.

The game has awesome user made missions, great realistic gameplay, nice graphics, good sound, fun online and a decent campaign. Love the game personally.

Jumping to conclusions about the performance issues is a bit harsh. Just because you personally don't have any performance issues, doesn't mean that a lot of other people don't. You are basically saying that my computer is crap, or I am acting silly because I have performance issues with ArmA II. Thanks a lot. Check my signature... My computer is not top end by any means, but it's more than adequate, and it is above the recommended specs. I don't think it's too much to ask for 30+ FPS in cities...

[kozzy420 21]

Jumping to conclusions about the performance issues is a bit harsh. Just because you personally don't have any performance issues, doesn't mean that a lot of other people don't. You are basically saying that my computer is crap, or I am acting silly because I have performance issues with ArmA II. Thanks a lot. Check my signature... My computer is not top end by any means, but it's more than adequate, and it is above the recommended specs. I don't think it's too much to ask for 30+ FPS in cities...

I gave my opinion based on me playing the game on 5 computers, I relize that some have issues with the game while others dont. The game is not optimized that great, but its worked and was PLAYABLE on every computer I tried it on (Yes it ran worse then I expected on a few of those computers, same as you.. they are good PCs but just didnt run at that great of FPS like I thought they would ahve.. but the game WAS PLAYABLE).

Even if you have issues with the game its still not UNPLAYABLE. You might get low FPS but it IS PLAYABLE. There are no game ending problems in ARMA2 from my experience. If you are having issues in the cities then that sucks, in my experience the game is awesome and I stated MY OPINION, deal with it.

"The game is very playable, anyone who says its not playable at all either has a crap computer or is just being silly imo."

^^ That is what I said, meaning people who say ITS NOT PLAYABLE AT ALL (see how I said NOT PLAYABLE AT ALL??) are lying. I didnt say there are NO problems what so ever, what I said was that if people tell you the game doesnt work or is NOT PLAYABLE AT ALL, then thats complete BS. Ive tried the game on low end PC's up to High end pcs, with NO ground breaking issues. Yes it has small issues and some people have more problems then others. But Ill say it again.. The game is NOT "UNPLAYABLE". I stick by that 100%, of course some people are going to have issues while others are not and I relize that, what I dont liek is when trolls come on the forum and say the game is completly UNPLAYABLE with tons of GAMEBREAKING ISSUES.

One of my friends gets 15-20 FPS on LOW and thats it, he admits the game has issues, but never once has he said ITS COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE or has gamebreaking issues. Yes it could be more stable but there is nothing UNPLAYABLE about ARMA2 imo.

Im sorry you dont get 30+ FPS in cities, that must suck alot, especially with the PC you have, as its definatly not a bad computer by anymeans. I wasnt saying that anyone who has any issues with ARMA2 has a trashy computer, I was saying that people who say its completely unplayable are either being very silly or have bad computers and are trying to play the game with settings to high (I relize that people with good computers can have issues with some games, lord knows my PC doesnt like COD:WAW for some reason, but can run Crysis, Empire Total War and ARMA2 well). The last thing I was trying to do was bash you or anyone else who owns a good computer and ARMA2 and has dissapointing FPS. Was just saying that dispite it running at dissapointing FPS on a few PCs I tried, it was still very playable.

Edited September 13, 2009 by kozzy420

[THEBLITZ6794 10]

the campaign sucks but thats the main problem. get into a huge batallion sized battle and it shines.

[sn0b0ard 10]

I gave my opinion based on me playing the game on 5 computers, I relize that some have issues with the game while others dont. The game is not optimized that great, but its worked and was PLAYABLE on every computer I tried it on (Yes it ran worse then I expected on a few of those computers, same as you.. they are good PCs but just didnt run at that great of FPS like I thought they would ahve.. but the game WAS PLAYABLE).

Even if you have issues with the game its still not UNPLAYABLE. You might get low FPS but it IS PLAYABLE. There are no game ending problems in ARMA2 from my experience. If you are having issues in the cities then that sucks, in my experience the game is awesome and I stated MY OPINION, deal with it.

"The game is very playable, anyone who says its not playable at all either has a crap computer or is just being silly imo."

^^ That is what I said, meaning people who say ITS NOT PLAYABLE AT ALL (see how I said NOT PLAYABLE AT ALL??) are lying. I didnt say there are NO problems what so ever, what I said was that if people tell you the game doesnt work or is NOT PLAYABLE AT ALL, then thats complete BS. Ive tried the game on low end PC's up to High end pcs, with NO ground breaking issues. Yes it has small issues and some people have more problems then others. But Ill say it again.. The game is NOT "UNPLAYABLE". I stick by that 100%, of course some people are going to have issues while others are not and I relize that, what I dont liek is when trolls come on the forum and say the game is completly UNPLAYABLE with tons of GAMEBREAKING ISSUES.

One of my friends gets 15-20 FPS on LOW and thats it, he admits the game has issues, but never once has he said ITS COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE or has gamebreaking issues. Yes it could be more stable but there is nothing UNPLAYABLE about ARMA2 imo.

Im sorry you dont get 30+ FPS in cities, that must suck alot, especially with the PC you have, as its definatly not a bad computer by anymeans. I wasnt saying that anyone who has any issues with ARMA2 has a trashy computer, I was saying that people who say its completely unplayable are either being very silly or have bad computers and are trying to play the game with settings to high (I relize that people with good computers can have issues with some games, lord knows my PC doesnt like COD:WAW for some reason, but can run Crysis, Empire Total War and ARMA2 well). The last thing I was trying to do was bash you or anyone else who owns a good computer and ARMA2 and has dissapointing FPS. Was just saying that dispite it running at dissapointing FPS on a few PCs I tried, it was still very playable.

Ok, thanks for the reply. I now understand your position. I didn't quite understand initially that you were referring to people saying that the game is completely unplayable. Thankfully, I am not one of those people. I can play most of the game fine; however, I do experience some bad FPS loss in certain areas (battles in cities, harvest red mission), but it was playable enough to where I could continue on with the campaign. With all that being said though, we are in dire need of a new patch, and I am hoping that the next patch will fix the performance issues.

[THEBLITZ6794 10]

its playable alright, just unfinished (not that thats a bad thing if its gonna be patched imo because we can still have fun with it).

[Flaxpants 10]

I purchased Arma2 about 2 months ago, having never experienced a MilSim before. I've played CoD, GRAW etc, etc,..., in fact I've got hundreds of games, pc & console. My problem with most games is that I get bored pretty quickly (5-6 hours), probably 95% of the games I own I've never 'finished' (more of that later). I am always looking for as near as possible to the 'totally immersive' experience as possible (it's on a monitor so it can only go so far). I have found it in this game, though I hesitate to use the word 'game' for Arma2. For me it is like the biggest toybox you could ever imagine, when I sit down to play Arma2 I'm never really sure what I'll end up doing with it. Sometimes I'll be on a mission with a squad of troops under my command, othertimes I'll be practicing freefall drop-bombing on enemy targets, or maybe I'll choose a lone special forces soldier on some dangerous night mission into enemy territory. The point is that this game is only limited by your imagination, and regardless of what some others may say, with a little bit of effort with the editor you can go a long way.

If I had read the forums before purchasing the game I may have been worried about the number of bugs I was hearing about. I can honestly say that I have never been bothered by any of the bugs that I have ever encountered, in a funny way they sometimes add to the experience- I may get slated for saying that, but for me it's true (when's the next patch out?).

Another reason to buy this game is the modding community and the fantastic work that they do, the Arma2 experience can only get better and better.

IMHO, Arma2 is not a game. It is a world full of military toys that you can do/play/experiment with as you wish. You are never quite sure what to expect next with Arma2, and for me that's half the beauty of it. I have not played any other games since buying Arma2, I cannot envisage getting bored with it.

[Jaenus 10]

Just don't give the playing up after seing a single bug. ;)

Don't give up playing after seeing 100 bugs is more like it.

Bottom line the bugs really hurt the game, but I'm still playing... so that says it all really.

(AND, lucky for us, the bugs are slowly going away! :D)