Is ARMA 2 better than OFP?

[celery 8]

Which game do you rather play and why?

[vasmkd 12]

OFP was fun but i missed ARMA 1 and jumped straight into ARMA2.

It runs good for me and feels like flashpoint with better graphics and many other improvements so it's definetly ARMA2.

[HyperU2 11]

Deuce. I loved OFP and ARMA but now I can't look back.

[Master gamawa 0]

Man I've got the dejavu like it's nobody's business!!!

Arma 2 is the best. Best character handling, best graphics, best sound, more intense action...

The only downside is that Arma2 is still a bit too demanding for the average pc but in one years time it's gonna play like a mofo and all y'all are gonna love it.

You know it!

[Beagle 684]

OFP was good 9 Years ago. ArmA and ArmAII offer much, much more.

ArmA II has overcome a lot of restrictions that OFP had and incorporates a lot of features that were only available in mods for OFP by default...and more.

[Rista 0]

OFP is still better IMO.

[cjph 0]

Arma 2 - though bit of an unfair question given the technological advances of the last decade I think its hard to remember the exptectation I had for OFP. If was definately a revelation when it came out and remains a classic, but play it today and you yearn for the better cover and looks of Arma 2.

OFP demolished the other military themed games at the time such as Spec Ops.

cjph

[Hitman 10]

OFP was better. But now it's so old you can't play it so your stuck to ArmA2.

[jw custom 56]

I played and loved OpF but due to rl stuff i missed ArmA 1.

I could never go back to OpF now that i've played ArmA 2 :cool:

[myshaak 0]

There is nothing "too old to play" for me, but ArmA2 is deffinetely better. I'd say OFP was better than ArmA1, but ArmA2 is much more than a polished sequel. If I were to compare both titles now then I guess the only pluses OFP would get would be for FPS (duh), for awesome story-telling, for atmosphere (somehow I like the heavy atmosphere of Cold War better than the current one)... and two bonus points for James Gastovski and for Viktor Troska :) I just can't get attached to those marines in any way...

[Zipper5 74]

OFP is the better game for me. Of course, that doesn't mean I think ArmA or ArmA II are bad.

I've had far better and far more experiences in OFP than I have in ArmA and ArmA II combined. Plus, the fact that it was the first, and most revolutionary out of the series. It introduced me to PC gaming, and I've stayed with it ever since.

Tech-wise, of course ArmA and ArmA II beat it. But in terms of all-around greatness, OFP is unbeaten. If it wasn't for the majority of the community moving on to ArmA and then ArmA II, I'd still be playing and modding for OFP. And still enjoying it as much as ever.

[Rista 0]

OFP was better. But now it's so old you can't play it so your stuck to ArmA2.

Why? :confused:

Personally I think the game has gone backwards in some areas. Controlling vehicles for instance is terrible in ARMA 2. Whenever I switch from OFP to ARMA 2, the aiming feels wrong, not sure why but it does. OFP has a much better atmosphere as well IMO. ARMA has better graphics of course but on the other hand OFP has no FPS/LOD switching/texture popping issues and honestly I'd take that over nice graphics.

[andersson 285]

Arma2 is better.

Better AI.

Better graphics (no issues on my rig).

Better features (iris-simulation, headbob, motion blur, multiple gunners, grass (+layer now in the beta patch),trackIR, scripting commands + much more).

What OFP had:

Better campaign.

Tank internals!! (Big thing for me, I havent played one single tank mission since OFP...)

It was first and made a big impact.

Edited November 5, 2009 by andersson
tank internals..

[Curry 10]

From the feel and immersion factor OFP is way ahead and with WGL it is light years ahead.

Arma 2 is the best. Best character handling, best graphics, best sound, more intense action...

You need a reality check or you never played OFP with WGL. The only point I agree with you partly are the graphics. Character and aiming handling in Arma 2 are gruesome, sounds are bugged to no end, no 3D interiors anymore for tanks and other vehicles (adds to the realism factor really...) and the fire fights in Arma 2 are nothing compared to real intense fights in OFP/WGL. The explosion effects, sounds and smoke looked way more real compared with what we have in Arma 2 now. I liked how damaged vehicles looked in WGL, in Arma 2 they look like they got whelmed with lava after destroying them.

Edited November 5, 2009 by Curry

[Joona 10]

I think OFP is better then ARMA. But after ARMA 2 was released OFP was left alone to my cupboard. I still play OFP sometimes when I get bored to ARMA 2.

[whisper 0]

ArmA2 >>> OFP

JiP

As simple as that

[Master gamawa 0]

You need a reality check or you never played OFP with WGL.

Dude, I've played OFP so much that I had to rent a house in Nogova. I almost got married there too.

BECAUSE I PLAYED SO MUCH!

No seriously. I loved OFP. I think it's the game I've spend most of my gaming time on, since I got my hands on a computer. But I have no idea what WGL is.

I still can't go back. I love the new graphics and all those little details that make Arma 2 what it is. Sure OFP was groundbreaking and all that but that was years ago...

[Armchair_Hero 10]

I liked the campaigns in OPF much better. There were much more intense and they told a better story.

But Arma 2 is on the technical part the real "successor" and offers much more possibilities.

I remember on stories when some gamers killed their own driver in OPF because he did some erratic things (to say the least ...). In Arma 2 it looks a little bit better.

[Curry 10]

...But I have no idea what WGL is...

Youtube has a few videos of it. WGL= War Games League.

[andersson 285]

OFP had WGL

Arma had ACE

Arma2 will have ACE2

ACE is WGL

[no use for a name 0]

Arma2 pretty much improves on OFP/Arma in every way...I don't see any reason not to "upgrade"; unless of course you system is on the low side and can't run Arma2 very well

[Drew 10]

The answer is Arma 2.

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Arma2 is better.

Better AI.

Better graphics (no issues on my rig).

Better features (iris-simulation, headbob, motion blur, multiple gunners, grass (+layer now in the beta patch),trackIR, scripting commands + much more).

What OFP had:

Better campaign.

Tank internals!! (Big thing for me, I havent played one single tank mission since OFP...)

It was first and made a big impact.

yes the tank missions in OFP were great, and I have to say OFP did a beter job immersing you into the combat, I actually felt like a part of a team, the terrible voices in ARMA 2 take the immersion out of it for me lol, but thats just for the campaign tho, I prefer ARMA 2 over OFP for everything else other than the campaign

[Second 0]

OFP wins:

-Microterrain

-AI... Yes i'm still upset that BIS doesn't understand how beautiful AI-routine they had when it comes to hiding and how easily it was to be toggled! Yes i have spent over multiple times 30 minutes wanting AI's assault while they infact were hiding because they thought they had something hostile infront of them (was just empty tent). And this isn't whine.

-Outlooks. Ugly but functional. Target at 200 meters was hard to see and aim at.

-Mods with large variety. LibMod is one of them. Beautiful stuff they made.

-Background story, campaign, missions. The stuff.

-Character handling, shooting that sort of thing.

-MP had some feeling. We were OFP-brothers, man. OFP-brothers.

ArmA/ArmA2 win:

-AI has nice tricks by ArmA2, like leaning and some sort MOUT behavior. I just spent several minutes (yeah that long) in ArmA2 demo watching how guys from opposing sides ran circles in open area next to village, didn't even shoot each of other. Like mental patients or retards on amok, well not amok, peace walk more like. They should have somesort "yadda-dada-daaaddddaaaa-daaaaaaaaaaa"-warscream while they shake their arms from elbows. The thing i've never liked in OFP/ArmA AI to be frank. F*cking individualists. Stick with your pals at least. Oh and they don't take cover anymore like in OFP. F*cking rookies... Oh. Almost started to whine. Ignore all the rest but first sentence. :D

-Outlooks. It sure is pretty.

-Warfar-... Oh almost made mistake. This isn't supposed to be whine list. So no warfare on list.

-Vehicles have hitboxes now, multiple gunners.

-MP was-... Sorry thought that this was whine list. Erase that.

-More scripting commands. Nothing drastically new and great for me however.

So personally OFP wins. It's not that ArmA is more advanced. It is, it just lost it's soul along with few key-features in process. Like fake titties without nibbles.

[Heatseeker 0]

There is no possible comparison.. betwean the feature set, technology, gameplay, etc.

A2 is a evolved flashpoint, with some quirks and bugs that need to be adressed.

[Flash Thunder 10]

Arma 2 once updated and patched up all the major problems and adds the little things missing like Interfaces for vehicles, Javelin etc it will be the "Ultimate Military Simulator"