CDN_DirtNapDonor

Ex-Battlefield2 fan. I'll voice my opinions for your perusal: #1 Battlefield2 is all about unrealistic and hindered, focused objective gameplay punctuated by what can be classified as "Arcadish, Bonzai-style head-on conflicts with a quick respawn time to lessen the impact of the consequences of the players actions." #2 Graphics were way off the chart for its time. Gameplay was balanced only in the unforgiving damage stats that each weapon held e.g.: You don't fly high in a chopper because you get taken out by anti-aircraft fire; stay low, use the terrain as your cover, expose yourself only for the kill. #3 The Battlefield2 community ruined their own game via rushing, corporate-generated nerfing, inability to develop skill in using the armament available. (My poor beloved BF2 ) #4 I totally dug OFP. At the time, I couldn't afford a "real" computer so my experience was pretty lame. I believe you can have graphics, plus gameplay and not have to sacrifice quality in either; of course this necessitates better hardware. Sad, but hey, it's gaming, you have to have the latest tech or the newest victim. Tee hee. #5 If I am not mistaken I do recall saying way back that waiting for ARMA for another two years "Would absolutely kill its appeal" and "Your fans and the community will likely switch their focus to something newer," -in light of the recent actions of EA towards their customers with in-game Adware, how they nerfed by beloved BF2, how the BF2 community turned into "childish, non-skilled, rushing-style [noob] infested" people, I now see a little clearer. Judging by the previews and press on ARMA, I can see it tightening its grasp on the tactical wargame niche and politely squeezing the life out of %98 of other games. #6 Everytime I used to login to a Battlefield2 server, I would hope like a little kid does while waiting for a special Christmas toy, that the teams and gameplay on that particular server would be more tactical. That players would perform recon, that others would performa defense etc. etc. Everytime disappointed. Everytime irritated that such an awesome engine could be used for such utter...lameness. (I know, I'm simple, I can't believe I thought that everytime, I feel rather dumb right now, I can tell you that.) #7 I bought BF2+Spec Ops+Armored Fury twice over. For two gaming computers. I bought two new computers (for buddies to drop by and frag with me on) that cost alot of cash, just to play BF2. Then I saw the steady decline of the wargame, and an increase in the Counterstrike'ness of BF2. I'm 29yrs old, I don't want railstyle shoot em up, I want my tactical!!! Like OFP with better graphics and smarter AI!!! But just b/c I was in Battlefield2 while no other tactical games were out there please don't classify me [or others like me] who wanted graphics as "non-adults" or "BF2 people" because we were simply looking for something that turned out to be nothing like they said it WOULD be. #8 Judging from the looks of the previews, I'll drop my cash on this as soon as I can physically get my hands on it. [i like the box, not the download version -unless the download version you get a boxed shipped to you as well? LOL] Maybe even twice. #9 Judging from the looks of the previews I would positively LOVE this engine in a WWII type of setting for these reasons: -Massive battles -Destructible environments (kudos on that man. Holy grail I'm tellin you! -Good balance between AI/Graphics/Physics!!! -Huge environment. Maybe it's just me but, I ain't tired of WWII because nobody has really done it well enough to get tired of it. I'm tired of modern day stuff because nobody can get it right, even on todays tech! Looking forward to this game with extreme excitement.