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They did exactly the same with OFP? You can argue that they had a big name like Codemasters but truth-be-told CM did shit-all in terms of properly advertising the game. Personally, I think BIS was stolen from by them in that regard. On the subject of Codemasters, you have Dragon Rising. Codemasters are a big name company and are known throughout the gaming community, though not always for the best reasons to say the least. They have oodles of cash to use in marketing and making DR, plus, many previews have said they're trying to make it more appealing to the mainstream. Frankly I really hate that, as OFP and ArmA have always not been mainstream and that's what I love about them. But when appealing to the mainstream you advertise #&%$ing everywhere! Which is what CM have been doing for DR. ArmA II, on the other hand, is sticking to its roots and is not trying to be mainstream. Most non-mainstream games have very little PR and that's for a good reason. They only want to appeal to those searching for it. Most people I've shown ArmA and OFP to just laugh at it and call it boring as hell and hard, but these are people who think Battlefield and Call of Duty are some of the best brand-names ever, so its to be expected. BIS found its market when it released OFP, and it knows it has a guaranteed market in that area, so they're appealing mostly to that area. You're saying BIS are not business savvy? I'd say they're very business savvy. Plus, I have always liked BIS' method of PR anyways.

I'm guessing you don't read the first page of threads, do you? :rolleyes:

Is it just me or is it really obvious that he has a warez copy and we're helping him get it working? :confused:

505 Games press release on ArmAHolic. I actually like that pack shot. A lot. For some reason, it actually reminds me of the original OFP: CWC one. Seems like a logical progression, in some way.

I don't have that issue at all. :confused: Very nice to see an update for this. There's one issue that's been there for a while that I would love to be fixed, however. The HUD in the Hind is not aligned with the actual target reticule of ArmA. Where you aim with the Hind's HUD is not where you will actually hit. You hit to the left of it. Here's a screenshot to show you what I mean:

You must be one of a small minority at the moment as it's getting rave reviews. I laughed many times and really enjoyed it myself.

It's already been shown in many ArmA II previews. And, you know, reloading while moving is actually quite a hard task to accomplish in reality.

It was very awesome. *** SPOILER BELOW *** Highlight white text to reveal I especially loved it when Enterprise came out of the misty-like substance of the planet's ring. Watching the orange mist float off of the ship was incredibly eye pleasing.

Maybe someone would be so kind as to upload the Combat Operations campaign file? Provided that doesn't go against any rules or anything.

You and Ptolemaios are the ones sounding like broken records. :j:

If I recall correctly, the -nomap command does not work with ArmA.

What's happening to you, PoorOldSpike, is part of the game. Only mods will disable it or change it. If you're reviewing the game I doubt you want to play it with anything other than stock. So don't change anything. There's nothing you can do about it unless you modify ArmA.

Wow, I never knew the US version had a completely different way of telling the story. I'd have liked to have seen that. I hated the way it was done in the other versions.

Wow, how are people saying it's not the successor to OFP? :confused: Perhaps it's just some rebellious folk.

I really don't understand peoples' issues with the pistols. I've never had an issue with them and I don't see what's wrong with them. :confused: Perhaps some people are far too nit-picky.

As arigram pointed out it's from the press kit. Download the evolution of the RealVirtuality engine to see it, amongst other things.

I saw it yesterday. It was fantastic. Highly recommend it to everyone, even if you're not a Star Trek fan, like I am.

Much more impressive than the difference between OFP and DR, I think. ;)

One of gaming's most profitable demographics are Americans. They make a hell of a lot of money from sales in America. By putting the "heroes" of the story as Americans, sales will more-than-likely increase. Frankly, the American Armed Forces have some pretty awesome weaponry that I love to use to blow shit up such as the AC-130 in CoD4. I don't have any issue with BIS making their campaign from an American perspective. Plus, Universal, it's a bit late in production for them to change it. Besides, it's almost guaranteed someone in the community will make a Russian campaign.

It sucks, all these non-English previews are online and free, but the English ones are in magazines that we have to buy and may have little access to. :p Hopefully someone will be so kind to scan it for us.

No, it doesn't. No music plays when you install Queen's Gambit. It only plays when you install default ArmA. If you right click on the DVD and select "Explore", you'll find it under "Data" -> "setup.wav". It's very quiet and low quality compared to the one in OFP:E.

"Show me your happy face." :D That was pretty awesome, Placebo. :p

Lol, well I have a GTX 280, so I'm ok. :p Really, the requirements say anything above a 8800 GT is recommended. Those are really cheap now adays.

The similarities between those two photos, Deadfast, are actually very scary.

It's from OFP: Elite. It's one of the new tracks that were added to it from the original. The only way to get hold of it is to get a hold of a copy of OFP:E, or you can open your ArmA DVD and take out the MUCH lower quality version that you hear in the installation of ArmA.