pvt_ryan

I'll go ahead and respond to the thread first, so there's not a tl;dr situation, but I'm going to assume that like me the OP is coming from other FPS games on the market that are more "accessible". My view is to let games inhabit their niche- let COD and BF (with BF3 at least) make their sacrifices to appeal to a wider audience, and let ArmA be something else. I guess at some point it's part of every prestigious video game series to be "whored" out for money by a big publisher like Activision or EA, but appreciate ArmA for the fact that it isn't mainstream yet, and therefore such a decline (if that is what the future holds for ArmA at all) is far down the road. The bottom line is what someone else already said here: there's countless "accessible" FPS's on the market, and more dedicated simulation games like ArmA are much fewer and farther between. Based on what I've already seen regarding ArmA 3, they're making the game more accessible through a long tutorial series and simpler controls; someone who I think must have been one of the BIS staff did say appealing to a wider audience was a goal for them in ArmA 3, but then he went on to predictably assure us that wouldn't mean a watering down of the game. Greetings everyone! I saw in the rules that one is not supposed to make an introduction thread, so since this is my first post I guess I'll just introduce myself here. I bet some of you are probably cringing at my generic name, but anyway... let me first say that I have no previous experience with ArmA or any of the other games in the series, and I also have no military background. That said, I have been interested in guns for a while now (mostly just through amateur research), and I have been playing FPS's for a while, and I'm ready for something more. I loved Bad Company 2 (I'm sure mentioning the Battlefield series here is like mentioning COD in BF forums though), and I thought BF3 might take that next step in terms of depth, scale, and realism, but at this point it doesn't look like that's the case unfortunately, though I'll definitely still enjoy BF3 for casual gaming. Anyway, I've heard many people mention ArmA as the premier realistic military game, and ArmA 3 looks amazing from what I've seen, so I thought I'd check it out. I know my opinions count for very little having never played an ArmA game once in my life, but this forum community looks mature and like a good place for me to continue my general interest in firearms and video games. So... hello, and sorry for the really long post!