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  2. Posted

    I give it 7/10...

    (For perspective I gave CWC 8/10 and Arma 2 campaign 8/10)

    Pros:

    Great game engine - infantry play is a pleasure

    Great environment

    Mostly great voice acting

    Cons:

    Main drawback: Superweird AI - it seems to me there is a poor balance of enemy soldiers daftly standing around waiting for their cue (are they poorly trained?), and then raising their weapon and sniping you like a god from half a mile away without even moving (are they super Samurai ninja SAS??)...? (Even on Regular)

    Story and continuity is a little clunky - I think the action starts way too suddenly at the start, and I'm unsure about the frequent 'returning to base and having briefings' thing.

    Story and wider context is alien to us - we need a few more clues as to what's going on! CWC, for example, was pretty obvious as we are all familiar with Cold War context. I don't know the real political situation going on here. I know that can be some kind of narrative arc, but I'd like something to think about in the meantime.

    But all in all, I enjoyed it very much. I think my issues with it can mostly be ironed out, which would make it fantastic.

  3. Posted

    I have also found this mission impossible, with 20+ reverts...

    I think I have an even rougher deal in that my auto-save that I revert to has all my squad progressing in slow-walking-alert mode - so if I am anywhere near them, they just all get killed by the 'random' arty...

    The closest I have got to completing this mission sees me running around the hills like some kind of Benny Hill sketch...

  5. Posted

    Interesting.

    But wasn't there a BI announcement recently that hinted at opening up modding etc. licences a bit to allow some kind of revenue sharing? Who knows, this might develop into a successful extension of Arma3.

    The Kickstarter model has proven very successful, and I for one would lay down some cash to a mod project that looks like it's going to be awesome (and actually deliver).

  8. Posted

    LOL. Nail. On. The. Head.

    I wonder if we can find any more like this.

    Aliens watching Russians on bicycles...

    Prostitutes commanding an army of giant robots and Tumblers...

  11. Posted

    Holy mother of awesome!

    Looks fantastic. I nearly cried.

    I'm well into RC tanks myself. I've got myself about 8 of those 1/16th Tamiya beasts.

    Hooben make an amazing 1/16th T-55, been on my wishlist for a while. You've definitely inspired me to give it the FIA treatment if I ever get it.

  12. Posted

    Whatever anyone's political position, I do wish people would stop being so immature about it.

    Here in Bristol a bunch of 'alternatives' (ie. middle class hippies with First World Problems) threw a street party to celebrate her death, with the ulterior motive of kicking off with the police - eventually leading to a riot, hospitalising a policemen and preventing me from going to the pub.

    All because an old lady died!

  13. Posted

    That ticket is amazing.

    Some dude goes like "There's a reason why there are so few female soldiers and most are in the support roles away from frontlines - like being less fit compared to men due to lower muscle mass which is human physio-"

    "ZOMG u sexist misogynist bastard why you hate women we need equality, we need feminism!" - most of that is posted by males no less. Why is this happening? DayZ + the ability to undress your avatar attracting people from skyrim nexus? Why is this not happening to even stuff like CoD or BF?

    If anything this ticket seems to be a perfect response to all those people "zomg we need to bring more people into ArmA, make it accessible". Well here you go. Be happy now.

    I voted for 3rd option in this poll (e.g. don't care) but now I'm strongly against.

    For me, the reason why the ticket is amazing is the absurd amount of embarrassingly childish remarks from immature boys who are resisting the idea for no good reason. Just look at the tags.

    This is pathetic. Why are emotions running so high on this one? It really needn't be so complicated.

  14. Posted

    I do like the hand steering animation, but I know what you're saying. I guess it would be too much to ask for full-blown 900 degree hand animations. Although that would be amazing.

    Yes, I'd settle for an option to switch between the two.

  15. Posted

    Without getting too deep in technicalities or gender politics;

    I think it would be brilliant to have at least a few fully capable females in Arma 3. Dare I say this is the (middle of the) 21st Century. Right now female rights are getting all kinds of footholds in all industries - and military affairs are right up there. Google it.

    And, in terms of gaming audiences and commercial interests this makes perfect sense too. DayZ has actually succeeded in drawing many real-life female gamers to the Armaverse. Which is brilliant. I don't remember seeing a single female in our community since the Operation Flashpoint days...so why don't we at least recognise they exist and might enjoy playing Arma 3 as the gender they actually are?

    And, I want to see how it feels to fight alongside women. To fight against women too. There's no reason why BI can't give this a shot. If it's done well it could easily be used as a social experiment to see how males (pretty much all of us, right?) actually respond to seeing women in combat (some studies show that men act protectively etc.)

    And one more thing.

    If there's a single game studio in the world that's capable of including females in a completely gender-balanced, non-sexualised equal-opportunities way, it's Bohemia Interactive. So, come on. I'm still waiting to see a decent female character that isn't based on boobs and hips. :D

  16. Posted

    Wow, I'm impressed at your willingness for such a gesture and also that you seem to have already indulged in everyones' alternative ideas for supporting BIS!

    But, I don't think your money going direct to BIS will make a huge difference. They will make plenty from just game sales, and just look at how much DayZ has raked in!

    Considering what I assume is your passion for Arma - the game, the community, etc - I'd say you should find ways to invest in community mod/addon projects, open groups, servers etc.

    Potentially your money could support quality, creative modding to make Arma bigger and more creative than it's ever been.

    How about:

    Running your own mod competition with a cash prize?

    Commissioning your own mod?

    Buying/renting all manner of internet service/space for Arma file hosting, servers, websites etc?

    Paying someone else to do any of the above on your behalf?

  17. Posted

    Hey fellas, I've been working on this programme for a whole year and it's finally airing! If you're in the UK it's starts on Sunday at 9pm BBC2. I did all the text graphics.

    It's a really good series, ya'll should try and catch it (it'll be airing internationally too).

  24. Posted

    I do think this is set ambitiously far in the future, but I am very appreciative of the modest technology. Just look at Blops 2: set much nearer the present day and with totally stupid AT-AT Walkers plodding around town. Seeing as the game is set in a fairly degraded and isolated location, there should only be hints of the latest technology. Just go visit some little mountain village and tell me that augmented reality and 3D printers are just spewing out of the windows! BI don't even need to design a futuristic civilian car...if they just take a 2012 design and make it look old and rusty, i'd believe it would be parked outside a farmhouse in 20 years time.

    And who knows, BI have probably added lots of new technologies that they don't want to reveal yet. Probably things that won't even be revealed until halfway through the game.

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