I have tried Arma 3 and I have to admit it's better than A2 but it should have been released in 2015. The amount of content in A3 compared to A2 is pathetic. Few guns, few vehicles incomplete campaign. It's like developers slightly updated the same 15 year old engine AGAIN and left the game to the modders. We can all agree that Arma has became AAA franchise. For 60$ I would expect the game to have as good campaign as OFP resistance, CWC or even better. It seems that campaign is an afterthought for them. For me campaign is always the main part of the game. All those good memories from OFP came from Cold war crysis and Resistance campaigns, which I loved. Yes playing with a clan with ace and acre is fun but campaign means a lot to me. I also miss good music composed for OFP. In Arma 3 it just isn't as good.
Yes I am happy about all those improvements. But reload animations and physics came in 2013 and still they aren't perfect :D Infantry control is so much smoother and so much better. I love stances, speed paces and gun control. Stock sounds are also better than A2.
But still it's the same ancient engine. Character interaction with enviroment isn't good- rocks glitching. Crashing a car or truck in a wall feels pretty much the same as it did 13 years ago. Physics suck.
The world feels dead except for underwater which is cool but could have been better. Few animals, no wind, weather effects aren't dramatic enough. Far Cry 2 from 2007 had some amazing dynamic weather. Still no, proper get in animations. I would expect Far Cry 3 first person get in animations. Building destruction sucks. You open doors with your mind not your hands.
Don't get me wrong I don't hate on the game. I just wish it was perfect, maybe I shouldn't compare it to multi-milion games such as Battlefield or Far Cry. But I want that fluidity, objects interacting as they should, proper animations, destruction. Maybe it's not the developers, maybe it's the engine. Maybe the only way is to create a new one from scratch which is quite expensive. Atleast it's not as buggy as A2 was at launch. A2 is a way more ambitious game though.
I always liked Arma for what it is. I am the old OFP vet but I am tired of this old game feeling Arma 3 gives me.
I want good campaign, with good story and good sountrack, I want the world to feel real like in Battlefield or Far Cry, I want cars to drive and feel heavy and meaty sliding around and digging like in Far Cry 3. I want animations to be as good as BF4 ones, I want destruction from Frostbite, Weather with strong wind and even storms, big waves in the sea I just want it to be perfect. In short it needs OFP campaign, Far Cry 3 animations (burning grass would be nice :D), BF4 destruction, AC4 weather and overhauled driving and collision physics.
Either my expectations are too high or I am spoiled by some game engines :D