ARMA or Flashpoint?

jomni · June 04, 2012, 08:57:42 PM

I don't like ARMA mutliplayer because so much time is wasted travelling to where the action is. Once you get to the fight, you die quickly if not careful.

I have the ARMA X Anniversay Pack which I liked a lot. It's got OFP, ARMA, ARMA2 with all the expansions and some bonus content. It's ARMA heaven.

DV8 · June 05, 2012, 05:13:30 AM

My copy of ArmA 2: Combined Operations arrives today but I will be out of town until Friday. :'(

MIGMaster · June 05, 2012, 01:08:11 PM

I still have PTSD from playing CoD4 on the Wragmer server. I'm getting better, but it's going take time.

LongBlade · June 05, 2012, 01:10:34 PM

Quote from: MIGMaster on June 05, 2012, 01:08:11 PM
I still have PTSD from playing CoD4 on the Wragmer server. I'm getting better, but it's going take time.

It wasn't that bad!

MIGMaster · June 05, 2012, 01:16:25 PM

Yeah, sure it wasn't - how many times did you knife me ;) I think I lost count!

LongBlade · June 05, 2012, 01:28:11 PM

Quote from: MIGMaster on June 05, 2012, 01:16:25 PM
Yeah, sure it wasn't - how many times did you knife me ;) I think I lost count!

I was young and I needed the gold pieces.

MIGMaster · June 06, 2012, 06:37:39 AM

Then there were guys who could dodge bullets in a Matrix-like way - Deadskin appeared to be impossible to hit

Shelldrake · June 06, 2012, 06:43:58 AM

Quote from: MIGMaster on June 05, 2012, 01:08:11 PM
I still have PTSD from playing CoD4 on the Wragmer server. I'm getting better, but it's going take time.

Those were great times! I didn't even mind when I blew myself up (several times) with my own grenade. :)

ComradeP · June 06, 2012, 07:13:13 AM

In terms of single-player missions, I think the original ArmA is inferior to the original Operation Flashpoint. The AI had silly advantages in spotting that meant AI troops could snipe you in the middle of the night without night vision goggles. I quit playing after a couple of missions.

ArmA 2 is supposedly better, but I haven't played it. I haven't played the newest Operation Flashpoint titles either.

Gusington · June 06, 2012, 09:42:36 AM

OT: Quick note that I just changed 'AMRA' in the thread title to 'ARMA'.

DV8 · June 16, 2012, 08:52:47 AM

OK, so I have several hours into ARMA and the biggest lessons thus far are stay down and move cautiously. The learning curve is very step but rewarding once you figure things out. I prefer to run lone wolf so I'm not bothered with squad commands.

TheCommandTent · June 16, 2012, 08:55:34 AM

Quote from: DV8 on June 16, 2012, 08:52:47 AM
OK, so I have several hours into ARMA and the biggest lessons thus far are stay down and move cautiously. The learning curve is very step but rewarding once you figure things out. I prefer to run lone wolf so I'm not bothered with squad commands.

It is quite fun when you figure it out!

Right now I am stuck I think in one of the last missions where I have to lead some units of militia to take back some towns. I have not got the hang of commanding that many troops, they all keep dying. I can't do it lone wolf style because there are just to many enemy units.

DV8 · June 16, 2012, 09:14:57 AM

I've been playing mostly with a AI LAN game. It's much more free form that the campaign mode. I vote the AI as commander.

W8taminute · June 16, 2012, 11:26:45 AM

^Have you had any success saving the LAN game to resume at a later time? When I tried this mode last year it took 12 minutes for the save file to load. Once back into the game, I would experience a 50% CTDesktop rate. I'm hoping that you have met with success?

DV8 · June 16, 2012, 08:08:59 PM

Truthfully my ADHD has prevented me from continuing a saved game. ;)