ArmA: Combat Operations (Armed Assault)

[JiF]Rhykin · Post by **[JiF]Rhykin** » Wed Feb 28, 2007 7:40 pm

Armed Assault aims to replicate the realism of combat in a highly intense, brand new campaign, all of which takes place on islands that may measure up to 400 square kilometers (about 250 sq. miles): four times larger than the islands of Everon and Malden featured in Operation Flashpoint.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/768/768324p1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Assault

It looks like it's going to be a very nice game. Huge, very destructible, realistic and multiplayer. That's the way I like them

[JiF]Dandyman · Post by **[JiF]Dandyman** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 4:43 pm

Downloading the demo now.

[JiF]Dandyman · Post by **[JiF]Dandyman** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 1:40 pm

Haven't had a chance to play the demo yet, but this has me drooling. (Edit: I should add that even the trailers are for a mature audience. I definitely will not be playing this game with my kids in my lap.)

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[JiF][AARP]Grimp · Post by **[JiF][AARP]Grimp** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:41 pm

I'll give it a shot.

[JiF][AARP]Tissueman · Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:46 pm

I've downloaded the demo, but haven't tried it yet. I'll do it some time this weekend and post my thoughts on it.

[JiF]Stepovich · Post by **[JiF]Stepovich** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:04 pm

Good god, what are the computer requirements going to be for this monster??

[JiF][AARP]Grimp · Post by **[JiF][AARP]Grimp** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:09 pm

II. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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In order to install and play the ArmA Demo, your system must meet
or exceed the following minimum system requirements:

Operating system: Windows XP with latest service pack installed, DirectX 9.0c August 2006 edition (included with demo), OpenAL (included with demo)
CPU: Intel Core/Pentium 4/AMD Athlon 2 GHz or equivalent (3 GHz recommended)
RAM: 512 MB (1 GB Recommended)
Video Card: 128MB DirectX compliant video card, Pixel shader 2.0 and above, only Ati and Nvidia chipsets are supported (256 MB of memory recommended)
Sound Card: OpenAL compatible (full OpenAL hardware acceleration capable card recommended)
Hard Drive space: 2 GB of free space is required to install and play the demo
Internet connection: 256kbit Cable/DSL connection

[JiF][AARP]Tissueman · Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:31 pm

So far I've had to think too much. I never see the bad guys. I might have to read some instructions.

[JiF]LtWaterboy · Post by **[JiF]LtWaterboy** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:32 pm

I just tried it out..

boy is it bad...

this is not slang - I really mean that this game is bad!!!!

dont waste your time with it.

LT

ps. already uninstalled it.

[JiF]AlbieDamned · Post by **[JiF]AlbieDamned** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:26 pm

I just tried it out. I'm not sure yet. Looks like it has a lot of potential to me. Lots of tactical options, lot of realism. However it definitely seems to have a learning curve.

[JiF][AARP]Grimp · Post by **[JiF][AARP]Grimp** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 7:10 pm

Oh crap, learning curve, reading instructions

I dunno if I can handle that.

[JiF]ALargeWoodenBadger · Sat Apr 28, 2007 9:34 pm

Learning Curve!? Getting marked on the curve was one thing...

[JiF][AARP]Grimp · Post by **[JiF][AARP]Grimp** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:34 pm

It looks like Flash Point.
I take my guys and run 2.36 KM and die. Then do it again and again. I guess I don't get it

(BDU)opcenter · Post by **(BDU)opcenter** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:02 am

I tried it a while ago and was not impressed at all. To start, the graphics are pretty crappy for the ridiculous hardware requirements. More importantly, the gameplay SUCKS. They have a lot of work to do it on it before it would be worth spending time on.

[JiF][AARP]Grimp · Post by **[JiF][AARP]Grimp** » Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:04 am

From the little time I spent with it I think it could might be okay. The graphics seem a little strange. Vehicles kept flashing between rusty and broken looking to normal looking. Dunno what that was about. Had two dead soldiers that were zombie hopping which was strange. I had one of my AI squad members wounded and he just kept crawling around trying to follow. I should have put him our of his pain

Take away the AI, read the instructions, ignore some strange graphic stuff and just maybe it would be fun.
It had a definate Americas Army/Flash Point feel. There were too many things I just did not understand how to do or you actually can't. Like the map screen. Seems like you should be able to do stuff there, but I did not get it.
Anyway it hinted at some potential for a slower paced tactical squad based fun.