I have played and was a great fan of Operation Flashpoint (OF) so I was expecting great things from Armed Assault (AA) but I was sorely disappointed. In a first person shooter you need great movement control with the mouse and keyboard. AA does a poor job of it! Just trying to navigate the simple obstacle course in training camp was like pulling teeth! Your movement controls are conventional but the latency between stopping your character and the character actually stopping is abysmal! In many cases it can take up to 4 seconds for your character to stop! This is terrible! Before each mission you have to sit through a cut-scene that you can't abort so if you have to replay a mission you have to sit through the same cut scene over and over again. Poor. The sound effects are almost the exact same as OF if not identical! Driving the Hummer around sounds like an electric golf cart! When your squad members talk over the radio the audio is pieced together from short sound clips that sound different. In one mission I was targeting an enemy and he walked right into a brick wall and disappeared! Go back and play Operation Flashpoint and steer clear of this dud!
Pros: Hmm. I'm thinking.
Cons: Extreme latency on control inputs Poor sound effects Graphics set at maximum will tax even the most robust systems Graphics are merely ok even at maximum Unable to stop cut scenes from playing Buggy Poor collision detection
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