Arma 3 worth buying?

Already seen what the game's about, im just being sure if it's worth my money and if its a great game.. last game i pre-ordered was diablo 3..... so i learned a lesson from it

There are only a few vehicles and weapons in the alpha and only 3 official missions, however the in game editor and modding means you can make or download an almost never ending supply of all of those things. So yes, if you like any of the previous OFP or Arma games, then its worth it.

They have made a lot of improvments over Arma 2, the physics still need a bit of work but they are already better than in Arma 2 and the movement just feels so smooth now. I am happy with my purchase, its a great improvement overall and its only going to get better.

Absolutely! The game is already far far better than it's elder and it's damn well better than any other shooter you can name so yeah, it's well worth the price.

Game will turn then into beta and then retail as time passes , when i purchase it? Just wondering, never bought an alpha stage game

Game will turn then into beta and then retail as time passes , when i purchase it? Just wondering, never bought an alpha stage game

danygo1996

If you buy now, you just get it $20 or so cheaper and then you get access to the alpha and beta and are able to help out by reporting bugs and such. Hopefully with all the people reporting we'll get a relatively smooth launch when the game is finally "finished".

I think i'm going to buy it too. Any of you with similar PC builds to mine know how well it'll run for me? I've got a GTX 460 1GB, 16GB ram and an i5 2500 Intel cpu. I also play at 1080p but i don't have to max it out (which i know i never can these days with games).

I really want to try out Arma 3 so hopefully it's playable for me.

if you played games like Red orchestra 2 and like it, you will like Arma 3.

I think I'll get it at some point.

Enjoyed Arma 2.

I think I'll get it at some point.

Enjoyed Arma 2.

crippledmachine

its in beta now so getting it later is usually a great idea.

I think i'm going to buy it too. Any of you with similar PC builds to mine know how well it'll run for me? I've got a GTX 460 1GB, 16GB ram and an i5 2500 Intel cpu. I also play at 1080p but i don't have to max it out (which i know i never can these days with games).

I really want to try out Arma 3 so hopefully it's playable for me.

BattleSpectre

Give me your steam ID and ill give you Arma 3 Alpha Lite. Im not sure what limitations are in Alpha lite but it will at least give you some idea.

Nah just get or stick with call of duty. I'm tired of all these new clones trying to do it better or something a little different with their twist and fail. I'm so bored of all these bad shallow games. I'll just stick with call of dutyBieberfan147

Arma III is a COD clone? :lol:

Nah just get or stick with call of duty. I'm tired of all these new clones trying to do it better or something a little different with their twist and fail. I'm so bored of all these bad shallow games. I'll just stick with call of dutyBieberfan147

[QUOTE="BattleSpectre"]

I think i'm going to buy it too. Any of you with similar PC builds to mine know how well it'll run for me? I've got a GTX 460 1GB, 16GB ram and an i5 2500 Intel cpu. I also play at 1080p but i don't have to max it out (which i know i never can these days with games).

I really want to try out Arma 3 so hopefully it's playable for me.

pelvist

Give me your steam ID and ill give you Arma 3 Alpha Lite. Im not sure what limitations are in Alpha lite but it will at least give you some idea.

Nah just get or stick with call of duty. I'm tired of all these new clones trying to do it better or something a little different with their twist and fail. I'm so bored of all these bad shallow games. I'll just stick with call of dutyBieberfan147

Don't give this low life the satisfaction of a real response, report him. This is a troll account, every one of his posts are like this.

Nah just get or stick with call of duty. I'm tired of all these new clones trying to do it better or something a little different with their twist and fail. I'm so bored of all these bad shallow games. I'll just stick with call of dutyBieberfan147

Arma and Call of Duty are two completely different style of games. 

Yes, definatly worth buying.

Nah just get or stick with call of duty. I'm tired of all these new clones trying to do it better or something a little different with their twist and fail. I'm so bored of all these bad shallow games. I'll just stick with call of dutyBieberfan147

GO back to system wars, COD and ARMA are nothing alike.

Stop feeding the troll, sigh.

I want someone to create a civilian vehicle terrorist blowing up simulator! I love blowing up that cilvlian vehicle at the start of the driving mission. But Iam abit of a noob to create one myself.

[QUOTE="Bieberfan147"]Nah just get or stick with call of duty. I'm tired of all these new clones trying to do it better or something a little different with their twist and fail. I'm so bored of all these bad shallow games. I'll just stick with call of dutykozzy1234

GO back to system wars, COD and ARMA are nothing alike.

He's an obvious troll, especially with a username like that :lol:

[QUOTE="Bieberfan147"]Nah just get or stick with call of duty. I'm tired of all these new clones trying to do it better or something a little different with their twist and fail. I'm so bored of all these bad shallow games. I'll just stick with call of dutyvfibsux

Don't give this low life the satisfaction of a real response, report him. This is a troll account, every one of his posts are like this.

Yes, definatly worth buying.

kozzy1234

Hope you have a good PC, I get 20fps in the alpha.

Hope you have a good PC, I get 20fps in the alpha.

kraken2109

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Hope you have a good PC, I get 20fps in the alpha.

C_Rule

[QUOTE="kraken2109"]

Hope you have a good PC, I get 20fps in the alpha.

C_Rule

Loving it so far. you all should buy it

If you think paying a developer to be an unofficial play tester for their game is a good idea, I've honestly lost a lot of faith in this industry and in humanity in general.SKaREO

If you think paying a developer to be an unofficial play tester for their game is a good idea, I've honestly lost a lot of faith in this industry and in humanity in general.SKaREO

[QUOTE="SKaREO"]If you think paying a developer to be an unofficial play tester for their game is a good idea, I've honestly lost a lot of faith in this industry and in humanity in general.ultraking

[QUOTE="ultraking"][QUOTE="SKaREO"]If you think paying a developer to be an unofficial play tester for their game is a good idea, I've honestly lost a lot of faith in this industry and in humanity in general.SKaREO

[QUOTE="SKaREO"][QUOTE="ultraking"]I don't mind. I mean I got the game for like $30. gives me alpha, beta, and full game. looks like a win for me.ultraking

Maxed out I get between 30-60FPS, the key is to lower visibility.

Maxed out I get between 30-60FPS, the key is to lower visibility.

mitu123

No, the key is lower OBJECT visibility. Lowering total visible range gives you an ugly fog in the distance. I'd max VIEW distance by default, or at leasty set it to 10000. Then play with your object visibility to find your sweet spot for frame rates. I'm running it 12000 View distance, and 3500 Object distance on my PC (3770K @ 4.2 Ghz, 16 Gb RAM, and GTX 480). 

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

Maxed out I get between 30-60FPS, the key is to lower visibility.

psn8214

No, the key is lower OBJECT visibility. Lowering total visible range gives you an ugly fog in the distance. I'd max VIEW distance by default, or at leasty set it to 10000. Then play with your object visibility to find your sweet spot for frame rates. I'm running it 12000 View distance, and 3500 Object distance on my PC (3770K @ 4.2 Ghz, 16 Gb RAM, and GTX 480). 

What's your framerate at?Elann2008

40~60 at all times. Some microstuttering with PiP and other things, but those are known issues judging by what people are saying on the Arma 3 forums. I'm playing at 1080p btw.

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

Maxed out I get between 30-60FPS, the key is to lower visibility.

psn8214

No, the key is lower OBJECT visibility. Lowering total visible range gives you an ugly fog in the distance. I'd max VIEW distance by default, or at leasty set it to 10000. Then play with your object visibility to find your sweet spot for frame rates. I'm running it 12000 View distance, and 3500 Object distance on my PC (3770K @ 4.2 Ghz, 16 Gb RAM, and GTX 480). 

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

Maxed out I get between 30-60FPS, the key is to lower visibility.

psn8214

No, the key is lower OBJECT visibility. Lowering total visible range gives you an ugly fog in the distance. I'd max VIEW distance by default, or at leasty set it to 10000. Then play with your object visibility to find your sweet spot for frame rates. I'm running it 12000 View distance, and 3500 Object distance on my PC (3770K @ 4.2 Ghz, 16 Gb RAM, and GTX 480). 

I forgot to mention that, lol.mitu123

I mean, you're not necessarily wrong. It's just that in my experience, I don't take much of a frames hit maxing actual view distance. It seems like the object view distance (which makes sense) is the primary killer of frames when you're playing with those two settings, and limiting overall view distance just looks plain ugly sometimes, especially when flying jets or helicopters. Better to max view then find an optimal object view distance for your specific GPU. 

True, but does lowering the object visibility include other players.enemies?PernicioEnigma

It does, but lowering overall view distance limits view of these as well, and as I noted prior, I found that frames were limited by object view distance, not overall view distance (i.e. I found pushing object distance to 4000 or above resulted in generally poor frames, but increasing overall view distance to values at or beyond that didn't really make my frames any better or worse. Thus, it follows that one might max view distance as its effects on frames are minimal). Obviously this may vary per GPU. I'm using a GTX 480 and my processor is pretty damn good as well, so mileage may vary based on hardware.