Is anyone going to play Arma 2 Free?

I was looking for a good online shooter and came across Arma 2 Free. It's getting released sometime later this month. I was just wondering if anyone plans on playing it?

Also if you've played Arma 2 before can you tell me your thoughts on the game.

Thanks,

MusicMazter

No HD graphics = no play. ArmA II looks terrible as it's today.. NerubianWeaver

This, i may give a try, but unless the gameplay is much imrpoved which i doubt it is, i will not play much

No HD graphics = no play. ArmA II looks terrible as it's today.. NerubianWeaver

Arma looks far from terrible.

[QUOTE="NerubianWeaver"]No HD graphics = no play. ArmA II looks terrible as it's today.. agpickle

Arma looks far from terrible.

Have you seen the environment and the character models? They look very bland compared to games nowdays. Another one point to consider is the horrible optimization even with the latest patch.NerubianWeaver

Considering the scale and complexity of the game, I think it looks excellent. Better than most games, in fact.

[QUOTE="NerubianWeaver"]

Have you seen the environment and the character models? They look very bland compared to games nowdays. Another one point to consider is the horrible optimization even with the latest patch.agpickle

Considering the scale and complexity of the game, I think it looks excellent. Better than most games, in fact.

[QUOTE="agpickle"]

[QUOTE="NerubianWeaver"]

Have you seen the environment and the character models? They look very bland compared to games nowdays. Another one point to consider is the horrible optimization even with the latest patch.NerubianWeaver

Considering the scale and complexity of the game, I think it looks excellent. Better than most games, in fact.

[QUOTE="agpickle"]

[QUOTE="NerubianWeaver"]

Have you seen the environment and the character models? They look very bland compared to games nowdays. Another one point to consider is the horrible optimization even with the latest patch.NerubianWeaver

Considering the scale and complexity of the game, I think it looks excellent. Better than most games, in fact.

the screen shots are what it looks like in game. In game it looks even better. Normal settings, 20-25fps, the problem is your computer/settings

Are people losing their damn minds?

"ArmA II looks bad"

"If the gameplay is not improved, no I wont play it"

Wow folks, I am looking forward to it, specifically because it will make the community larger, which might make it easier for someone a little more casual (such as myself) to get into the game.

Are people losing their damn minds?

"ArmA II looks bad"

"If the gameplay is not improved, no I wont play it"

Wow folks, I am looking forward to it, specifically because it will make the community larger, which might make it easier for someone a little more casual (such as myself) to get into the game.

mrbojangles25

Honestly, I didn't put much time into ArmA 2 because I thought the gameplay could use a lot of improving. Overall it felt far less fluid than OFP, despite being much more recent and capable. Where OFP came across as innovative and refreshing, ArmA 2 came across as cringe-inducing. It's really poorly optimized too, with lots of icky input lag. :PKHAndAnime

Input lag? SIMULATOR BRO! Theres lag on a real battlefield all the time gawl!!!

the game itself looks exactly like those screen shots. So i dont know what your talking about. Going into a forest in this game is by far a million times more realistic than Battlefield or call of duty . It actually looks and feels like a real farmland. I know so many places outside my city that looks exactly like this. Almost identical. Go to your nearest lake forest and then go play Arma 2 editor mode and look at chenaurusand you wont notice much difference from tha to real life. theyve captured a very realistic landscape so much better than any other game ive ever played. Company of heroes does a pretty good job on realistic environments.

When i first walked throughthe chenerus forest, i was shocked athow realistic it was and how right it felt over any other game ive efer played that has a forest. No other game has ever created a forest environment like Arma 2 has done. But i agree the textures on the people arent 2011 . But the environment itself more than makes up for the lack of textures on peoples faces and bla bla bla. The game itself feels like your walking through real country towns and thats all i care about.

The people that think the graphics in this game are crap, should get thier eyes checked. BUT, i do agree with you that the performance is crap. However in the editor mode the performance is fine. Arma 2 is the Most underrated game of all time. HOWEVER i completey agree with the performance issues. They should of focused on performance over graphics and the game would of been so much better.

but then look at grand theft auto 4 on PC, that also ran like a pile of sht tooon alot of mid-high end systems.Even starcraft 2 has soem wierd performanceissues on Mid range systems.But thats no excuse, If I pay for the game and the recommended specs meets my computer specs, i expect much better performance than what is in Arma 2 or Arma for that matter. At least on low -medium settings.