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 | Arma 2 - Operation Arrowhead |
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Product Description
Three years after the conflict in Chernarus, portrayed in the original ArmA II, a new flashpoint in the Green Sea region heats up and coalition forces led by the US Army are sent to Takistan to quickly restore peace and prevent future civilian causalities.Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #4314 in Video Games
- Brand: Meridian4
- Model: GAPCA2OAUS01
- Released on: 2010-06-29
- ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
- Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
- Format: CD-ROM
- Dimensions: .35 pounds
Features
- Detachable backpacks with equipment, advanced weapon optics, material penetration modeling, remote real-time simulation of Unmanned Arial Vehicles (UAV), freedom of decision and repercussive actions
- New story campaign for both single player and multiplayer gameplay. Wide range of new tutorials, single scenarios and multiplayer modes
- Three brand new Central Asia-style large maps including expansive urban, desert and mountainous terrain featuring a fully destructible and interactive environment
- Multiple factions for all sides including US Army, United Nations, Takistani Army and Guerrillas making a collection of 300+ new units, weapons and vehicles
- Fully integrates with the original Arma II for unmatched warfare simulation
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Do you want something more realistic than this game?. Just join the ARMY.
I been following the game
ARMA since the beginning and I bought it through Amazon.For my personal
opinion, Bohemia Interactive still have the Legacy of Operation
Flashpoint and I have no doubt about this after to be playing theirs
MilSims for years.
This Company created serious Military Sims for
several Armed Forces through the World, including the US. That means,
they are focused in the development of a game which recreate with
realism how is to be close to a real war, where the tactics are the key
to achieve objectives and the common run and gun behavior in so popular
games doesn't work in Operation Arrowhead, as like in a real war.
Some
of the characteristics which OA have and the another Shooters doesn't:
a)
Immersive environment: Operation Arrowhead is closely inspired on the
current Events on the Middle East wars and you will hear NPC's speaking
in Arabic, doing daily activities like walking on the streets, talking
with themselves, driving cars or motorcycles. Also they react positively
or negatively depending how you gain their "hearts and minds". For
example if during a mission on a village accidentally you kill
civilians, the community there will not provide you the necessary intel
for the following missions Walking in the desert or on the streets you
can almost feel the heat of the environment. This is the kind of reality
which the average FPS's doesn't provide it.
b) Replayability:
Operation Arrowhead have a total replayability and this is because the
lack of tight linear scripts, let the gamer to use different strategies
during the missions on the campaign.
Also the powerful Mission
Editor let you create any mission with just a couple of mouse clicks .
c)
Graphics: The myth of a ubercomputer required to play it is is not so
true, because the game let you configure the graphics according to your
hardware capacity. However if you are lucky enough to have a powerful
computer, you will appreciate the high end graphics configuration
capable to create an almost photo-realistic environment, highly detailed
objects and terrains without "invisible walls" or narrow corridors.
d)
Multiple games in just one Box: Arma games series, including Operation
Arrowhead is the Swiss Army knife of the games, because include tank
simulator,flight simulator ( and yes, you can use a joystick), FPS,
strategy game, RPG, free roaming and sandbox with very huge maps. By
this way for example you can ride in a helicopter, flight to a village
in the middle of the desert get out, talk with the people there, enter
to a house and then take a car to ride back, like you do in games like
Grand Theft Auto series,or you can control entires armies in real time
like you do in C&C.
The combinations are almost infinite.
e)
DLC for everyone and full support from the developers: Thanks to the
big community related with Arma games and the open code which Bohemia
Interactive provided to the gamers, we have the possibility to expand
even more the capacity of the game by adding new campaigns, missions,
libraries (vehicles, soldiers, weapons), maps and sounds. This
downloadable contents are ALL FREE and the skilled members are
continuously adding more and more features. Also if you have the basic
programming knowledge, you can create you own mods, missions and then
post or use it on the game.
f) Multi-players with dedicated
servers: The game can be played in single or multi player. The last
option let you enjoy on different communities focused in tactical games,
where the strategy, the planning and the coordination is the key to
achieve successfully missions as like cooperative of full multi-player.
On
cooperative, the online players have to beat risky missions working
like a professional team against non scripted NPC's and on full
multi-players, the gamers have to challenge another humans using
military tactics. So if you are going to go running and bouncing like an
headless chicken, you probably will be killed after just 5 minutes of
game, also you don't have health pack or endless rounds of ammo. The
bullets are affected by the physics laws and the enemies thankfully
doesn't have Superman sight (Did you hear "Sniper Ghost Warrior"?).
I
recognize Operation Arrowhead and Arma series is not for everyone, is
for serious gamers who likes military stuff and are tired of unlimited
spawning enemies, narrow maps, zero re-playability and a very linear
script witch don't let the gamer the needed freedom, also bombastic
cinematographic effects but nonsense reality.
This is the
kind of game which you will discover more and more features and become
one of your favorites for several years to come.
Personally I
give it the score of five stars.
ARMA2
Operation Arrowhead
Not a run and gun game, but
it is by far one of the best games requiring teamwork and strategy to
achieve victory.
Best military sim out
there.
First off the only way to
properly enjoy this game is to have a powerful machine. This isn't some
made for PlayStation ported over to PC kiddie game. This is a true PC
game. That being said, there is a high learning curve to this game but
once learned the rewards outweight the learning process. If you run
through the boot camp first, you shouldn't have any problems as they
walk you through everything you will need to know. This game is backed
by a superb company that seems to offer a high level of support. The
game is totally moddable which means there is a massive online community
and an endless supply of mods and custom missions.
If you are
tiring of the flinch trigger run and gun games like Modern Warfare or
Bad Company series, this is for you. If you love the flinch trigger FPS
you may not be ready for the ARMA series. I myself was tired of getting a
ported over game that required many more months worth of patching with
limited support. I had downloaded the demo for ARMA2: OA and within a
week I purchased it and never looked back.
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