Cat in the Hat
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This is bad new for mechespace said:
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Official ArmA 2 Thread of DOGCHUTES RGR
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Agent Ironside
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Ok so im in the US and bought one of those keys from g2play for 20 bucks, worked perfectly.
Well anyways, as for the game, WOW, the first thing I did was a scenario mission, wasnt apart of the full SP game, just side things you can train on, etc. Well anyways, I had to turn the headbob down first, makin me sick, I liked it, but it was just too much, now I still have it, just not as much. Ok, first things first, the dynamic mission structure is amazing, the same mission over and over again revealed differences each time, one time I had chopper help, next time I didnt, one time I had help from random US soldiers that werent there the first, second, or third time, I mean this game is random, Im not to up to date on the tech they are using, but im assuming that depending on whats in the area and that certain time, determines what, if any kind of help you can get. The visuals in some parts rival Crysis, when you are on the aircraft carrier especially, its really close to Crysis quality, then other parts arnt really even close to Crysism, just depends, but regardless, for a open world it is amazing what they have done here.
Performance wise, im on a decent system and im able to run it on High-Very High around 30-50 fps @ 1680x1050
System specs:
GTX 260 core 216
q6600 @ 3.6
4gb DDR2 1066
So anyways, I might post some screens in a bit.
Well anyways, as for the game, WOW, the first thing I did was a scenario mission, wasnt apart of the full SP game, just side things you can train on, etc. Well anyways, I had to turn the headbob down first, makin me sick, I liked it, but it was just too much, now I still have it, just not as much. Ok, first things first, the dynamic mission structure is amazing, the same mission over and over again revealed differences each time, one time I had chopper help, next time I didnt, one time I had help from random US soldiers that werent there the first, second, or third time, I mean this game is random, Im not to up to date on the tech they are using, but im assuming that depending on whats in the area and that certain time, determines what, if any kind of help you can get. The visuals in some parts rival Crysis, when you are on the aircraft carrier especially, its really close to Crysis quality, then other parts arnt really even close to Crysism, just depends, but regardless, for a open world it is amazing what they have done here.
Performance wise, im on a decent system and im able to run it on High-Very High around 30-50 fps @ 1680x1050
System specs:
GTX 260 core 216
q6600 @ 3.6
4gb DDR2 1066
So anyways, I might post some screens in a bit.
Anton Sugar
Member
chespace said:
Apparently there is an issue with SLI/Crossfire. Only way some got SLI working was by renaming the exe to something like crysis.exe and running in XP mode: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=75363&page=2
Crossfire, similar situation: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=75362
Give that a shot.
Mr. Snrub said:
WHAT ARE YOU FUCKING WITH ME?
edit: wow, that thread is all sorts of crazy. I'm definitely going to try this tonight. It never occured to me that I might not be using both GPUs. It's been so long since a game has given me trouble like that.
Agent Ironside
Member
OH wow, started the single player campaign, I. love. this. game.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
MickeyKnox
Member
Worst one yet.LovingSteam said:
Joseph Merrick
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I'm having trouble with the mission Razor Two. I've followed 5 different leads and they've all been dead ends. I read about Akula not really spawning so I didn't bother chasing him when I got the 20 minute message. Does arriving at his destination trigger something, even if you're not supposed to find him? Haven't found any war crime evidence so far.
Chespace, do you find yourself switching between first and third-person a lot? I mostly play in first-person but I switch between the two fairly often. Both views look great and offer very different but equally useful perspectives on your surroundings.
Just walking/running around the environment is hugely immersive, especially in first-person. Something as relatively simple as taking a helicopter ride and being dropped off into a clearing, and then trudging through a forest with your pals, staying low and trying not to be spotted while looking for a specific target - it has a much more realistic and tense feel to it than in any game I've played.
Just walking/running around the environment is hugely immersive, especially in first-person. Something as relatively simple as taking a helicopter ride and being dropped off into a clearing, and then trudging through a forest with your pals, staying low and trying not to be spotted while looking for a specific target - it has a much more realistic and tense feel to it than in any game I've played.
Anton Sugar
Member
chespace said:
Yeah, it's so weird, apparently the America's Army game has this issue of renaming the .exe to enable certain features, too. I don't get it.
Forsete said:
Apparently its been a bit of both...half of ArmA players say its amazing AI, the others say its dumb, cheats, etc. There've been some interesting vids posted on youtube, testing the AI. Some are favorable, some aren't.
Zenith said:
Well, not all of those were confirmed as true. I think it was a bit half/half--the German version was released earlier than the rest, and maybe they had time to clean up all those bugs.
Mr. Snrub said:
The problem is bug-related, IMO. When the A.I. actually works, it can be incredibly impressive, both teammate and A.I. Their movement and their individual decision-making is remarkable at times, to the point that it can actually be pretty freaky due to the atmosphere the rest of the game achieves. They're very careful about the shots they take, so you can pretty much hear every individual bullet, and they're also excellent at suppressive fire. Being in a prone position and hearing a shot ring out and hit a tree right above your head will give you a jolt.
The issue is that sometimes your teammates will do stupid shit like get caught in the scenery, or simply decide they'd rather no longer move for no particular reason, or ignore your specific orders. Or an enemy A.I. will have no idea you're there even when you're practically on top of him. I chalk these up to bugs rather than true deficiencies in the A.I. because it doesn't happen all the time, and the A.I. has shown quite a few glimpses of brilliance.
Anton Sugar
Member
Big-E said:
There are a couple in the OP. I'll add them as I see them.
Agent Ironside
Member
bigswords said:
Well the first mission you have to make it to a small village at night, there is some traveling at first, but its tense because this game is totally random and enemys can be anywhere at anytime, ive failed missions assuming it would go a certain way (played to much of COD) :lol I wouldnt say its an easy game to get into, its different, controls are a little complex, but it pays to have patients, and boy does it pay.
Anton Sugar
Member
This "Warfare" mode sounds awesome, and apparently is in the demo:
As suspected, the demo feels janky as fuck. They gave the options UI a facelift but t's still a tremendous pain in the ass to remap the controls (since just about everything is bound, and you can't easily unbind everything, so everything you change has a conflict...and it's not very fast to address them). Numerous major bugs, game seems strangely choppy at 30+, shooting feels ancient, controls remain extremely unintuitive.
Will give the demo another chance, but yeah, no sale, especially not at full price. Maybe at $20 + a bunch of patches and available mods w/ a dx11 video card if I warm up to it.
Will give the demo another chance, but yeah, no sale, especially not at full price. Maybe at $20 + a bunch of patches and available mods w/ a dx11 video card if I warm up to it.
Anton Sugar
Member
EviLore said:
Demo != Full product?
Original ArmA demo was awful, still not playable for a lot of people.
EviLore said:
I expect mods will fix the UI, which is indeed quite a disaster at the moment. Not sure if it's even possible to remap backspace turning off your order menus. Feels like I'm having to move my hand from the mouse too often to do various things, which isn't good.
The game's certainly bug-ridden and not everyone will be able to get past that, but I've had enough cool moments with it that the potential is easy to see. I think your rig should be running it pretty nicely, though. You should check arma2.cfg and see if the render values match the resolution - the fillrate stuff can sometimes be inaccurate through the menu and it's a heavy toll on performance.
Anton Sugar
Member
EviLore said:
Sorry, my initial readthrough of your post looked like you didn't like how the demo was performing and were basing your "buy" decision on the demo. Seems like you don't like the general feel of the game. Fair enough, it's not for everyone.
Fallout-NL
Member
Mr. Snrub said:
What the fuck is the point of a demo if not to base your 'buy' decision on.
Anton Sugar
Member
Fallout-NL said:
Well, I already know I'm buying it. Demo would just be nice to play around in. Demos don't make or break a game, in my opinion, and I don't see why anyone else would think so.
Anton Sugar
Member
dorkimoe said:
Both, it seems?
So anything new in multiplayer? Is Capture The Island still in it, and does it work? Nothing beats waiting one hour in some city in a perfect ambush position just to shoot an RPG in someone's APC while he's tagging the town :lol. And you just know it took him at least 20 minutes to reach the goddamn town.
Anton Sugar
Member
TheExodu5 said:
Because a demo isn't always an accurate representation. Many companies have released sub par, boring, and/or glitchy demos, where the full product was much better.
I'm just saying, I base my decision more on impressions, reviews, feedback, etc., rather than a 20-30 minute gameplay slice.
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
Darklord said:
Several reasons.
-Recoil mechanic. Feels artificial/binary. And "hold breath" seems to mainly act as a zoom, which is pretty strange.
-Muzzle flash/smoke is visually archaic, and bullets contacting surfaces barely registers anything at all, just the same tiny puff of smoke/dirt on the ground (same whether it's paved or soil) and nothing even happens with most other surfaces.
-No ricochets.
-No bullet drop that I could discern.
-No proper reload animations (yeah, I know, crapload of guns)
On the plus side:
-Locational damage, at least on the player's receiving end. I took a bullet to the arm and had trouble steadying my aim. Nice.
-Bullet crack, and the directional sound engine seemed to work well enough.
-The muzzle smoke, while kinda shitty looking visually, is fairly realistic.
-If you have a rocket launcher on your back it'll stick out a bit and enter your first person field of view if you're prone.
-Bullets appear to have travel time.
...Yeah, AA3 has already spoiled me.
kodt said:
Huh, I tested for both and couldn't discern any. Okay then, will take your word for it.
...I will say that I stood in front of various hard surfaces and unloaded boxes of m249 ammo and not a thing happened, on the ricochet front. But re: testing bullet drop I may have needed longer ranges, will try in a bit.
MrPing1000
Member
I'm still not particulary far into the campaign but I have to say.
It already shits all over ArmA's campaign, which quite frankly was abysmal.
Still I presume by the format I won't get any spec op missions like in OpFor. Lone Spec Op entering a base without getting spotted, blowing up tanks then crawling up a hill. One of my favourite moments in gaming and I didn't shoot a damn person.
It already shits all over ArmA's campaign, which quite frankly was abysmal.
Still I presume by the format I won't get any spec op missions like in OpFor. Lone Spec Op entering a base without getting spotted, blowing up tanks then crawling up a hill. One of my favourite moments in gaming and I didn't shoot a damn person.