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Is ArmA II worth $25?
Posted: 2009-10-23 05:34pm
by Executor32
Steam's weekend deal right now is 50% off ArmA II, is it worth picking up for that price? The demo is pretty shit, but looking back at the threads around release time, it's apparently far more broken than the full game.
Re: Is ArmA II worth $25?
Posted: 2009-10-23 05:43pm
by weemadando
The full game has a lot of issues, but then again I've always spent way more time just making simple missions and playing those than in the campaign.
Really, $25 is a good price point for it. It's really an iteration on ArmA with a few more fixes and abilities (reload on the move!).
Re: Is ArmA II worth $25?
Posted: 2009-10-23 06:07pm
by Zixinus
Only if you really love milsims and OP1 is too old for you. Arma 2 is essentially an upgrade of OP1.
Re: Is ArmA II worth $25?
Posted: 2009-10-24 04:34am
by Sea Skimmer
The game has been patched heavily at this point, that isn’t a reason not to buy it especially at that low a price. The game play is fairly unforgiving in lethality but you can and special game modes pretty well almost let you do almost anything you could want in that engine.
Re: Is ArmA II worth $25?
Posted: 2009-10-24 04:40am
by Executor32
I'll say, I noticed in the Armory you can choose to run around as a goat, with such challenges as escaping from poachers.
Re: Is ArmA II worth $25?
Posted: 2009-10-24 05:24am
by Zixinus
Executor32 wrote:I'll say, I noticed in the Armory you can choose to run around as a goat, with such challenges as escaping from poachers.
Too bad that those missions are broken: no matter how much you go or how far away, the rangers won't come.
Re: Is ArmA II worth $25?
Posted: 2009-10-24 01:27pm
by Executor32
I just followed the waypoint that appeared and completed the challenge just fine. The challenge description makes it sound like you just have to run around and not die for a while, when you actually have to go to that waypoint, where the rangers are sitting in a pickup.
Re: Is ArmA II worth $25?
Posted: 2009-10-24 03:05pm
by Sea Skimmer
Executor32 wrote:I'll say, I noticed in the Armory you can choose to run around as a goat, with such challenges as escaping from poachers.
People are already working on a mod to allow you to arm all the animals, and add some new ones like BEARS.
Re: Is ArmA II worth $25?
Posted: 2009-10-25 11:58pm
by Vympel
For $25 I was tempted, but nah. I'll wait till a collector's version of it comes out, by which time it'll be thoroughly patched.
Re: Is ArmA II worth $25?
Posted: 2009-10-26 10:52am
by Zixinus
People are already working on a mod to allow you to arm all the animals, and add some new ones like BEARS.
Is anyone making a mod to improve the UI and HUD? As well as the health system, so you would be told where you are hurt and be able to stop bleeding by using a first aid kit?