bit-tech writes,
"Given the shortage of hardcore PC-only games these days it's refreshing to see an independent developer such as Bohemia Interactive striving to achieve such a lofty goal - that of a fully immersive military simulator playable on a standard (albeit powerful) PC, not a supercomputer. One can well imagine the technical and gameplay compromises that would have had to been made if Arma II was a multi-platform title for both PC and consoles. As it is, the game struggles to run at a decent frame and uses pretty much every keyboard combination you can think of.
Ultimately, while Arma II isn't the most realistic tank or flight simulator, these elements are of secondary importance compared to the infantry warfare gameplay. What's more, I can't remember the last time a company released a proper tank or flight sim on the PC, let alone one that simulated combined-arms warfare.
Yes, Arma II still has a fair number of bugs, yes it runs like a one legged drunken horse from time to time but no game, civilian or military has come this close to simulating the terrifying, vulnerable world of the modern infantryman. Poor bloody infantry indeed."
From rogue-likes to the newer Souls series, there's a solid subsection of games that are purposefully difficult to a mind-boggling, controller-throwing degree. In recent months we've of course received Dark Souls III, but that's not the only new game that will test your perseverance and punish you for making the slightest mistake.
no Ninja gaiden black or Ninja gaiden 2 (x360 version)?... also Demon Sousl >dark souls ..
Hardcore Gamer - This week’s Humble Bundle focuses on the work of Bohemia Interactive.
Nissan USA’s Twitter account goofed up by believing that a couple of screenshots from (the admittedly gorgeous) Driveclub were real-life photographs. And although their tweet was a cover for their own mistake, it is also partially the truth: video games have been getting increasingly realistic. There have been quite a few other instances of games being mistaken for real life content, in some rather more serious situations. So in this list, we take a look at some of the few times games were mistaken for real life.
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What I love more than the viewpoints are all the hiding spots on the buildings. All the same and too many of them. Looks kinda weird, but apparently not suspicious enough.
Lol and these are the people who are giving us news the human race are hopeless
Funny stuff and im glad these weren't blocked behind 5 different pages.
Well i wanna see comments from those that bash this game and Op Flashpoint 2 now that the ARMA2 DEMO its out. Fnck COD Modern Warfare, fnck Killzone, fnck GRAW & fnck every other FPS War game wanna be real games NOW.
There are a huge number of bugs in the demo. For a title that spends a great deal of time with the infantry, they should have fixed the AI which suffers from the same game killing issues as Armed Assault. And it isn't just the infantry. They still can't get a helo pilot to fly into a LZ, flare, drop troops, and move out. Any helo that hovers over the bad guys, hangs in the air like the beginning of the first demo mission is going to get aired out by enemy troops.
Also we still see very little destructability from the environment making it possible to hide from a tank in a tin shed. Lip synching? What lip synching. Also using the same character of Koslowski from the original OFP - the guy sounds like he is 15 - wasn't the right tact to take just because Bohemia wanted to ram a stick in Codemaster's eye.
But if they were going to fix anything it should have been that AI.
Liked the demo. The little squeal that could.
Though this game has plenty of issues to be addressed with future patches, it's an awesome game. It will definitely stress test your PC as well.