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    ArmA II

    Game » consists of 3 releases. Released Jun 26, 2009

    ArmA II: Ultimate Military Simulator is, as the title would suggest, a Military Simulation game developed by Bohemia Interactive. Experience the intensity of lifelike combat situations in one of the most realistic soldier sims available.

    You all need to see this - HD and fullscreen it.

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    #1  Edited By Jimbo
      
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    #2  Edited By TheMustacheHero

    This one is better...

      

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    #3  Edited By Out_On_Bail

    lol at the first video, 5 minutes of running and then he dies.  the game looks pretty cool though, my interest just went up 


    and that 2nd vid is just crazy, about 500 billion dollars worth of jets destroyed in 5 seconds, very cool stuff.
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    #4  Edited By Diamond

    It sounds like ArmA2 has turned out perhaps even more of a mess than Arma1 from German reviews.

    I actually saw both of those videos before, and I can't see why people are impressed.  A bunch of crappy AI enemies flinging themselves at each other.  The bugs throughout both videos.  Worst of all in both videos the guy does nothing but watch the stuff happening.

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    #5  Edited By CL60

    This looks good. and lol at the air battle.

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    #6  Edited By Krenor
    @Diamond said:
    " It sounds like ArmA2 has turned out perhaps even more of a mess than Arma1 from German reviews.I actually saw both of those videos before, and I can't see why people are impressed.  A bunch of crappy AI enemies flinging themselves at each other.  The bugs throughout both videos.  Worst of all in both videos the guy does nothing but watch the stuff happening. "
    this is why idiots that don't know anything about a game should not comment on it, there is a level/mission editor that comes with the game that makes you do crazy stuff at your command that's how the second video was created, also this video was made when the game first came out, there has been updates since then and while not bug free (what game is?) that game is excellent fun
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    #7  Edited By lucas_kelly

    Impressive.

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    #8  Edited By Al3xand3r
    @Krenor said:
    "this is why idiots that don't know anything about a game should not comment on it, there is a level/mission editor that comes with the game that makes you do crazy stuff at your command that's how the second video was created, also this video was made when the game first came out, there has been updates since then and while not bug free (what game is?) that game is excellent fun "
    And the game's been getting good reviews from what I saw, some early foreign ones were bad but got pulled for being of borked versions.
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    #9  Edited By CoverlessTech

    That first video is very underwhelming. You hardly see any action at all and then the dude dies before he even see the enemy. Not saying it as a game is bad, the video just doesn't do a good job at conveying that it's good.

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    #10  Edited By Al3xand3r

    They're just user videos, if people can't play, or just make videos to show things other than regular gameplay, like the scale of the game, it's not the game's fault... Though saying there's no action in the vid is a little silly. You aren't going to be shooting people 5 ft in front of you here, it's more like planning attacks using a variety of allied units, calling air strikes, artillery, stuff, while using real-life tactics shooting people so far from you they appear as dots, and at the same time trying to stay covered and mobile while you hear the bullets buzz past and ricochet off of nearby rocks.

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    Wow that looks really cool, I`m going to check this out, thanks for posting!

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    Those 2 videos were awesome.  My interest is piqued.  Loved Op Flash Point a lot but couldn't get into ArmA.  I think I might just check this game out.

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    #14  Edited By jakob187

    Individual control of head without body movement = fucking sold!!!

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    #15  Edited By NickL

    ow my ears hurt now... that is a loud video

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    #16  Edited By stephengotlost

    It takes a beast of a machine to run it like that.

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    @stephengotlost said:
    " It takes a beast of a machine to run it like that. "
    His specs from the first video just for reference for everyone:

    Windows xp 32 bit/Windows 7 64 bit (Dual boot)
    ATI Radeon 4870 512mb
    4GB DDR2 RAM (2x 2GB sticks)
    Intel Dual Core E8500 @ 3.7ghz

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    #18  Edited By Al3xand3r

    Overclocked 8500? Normally it's 3.16 Ghz. Anyway, should be able to run it fine myself (same system, GTX 285 instead of his ati) considering he has no issues even with the recording software on top... Um, he was running the game in XP, right?

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    #19  Edited By mordukai

    Isn't this game a recruitment tool for the army?

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    #20  Edited By yoctoyotta
    @Diamond: Yeah, I watched some videos of a guy demoing some cool headtracking hardware with Arma II, but I hear the bugs in the game are terrible. I wasn't familiar with the first game, did they get around to fixing bugs post release and is there any hope of this game becoming something worth playing?
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    #21  Edited By TwoOneFive
    @jakob187 said:
    " Individual control of head without body movement = fucking sold!!! "
    i know right, fucking MGS1 had that shit. 
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    #22  Edited By Jimbo
    @CoverlessTech: The game attempts to immerse you in the role of a regular soldier, so I would say the video does an excellent job of reflecting that.

    If you want to play Rambo (again) then this isn't the game for you.
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    #23  Edited By Ineedaname
    @Al3xand3r said:
    " They're just user videos, if people can't play, or just make videos to show things other than regular gameplay, like the scale of the game, it's not the game's fault... Though saying there's no action in the vid is a little silly. You aren't going to be shooting people 5 ft in front of you here, it's more like planning attacks using a variety of allied units, calling air strikes, artillery, stuff, while using real-life tactics shooting people so far from you they appear as dots, and at the same time trying to stay covered and mobile while you hear the bullets buzz past and ricochet off of nearby rocks. "
    Indeed, as it's a war simulator to make a decent video will probably be more difficult, as you can't just run in and film things.

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    #24  Edited By Hitchenson

    Check your fire!

    Eh... based on the few videos I've seen... looks really 'meh'. I could perhaps see why people would like it, but it's just not for me.
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    #25  Edited By Lowbrow
    @Mordukai:

    Nope, America's Army 3 is what you're thinking of.

    This game is along the same lines, but I'm pretty sure you can hop into any vehicle in the game in addition to running around like a madman.

    This looks to be quited a bit more ambitious (and less fuckered) than AA3

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