E3 2011: Arma 3 Trailer

Nice. Can't wait.

ARMA has always been too realistic and not gamelike enough for me. I guess accessibility is the problem for me.

Helicopters Ryan's mortal enemy.

The Arma games have been janky ever since the very first Operation Flashpoint-- questionable vehicle physics, extremely poor AI pathfinding, uneven production values, bugs, complex UI, labyrinthine command menus, and (in practice) very high system requirements.  All of that will be par for the course in Arma 3, most likely.  Fact of the matter is, it's a niche game for enthusiasts and not a triple-A mainstream blockbuster. 
 
However, the Arma games depict military operations at a scale that the DICE team would never dare to imagine for their Battlefield games, especially in Arma's "Warfare" multiplayer mode.  It's not fair to compare the two.  Battlefield is an action game, where Arma is a simulator.  Its last major iteration (Operation Arrowhead) takes place on something like a 10 kilometer by 10 kilometer map.

Screw boats. Helicopters won E3.

2 - Target - That - Man.

2012 They say!? So Arma2 is a finished product? Laugh - Out - Loud.

Arma 3 2012. Arma 3 playable 2019.

Target. that. target. at... very far!  (no wait, that's Arma 1)
 
This mockup-like trailer suggests that this game is not yet ready to be shown to people.  When it's ready to be beta-tested, they'll put it on the shelves. A few months, patches, and Warfare mods later, it'll be time to upgrade your PC for real-deal Arma 3 :p

Comanches never got past the testing phase, there aren't even any flight ready ones around anymore.

Live action trailers? Really? The other stuff looks a bit polished in post too. Its a bit lame that BI goes down this road after doing ingame trailers only in Arma 2. Oh well, we will see the real stuff when its ready I suppose.

@sandwich_adjustment: What are you on about? ARMA 2 came out WAY before Bad Company 2, and the menus are completely different anyway.

I love that the climax to the trailer is some helicopters firing at a tank... Then missing. Then the tank fires! Oh no!
 
ARMA II was a blast to watch in the creator mode with 800 plane dogfights, though I found myself dying far too much otherwise. Might not be for me.

I'm just curious as to whether or not this will be a game, you know, a fun and playable game. Instead of stupid AI and attempts at rendering cars, tanks and jets.

why are they copying BF3 style...they did the same with Arma 2 menus copying Bad Company 2 -___- ..ALSO THE GRAPHICS LOOK AMAZING oh wait..is this another FMV game

OH NO! TWO - is - down 
 
OH NO! FOUR - is - down  
 
Excellent.................

Not really selling what makes ARMA unique. 
 
And Commanches? Ugh!

ARMA games have always been really fun, but I really hope they fix the AI so that it's not completely ignorant.  Also, some polish would be nice.

Oh no - two - is down!

Looks... Interesting!

Blue Thunder was awesome

I'll take 10 copies, please.

Enemy-Man-To-Our...Front!

One-Zero-Zero-Zero-Niner...Man!

New ARMA? Sweet.