My puny mind however, with its limited processing capacity, was not able to divine how to fly attack helicopters without multiple trips to Bohemia Interactive's forums and out to YouTube for several fan-made tutorials. My roughly 2 year-old gaming PC ran Arma 3 successfully at very high settings, though not always at desirable framerates. I was impressed by the lighting and particle effects, pleased to find that ground vehicles handled better than in past versions, and that the AI for allies and enemies has been beefed up. The showcase missions serve a function in showing off the game’s tech, at least.
Some of these missions feel like vertical slices that could have been presented to the press at conventions years ago. These are largely the same missions that were available during the beta phase. Next to the gaping hole where the campaign should have been, Bohemia Interactive has placed a set of showcase missions. When playing NATO you don't feel overmatched, and when playing CSAT you don't feel superior. As it has been released, without a single-player campaign, it’s just a collection of vehicles and weapons. It's an interesting role reversal.īut without a plot Arma 3's daring bits of speculative futurism are reduced to mere graphical pastiche. Against the lizard-like helmets, integrated binocular heads-up displays and futuristic ammunition of the Arab CSAT faction, western forces look decidedly old-school. NATO infantry resemble today's special operators, like the SEALS or Army Rangers. It wants to tell a futuristic story set in the 2030s where Arab countries leap-frog the West technologically. It scales incredibly well, and has an AI capable of filling every role. You can even be the commander, and lead the assault via radio turning the entire game into an RTS. You can be the tanker on the front line, the helicopter pilot ferrying ammunition and men, or the mortar team dropping rounds on a target from a kilometer away. You will spend as much time looking at a map as you will firing at enemies you can barely see.īut Arma 3 goes a step farther and allows for you to take every role on the battlefield. It is a game about visibility, finding your target and fixing them in place while teammates move in for the kill. Armor rolls in behind you to support the assault, helicopters scream by with cannon blazing to keep the enemy’s head down. You get the feeling that you are a cog in a massive military machine. The focal point of Arma 3 is the infantryman.
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