Comments on: It’s War, Again: War Of The Wargames

By: Bitkari

Bitkari — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:31:54 +0000

I predict that Arma 2 will be incredibly awesome…

I also predict that it will be incredibly broken. :/

By: PsyW

PsyW — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:15:21 +0000

I suspect that the reason ArmA 2 is on its way already is that BIS actually cannot afford to just continue developing ArmA for free like they did with OFP. They have to make money, and the fact that they’re pressing on with ArmA 2 so quickly may indicate that they’re running a bit short at this point.

I was actually expecting another ArmA expansion first. I hope they’re not rushing the next one out too quickly…

As for OFP2, we’ll see what happens with that.

By: hoohoo

hoohoo — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:04:18 +0000

you guys should try to get in touch with black foot studios, and see whats up with ground branch.

By: DaF

DaF — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:18:18 +0000

All honesty be said Americans are the ones that go to war with all the nice toys so it’s kind of natural to play as them.

Personally I wonder if ofp2 will position itself in the sweet spot between the unforgiving ArmA and the more gun-n-run shooters that currently dominate the market. I kind of miss slower paced games.

By: Erlam

Erlam — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:12:56 +0000

Finally, a newer game set in the post-USSR Soviet Bloc, and you get to be… an American.

/Sigh.

By: cctoide

cctoide — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:58:22 +0000

MetalCircus: The low budget argument might explain some of OFP’s shortcomings, but as far as I know Armed Assault had a big budget and it still didn’t keep it from being rather buggy, according to some criticism I read shortly after its release.

By: Gap Gen

Gap Gen — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:58:35 +0000

Cigol: Yeah, it’s not a *real* war game.

By: Cigol

Cigol — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:26:43 +0000

Ah, Tim Edwards, not Tim Stone. I got excited for a minute :(

By: Web

Web — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:59:02 +0000

I dont care about the simulation aspect, I just hope one of those games can give me back the feeling wich I have been missing in games, since I have been playing Operation Flashpoint for the first time!

By: Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:47:33 +0000

Arma is one of those games that has a permanent place on my HD, well until Arma 2 comes out. I suspect OpF2 is going to be to Arma 2 what GRID is to GTR2. It’s almost as if the Neon engine itself is not the right one to do a sim. GRID’s visuals are nice to look at but don’t have that PC sim crispness.

From the controls standpoint you could probably do Arma’s soldier sim, but not the squad control aspect.

By: Chaz

Chaz — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:45:56 +0000

Oh no, 3 is down.

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:25:01 +0000

Sweet! Operation Flashpoint was one of my favorite games. Robbing dead bodies, running for hours in the woods, ambushes. All years before all those retarted Ghost Recon shites came out. I was always suprised it didnt get more play. The multiplayer was pretty fun to. I only hope it didnt take all those things that made it great and turn into very pretty poo.