
Yet there are many BIG problems and some of them date quite some years now, as they were original OFP "sins". I still play ARMA and I love the huge sand box and flying helicopters, but as soon as the bullets startįlying, and my AI start dying, it loses its excitement.Ī quote from the creator of bCombat fabrizio_T:ĪI in ARMA2 is globally a big step forward, compared to ARMA. The conclusion is that GR does so many things that are essential for a modern military sim that ARMA does not. (ARMA does truly shine as a MP platform however) ARMA 3, although beautiful with amazing physics, full battlefield including attack and transport helicopters, and artillery/support, is foundationally struggling with AI and user interface, not to mention the futuristic setting which most people are not overly excited about in my opinion. Ghost Recon just has such an incredible foundation that makes it enjoyable to build on. I've done countless hours of testing to get ARMA even close to GR with things like taking cover properly, going prone under fire, reacting to sniper fire and suppressing the enemy. Theres so much potential for ARMA but the AI is so frustrating even with all the modern mods like Gl4, ASR, SLX, ZUES etc. ARMA is still plagued by unfriendly GUI and AI that are simply not believable. I tried the OFP demo and it was amazing but way way too unrealistic in its difficult level (although an argument can be made for the gruesomeness of a modern combined arms battle between superpowers) and cluncky. I have been playing it off and on since 2001. But we call it the 3 shortest hours of the week because we are having fun and lose track of the time.


I have played it with friends every Sunday since 2003 and it would seem we would be tired of it by now. I think its nice you and others are still enthused by GR. This is a PM I sent to Wombat and thought I would share some thoughts with the community.
