Thinking of getting ArmA, few questions.

Krauter · 05-27-12, 01:03 PM

Looking at Steam, I can get an ArmA II bundle with Arma II and Operation Arrowhead for 29.99.

However, Steam also has a bundle called Arma X which includes Arma II, Arma British Forces, Op. Arrowhead, Private Military Company, Cold War Asault and Arma Gold edition. All for 59.99

I have no idea what all of the extra addons include, but am wondering whether it is worth it to shell out the $ or just go with ArmaII and Op. Arrowhead only.

Opinions?

0rpheus · 05-27-12, 01:27 PM

You only really need Combined Ops to play most of the recent stuff, including DayZ. The X pack has the extra DLC and the old games (ARMA1 etc) as well, but I don't know how much play the older games get, and the DLC is mostly passable, at least when you're starting out.

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/46..._7_suggest__13

Egan · 05-27-12, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Krauter

Looking at Steam, I can get an ArmA II bundle with Arma II and Operation Arrowhead for 29.99.

However, Steam also has a bundle called Arma X which includes Arma II, Arma British Forces, Op. Arrowhead, Private Military Company, Cold War Asault and Arma Gold edition. All for 59.99

I have no idea what all of the extra addons include, but am wondering whether it is worth it to shell out the $ or just go with ArmaII and Op. Arrowhead only.

Opinions?

The Brit one for Arma2 is good: Brit infantry in both DPM and Desert cammo, lots of new weapons, a new (v. small) map, new vehicles (landrover, Jackal, Warrior. Maybe more but I can't remember). PMC is a similar deal, except with civilian security rather than soldiers. Can't remember what new vehicles it came with.

Cold War Assault it, iirc, the rebranded, original Op Flashpoint. Don't have it but I imagine it contains both the expansion packs and ArmA gold is the first ArmA title plus the Queens Gambit expansion.

I'm guessing all the older titles are patched up to current standards but I don't know whether any work has been done to them with regards to new content.

If it was me, I'd get the Op Arrowhead bundle with the 'Reinforcements' add-on (which adds the Brits and the PMC) the full bundle there is nice, but $60 is probably more than I want to spend considering I'd probably play each of the two older games once out of curiosity and nostalgia. It's not a bad deal, though.

Raptor1 · 05-27-12, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Egan

Cold War Assault it, iirc, the rebranded, original Op Flashpoint. Don't have it but I imagine it contains both the expansion packs and ArmA gold is the first ArmA title plus the Queens Gambit expansion.

Cold War Assault is indeed the original Operation Flashpoint, but it only contains the Resistance expansion; Red Hammer was developed by Codemasters so apparently it couldn't be included.

Krauter · 05-27-12, 02:15 PM

Ah fair enough, I was looking at getting either Arma2 or Red Orchestra 2 + Naval War Arctic Circle this weekend.

Egan · 05-27-12, 02:19 PM

ArmA2 is great. I love just cooking up my own little things in the editor. There is so much modded content for it now that you could be playing it for ever.

She-Wolf · 06-15-12, 02:05 PM

I have just downloaded Arma II Free and it looks good and I sorta want to buy it when I have the pennies - but I am not very good at fast and furious fighting so wonder if I will cope. Someone in another thread said they had a lot of fun just driving a supply truck, and that sounds more 'me' than killing soldiers all the time - any idea which game that might refer to?

I would quite like the British one as well ( Best Beloved gives me a hard time when I play SH3 because he thinks I ought not to be sinking British ships in my little U-boat - unpatriotic).

Right now I am in Boot Camp, but as there is no manual with the free game, trying to follow orders is a tad slow because I have to try all the keys to find out what works - but it looks fun, once I get used to it...

Krauter · 07-13-12, 06:35 AM

Okay, so here's the deal. I bought CO, just installed Operation Arrowhead, see that I don't need Arma2 to play it (I'm downloading that as I speak) go to fire it up and get the message

"Cannot Opean File :C Programs Files(x86\Steam\SteamApps\Common\ArmA 2\addons\buildings.pbo"

What's the deal? Did my download stutter and I lost a file?

Dowly · 07-13-12, 06:50 AM

Probably a corrupt download, verify the cache.

Krauter · 07-13-12, 07:08 AM

Too late, I just deleted the folder. Saw that to run "Combined Arms" I needed to install ArmA2 first and then OA so that OA would find the ArmA2 install directory. Oh well.

Dowly · 07-13-12, 07:14 AM

Oh you tried to run CO? Yeah, that needs both A2 & OA.

Krauter · 07-13-12, 09:09 AM

No unjust clicked on OA that didn't work. So I tries CO and that didn't work hah. So I figured I'd start from scratch

06-15-12, 02:05 PM	#7
She-Wolf Watchdog Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hampshire UK Posts: 971 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	I have just downloaded Arma II Free and it looks good and I sorta want to buy it when I have the pennies - but I am not very good at fast and furious fighting so wonder if I will cope. Someone in another thread said they had a lot of fun just driving a supply truck, and that sounds more 'me' than killing soldiers all the time - any idea which game that might refer to? I would quite like the British one as well ( Best Beloved gives me a hard time when I play SH3 because he thinks I ought not to be sinking British ships in my little U-boat - unpatriotic). Right now I am in Boot Camp, but as there is no manual with the free game, trying to follow orders is a tad slow because I have to try all the keys to find out what works - but it looks fun, once I get used to it... __________________

05-27-12, 01:27 PM	#2
0rpheus Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: UK Posts: 857 Downloads: 87 Uploads: 3	You only really need Combined Ops to play most of the recent stuff, including DayZ. The X pack has the extra DLC and the old games (ARMA1 etc) as well, but I don't know how much play the older games get, and the DLC is mostly passable, at least when you're starting out. http://store.steampowered.com/sub/46..._7_suggest__13

05-27-12, 02:19 PM	#6
Egan Admiral Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2,020 Downloads: 15 Uploads: 0	ArmA2 is great. I love just cooking up my own little things in the editor. There is so much modded content for it now that you could be playing it for ever.

07-13-12, 06:50 AM	#9
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,055 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Probably a corrupt download, verify the cache.

07-13-12, 07:14 AM	#11
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,055 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Oh you tried to run CO? Yeah, that needs both A2 & OA.