arma 2 (Arma 2 (PC))

Member Name: mollydog1

Product:	Arma 2 (PC)
Date:	17/09/09 (17 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Beautiful graphics good attention to weapons detail

Disadvantages: bad mission design,very buggy will eventually be sorted,needs a decent computer to run it.shorti

i have been playing bohemias military titles since operation flashpoint,then the various mission upgrades,then armed assault and now this.
One thing about these games that makes it so unique is the openess of a battlefield many a time i have ran like a girl when it is just me left and jump in a tractor and drive to my waypoint,its just immense. To me these games although buggy have been so good to play for this reason its like a true military simulator.
when i first played this i was so impressed with the graphics jump from armed assault,which itself looked beautiful these graphics are a good step up yet a little demanding for the average pc.
gameplay is very similar to armed assault the main quest though is that you are part of a small recon team of the united states marines and you are going in to stop an uprising of militia in a fantasy island with russian names.
the attention to detail is superb and the ballastics physics are close to real life there are so many vehicles you can use and pick up guns as well as buy them in later missions.
this is where the negatives come in though,ususally bohemia are in a rush to release the game that they release unfinished work and then release patches to bring it up to date and this game was so buggy sometimes it was unplayable without starting the mission again,i have had my own friends turn on me or the annoying mission where you have to try and get to the rendezvous before a certain time(in previous titles you could find anyway possible to get there)in this game if you get within a certain distance you die instantly with no explanation.This later one is not a bug but rubbish game design. I have yet to try it with the patches as im now upgrading my graphics card just to play this game at a nce setting.
the last fault is that it is very short you can complete this very easily and just when i thought it was about to kick off big time it ended. i was very disappointed but i love these games enough to persevere with them,i think that the average gamer will not.
All in all enjoyable military action but you need to be a fan to stick with it,these games tend to live forever as lots of unnofficial modifications come out for them which make it a new game entirely like a ww2 mod for armed assault.

Summary: So buggy but worth the patience