This mod looks extremely tempting, I dont think iv ever seen this kind of gameplay before. This sounds like an incredible multiplayer experience. But if I buy arma2 i know there is no way I will ever play it except for the DayZ mod, so can someone give me some advice on whether this mod is worth dropping the $30 on its own?
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On May 17 2012 22:51 PassiveAce wrote: This mod looks extremely tempting, I dont think iv ever seen this kind of gameplay before. This sounds like an incredible multiplayer experience. But if I buy arma2 i know there is no way I will ever play it except for the DayZ mod, so can someone give me some advice on whether this mod is worth dropping the $30 on its own?
Well, it's not even in beta yet for one. It's not just me but dozens of Steam friends who at times can spend hours trying to connect to servers because it's so buggy at the moment. It has some nice balance issues going on, and as people said before the moderation staff is extremely incompetent at times.
With that said, when you can finally get into a stable server and just play for an hour or so, it's some of the most fun out there I've had in video games. It really pulls off what it's trying to do well. I would not under any circumstance drop $30 to get this at its current state though unless you were fanatical about this kind of game, and would at least wait until late June for the Steam Sale, where Arma 2 will inevitably be like $5 for CO or something and you could just pick it up then, when the game may be going into beta anyways.
EDIT: Another reason to wait until the Summer Sale is well, at risk of being flamed into oblivion, this game has FOTM written all over it. It would be a shame to drop $30 on a mod that may only be active for a month or two and then drop into nothingness. So wait until the Summer Sale if you don't already got the game, because you can get the game cheaper, less buggy as fuck, and you can see where it's actually going in terms of a stable community.
Apart from the non-stable servers, this game is very very fun. Somehow it is very addictive and just enjoyable all round, with friends or without. Obviously it's still in Alpha, so there are a number of bugs but i have to say, still a great game. Plus for $30 i've played worse games (at release and after) by miles.
Regarding the community for this: it's just getting bigger by the day, at the start there were around 10 servers, now there are loads from different regions.
If anyone has some questions, you can just PM me. Or alternatively just watch some of the streams/vids of people playing.
On May 17 2012 23:34 Rixxe wrote: Apart from the non-stable servers, this game is very very fun. Somehow it is very addictive and just enjoyable all round, with friends or without. Obviously it's still in Alpha, so there are a number of bugs but i have to say, still a great game. Plus for $30 i've played worse games (at release and after) by miles.
Regarding the community for this: it's just getting bigger by the day, at the start there were around 10 servers, now there are loads from different regions.
If anyone has some questions, you can just PM me. Or alternatively just watch some of the streams/vids of people playing.
Well I mean, again, that's a distinct sign of a FOTM. I'm not outright saying this is one, but it has all the signs of it and if you don't even own ARMA yet I wouldn't go out and buy it yet. Because this wouldn't be the first time a huge mod or game or something went from nothing to fucking huge for a month or two and then went back into obscurity.
sc4k United Kingdom. May 17 2012 23:52. Posts 4434
Why can't they actually make a proper game like this. All I and MANY other people have ever wanted is a realistic, non-boss-zombie, open-ended, food and rest-based zombie survival game and no company has ever picked up that it would sell like WILD fucking fire.
floor exercise Canada. May 18 2012 00:13. Posts 5510
It's US only but you can just make your billing address in the US. I've bought about 6 games this way from my imaginary home in Delaware (no sales tax there apparently)
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PassiveAce United States. May 18 2012 00:14. Posts 4400
On May 18 2012 00:13 floor exercise wrote: $15 for Combined Operations on Amazon digital store. Just picked it up but the DL is the slowest I've ever had from Amazon
Neato! Thanks Brosef! Also thanks Candadar ^_^
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Comeh United States. May 18 2012 00:42. Posts 3843
So I've heard that Arma 3 is coming out soon and the DayZ developers are planning on moving there after it's released. Does anyone know if this is true or not? Do you think it's better to get the game on summer sale, or would it be better to wait for Arma 3 and the mod to be ported over? I discovered this game a couple weeks ago, but I don't know if it's worth grabbing or not if everything moves to Arma 3 in 4 months or something.
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Comeh United States. May 18 2012 01:31. Posts 3843
On May 18 2012 01:29 Mr. Wiggles wrote: So I've heard that Arma 3 is coming out soon and the DayZ developers are planning on moving there after it's released. Does anyone know if this is true or not? Do you think it's better to get the game on summer sale, or would it be better to wait for Arma 3 and the mod to be ported over? I discovered this game a couple weeks ago, but I don't know if it's worth grabbing or not if everything moves to Arma 3 in 4 months or something.
Well, this is not based in fact at all, but generally a mod port can take a very long (relatively) time, so there might be a large gap inbetween arma 3 and the mod being released... That being said, I'm not really sure.
On May 18 2012 00:13 floor exercise wrote: $15 for Combined Operations on Amazon digital store. Just picked it up but the DL is the slowest I've ever had from Amazon
It's US only but you can just make your billing address in the US. I've bought about 6 games this way from my imaginary home in Delaware (no sales tax there apparently)
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I made mine in Wyoming, no sales tax indeed.
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acerockolla United States. May 18 2012 03:20. Posts 219
On May 18 2012 01:29 Mr. Wiggles wrote: So I've heard that Arma 3 is coming out soon and the DayZ developers are planning on moving there after it's released. Does anyone know if this is true or not? Do you think it's better to get the game on summer sale, or would it be better to wait for Arma 3 and the mod to be ported over? I discovered this game a couple weeks ago, but I don't know if it's worth grabbing or not if everything moves to Arma 3 in 4 months or something.
Anything to the tune of moving to ARMA 3 is rumor or pure speculation. Read through the interviews from the developer of the mod and you'll understand that he's very committed to this mod (on ARMA 2).
IntoTheWow is awesome. May 18 2012 03:25. Posts 31040
Like I've said before, if you enjoy the videos/streams.. you'll find actually playing it exponentially more awesome. When watching the videos, keep in mind that he cut down a lot of gameplay into short 20 minute segments. I'm curious how long the original footage was... must have been hours upon hours.
On May 18 2012 05:42 instantdry wrote: So basically you can't actually win this game. You'll have to eventually leave the game or die right?
Yes.. think of it as being similar to minecraft in that regard. You can leave and it saves your stuff/location/etc. This is true across all servers as the save goes to a master database.
