Simviation Forum - Armed Assault 2

Jul 17^th, 2009 at 7:41pm

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Reply #1 - Jul 17^th, 2009 at 9:39pm

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Reply #2 - Jul 17^th, 2009 at 11:33pm

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I am getting this as soon as I can. Shocked

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Reply #3 - Jul 18^th, 2009 at 5:18am

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Nice pics. I'm sure your rig obliterates mine since mine doesn't look as good.

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Reply #4 - Jul 18^th, 2009 at 12:17pm

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Shots 2,3 and 4 look real! Wow!

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Reply #5 - Jul 19^th, 2009 at 3:55pm

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a1 wrote on Jul 17^th, 2009 at 11:33pm:

I am getting this as soon as I can. Shocked

I'd hold off on that until after you've tried the demo.

...its buggy and unfinished (in my opinion) and unless you like absolute realism, and the complete lack thereof when it comes to aircraft, this really isn't the game for you.

It is honestly easier to aim a rifle in real life than in this game. Tongue

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Reply #6 - Jul 20^th, 2009 at 1:21am

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I bought the game the day it became available on Steam, and I must say I'm having a blast Cheesy

You're right about the flight sim realism... it's lacking in several respects... my biggest peeve is the autothrottle feature on fixed-wing aircraft, that cannot be disabled as of yet... hopefully a mod or patch will fix it...

You gotta hand it to BIS, though, since the game is much much more than just the flight sim... It's the "every-game", a game that can range from an RTS to a flight sim to a shooter... it's a very ambitious undertaking... and when one considers the amount of effort it takes to pull off a project like this, this game deserves a standing ovation...

games like these should be right up there with the big releases... like GTA IV or RE5... sadly that's not the way things work these days... the big games are, well... disposable... after the allotted 30-40 hours of game time, you can just forget about it... A game like ArmA 2, however, has the potential of lasting you years Cheesy

I think BIS deserves all the praise for their awesome effort in this project... this iteration has amazing graphics and ambiences, and doesn't sacrifice any of the previous features for it... many thumbs up for them!! Smiley

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Reply #7 - Jul 20^th, 2009 at 2:22am

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Auto-throttle is being made optional with the upcoming patch, HarvestR.

I think the flight model is quite good for a combined-arms simulator. Things that need to be addressed dearly, are things like acceleration and yaw authority.

Brilliant shots Jeff.

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Reply #8 - Jul 20^th, 2009 at 7:06pm

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I didn't realize this was a game until I was half way down! Shocked

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Reply #9 - Jul 21^st, 2009 at 8:09am

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Very nice shots.... Now i am waiting for a Vietnam mod to pop up in ArmA 2! VTE and UNsung Vietnam were UBER FUN! in ArmA 1

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Reply #10 - Jul 23^rd, 2009 at 12:14pm

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Auto-throttle is being made optional with the upcoming patch, HarvestR.

I think the flight model is quite good for a combined-arms simulator. Things that need to be addressed dearly, are things like acceleration and yaw authority.

Brilliant shots Jeff.

I heard about the new patch shortly after posting!! FINALLY!!! I've been waiting for this since Operation FlashPoint Cheesy

You're right about the other problems with the flight model... helicopter flight is also a bit weird... but one has to remember that it's a multi-sim... not a dedicated flight simulator... and I'm happy the simulation is already that good...

BTW, the shots are indeed awesome!! Smiley

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Reply #11 - Jul 23^rd, 2009 at 9:14pm

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Hmmm, I think the yaw authority is fine (atleast close to it). Realistically, flying at 400+ knots the FCS is going to dampen it down to virtually unnoticeable...plus, its probably the quickest way to tear apart your aircraft. NWS could do a lot of work though, I don't think its actually possible to steer the C-130.

Never had a problem with the auto-throttle though, actually, I didn't even know they had implemented it.

My biggset concern is still the environment though. As large as the game world is, its much, much too small for an aircraft combat zone. Even with the the visual distance maxed out, targets pop up and wizz by in a matter of seconds.

Oh, and even a typical traffic pattern takes you off the game map...and without any sort of navigational instrumentation, landing is damn near impossible... Tongue

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