Arma 3 -The most boring game ever devised.

[AI.Gore]

OMG is it rubbish
Massive detailed map and 99% of the action happens within 400m of the center point.

That is if you cqan actually get there alive.
99 times out of a 100 you'll be killled on the flight in as the pilot inevitably crashes or messes up somehow and gets everyone killed
After dying 5 times in a row you decide to use a buggy, which then hits one of the many rocks about totally disabling it so youre forced to walk 3000m to find anyone else to shoot at.

Did i say there was walking involved ?
Oh yes indeed. so much walking the national world walking championships use it as a simulator.

So youve made it to the battle zone alive(and probably on foot) Whats going on ?
Nothing is going on. You can hear sporadic gunfire but no players. Sometimes the fire is very close but you still cant see from where.
Only youre painted bright orange with a ♥♥♥♥♥ bell around your neck.

After a while you understand what youre meant to do and its this:
1.Get to the zone alive
2.Find a spot to hide and with 40 enemy within a 2km radius the hiding spots are a plenty.
3.DO NOTHING. And ffs dont fire your gun.

ARMA3 - Lots of walking, lots of being killed by your own team,lots of sitting about twiddling your thumbs.


But wait...

There are other maps and play styles.
You can join a map without any guns and walk around doing nothing.

OR

You can stand infront of a signpost in a line with other players, for hours at a time. Little to do but look in peoples packs and watch all those helicopters sitting doing nothing.


Candy Crush is more stimulating that this. This is uber geek for the sake of geekiness. This is what happens when a fun game loses its waypoint.

And yes im looking at it all in all its ultra glory. Just a shame thats all there is to do.



OK. Bring it on fanboys(and girls)

[McDanger]

g8 b8 m8

[dannyuv]

Go play Call Of Duty if you cant handle playing a great game like Arma.

[Shortround]

Don't get mad because you found a game you don't even understand.

[karleed88]

i laughed so hard on this ...... any way my advice to you is to find a clan you can join

[Balan214]

if you think this is a walking sim you should try dayz lol

[jarrad96 [4SFG]]

Welcome to public servers, mate.

[FlashBurn]

Sounds like KTOTH.

Which is a user made mission. And it does alot of really weird things starting with the largest cap zone of any type of king of hill style that ever has existed in game land for any game ever...

For MP the popular style missions are really strange across the board. And they are all made by the fans.. To be frank of all the user made stuff in the earlier Arma's, 3 has the by the least interesting MP user made content.

[Tefios]

i hear steam does refunds now

[jegermoof]

Originally posted by karleed88:

i laughed so hard on this ...... any way my advice to you is to find a clan you can join

DO NOT let this guy in a group, he obviously doesn't understand the game.

[Phil]

dont feed the troll

[Robo_Warrior]

I remember there being a whiny ♥♥♥♥♥ on an Invade & Annex server who was sitting at the base, in a line as he said. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ how nothing was happening and how ♥♥♥♥ the server and the game was.
Only he didn't realize to read the server restart times, or look at the clock for that matter.. since it was late night and barely any people online.

Regardless to say, this player had a very similar name like the Op.

[Zion_Shall-Fall]

Well he does make some good points and most importantly, he can have his own opinion. I've got like 70hrs in this game and it is indeed a walking/flying simulator with occasional combat. I understand the appeal of Arma 3 and I do like the concept, but it is very very time consuming and the time you spend in firefights is very limited. Something must be done to increase the time you spend IN COMBAT.

I also find it odd that most popular servers seem very boring at least to me:

Variations of RPG and TDM instead of pure military style combat or more objective based pvp game modes. And when I do join let's say CTI the only 2 populated servers have no 3rd person or some other annoying rule/limitation.

I only really enjoy Invade&annex, but again I spend 80% of time walking/flying to the objective only to find a blob of 15 teammates rushing towards the objective to engage the remaining 1-2 enemies - I mean cmon.

The game has huge potential, but it needs to be polished and most importantly - improved in the way I mentioned above.

I will try to join a clan and see how that changes my experience.

[Sam Porter Bridges]

What did you expect? It's not Battlefield or Call of Duty.

[Gawdamit]

play CTI mode.

[StormhawkV]

Originally posted by Zion_Shall-Fall:

Well he does make some good points and most importantly, he can have his own opinion. I've got like 70hrs in this game and it is indeed a walking/flying simulator with occasional combat. I understand the appeal of Arma 3 and I do like the concept, but it is very very time consuming and the time you spend in firefights is very limited. Something must be done to increase the time you spend IN COMBAT.

To be honest I experience firefights of 15 to 30 minutes on invade & annex servers all the time. Players complaining about the walking/flying simulator thing are most often those who climb on the highest hill or building just to get shot there or apply other stupid tactics that get them killed within seconds.

Arma 3 is not about racking up insane killcounts or being a one man army. People who aren't patient enough to wait for a chopper to pick them up or expect to win against a much stronger enemy force in a direct firefight should go looking for another game.

Also, this has nothing to do with available time. One hour of Arma 3 can be as entertaining as every other game if you follow its rules.

Originally posted by Zion_Shall-Fall:

I also find it odd that most popular servers seem very boring at least to me:

Variations of RPG and TDM instead of pure military style combat or more objective based pvp game modes. And when I do join let's say CTI the only 2 populated servers have no 3rd person or some other annoying rule/limitation.

Many Arma 3 players dislike things like 3rd person because it's unrealistic and takes away the immersion. I for one don't see fatigue as a limitation but as a realistic gameplay mechanic to enforce more teamplay. There is simply no reason to have roles like "Assistant Autorifleman" or "Assistant AT Specialist" if you can carry the ammo/missiles yourself.

Originally posted by Zion_Shall-Fall:

I only really enjoy Invade&annex, but again I spend 80% of time walking/flying to the objective only to find a blob of 15 teammates rushing towards the objective to engage the remaining 1-2 enemies - I mean cmon.

Maybe you should play on an invade & annex server with more organisation.