Recent reviews by BennySouthSt

♥♥♥♥♥♥ business practices in multiplayer are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ enough, but banning mods in single player? ♥♥♥♥ right off/

Arma 3 is an amazing game, however I'd reccomend doing your research before considering purchasing it. I personally am not a massive fan of "life" servers or that sorta thing, and I think public servers that try to be tactical are (with the exeption of a select few) mostly terrible. The base game has a decent ammount of content, but I personally can't deal with the AI and can't stand the single player. The BEST thing about Arma 3 is mods. Mods, Mods, Mods.

Mods fix many of Arma's intrinsic problems and provide you with more content than you could ever want. It turns Arma from an okay-shooter to... well, pretty much anything. Life servers, Milsim groups, more relaxed tactical groups (my preference) - Arma 3 is the BEST sandbox shooter out there and, assuming there's something you're interested in, it's definately worth the price.

I miss the little frog-people :(

This game shows its age. The graphics are dated. The controls are clunky and sometimes illogical. Flight is difficult, as you can barely render in the ground without crashing. The AI is infuriatingly good at some times. Its freaking brilliant.

As you can see by the ammount of hours i've sunk into this game, its a damn good game that, if treated correctly, can be played for a long, long time. The AI makes the game an actual challange (something many modern mainstream shooters lack theese days) and, when you fall to the ground in a hail of AK-47 bullets, you know its probably because you did something wrong. The mission editor is one of the best features - it has allowed me and a small group based around this game to access hunderends of user-created mission for our multiplayer sessions, preventing us from getting bored of the same-old, same-old.

Modding is another great factor; its very simple to install mods (and, admittidly, break your game) which can range from a few extra units to a total conversion. I'm currently running with the WGL5 mod, which adds much improved animations, models, weapons and a rudimentry medical system.

Definatly worth a play. If you get bored, add a modpack or two.