Why is the campaign so freaking bad?

[Rogue Freeman?]

Seriously, i cant enjoy a single one of these missions, all of them are to hard, to long etc

[Surottoru]

Finished em all, found the overall story quite good. If its too hard go play on easy, as for too long you can save the game and come back later

[Theo Hardmeier]

You would love the operation flashpoint campaign then haha.

You would be in hell there.

[Nythra]

hahahaha go back to call of duty and your arcade crap. thiis is a SIMULATOR not a stupid shooter.

[Kilo 1-1]

Ive got to confess i am really satruggling with this game.....want to like it but just cant. Im not a COD player but throughly enjoyed BF series as a lot more realistic and less wall jumping....but this game? my god. ive turned the AI skills right down and makes no difference. squad mates just sit thre shooting into the air and getting killed, but do not move up; AI sees you from miles away an dis totally accurate (got their skill on .50 and still like terminators), cant see enemy for sh*t but they can see you through bushes trees and walls....

now i am all up for realism, for a simulator but one that is at least playable. never played any arma before this one and have put in about 8 hours on hte single player intro settings but only managed ot complete 2 of them after some very hard and frustratingly hard work and many, many restarts.

dont see how this game is what it says it is im afraid....really disappointed.

[Surottoru]

Originally posted by jacksonhayley:

Ive got to confess i am really satruggling with this game.....want to like it but just cant. Im not a COD player but throughly enjoyed BF series as a lot more realistic and less wall jumping....but this game? my god. ive turned the AI skills right down and makes no difference. squad mates just sit thre shooting into the air and getting killed, but do not move up; AI sees you from miles away an dis totally accurate (got their skill on .50 and still like terminators), cant see enemy for sh*t but they can see you through bushes trees and walls....

now i am all up for realism, for a simulator but one that is at least playable. never played any arma before this one and have put in about 8 hours on hte single player intro settings but only managed ot complete 2 of them after some very hard and frustratingly hard work and many, many restarts.

dont see how this game is what it says it is im afraid....really disappointed.

A little tip on AI, 0.1 is like an AI who doesnt know what end of the gun the bullets come out. 1.0 is like an auto targeting terminator. So on .50 they are rather skilled and well versed in the means of war. I would seggest dropping the slider to around 0.20-0.30, and uncheck damage reduction, The AI sill still be hardish for a new player but will also make it easier to learn

[_sotoninetysix]

Originally posted by jacksonhayley:

Ive got to confess i am really satruggling with this game.....want to like it but just cant. Im not a COD player but throughly enjoyed BF series as a lot more realistic and less wall jumping....but this game? my god. ive turned the AI skills right down and makes no difference. squad mates just sit thre shooting into the air and getting killed, but do not move up; AI sees you from miles away an dis totally accurate (got their skill on .50 and still like terminators), cant see enemy for sh*t but they can see you through bushes trees and walls....

now i am all up for realism, for a simulator but one that is at least playable. never played any arma before this one and have put in about 8 hours on hte single player intro settings but only managed ot complete 2 of them after some very hard and frustratingly hard work and many, many restarts.

dont see how this game is what it says it is im afraid....really disappointed.

most of arma players came from operation flashpoint series. I felt the same when I first tried Cold War Assault.

Have you done all playable tutorials? maybe you should try short single player missions, some of them are very good and enjoyable and they are made by the community for the community.

In relation to the gameplay itself, my advice is keep your head off, always look for cover in attack mode, hit the ground when the enemy is shooting you (this one is very important, and be veeeeery patient. Third person camera is very useful when if you know how to use it. Also, I usually form in column in open spaces and in diamond in urban places.

Hope this helps you!

[Pèpè Silvia]

AI skill doesn't necessarily control their accuracy. When you use one of the default difficulty settings, accuracy will be locked to a preset. AI also aim for the head, so 99% of the bullets that do hit you will probably be headshots.

I found it's best to use a custom difficulty, and an accuracy of .30-.40, which will make firefights last much longer and not insta-kill so often.

[Bobby Digital™]

i have never had any desire to do the campaign because i know how ♥♥♥♥ the ai are in this game.

[SPlice]

I started the campaign 4-5 times before I finally pushed through it. I have to say it was totaly worth it.

[Cylixx]

I loved the campaign, but all those level where you are given AI to control were stupid. The AI just isn't up to the task of working with a human player. They will move when they should shoot, and shoot when they should move.

Would have been a more immersive experience if they made sure you never were given AI to control - as doing so just pulls back the curtain and reveals the jankyness underneath.

Remember the mission where you have to use FIA members to steal a cargo truck? What fun it was - no time to effectively set up the ambush, the AI wont get in the truck without running 100m away and back - all while the enemy response is inbound and will will kill you all if you don't escape in time.

Meta approach for that mission is to leave the AI at the start of the mission and do it yourself - as the AI wastes precious seconds just getting into the car at the beginning.

I would give the ARMA3 campaign a 2/10. Those 2 points are for voice acting and story board - the missions themselves are pretty standard for anyone who knows how to use the editor. One thing that would have made it good is if it had Coop. It doesn't; and it isn't.

Don't even get me started on APEX's schizophrenic approach to story telling - broken revive system at launch (for several months, they failed to fix a single numerical value) and general unappeal.

[Camouflage]

its easy I just gave up on that stupid uav mission and made scenarios my self tbh the controls sucks good game bad campaign 1.5/10
campaign may suck but the rest of the game is 100%

[clop1000]

btw how is arma 3 campaign in comparison with the OFP campaign?
WHich is betteR?

[Disgruntled Cuttlefish]

I hate the campaigns. Not because they are difficult, but because they are stupid, it stinks, and I hate it.

They should have made it entirely different somehow. It's just too generic. The rest of the game is fine, excellent. And Old Man is good.

[MoxoPixel]

Originally posted by Kilo 1-1:

Ive got to confess i am really satruggling with this game.....want to like it but just cant. Im not a COD player but throughly enjoyed BF series as a lot more realistic and less wall jumping....but this game? my god. ive turned the AI skills right down and makes no difference. squad mates just sit thre shooting into the air and getting killed, but do not move up; AI sees you from miles away an dis totally accurate (got their skill on .50 and still like terminators), cant see enemy for sh*t but they can see you through bushes trees and walls....

now i am all up for realism, for a simulator but one that is at least playable. never played any arma before this one and have put in about 8 hours on hte single player intro settings but only managed ot complete 2 of them after some very hard and frustratingly hard work and many, many restarts.

dont see how this game is what it says it is im afraid....really disappointed.

Give it some time. Learn EDEN and make missions how YOU want them. Or play others missions.

[aK]

finished it twice, enjoyed pretty much every mission.. (Skill 80, Prec 70).
Even went to complete all the extra scouting missions.
next time I'll be doing it with mods.