ARMA 3 vs BF3/4 ?

[[P1R8S]KyRo]

can someone give me incite on the realism, and playing style, I need to justify $45 and this game looks really good

also have a gtx590 1gb graphics card, intel 3.7ghz, 16gb ram - this im hoping will be fine? i've had this computer for 2 years

[SpyGenesis]

Arma 3 needs powerful prosessor to run. Arma 3 is realistic and hard game. Bf3/4 works better than arma. Buying this game is a little gample. But still there is coming mods to make arma work better just like in arma 2. But BF has realistic mod too and sadly it have small maps compered to arma. I can't give you any votes because both games have good and bad properties. Just giving you advise :)

[Jeksan]

Totally different game genres, ARMA 3 is a simulator, it's silly to compare them.

[Benjin]

Originally posted by Jeksan:

Totally different game genres, ARMA 3 is a simulator, it's silly to compare them.

No, they're not "totally" different, they have a lot of similarities. That's just the lazy way of out of a conversation.

If you were to, let's say, compare StarCraft II with Battlefield 3/4, then yes it would be impossible.

[RubberDuckyOne]

Originally posted by Spyppoy:

Arma 3 needs powerful prosessor to run. Arma 3 is realistic and hard game. Bf3/4 works better than arma. Buying this game is a little gample. But still there is coming mods to make arma work better just like in arma 2. But BF has realistic mod too and sadly it have small maps compered to arma. I can't give you any votes because both games have good and bad properties. Just giving you advise :)

BF3/4 do not have mod tools. If you mean 1942/2/2142 then yes. All BF3/4 is a usermade realism enhancent coding. That is if EA/DICE approve of it.

[Demosthenes]

Sounds like you have more than enough to play this game... p.s you don't need a "POWERFUL" processor to play... Thats a fallacy that unexperienced gamers have... I get 60 fps off of and older processor... I have a great video card though..
Sorry if I dont tell you my specs but I think it encourages teenagers to praddle on about what they think is a powerful system.. Truth be told, you can play Arma 3 with an older processor and a newer video card (if you know how to configure it).

[Zlokob]

arma 3 is THE GAME.
but i would play some bf3/4 if it came to steam. until then, no bf.

[BantaClaus]

Originally posted by -KyRo-:

can someone give me incite on the realism, and playing style, I need to justify $45 and this game looks really good

also have a gtx590 1gb graphics card, intel 3.7ghz, 16gb ram - this im hoping will be fine? i've had this computer for 2 years

Go to this link and look at what is possible in Arma 2; Arma 3 will be better.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Dslyecxi/videos?view=0

Your hardware is fine and here's is a quote from recent beta patch that summarizes why alpha/early beta had fps problems:

"Our programmers have recently had some wins in the field of optimization, but we want to be careful sharing these performance gains. As we keep saying: this is a forever ongoing effort. Just because we were able to sneak in a few extra frames per second here and there, does not mean we believe this task is done. Please also understand that there are many types of optimizations. Some are global, some relate to specific graphics hardware vendors and / or drivers, some work only in specific game scenes, some are CPU-based and some GPU-based, some relate to network traffic, etc."

The game is still very much in development and will be continously supported by the developers and community; the final release will be but the first milestone. For now most of the games features are missing or disables for the sake of stability.

As was stated in the livestream, the game (including netcode) still has a long way to go to being properly optimized.

[BantaClaus]

Originally posted by -KyRo-:

can someone give me incite on the realism, and playing style, I need to justify $45 and this game looks really good

also have a gtx590 1gb graphics card, intel 3.7ghz, 16gb ram - this im hoping will be fine? i've had this computer for 2 years

Also as the developers have stated if you can run Arma 2 OA, you should be able to run the final product of Arma 3

[SpyGenesis]

Originally posted by NEB<"Lt.Giuberia">:

Originally posted by Spyppoy:

Arma 3 needs powerful prosessor to run. Arma 3 is realistic and hard game. Bf3/4 works better than arma. Buying this game is a little gample. But still there is coming mods to make arma work better just like in arma 2. But BF has realistic mod too and sadly it have small maps compered to arma. I can't give you any votes because both games have good and bad properties. Just giving you advise :)

BF3/4 do not have mod tools. If you mean 1942/2/2142 then yes. All BF3/4 is a usermade realism enhancent coding. That is if EA/DICE approve of it.

I was talking about Arma 3 dude :)

[I'm Ant]

The games are nothing alike one is an arcade game for running atound shooting each other on tiny maps. The other is realistic on gigantic maps the action is slower.

I play ARMA games since 2001 and Like battlefield games just the same but play them for diferent reasons.

BF4 will not replace ARMA it doesnt do the same thing.

ARMA will not replace the fast hectic action and polished online play experience of BF 3 or 4.

[🪐Space_Owl🦉™]

Originally posted by Jinzor:

Originally posted by Jeksan:

Totally different game genres, ARMA 3 is a simulator, it's silly to compare them.

No, they're not "totally" different, they have a lot of similarities. That's just the lazy way of out of a conversation.

If you were to, let's say, compare StarCraft II with Battlefield 3/4, then yes it would be impossible.

He is quite right, its stupid to compare them. It´s like compare NFS: Underground vs rFactor (If you play driving games you will find out what i mean) but i´ll try anyway.

ARMA is realism over everything, that means sometimes is quite boring to spend 20 mins or even much more looking for enemies, pinned down or planning but thats what realism is about. Spend hours fighting, with a nice community of players. Most of the time focused on their tasks. In a huge map with no limits, infinite ways to complete the objective, and of course 1 bullet can kill you.

BF3/4 is about quick action, shoot everything, go mad, perfect for short sessions. Feels so simple after play ARMA imho. And like others said before me, you can run BF perfectly with medium/high end Pcs. ARMA needs a high end pc if you want to run it on max settings unlike BF3 (from my experience).

So it´s your choice, both are cool games. Honestly after spend so much time with arcade fps, i rather play ARMA.

[Benjin]

Originally posted by .:ENG:. G.G. Kanata Rage (⌐■_■):

Originally posted by Jinzor:

No, they're not "totally" different, they have a lot of similarities. That's just the lazy way of out of a conversation.

If you were to, let's say, compare StarCraft II with Battlefield 3/4, then yes it would be impossible.

He is quite right, its stupid to compare them. It´s like compare NFS: Underground vs rFactor (If you play driving games you will find out what i mean) but i´ll try anyway.

ARMA is realism over everything, that means sometimes is quite boring to spend 20 mins or even much more looking for enemies, pinned down or planning but thats what realism is about. Spend hours fighting, with a nice community of players. Most of the time focused on their tasks. In a huge map with no limits, infinite ways to complete the objective, and of course 1 bullet can kill you.

BF3/4 is about quick action, shoot everything, go mad, perfect for short sessions. Feels so simple after play ARMA imho. And like others said before me, you can run BF perfectly with medium/high end Pcs. ARMA needs a high end pc if you want to run it on max settings unlike BF3 (from my experience).

So it´s your choice, both are cool games. Honestly after spend so much time with arcade fps, i rather play ARMA.

I suppose you're right.

[bangkokbois]

its all about the end game

[Faceroll]

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[76]

Originally posted by Jeksan:

Totally different game genres, ARMA 3 is a simulator, it's silly to compare them.

ArmA is NOT a simulator... its a tactical shooter... just more 'hardcore' than BF.

"Nop, it's a game, with simulation elements. VBS is a simulator." ~ BI developer "neokika" on the BI forum:

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