Is this better than Arma 2?

[Allen]

I already have Arma 2 and all the dlc, and have played it a bunch. I dont care if anyone still plays this online, if they do then great, but I'm fine with single player, or coop with freinds. Is it worth it on those grounds?

[I am Groot]

I have, mostly, the entire Arma series and 3 actually runs better than 2 on the two systems I have played it on. The biggest issue I have had with arma 2, even on high and very high settings, is that it always looks like I have my glasses off!

Graphics-wise Arma (original) is much clearer and Arma 3 even better and not clunky, but 2 bothers me everytime I play it even OA.

[Allen]

i know what you're saying about the bluriness in arma 2, for me, i remedied this by adjusting the ppaa, and the post processing amount, setting it to low, will give you the bloom on the sky, but it wont affect your immediate surroundings until its on normal, and i've not seen much of a difference in setting it higher than normal, rather than the frame loss. Setting the ppaa to one of the sharp settings also helps, although it can be taxing on hardware. Also, I use a SweetFX graphic mod that i originally downloaded from modDB for farcry 2, but it works with most DirectX9 games, it has a feature called luma sharpen that makes things look clearer, and also some settings for saturation and other things. It works just like an enb for skyrim, you just drop the files into your folder with the exe for the game, i use it for everything i can. One downside though is that for some reason steam screenshots usually dont show its effects, if i take the same screenshot in steam, and fraps, and out them side by side, its almost a night and day difference in some cases. Arma 2 actually looks really good for me, just not in steam screens :(

[[Linux]sulman]

I usually use the FXAA sharp filter which seems to apply a lot of contrast, you can bump up AA a little to take the edge off it otherwise it can look a bit 'hard'.

The vaseline-smeared look in ARMA2 is weird. I never really found it a problem on OA, but the maps are much less cluttered. Against the AI I'd frequently not see who was shooting me *at all* if they were backgrounded by vegetation.

They've completely sorted it for ArmA3 though - it's much easier to spot people, thank goodness, and the muzzle flashes have definitely been slightly exaggerated with that in mind. A good gameplay decision.

A1 achieved something similar by having everyone fire tracer.

[I am Groot]

Thanks guys, Appreciate the info and will give those a try.

[Galloway [GH]]

Arma 2 is slighly better. NPC's are not overpowered and the story doesn't suck in Arma 2.

[Vuvo]

ARMA 2

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=244497367&tscn=1396319581

[The Chinatown Hustler]

Originally posted by draconian73:

Hell NO its not as good as ARMA 2. Campaign is horrible story. Who in their right mind would turn against the US with US supplied weapons from a small country no bigger then a small county in the US.

Only thing better is that it will run on older PC better.

WTF i havent got around to the campaign yet and now i want my 2$ back and i want every copy of the game an im gonna take a huge crap on them. U.S. will ♥♥♥♥ anybody up.

[Pizza Bagels]

Who the hell Plays FPS for story anymore they all suck ass

Originally posted by draconian73:

Hell NO its not as good as ARMA 2. Campaign is horrible story. Who in their right mind would turn against the US with US supplied weapons from a small country no bigger then a small county in the US.

Only thing better is that it will run on older PC better.

[wherever i go]

having both games, i can say that if you have a higher end processor, arma 2 is more immersive, while at the same time arma: gold provides a unuiqe experience due to how poorly optimized arma 2 is. the campaign lacks a lot but the multiplayer and missions make up for it
i have had equal fun in both games.


http://www.tremorgames.com/?ref=655435

[lil_misfit]

Originally posted by draconian73:

Hell NO its not as good as ARMA 2. Campaign is horrible story. Who in their right mind would turn against the US with US supplied weapons from a small country no bigger then a small county in the US.

Only thing better is that it will run on older PC better.

What about vietnam?