Huge ArmA II Arrowhead PC demo out

By Robert Purchese Published 20 July, 2010

3GB taster has "more fun than full games".

Bohemia has choppered in a goliath PC demo of ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead, the standalone expansion to ArmA 2.

The demo hits the ground at 3GB, so free up an hour or so for the file to download.

That meaty file contains the single-player mission Coltan Blues and single-player scenario Little Bird. Plus, there are three Boot Camp scenarios, three multiplayer modes and a Mission Editor to fiddle with.

Bohemia's CEO Marek Spanel reckons "there is more fun to be had in this demo than in some full games".

ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead follows Bohemia's strict mantra of "war without the training wheels". Eurogamer liberated some bad-guys in Operation Arrowhead back in June.

Major mistake, pal!

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Comments (9) Latest comment 2 years ago

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  • Eraysor #1 2 years ago

    More bugs than most full games too!

    (not that I don't love ArmA2 though)
    Edited by Eraysor at 20/07/10 @ 15:21

  • misinformed #2 2 years ago

    The only wargame worth playing.

  • ignatiusjreilly #3 2 years ago

    The only war game that is actually a war game.

  • X3Entente #4 2 years ago

    how does this compare to op flash???

  • Tiger_Walts #5 2 years ago

    The ARMA games are pretty much Op Flash with updated visuals. The fact that the demo has the mission editor gives it many, many hours of playability. I set up a 100 vs 100 biplane dogfight in ARMA 1, utterly ridiculous and utterly awesome.

  • orpheus #6 2 years ago

    @X3Entente - if you mean Dragon Rising, it wipes the floor with it. And, unlike ARMA2 at release is surprisingly bug-free. Both games are hard as nails to play properly but can be fun at all levels. I just went back to an ARMA2 scenario and got my ass whupped, also spent a month learning the basic script coding to make my own missions (only bad thing - mission editor is essentially coding if you want to do anything good - not user friendly AT ALL), so I guess I'm hooked.

    And Marek is right, there probably is more stuff in this demo than some full games. The potential is simply massive, the realisation stunning (but punishing, both in play & hardware reqs), the implementation slightly awkward. Work through it and you'll never look at Dragon Rising again.

    NB - if you meant the old, OFP, then it's the next gen. And still awesome. :D

  • Placebo #7 2 years ago

    It's 2.53gb dammit, shoddy journalism! ;)

  • apoc_reg #8 2 years ago

    Looking forward to it but just dont have the time to invest right now.

    Second my time frees up this will be a purchase

  • uggsoutlet #9 2 years ago

    need more games