Been playing this a little. It's incredibly atmospheric and tense. You can wander around for ages without seeing anything then a zombie starts muttering and it's brown trousers time.
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PearOfAnguish 6,576 posts
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Whizzo 41,155 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI'll be downloading it and giving it a go this evening, unfortunately that'll probably mean starting in the dark on a UK server.
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magicpanda 12,293 posts
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Registered 9 years agoIt not too bad in the dark provided it isn't cloudy. Makes creeping around Zombies a bit easier.
Still a massive pain in the arse inside buildings, especially when you are passing out from blood loss..gif)
I lost my first character within an hour. Average lifespan is 4.5 hours. The person who has been alive longest is up to 40+ hours. -
WoodenSpoon 12,053 posts
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Registered 10 years agoAre there safe spots so you can leave your character while you sleep or is it one of those 'once you're in you're in' type things? -
magicpanda 12,293 posts
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Registered 9 years agoWhen you log out you just disappear instantly. (which is currently ripe for exploiting) -
El_MUERkO 16,142 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI'm out tonight but Tiger and the others should be on the Halibut's Teamspeak server, if you want to hook up with us.
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monkehhh 2,540 posts
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Registered 5 years agoAh, the old logoffski!
Sad that I can't afford OA til next week, boo! -
PearOfAnguish 6,576 posts
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Registered 8 years agomagicpanda wrote:
Yeah, the ArmA engine really isn't well suited to something like this, at least indoors. Movement is jerky and awkward.
Still a massive pain in the arse inside buildings
Really hope they sort this out in ArmA 3, it'll be massively disappointing if they continue to use the same annoying controls and animations. If ArmA is realistic the devs must all suffer from degenerative motor control diseases.
It sucks a lot of the fun out of combat too when there's a huge delay in enemies reacting to being shot, and they all fall using the same one or two animations. It's 2012, guys, where are the ragdoll physics? Though it's kinda funny seeing someone in a mounted gun get shot, stand up, then fall over dead. -
PearOfAnguish 6,576 posts
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Registered 8 years agoBtw...Game and Gamestation are both listing ArmA X (all ArmA and OFP + expansions) for £14.99. Even if you already have one or two of them this is cheaper than buying some of the expansions alone.
Showing out of stock right now but it seems to become available again quite frequently. -
Whizzo 41,155 posts
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magicpanda 12,293 posts
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Registered 9 years agoYea I think I'll watch this one from the sidelines for now and see how it goes.
It's bloody brilliant and the best stab at a proper Zombie Survival game I've ever seen but I don't have the patience for Alpha testing. -
Whizzo 41,155 posts
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Registered 11 years agoI downloaded the 1.5.6 code update (it's only just been released) and I got into a game pretty quickly after that, possibly coincidence.
Pitch black night, raining with occasional flashes of lightning, ambled around getting used to using flares and killing a handful of zombies, it was rather tense!This space left intentionally blank.
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WoodenSpoon 12,053 posts
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Registered 10 years agoPearOfAnguish wrote:
I'd love to see this too but I don't hold out much hope for Arma 3. My impression from reading the forums a couple of years ago was that the fanboys liked the clunkiness because it put Arma apart from the 'twitch' shooters. It's a shame because the huge maps and the painstakingly crafted vehicles are great, but they're such a pain in the arse to actually move around in or use.magicpanda wrote:
Yeah, the ArmA engine really isn't well suited to something like this, at least indoors. Movement is jerky and awkward.
Still a massive pain in the arse inside buildings
Really hope they sort this out in ArmA 3, it'll be massively disappointing if they continue to use the same annoying controls and animations. If ArmA is realistic the devs must all suffer from degenerative motor control diseases.
It sucks a lot of the fun out of combat too when there's a huge delay in enemies reacting to being shot, and they all fall using the same one or two animations. It's 2012, guys, where are the ragdoll physics? Though it's kinda funny seeing someone in a mounted gun get shot, stand up, then fall over dead. -
magicpanda 12,293 posts
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Registered 9 years agoSomeone said of the controls it's like being a little alien living in the head of a human host and they were spot on.
I can understand the clunkiness and why it's needed and I do kind of like it but its a bit too far into the wrong end of the scale. -
Whizzo 41,155 posts
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Registered 11 years agoOn that very subject, here's me not having played ArmA2 much in quite a while trying to remember how to play the game in the dark. The timing of a certain flare throw couldn't have been better while one couldn't be worse..gif)
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PearOfAnguish 6,576 posts
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I could just about tolerate the awful controls, you do get used to them after a while, it's the weapon handling and animations which really spoil it for me. The guns are just so incredibly boring to use. They don't feel right, the sound FX is pathetic and the enemy animation is a joke. It's just laughable that it's held up as an example of realism.
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magicpanda 12,293 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI just got a decent couple of hours in at a quiet server.
Its by far the best Zombie game ever made.
Managed to get myself out into the wilderness away from the coast and main cities and successfully raided a few farms and a decent sized Village.
I finally have a map, a shotgun with a few rounds and some extra cans of beans. The sense of accomplishment was better than completing the last few AAA games I've played through.
It's pretty much my dream videogame.
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urban 10,410 posts
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Registered 9 years agoIs this the reason why ARMA II combined operations has popped back up into the top sellers on steam without any price reduction? -
Whizzo 41,155 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIt is, a lot of people at NeoGAF and other forums have been picking it up purely because of this mod, even at the alpha stage.
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urban 10,410 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI've wanted a proper zombie survival game for a long time.
Fortification building and a few other things added tho.
Worth playing at Alpha?
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Benno 8,413 posts
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yep, can you build any kind of base/fortification in this?
I've wanted a proper zombie survival game for a long time.
Fortification building and a few other things added tho.
Worth playing at Alpha?
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PearOfAnguish 6,576 posts
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Registered 8 years agoIf you can't yet it will surely be added at some point. There's another ArmA 2 mod where players are split into three teams and have to scavenge weapons and food and build fortifications.
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magicpanda 12,293 posts
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Registered 9 years agourban wrote:
I'll quote someone else as he pretty much nails it.
I've wanted a proper zombie survival game for a long time.
Fortification building and a few other things added tho.
Worth playing at Alpha?
The mod is in Alpha so it's buggy, there aren't many servers hosting it yet (although more are added every day) which means you have to sit and spam "join" for 15 minutes sometimes. There are lots of updates to the mod (sometimes daily) which means you have to re-download and update the mod files often. There are lots of server restarts. It's a work in progress so you have to be OK with that.
Edited by magicpanda at 17:10:13 09-05-2012
As for the gameplay... You will have 6 hours invested in a character with a shiny new 20 slot backpack, compass, map, binoculars, watch and sniper rifle and then get one shotted by some bandit without even seeing them. And that's it. You start over from square one. I see people raging in chat and on forums about there not being a PvE server. If you do not like PvP this game is not for you. The servers are also synched with the real time where the servers are located and are on a 24 hour day/night schedule. If you can only play after work you will be playing a lot of night games and nighttime is challenging so, keep it in mind.
There is no "winning" to the game. No quests. No overarching goal. The only goal is to stay alive for as long as you can. The existential nihilism is what worried me most about the mod. I thought I'd get bored quickly. Hasn't happened yet and I have over 40 hours played (in 10 days!). There is no time for philosophical pondering in this world. Your goals are small but actually VERY meaningful. You can't avoid Zeds and other Survivors if you don't have food. If you don't have food, you'll die. Survive this crisis so you can move on to the next one.
I introduced the mod to a friend last night and he loved it. What's interesting about this is that we didn't really "do" anything. We tried to find each other which was a terrifying adventure in itself. Once we met up we headed inland and died in a Zombie onslaught trying to get some decent weapons at the Airfield. I kept worrying I had got him to buy this game and we weren't really accomplishing anything. After we logged he said "Well, so much for Diablo III". -
BillMurray 5,871 posts
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Registered 5 years agoReally enjoying this now. Found a magnum pistol which has done me the world of good. Found some razor wire, toolbox and scrap metal aswell but not sure what i'm meant to be doing with those. Having trouble trying to find a well to fill up my water bottle though. -
Kid_Icarus 532 posts
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Registered 6 years agoGiven how well this is making Arma II sell, I wonder if the devs might buy the idea and develop it into a full game. It looks awesome but it just needs a bit more polish, and a hell of a lot more servers.
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magicpanda 12,293 posts
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Registered 9 years agoThe Dev of this mod is an employee of Bohemia Interactive.
I kind of hope they run with it for Arma 3 as really polished DLC.
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urban 10,410 posts
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LFMartins 5,704 posts
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Registered 7 years agoBillMurray wrote:
The scrap metal and the toolbox can be used to fix vehicles, I think.
Really enjoying this now. Found a magnum pistol which has done me the world of good. Found some razor wire, toolbox and scrap metal aswell but not sure what i'm meant to be doing with those. Having trouble trying to find a well to fill up my water bottle though. -
hmm, I'm now thinking of buying a game just for a mod
It's like the late 90s all over again!Ask me anything about Dungeon Keeper
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