BBC News Article: Zombies help ageing title Arma II top video game charts

[Slatts]

Not so sure about that. They recently released that map pack stating that it would be great for your "Zombie Hunts".

It's called a sense of humour.

[Mr. Charles]

Before DayZ came out, it was, "FDF will look amazing in ArmA I", "ACE will look amazing in ArmA II!" etc (yes, FDF and ACE are realism-based enhancements, DayZ is part fiction, but it is still showing that people are looking forward to a mod and not the actual game). Some day "DayZ" will be replaced by the name of the latest next-big-thing mod.

These mods, however, don't necessarily change the scope of ArmA being a milsim. DayZ is more of a surival/PvP thing.

[DMarkwick]

Right. So now ArmA2 is popular, but it's popular for the wrong reasons. Guys should just chill the fuck out & all. Military gamers are not going to be forgotten.

[Defunkt]

ArmA's military-simulation elements (armour, damage, detection, targetting, counter-measures) are really pretty slap-dash. Its primary strength and true identity is as an open world sandbox which is the foundation on which both the military gaming and role-playing (including Day Z) have always depended. I actually think it'd be a good thing for BI to focus on the sandbox a little more, if you truly dig the military simulation then you really ought to be using ACE anyway, vanilla systems are just too irritating and inconsistent.

[maturin]

They need to push the realism a little farther, though. Many of ACE's features have to be awkwardly tacked on with scripts because the game doesn't provide a good base.

That said, the most important thing they can do is improve playability of controls and UI (without sacrificing depth) and improving. the. ever. loving. AI.

[GRS]

DayZ got so old so fast anyways...

[Flash Thunder]

More customers for BIS product equals better product for us why are you guys always fucking tripping out about it.

Really....

BIS isn't going to dumb down Arma for DayZ, if anything it will become its own IP.

[maturin]

On the other hand, maybe Day Z buys us a few more days at the firing range with recording equipment, or an Xaitment license...

[jblackrupert]

It's funny how people running around handing out parking tickets in Chernarus Life or whatever it's called didn't cause this much fuss.

[Nicholas]

It's funny how people running around handing out parking tickets in Chernarus Life or whatever it's called didn't cause this much fuss.

Probably because that wasn't on the scale that DayZ is. Currently, I'm sure that DayZ-only players out number the ArmA military sim players. Those others mods didn't make the primary userbase the minority.