Official Review Thread.

[imported_bör]

Every feature, every complex ballistic calculation, every campaign and every mission ever designed for the series has been ported to the console, optimised and improved for the Xbox hardware.

BIS must have spent a whole sea of money on porting every campaign ever designed for OFP to the XBox.


edit: Oh, and this nearly made me cry ( ):
quite a few Xbox only graphical touches have been added to the mix such as Depth of Field (variable camera focus effects) and High Dynamic Range Lighting (a more realistic method of simulating light sources in games).

So that means no HDR for ArmA? Or is it just compared to good ol' OFP2001?

[colossus]

You've seen the pictures, HDR lighting is and will be in ArmA

[Placebo]

edit: Oh, and this nearly made me cry ( ):
quite a few Xbox only graphical touches have been added to the mix such as Depth of Field (variable camera focus effects) and High Dynamic Range Lighting (a more realistic method of simulating light sources in games).

So that means no HDR for ArmA? Or is it just compared to good ol' OFP2001?

As Armed Assault has not been released it's quite unlikely the review is comparing the Xbox game to ArmA, is it not?

[imported_bör]

As Armed Assault has not been released it's quite unlikely the review is comparing the Xbox game to ArmA, is it not?

Thanks for doing the thinking for me.

[.kju [PvPscene]]

congratz BIS

i hope you it will be another top seller

[luemmel]

congrats, too. i think i did the right thing that i bought the game yesterday

but 1 question from a xbox noob. there is mentioned a dedicated server. is this a server which i can download and install it on a pc or internet windows server for instance? like ofp:r? if yes, where i can download it?

[Heatseeker]

but 1 question from a xbox noob. there is mentioned a dedicated server. is this a server which i can download and install it on a pc or internet windows server for instance? like ofp:r? if yes, where i can download it?

I think they were refering to a dedicated xbox server, like... a xbox hosting only.
700mhz+64 2100 ram+2 megabit up/down conection = 32+ player server, hmmm... .

[luemmel]

but 1 question from a xbox noob. there is mentioned a dedicated server. is this a server which i can download and install it on a pc or internet windows server for instance? like ofp:r? if yes, where i can download it?

I think they were refering to a dedicated xbox server, like... a xbox hosting only.
700mhz+64 2100 ram+2 megabit up/down conection = 32+ player server, hmmm... .

you mean a central managed server by bis / codies? hm, i hope that there will be enough servers / slots and that some servers staying in germany due to good pings...

[Heatseeker]

you mean a central managed server by bis / codies? hm, i hope that there will be enough servers / slots and that some servers staying in germany due to good pings... ***

I meant an xbox used has server only using the live service, im not familiar with it but thats how i interpreted Placebo's info. One xbox serving with several other xbox clients conected to it using xbox live thingy .

[Uziyahu--IDF]

Basically you create the match as a dedicated server and you DO NOT play unless you connect to your first X-Box with another X-Box over the network; otherwise, you host AND play.

It will be a nice way to serve out your custom missions while you are asleep.