ArmA is just ... disappointing

[W0lle]

Like the title says, share all your negative experiences and complaints about ArmA in this thread only.

For positive feedback and praising use this thread.

The channel rules apply here too, no flamebaiting, insults etc. Violations against this result in a 24h PR (at least).

[POPKA]

installed the game, started up the game, opened the editor, placed a civilian and my computer crashed when I pressed preview (though it wasen't armed assaults fault) still is a negative experiance.

started up the game, joined an internet server, started a coop game And the idiot pilot barrel rolled into the sea.

[CanadianTerror]

The game is at patch 1.07 and mine still looks like a crayon textured low lod mess when i try and use the North island or put too many units ingame.

That is disappointing.

Other than that its fun.

[DMarkwick]

The game is great IMO. OFP with better graphics, we all knew it would be that, and it's exactly what we got. Brilliant

I would have paid for just an OFP graphic update, sheeit I would have paid for just TrackIR support, but we got a whole new product.

Only one disappointment - addons cannot be directly ported.

By the way - why stop one thread and open another identical thread? Aren't we (the forum peasants) always being told not to start new threads but to use the already established threads? And I'm pretty sure a search of game disappointments would have thrown up a few more. This site is modded strangely to be sure.

[W0lle]

By the way - why stop one thread and open another identical thread? Aren't we (the forum peasants) always being told not to start new threads but to use the already established threads? And I'm pretty sure a search of game disappointments would have thrown up a few more. This site is modded strangely to be sure.

Like I said in the Ask a moderator thread I'll make 2 threads for complaining and praising which will replace all other existing ones.

Sure I could have merged the old disappointing thread but then my inital post would have been moved to the end of the thread because it's newer and I wanted it to be on top for a good reason.

[vilas]

so my list of complains:

- pulsing annoying HDR (few movies on youtube)
- god-knowledge AI against player ( you shoot in his direction, although you are on his back and deep in forest, he turns, and shoots you, milimetrically knows where are you, zero of disorientation)
- AI do not obey order 3-2 (don't fire, so he gave your position to the enemy, you cannot crawl silently into enemy base)
- RPG is used by AI against man (i hope patch will fix it)
- textures, LOD missing bugs
- poor buildings, vehicles destroy structure (after shot from HEAT all house crush, and only small heap of trash left, there should be more of bricks or even some fragments of home only destructed)(cars wheels, car should blow up only if hited in fuel, not shot in doors or other place, after shot in engine place it should stop), (tank should be much much stronger in some parts),
- 2 shots in arm or leg kill, soldier should be heavy wounded, arms disabled to fire or etc, but alive, or soldier should bleed out in some minutes
- stupid weapons left after 30 seconds in water, should be at least minute
- vests are not working,
- vehicles like BMP, T72 still colliding, 25 % of missions failed, because instead of going in column, they collide and BMP is flying high

[Garbol]

What i don't like:

- No radar locks. in helis/planes "static" left & right radar screens in cockpits
- Targeting system is just Stoneage! no laser/thermal lock sometimes i feel like i'm flying a AH-1 in WW2 era... and no pilot's helmet targeting.
- why there is no T-80?! Sahrani forces can aford a SU-34 but no T-80!?
- Hovering a heli is just a nightmare...
- T-72 should get converted to T-80 or get better armour... T-72 can take only 1 hit form M1A1 and be destroyed (which ofcours is realistic) but puts an unfair advantage over multiplayer...
- Correct the VOIP! i want to know who i'am speaking whit. It should work like this: i see a player nick to the left when he is saying something over VOIP and there should be channels like in chat (vechicle, side, group).
- AI... after many patches its still dumb... tanks shooting other tanks whit KM... this is not normal.

[Scrub]

The only things that disappoint me are the little details and oversights, which happen in any project. ***That's what patches are for. ***
-The ability of armor to detect and engage moving A-10s >1km away with the precision they have is IMO a bit over the top. ***
-The way the texturing and shadows are dependant upon the direction you face, and seem to change and be updated every time you turn around. ***It makes them flicker or the textures get slapped on the geometry a frame or two after it comes into view. ***I'm not sure if it's possible to change such things, but it would be appreciated.
-When the pointer/sights are removed so you only can use irons, it also takes away the lock images from TOW/Jav/MANPADS.. ect. ***Would be nice to keep these elements seperated, if at all possible.

These little things annoy me, but don't really detract from the overall experience.

[Abbe]

Hm...with such pale light in the tunnel the line between "complaining" and pure observation is pretty thin...

I guess this new approache to the old community will close a whole lot of threads without selling a whole lot of games, don't you think...?

By the way, this could still become the computer game above all computer games...regard that as a prais.

/Abbe

[AfrographX]

Actually there are two things that disappoint me.

1. I'd have prefered more gameplay enhancements than updates of the graphic engine. Especially on the infantry side of things. That's the core element of the flashpoint series and there was little improvement in that department.

2. Editing Tools. Tools should've been available before the release. Now it's month after the first release and we're still waiting. That's not gonna gelp to revive the editing scene. Of course there will be more activity once the tools are released but with the delay there's a lot of potential lost.


Another thing (that I don't blame BIS for) is that i highly doubt that the mod scene will be anywhere as active as during the good old days of OFP mostly because making of good addons now requires even more effort.