Armed Assault

[Vorph]

New game by the makers of Operation: Flashpoint. It's basically OFP2--better graphics, much larger landmass, ridiculous amount of weapons, vehicles, etc. Like OFP, it's also super-realistic to the point where even Rainbow Six looks like an arcade game by comparison. Only out in the UK as far as English release goes, but it's available from gogamer.com in the US. It's only protected with SecuROM, so of course it's available through other means too.

I haven't tried it yet though, anyone else got it? I've heard a few horror stories about bugs and performance, but there's supposed to be another patch out in a week or two. I'm mostly curious about LAN co-op play over Hamachi and the single player campaign.

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[Hatorade]

got it from The Peer Hub it is really freaking hard....like to the point of not being fun....multiplayer seems like it would rock though if you hardcore.

[Hatorade]

Also don't even try to fly a helicopter unless you got a flight stick with rudder control...using a mouse and keyboard for about an hour and I crash every time within 1-3 mins.

[Eomer]

got it from The Peer Hub it is really freaking hard....like to the point of not being fun....multiplayer seems like it would rock though if you hardcore.

I wonder if it's as hard as the original. Nothing like missions that could take 3 hours, where you could be head shotted by some filthy Rusky at 300m at any time, and you had a single save to finish the mission with.

Thank god there were cheat codes to allow more than one save per mission. I'm curious how the save functionality is in this one. Making a game challenging is one thing, but the original was incredibly frustrating if you only played as the makers intended. Still glad I finished the single player campaign, was a great sense of accomplishment.

[Vorph]

Dunno about the saves, but the missions are supposedly at least as hard as the original game's and there aren't any cheats because the 1.02 patch removed them. 1.05 is due out this week, I think I'm going to give it a try unless I end up liking Jade Empire enough to buy it.

[Valaden]

Originally Posted by Vorph

Dunno about the saves, but the missions are supposedly at least as hard as the original game's and there aren't any cheats because the 1.02 patch removed them. 1.05 is due out this week, I think I'm going to give it a try unless I end up liking Jade Empire enough to buy it.

Ressurecting this thread. 1.05 has been out for a few weeks and the new features are great - especially the new tactical view(iron sights). The singleplayer isnt the selling point of this game to be honest. Similarely to Neverwinter Nights and less importantly to Half life 1/2, the multiplayer and modding communities are what the game is all about.

Leagues should be getting started shortly or at least when the North American version comes out. Worth a try if you like tactical shooters and not bunny hopping CS clones.

Movie made with ingame footage.


Oh and to demonstrate the extent of the engine's modding possibilities, heres something to go with C&C 3.

[Quineloe]

EVA's new voice sucks

[Vorph]

Bleah, between your description, reviews saying the single player campaign included is really short, and the fact that I can't try the game out (neither crack nor clone works without a valid cd key, you get seagulled) I guess I'll be skipping it. I have just about zero interest in multiplayer games beyond maybe playing co-op with a friend, and the only mod I ever found useful for OFP was the stuff to improve the graphics. Ah well...

[Valaden]

Originally Posted by Vorph

Bleah, between your description, reviews saying the single player campaign included is really short, and the fact that I can't try the game out (neither crack nor clone works without a valid cd key, you get seagulled) I guess I'll be skipping it. I have just about zero interest in multiplayer games beyond maybe playing co-op with a friend, and the only mod I ever found useful for OFP was the stuff to improve the graphics. Ah well...

Sorry to blow your bubble but I played for a week or two with a cracked game and the cd-key that came with the torrent. You can also play multiplayer regardless of the cd-key, the option to block illegal keys is server side, some allow it, some dont.

Oh and seagulls have nothing to do with the cd-key or anything, it just means you or the AI slot your in has already died. Some people switch slots when they die to respawn.

[Vorph]

Those cd-keys have been blacklisted in 1.05, including the ones from the keygen (unless you get absurdly lucky and generate a real key, not just one that passed a simple checksum or whatever validation they use). The seagull thing I'm talking about is for single player; it's part of Fade copy protection, just like they used in OFP. First you can't hit anything when you shoot, then the enemies never miss, and finally you turn into a seagull.

[Valaden]

Originally Posted by Vorph

Those cd-keys have been blacklisted in 1.05, including the ones from the keygen (unless you get absurdly lucky and generate a real key, not just one that passed a simple checksum or whatever validation they use). The seagull thing I'm talking about is for single player; it's part of Fade copy protection, just like they used in OFP. First you can't hit anything when you shoot, then the enemies never miss, and finally you turn into a seagull.

Well since I have stopped using a cracked version before 1.05 came out you might have a point here. Never had FADE kick in on my game. Heck most people still think FADE is just a boogeyman to scare people. Despite that fact, multiplayer is where its at, the game's genre is not for everyone.