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ArmA II Demo Out Now

Submitted by Scott Tortorice on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 19:36 in

Bohemia Interactive and 505 Games have announced a demo for military simulation ArmA II, available for download from today. The demo version of Bohemia Interactive’s long awaited tactical PC shooter will provide a glimpse of some of ArmA II’s backdrops, equipment and broad gameplay style which incorporates first person shooter, role playing game and real time strategy elements.

The fictional post-Soviet state of Chernarus provides the location for all the action in ArmA II and gamers will have the opportunity to explore its highland area in the demo version, along with the small Chernarussian island of Utes. More specifically, the ‘boot camp’ missions are all available which act as tutorials for the game’s many disciplines including helicopter flight, unit command and base construction. In addition, the full single player mission ‘Trial By Fire’ from the main campaign and the multiplayer map ‘Mini Warfare’, allowing ArmA fans the chance to trial three multiplayer modes, are included in the demo. A selection of over 20 vehicles, over 25 weapons and various soldier and civilian models will be included, although these represent only a fraction of those available in the retail version.

“Distilling ArmA II’s gameplay into a trial sized package has been a bit of a challenge because there is just so much in there that we want to show off,” commented Mark Allen, European Communications Manager for 505 Games. “In the end we’ve decided to be pretty generous, there are five types of rocket launcher in there for starters!”

Featuring the most realistic warfare gameplay ever, ArmA II promises to build on the excellent features that have made Bohemia Interactive a respected name amongst both gamers and the US army, who use a modified version to train recruits for combat situations. Team-based combat, a comprehensive playbook of military tactics and an enormous battlefield to explore are just some of the features that will make this the military simulation of choice this year.

ArmA II is out now exclusively for PC. For all the latest information please visit www.arma2.com

"This is one demo that every fan of strategy games ought to try. It's got something for everyone."
 

Comments

ArmA 2: What a game!

Submitted by Scott Tortorice on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 19:40.

I've only had a few hours to play with the demo, but I think it is safe to say that every FPS fan should give this game ('sim' is more accurate) a try! It is quite unlike any other title out there at the moment.

How does this game compare with Operation Flashpoint?

Submitted by Michael Dorosh on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 11:47.

How does it compare to Operation Flashpoint?

I never played OpF, so I

Submitted by Scott Tortorice on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 18:41.

I never played OpF, so I can't say. But from what the old timers are saying, ArmA II is the first true sequel for OpF. So, if you liked the original, you should like this.

Did you try the demo?

I'll have to give it a whirl

Submitted by Michael Dorosh on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 22:15.

I'll have to give it a whirl this weekend; the movie looked like it might be one of those "gotta buy a new machine to appreciate this" kinda deals...

Flexibility is ArmA 2's greatest strength

Submitted by Scott Tortorice on Mon, 06/29/2009 - 22:59.

As long as you don't have your heart set on photo-realistic graphics, ArmA II allows you to dial back the video settings so you can play it on an older machine. My machine is better than the minimum specs but not up to the recommended (my GPU comes up short), so I had to dial back a bunch of the settings to "normal" instead of high or better. The game runs fine so far and looks good, too. So there is hope for most rigs, I think.