ARMA: Combat Operations Reviews

As a gamer who owns all ARMA series, I really want to say, from a retrospective perspective, the game is improving over years but not quite. The graphics and physics certainly become better in latter ARMA2 updates and in ARMA3: vehicles respond to rugged terrains, ragdoll systems etc. Yet that is the only thing I feel "realistic" about this game. Other elements are not at all close to real. The map is huge but monotonous(I guess because it's largely computer generated); the way objects interact is ultimately awkward(they still struggle with it in ARMA3); close-up scenario looks beautiful but depth field is very shitty. These ruthlessly dim the only few other highlights of ARMA.

The Arma Combat Operations Does not work; it works for the first 10 minutes, then the game bugs out when you are supposed to run to safety and it happened 5 times to me I give it 5 times to work, but I guess it’s not going to work for me.

The spiritual successor to the original Operation Flashpoint game, the most realistic war game you will find out there on the market today. It's dated by today's standards but still a great game with some amazing missions.

Buy Arma 2 instead. This used to be fun but the graphics are outdated and the AI is pretty dumb. The campaign is alot of fun though so I would recommend picking it up if it goes on sale. But if your looking to have fun with the mission editor where you can build highly detailed missions/campaigns I would go with Arma 2.

At this point, this game exists as a historical reference to experience for yourself. All the assets - hell the campaign itself is available via various mods in Arma 3, but to play this in its true form is something special.

i dont recommend buying this game for the simple fact you can get both the game and the expansion (on steam not on GoG or resellers of steam keys) for less money; i would recommend you buying the gold edition since you get more content for lesser price, i didn't knew that when i bought. anyways good game but not this version in specific

IF YOU HAVE A INTEL HD GRAPHICS CARD ON WINDOWS 7 64BIT. THIS GAME WILL NOT WORK UNDER THE NEWEST PATCH. (1.18). THIS BUG WILL NOT BE FIXED. THE GAME WILL NOT BE UPDATED. IN ORDER TO GET IT TO WORK WITHOUT BUYING A COMPLETLY NEW VIDEO CARD, 1) RENAME ARMA.EXE TO ARMAOLD.EXE 2) SEARCH AROUND FOR A ARMA.EXE THAT IS FROM VERSION1.14 OR EARLIER, PREFERIBLY V1.14 3) MOVE THE NEW ARMA.EXE TO YOUR GAME INSTALL FOLDER. 4) THEN, IN THE DOWNLOAD SETTINGS , SET THE GAME TO ****NOT**** AUTO UPDATE. 5) enjoy. MULTIPLAYER DOES NOT WORK WITH THIS FIX. THE ONLY WAY TO GET MULTIPLAYER TO WORK IS TO GET A NEW VIDEO CARD SINCE VERSION 1.18 DOES NOT PLAY WELL WITH INTEL HD GRAPHICS. NIVIDIA IS RECOMENDED.

It's a fun, low-end version of Arma if you can not play the others due to restraints on your pc.

Please do not buy this version of the game. Go ahead and buy ARMA: Gold Edition, which includes Armed Assault and Queen's Gambit expansion pack. It's impossible to buy the expansion pack by itself. I bought this game twice essentially (it's not a bad game, but it's not really the type of game you'd buy twice either...)

great great great game, tons of fun with this game. for being 6 years old this game is still awsome. the best part is making your own combat situations. though there is one draw back to this game, when i first downloaded it, there was a problem with the sound. though with a little research online it was an easy fix. i would recomend this game to any one that wants a strategy game mixed with a first person shooter.