My first experience with Arma 3

(Disclaimer: I only played this game for an hour. This is not a review, but my first glance at the game)

Arma 3 by Bohemia Interactive

Lets start this off the controls

The controls are hell. No seriously, it is like they looked at a keyboard and thought ” I am just gonna start assigning random keys to actions.” Nearly every key has a different action, and some require you to hit shift too. Its insanity. If you are good at memorizing, by all means this game is fun, but holy hell its hard to get the hang of.

The Key Layout, a cutout by Bohemia Interactive

Now onto the combat

Teamwork teamwork teamwork. This game REALLY relies on teamwork. The combat is “realistic” as in using cover to hide and healing your wounds. The guns have drop etc. One issue with this game though, is that damage is unrealistic. There is very little bullet impact and when you take damage, your health goes down. I wish specific parts of your body got hurt. Also, you can die so quick against other players its crazy. After you die you have to take a 2 km hike back to the battlegrounds.

Next, the vehicles

Again, this is where the game tries to implement realism, but the amount of controls makes it difficult. However, the vehicles are a necessity. In order to get to the battlefield, you HAVE to have a car, jeep, plane, or helicopter. The size of the map is huge. But again, the handling on the vehicles is definitely not great.

How is the multiplayer aspect

This is again, complicated yet interesting. This game heavily relies on team callouts. And I mean heavily. This game is also only multiplayer. Yet when teamates are toxic, they can easily kill you and destroy your vehicles, fun. Also, many people are VERY competative about this game.

So is this game worth it

Maybe. It is very complicated, but it is fun-ish. With the toxicity and the serious players it can be hard to play casually. Also, after you buy the game many servers require the DLC to play. So be prepared to drop more money than expected.

Gameplay: 6/10 (Interesting implementation, but too complicated)

Graphics: 8/10 ( Pretty good, but can require a beefy computer on high settings)

Fun: 7/10 (Fun but too complicated and serious)

Overall: 6/10 (Complicated controls ruin it, and not good for casual players)

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