ARMA II

GAME DETAILS :-

Developer : Bohemia Interactive Studio

Publisher : 505 Games , Morphicon , Got Game Entertainment , Akella And Steam

Engine : Real Virtuality 3

Genre : Modern First-Person Tactical Shooter

Release Date : July 7 , 2009

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS :-

Operating System : Windows XP / Windows Vista

CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo Processor / AMD Athlon 3200+

Memory (RAM) : 2 GB

Graphics Hardware : DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card with Memory 256 MB

[NVIDIA : GeForce 7800 Series
ATI : Radeon X1800 Series]

Hard Disk Space : 10 GB

GAME FEATURES :-

Arma II is a first- and third-person tactical shooter that simulates a military operation in the midst of a growing civil war in the fictitious European country of Chernarus. Arma II’s setting is visually striking, amazingly detailed, and brimming with life. Modeled after regions of the Czech Republic, the landscape is so authentic that you could orienteer by watching the stars move across the sky. The terrain includes picturesque forests, mountains, beaches, and pastures, plus one large urban area and several smaller towns, and in many missions, you'll have free rein to traverse vast tracts of the 86-square-mile gameworld. Alongside the Chernarussian people, wild animals and livestock go about their respective lives. In the former Soviet Republic of Chernarus, five factions vie for power, including the US Marines, your faction for the single-player campaign; the Chernarussian military, which is allied with the US; the Red Star Movement, a group of Communist separatists from the ethnically Russian areas of Chernarus; NAPA, an independent group of nationalist partisans fighting the Communists; and the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Although your mission is to help the legitimate government in its campaign to crush the Communist insurgency, it's not always clear which factions are in the right; they're all guilty of corruption and atrocities. In the campaign, each path you take develops fluidly into new missions, which typically begin with a simple objective, like scouting an area, and lead to additional optional objectives, based on your choices. Other missions will send you deep into enemy territory to scout for insurgent bases, capture rebel leaders, rendezvous with partisans, and take part in a wide variety of other realistic military operations. You start off as a grunt under the command of a squad leader, and you'll play the first third of the game as a straightforward infantry simulation. To survive, you must learn the importance of scanning the horizon before you move, flanking enemies, aiming with your weapon sights, and keeping a low profile. You'll find that bullets are typically exchanged at a distance of 100 meters or more, at the far edge of visual contact. Aiming at this range is a ballistics puzzle that rewards intelligence over reflexes, and "spray and pray" tactics will only win you a trip home in an unvarnished pine box. Even though combat is extremely difficult, it's always fair. The average AI enemy, while a good shot, isn't inhumanly good and can be tricked or flanked.

The map is also essential for ordering friendly pilots to transport the men to the landing zone of your choice. As the campaign progresses, the scope of your responsibility gradually increases until you're practically playing a real-time strategy game, building bases and leading scores of men into battle. You and your squad are locked in place during cutscenes, and you may be unlucky enough to discover that enemies can roam around freely and massacre your helpless men as you watch in impotent horror. If you survive the cutscene, you may find that your troops have been fixed in place and cannot be moved until you shoot them. Other single-player options include several stand-alone missions, a robust editor, and Armory mode. In Armory mode you can play with various different characters, weapons, and vehicles, and complete challenges to unlock new ones. Challenges range from grabbing a G-36 and defending a hill, to hunting and skeet shooting as a rifleman, to avoiding poachers as a goat. The stand-alone missions let you play with some of the other factions and are not plagued by bugs like the campaign, while the easy-to-use in-game editor allows you to quickly whip up a fantasy battle using any of the game's units. Multiplayer games range from conventional fare like Deathmatch and Capture the Flag to bizarre original scenarios created by the host. Of the standard multiplayer game types, the most interesting is Capture the Island, also known as Warfare. Two teams face off to seize control of an island. Each team has a commander who builds the base and can give orders to the other players, each of whom commands his or her own AI squad. Teams earn money by capturing territory, killing enemies, and salvaging wreckage, which they can spend to purchase base buildings, units, and equipment. These conflicts escalate to wonderfully epic proportions once both sides are fielding an impressive force of tanks, APCs, and helicopters. As for user-made missions, they're quick and easy to download at the start of an MP game, although they're not guaranteed to be any good. Regardless, clans will love creating their own recruiting and practice missions, and casual players (as much as anyone who plays Arma II can be called "casual") will enjoy the variety that unique MP missions bring to the game. In contrast, the sound effects are solid, and the infrequent musical interludes fit the mood. This ambitious military sandbox game comes close to realizing its potential but falls short due to its buggy single-player campaign.

GAME REVIEW :-

8/10

Arma II Trailer :-