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Posted May 16, 2012
[url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/arma_gold_edition]ArmA: Gold Edition, which includes the original ArmA: Armed Assault and its expansion Queen’s Gambit, assaults all the competition with a 60% discount for the next 24 hours.

This military simulator takes place on a fictional Atlantic island of Sahrani, divided into two countries: the communist dictatorship in the north and the democratic kingdom in the south. When US forces stationed there leave the southern country for training, the northern neighbour attacks. You are one of the US soldiers that hasn’t left the island yet, so you join the local militia and fight the aggressive regime!

The terrain featured in the campaign measures up to 400 square kilometers, and is beautifully rendered by the Real Virtuality 2 engine. All of the weapons and vehicle models are made in great detail, but apart from looking real they behave like the real ones too. Sighting, weapon ballistics, damage, recoil, and reloading are some of the things that were designed to be as real as they can get.

Grab ArmA: Gold Edition and test your military expertise for only $3.99 on GOG.com for the next 24 hours.
Posted May 16, 2012
ArmA? Not my style, but not a bad promo.
Posted May 16, 2012
4th promo in a row brings nothing for me.
Me sad.
Posted May 16, 2012
Nice timing with all the Day Z hype going on. Might pick this up.
Posted May 16, 2012
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kalmis666: Nice timing with all the Day Z hype going on. Might pick this up.
why? Day Z is for ArmA 2, which is the infinitely better game.

ArmA 1 is (or rather, was) interesting from a technical point of view, but as a game, it's pretty horrible. lacks direction, the campaign is boring, the characters are flatter than a sheet of paper and the missions have numerous scripting errors.

anybody looking to get into the series should start straight with ArmA 2: Combined Operations. ArmA 1 is a waste of time at this point, unless you're historically interested in the series.
Posted May 16, 2012
If you have extra cash, just get the ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead. Combined Operations is great option too, if you have time to play both games. If not, Arrowhead is suffice. Or just save your money for the upcoming ArmA III.
Posted May 16, 2012
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Fred_DM: anybody looking to get into the series should start straight with ArmA 2: Combined Operations. ArmA 1 is a waste of time at this point, unless you're historically interested in the series.
I've bought ArmA 1 full price from GOG and i don't regret it. With the latest updates (included in the GOG version) it's quite enjoyable. Campaign isn't that great, but there are interesting missions and you can have lots of fun with the included editor. There are also some nice MODs for ArmA 1.
Of course, ArmA 2 is the better game, but it's not 4$ (a real steal for the amount of content you get here) and it's not available DRM-free from GOG... Which reminds me, I have to vote for ArmA2 on the wishlist right now :)
Posted May 16, 2012
Well, I hope that gog is able to release the WW2 game that is created using the ArmA engine: Iron Front: Liberation 1944
Post edited May 16, 2012 by Tpiom
Posted May 16, 2012
Not really into the "realistic" shooters. I'm hoping GOG can add some more good "unrealistic" FPSes soon; it feels like a "forgotten" genre here, trampled under the glorious RPGs that I'm not really interested in either.

(I was going to link to a thread I made about FPSes a few months ago, but I can't find it. Dat search engine, erk...)
Posted May 16, 2012
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DoctorGOGgles: I've bought ArmA 1 full price from GOG and i don't regret it. With the latest updates (included in the GOG version) it's quite enjoyable. Campaign isn't that great, but there are interesting missions and you can have lots of fun with the included editor. There are also some nice MODs for ArmA 1.
Of course, ArmA 2 is the better game, but it's not 4$ (a real steal for the amount of content you get here) and it's not available DRM-free from GOG... Which reminds me, I have to vote for ArmA2 on the wishlist right now :)
Well you can always go for Arma 2: Free http://www.arma2.com/free
Posted May 16, 2012
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tfishell: Not really into the "realistic" shooters. I'm hoping GOG can add some more good "unrealistic" FPSes soon; it feels like a "forgotten" genre here, trampled under the glorious RPGs that I'm not really interested in either.

(I was going to link to a thread I made about FPSes a few months ago, but I can't find it. Dat search engine, erk...)
you know, speaking of Good "Unrealistic" shooters, I hope Hard Reset Makes it over here sometime soon...

As well as Shadow Warrior...Necrovision...and many others
Posted May 16, 2012
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DoctorGOGgles: I've bought ArmA 1 full price from GOG and i don't regret it. With the latest updates (included in the GOG version) it's quite enjoyable. Campaign isn't that great, but there are interesting missions and you can have lots of fun with the included editor. There are also some nice MODs for ArmA 1.
Of course, ArmA 2 is the better game, but it's not 4$ (a real steal for the amount of content you get here) and it's not available DRM-free from GOG... Which reminds me, I have to vote for ArmA2 on the wishlist right now :)
well, i bought ArmA 1 for full price on release when it came out. and i'm in the same country as you so you can imagine what i paid for it. needless to say, ArmA 1 is the one game i could have done without, and that's saying something considering i own hundreds of games, and not all of them would be considered to be "good" games by the average gamer.

the problem with the game is the fact that it was basically a cash-grab. Bohemia was developing ArmA 2 already at the time, but they needed some money coming in, so they took what they had a third or so into the development of ArmA 2 tech and released it as a sequel to Operation Flashpoint.

yes, it's playable. it might even be enjoyable, though i didn't enjoy it much. i went back to Operation Flashpoint and then on to ArmA 2. ArmA 2 is the game ArmA should have been, but really, ArmA 1 should never have happened, from a design point of view.

i think ArmA 1, and it's horrible state at release, cost Bohemia a lot of respect. the buggy release of ArmA 2 didn't help, either, but at least the generally high quality of their ArmA 2 games made up for it.

why am i bothering with this at all? because ArmA 1 may put you off the series permanently. which would be a shame because ArmA 2 is a gem of a game. get that one instead.
Post edited May 16, 2012 by Fred_DM
Posted May 16, 2012
I'm pretty sure I won't like it, but I'm taking it. Never tried hardcore war games like that.
Posted May 16, 2012
FYI: Thats ArmA 1 guys, Day Z works only with 2.

Which brings my question: where's ArmA 2 and Operation Arrowhead GOG?
Posted May 16, 2012
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Roman5: you know, speaking of Good "Unrealistic" shooters, I hope Hard Reset Makes it over here sometime soon...

As well as Shadow Warrior...Necrovision...and many others
Agreed. Despite the mediocre critical reception Hard Reset has been intriguing me ever since I heard of it. And especially after it occurred to me that it was created by some of the developers of the original Painkiller (which I'm a huge fan of). I'm still wondering though how it's possible that the NecroVision staff also claims to consist of former Painkiller developers. I'm waiting for another small Polish developer studio to show up and claim that they consist of former Painkiller guys. Reminds me of the time when Putin got more than 100% of the votes.
Post edited May 16, 2012 by F4LL0UT
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