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This game does a lot very right and a few things a little bad. I have played JA2, WF, JA 1.13 and JA 1.13 WF. At first all the things I didnt like sprung to my eye: The Inventory system and the gunplay/firefights that are quite good but lack something I dont know exactly yet.

But if you give this game a chance, you will certainly come to the conclusion, that it is a good game on its own. The graphics and effects are great, there is a lot of variability, the characters are awesome, sound is well made and a ton of QoL changes that are nice to play with e.g. the Operations system, the scouting, the gun modding. And I looove the urban settings and that it feels like you can now storm a room with granades and tactical gameplay. The different elevation levels were implemented so nicely. It feels great having a sniper on the roof, covering your squad in the streets from abouve.

For me it also feels like a real JA Game.

The things that should be improved: The whole Inventory system, Gun mods should be detachable, the gunplay and economy balance (sniper/ar/mp), the overview function and the alert system at the start of a fight. I would like the firefight gameplay a little more realistic and immersive e.g. more suppressive fire, more shots all around and less hits, smarter enemys that dont just run into your overview, AP Balance that favors smaller guns in CQB more. And it would have been great if more buildings would be accessible in the dense citys. You see, a lot of small things that are maybe possible to change. Nevertheless, its fun as hell and shows in which direction this series could go.

And at all the haters that are sad that it isn´t JA2: If this game is a success, maybe it will improve the chances for an JA2 1.13 Definitive Edition/Remake. A combination of the good things of JA2 and JA3 would be the perfect JA4 for me. :)

Sure, this game has not matured yet. The disconnections have become better but I have crashes after some time. I am sure they will fix this eventually too. And: There isn´t too much content aswell.

It is a tech demo and money collector for ArmA 4 and I am more then willing to pay for this. You notice how much the developers care about their game and that they want to make a better but true ArmA Game.

And when it works and you find a communicative group that is willing to operate somewhat tactical and strategic, its sooo good and athmospheric. I had so much different situations. Despite the crashes, the game runs well and the graphics, effects and sounds are great. Its a good plattform and when they deliver what they promised in their roadmaps, it will get really great.

Only downside which I dont like is the console port. It has the potential to dumb down this complex game and all trolls I encountered online where XBox players. I would say, concentrate on PC and let the game be as complex as it needs to be to have a slowish, deep and diverse gameplay. A real ArmA with full content will not work properly on console, not to speak of the console player base. You will not find the community there, that keeps Arma living for so long now. Please think about it, it is not worth in the long run sacraficing die-hard arma PC players.

I regret that I bought the game at sale... because I wish I had given more money to the developers for this masterpiece.

If you want a story-driven game that immerses you into its atmosphere, this is the game for you. If you wand a combat game or a souls-like, not so much.

And be aware, it is short and has not much replay value, except that what it offers is fantastic. You will be through in 6-10 hours gameplay time. But oh wow, this time will feel intense. It is the kind of game you recommend to friends and want so sit beside them while they are playing it, whatching their reaction.
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I would loooove a Souls-like with the atmosphere of this game and the satisfying feeling of combat. Combat feels great, but becomes repetitive besides the boss fights. It shouldn´t be much more sofisticated, but a little more complexity would improve the combat gameplay sooo much.

Again: Wow, did they create an atmosphere in this game. Astonishing.