Please note: This might be broken, I must fix links, for it was a copy paste from another forum. All videos are down. In this thread I will show you every single game that makes CoD and BF look like crap. This Thread will be dedicated to the true masterpieces of gaming. This is what War gaming is about. Along with general game reviews, and do's and dont's. Operation Flashpoint Cold War Crisis/Arma Cold War Assault: Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, or now called Arma: Cold War assault, Was the first of it's kind. It integrated realism, but yet is very fun. With it's huge maps (whole Islands to be exact), It took war gaming to a whole new level. With the freedom to make your own missions, and superb multiplayer I will give this game a 9.3/10 Arma: Armed Assault: Arma took the OF engine and gave it some graphical tweaks, along side with some gameplay adjustments. Fight the war in Afghanistan in this fantastic shooter. 8.5/10 Arma 2: Arma 2 took everything from Arma and OF and improved it ten fold. This game is truly a masterpiece, with it's non-linear gameplay, and it's terrific multiplayer. This is one of my favorites. 9.8/10 Men of War: Assault Squad: Let's rewind the clock to World War 2, for this RTS. Men of War is fantastic, it implements realism, strategy, tactics, and fun. The strategy is unlike any other WWII RTS, it possesses weapon ballistics, master tactics, and the ability to take direct control. With the ability to move any specific units you want, and have them shoot where you want, with specific ammo adds tactics that very few games have. It also has an inventory system, so you may use items at your will. But watch out for ammo, you don't want to run out! This one really shines online, so gather some friends, and kill some Jerry's! Or become those Krauts 9/10 IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 IL-2 is a WWII air combat sim, and very fun at that. Very realistic, and fun to play with friends. 8.5/10 Red Orchestra: You can play as the Germans or Soviets. It implements bullet physics, and a nice dose of realism. Where you shoot counts, shot in the leg? Don't expect to be running. Shot in the arm or hand? Expect to drop your weapon, and horrible accuracy. 9/10 Battlefield 3 Beta Scratch Bad company 1 and bad company 2, let's act as if they never existed. For now, let's make it BF2 and BF3. Where do I start... Imagine BF2 as a cupcake with frosting, it's good, really good. Now imagine you have sprinkles and put them on, now it is better. That's all BF3 is, sprinkles. The shitty kind at dollar tree. The kind that taste like plastic. BF3 implements new features, guns, vehicles, physics, and graphics; but it takes away from one major thing, gameplay. Pretty cupcake huh? Doesn't mean it taste like it looks. With this game I got CoD mixed with disappointment, and lots of it. "Oh, Zanta just cares about realism, that's why" No. I am judging this game based off of the foundation that BF2 put it. BF3 just simply does not have the "Battlefield" feel to it any more. It has the feel it was aiming for, and that happened to be the "CoD" feel. What do I mean by "CoD" feel? Run and Gun, spray and Pray. "Well that has to deal with realism sir zanta!" No, I am not taking it off of realism at all. I am judging the game on what its 'spose to be. It took everything BF2 had and re-painted it, with an ugly blue. Seriously, the game may look good, but they went waaaayyyyy overboard with the special effects. It actually takes away from the gameplay, cause you can't see what the fuck you're doing. The gameplay, like I said, fast-paced, run and gun, only with open spaces and vehicles (which I haven't experienced in the beta.) I am going to end the review short, for this isn't my official review, until the game is released, and I play it on the PC. But for now; 7.6/10 More will be added, with more info.
