Nothing spices up a war across some Greek islands like a great big blood dinosaur stomping around and eating everyone. Point your soon to be terrified eyes in the direction of the T-Rex animation test below. Arma 3 is bringing us bringing us dinosaurs, which could easily eat a zombie, thanks to a mod from McRuppertle. Super-serious military sim Arma 2 brought us DayZ, but zombies have been done to death. Everyone knows that you sacrifice either goats or virgins when you really want something, and Jurassic Park taught me that dinosaurs like goats a lot. The first new Showcase I jump into upon downloading the release version is Armed Assault, which shines a spotlight on large-scale combined arms gameplay.Īs I write this, my hands are covered in the blood of the countless goats I’ve just sacrificed. These are bite-sized scenarios that teach and, obviously, showcase the various mechanics and situations that hard-working digital soldiers will find themselves in. With Arma 3 leaving beta behind, one of the most notable differences is the inclusion of all the Showcases. But Arma 3 is much more than a game it’s a sandbox and a creation tool, a stage for mutliplayer battles and user-generated scenarios, and even in its not-quite-ready state, it’s a compelling romp. There isn’t even a single-player campaign yet - for that, we’ll have to wait a month, and that’s just for the first episode. Kinks still need to be worked out, and a lot of content is waiting in the wings, so we’re not ready to review or score it.

In fact, if you’re one of the many players who have been fiddling around with Bohemia Interactive’s military simulator for the last six months, you might get the feeling that this is just a rather large update rather than the culmination of Bohemia Interactive and their army of testers’ work. But this is a launch with a caveat: it’s not finished yet. Blackened husks of ATVs perch over ditches, the victims of mines helicopters pepper picturesque hillsides with bullets, hunting down fleeing soldiers and even amid the gently bobbing waves of the ocean there is no escape from the conflict, as troops in scuba gear assault patrol vessels and pester fish.Īrma 3 has launched, and with it, a never-ending supply of battles. The vast fictional Greek islands of Altis and Stratis are rife with war.

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