ARMA: Armed Assault: Difference between revisions

* ''[[Arm A]]ARMA II'' (2009): The successor to ''Armed Assault'', also a BIS production, based on the [[VBS 2]]VBS2 engine.

** ''Army of the Czech Republic'' (release date September 12, 2012): DLC expansion about, unsurprisingly, the Army of the Czech Republic. Requires both the original game and ''Operation Arrowhead'' to play.

* ''[[Arm A]]ARMA: Cold War Assault (2011)'': A free [[Remake]] (or refurbishing if you will) mega patch for the original ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]'', released in celebration of the game's 10th anniversary by the developers. Because of the whole legal debacle with Codemasters, applying this patch to an installed copy of ''OFP'' will rename the game to ''ARMA : Cold War Assault''. '''NOTE :''' Please '''[[I Am Not Shazam|don't confuse]]''' the original ''Operation Flashpoint'' with the ARMA series proper - it's only a predecessor and set in the same universe, but otherwise completely separate. The [[Insistent Terminology|new title]] [[Screwed by the Lawyers|is there only because BIS can't release the patch under the original name of the game, since it's now owned by Codemasters]].

For the Codemasters created follow-up and [[Dueling Games|competitor]], see ''[[Operation Flashpoint (Codemasters)|Operation Flashpoint - Codemasters]]''.

* [[Downloadable Content]]: An odd example would be ''ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead'' (itself a standalone expansion) having ''British Armed Forces'' and ''Private Military Company''; ''OA''{{context|reason=MOD: I thought OA was a Quake Arena clone, not ARMA DLC. Please spell out what OA stands for.}} already has the character types and weapons used in the DLC, but they have low-quality textures and sound quality. ''BAF'' and ''PMC'' are not just additional campaigns (one each), but also higher-quality textures and sounds for their characters/weapons that're already in ''OA''. (The exception is the XM8, which seems to be the standard weapon system of the PMC faction, but was already in the game as far back as ''ARMA II''.)

* [[I Call It "Vera"]]: Dixon's aforementioned "Matilda".

* [[In-Universe Marketing]]: Several good examples (i. e. [http://www.aan-online.com/ AAN News Online]), but the viral marketing of the first ''ARMA'' game [[Character Blog|via a fictional blog of an in-game character]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20101225044117/http://www.armedassault.com/william/index.php?paged=6 takes the cake]... There's also a hefty dose of [[Continuity Nod]] towards ''Operation Flashpoint'' in all these [[Viral Marketing]] materials (to nearly [[Continuity Porn]] levels).

** With plenty of mods installed, you can quickly turn various WWII and Vietnam-era factions into this. Have fun pitting Nazis with KAR-98s and nothing more than the uniforms on their backs against US Special Forces with SCAR-Hs and [[XM 8 s]]XM8s and body armor.

* [[Mad Libs Dialogue]]: ''Armed Assault''{{'}}s and ''ARMA II''{{'}}s radio voiceovers of the individual soldiers kind of inherited this quality from ''[[Operation Flashpoint]]''. Naturally, the somewhat unnatural sounding style of the voiceovers is caused by the daunting task of having to record each possible combination of a voiceover line separately (it would take ages and require thousands of voice files). There are some community-made [[Game Mod|mods]] in the works for replacing the original voice files with better dubbed ones, and ''ARMA III'' promises to have far better voice acting.{{verify}}

* [[Next Sunday ADA.D.]]: But kind of subverted by the fact that the series takes place in a somewhat [[Alternate Universe]] version of our own, so ongoing events like the [[War On Terror]] are quite different there.

* [[Orphaned Series]]: The first ''[[Arm A]]ARMA'' game (a.k.a. ''Armed Assault'') eventually became this when BIS decided not to create any more official content for it and moved on [[Author's Saving Throw|to produce a more polished and improved sequel]]. Many fans and reviewers felt that this was fairly justified, since the game was still [[It's the Same, Now It Sucks|too much like]] the original ''OFP'', despite implementing several new features and technical improvements. The fact that some of the new stuff was often pretty buggy to begin with and not always well thought out (particularly the implementation of actual tall grass for stealth and the oft overcompetent enemy AI) all added to the game prematurely fading in popularity and not gaining as big a modder base as ''OFP'' or ''ARMA II''. The sequel was also launched less than two years after ''AA'', so most of the fanbase made the hop to ''ARMA II'' fairly quickly. On the other hand, given how buggy ''ARMA II'' was on release (and still is to some extent), the problems are [[Mis BlamedMisblamed|not completely endemic]] to ''Armed Assault''.

* [[Take That]]: At Codemasters for ''[[Operation Flashpoint (Codemasters)|Dragon Rising]]''. From an in-universe [http://www.aan-online.com/en/europe/22-interview-un-chief-weapons-inspector.html interview] at "[[In-Universe Marketing|AA News Online]]" (for ''ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead''):

* [[War Is Hell]]: More prominent in the original ''Operation Flashpoint'' series than the sequels. ''[[Arm A]]ARMA II'' put you in the role of a member of [[Elites Are More Glamorous|an elite USMC Force Recon squad]], liberally adorned with fancy looking high-tech gear (although not to the extent of ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2''). ''OFP'' gives you a rifle, uniform and boots, a helmet and... not much else. [[Truth in Television|War is still unforgiving though]], regardless whether you're a [[Red Shirt]] or a member of the elite forces.