Will PR:BF2 Die when PR:ARMA 2 is released ?

[Tartantyco]

People bought Arma 2?

[gazzthompson]

BF2 is getting old, and i even can't play it with windows 7 because of graphical bugs etc
So i will probably move to PR Arma 2
Arma 2 is also better in general

I can play BF2 on W7 fine, Also Arma2 is better in your opinion many would disagree.

[Rhino]

People bought Arma 2?

I was actually shocked at how much of an improvement it was over ArmA1 tbh.

[TheOldBreed]

yeah i think there'll still be equal numbers. i play arma 2 and pr, the way i see it, arma is more complicated/time consuming whereas pr:bf2 is a good time for bashin out an hour or so and the gameplay is more straightforward. pr:bf2 is nice to unwind with....sometimes haha

[bosco_]

I was actually shocked at how much of an improvement it was over ArmA1 tbh.

I didn't notice that many too be honest, main issues still apply

And I had more fun playing the ArmA campaign that the ArmA II one

Though I'm not too fancy of SPEC OPS BEHIND ENEMY LINES anyway...

[Cassius]

What is there to dread about, unless your machine cant handle PR ? I think ARMA 2 if it runs allright is a better basis for project reality than BF2. But I think it will primarily bring more players from the ARMA 2 community to the mod. Personally if there is a good crows to play ARMA PR against and if it is just as good or better than what can be done on BF2 I would play both depending on who is online and probably migrate to ARMA PR for good when the mod grows similiar in therms of maps and playable factions as PR:BF2.

I just like realism and I think playing PR on a plattform where hopping in a huey is the difference between a 30min walk and a 3 min flight instead of the difference between a 30 sec flight and an 7 min walk is a good thing. Players who want to play on a certain level will hog the one or 2 servers to congregate on with both mods.

[Eddiereyes909]

No, because we will all be playing PR VIETNAM!!

This my dear friends is the best post in this entire thread.

I don't want anyone moving onto ArmA2 for PR, not because I dont like it, but because I still think that BF2 is the "home" of PR.

Now, that being said, change is a good thing, and I look forward to playing PR AmA:2 with my clan in the future.

Bigger question, of course is the quoted poster. Will people still play PR standard when Vietnam PR comes out?

Eddie.

[Jigsaw]

Eddie.

Biggest question though is clearly when will you play PR eh?

[SaleemAfsoonMahmoud]

I don't think that PR:BF2 will die at all. It has a great community currently.

Arma 2 has a much steeper learning curve and difficult controls, which might turn many people off. Also, the PvP community is pretty much nonexistant in Arma 2, as most people play Co-op online. PR:Arma would have to establish that PvP community from the ground up.

[Eddiereyes909]

Biggest question though is clearly when will you play PR eh?

This coming week. Hopefully my mac will be able to run PR on some good settings.

[Oddsodz]

This coming week. Hopefully my mac will be able to run PR on some good settings.

<<<<< Points and giggles at Eddie

[Bringerof_D]

Arma 2 as i've seen from YT vids is pretty cool. it allows you to do everything you need to do in real life. Problem is you cant do it as quickly as you need to in real life. BF2PR still has a lot of things that keep it looking like a game, but those aspects allow you to do those things with the speed a soldier would. so i say for those who like realism, it still wont be particularly attractive.

[[T]waylay00]

I loved OFP, but to me, the controls of the ArmA series seem really sluggish, as if my mouse and hands don't become "one" with my in-game character. In BF2 R, however, I feel like I have complete control over my soldier, which makes it more realistic in a certain regard. For this reason, most of my time spent with ArmA is in the editor, where I play around for cinematic purposes.

If you could combine the "feel" of PR:BF2 with the large-scale environments, graphics, and features of ArmA, I would be all over it.

[Snazz]

Bigger question, of course is the quoted poster. Will people still play PR standard when Vietnam PR comes out?

Still isn't clear whether it will be part of PR or a separate package yet.

[Hooves]

Well I wish I could play PR for some reason ever since I went to 7 I cant play it, it crashes every 2 minutes and I have tried EVERY fix in the book, other than re install vista, (which I will never do).

the Good news is, for all you players that dont have top of the line rigs, you are in luck. ARMA2 OPERATION Arrowhead is due out in just over 3 weeks. Offering a BUTT ton of new features as well as an island that wont choke out your rig on your desk, like an ultimate fighter on PPV.

It has some much appreciated new units, like the Brits, and some really neat IR.

The best part? BIS took alot of the cool features that were in ACE and made them stock in the expansion. So NO MORE ACE! to be honest they chuck so much stuff in the mod that now every one thing they add seems to break 2 previous features.

But as to the thread will bf2 pr die? Yes, but not due to ARMA. Its time will just come eventually as most games die.

[karambaitos]

I think that Arma2 is so broken nothing can fix it and that in my opinion just makes the game shitty i do like all the features i has but MY GOD IS IS BROKEN, landing a chopper almost impossible (without the autopilot) driving a humvee is bad your piloting a supertanker instead of a jeep, shooting ARGH! wheres the mouse filter, why cant i put my crosshair on the dude and the list goes on, the thing which is shocking instead of improving from arma 1 it got more broken.

ARMA2 isnt a solid platform, which the BF2 engine sort of is, at least the handling of vehicles was done good by DICE and the handling of the mouse/weapon.

also quite a few people play PR on laptops and playing Arma2 on a laptop is impossible if your laptop isnt seriously leet and has a full keyboard on it.

[gazzthompson]

....shooting ARGH! .......why cant i put my crosshair on the dude

Care to elaborate? [In my opinion] ArmA has some of the best weapon handling and shooting.

[Winstonkalkaros]

I will always play PR on BF2 cause that's de Original.

[HunterMed]

I will stay with BF2, can't run Arma 2 properly. also I dont like the gameplay of arma.