PR:ARMA 2 - Highlights Reel #5

[Incognito84]

It comes out in July. There goes the second half of my summer...

[=Romagnolo=]

releasing in july ?

My reaction:

[temexter]

I just <3 this

I wonder if there's any plans for PR:ArmaII community factions.

P.S. Anyone having a time machine 4 sale

[Zulnex]

Fantastic highlights as always. Looking forward to the release very much.

[williejones]

in the words of charlie sheen, EPIC WINNING!

[HardcoreCook]

Neat!

[Mellanbror]

Fantastic! Can't wait. It all looks so damn good =)

[DeanosBeano]

Perhaps we can see a few pics without blur in near future ???

well i cant seeing there being many between now and the Release but there are maybe 100 or more in the past that you can see

feel free to browse here

https://www.realitymod.com/forum/f440-pr-arma2-general-discussion/88667-pr-arma2-online-album.html

[Im2limp4urMom]

this is more than I expected!

[Fuzzy McDoodle]

Nice screenies...

[Jaydee9175]

Looking good...very good.

[Atkinson]

Darn, i was hoping to spend July at beach playing volleyball... damn u! \0/

[sharpie]

****, i still need OA...next on my wish list.

Can't wait to rock this game on all low, it will still be sexy.


I <3 DEVs

[ShockUnitBlack]

The interface and models both look good, but something's nagging at me.

I'm honestly surprised you guys didn't decide to go for a killing blow against the BAF DLC by releasing either the Challenger, Scimitar, or Mastiff in .1. Currently, you're offering a fairly similar dose of content, at least in terms of new units, as the BAF expansion and yet you could easily offer more by throwing in any one of the aforementioned vehicles. If you guys want to get people to download the mod, particularly BAF DLC owners, you're going to need to offer more content than Bohemia's quasi-expansion.

Obviously, you're offering multiplayer gameplay improvements and the PR-made Panther, Apache, and MAN vehicles. The problem here is gameplay improvements aren't necessarily as tangible as vehicles and weapons and thus are less likely to draw in players outside of PR's existing playerbase to the mod. In addition, the Panther and MAN, aren't, despite being incredibly well-made, huge draws for the mod - truth is people who are thinking about downloading PR aren't going to be all that excited about a truck - stuff like attack helos and tanks are bigger carrots for potential downloaders. The Apache, while better made than BI's, is still a replacement for an asset already in the game rather than a completely new asset and is thus less of a draw than, for example, a new CR2.

I'd like to point out I'm not trying to be pessimistic or critical here, rather I'm trying to offer feedback from the perspective of the businessman in what I think is a genuine tactical blunder by you guys. Again, having a big, tangible centerpiece not offered by Bohemia's DLC - like a CR2, Scimitar, or Mastiff - would be a great poster-boy for the mod while also more than swaying those caught between downloading the BAF DLC or downloading PR towards your work rather than BI's.

[RomeoDelta]

I would argue that people who are just enticed by vehicles that are already available in the BAF DLC, and decide not to download the mod just because those vehicles aren't in the mod yet, are not the kind of people I would want to play PR with. Honestly I rather play with people who can appreciate good gameplay instead of cool toys that they can already play with in a different sandbox.

[Psyrus]

Totally agree romeodelta, the draw of the mod should be the fantastic pvp experience being offered imo.... People looking for new shiny toys (generally speaking) wouldn't necessarily be particularly interested in the teamwork manta of pr.

[doop-de-doo]

Congrats, DEVS. Keep on pushing the envelope!!!

[Snazz]

The Apache is listed as a retexture, not a new model. AFAIK the Challenger 2 is not used in Afghanistan so it wouldn't be authentic for the current scenario.

Whilst gameplay isn't as tangible as content is when promoting the mod, hopefully people realize it's merely an initial barebone release and more will follow. Ongoing updates are a fundamental difference between DLC and mods.

Also consider that PR started out as a modest gameplay minimod for BF2. Amongst a crowd of content-heavy mods (eg. POE2, USI, FH2, EOD2, DCon, AIX), as well as 2 booster packs and an expansion.

[UK_Force]

Also consider that PR started out as a modest gameplay minimod for BF2. Amongst a crowd of content-heavy mods (eg. POE2, USI, FH2, EOD2, DCon, AIX), as well as 2 booster packs and an expansion.

Indeed and look who is still in the mix in the BF2 scene ?

I understand the points made by adding a "poster-boy" asset or two - and indeed I did toy with the idea initially, however as has been said this is v0.1, and is being released to draw in players who want to experience the Gameplay and start to form a PR: ArmA2 Community.

As time progress's more content will be added as you all know - however we need to establish the gameplay and build a decent player base for PvP, otherwise we willl be drawn into the ArmA2 scene of simply creating "cool addons" for people to use for SP ......... something PR is NOT about at all.

Assets are created in Project Reality to assist in its gameplay and enhance it, not created and then "squeezed" into the gameplay to make it work - thats how we have always developed over the years, and its also how Mod teams fail sometimes, by throwing loads of cool stuff in with no forethought or planning.



This approach ensures people download PR for its gameplay, and not for its assets only.



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