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As the title read is Pr a tactical fps or a realistic military simulator


I think pr is a tactical shooter with some realistic features implemented from inf, air, and armor combat players must work together on taking and defending objectives, reviving wounded teammates, building fobs and emplacements, and destroying assets and vehicles all while maintaining tickets to win the round and communicating effectively from the squad member role to the commander position. with a player base and community ranging from vets, casuals, and new players


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Reality Project Reality is a series of combined arms tactical first-person shooter video game modifications which aim to create a realistic combat environment where the core gameplay encourages teamwork and coordination.

These games simulate realistic combat, thus making tactics and caution more important than quick reflexes in other action games. Tactical shooters involving military combat are sometimes known as MilSims.[1][2][3]

Military simulations, also known informally as war games, are simulations in which theories of warfare can be tested and refined without the need for actual hostilities. Military simulations are seen as a useful way to develop tactical, strategical and doctrinal solutions Mil-sim is also the descriptor for a genre of video games, often overlapping with the tactical shooter genre, containing more "realistic" mechanics and consequences than typical first-person shooters or action games. Games such as ARMA, rather than pure entertainmenthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_simulationhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MilSim

pr is just what it is

PR is definitely tactical and not milsim.

Firefights in ALL video games are no where near real life currently,
you just cant simulate it with a mouse , keyboard and the limitation of graphics.

What you can simulate is coordination , teamwork and communication. All of which are very accurately represented in the game.

ALL first person tactical games with the exception of arma 2 and pr suffer from the insurgency "too fast-paced for intended gameplay" syndrome. its the little things like the accuracy box, inertia and inability to strafe that forces teamwork to be the best course of action. since you cant really simulate a real combat the best thing to do is slow the gameplay down as much as possible

Pr is heavily tactical and not so much milsim

UncleSmek wrote:Pr is heavily tactical and not so much milsim

Well, that have changed a bit lately... (each update being more milsim/less skilled) unfortunately...

MOSES!! wrote:As the title read is Pr a tactical fps or a realistic military simulator

I´d say is a Strategical shooter the likes of Foxhole and Post Scriptum where logistics and coordination matters

Crylink wrote:PR is definitely tactical and not milsim.

Firefights in ALL video games are no where near real life currently,
you just cant simulate it with a mouse , keyboard and the limitation of graphics.

What you can simulate is coordination , teamwork and communication. All of which are very accurately represented in the game.

That being said, Arma 3 is a military simulator more than it is a video game, and firefights are about as true to life as it currently gets, and that's not extremely far off from real life as one might assume. But comparing any PC software to real life is a non-starter of a convoluted point to begin with, might as well compare how little an apple tastes like an orange

Its a tactical Mil Sim game. Only things stopping it from full virtual realism, which we don't need, can't have or it would be too complicated to accomplish.. Deciding what goes in crates, loading crates, putting crates in choppers.

They added the step of putting ammo on every asset you dig. Its another step towards Mil Sim.

The battles can be unrealistically fast paced due to peoples lack of self preservation but its good practice for human waves, trying new little tactics or simulating the prolonged combat.

SemlerPDX wrote:That being said, Arma 3 is a military simulator more than it is a video game, and firefights are about as true to life as it currently gets, and that's not extremely far off from real life as one might assume. But comparing any PC software to real life is a non-starter of a convoluted point to begin with, might as well compare how little an apple tastes like an orange

Arma 3 is military sandbox no where near a simulation, and PR did better than arma in many perspectives especially vehicles. military simulations are not for public use, only for military training like VBS because no one has license to model a real world vehicles or equipments and studios can get sued, DCS being the only exception

AirShark wrote:...no one has license to model a real world vehicles or equipments and studios can get sued, DCS being the only exception

...and Bohemia Interactive, by that logic. The producers of Arma 2 - which had A4's and Colts and Trijicon optics and HMMWV's and tons of other real world vehicles and equipments (not generic, either, but name brands)...

No need to split hairs on terms, military simulator is a valid genre name of PC Gaming, and the term is not meant to detract or replace a training simulator of any kind used for IRL purposes such as flight or military training applications.

It's not even enough to add a qualifier to VBS to call it a 'real' military simulator, it's just a completely different application and approach to human interaction with software for a completely different purpose. Saying VBS is a military simulator but Arma 3 is not is disrespective of the different applications of both - again, comparing how little an apple tastes like an orange.


Take away the sandbox and even mods, and Arma 3 is still a military simulator PC game, above and beyond any secondary descriptions as an FPS shooter or military action PC game. It's quite a distinction from the likes of games like Battlefield, or even the amazing work done by PR to become better than Battlefield. If PR was a mil-sim, it would not be as cool and popular as it is... it bridges the gap between milsim and FPS tactical in a way that no other game can or has even come close to recreating.

PR is a shooter with consequences.
To minimize the damage of the aforementioned you need to rely on teamplay.

PR is Tactical, with some MILSIM elements