Arma: Cold War Assault

Game Info

Arma: Cold War Assault, Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation PC game around the world and has won many international awards Over 2 million copies of Operation Flashpoint have been sold since its release. Storyline: The horrors of WWIII are imminent. There are clashes over the Malden Islands from dusk to dawn and you are caught in-between. You must use all of the available resources in your arsenal to hold back the incoming darkness. Victor Troska came back to Nogovo, he thought the pain of war was left buried in his past. But his dream lies broken now. His worst nightmare returns when military forces lands near Nogovo.

Name

Companies

Bohemia Interactive Studio

Released

7/13/2011

Platforms

Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)

Engines

Real Virtuality

Type

Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical

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Reviews

Friday, February 2, 2024 10:58:08 AM

1 Steam users votes up

besotteds

Steam user

This game aged HORRIBLY and looks awful for its time. This is going to be a review about the negatives instead of the positives, because there's not anything special or good about the game that can't be replicated in any other shooter game.
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CONS
The tutorial in the campaign is really really bad. The pop ups have bad English, and if you're running or doing anything other than standing still you'll accidentally skip the pop up. And some parts of the tutorial are wrong?? Some of the instructions are inaccurate and looking through your controls doesn't usually help either since it either doesn't show the proper keybind or the keybind is really uncomfortable. (Plus some keybinds just don't work lol) Why is the enter key the interact button? Really?
The graphics are really really REALLY bad. Even in cut-scenes it looks awful. The voice acting feels flat and it's almost funny but it's mostly just annoying. The writing is really bad, one of the cut-scenes has you ask your superior if being in the army means getting ready for war. Yes, protagonist. There's a very high chance of you going to war if you sign up for the army, meaning you'll train for it..
The OST is also really goofy. It's trying to be a memorable action soundtrack but it falls flat on its face in comparison to pretty much any other action game out there. Plus it feels so awkward that it's laughable.
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PROS
I like how you can move the cross-hair around a bit before turning, game can feel nice if you ignore all of the cons.
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SUMMARY
Bad writing, bad graphics, bad controls, inaccurate tutorial, keybinds not working, awkward soundtrack... not worth paying for. Feels more like a college students first practice game.
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FINAL THOUGHTS
I don't have much else to say about it since I didn't play for very long, and I'm not willing to wait several hours for a game to start feeling good since usually games like that just aren't good. I didn't play this game as a kid so it holds no nostalgic value for me. Spend your money on outlast or fallout instead since they're both on sale now for around or under the same price.