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ARMA: Cold War Assault Free on Steam
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Plankton on 16/05/2014 - 04:58 store.steampowered.com (2472 clicks)
Last edited 16/05/2014 - 11:09 by 1 other user
Last edited 16/05/2014 - 11:09 by 1 other user
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Great open world shooter/tactical/simulation series. Arma 3 is amazing.
You a DAY Z fan?
ArmA 3's not much like the first 2, especially the original ArmA.
was about to post this freebie… great find dude!
Good games, played 10 yrs ago.
Another game to add to my steam
hoardcollection! Thanks
my pile of shame is looking.. good.
I'm working through mine slowly, I just finished hitman absolution after not touching it since release
Since I'm at work and can't take a look…. is this standalone? Based on Arma 2 engine? EDIT - Oh wait this is the original game, right? Back in early 2000's?
And when exactly is this in AEST? 3AM Tuesday morning?
Not the original ArmA. The original OFP was ported into the ArmA engine (back when BIS had bigger military contracts with VBS than sales from tactical sims).
Thanks OP. BTW the Steam mobile website was very easy to purchase on :-)
This is the original 'Operation Flashpoint", and is nothing like the newer Op Flashpoint games. This is a hardcore but riveting game. I especially remember the mission where you are alone in a little forest behind enemy likes and have to flee back to towards your lines. And the final SCUD neutralizing mission, which was almost impossible. Console kids will hate this game - you have to memorize and use a large number of the keys on your keyboard to play it.
I am not sure if this includes the 2 expansions - they were both very good, including one where you get to be a Commie before "seeing the light".
There were lots of quality user created missions and even full campaigns for this game, though I don't know if they are still being hosted anywhere.
Omg
Is it wrong that when I played this when it first came out it was also "free" :p
Thanks for sharing. Does this game have any vulgar language ? My son is starting to get into FPS and he can take the blood but I don't want any obscenities. I couldn't shut down CoD fast enough as the F word was used very generously !
Okay to be violent, but swearing? Well my goodness!
Note: I don't subscribe to the belief that violence in videogames/films leads to violence in real life, I just find it odd that you would be concerned about swearing, but not violence.
Anyway, soapbox over, I believe there is some bad language in it - there definitely is in ARMA 2. I imagine in ARMA 3 and you can't walk within 50 metres of a player-populated area in DAY Z SA without someone dropping some f-bombs, handcuffing you and force-feeding you disinfectant after they force you to remove your pants.
I think you'd be okay with America's Army.
Star Wars has an entire planet blown up but no swearing. It's all in how it's portrayed.
Also has forced female slavery and decimation of entire races…
Andy,
Thanks for your answer but I do not appreciate your remarks about how I choose to bring up my child in this regard. It was a simple question that did not merit a mini-lecture on my parenting philosophy.
When did I say it is ok to be violent ?? Saying it is ok to play violent games does not equate to being violent in real life.
Like you, I do not believe violence in computer games leads to violence in real life. But just to be safe, I take care to educate my son on the differences between the gaming/movie world and real life. I sit down next to him when he is gaming (single-player only) and teach him that the game is just fantasy and real war is not fun. You do not get to respawn after copping a head-shot. We watch war documentaries together where I tell him about the atrocities of war. At the recent ANZAC day, we spoke at length about what the Aussie and NZ soldiers went through, what they fought for, about the young men that got killed and never came home and the suffering loved ones that they left behind. I am very confident that my son can tell the difference between a fantasy FPS world and real warfare.
Swearing on the other hand is a different kettle of fish. I find swearing - especially among youths and in public - to be extremely offensive and disrespectful of the community. While my son can't pick up a gun from CoD and start firing, he can easily pick up on swear words from a game and repeat it in real life. And if a kid listens to those words being used in normality often enough, he will start thinking it is ok to use them. It is bad enough that kids that are barely into high school start mouthing off streams of expletives in public without me having to expand on the problem at home. As he gets older, no doubt he will gather acquaintances like those vulgar kids I mentioned and I hope I have brought him up well enough to decide what is the best kind of public behaviour.
Again I thank you for your answers (I have never played any version of ARMA). I hope you will be more accepting of other people's way of thinking and do not feel the need to criticise when it does not conform to yours.
I just said I found it odd that you find swearing more abhorrent than simulated violence - you are in the minority there; usually, it would be both or none. Nothing to do with parenting skills or a lack thereof.
Anyway, my answer was genuine - America's Army I am 95% sure is clean - it is possible there might be an isolated swearword dropped in somewhere, but nothing notable.
Other than that, I really don't recall many FPS which are "clean" barring real old-school like Doom or Wolfenstein.
Its all good mate. I just wanted to make my position clear.
There's actually quite a lot of non-expletive FPS games like the BF series, Counterstrike, Team Fortress, L4D, Day of Defeat, MoH, etc.
I find nudity and sex to be more offensive that extreme violence and gore(which doesn't faze me).
For instance, pretend you were watching a movie in public that people could sneak peak your screen…Personally, I would feel alot more uncomfortable with the sex scenes than with the killing scenes.
Violence is cool, swearing is just as cool. Sex is um…private.
You want to make your son more well rounded and culturally aware by getting him to learn some of the "gutter lingo" that is popular in certain lower demographic areas of Aus. It's good for his development.I'd advise against Outlast and its DLC, Whistleblower…just…seriously.
arma 3 is also free this weekend
Got a link to that?
nah, not free… best i can see is 40%
maybe he meant f2p this weekend?
maybe caus its friday it isnt actually this weekend yet, also they go by american(?) time which means its still like thursday to them?
Play Arma 3 for Free throughout the weekend! If you already have Steam installed, click here to install or play Arma 3. If you don't have Steam, you can download it here. (Until 1PM Sunday PDT)
Source. Download an play over the weekend, but on Monday to continue playing it you need to pay for it.
Thanks, Cyber.
cold war is history. it's hot war now….
Can you play this online and if so are there many servers online with people to play against?…I get my kicks messing with people (In a non Rolf Harris way)
cheers!