Vkmies said:
SextusMaximus said:
Smeggs said:
Zhukov said:
Wait... I can't talk about gender politics?
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I'm so close to buying this game. You JUST need Arrowhead? not CO as well?
Super snip.
Combined Operations is an ad hoc. title for Arma II base w/ Operation Arrowhead bundled in. CO is generally what is purchased for use with Day Z, as opposed to buying the base game and then patching over to OA.
Buying them separate has it's advantages if you happen to come across a sale, but you will need both or just CO (which is both) before patching in DayZ and additional beta patches.
The game itself is quite serviceable although from time to time suffers from a couple of the old "Arma II" bugs which many are unintended consequences of the engine.
Day Z "can" be played as a freebie to my knowledge, but that entails the low resolution textures... which are pretty poor.
Lots of folk that "complain" about Arma II and it's controls often are simply just not that familiar with Arma and titles with strong simulation elements. Track-Ir solves the head motion issue, which is really not an issue. As far as the game goes I "typically" suggest running the first campaign of AII before venturing into Day Z, I find that a little experience with how the game goes about "doing things" is more gentle than the frustration of the mod + the frustration of learning something new.
Anywho, if you pick it up enjoy; not too many games today built around "consequences".