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Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploying a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, over 20 vehicles and 40 weapons, and limitless opportunities for content creation, this is the PC’s premier military game. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war. Key Features in Arma 3Altis & Stratis Defeat your enemy on a richly detailed, open-world battlefield – stretching over 290 km² of Mediterranean island terrain. From expansive cities to rol...

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11 September 2013

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Key Features in Arma 3

Altis & Stratis
Defeat your enemy on a richly detailed, open-world battlefield – stretching over 290 km² of Mediterranean island terrain. From expansive cities to rolling hills, whether steamrolling your tank across the dusty plains, flying a transport helicopter over the dense forests, or waging asymmetric warfare from the rocky hills, the islands of Altis and Stratis are dynamic worlds, which lend themselves to the most varied engagements in gaming.
Weapons & Vehicles
Head into combat on foot, drive armored vehicles, or take to the skies in helicopters and jets. Conduct a combined arms attack over air, land, and sea, with over 20 vehicles to drive and pilot, 40+ weapons to pick from, customizable loadouts with short- and long-distance attachments, and various types of gear to suit your needs on the battlefield. With a massive arsenal at your disposal, Arma 3 moves you into a world of tactical opportunities.
Singleplayer
Follow the story of Ben Kerry, a soldier who gets caught up in a Mediterranean flashpoint, across three gameplay-driven campaign episodes: Survive, Adapt, Win. Immerse yourself in Arma 3’s diverse gameplay by completing the focused showcase scenarios. Run through the competitive firing drills to hone your shooting and movement skills, and complete your training by signing up to Arma 3 Bootcamp, which features SP and MP tutorials, and a dedicated Virtual Reality practice environment.
Multiplayer
Fight online in the massive military sandbox that is Arma 3. Form a squad and team up against your enemy in the official Defend and Seize multiplayer scenarios. Or jump into one of the many popular unofficial game modes developed by the Arma 3 community. Experience a new form of multiplayer in Arma 3 Zeus, where Game Masters have the ability to influence the battlefield of other players in real-time.
Content Creation
Start creating your own experiences with Arma 3’s intuitive scenario editor and powerful modding tools. Enjoy a platform filled with player-created content, ranging from custom weapons and vehicles, to intense singleplayer scenarios and entirely new multiplayer game modes. Share and discover content on the Arma 3 Steam Workshop, which lets you install player-created content with a click of a button.
Revamped Engine
Navigate the battlefield with fluid new animations; feel the devastating power of combat with the upgraded sound engine, new ragdoll simulation and PhysX-supported vehicles. Pushed forward by game-changing innovations, the highly moddable Real Virtuality 4 engine powers a new generation of Arma with even more stunning graphics, broad simulation gameplay, and massive sandbox terrains.

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OS: Windows 7 SP1 (64bit)
Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT / AMD Radeon HD 5670 / Intel HD Graphics 4000 with 512 MB VRAM
DirectX: 10
Hard Drive: 45 GB free space
Audio: DirectX-compatible on-board

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OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 (64bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 or AMD FX 4300 or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 / AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series with 2 GB VRAM
DirectX: 11
Hard Drive: 70 GB free space, SSD / Hybrid HDD / SSHD storage
Sound: DirectX-compatible soundcard

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Overall a very good game,very realistic looking and the dynamics as well,it takes a while to get used to it due the game's complexity but once you get the hang of it you can have a lot of fun,as it is very immersive ant time consuming.

2024-01-21T08:43:52-0500

Nothing for me i tought it would be more fun but i guess not the game it self is interesting but the graphics pfff

my pc with 16 gb ram 3070ti and ryzen 7 are able to run this game at 50-68 fps on normal settings

Cool features
not able to run on my pc with 3070 ti

2023-03-18T18:53:40-0400

Hell, this is almost the most realistic Military/SWAT/Police game i've ever played... only thing better than this is RoN but that still has to compete with this, the best military game ever! Best game i've played in a while. Enemies pop out if you're playing single player, expect alot of suprises.

Literally made for military use.
Great, and accurate tactical shooter.
Fun to play, many mods to use too.
Wouldn't be my first recommendation for people with trauma or PTSD.
A little older/younger than GTA 5, a couple weeks.
Glitches, bugs, the normal.

2022-08-05T14:42:29-0400

Game is fun and super wow i love this game i watch youtube video and they died and i laughed because of how bad the ragdoll glitched like the entire map was coverd by this one dudes corpse it was great

Hyper realistic gameplay
Super accurate militarily combat
Lots of ways to die other people
i died
my pc cant handle this game

2021-08-03T15:17:20-0400

This game is very cool because i can play this game with my frien and play together. it's super game but have too mutch glitch in multiplayer servers. game is realistic and soo cool. This game need to play with friend.

realistic
glitch

2020-07-28T09:53:39-0400

Pretty good game, need to be with friends to play it so that you can actually enjoy it. If you like milsims and stuff this game will suit you rather well. If roleplay is your thing then there are plenty of servers

Lots of cool thing to do
Terrible Physics

2020-05-01T07:01:42-0400

Wanting the game for a long time. Finally got it and had absolutely an amazing time playing this with friends. The game is definitely fun and has quite a nice arsenal of weapons as well as a great mission maker.

Fun with friends
Lots of content
Diverce Open World exploration
Can be relaxing

2019-08-05T09:18:00-0400

There is no doubt that Arma III is realistic. In fact, it is the best combat simulator on the market. Is it fun though? For me, I found it an exercise in frustration at times. Games need to entertain me, not frustrate me.
Arma 3 seems to have a lot to offer in terms of multiplayer, but still not so much for the player looking to the single player experience.

so much potentials
great graphics
difficult to learn it.

2019-04-19T13:22:14-0400

I like playing this Game because you can do lot of things alone and with your friends. You can also go on Roleplay servers and just Relax and let everything happend. The physics in this Game are also great (sometimes not but 90% of the time).

perfect

Good Community
Roleplay Servers
Realistic
Performance (sometimes laggy)

2019-04-16T10:41:03-0400

ArmA 3 est vraiment poussé sur le réalisme il a aussi une assez bonne histoire mais le meilleur reste quand même le multijoueur et aussi la capacité de modding il y a aussi des très bons DLC (qui sont un peu cher pour ce que c'est)

excellent avec des amis
un très bon PVP
les map ne sont pas exceptionnelle
quelques petits bugs de collisionun très bon

2018-11-10T09:26:27-0500

Very nice game! You can play what you want! My favorite is Role Play, you can play a character found a groups, make monney or farm. You can work for cops or be a criminel. I like MILSIM too. Is a mod on military simulation. Very nice!

gameplay
friend
Mod
need TeamSpeak

2018-09-21T14:26:23-0400

Simulation isn't the defining aspect of Arma. It's scale.

The enormity of the map is the foundation for the experiences that distinguish Bohemia Interactive's flagship franchise. It's what makes radios, topographical maps, binoculars, and compasses practical equipment in an FPS. It's what allows for kilometer-long headshots and coordinated convoy raids. It's what makes using your eyes to spot hints of enemies--muzzle flashes, tracers, gunsmoke--as valuable as being a crack shot.

The scale of Arma 3 dwarfs everything in the genre, including Arma 2. Altis, a keyhole portion of which is seen in these screenshots, is a Mediterranean island-nation assembled from ruins, airports, coastal villages, solar power plants, military outposts, salt flats, and tank-friendly scrubland. It's a variegated backyard for you to play war in, but what's more significant is that Arma's landscape finally has the technology it deserves.

Arma 3 represents an aesthetic overhaul of the series. Unbelievable dynamic lighting, a volumetric cloud system, genuine vehicle physics, 3D weapon optics, ragdoll, noticeably improved weapon audio, and other grainy, eye-level details await scrutiny inside Arma 3's macro elegance. The best improvement is the merciful cutting of Arma 2's rigid, Tin-Man-without-oil combat animations, which makes infantry combat more responsive in your hands.

A half-year in paid pre-release has given Arma 3 time to gestate, but the final build is far from being a comprehensive reinvention of the series, and some long-standing blemishes that arise from its nature as a gargantuan simulation linger. Even on high-end hardware, my framerate dips under the spectacle of some multiplayer missions. Friendly AI units, though marginally better-behaved, still depend on the player to be their brains, an issue that's circumvented by playing Arma the way God intended it: cooperatively.

With voice-connected friends and a good user-created mission, Arma 3 is an unparalleled war story generator. On Operation Fault Line with a gang of Steam pals, I had to drive a clumsy, eight-wheeled transport called a HEMTT across the map. To protect this elephantine truck we had a IFV-6c Panther, an APC with a mounted grenade launcher and 12.7mm MG. Minutes after leaving base, our tanky bodyguard eats a land mine, ruining its left track. As we get out to survey the damage, rockets streak across the valley. Everyone's okay, but the Panther is immobilized.

Dumping the APC is the only option. We clump into the fragile HEMTT, burning diesel to get off the exposed ridge. Green tracers track the truck, eventually pricking some of my tires. The wheels don't deflate enough to go flat, but the suspension slumps to the left. For the rest of the mission I have to drive lopsided, constantly counter-steering just to keep the truck on the gravel road. But everyone works together to keep our war bus on track--my teammates give turn instructions, read the map, and scan the road for more mines.

When we're free of immediate danger, we send someone back to base to retrieve an ATV so that we have a forward scouting element. At one point we position two machinegunners with nightvision scopes at the lip of a valley to provide cover as we drive the HEMTT down an exposed valley, then taxi them back to us on the ATV. The sequence of events, the chatter, the wounds and kills we rack up, all developed because we happened to run over a mine and our tires got shot up.

Arma's capacity for stimulating camaraderie, atmosphere, and problem-solving, in other words, is fully intact. The feeling of ownership that arises over these moments between you and your squadmates sticks in your brain. Central to this fun is how malleable Arma continues to be for its community, which before launch day had published almost 1,500 missions to Steam Workshop. Assuming you have an internet connection, this well of content compensates for the absence of an official campaign at launch, which will integrate in three free monthly installments beginning in October.

On the ground, a new stance adjustments system is the best thing that's ever happened to infantry combat in Arma. Holding the Ctrl key as a modifier while tapping W or S cycles between nine vertical stances, and you can also take a horizontal step in addition to using Q or E to lean. You feel articulate--making small body adjustments while behind cover initially feels like finger gymnastics, but the system makes more types of cover viable and more types of weapons viable in that cover. Coupled with the general smoothing of movement and the near elimination of Arma 2's uninterruptible, sluggish animations, running and gunning should finally feel comfortable to average FPS players.

On the opposite end of your gun, though, AI remains a shortcoming. Arma 3's enemies share plenty of their ancestors' DNA, which means that they oscillate between being eagle-eyed snipers at one moment and static, dumb, 3D silhouettes evocative of a light gun arcade game another. Their greatest flaw is that they lack personality, which mostly resigns them to being targets rather than soldiers.

A few sparks of intelligence did impress me--after we killed the rest of his squadmates, I watched a rifleman flee for the first time in Arma, setting up a tense shot where I had a narrow few seconds to snipe him in the back before he disappeared behind trees. This is the sort of human behavior I'd love to see more of, stuff like blind-firing, limping, throwing smoke grenades for cover, claiming abandoned vehicles, or looting bodies for supplies--anything that would lessen the predictability.

Friendly AI is even worse, unfortunately, because they're typically your responsibility. It's absurd that my squad's medic won't patch me up when I'm bleeding right next to him unless I order him to. Pathfinding isn't reliable, either: I spent five minutes repeating the “Move to…” and “Get in vehicle” commands, trying to convince a freed hostage and my squadmate to cross the map so we could finish the mission. They wouldn't budge. The crux of the issue is Arma's mile-long command menu, which scatters dozens of commands across all 10 numerical keys. Like the enemy AI, though, there are glimpses of authentic behavior. I felt like a proud parent when my AI fireteam, unprompted, broke formation and spread themselves behind cover during a raid on a cluttered factory.

Bohemia's graphical improvements are substantial enough to make Arma 3 one of the most visually impressive games on any platform. Altis (and its little-brother island Stratis) are rendered with incredible clarity, illuminated by lighting that produces pink sunsets, blinding solar glare, and golden afternoons. I love the way the earth feels textured as you jog and crawl through it--gravel, sand, and grass all emit different sounds under your boots.

I'm mostly happy with the graphical performance I've been getting on the three configurations I've been playing Arma 3 on. The caveat being that my framerate varies based on where I am on the map, the number of objects and enemies, and if I'm playing online. On a Core-i7 X990 at 3.47 GHz and two AMD Radeon 5970s on Very High settings, I've gotten 17-25 FPS on one single-player mission and 40-50 on another. Multiplayer is where I found the least-consistent performance. On a Core-i7 870 and GTX 780, I can get 55 FPS in a tight, six-player scenario on Very High, but 20 in a large-format mission like Wasteland.

Tinkering with Arma 3's 25 configurable video settings allowed me to improve these numbers a little, but even dialing down the quality to standard or low on my rigs barely helped while playing large multiplayer missions. The scripting or complexity of some scenarios simply seems to bottleneck performance regardless of your settings. Some specific actions also consistently produced framerate dips for me, like turning 180 degrees with high draw distance, driving at high speed into a city, or right-clicking into gun optics for the first time in an area.

If the downside of Arma's fidelity is its inconsistent graphical performance, its upside is that it reliably produces stories. Even its modular inventory system has produced little rituals for me in co-op, where I have everyone vocally recite the gear they're carrying to make sure we've got enough versatility. Sometimes, like some sort of weird mom commander, I inspect their backpacks to see that they're storing enough C4 and medkits. In these moments, you realize that the majority of Arma's realism doesn't exist for the sake of realism.

I'm annoyed that it's still much more of a burden to command teammates than it should be, on par with chaperoning a second-grade field trip. It's bothersome that enemy AI oscillates between being smart and dull. I wish 40- and 50-player missions chugged less. And it's mildly disappointing that Bohemia delayed the release of the game's campaign, presumably in order to get Arma 3 out ahead of Battlefield 4. For most of us, the self-authored war that awaits in co-op is worth tolerating all of this.

2018-09-08T14:47:35-0400

MILITARY SIMULATOR HAS BEEN FROM THE BEGINNING THE BEST ARMY GAME EVER AND STILS IS AS INSTANT-GAMING GIVES THE BEST SERVICE THAN EVER. I WILL ALL BUY MY GAME HERE AND ALSO RECOMMEND FRIENDS TO BUY FROM HERE ALSO. TRUST THEM YOUR CREDIT CARD AND NOTHING WILL HAPPEN

greatest game
NON

2018-05-30T12:56:29-0400

Einfach nur genial! Kann ich jedem empfehlen. Jeder der Arma 2 gespielt hat und war damit zufrieden, sollte sich auch den Nachfolger auch anschaffen. Leider noch etwas zu teuer bei Steam finde ich, aber zum Glück gibt es Instant-Gaming =)

Grafik

2017-10-06T09:34:26-0400

nice realistic dynamics
takes a while to get used to

2017-09-18T20:54:39-0400

Et bien que dire à propos d'Arma 3. Et bien en adepte des FPS, il fallait que je le teste pour cette partie survival extrême, mais en fait les multiples bugs de collision ont clairement eu raison de ma patience.
Moi je le déconseille mais ce n'est que mon avis ! Y a plein de gens qui l'adorent, pour ma part j'ai perdu des sioux.... :'(

survival fps
mode Battleroyale
multiples bugs
qualité graphique has been

2017-08-29T16:09:56-0400

Echt der Hammer , ich kann das spiel nur empfehlen !
Der Preis ist zudem auch sehr gerecht fertig!
Ich empfehle ArmA 3 für Taktik Fans oder Liebhaber dieses Genres !
Viel Spaß beim spielen!

Fazit: 8,5/10

Taktik
Grafik

2018-12-01T10:13:26-0500

Super game , it takes a while to learn the game but after that you can easily play it and have fun with friends or ppl you dont know...you just have to be respectfull and play nice that is all , thank you !

tactic and fun
game engine is kinda wierd

2016-08-01T07:38:32-0400

Arma 3 est un jeu excellent. Il donne la possibilité de jouer à différents mods de jeux plus ou moins connus (altis life et j'en passe). Je le conseille vivement ! Néanmoins, le jeu est truffé de publicités intrusives lors de l'utilisation des DLC payants ! Mis trop en avant à mon goût.

Grande diversité
Jeu magnifique
Possibilité de faire du bon RP
Bonne bande son
Publicité abusive avec leurs DLC

2016-07-05T13:36:26-0400

good game, fast delivery, awsome service and support, thanks alot.. i will buy alot more games here!

good game, fast delivery, awsome service and support, thanks alot.. i will buy alot more games here!

2016-05-20T15:26:02-0400

If you love weapons and war, this is game for you. It has bugs, but I it is playable. There are many servers online for this game. This game is still getting updates and new content ingame (weapons, maps...)

2015-11-21T11:01:00-0500

Its a lot of fun! hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahah

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2015-10-23T19:15:33-0400

It's a good simulator but it really needs some optimizations. But it is an over all good game. And a lot of modded content for it. You don't even need to be a war simulation fan to play some mods for this game.

Awsome simulation.
Bad optimizations

2015-09-04T08:49:34-0400

Jeu acheté et activé dans la minute ! Seulement Steam m'affiche : Arma III Retail - WorldWide. J'ai pas compris pourquoi, mais dans ma bibliothèque il y avait bien Arma III !
Je suis en train de l'installé, je verrais bien si ça marche.

Paiement rapide
Titre du jeu bizarre affiché sur Steam

2015-08-19T10:22:09-0400

very laggy and my pc is twice as good as the recommended one can't play propely i have tried loads of different graphic combonations and it still runs 10 to 20 frames and all my other games play smoothly

very laggy

2015-05-24T13:15:17-0400

Great game! Just purchased, tried it, and its looking amazing! Im true fan of ArmA series, so right now im gonna wait for mods like ACE ect.! Thanks again IG!

ArmA as it is is just the best military game ever

2015-04-10T11:40:26-0400

Arma 3 is a fantastic war simulator with an incredibly realistic feel that comes with it.
It is THE game to play when it comes to war game simulators.

Atmosphere:
Arma 3 is exceptionally good for its atmosphere, giving you the feeling of actually being there, in the middle of a war zone, fighting with the enemy. There are 2 maps and both are huge, taking quite some time to travel from 1 place to another, especially on foot. There are also a lot of mods that add to the experience.

Gameplay:
It's engine might be lacking a bit (also could be a huge resource hog, especially on the CPU), but it makes up for that by giving you a unique feeling when it comes to war games. It is unforgiving, and every mistake you make will have its consequences. It has enough vehicles (sea, air, land) to keep it interesting and a large variety of weapons you can choose from.

Graphics:
Graphics are excellent on some higher settings. Sadly this is when hardware steps in. The game is EXTREMELY demanding (as i have mentioned in the Gameplay section) and will make your PC beg for mercy on the highest draw distance and some form of better AA, but that is to be expected from a game like this with no load times and a huge terrain.

All in all a great game that i would recommend to every fan of war games!

2015-01-16T14:33:48-0500 Game bought on IG

The joy and satisfaction in playing Arma 3 stems from its difficulty and complexity. It is a military simulation engineered to make you think, to plan your movements and to play the game with tactics that are seemingly inspired by 'real life' armed forces. You can step into the shoes of almost any battlefield role: soldier / sniper/ engineer / medic/ pilot / logistics / drivers/ gunners / commanders / scuba diver, all using a plethora of vehicles. This leads to a, well documented, steep learning curve. However, with the 'bootcamp' and 'showcase' game modes, which explain the many features of the simulation, you can be sure to have a good understanding of the base game mechanics in a few hours.

Following these first few hours, the real nuances begin to show. The depth and detail of the simulation demands mastery to perform well, especially in a multi-player situation where the real meat of the experience is. The practice that leads to this mastery is an often frustrating but incredibly rewarding experience. I would describe myself as an amateur after approximately 150 hours played, but I've learned enough to land a troop transport helicopter in the heat of battle, delivering 10 team mates to an objective and score points for the team. The feeling is incredible, but try the same thing too many times and other players get wise to your movements, you must adapt to survive.

Furthermore, the community of Arma 3 is amazing, it has a vibrant mod scene, often the community improves the game as much as the frequent and impressive developer updates do.

Graphically, considering the scale of the game it is impressive, with a full suite of Nvidia options such as physX and HBAO. The immersion is further improved by the quality of picture in picture, fully rendered vehicle interiors, all of which (assuming you have powerful hardware) make for a very highly detailed world.

Gameplay it is equally impressive, but I must admit it lacks a certain slick feeling you find in other less ambitious fps games, with occasional bugs. However, it is never distracting or game breaking and can be excused given the sheer scope of the game, after all how many games have at least 15 stance variations, allowing posture variations while standing, crouched and prone?

I can wholeheartedly recommend this game if you are interested in military FPS and simulation games, as it is one of the finest examples of the combination of those two genres.

2014-12-09T08:23:13-0500 Game bought on IG

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