I could tell you all about this game after near 800hrs (790hr at the time of writing).. but I won't because I don't want any Call of Duty or Battlefield Fanboys coming in and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ up my game :) - I mean, really i should tell you to buy it because the only thing Arma shares with CoD and BF is that you shoot people..OK well CoD I haven't liked since Modern Warfare 2 and BF I grew out of as it was a good series that basically just got ♥♥♥♥ all over by big companies seeking quick profits. Anyway Arma on the otherhand has been around just as long as these two but perhaps didn't spend so much on its marketing campaign and put more of its budget into making their games? I can't say for sure, but if you're into realism (not photorealism, like you call of duty spastics) and Military Simulation types whether it be Tank Sims, Combat Flight Sims or just good old fashioned FPS types of games, you're probably going to enjoy some part of ArmA.. Thats one group of people that could enjoy this, then theres the creative types.. Have you ever wanted to drop a Fishing Trawler from 20,000ft onto an Airport runway filled with fuel trucks, planes, helicopters, tanks, cars whatever you fancy, just for fun.. to test your PC's capacity or performance? you can do this. Have you ever thought of a scenario and wanted to see how it might play out with two or more opposing factions in some kind of freaky multi-national royal rumble in the middle of nowhere with armour, air and infantry forces going at each other ? I know I never did until I played with the Mission editor in Arma 2, I played around making small missions in the previous games but not really until arma 3 did i experiment with weird ♥♥♥♥ like that.. it's quite fun for wasting time, and it looks great..

Anyway, you guys could keep reading or you could be downloading it as you read.. its worth whatever the price is at the moment.. I don't really care how much it is, it's worth it. I've been playing this series since 2001 in the very beginning back when it was called Operation Flashpoint.. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ awesome game. If you're currently in the military, plan to enlist in the future or have previously served and want realism - buy Arma.. join a tactical realism clan or milsim group depending on your preference.. they're both the same to me.. immersive groups are best.

**Warning** Well not so much a warning, but if you have PTSD or Anxiety and are triggered easily, perhaps this isn't your thing having had C-PTSD myself for the past decade or I can safely say, this game can potentially trigger some stuff when I was first diagnosed I couldn't really play much because with mods it can get pretty realistic and I'd need a week or so away because I was a in a bad place.. anyway it's a sandbox you can make it as real or fake as you want - and uhh possibly not best storyline, I liked Arma 2's campaign better but everything else in Arma 3 is pretty awesome! - Don't take my word for it though, try it out.

2021 Edit: "You've played an additional 3829 hours, would you recommend this game to other players?" - Uh Yes, still good fun.. 100% recommend lol. Could've been optimized a little better but if you have a system built in the last few years you won't have any issues with it.. It's still a great game.

2025 edit: Yes if you want singleplayer PVE stuff, A3 is probably still the best option but I haven't played it since 2023, Arma Reforger is better in terms of graphics, performance and now that the modding community is thriving, we have some of the old Arma maps on the newer engine.. I've been having a great time playing on Chernarus (The Arma 2 map) lately. There's other maps like Fallujah, Anizay all working great in Reforger. RHS has their mod team working hard bringing content to the new engine, I will leave this review as a yes for recommending to play Arma 3 for the older content, but would 100% recommend that if you enjoy Arma 3, to join me / us in Reforger as rumour has it Arma 4 will be set in the cold war too so you might as well get into Reforger and learn the basics of the new engine before that comes along.

I could tell you all about this game after near 800hrs (790hr at the time of writing).. but I won't because I don't want any Call of Duty or Battlefield Fanboys coming in and fucking up my game :) - I mean, really i should tell you to buy it because the only thing Arma shares with CoD and BF is that you shoot people..OK well CoD I haven't liked since Modern Warfare 2 and BF I grew out of as it was a good series that basically just got shit all over by big companies seeking quick profits. Anyway Arma on the otherhand has been around just as long as these two but perhaps didn't spend so much on its marketing campaign and put more of its budget into making their games? I can't say for sure, but if you're into realism (not photorealism, like you call of duty spastics) and Military Simulation types whether it be Tank Sims, Combat Flight Sims or just good old fashioned FPS types of games, you're probably going to enjoy some part of ArmA.. Thats one group of people that could enjoy this, then theres the creative types.. Have you ever wanted to drop a Fishing Trawler from 20,000ft onto an Airport runway filled with fuel trucks, planes, helicopters, tanks, cars whatever you fancy, just for fun.. to test your PC's capacity or performance? you can do this. Have you ever thought of a scenario and wanted to see how it might play out with two or more opposing factions in some kind of freaky multi-national royal rumble in the middle of nowhere with armour, air and infantry forces going at each other ? I know I never did until I played with the Mission editor in Arma 2, I played around making small missions in the previous games but not really until arma 3 did i experiment with weird shit like that.. it's quite fun for wasting time, and it looks great.. Anyway, you guys could keep reading or you could be downloading it as you read.. its worth whatever the price is at the moment.. I don't really care how much it is, it's worth it. I've been playing this series since 2001 in the very beginning back when it was called Operation Flashpoint.. fucking awesome game. If you're currently in the military, plan to enlist in the future or have previously served and want realism - buy Arma.. join a tactical realism clan or milsim group depending on your preference.. they're both the same to me.. immersive groups are best. **Warning** Well not so much a warning, but if you have PTSD or Anxiety and are triggered easily, perhaps this isn't your thing having had C-PTSD myself for the past decade or I can safely say, this game can potentially trigger some stuff when I was first diagnosed I couldn't really play much because with mods it can get pretty realistic and I'd need a week or so away because I was a in a bad place.. anyway it's a sandbox you can make it as real or fake as you want - and uhh possibly not best storyline, I liked Arma 2's campaign better but everything else in Arma 3 is pretty awesome! - Don't take my word for it though, try it out. 2021 Edit: "You've played an additional 3829 hours, would you recommend this game to other players?" - Uh Yes, still good fun.. 100% recommend lol. Could've been optimized a little better but if you have a system built in the last few years you won't have any issues with it.. It's still a great game. 2025 edit: Yes if you want singleplayer PVE stuff, A3 is probably still the best option but I haven't played it since 2023, Arma Reforger is better in terms of graphics, performance and now that the modding community is thriving, we have some of the old Arma maps on the newer engine.. I've been having a great time playing on Chernarus (The Arma 2 map) lately. There's other maps like Fallujah, Anizay all working great in Reforger. RHS has their mod team working hard bringing content to the new engine, I will leave this review as a yes for recommending to play Arma 3 for the older content, but would 100% recommend that if you enjoy Arma 3, to join me / us in Reforger as rumour has it Arma 4 will be set in the cold war too so you might as well get into Reforger and learn the basics of the new engine before that comes along.