Arma 2 Review for Windows PC

Arma 2 is as immersive an experience as you can find for the PC and every bit as entertaining as Battlefield, Brothers in Arms and Call of Duty. Taking a helicopter ride with your four man team just to watch the world fly by is an amazing visual experience. You wander through a forest to stumble upon a tank battle in full swing. Blunder upon an insurgent camp site while on a routine patrol because you're busy enjoying the wonderful scenery included in the scenes. It's real easy to forget where you are and what you're doing, which will get you killed quickly. In this game you only get to make one mistake because the realism is taken to a higher level, which means one bullet can kill you.

All the useful and meaningful actions have been beautifully mapped to all the number keys in Arma 2; every number brings up a menu, enabling you to set things like your squad's combat state or battle formation. You can split your team into color coded groups for easier control, and every menu allows you to control additional aspects of the battle. This system of menus works seamlessly to help you control every action of the battle and give you unprecedented control over the battle occurring on the screen. Find out how the rest of the game stacks up in this Arma 2 review.

 Arma 2 is an impressive video game to play but the menu system interface is a slow and ponderous beast that takes getting use to. It takes a lot of time, patience, and effort to become comfortable with the command system implemented, but when you do this game becomes a pleasure to play. The system needs tweaking to speed it up and make it more intuitive in situations requiring quick thought. In these situations you can't be spending time thinking about the buttons you need to push to get the menu you want.

 Arma 2's amazing graphical presentation is in the same league as Killzone 2, with battlefield effects that will have you instinctively ducking your head as you slowly make your way around the battlefield. Arma 2's immersive environments grabbed me by the senses and gave me a good shake as I was immediately thrown into the action to fend for myself. In command of my own four man recon team creeping through the darkest night you can imagine. We crouched as we ran through a sleepy village as we searched for a hidden transmitter while hoping we would get out of this situation without seeing the slightest suspicious movement.

The details and textures in the environments will have you staring in awe as you watch smoke drift across the battlefield. The faces of the characters are amazingly expressive. I could see fear, humor, anger, and compassion in the faces of the characters in Arma 2, which really helped to connect me to the story and feelings of the characters in the game.