I doubt this would be a great game.

Yeah ArmaII is a bug. At least from the demo I played. Voice acting must have set em back about 2 bucks too.

I'd just get the new Operation Flashpoint and skip this, at least Flashpoint is endearing.

OFP is a dumbed down version of ARMA.

ARMA2's campaign is riddled with bugs, the multiplayer works perfect. 100 player, 50 vs 50 matches anyone?

ARMA2 is a simulator in reality. It has the things you expect from simulators.

Do want still :] And it's coming out two days before my birthday! WOOP!

I loved the first Operation Flashpoint and the Resistance expansion, but this is completely different, developed by Codemasters.
Bohemia Interactive f'ed up ArmA and ArmA 2, the first one was buggy as hell, only later they fixed most of it. I didn't play ArmA 2, but it looks like it has the same challenges as the first one.

OFP was a very good game. It's nothing like Ghost Recon, Operation Flashpoint was a uncompromising simulation, and trough the campaign you experienced war from many different view points, both as the game followed different characters (basic infantry, tank crew, helicopter crew, and a squad leader) and as individual characters gained ranks (first you play as a regular soldier, and later you become a squad leader). You are able to drive any available vehicle, but you always have to follow orders (you can't just jump in a tank and drive off, leaving your squad behind, except in later missions where you are the commander, and can lead your squad any way you like, using any available resources). The game has many possibilities within each mission (every encounter is different), and the main campaign story actually branches out in a couple of different paths, depending on your performance in missions. The whole game takes place on three huge islands and there is great freedom in completing each individual mission. Its one of my favourite games, it is very challenging, and because of that, not for everyone.
I hope Codemasters kept that realism feeling and constant awareness, it is very easy to die, and some missions have to be played a couple of times to progress.

The original Operation Flashpoint was a great game, it was more a war simulation than a shooter (you could die with a single well placed shot, it didn't have to be on the head) and thus not everyone liked it... it also wasn't very popular here in America, but I remember a couple of TV programs from Spain and France going nuts over the game.

The graphics weren't the greatest, even for its time, but the gameplay was something I never experienced before.... I finished some missions withous shooting a single enemy, because I was so busy shouting orders, crawling under heavy fire, requesting healing, and crying like a girl because of all the turmoil and explosions... and suddenly found myself advancing just enough that my AI teammates could dispatch all the enemies in the area...

Don't judge this game on the graphics alone. If they manage to keep those gameplay elements intact, it's gonna be a shotter like you haven't seen in all this generation. Sadly, it's so unique that itīs gonna end tanking at retail sales.

Yea, I'll just get both Opereation Flashpoint 2 and ARMA 2.

ARMA 2's multiplayer is hardly perfect. After buying up the full game because the demo was so lacking, I was incredibly disappointed to find nothing but coop games on the server listing. Found 1 Hold game so far, even then it's not even that good. Once more Player vs Player servers come up, then multiplayer will be good. I don't dislike coop at all, but when there is nothing but coop, it sucks (plus these coop missions are rubbish in quality).