We have introduced many shooting games to you before, some of which are more entertainment-oriented, such as Call of Duty and Battlefield, and some are more hardcore, such as Escape from Takov.

Welcome to this issue of "Game More Than", I am Joey.

Before, we have introduced many shooting games to you, some of which are more entertainment-oriented, such as "Call of Duty" and " Battlefield ", and some are more hardcore, such as " Escape from Takov ". But the game I want to talk about today has become famous in the gaming circle 9 years ago with its realistic battlefield and vast maps. It allows players to experience a different battlefield experience than other shooting games. Even today, many marketing accounts have used its game screen to spread some fake war situations.

This game is a large-scale sandbox military game developed by "Bohemian Interactive" - ​​" Armed Raid 3" (ARMA3).

The world view of "Armed Raid 3" is set in the near future. In 2026, a fictional island country in the Mediterranean, a colonel in the country led his army "AAF" to launch a military coup against the capital, and soon the war burned across the entire island country.

This civil war lasted for five years until the AAF seized power in 2030. However, there are still remaining resistance forces in the local area, and the situation on the island has not stabilized, and sporadic battles occur from time to time. Since the island country is in the Mediterranean, its geographical location is very delicate. So in 2034, in order to calm the local situation. NATO sent an army mainly from the United States and Britain to help AAF train troops to quell uprisings in various places.

When NATO troops arrived a few months ago, the situation stabilized slightly, the Resistance Army and the Government Forces AAF temporarily agreed to a ceasefire and held peace talks in the old capital Kavala. But it is obvious that both sides have their own ulterior motives, and just as the talks were underway, the resistance army broke out again. The government forces were also prepared and seized this opportunity to launch a forceful suppression of the rebels. So much so that nearly half of the country's population died in this war.

The brutal behavior of the government forces and the military stationed in NATO have fallen to freezing point, and in the Pacific, an alliance called "CSAT" is conducting military exercises. It puts great pressure on the United States, and for this reason, it has to shift its focus and re-deploy its troops to the Pacific region to deal with the situation.

However, when NATO began to withdraw troops from the island and a small number of people had not completed the evacuation, the government forces that had previously supported suddenly turned their guns and launched an attack on them. So much so that these remaining NATO soldiers began to flee on the island, and the story of "Armed Raid 3" unfolded.

Although many viewers have never played "Armed Raid 3", they must have heard of rumors about this game. What are the things like "run for half an hour and exchange of fire for five minutes", "This game is very difficult, there are hundreds of shortcut keys alone", and "The game is too realistic and even becomes a training simulator for the US military", etc.

As soon as many new players entered the game, they immediately felt different from other shooting games. The pace was slow and I didn't know where to go. I suddenly died while running, which felt very difficult. So much so that these rumors began to breed, only a small number of players could truly appreciate the charm of this game after spending more time getting familiar with it.

First of all, some people on the Internet say "Armed Raid 3" is a digital tactical simulator for the US military, and is distributed to players after civil use. This statement makes the game feel very high-end. However, I checked it out, although the US military was training with a simulator called VBS3, developed by "Bohemia Interactive Simulation Company". But it should be noted that yes, "Bohemia Interaction" is not the word "simulation" with the developer of the game. But it is actually two independent companies.

At the same time, the engines used by both "Armed Raid 3" and VBS3 are different. "Bohemia Interactive" is used to make games such as "Armed Raid" series and "DayZ". After becoming independent from Bohemian Interactive, "Bohemia Interactive Simulation" became an independent entity company specializing in military simulators.Because you have really played the game, you will know that "Armed Raid" is real-life, but it is still a game. There have been a lot of compromises in terms of gameplay. If the US military really uses this thing as a tactical simulation, I don’t know how many people will die by then. In fact, the VBS3 simulator that the army actually uses is a bit like a game when you look at it, but it is actually a very complex software. Even bring some military parameters to simulate and train in real weapons and vehicles.

Then I need to say that this is indeed biased when it comes to the rumor of "running for half an hour, fighting for five minutes". Because five minutes are a little longer, it is usually "run for half an hour and exchange fire for two minutes". Why does this happen to

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mainly because the game map of "Armed Raid 3" is very large. How big is it? It is about 270 square kilometers, and players can experience various terrain such as mountains, jungles, hills, cities, etc. on two islands. Although the story and worldview of the game are fictional, the island where the story takes place really exists. This island is located in Greece's " Limnos ". The game producer went to the island specifically to conduct a detailed survey of the local terrain and buildings. Elements including airports, town landmarks, etc. are basically constructed according to real scenes. And the game's map is almost replicated based on the real island terrain.

Because this was too much, two staff members of the production party were arrested by Greek officials as spies while inspecting the island and were even imprisoned for more than a hundred days. However, this also indirectly proves that the game map is well-made, and many foreign players visit Limnos Island to "sacred land parade". This feeling is like playing Assassin's Creed: The Revolution too much, and you don't need a tour guide to go to Paris.

so they made it through a bit of a trick, and the game's map was roughly replicated in the real scale, resulting in an extremely huge open scene. When some tasks go to the destination, they need to spend a long time running the map, and finally there will be a scene of fire fighting in just a few minutes.

There must be viewers thinking that this looks boring. In fact, the short time to exchange fire does not mean that the game is boring. In fact, to be precise, "Armed Raid 3" is not completely a shooting game, it should be a military simulation game. The main gameplay is not just about shooting at people with a gun, but about using the game to simulate a modern military operation as much as possible.

"Armed Raid 3" is generally divided into three gameplay sections. When new players just enter, they recommend first passing the game's novice tutorial and the prologue of the single-player plot.

In this, players can simply understand the basic operations of the game, such as navigation, image recognition, weapon shooting, equipment use, etc. Next, you can continue to choose single-player campaigns and multiplayer modes. Let’s first show you the detailed gameplay using a single player battle.

For example, a certain level of the game mission will start to make mission briefings like many military movies to understand what the goals and details of this mission are. Then we began to sort out the weapons and equipment needed for the operation, the character's backpack and equipment system, which was actually a bit like "Escape from Takov". It has the capacity to carry the body itself, and you can also carry the tactical vest , body armor and backpack.

can bring various weapons and props, such as smoke bombs, fluorescent sticks, medical bags, magazines, etc.

You can wear a helmet, glasses, night vision and telescope on the upper right side. Below is your weapon, you can usually bring a spear and a pistol. It can also carry anti-vehicle equipment such as bazooka. These weapons can be modified with accessories such as sights, tripods, etc. There are some equipment carried by individual soldiers at the bottom of

, such as radio, compass , GPS, watches, maps, etc. The game has very few UIs, and some tasks limit time. They will not show you a countdown like other games, but you need to take out your watch at any time to understand the time-consuming progress.The carrying of these equipment requires managing your own weight bearing. The game is more realistic for real individual weight bearing. If you bring too much, it will affect your running and physical strength. If the fire is in short supply, it will also cause hand tremors to seriously affect the aiming of weapons. In addition to running and other actions, excessive uphill terrain will also cause losses to the physical bar. Even when players carry seven or eight full magazines, carry one shoulder-mounted missile and carry two rounds of ammunition, they will directly see their physical bar disappearing.

After packing up the equipment, you have to go to the task location. Use these maps and navigation devices you carry to find your destination. Navigation and image recognition is a more difficult point. Sometimes teammates will only give you a grid coordinate and a nearby reference, or based on radio information, such as how many kilometers are in the 330 direction of a certain mountain. Players need to refer to the map and ruler to find the corresponding location. Including when reporting the enemy's position during combat, it also uses a compass scale to communicate. However, after you are familiar with this gameplay in the middle and late stages, you can use the map to obtain more information. For example, based on the contour lines, you can find nearby commanding heights, gain a better view and have a better understanding of the enemy's deployment, so that you can gain a geographical advantage when attacking.

Home of the information and plot of the game comes from the communication between teammates in the lower left corner. Radio equipment can receive long-distance teammate information and can also give them commands through the command system. The radio prop is the same as the mechanism of "The Abyss". If you lose it, you can only shout with your mouth, and the distance to transmit information is very limited. If you are a little further away, you won't know, and there will be no subtitles.

When packing up the equipment and understanding the mission target and location, then hike or take a vehicle to your destination. There may be encounters with enemies in the middle and short distances, and most shooting games are interchange of fire. After all, this form of players is more enjoyable. "Armed Raid 3" is a scene simulation that is close to the real battlefield. For example, in a single-player plot, many of them are mid- and long-distance exchanges. In fact, you can watch some videos left on the real battlefield online, which are basically medium and long-distance exchanges, making it difficult to see where the enemy is. The reason is very simple, because everyone has only one life in the real battlefield. No one is like the kind of gun-to-gun in the game. They hide first and then pour firepower into the enemy's direction. If they really can't, take out the radio and strike it or shell it. Only in a very small number of cases will you fight against the enemy in a close face. The same is true for the game

. The characters' health value is low, so they can basically be explained in just two or three shots. Moreover, the AI's hit rate is very high. In order to survive, two people on the hill often shoot at each other. After killing the enemy, plunder their weapons and equipment to replenish them. After arriving at the destination, you also need to choose appropriate infiltration or strong attack methods to act. Evacuate until the enemy is killed and the task is completed.

So in this series of processes, the fire exchange time is indeed less, but the gameplay of "Armed Raid 3" focuses on the entire operation process. Whether it is the location of the map, radio communication, or vehicle riding, it allows players to roughly experience the various details of a military operation. Games such as "Call of Duty" save all kinds of rushing processes and are sent directly to the battlefield to start fighting immediately, focusing on depicting fierce battles and plot scenes, so this is also something that many players are a little uncomfortable at the beginning. The single-player battle process of the game

game is very long, and the main body takes more than 30 hours to pass the level. In addition to the main game, there are more than a dozen DLCs. Some DLCs will have many more levels, transforming stories and battlefields into the South Pacific or the Sahara Desert, and continuing more military operations. I personally highly recommend this S.O.G's DLC. We also made an episode of S.O.G back then. The protagonists and others of "Call of Duty: Black Ops" all served the strongest special forces of the US military during the Vietnam War.Several levels, various vehicles, weapons and equipment in this DLC can be restored in detail, and the map will be hundreds of square kilometers, giving you the feeling that you have bought a new game. The most outrageous of this extra plot DLC is the military operation plot that comes into contact with aliens.

Some fighter jets and helicopter DLCs can unlock some flight vehicles and have their own independent DLC levels. The plots of these levels can also be supplemented with the main plot. There is even a DLC for karting, which can play karting in the game. Just playing with these DLC plot levels, it will take 80 hours to add the main body.

However, this is not one of the most important gameplay methods!

Although the single-player plot of "Armed Raid 3" is very good, I can tell you later. But the real charm of this game lies in multiplayer games, high-degree-of-freedom map editor and a large number of mods in the community.

"Armed Raid 3" looks like a military shooting game, but in fact it is a bit like the approach of "Warcraft 3" in the early years. "Warcraft 3" itself is a construction operation, and then takes heroes and troops to defeat opponents. But the magical thing is that it has a map editor that allows players to create various gameplay methods through the editor, such as Chenghai 3Ch, Crazy Infantry, and even the famous "DOTA". All of them are from excellent works created by the map editor at that time.

And in addition to the single-player plot, the more core gameplay of "Armed Raiders 3" also lies in this. You can add the characters, vehicles you want to build some scenes in the game's extremely free map editor. As long as your creativity and imagination are excellent, you can perform extremely well. Whether it is to simulate a military operation to shoot a short film or make some special gameplay. When the production is completed, other players can be invited to experience it with you. Even if you really can't do it, add various elements yourself in the map editor. For example, you can create an enemy outpost and deploy yourself on another hill to practice sniping there, or you can get a bunch of vehicles to familiarize yourself with their driving operations.

So it is more appropriate to say that "Armed Raid 3" just uses the shell of a military game to provide players with a stage to show their creativity. Do you think those players who have played for hundreds or thousands of hours are really playing solo games? Once they get the mod in the creative workshop, add some DLC. It is very likely that they will have PVP confrontation in multiplayer games, beating the guard point by AI, cooperating against zombies, and even so-called life servers, simply living on the island to travel and retire.

If your gameplay is well-made, you can also publish it to the community for other players to download and play.

"Armed Raid 3" actually tends to be realistic, but it is not too hardcore. For example, just click a bandage and you'll be done. Sometimes the enemy will mark you in a single-player plot.

However, some MODs such as ACE modules directly add "hard core" label to "Armed Raid 3". This MOD will greatly improve the realism and details of the game, such as an improved medical system. This system divides the body into multiple parts in more detail, and the injuries are also divided into lacerations, penetration injuries, etc. During treatment, the corresponding medical items are required to achieve effective treatment.

Even if this mod is added to the battlefield, there will be "hearing deafness". We have told you before that the real gunfire is very loud. If the player does not wear a helmet, headphones or earbuds with noise reduction function in the game, then the tinnitus and effect will be caused when firing continuously. The longer the fire is fired, the more serious the hearing impact will be.

weather system has also been improved. The wind direction and size of the wind speed will have a very obvious impact on the bullet's ballistics. So we not only need a sniper with good accuracy, but also need to prepare an anemometer, rangefinder, , a meter and a ballistic calculator.First, select the caliber of the weapon on the ballistic calculator, use a rangefinder to obtain the distance, then enter the ballistic calculator, fill in the temperature and pressure at the same time, then use the anemometer to measure the wind direction and wind speed, and then fill the measured headwind and cross wind speed into the ballistic calculator. The result displayed by the ballistic calculator is how many tight bits you need to adjust and how much wind deviation you need to correct. At this time, we can adjust the sniper rifle according to the results of the ballistic calculator just now, and we can achieve accurate hits.

In addition, there are all details such as excessive heat of weapons that can cause fire and get stuck.

For this reason, new players can not add these mods first. After getting familiar with the mods, they can feel like they are re-experienced a new game.

"Armed Raid 3" has more than 110,000 MODs for players to choose from in the creative workshop, so that the main body of the game only has dozens of G, but many people have soared to four or five hundred G after playing various MODs.

And in the main interface, you can also enter a "virtual arsenal" that can call various clothing, weapons and equipment in the game to match. The game can be turned into "Armed Nuannuan".

So now even if you haven't played the game, you can finally understand why these players can spend hundreds or thousands of hours in it at any time.

In fact, you now think this episode of the show will find that the so-called "Armed Raid 3" with widespread rumors is not that exaggerated. If you are interested in military, shooting and other content, I personally recommend that you experience it. Especially the map editor, it allows you to create the war scene you want. Even if it is used to study various weapons and vehicles, it is very interesting.

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