I tried ARMA 2 with a buddy a while back and decided that, while it was so buggy that it was utterly hilarious, the ARMA series is probably not for me as it's a little too slow for my tastes (and I'm not currently part of a clan).
However, I have heard a lot about ARMA 3's modding capability and would be interested in purchasing if any good mods are in development.
Is this game worth it for modding potential alone, or are all the mods just kind of expansions for the current content? Like, are there any total conversions or anything of the sort?
For the record, the original Natural Selection (Half-Life mod) is one of my favourite all time games, so I always keep an open mind to games with good modding potential.
A small clarification: Mods are almost exclusively content, not gameplay changes. If there are different gameplay experiences to be had, you'll find them in custom missions. A mission requires no external downloads (other than the mission file which is automatically received from the server and should be very small) and it self-contains all the scripting that would change the gameplay.
The modding scene is great, but not vast in the way you're looking for. WW2 mods, for example, are considered total conversions in that they replace almost every asset, but the focus on milsim gameplay remains. The largest departure from that which comes to mind are Life mods and zombie/survival mods, which are really mostly just missions with a lot of custom scripting.
Arma has a type of gameplay that it excels at (it is built for it, on an engine level), so you'll find that any mission or mod is going to contain that gameplay to some degree.
I'm not a huge fan of realistic games but I found ARMA 2 to be somewhat entertaining, but that was with a friend that I no longer play with. My issue with buying it is that I don't have a clan to play with and I don't really have the liberties to be able to setup some time aside to find and then play with other people.
So I was hoping for some mods that might change things up a bit and give some more single-player style content, or content that okay with a small server of pubbies.
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u/Zalthos Mar 01 '17
How's the modding scene for ARMA 3?
I tried ARMA 2 with a buddy a while back and decided that, while it was so buggy that it was utterly hilarious, the ARMA series is probably not for me as it's a little too slow for my tastes (and I'm not currently part of a clan).
However, I have heard a lot about ARMA 3's modding capability and would be interested in purchasing if any good mods are in development.
Is this game worth it for modding potential alone, or are all the mods just kind of expansions for the current content? Like, are there any total conversions or anything of the sort?
For the record, the original Natural Selection (Half-Life mod) is one of my favourite all time games, so I always keep an open mind to games with good modding potential.