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ArmA: Armed Assault (also known as ArmA: Combat Operations) is the second main title in the ARMA series.

Overview

The spiritual successor to Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (now known as ArmA: Cold War Assault), Armed Assault is the first game in the series to be set in the modern era.

Expansion pack

Main article: ArmA: Queen's Gambit

Released almost one year after Armed Assault on September 28th, 2007[2], the Queen's Gambit expansion adds two brand new campaigns called Rahmadi Conflict and Royal Flush, a small addon terrain called Porto, as well as additional new units, vehicles, and weapons.

Queen's Gambit was later bundled and re-released as the ArmA: Gold Edition, which combines both the base content and that of the expansion's into a single game.

Plot

Twenty one years after the events of the Cold War Crisis, Armed Assault takes place in 2006 on the tropical island nation of Sahrani located in the Atlantic Ocean. The island has long since been divided into two countries: the communist North and the pro-West South.

Unlike in Cold War Crisis, there is no central protagonist pivotal to the main storyline and is instead played through the perspective of various characters involved in the conflict. However, the main campaign is narrated by a U.S. Army soldier called William Porter, one of the few remaining troops left on the island when fighting breaks out.

Armed Assault

Main article: Armed Assault (campaign)

Stationed in the south of the country, U.S. Army troops have been deployed on a five-year long mission to train the South's military against a potential invasion from its Communist neighbour in the north.

With the situation having largely stabilised and their deployment coming to an end, U.S. forces prepare to pull out of the country. Without warning however, the North's military suddenly launches a full-scale invasion of the South, catching both Southern and U.S. troops off-guard and forcing them into a bloody defensive war.

Rahmadi Conflict

NOTE: Only available with the Queen's Gambit expansion pack.

Main article: Rahmadi Conflict

Set immediately after the events of the Armed Assault, the USMC learns of the presence of a final pocket of SLA resistance on the nearby island of Rahmadi, led by the North's former leader President Ramirez.

USMC Special Forces operative Sergeant Leon Ortega has been assigned with the task of leading the mission to eliminate the last of the rebels and to capture Ramirez.

Royal Flush

NOTE: Only available with the Queen's Gambit expansion pack.

Main article: Royal Flush

A team of mercenaries from the Black Element private military company have been hired by the newly crowned Queen of Sahrani, Isabella Ximenez, to assist in the quelling of an insurgent uprising that was beginning to spread throughout the country.

As the campaign progresses, the mercenaries find themselves embroiled in a conspiracy that not only threatens their own safety, but could potentially spark the outbreak of a civil war in Sahrani.

Gameplay

Following after its predecessor, Armed Assault continues to use the same third/first person shooter gameplay introduced by Cold War Assault. The player is able to drive and pilot many types of vehicles and aircraft, ranging from tanks, civilian cars, attack and transport helicopters, boats, as well as VTOL-capable jets and cargo planes.

Although camera controls remain mostly unchanged from Cold War Assault, infantry movement in Armed Assault has been expanded to allow for leaning to peek around corners, and the addition of a third crouching stance rather than being limited to just standing or being prone.

Several handheld infantry weapons feature a mix of magnified and non-magnified optics, ranging from low-powered riflescopes to reflex sights. Heavy anti-tank launchers are now available and feature homing capabilities, allowing them to lock onto vehicles autonomously from afar. Likewise, anti-materiel rifles are also available and can be utilised for both long distance anti-personnel/anti-vehicle sniping.

ArmA: Armed Assault can be played in both single and online[3] multiplayer. It features an updated version of Cold War Assault's mission maker which allows editors to create campaigns and various mutliplayer based scenarios.

Terrains

Playable terrains in ArmA: Armed Assault
PortoRahmadiSahrani (United Sahrani)
Queen's Gambit


Factions

Factions of ArmA: Armed Assault
BLUFOR U.S. Army
REDFOR SLA
INDFOR RACS


Weapons

Weapons of ArmA: Armed Assault
Handguns M9 9 mmMakarov 9 mm
Submachine guns MP5A5 9 mm
Carbines AKS-74U 5.45 mmM4A1 5.56 mm (M4A1 GL, M4, M4 GL)
Assault rifles AK-74 5.45 mm (AK-74 + GP-25, AKS-74 PSO) • G36 series (G36, G36C, G36K) • M16A2 5.56 mm (M16A2 + M203) • M16A4 5.56 mm (M16A4 M203)
Designated marksman rifles Mk12 SPR 5.56 mm
Sniper rifles KSVK 12.7 mmM107 .50M24 7.62 mmSVD Dragunov 7.62 mm
Squad automatic weapons M249 SAW 5.56 mm
Machineguns M240 7.62 mmPKM 7.62 mm
Grenade launchers 6G30
Launchers 9K32 StrelaFIM-92F StingerJavelin LauncherM136RPG-7V
Static AA PodAT TripodAGS-30D-30DShKMM2M119A1Mk. 19Searchlight
(Parenthesis) denote variants.
Queen's Gambit


Vehicles

Vehicles of ArmA: Armed Assault
Wheeled 5T TruckArmy 4x4BusBRDM-2CarHatchbackHMMWV (Civil) • Offroad (Hilux) • M1030 (TT650, TT650G) • Pick-Up (Datsun) • SedanStrykerTractorUAZUral
Tracked BMP-2M1A1M113ShilkaT-72
Rotor-wing AH-6AH-1ZKA-50MH-6Mi17UH-60
Fixed-wing A-10AV-8BCamelDC-3Su-34
Aquatic CRRCRHIBPBX Boat
(Parenthesis) denote variants.
Queen's Gambit


Multiplayer scenarios

Multiplayer missions in ArmA: Armed Assault

Sahrani

Clean SweepNobody NowhereNorth BasesArmored FistBloody StreetsSeize the BaseDeath IslandSand All AroundHold CastleHuntingSector ControlBlackhawk DownDangerous RoadsIn the Mountain's ShadowsCamel DogfightParaiso On FireCapture the IslandWarfare*

Porto

Sector ControlBattle of PortoDetectorUrban Raid
* for the South Sahrani mini-terrain only.
Queen's Gambit
NOTE: The standalone Rahmadi mini-terrain does not have any official multiplayer scenarios.


Requirements

MINIMUM RECOMMENDED
OS Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows XP
PROCESSOR 2.5 Ghz Intel P4
OR
2.5 Ghz AMD Athlon
3 GHz or better Intel processor
OR
3 GHz or better AMD processor
GRAPHICS NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT with 128 MB VRAM Pixel Shader 2.0
OR
ATI Radeon 9500 with 128 MB VRAM Pixel Shader 2.0
NVIDIA 6800 or better with 256 MB VRAM
OR
ATI x800 or better with 256 MB VRAM
GPU MEMORY 128 MB 256 MB
DirectX® 9.0c 9.0c
RAM 512 MB 1 GB
HARD DRIVE 6 GB free space 6 GB free space
AUDIO OpenAL sound compatible audiocard OpenAL sound compatible audiocard
OTHER Internet connection and free Steam account to activate Internet connection and free Steam account to activate

Accurate as of July 2021[4]

Screenshots

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Trivia

  • Due to the fallout between Codemasters and Bohemia Interactive regarding the series' future, Armed Assault was not intended to be a sequel to Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis (now re-released as ArmA: Cold War Assault), and was planned to have a vastly different setting.[5][6]

References

  1. Španěl, M et al. 2007, Real Virtuality, Bohemia Interactive Community Wiki, viewed 10 February 2023, <https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Real_Virtuality>.
  2. Bohemia Interactive a.s., 2007, 'ArmA: Queen's Gambit street date', Developer's Blog, 25 September, viewed 21 July 2021, <https://www.bohemia.net/blog/arma-queens-gambit-street-date>.
  3. Španěl, M et al. 2014, End of Gamespy, Bohemia Interactive Forums, viewed 27 February 2023, <https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/165617-end-of-gamespy/>.
  4. Valve Corporation 2011, ARMA: Gold Edition, Steam, viewed 11 July 2021, <https://store.steampowered.com/app/65780/ARMA_Gold_Edition/>.
  5. Španěl, M 2011, 'From Flashpoint to Arma - 10 Years Later', Developer's Blog, 21 June, viewed 23 February 2023, <https://www.bohemia.net/blog/from-flashpoint-to-arma>.
  6. Purchese, R 2014, Bohemia's war: the story of the company behind Arma and DayZ, Eurogamer, viewed 22 February 2023, <https://www.eurogamer.net/bohemias-war-the-story-of-the-company-behind-arma-and-dayz>.

External links

See also

ARMA series
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Legacy games OFP-game-coldwarassault-logoArma1-game-armedassault-logoArma2-game-arma2-logo
Expansion packs Arma1-dlc-queensgambit-logoArma2-dlc-operationarrowhead-logoArma3-dlc-apex-logoArma3-dlc-contact-logo
DLC Arma2-dlc-britisharmedforces-logoArma2-dlc-privatemilitarycompany-logoArma2-dlc-armyoftheczechrepublic-logoArma3-dlc-karts-logoArma3-dlc-helicopters-logoArma3-dlc-marksmen-logoArma3-dlc-jets-logoArma3-dlc-lawsofwar-logoArma3-dlc-tacops-logoArma3-dlc-tanks-logo
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