Arma 2 is a shooter developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio, released 17 June 2009 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Arma 2 is
Arma 2 is a shooter game developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio and released in 2009. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Real Virtuality 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Arma 2 is set in the near future, year 2009, in a fictional post soviet country called Chernarus. Players will be sent as members of a United States Marine Corps Force Recon squad to this country to prevent further civilian casualties and ensure ongoing stability there. Arma 2 is based on the latest generation technology, offering large ?scale game world, authentic and extremely detailed modern units, weapons, vehicles and enviroments, challenging single player and vast array of multiplayer options.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, open world, stealth and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Arma 2 holds a critic score of 0 out of 100. That places it above 0% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 67 points below the year average. Players rate it 38, 38 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.
What it launched against
Arma 2 launched on 17 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine and The Sims 3. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Trine Enchanted Edition, Trine, The Sims 3.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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