Arma 2 is now free

**MrKurt2012** on 27th June 2011, 4:47 am

http://www.arma2.com/free

You heard me right, arma 2 is now free to play. If your computer can handle it I suggest trying it out.

**RedrumSalad** on 27th June 2011, 10:11 am

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One of the biggest surprise announcements of E3 this year was that Arma 2 would be going free to play. Just a few weeks after that announcement, Arma 2 is now free to play. You can grab the 960MB download right here. Thanks to RPS for the heads up.

The free version will let you play the full game, including multiplayer, but locks off the highest graphics settings and cuts out mod support and the single player campaigns. Full map editing tools are present in the free version. If you've always been tempted to try a hyper-realistic war sim, this is one you have to try. We'll see you on the battlefield.

No mods or singleplayer campaigns. You only get the vanilla version of the game with the about 10 scenarios and map editor.

**Made in Finland** on 27th June 2011, 12:07 pm

Wow, every game is going F2P all of the sudden...

F2P means shitty community. This is especially bad with TF2, because the community is already god-awful, and now every preteen kid who can't afford to pay for games is going to jump on it's probably not even going to be playable anymore...

**VrAzZLe Meister** on 27th June 2011, 4:20 pm

(Stupid Question)
Would this work on a Dell laptop?

**MrKurt2012** on 27th June 2011, 5:29 pm

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/

You could go to this site and find arma 2 and let it scan to see.

Or you could compare your specs to what is needed from the minimum requirements.

Minimum specs:
• Dual Core CPU (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz, Intel Core 2.0 GHz, AMD Athlon 3200+ or faster)
• 1 GB RAM
• GPU (Nvidia Geforce 7800 / ATI Radeon 1800 or faster) with Shader Model 3 and 256 MB VRAM
• Windows XP
• DVD (Dual Layer compatible)
• 10 GB free HDD space

Recommended specs:
• Quad Core CPU or Dual Core CPU (Intel Core 2.8 GHz, AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400+ or faster)
• 2 GB RAM
• GPU (Nvidia Geforce 8800GT / ATI Radeon 4850 or faster) with Shader Model 3 and 512 MB VRAM
• Windows XP or Windows Vista
• DVD (Dual Layer compatible)
• 10 GB free HDD space

**Dexta117** on 27th June 2011, 6:53 pm

Fattyboy122 wrote:http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/

The site doesn't work fattyboy!!! I have donewhat it has told me to do and yet it does not give me an answer on whether I can run the games I have asked for.

**B Mane65** on 27th June 2011, 7:19 pm

im downloading it right now, hopefully my computer can run it lol

**MrKurt2012** on 27th June 2011, 7:58 pm

Dexta I really don't know why it is not working for you it worked fine for me, and if you guys want me to host a server tell me I may have some good custom scenarios.

**VrAzZLe Meister** on 27th June 2011, 9:36 pm

Wow I only need a video card to play. Is there a way I can get one for my cpu?

**RedrumSalad** on 27th June 2011, 9:57 pm

OK, for anybody who wants to try this out, if you bought your computer factory made for under $700, you probably cant run it well.

**Made in Finland** on 28th June 2011, 4:19 am

RedrumSalad wrote:OK, for anybody who wants to try this out, if you bought your computer factory made for under $700, you probably cant run it well.

Hurrr durrrr herka derka durp.

Obviously computer's performance is dictated by the price. I mean obviously my IBM 5100 could run Arma II without a problem, since it cost 9000$...

**andrew** on 28th June 2011, 2:08 pm

Fin, you just love being an asshole to people, don't you?

**Jagdgeschwader** on 28th June 2011, 2:59 pm

Without mod support?

**RedrumSalad** on 28th June 2011, 5:00 pm

Made in Finland wrote:
RedrumSalad wrote:OK, for anybody who wants to try this out, if you bought your computer factory made for under $700, you probably cant run it well.

Hurrr durrrr herka derka durp.

Obviously computer's performance is dictated by the price. I mean obviously my IBM 5100 could run Arma II without a problem, since it cost 9000$...

In these times, yes. Companies basically give you the price of all the items inside the case, and a little more for labor. Mine cost $500 and as I was upgrading it, I looked at all the prices of the parts inside it before the upgrade (they did change a little) and it totaled up to about $400 (remember, they did change prices over time). The best parts are (usually) the most expensive. I know my computers, so gtfo.

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