Recent reviews by vassilevb

FDE / Coyote is the second best colour finish for a weapon after black.

Cheers / 1o.

'dis here 's pro'lly the most bahlunced PvP I've eva traad. 'T also lookz gaddeymn bootiful - 'f 't wuz muh sista, I'd be smoochin' itz tiddiz. Yu'd bedda fahnd sum ol' fart to guide yew, 'cuz y'er, admit it, a chald o' cazuns, lahk muhself.

Bah dhuh wey, sohm gahs from Yurop mahde dis here.

Guud juhb, BMW / 1o

============EDIT============

It's time to update the "humouristic" review of mine.

Indeed, this game offers the most balanced PvP I've ever tried (I was never good at PvP, so I tend to stay away from it). I've never had such an immersive and unique experience, even in Arma 3. It's almost a simulation of life itself, because:

1. There are inherent natural inequalities (a.k.a. skills/inheritance/position/circumstances) that are impossible to control.

2. There is a significant amount of luck involved (see 1).

3. There are a lot of missed opportunities, of which you're only aware when it's already too late, i.e. in retrospective.

4. Contrary to the commonsense "wisdom", patience is almost never rewarded (unless you consider death a reward).

5. Considering 3 and 4 (and in case that such things as "decisions" exist), it's extremely difficult (if possible at all) to discern "good" from "bad" decisions.

6. My heart is pounding every single time I encounter another human, who wants me dead.

7. It's stressful AF.

8. It's unpredictable.

9. Situational awareness (for the time being, sounds and visuals, uniquely focused on sounds, unlike other games; I'm still waiting for the technology to evolve and offer olfactory and tactile stimulation) is essential for your survival, which pretty much sounds like actual hunting to me (I've never hunted living creatures in my life).

10. You meet both good people and extremely obnoxious self-centered people.

11. You're extremely fragile.

12. Who's the hunter and who's the game can change in a matter of seconds.

13. Even crappy ancient guns are fun to shoot with. (:


The good thing is that it's a game, not your actual life, so the consequences don't matter as much.

1o/1o wouldn't hesitate to call it "the best hopes and dreams crushing simulator ever" again.

If you enjoyed the mindless fun of the movie Mad Max: Fury Road, GTA gameplay, cars, very sexual names, and 'SPLOSIONS, then this is your game.

It's grindy, and you're weak as a mut at the beginning, but it's not hard and there were lots of opportunities to get it bundled, i.e. cheap. Also, did I mention the 'SPLOSIONS?

'SPLOSIONS / 1o.

This is very simple, basic and... well, kinda dull. One could make hundreds time more things than this one with... free software products. Definitely overpriced, even during a sale. I'd refund if I could.

What a weird game. It's like the bastard child of Diablo 2 & Serious Sam. I like D2 a lot. I don't like SS.

It's complicated / 1o.

It's the good old masterpiece, but now it looks and sounds absolutely gorgeous.

1o/1o would never hesitate to call it the best CQB simulator ever again

============ UNFORTUNATE EDIT DEC 8TH 2023 ============
Føck software-as-a-service business model!
Føck online-only DRM specifically!
Føck DRM in general!
Føck all the corporate leeches and the executive ghouls and all their pretty dashboards!
Føck capitalism!
Føck Embracer Group!

It is you who are destroying digital artifacts like this game and the only way to counter your r3t@rded behaviour is to pirate the $#1t out of everything that is worth preserving!

When it comes to popular consumer-grade ballistics simulation, this game is what Kerbal Space Program is for popular consumer-grade interplanetary flight mechanics simulation. Which makes it the best ballistics simulator I've ever encountered (not to be confused with "Receiver" - the best gun handling simulator I've ever encountered). This aspect alone fascinates me enough to start appreciating and even admire a mil-sim game (I am a simpleton and generally stick to fast-paced action FPSs), which offers a lot of hiking, a lot of planning, a lot of team communication for the sake of coordination, at the expense of, well, shooting. You can make your own scenarios, if you have the time for it (they probably won't resemble Quake's action, though). The best thing about Arma 3 is, in actuality, not the gameplay, but the sandbox opportunity it gives you. One could even try/test all the weapons in the "VR" environment (available right from the start - pretty cool).

One of the common complaints is that it takes a lot of time to start feeling comfortable in this game, because of the many things one could actually do (with, surprise, the keyboard and mouse), besides movement and aiming. It's valid and is a definite deal-breaker for less committed people.

Unfortunately, gun handling (i.e. bolt/slide management, magazine management, round in the chamber management, malfunctions management, etc.) is still extremely simplified (okay, you still need to manage the zeroing of your scope, but that's related more to the ballistics of the projectile itself; it's also pretty basic (you see the distance, and you adjust for +/-100 m difference with two buttons)) and, thus, unrealistic. If you are like me, and still want a somewhat realistic gun handling experience, then I recommend Receiver 1/2:
https://steamhost.cn/app/234190/Receiver/

EDIT (July 8th, 2023):
The more I play, the more I realize how cool this sandbox mod-friendly platform called Arma 3 is. It's really frickin' cool. Yes, it can run like $hit. Yes, the gun handling is not as advanced as in Tarkov, but it's serviceable. Yes, the draw-distance is broken (disappearing objects in the distance). But, then again, you can't operate an UAV in Tarkov, you can't fly a chopper in Tarkov, you can't even interact with an APC in Tarkov (although at least lore-wise, you should be able to do all of these things and more), you can't play singleplayer in Tarkov, you're forced to deal with whatever Nikita/BSG decides to do and break some core functionality/mechanic of Tarkov over and over again, you're forced to deal with the Tarkov $hitty servers (waiting for 6 minutes to start a raid in which you get spawn rushed by some meta-chad and get whacked at the 15th second of the raid), etc. The difference with Bohemia and BSG is that Bohemia takes your money and lets you decide what's fun (i.e. gives you at least the feeling of freedom), but BSG takes your money and regularly insults you and spits in your face for simply attempting to have fun in "their" game (i.e. giving you the finger). F§ck you too, Nikita/BSG!

CS:Source, but this time it's got the exact same engine, a bit better graphics, worse ragdoll effects, more game modes, cooler weapon animations, more players, more servers, same ol' unrealistic damage model, and... microtransactions.

================== Erm, edit, obviously=========

Welcome to the world of gaming in 2023, where games are:

1) in an eternal (but not official) "early access" state;

2) a service;

3) a constant grindfest with "seasons"/"wipes";

4) a F2P moneymaking machines, infested with gambling, cheating, scamming, griefing/smurfing, etc. (all of them contributing to the profiteering of the publisher);

5) filled with cartoony eye-candy for children who weren't even born when the exact same gameplay mechanics were actually original;

6) mandatorily distributed through the launcher of the company that published them (following the rule "when you worry about the control over your live service, just add one more DRM system!");

7) getting replaced by an inferior game service with the same appID (excuse the launcher slang) (cf. point 1);

8) not intended to be digitally preserved ever (cf. points 1, 2, 6 & 7);

9) not a personal entertainment or a hobby, but an "e-sport";

10) etc.

This is not even funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O09FapcwjM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncFoD1NRfmc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8jC2KT481c

您可以扮演叶问大师。 1o / 1o

Doom 3, but way more fun. :)
1o cybernetic enhancements / 1o