Arma 3: Creator DLC - Spearhead 1944 Review (Butcher)
Solid experience
This DLC is good example that even with outdated modding tools and old as shit game engine, you can create very good stuff. I think it doesnt deserve mixed reviews.
Pros:
- 10 times better sound design than in vanilla game, ambient in missions sounds very impressive
- Very nice implementation of coop/solo campaign, work good with any number of players
- Good singleplayer scenarios with abillity to choose approach at mission start
- High quality models, uniforms, vehicles, etc, also you can edit vehicles appearance (even during the missions, hide some crates or spare tracks)
- Tank damage model (works very well)
- Reloading system for small arms
- Good difficulty scaling with lot of parameters to set
- 4 terrains (with SPEX mod enabled)
- Nice scripted AI in missions
- Towing & pushing system featuring ability to carry anti-tank guns with trucks (and it looks like real carrying, not solid attaching like in most mods)
- Other details like hip fire with MGs, longer weapons charachter will raise or lower when coliding with objects and etc
+ at workshop you can find SPEX mod with some content additions to this DLC
Cons:
- Zero online on official servers, so many cool game modes from this DLC is dead. If you wanna play with someone, the only way is to find community of people who plays Spearhead missions
- Lack of british and canadian units (may be we will see such update)
- Performance: be ready to have FPS drops in firefights with huge number of units if you dont using dedicated server to play campaign, but its related more to Arma engine, not Spearhead problem. Also, Mortain map have mid performance