Arma: Cold War Assault Review (Johnny)
Originally known as "Operation Flashpoint: Cold war crisis" released in June of 2001, the game was at some point renamed to "ARMA: Cold war assault" (2005 i believe), and was the very FIRST "war sim" they made and also THE first game i ever played where ONE bullet could mean your death, not like other games where you went into cover for 10 seconds and got your health back or walked over a health box and recovered your "health bar". After that, Bohemia separated from codemasters and started to create the "new" ARMA franchise, "ARMA: armed assault" (2006), then Arma 2 (2009) and finally Arma 3 (2013) and they are basically bigger, better looking, better functioning versions of the very first iteration. The historical value ALONE is reason enough to buy this game at the very convenient and affordable price of 4-5 bucks, No need to wait for a sale. Dont be fooled by the outdated looks, this game will get your heart pumping and adrenaline flowing. Command an entire squad of soldiers, get in planes, choppers or tanks..... OR roll down a hill in your abrahams tank and 4 others in tight formation hunting for enemy tanks, OR sneak into an enemy base at night to plant C4 on enemy assets such as tanks or helicopters, without anyone noticing. With the mission editor there were basically no limits as to how you could play this game! I remember once, as a spec op, i got to a road and thought... "hmmm should i cross it, out in the open exposing myself?" Crouched in foliage i started to hear the thunder of a BMP approaching along said road..... i didnt move... not in the game OR in my chair. BMP rolled up to where i was, stopped right in front of me and kept on rolling after a few seconds. My heart was PUMPING like crazy. Single Missions were tough, but awesome and no matter how many times you played one, it would never quite play the same as the last play through. Excellent game, historical and nostalgic value. If you value the Arma games, this is a must have for your library!