Need suggestions for realistic shooters. Currently playing Hell let loose, Ready or not and black one blood brothers . Prefer single player . Interested in what arma mods are good & what about single player tarkov? I have Ground branch, Gray zone warfare, Squad, 6 days in fallujah , war of rights & rising storm 2 vietnam wish listed on steam>
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Realistic war games
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If you can stomach the old graphics and deal with the steep learning curve, this is the most realistic "war" experience I've had with any video game:
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It was an amazing experience, very difficult to beat, but wholly worth it.
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis - Wikipedia
ARMA: Cold War Assault
The horrors of WWIII are imminent. There are clashes over the Malden Islands from dusk to
Save 80% on ARMA: Cold War Assault on Steam
Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game”. Over 2...
It was an amazing experience, very difficult to beat, but wholly worth it.
Ribi
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ye pretty much covered imo
midasmulligan
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Have you tried Reforger?
no is it good ?
IbizaPocholo
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Very good but online.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Spec Op The Line has one of best War stories told in videogames
diffusionx
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It's pretty much ARMA 3 these days
Hudo
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/threadIf you can stomach the old graphics and deal with the steep learning curve, this is the most realistic "war" experience I've had with any video game:
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis - Wikipedia
ARMA: Cold War Assault
The horrors of WWIII are imminent. There are clashes over the Malden Islands from dusk to
Save 80% on ARMA: Cold War Assault on Steam
Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game”. Over 2...
It was an amazing experience, very difficult to beat, but wholly worth it.
I downloaded dynamic universal war systems & recon version there . Any other mods or paid dlc ye can recommend .
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone .
Games of Today
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Medal of Honor 2010. Mechanically it's more on the casual side but you drop enemies in one to three shots with your M4A1 which feels nice. You're also fighting Al Queda, the Taliban and Chechens. Not to mention it's the only historically accurate game about the war in Afghanistan, give or take a few liberties.
Dr.Morris79
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Arma II kicks it's ass, sideways
As much as I loved that old rust bucket, Arma 2 totally overwrote it to me.
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This is the genre I want to see some developer tackle and conquer the most. Give me Black Hawk Down, Apocalypse Now, Civil War in AAA game format. With big ass COD-style budgets.
Hell, I'll even take Sicario, Heat, anything with intense and realistic shootouts and engaging stories
Hell, I'll even take Sicario, Heat, anything with intense and realistic shootouts and engaging stories
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Griffon
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Yep, Arma is the big one in the genre.
Also if you fancy some bits of multiplayer like Hell Let Loose, look up Squad on Steam, same concept but with current warfare. Very popular too.
Chuck Berry
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It amazes me we have never gotten a really good take on Vietnam, grabbing inspiration not just from Platoon but stuff like Hamburger Hill and Deer Hunter.
IAmRei
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Ah that game i forgot the name and not yet played. Thanks for reminding.
semiconscious
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which is the one where you can be repeatedly 'killed', but never really shot dead permanently?...
hououinkyouma00
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It’s a great game with a great story but it mostly retreads on both a book and a movie. Not is it anywhere near realistic like OP asks for.
Guilty_AI
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I'm refering to warfare sims - aka spend a lot of time behind cover, only ever see glimpses of your enemy, shot at what might as well be empty space hoping you're hitting something, before dying to an air strike.
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Games set in real warzones with lots of close-up explosions that are just far enough no not kill, destruction particles, screams and a mud filter.
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Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
They're old now, and not milsim in a traditional way, but the first two Brothers in Arms are a good single player experience. The actual combat puzzles being built around fixing an enemy with suppression fire and flanking their position is honestly more real than some sim combat. They've aged, but are still pretty fun. Don't play Hell's Highway, even though it's newer; it's a fucking piece of shit. Fuck Gearbox.
Hudo
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People still play SOCOM online via emulators. That's how good the SOCOM games were.
salva
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I still do an annual play through of the original ghost recon campaign. Wish they'd go back to the roots for that series, but that'll never happen.
The heros unleashed mod is awesome, so many missions and basically infinite replayability.
Operation flashpoint is also a great one to go back too. I still love that campaign, and yes it's dated but other than arma (obviously) no modern game will ever or has ever come close to what you can do in those games.
If you don't mind extra jank, reforger is pretty damn good. Looks and sounds amazing and the gameplay underneath the jank is amazing.
My most recent realistic/tactical game is ready or not. With the recent updates it's pretty solid.
Ground branch will be amazing once the campaign comes out, but that game been in dev for 10+ years.
The heros unleashed mod is awesome, so many missions and basically infinite replayability.
Operation flashpoint is also a great one to go back too. I still love that campaign, and yes it's dated but other than arma (obviously) no modern game will ever or has ever come close to what you can do in those games.
If you don't mind extra jank, reforger is pretty damn good. Looks and sounds amazing and the gameplay underneath the jank is amazing.
My most recent realistic/tactical game is ready or not. With the recent updates it's pretty solid.
Ground branch will be amazing once the campaign comes out, but that game been in dev for 10+ years.
Edgelord79
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Playing this in 2001 was so amazing and so ahead of its time.If you can stomach the old graphics and deal with the steep learning curve, this is the most realistic "war" experience I've had with any video game:
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis - Wikipedia
ARMA: Cold War Assault
The horrors of WWIII are imminent. There are clashes over the Malden Islands from dusk to
Save 80% on ARMA: Cold War Assault on Steam
Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No. 1 bestselling PC game around the world and has won many international awards, including “Game of The Year” and “Best Action Game”. Over 2...
It was an amazing experience, very difficult to beat, but wholly worth it.
Yep. ARMA with dynamic war mods is so much Intense ass fun. Fell back into it at rhe beginning of the Ukrainian war.
True. For old school fans theres always the Cold War Crisis mod for it. ARMA II is still the best.
Arma II kicks it's ass, sideways
As much as I loved that old rust bucket, Arma 2 totally overwrote it to me.
