The Main Deals:
- Arma 3 game only- 13.59
***Buy this if you want to experience the game and accept that you won’t have the best access when it comes to online servers, weapons or vehicles. - Arma 3 Apex Edition- 23.79
Includes: Arma 3 game, Arma 3 Apex, Arma 3 Helicopters, Arma 3 Karts, Arma 3 Marksmen
***Buy this if your interested in the recommended amount of add-ons to have a good experience. - Arma 3 DLC Bundle 2- 19.99
Includes: Arma 3 Jets, Arma 3 Laws of War, Arma 3 Tac-Ops (coming Nov. 30th 2017), Arma 3 Tanks (estimated Q1 2018)
***Buy this if you want these addons and DON’T own at least 2 of these add-ons. - Arma 3 DLC Bundle 1- 6.79
Includes: Arma 3 Helicopters, Arma 3 Karts, Arma 3 Marksmen
***Buy this if you DON’T buy the Apex Edition or you want both Helicopters and Marksmen.
- Arma 3 is an open world military tactical shooter by Bohemia Interactive that was released in September 2013.
- The game is primarily played online with custom games modes such as but not limited to:
-Life: A role-playing type game mode. Players can take the roles of Police Officers, EMTs, Civilians or other roles.
-Wasteland: "Call of Duty" style fighting. You spawn in with basic gear, loot what you can or buy better gear.
-Epoch/Exile: Battlefield meets PUBG. You typically spawn with little to nothing, you’ll loot buildings or missions for loot, battle AI and/or other players, buy and sell gear/vehicles/building components, build a base and defend it, lock your base/vehicles.
-Battle Royale: PlayerUnknown’s Battleground type game mode.
-There is also a single player campaign, but I can honestly say I’ve never played it. The following is from a Steam review by (4SFG) jarrad96, which was posted on August 29th and he has 4,257 hours on record:
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A rapid cacophony of impacts broke the monotony of driving, accompanied by the chatter and crack of automatic fire hitting the vehicle. The person next to me that I had been talking to was already slumped over and covered in blood by the time I realised we were in the middle of an ambush. |
(Somewhat shortened explanation partially from steam for less to read here/have to lookup)
Sale Price [$13.49] Retail [$39.99]
1). Arma 3: The actual game, you need this before you can play the game or even use the add-ons/DLC.
->*+Base Game
Sale Price [$11.89] Retail [$34.99]
2). Apex: A new map called Tanoa (It’s beautiful, look it up on YouTube. FrankieonPc is a quick creator suggestion). New Faction, 13 new weapons, New uniforms and gear. 10 new vehicles. Co-op campaign and End Game Multiplayer (never touched this before). Additional Apex content..
*New map, weapons, gear, vehicles. Favorite item:full-screen night-vision and thermal-vision goggles.
->*+Full-size addon.
Sale Price [$4.07] Retail [$11.99]
3). Arma 3 Helicopters: CH-67 Huron and Mi-290 Taru variants. Heavy-lift helicopters and master sling loading for ground support.
*Two helicopters and their variants.
Kinda worth it on sale at 4.07 so you can avoid not being able to jump into these during a team fight. Not worth 12$
->*-Two helicopters
Sale Price [$0.67] Retail [$1.99]
4). Arma 3 Karts: Based on an April 2014 joke. Kart, racer gear, marshal safety coordinator, starter pistol, race objects, time trials, and zeus race and modules.
*barely worth the .67. But in a pinch if you find a kart after running for 10 minutes… it’s worth it.
->*—Gokarts and gear
Sale Price [$4.07] Retail [$11.99]
5). Arma 3 Marksmen: Seven new weapons (Cyrus 9.3mm, Mar-10 .338mm, Mk-1 EMR and MK14 7.62mm, ASP-1 Kir, SPMG .338mm, Navid 9.3mm. AMS and Kahila scopes, remote laser designators, New Ghille suits.
*The MAR-10 is a great silenceable sniper rifle. The SPMG and Navid are great silenceable LMGs.
->*+7 New Guns, Two Scopes, Laser Designators
Sale Price [$9.59] Retail [$11.99]
6). Arma 3 Jets: Four new jets. F/A-181 Black Wasp II, To-201 Shikra, A-149 Gryphon, Sentinel.
->*-Four New jets.
Sale Price [$9.59] Retail [$11.99]
7). Arma 3 Laws of War:
*$*50% of Direct sales (not bundle) of this DLC will be donated to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)*$*
New Faction, Remnants of War "Mini Campaign", Van, Utility and Demining Drone, APERS Mine dispenser, Vests/Bags/Headgear/Facewear, and additional content.
->*? I own but haven’t used this DLC. Unable to give an tl:dr or say if it’s worth it
Sale Price [$5.39] Retail [$5.99]
8). Arma 3 Tac-Ops Mission Pack: Three new singleplayer operations, True Military Missions that require intelligence, caution and patience. Evolving battlefield that is affected by decisions that complete, fail or ignore missions. Play different unit perspectives. After Action Report Videos.
->*? I do not own this DLC. Unable to give a tl:dr or say if it’s worth it.
- Arma 3 Steam page reviews:
[58,782 Reviews 90% positive] As of Sept 1st 2017* (The last time I posted Arma 3 was on-sale)
[63.579 Reviews 90% positive] As of Nov. 24th 2017*
- Arma 3 Steam Player Activity:
Last 30 days* As of Sept 24tth 2017 -> Avg.[15,982] Peak [31,956]
Oct. 2017 -> Avg.[16,441] Peak [32,097]
Sept. 2017 -> Avg.[17,987] Peak [36,019]
Aug. 2017 -> Avg.[17,978] Peak [32,339]
July 2017 -> Avg.[22,120] Peak [43,759]
-I personally have over 1400 hours into Arma 3 Alone, and 400 hours into Arma 2 which I purchased when it was in a Humble Bundle.
-I would only suggest buying this game on sale, now for the retail price.
-It’s a great game, but the retail/normal pricing of this game/DLCs can be quite expensive.