The excellent Arma gets an expansion set in a Afghanistan-like conflict.

Some new things like Talibans, german troops and tons of new weapons are very welcome.

I mainly bought this expansion for the billions of awesome mods proposed on Armaholic enhancing the experience.

I highly recommand to buy this !

As DLC, this was perfect. I was longing for more missions after the original game and OA is just what I was looking for. It was maybe a bit too short, but hey, there is always the other DLCs.

Amazingness at it's best in a perfect game like this, definitely worth getting if you like nice, HD graphics and a very, VERY realistic war simulator!!

Great game, but the firm needs to standardize the graphics. No card seems good enough to make the game run smoothly. It's like playing the real thing though, feature for feature.

An excellent game, and truely the last hope for the tactical realism genre.

The fact that after all this time Bohemia still has not caved in to the mainstream horde and made the game 'more accessable' (read: dumbed down so it's not so hard for the kiddies) alone deserves the full 5 stars.

Thankfully, the game is up to par with that rating as well. It is a stand-alone expansion for ArmA 2 but has so much content and additional features crammed inside it is fully worthy of being a stand alone game.

The game has a single player campaign as well as several single missions, but the heart and soul of ArmA has always lain with the multiplayer, co-op particularly.

The limits for teamplay in this game are virtually non-existant, it is by far the best co-op game i have ever played. Ofcourse, multiplayer is hard to review.

You'll need a good clan or community to get the most out of it. Even so, the mission editor makes up for a whole lot of playtime and there are plenty of single player missions for download as well.

If you love tactical shooters, you simply cannot miss out on this one.

The engine is a bit of a hog and the game can make every single computer cry tears of frustration in certain scenarios, but then again: it's a sandbox game where anything is possible.

500 vs 500 AI in open battle is perfectly possible so long as your pc does not burn down trying to handle all the processes required for that scenario.

5 out of 5, well worth it.

For everyone who already bought arma2, this expansion is a MUST have!

The graphics are somewhat improved.

If you didn't like the campaign, its no problem, multiplayer will keep you buissy untill arma 3 arives :P I never played the operation arrowhead campaign till the end, always playing warfare sometimes up to 18 hours.

This game is worth every single euro/dollar!

This stand alone expansion moves the action to a desert environment, has less scripting problems and generally runs better. Most of the community support out there is currently also for arrowhead. Basically buy this if you want an arma 2 game but don't want to buy one of the packs.

good graphichs,really nice gameplay,true simulation,delightful teamplay..

AI intelligence is tolarable.if you buy this game i recommended you to play multiplayer.singleplay can bored.and look at to system requirements because forexample with hd6950 900/1375 graphic card icould play with normal settings comfortably..

If you prefer a true mil-sim game rather than the shovelware that is CoD then purchase this. Very large and steep learning curve but well worth it in the end. Please install the ACE mod as this is required to play on the most popular servers.

Kaidane has it. This is an immersive, amazing experience, full of skilled, patient and nice people on Multiplayer. Voice acting could be better, but that pales in comparison to the rest of the game. Come on- Who wouldnt want to provide air support in an A-10.

In CoD you call in an airstrike.

In ArmA 2, you call a friend.

One of the best military simulators available today. Custom missions alone provide plenty of content for everyone-- but be sure to play with a group of friends.

It adds a lot to the original Arma 2. The best military simulator just got better with this expansion. If you like realism in video games, you should get this game. It is really fun playing with friends.

This addition improves on the earlier ARMA 2. The performance is certainlt better, though I guess you'd expect the engine to have been tweaked a bit.

As usual there is so much depth to this title and whilst it clearly is not a game for everyone, for those who do enjoy this more simulated type of warfare, it's another peach. The ARMA series continues to feed the hunger of those who like real depth.

Excellent game. Well, not really a game, a simulator. If you are looking to run around and blow stuff up, this is not the game. If you want tactics and realism, this is it.

This expansion expands on the already amazing ARMA forumula to make a more fun and intense game. It both looks and runs better than the original and the desert enviroment is much more intresting to roam than the woods from ARMA 2. The only real issue is the worse voice acting for your character but its minor among the rest of the awsome.

Excellent addition to the series.

Operation Arrowhead keeps the same core gameplay as Arma2 but the missions are much more refined. They play out in a much better fashion than those from ArmA or ArmA 2, seem better written, and have much more going on in each one.

You still have the usual shortcomings of the ArmA series. The voice acting is passible at best, painful at worst. The interface is still rather cumbersome, but with a game that offers such depth of play, I honestly can't see how they can really improve on it much without sacrificing a lot of options (perhaps a context sensitive radial menu might work.)

TrackIR support for this game is stellar! I love being able to lean around corners, scan the horizon as I move from cover to cover (still hardly ever manage to see the bad guys before I get zapped though...), and be able to look around virtual helo and plane cockpits as I would in a flight sim.

The game runs well with high settings on my middling PC and I personally think it looks great. I'd rather have a huge draw distance and sacrifice a few polygons in a rifle model than have every single bolt rendered yet not be able to see more than 100 metres.

Great game made even better by a very active modding community.

A really good simulator when it comes to getting into depth of being a soldier. Few glitches and the high system requirements can be a burden though. One of the first First Person Shooters that actually lets me fly jets, planes, helicoptors, drive tanks, jeeps, motorcycles, etc.

I did however find myself getting bored with the campaign when i ran into conflicts with the many controls needed to play especially ones involving flying helicoptors and leading a convoy. You dont get to control everything but rather tell others what to do and sometimes putting what you think into action on a video game isnt always the easiest thing, especially when your men and yourself are getting shot at. Think i might stick to the simple CoD where things are over simplified

The best feature about OA is that it can be run simultaneously with ArmA 2 as Combined Arms. So for example you can use the units, weapons etc from OA and play on the ArmA 2 island (Chernarus) or the other way around.

The game runs a lot smoother as well compared to ArmA 2 and the AI has been improved. I like the new Afghanistan alike map/theme as well.

A must buy for ArmA2 fans.

Though not as in-depth as ArmA 2, this expansion brings enough to the table to justify it for any truly hardcore fan.

The desert environment is a bit monotonous, a bit too much sand and too little filling, and if you aren't buying both ArmA 2 and ArmA 2:OA together in the Combined Operations pack, you should wait to buy it when the price dip.

ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead has taken the series to the next level by providing some key features and upgrades which take an already amazing simulator to a whole new level.

The engine updates included in it make it a much more smooth enjoyable experience, combined with the new challenges of Takistan , this is one not to be missed.

5/5

Operation Arrowhead just builds on what Arma does best: Intense, surprisingly fast paced tactical combat. The campaign is more 'action packed' with more combat and less tedious sections of travel, but it still retains the very realistic and tactical feel of Arma. The new maps are more focused, with less pointless empty space, meaning the game is even better online.

If you liked Arma or Arma 2, then you should really consider this.

down and playing! 2 times the truth that you buy through this website the transaction was quick and effective do not take more than two minutes to buy the game and indeed this kind of game makes you want to have them as original gameplay never dies, another factor in which one you decide to buy these games for the community is constantly coming out that really are fantastic additions

This expansion brings much new content to the most realistic (and fun) military simulator to date. It gives us several new maps, new weapons and vehicles but the most anticipated feature is perhaps the infra-red vision system. A great modding community makes this even greater as the biggest mod (ACE2) has stated that they will now support Arrowhead.