400 hours in arma 3. Just picked up reforger on sale yesterday and dam its good. Same amazing arma gunplay but with better graphics and it runs a hell of a lot smoother.

@Lurkspur

Ай бұрын

And the best part- no hundreds of DLC you practically have to pay for like arma 3!

@bummer7736

Ай бұрын

@@Lurkspur not yet.

@sebastienholmquest1817

Ай бұрын

easier walking into fs, arma 3's learning curve is insane

@jayosbeats313

Ай бұрын

@@bummer7736they ain’t gonna do any DLC to reforger it’s a stepping stone leading to arma 4 that’s where they will roll out all the DLC stuff haha 😢

@SlightEcho

Ай бұрын

Shit, I’ve got 6k hours on A3. Probably should’ve done more than play arma last decade

5,532 hours in Arma 3. Just paid for a rtx 4070 oc to play this game. Cant wait for it to arrive. Squad will be much better too. I just turned 50!

@imperialguard9246

10 күн бұрын

50 years?

@bushcat274

10 күн бұрын

​@@imperialguard9246I fought in the first clone war.

Bohemia is not committed to adding content to reforger, they said that from the beginning. Its a stepping stone to Arma 4 and more or less, a game to keep Arma on people's minds in the microwave era in my opinion. But the modding community is doing their thing like all Arma titles. Reforger is good and in due time Arma 4 will be great.

@Mikko_Hamalainen

Ай бұрын

That is good and all but recently they have been really committed adding content to reforger! thats why its popping, they made absolutely great updates.

@redcolnot4885

Ай бұрын

Uh homie this game gets better updates then cod or battlefield maybe even squad

@Zer0FuXGiv3n

Ай бұрын

It's not Bohemia that adds content it's the modding community.

@Mikko_Hamalainen

Ай бұрын

@@Zer0FuXGiv3n Yes modding community have made great stuff, but we are talking about great updates we have got in last year and this year! resistance mode, bug fixes, enviroment overhaul, health and medic system, whole 1.0 update, helicopters, new weapons, new AI system and everything. great stuff that really made this game be good!

@Chevalier_knight

Ай бұрын

No the devs added choppers and are the ones adding the core sekelton of the game

Picked up Reforger in Sept 2023 and as a console player it’s my first Arma experience. I don’t regret buying this game at all..

Nice overview - been playing the ArmA series for 15 years now. Pathway to ArmA 4 is looking promising!

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Means a lot coming from an experienced vet!

@hedwigugla8836

Ай бұрын

I've been playing since arma 1,good times

@MrHotguy034

Ай бұрын

I cant wait for a new dayz sa next gen i hope we get it!

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

@@MrHotguy034 ME TOO!!

@EdtheGardener

20 күн бұрын

23 years here. Mad.

Hello LonerJB! On behalf of the DarkGru Team we thank you for the shoutout and support We couldn't of made any of this possible without people like you! Keep up the amazing content Much love ❤️ -Marksman and the DarkGru team

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

Thank you and the DarkGru team for running great servers with a great community! And Thanks for checking out the video! o7

Reforger is a NATO exercise code name from 1988/89, 129,000 NATO troop took part during the cold war era in Germany. Thats where the name comes from.

This is my first Arma game. As a lover of anything military since birth, ive quickly fallen in love with this game. Certainly not for all. Dunno if I’d recommend it to the regular COD player.. it takes time to position yourself, and find combat. It’s not all about kills and being top Chad ya know. This video made me wanna play so bad… I’m hopping in after work to do some supply runs. 👍🏼

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

o7 True soldiers do logi runs!

@retaxed

27 күн бұрын

hell yea man. you on PC? in my true honest opinion , if you play the KOTH map or 1st/3rd ranger battalion, and after you play to where you know every arma reforger keybind without having to go into controls, buy arma 3, and play the KOTH & 55th/77th battalion servers. they’re 5-10x better than reforgers are, in content and a ton more, and are worth playing separate from reforger just for that reason. for example in KOTH on reforger, there are no ways to change ur appearance (wanna be a ghillie sniper? can’t), like 75% less vehicles, no perks, and a ton more. same thing with the operations mode. the AI can’t drive on reforger, and there’s no jets, way less vehicles etc. AND the operations aren’t just made by another person in real time, there are genuine 100-player TRUE, 1.5 HOUR LONG operations. SUPER WORTH.

Great overview of the game, and it's great you branching out and covering some Mil-Sim games because you picked the right one, I believe it's actual history in the making since we are here at the inception of the Enfusion engine along with seeing this progress all the way up to ARMA 4! ..............Imagine what this engine will eventually be able to do if it's just getting started!

Reforger has been a ton of fun and glad it's getting so much love. Big fan of Arma over the years and in just the few hours playing on official and modded servers it's really made me want to stick with reforger for a while just due to the improved systems. Here's hoping that more DarkGru servers get spun up because they're full any time I'm playing. I should note, the only issue I've had so far has been the inventory system and not being able to move things around, drop items, or pickup items.

Stayed away from this game at the start because it was pricey and people were saying it's buggy. Now, I just bought the game last week and it was because I saw some NEW good viral reforger videos on KZread. No longer was I hearing "it's unplayable" or "it's super buggy". I saw people having fun and recommending the game to others, so I got it!

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

It still has some issues, but can make for a really good time!

Nice video man, good overview of the state of the game

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

Much appreciated! Thank you for checking out the video and leaving a comment!

Was wondering if I should get reforger but you definitely sold me on it. Thank you.

I love the animation aspect of the game. I like that the ATACK phone actually pulls out of your pocket and you actually use your hands to look at it and it’s not just stuck on your screen and you use your mouse to move it everywhere. I hate that. And then the aspect of me being able to play game without my frames dropping at all unless we’re just playing GM. in another thing with the bacon, loadout editor, you can edit your helmets, usually depending on what month you can edit your guns, you can change the barrels, the uppers the suppressor etc! There’s actual customization you can do unlike. You couldn’t do three because they just didn’t have it and no one made a mod for it (that i know of) some of the helmets you can put on like 7 to 8 different pairs of night vision, and one of them I think has like a thermal monocular and then one night vision monocular so you can switch back-and-forth from thermal vision, which is really really cool.

The main PvP mode built into it fees like better squad. Like Squad pre-ICO, with more open scope matches wnd way better squad cohesion

@shadow7988

Ай бұрын

Pre-ICO? So laser tag lone wolfing?

@pain2573

Ай бұрын

@@shadow7988yeah I was gonna say the same, while I’m having fun this games combat is very “cod like” very little squad play and gunplay is so easy a baby could do it. You can actually side strafe in this game and win gunfights…. Something that totally happens irl /s

@walt9327

Ай бұрын

@@shadow7988 let people enjoy things man. If you want something inaccessibly slow and “authentic”, there’s always Arma 3. Reforger’s here to bridge the gap between games like RS2 or Insurgency and the slower milsims out there. If you want people to actually feel like they need to take cover and maneuver properly under fire, while still giving players a respawn mechanic, it helps to have to worry that the enemy players can actually hit you by anything other than an extraordinary volume of fire

@shadow7988

Ай бұрын

@@walt9327 'Let people enjoy things'? People are, Squad literally has more players than it's ever had before. Also this is terribly ironic, considering you're arguing for a return of laser tag to Squad, not understanding that Squad is a successor to Project Reality, which is where the ICO's gunplay mechanics come from, which makes you the one that needs to let people enjoy things rather than expecting every FPS to play like CoD or Battlefield.

@urosmamic4172

9 күн бұрын

Milsim games always have this problem with them being realistic is lack of team work Why work with your team to sruvive when you can just go lone wolf and wipe a hole 8 man squad and then just respawn when you die Squad added ICO to fix that problem to some degree Yes it got rid of most of the community but it brought back people that have been prayingnfor it to come back to its original path

As someone who played Arma 2, Arma 3 and now Reforger, I enjoy Reforger much more than Arma 3. Yes, Arma 3 is a much, much more complex beast but the lack of PvP in the main servers turned me away. It is most often some KOTH server that turns into COD light where you die 40 times until you reach your destination (a moving point that is pretty small). Reforger has PvP out of the box and the fights are more decentralized on the map. It isn't perfect but it is mostly fun

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

COD light is a good description, I only played about 3-4 hours in arma3 before turning it off and basically never touching it again, not too mention it ran like crap on my pc. Reforger is much more accessible, and I think that helps atleast for people like me, not perfect, but very fun depending on the server. Thanks for the insights! Always enjoy getting comments from veterans of the games I post about.

I play this on Geforce Now with maxxed out everything. Runs and looks great!!!!

@retaxed

27 күн бұрын

well, you’re playing on Geforce Now, i’d hope it runs well lol

@ltpunisher6666

27 күн бұрын

@@retaxed pulling pretty consistent 120fps

I bought this game for my series x yesterday. Its the most fun ive had in a while. I was playing earlier and holding a road by a base we had and waiting for supplies to arrive and i saw someone walking near me, so i shouted for them to identify themselves as they had the same uniform as me. They killed me as it was an enemy player who stole and wore our own uniform. It was so cool. I totally didnt expect it 😂

The w.c.s servers are really good aswell have had a ton of fun playing them. playing from central texas and the eu servers feel fine with high ping besides the occasional DC.

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

I think those are Klean's servers, so I would def recommend those as well. They weren't up yet when I was recording so thank you for posting about them.

By any chance, do you know what camo or kind of soldier that is in the thumbnail?

Hey JB thank you for the coverage man! If you ever need anything please reach out to us!

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

Thank you for checking it out! And thank you and your team for fostering great servers!

early days were a little rough but its alot more stable now and worth playing

I bought this game about a year ago and even then knew the potential was there, so I never regretted purchasing when I did. Nowadays its about the only thing I look forward to playing with my friends

@retaxed

27 күн бұрын

if you know Arma, you know its potential

The question is why not? AR (Arma Reforger) is 10/10 in my book. It’s a hidden gem and I just hope it stays that way.

Enfusion engine will always be a compromise. It's a hybrid engine... and while I applaud Bohemia for making the most of it... the most has came and went. Unreal 5 is here, and supports the objects/interactions needed for milsim and survival games... WITHOUT all the physics headaches. I'm really hoping they use Unreal 5 for DayZ² and Arma IV. On the flip side, I'm always a fan of developers doing their own thing... I just hope their next attempt doesn't have physics calculations split between two different core engines.

Great rundown!

Squad is clunky? Compared to ARMA not by a long shot, ARMA loves to brag about their 20+ character movements that nobody actually uses to its full potential. ARMA has a lot of mods, but Squad strikes that balance of fun and respecting your time. It's not a hardcore Milsim but it sits nicely between ARMA and say Battlefield gameplay. 1+ hour gameplay sessions on average that requires 50 players to teamwork (In a good server) vs 50 others is why I love squad over ARMA. Nothings worse in Reforger when a medic is completely clueless and your left to sit for 2-3 minutes just bleeding out. Reforger has potential, but I doubt it will go far, it might even die off once ARMA 4 finally hits.

The reason for the major drop off in the first week was the server issues and disconnects, that has id say been 98% resolved in Reforger only bolstedred by the fact they increased server capacity up to 48 in official servers . The mods and new patches have bought people back to try again but the server stability is whats keeping them there . Looking forward to the next patch this week with flares / ai commanding and remote explosives!

I play on the Darkgru servers alot. I play on series S and it runs fine. A little clunky sometimes but it's usually server fps that's lower than my console Fps.

The thing that threw me off this game at the start was the time it takes to get from MOB to action. However, once you get accustomed to it, it just makes it that much more fun. You actually value your life and play smarter.

Closest thing ive ever played thats like operation flashpoint. And that game was one of my childhood favourites.

@chubbyninjagaming

Ай бұрын

isnt the maps based on OP:FP?....but awesome game, hasnt aged to bad....but i will boot it up every no and then. i used to spend hours in the mission editor filling the base with the various gear/vehicles and setup mini missions to play on. I did that in arma 2 as well, made a containment zone with zombies and "ran outta gas over it" with heli with my buddies and told him to try and make it out lol. Always enjoyed this series

In the beginning, Reforger didn't have mods yet. But now it's becoming more mod friendly and more people have been playing it now.

this game any good if i just wanna play alone? like not mod it the whole time but just jump into a game?

@lonerjb

21 күн бұрын

I only played the multiplayer, but it does have official servers which are pretty fun. The community servers automatically install the mods for you so you just have to click join and it downloads them for you. Really makes it super easy if you wanted to try it.

The "Military Barbie" part really bothers me, second only for the wait times on missions (that end up happening way too often back when I played it in the past). For the gear part, if you shouldn't use it, it shouldn't be available to begin with.

its nice the game has gotten more players but a big issue currently is the amount of toxic and immature players and bad server owners, as a day one reforger player community servers have never been good and its an unfortunate fact, atleast there is still hope in the end of the tunnel with the next major update.

thanks for the info, i've been kind of intimidated to join any of the more serious stuff in arma 3 (i just stick to koth an altis life) so trying this out seems like like it would be nice

i recently got it last weekend and already have an assortment of clips from the dark gru servers and it’s so addictive like 38 hours of playtime in 2 days

@JD96893

Ай бұрын

How is this possible?

@ifacecamp717

Ай бұрын

@@JD96893 bro didnt eat or sleep lmao

@bhante1345

Ай бұрын

Don't try heroin.

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

First day I played I was on for almost 12 hours, not even recording just having a BLAST! Glad you are enjoying it!

Does it run on a 3060ti?

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

It runs on an xbox, so I would think so. Double check system reqs on steam before purchase though.

Recently got it and it's pretty good graphically and decent performance. It could use some improvement though. It still needs a lot of work though as it is missing stuff. Vehicle interiors is pretty fucking cool and all the clickable stuff.

To answer the title. Because it’s fun and a game 👍

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

Thank you! glad you are enjoying it.

So its cold war but they modded in modern stuff?

@TheusKhan

Ай бұрын

Yes

Because reforger is amazing. Mods are great and all but the base game is so fun, cold war is dope!

Nah shit this seems 2 realistic for me. When his buddy was gonna clear that building and got killed, gave me the shivers.

What mod has the F90 it shows it at 3:41

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

Not sure the exact mod, but they are the Dark Gru servers. Can look at the mods if you search for the server

i'd like reforger more if they actually fixed the VOIP cause omg its soo stuttery i actually thought one time it was all my audio devices but no found out it was the recent update and i hope bohemia releases an update soon because i really want to play again

Peak 5,680 players last month, I wouldn't say "everyone", but yea it's improvement from it's normal numbers (still bad af)

Ill have to give it a try

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

good to hear, thanks for checking out the video!

i feel like the last gen of consoles pushed so many people to pc due to the lack of experiences, ik it wasnt a tactical shooter but lemnis gate should have had more recognition it was fun and didnt deserve to die within a year just super small and no cross plat

796 hours in arma 3 but at least half is in the eden editor does this game have an eden editor?

Nice video 👍🏻

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

Thank you for checking it out!

Bohemia in the erver lasting journey to do a decent inventory

Is it mostly pve or pvp?

@__MaReX__

Ай бұрын

when playing any Arma game , your standards should be more along the lines of PVE "Roleplay" there are hundreds of servers for PVP perposes aswell obviously but Arma thrives in "scripted" roleplay style servers. With Reforger and Arma 4 tho due to improved infantry mobility PVP may actualy be mad fun .

@huntermurphy561

Ай бұрын

Depends on severs darkgru public servers are pvp when servers like chillfan is pve. The 4mmr events are some pve and pvp mix

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

Everything in the video is PVP. All the darkgru servers (to my knowledge) are pvp. There are a lot of pve options in ArmA if you prefer that though.

i think the reason so many people are playing too is theres finally a realistic game like this on console

How is it compared to Arma 3? I’ve always had a hard time getting into that game whenever I played it, especially the multiplayer.

if u are into ww2 u should try Easy Red 2

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

I will give it a gander!

Reforger is incredible. I have thousands of hours in Arma3, but its now gone the way of Arma and Arma2 for me. Reforger is the way.

This game is popping right now, struggling to get into servers

Should I buy arma reforger or wait for arma 4 to come out?

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

Arma 4 will probably be the better product, but we don't know when its coming out. If you have that Arma itch though Reforger can scratch it! Can't tell you what to do, but I enjoy reforger.

the modded ukraine/Nato Servers are just awsome, having a blast.. brings back the good old arma 2 / wasteland moments but even better...its just a dream yet not for everybody.. arma games Were always a niche

the Vietnam 67 servers are fun as hell!

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

I will give them a shot next time I'm on!

DayZ 2 on Reforger version of Enfusion? Sign me in!!!

@lonerjb

7 күн бұрын

I was really hoping the new DayZ map announcement was gonna be a DayZ 2 announcement!

@Hombremaniac

7 күн бұрын

@@lonerjb That would have been the best result, yes. But something tells me that Arma 4 comes first and only after that we can expect new DayZ. That would mean years before we get DayZ sequel on modern engine. I sure as heck hope I´m mistaken and DayZ 2 comes out earlier.

@lonerjb

6 күн бұрын

@@Hombremaniac Nah you are 100% right. DayZ only has a handful of devs. Its full steam on Arma 4, then fingers crossed DayZ 2.

Drewski made a video Shroud saw it and started playing the Game.

I play it because I am addicted to arma king of the hill and when i found the server, my life has changed for the worse.😢

Is this coming to console?

@lonerjb

9 күн бұрын

It is available on Xbox now.

We’re preparing to get drafted. Obviously

What do you mean by everyone when Squad has 30 day peak of 35k online players (Arma Reforger 6k)

the game is fun but the problem is the admins everyone including myself wants to play on these modded community servers that have many quality of life features the official ones lack but then that means dealing with abusive admins the worst i’ve encountered was on vietnam 67 they banned me in retaliation after calling them out for spawning vehicles normal players couldn’t and they even waited until later in the night while i was off to do it because if they banned me during the chat interaction they would of looked bad it’s sad but that’s the problem with letting the community police itself bohemia needs some guard rails unless they want this ending up like gmod servers some power tripper is gonna be teleporting you outside of the map to talk because you were using an M4 as a russian type shit that’s where it’s headed

dayz 2 will be modded or built from this engine from within the game, there may already be some mods to make it similar.

@lonerjb

5 күн бұрын

I need to play it more, but the DayZ mods I have played in reforger need some time. I think DayZ 2 will be made from Arma 4.

I need a mil sim on my Steam deck, i can't choose between this, arma 3 or squad Which is now playable on Steam os

subbed

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

I am become gatekeeper, of my favorite server: first clip is my server bruh😂

WCS servers are amazing!!!

3rd Battalion 75th regiment Public operations server. Kunar. Come get some gentlemen.

because modders carry all arma gameplay, bohemia forgot that when they did dayz standalone for years, and it does take time for those mods that can carry to be made (been about a year or something since reforger and people are actually getting good at new toolset)

@bosanaz2010

16 күн бұрын

yeah i hope reforge is gone give us a good dayz....the Standalone is a poor joke. When i think about dayz (arma2 mod) origin and mods like that....bruhh....where is that...the zombies are still dog shit in dayz SA: I hope somebody is gone do a proper dayz on reforger

I tried playing reforger, yet I could barely find anyone to play with. It's mostly just people sitting AFK hoping more people would join the sessions.

@OwOUwUOnO

18 күн бұрын

If Bohemia would have just made a Co-op mode with similar A.i. combat like Arma 3, maybe people would have more interest.

Because shroud lol random video popped up of him streaming and it was some of the most exciting gameplay ive seen in a long time its unfortunate how janky this game STILL is after years but at least its getting better little by little

when i watch this i have massive OFP vibes.

Almost 1200 hours in Arma 3 Almost 800 hours are me flying transport or attack helicopter sorties. I was not the best pilot but hell I was a great pilot. Good times. I wanna play Arma 4 and hopefully, and I'll, make money to buy a new computer.

Il wait for arma 4 boyyyyyyyyy

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

it could be a long time boyyyyyyy!

@J.king87

Ай бұрын

@@lonerjb i have the time..i play other games for now 🤣👍

speaking of xbox, i feel like this game actually could run really well on console, they did have the first game in this series running on the original xbox after all

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

I didn't know that, but everyone I talked to in game on xbox thought it ran pretty well.

@LowEndPCGamer100

Ай бұрын

@@lonerjb yep! the game is called Operation Flashpoint Elite, and apparently it had some pretty decent multiplayer as well.

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

@@LowEndPCGamer100 Holy shit. I am pretty sure I used to play that with my dad, we played a ton of it and conflict desert storm. What a memory unlock. Thanks man!

@Refollowed

13 күн бұрын

to answer your question, on my series x it runs great with a constant 60 fps on low settings, my pc is obviously better but it does run well on console, for it being console

King of the hill is so much fun

I’m still waiting for ARMA 4

What do u mean only 400 subs? Toss mine on the pot.

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

A gent and a scholar. Much appreciated! o7

it was on sale

4:32 *Damn, you just triggered someone for referring to the Soviets as Ruskis.* XD

everyone is preparing for the shit to hit the fan in a few years

why all servers i join have 4 guns .... :-/ and i see videos with all this cool weapons ?

@bhante1345

Ай бұрын

What you're seeing is modded servers. You need to add them to join.

@PepsyTV

Ай бұрын

@@bhante1345 thanks

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

If you go to multiplayer and search "realism" you should be able to find the servers, or similar that I was on.

Question is, is there single player or sandbox like the previous Arma?

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

I do not believe there is much single player, but I could be very wrong. I didn't look into single player at all.

I am just concerned that reforger pop will us not give us arma 4 if they see people are playing reforger

Everyone ? Not me bro😂

i don't play it, so not everyone i guess, i still pref tarkov (i hate it so much) but yeah

@lonerjb

Ай бұрын

You poor soul.

Just dont agree that Squad is clunkier than Reforger. Thats the reason for me feels relief when i launch Squad back up 😂 and i know that this isn't finished but i just think u compared it other way around

That’s a bogus statement

dayz 2

:50 looks like someone was inspired by ARMABOiS TikTok content

Only reason I don't like it is because of the lack of moddable single player factions.

it’s got so much potential but the servers are a mess and most of the games you join are aimless unless u have people to play with

everyone playing because large streamers like summit lirik and shroup play it recently.. lmao

@braydopaintrain4346

Ай бұрын

Advertisment has that effect.

TBH this is not Milsim.. i can stretch to arcade style realism

Doesn’t seem like everyone is playing arma reforger. Just a very small community

@bruhtholemew

Ай бұрын

That's exactly what's happening.