The Czechmilitary simulatorveterans at Bohemia Interaction celebrated 25 years in business and marked the occasion with a beautiful orchestral performance by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
The big surprise came towards the end, where the big screen behind the orchestra flashed the words most gamers had been waiting for years to see:ArmA 4, coming 2027.
The announcement has had a bittersweet reaction among theArmAfandom, one of the most dedicated among first-person shooters.
TheArmA 4project has been public for years now.Bohemia releasedARMA Reforgerin 2022to field testthe technologies on whichArmA 4will be based and get modders acquainted with the new tools.
Reforgercame out in early access in 2022 and hit 1.0 last year after overcoming a lot of teething issues.
The mature state ofARMA Reforgerled many players to think that the foundations were in place forArmA 4, leading them to assume the game would be released within the next year or two.
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More humorousArmAfans have drawn comparisons withGTA 6andStar Citizen, games infamous for havingcomically long release cyclesthat are yet to reach a satisfactory conclusion.
Can ArmA 4 Beat Reforger and ArmA 3?
WhenReforgerfirst came out, it seemed dead on arrival. The game packed many promising features, but the execution left much to be desired. Two years on, and it feels likea brand-new game.
Bohemia Interactive did its due diligence to polish the gameplay and add new content, such as the helicopters that were initially missing during early access.
What makesReforgershine today is the same thing that keepsArmA 3perpetually relevant: an insanely talented and creative modding scene.
Reforger is set in the late ColdWarperiod and pits the forces of the United States and the Soviet Union against each other on the island of Everon, first featured inArmA: Cold War Assault(2001).
While this setting is a fan favorite,modders have madeARMA Reforgera sandbox that, given enough time, could eventually rivalArmA 3.
TheReforgerworkshop pagehas new guns, vehicles, and even whole terrain, like the KIOK Milsim recreation of Afghanistan’sKunar province.
Reforgerplayers can ditch the trusty AKM or the eternally fashionable M81 Woodland uniforms with a few clicks.
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Move over, Call of Duty.
We are talking tacticool M4 builds with foregrips, holographic sights, and lasers, infected by the multicam virus, and riding aboard modern vehicles with digital weapon control systems.
Purists like to stick to more traditionalist Cold War mods, but the possibilities feel endless.
Reforgeris not the only competitionArmA 4will have though. The new title has a 24-hour peak of 3500 players on Steam,while good oldArmA 3scores 11600.
The seemingly eternal development cycle ofArmA 4(andARMA Reforgerto a lesser extent) has made players self-reliant, andit will take a long time for either title to get anywhere near the level of content available inArmA 3today.
As Offworld Industries (also ofSquad 44, neéPost Scriptum, andStarship Troopers: Exterminationfame) have learned the hard way trying to makeProject Realityveterans move toSquad, some players are never moving from their old ways.
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It appears as though Arma 4 isn’t Bohemia’s only upcoming title.
