Arma 3

Arma 3 is a shooter game developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio and released in 2013. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Real Virtuality 4.

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, open world, sandbox and warfare. It supports multiplayer for up to 240 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 1 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 123 achievements to unlock.

Arma 3 holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 3 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 141 votes.

The main story runs about 71 hrs.

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core quad-core or AMD Athlon quad-core, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7850 or Intel HD Graphics 4000, with 1 GB video memory. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 50GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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Arma 3 launched on 12 September 2013, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends and FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends, FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.

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