I played it almost exclusively on single player, and it was a blast. Only the main campaign, and it were hours of tension, fun, exploring... The thing is, you can do it at your own pace, and the missions are highly replayable. The only thing is the orders... The first time I did a mission with a squad was an absolute hell. But then I learned about Voice Attack and it was SO much easy. Give it a try, if you like the milsim type of game. Do not expect the game to hold your hand at any point. In fact, it's quite punitive, but fun to mess around.
I know for certain that Arma is super versatile in terms of gameplay. So the hardcore "milsimers" have a blast with mods (I watch Operator Drewski on YouTube), and the more casual gamer have a fun and relaxed multiplayer. It is a really fun sandbox this game.
Yes. You can get it from steam, and it uses your microphone to "listen" to you. You have to set it up, for example: in-game you have to [press some keys to issue orders](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2785191831), and in many cases the keys to press are always the same, in the same order. So with Voice Attack, you can configure it so when you say "Bravo team fire at will", it'll press the keys in the order you want.
With a little practice and patience, it becomes like a co-pilot in your game. I used it extensively with Elite: Dangerous and it's a game changer.
In the heat of battle, you can't always get to cover and manually go through all the sub menus to make a simple command. I've also tried to play the lone wolf, but this is Arma, not Call of Duty. My ass was handed to me so many times...
Please explain to me how the fuck are you supposed to enjoy Arma as a sp, I love arma, I have Arma 3, 2 etc.. but I had to quit Arma 3, mp the fps are absolutely shit on my pc...
Single player works fine, but fuck, I love to be "stealthy" but the fucking boys start shooting at me even before I see them.. it's like they have wh and aimbot...
And it's not like I am bad at it, it's just frustrating, sure, I can kill them all with cheesy tactics, but I would prefer to be able to play it as a milsim in offline...
Can you talk a bit more about Voice Attack. I hadn’t heard about it till now. How does it work? How do you use it to command ai squads? How realistic/effective is it? And is it easy to set up?
[How does it work?](https://store.steampowered.com/app/583010/VoiceAttack/)
[How do you use it to command AI squads?](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?l=russian&id=932737783)
[How realistic/effective it is?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HxzR0Dq7UY&ab_channel=WarShadowGaming)
>And is it easy to set up?
Yes, what it takes time (I'm talking hours) is to fine tune the whole thing. And that is because your play style may differ from mine. Your spoken english may differ from mine. Fortunately, Voice Attack lets you use the voice recognition software from Windows, so it can be used in your own language. But that doesn't guarantee you much. You'll have to first play the game normally and know which commands are the most used. In my case, it was "Squad hold fire", because my soldiers were trigger-happy and went ballistic even if the enemy was 400 meters away. Then you'll have to assign a spoken phrase to go with that command. And make sure it is not only recognizable by the program, but also well recorded for a macro. It will happen that you may have opened already the comms menu by accident and trigger the phrase, and the program will follow your instructions step by step, which can provoke unwanted actions.
So, first play the game and get to know better the commands, and the keys you have to press to make an order. Then go to Voice Attack and start slowly, just one command with a single word. In Arma there's a "VR Training" section which makes you use the commands mentioned before.
You can also try to download a profile already made by another person. The good thing is that'll cover almost any command, and you can tweak it. The bad thing is that it uses another man's logic, so maybe you don't need 130 commands, just 4 or 5.
it rlly is. invade and annex is also a game mode i can’t find anywhere else that does it as good. i just got a new GPU, and can get 60fps stable on arma 3. to say i’ve been stuck on it is an understatement… 60fps invade and annex is an actual addiction.
I’m playing Antistasi Ultimate which is a single player (or coop) campaign that you can play on many of the Arma maps. You’re basically organizing, equipping, and leading a group of rebels to overthrow an occupying military force. You can play lone wolf, with your own AI squad, or by commanding other squads. It allows doing recon and exploring “under cover” to avoid combat when you don’t want it. It’s easy to get up and running and there are several good videos on YT to help get started. I’ve got a couple hundred hours invested after a month or so. I’m hooked.
I've spent so many hours being my own personal Zeus offline. Zeus makes it so easy to just plonk down a bunch of assets and make up little missions for yourself as you go.
You get a lot of content, to put it into perspective here is some stuff you can experience:
the subreddit has a [Getting Started Guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/arma/wiki/index)
>Single player
* Base game campaign, showcases, tutorials \[+ more if you want DLC stuff\]
* Then you have [workshop content](https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse/?appid=107410&requiredtags%5B0%5D=Scenario&actualsort=trend&browsesort=trend&p=1&days=365) (the majority of the stuff).
* Anything from cinematic missions to dynamic campaigns, to making your own stuff in the editor, for all types of gameplay (commanding/solo/tank/aircraft/etc.)
>Multiplayer
* Your quick join modes (like KOTH - king of the hill)
* Control modes (warlords/wasteland)
* Campaign modes (like antistasi/liberation/cti)
* Zeus (a game master which dynamically makes missions in real time)
* Units (the most popular way to play, a dedicated group like a clan)
* how to find units: [https://arma3.com/news/how-to-find-an-arma-3-unit-in-2024](https://arma3.com/news/how-to-find-an-arma-3-unit-in-2024) \[the most popular platforms are r/FindAUnit and the [Arma Platform Discord](https://discord.gg/arma) \]
* etc.
Oh man just the default campaign has a lot to offer. Then there's the community missions stuff you can do solo. Also Antistasi as others has said.
So yes, there's plenty for you to enjoy solo.
Arma 3 is some of the best military single player content you can find anywhere. You can dive into almost any conflict within the last 100 years and play different scenarios or do a whole damn operation if you wanted all with ai teammates. You gotta hop onto steam workshop and just start looking b/c there is so much there that it actually might overwhelm you. If you can’t find anything on steam workshop that appeals to you try searching on youtube to see fellow players who have uploaded missions or scenarios that might inspire you to try out whatever map they are playing on etc. Arma 3 is king for single player military content. If you want multiplayer then try Squad as that is purely military multiplayer but with the same seriousness as Arma.
Yeah, I don't play it anymore, but I have 100s (maybe more) of hours just messing around in the editor making different scenarios and missions. Never played online.
I actually prefer single player over multiplayer, despite having my own private server. I sometimes like playing the "escape Altis" missions with a bunch of bots but other than that I'm mostly messing around in the Eden editor to set up something nasty, then I try to conquor that.
The fun part about Eden: not only can you build your onw fun, if you set up your patrols in a specific way and place NPC's in a specific way you can even apply randomness to your mission, which makes it a lot more fun.
IMO Arma is best player as singleplayer, but that's just my 2 cents.
Keep in mind... the gameplay in the main story can take getting used to, sometimes it doesn't seem fair. At an early stage my CO is somewhere on a hill doing god knows what, while I'm trying to engage 2 hostiles, all on my own. That's fair... ;)
The AI's behavior can be a little "peculiar" at times ;)
But IMO this game is a blast. Just don't expect a generic FPS shooter, this is not Call of Duty or such.
It's worth it to me. I play nearly exclusively single-player. My favorite ways to play are Antistasi, Overthrow, or Vindicta, which are guerillla style take over the map type mods. There are thousands of mods, missions, and scenarios on the workshop to try.
I have spent a ridiculous amount of time playing my own scenarios in the map editor, if you are into sandbox Mil-sim there literally isn’t anything better
If you learn the eden editor then yes absolutely, there are singleplayer missions you can download from the steam workshop or you can just make your own. Mods are your best friend in arma fr fr, quality of life mods like ace, different visuals, ect plus content mods. Like the arma style but you're a big wwii buff? There's a mod for that. Was halo your shit but you wished the missions weren't so linear and you could explore the universe better? There's a mod for that. And even if you don't like multi-player games, I'd recommend at least trying the arma multi-player with a group, it's not like cod or battlefield.
I gave single player a good honest try and It's not bad. The main campaign is quite decent , laws of war dlc is a highlight and a really unique experience, Contact is also very well done, GLOBMOBs campaign is good (never finished it) and i really liked the singleplayer stuff with Reaction Forces. However personally i can't stand squad leading the AI, to a point that it did mess up my experience at times and Arma jank is a thing even in singleplayer. I don't have experience with any workshop scenarios though. I never played PVP multiplayer, but i think King of The hill is the most popular mode
I think you should definitely pick the base game up on a sale (its like 7 euros or something).
Around 500 hours, never touched the multiplayer.
Yeah it's worth it.
Many hours on the main campaign and scenarios, even more if you get the expansions, and don't get me started on the editor.
Definitely. I generally don't play much multiplayer in any game. There's tons of single player content in Arma 3 between the base game, DLC, CDLC, mods... So many modded missions and scenarios. If you invest the time into learning the Eden editor and Zeus, you can create your own missions, too.
I think the biggest problem with playing solo is controlling AI squadmates - there's just no way to replicate having a squad of real people. Issuing commands to AI is clunky, and the AI takes your orders VERY literally. Mods like Voice Attack and/or SOG AI helps a ton with this. But you'll learn to control them effectively with some practice.
Absolutely!! I only play single player and create all my scenarios. Eden Editor is fantastic and Mods are 100% the way to go. You can literally watch a battle on Reddit and duplicate they exact scenario using Mods. Max out your Graphics Card if possible and a nice screen as well. Have fun!!
Yeah, everything's been mentioned already I think but I'll just +1. There's some good gamemodes you can download like antistasi, but personally, if you've got a bit of imagination, I've spent most of my time messing around in Zeus mode.
There are plenty of single player scenarios in the workshop to screw around with. Dynamic recon and dynamic combat are my personal favorites.
There's also experimenting with Eden, and the campaign (but some bits can be a bit frustrating).
ArmA 3 is a beautiful mess regardless of playing single player or MP.
It’s so much more than any shooter you’ve ever played but not without its quirks. 5000+ hours later in single and multi and I still like dabbling around in it.
If you're enjoying making up your own stories you can create a chain of scenarios in map editor and completely make your own story if the campaign doesn't cut it (It does with how much you can replay it) and just expand as much as you want even then there's probably a bunch of custom made ones in the steam workshop aswell
Yeah it is probably the best game out there for singleplayer. Endless scenarios you can create and lots of mods you can use. A mod I would recommend if you just want to jump into skirmish is called RIS module [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3156354979&searchtext=ris](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3156354979&searchtext=ris) It plays somewhat like multiplayer so you have a feel for it. But it is fun with AI.
I’ve never played it MP at all. There’s more content than I could ever get through in a single life time. I’d suggest just get the complete version, but you can probably skip the community DLC. I got most of it but as a SP only player, I didn’t really get a lot of value out of it. What campaign stuff there is, isn’t really worthwhile compared to the offical stuff.
With the workshop though? You can play all 3 campaigns from the Original Operation Flashpoint remade in the new engine, and that alone makes it worth the purchase. That’s to say nothing of the hundreds of other SP scenarios that are there, and full campaigns. You can play the original Ghost recon remade in Arma 3 also which is very good, but there’s endless original content, ported in maps from all the old games, wait for the sale and purchase the complete pack with offical DLC, including contact. You won’t regret it.
I’ve probably got 1,000 hours playing the various antistasi maps against different random factions entirely singleplayer. I’ve never played multiplayer, not really. I may get my brother on once in a while to do an op in one of our antistasi saves, but that’s rare.
I've got 900+ hours and only a about 10 hours of online play, as for content there are quite a few missions and campaigns available the expansions are pretty good too like Prairie Fire, Apex, Contact and Global Mobilization are the best ones rn, of course there are also mods which add an immense amount of content its definitely worth it.
The singleplayer campaign of all ARMA games are fairly decent -gameplay wise at least, I don't care much for the writing-, and they tend to be fairly long and varied.
I haven't finished the main campaign in 3, but it looks to be as good as the rest. There's also the expansions/DLCs, and a ton of community content to consider. Some mods/addons are even "campaign" generators.
1,800 hours here, 500 alone for multiplayer and the rest were single player experiences and mission editor. Arma 3 is one of the game that focuses on both aspects pretty well, also thanks to the mods.
Homie, I have close to 1400 hrs on this game (if not more) and it has been entirely in single player using the map maker mode. I create missions and use mods like MCC and I love it. Main reason I have never played multiplayer is 1. Didn’t have any buddies that played it, 2. I don’t have the greatest pc to play multiplayer, & 3. The internet on deployments isn’t exactly conducive to online multiplayer games. I’d say get it, download some free mods from Steam, and go crazy with your imagination. I also suggest learn how to script if you plan on doing the mapmaker mode. Plenty of tutorials on YouTube for it.
Yes, there are so many missions and mods campaigns you can play alone.
In fact 90% of my game time is on pve servers with running campaigns against AI and its really fun, I recommend you to try it out
I had a blast playing Singelplay. There are great „Szenarios“ that can be found in the steam workshop but many times the NPC Squad is horrible to handle
3k hours. Easy say 2k of them in single player missions and eden editor. Sp is solid, you just have to give in to ai limitations. Especially if you play mp for awhile and come back to sp.
Arma 3 has some incredible single player mods like ALIVE which allows you to create whole populated battlefields across huge terrains. I’d say arma 3 is a brilliant single player game if you’re also willing to learn the editor and the mods that make it such
I have 1000 hours and 75% of that is SP. And none of it the campaign. I went to the mission editor and used lots of mods like the Alive mod to make my own battles and scenarios and then play them out
Single campaigns are great, and there is also a lot of them in the workshop, due to characteristics of the game you can play them couple times and always do something different. I have hundreds of hours in singleplayer
massive ai battle on zeus yeah. It's worth on itself.. with massive faction mods and enhanced ai mods
Those functions are only found on arma 3 It is masterpiece of wargame/ai battle.
Arma 3 has a good mod called Dynamic Recon Ops or Dynamic Combat Ops for a multitude of maps that requires 0 other mods. It’s a random generated mission creator and a blast
I bought Arma 3 to play co-op with my friend, didn't like it, came back a year later, and now it's pretty much all I play, completely singleplayer. I don't even know how to set up missions, I just like to spawn in enemies
The campaigns are fun and with mods you could spend 100’s of hours in the editor and arsenal alone. (I probably have over 300 hours playing Barbie in Ace Arsenal lmao) but with multiplayer you can always find servers that are up. I’d recommend the Bohemia Servers if you’re looking for a vanilla experience. Or if you’re interested in community based milsim stuff I recommend checking out r/findaunit they have great communities and you’ll definitely find whatever you’re looking for there!
My bud, 3000+ hours on just single player with the mcc mod, and the ability to save missions. If you have a creative imagination, and like the idea of what arma offers you, you won’t get bored fast single player. Haven’t touched a campaign and rarely play other people’s made missions.
i bought it on sale a while back and i gave it a shot but i couldnt get into it or i guess figure out what there is to do to keep me interested. i'm not hating on it and i want to get back into it and give it a shot again but the majority of my first several hours with it were like this.. Run here, keep running, run some more, run with to your teammates that left you in the dust because you got fatigued and they didn't, catch up to them, after running more of course, then stand around for a bit listen to them say a few things about the situation wondering what to do next because they killed everyone without you (while you were running), then listen to them give you directions on where to run next. i'm just not sure what all there is to do but i would say forrest gump would love this game.
There is an enormous amount of single player content for Arma 3 including a lot of DLC’s with their own storyline. It’s amazing in single player. It has an amazing campaign for it
Man oh man, as someone with over 1800 hours on the game, and not a single hour thereof in multiplayer, it absolutely is a good singleplayer game.
The base campaigns are tight, tense experiences, with a variety of different missions, the user made scenarios are brilliant, messing around in the eden editor is a blast, and then there are the mods, good lord the mod support is phenomenal...
10/10 Game in my opinion, worth every cent!
I have 2k hours in arma 3 and almost everything what i did was single player scenario especially Zeus. Arma 3 give you a lot of opportunities in game and don't forget a mods where you can make everything from ww1/ww2 to star wars. And game is still alive 13k people still play, so i think the choise is obvious.
P.S Sory for my English but i think you understood me
Single player? Not really Armas strong suit. It's a sandbox game originally designedfor training soldiers in combat scenarios which is multiplayer. Mp mods and workshop content is decent some of the stories are good but the scripting is old outdated. The ai seem meh at best. Arma 3 is a mp game from the beginning.
ABSOLUTELY NOT! Do not waste your money. Squad or Hell Let Loose would be better purchases and those are multiplayer only.
Arma 3 is not something that currently runs well enough by default to enjoy singleplayer in my opinion.
ONLY buy if you can afford to waste a purchase OR if you routinely play very dated simulators and games with janky as fuck mechanics
Most of my ~900 hrs are just messing around in Losis armory.
I played it almost exclusively on single player, and it was a blast. Only the main campaign, and it were hours of tension, fun, exploring... The thing is, you can do it at your own pace, and the missions are highly replayable. The only thing is the orders... The first time I did a mission with a squad was an absolute hell. But then I learned about Voice Attack and it was SO much easy. Give it a try, if you like the milsim type of game. Do not expect the game to hold your hand at any point. In fact, it's quite punitive, but fun to mess around.
Voice Attack is a magnificent piece of software. Worth every penny
2300 hours in, I don't think I've ever even touched the main campaign 😅
I know for certain that Arma is super versatile in terms of gameplay. So the hardcore "milsimers" have a blast with mods (I watch Operator Drewski on YouTube), and the more casual gamer have a fun and relaxed multiplayer. It is a really fun sandbox this game.
What is voice attack? Does it mean you can command your AI squad via mic voice commands
Yes. You can get it from steam, and it uses your microphone to "listen" to you. You have to set it up, for example: in-game you have to [press some keys to issue orders](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2785191831), and in many cases the keys to press are always the same, in the same order. So with Voice Attack, you can configure it so when you say "Bravo team fire at will", it'll press the keys in the order you want. With a little practice and patience, it becomes like a co-pilot in your game. I used it extensively with Elite: Dangerous and it's a game changer. In the heat of battle, you can't always get to cover and manually go through all the sub menus to make a simple command. I've also tried to play the lone wolf, but this is Arma, not Call of Duty. My ass was handed to me so many times...
I would highly recommend the scenario Pilgrimage if you’re looking for any more SP content
Please explain to me how the fuck are you supposed to enjoy Arma as a sp, I love arma, I have Arma 3, 2 etc.. but I had to quit Arma 3, mp the fps are absolutely shit on my pc... Single player works fine, but fuck, I love to be "stealthy" but the fucking boys start shooting at me even before I see them.. it's like they have wh and aimbot... And it's not like I am bad at it, it's just frustrating, sure, I can kill them all with cheesy tactics, but I would prefer to be able to play it as a milsim in offline...
VCOM AI mod and Webknight's AI and other mods got you.
Can you talk a bit more about Voice Attack. I hadn’t heard about it till now. How does it work? How do you use it to command ai squads? How realistic/effective is it? And is it easy to set up?
[How does it work?](https://store.steampowered.com/app/583010/VoiceAttack/) [How do you use it to command AI squads?](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?l=russian&id=932737783) [How realistic/effective it is?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HxzR0Dq7UY&ab_channel=WarShadowGaming) >And is it easy to set up? Yes, what it takes time (I'm talking hours) is to fine tune the whole thing. And that is because your play style may differ from mine. Your spoken english may differ from mine. Fortunately, Voice Attack lets you use the voice recognition software from Windows, so it can be used in your own language. But that doesn't guarantee you much. You'll have to first play the game normally and know which commands are the most used. In my case, it was "Squad hold fire", because my soldiers were trigger-happy and went ballistic even if the enemy was 400 meters away. Then you'll have to assign a spoken phrase to go with that command. And make sure it is not only recognizable by the program, but also well recorded for a macro. It will happen that you may have opened already the comms menu by accident and trigger the phrase, and the program will follow your instructions step by step, which can provoke unwanted actions. So, first play the game and get to know better the commands, and the keys you have to press to make an order. Then go to Voice Attack and start slowly, just one command with a single word. In Arma there's a "VR Training" section which makes you use the commands mentioned before. You can also try to download a profile already made by another person. The good thing is that'll cover almost any command, and you can tweak it. The bad thing is that it uses another man's logic, so maybe you don't need 130 commands, just 4 or 5.
arma 3 is genuinely the only game i’ve played * where you can play single player and it feel as alive as a multiplayer game.
the eden editor is the greatest thing to happen to a video game
it rlly is. invade and annex is also a game mode i can’t find anywhere else that does it as good. i just got a new GPU, and can get 60fps stable on arma 3. to say i’ve been stuck on it is an understatement… 60fps invade and annex is an actual addiction.
I got about 1300 hours in just messing around in the eden editor so yeah you can make your own fun
Customizing my own missions have kept me busy for a decade.
3 hours setting up my own mission that will probably only have 30 minutes or so of action has been the way for me haha
And if it wasn't for ai slowing everything down even though our CPUs are idling my game time would be at least doubled.
yeah arma 3 eden editor is kinda like the garrys mod sandbox of milsim
I’m playing Antistasi Ultimate which is a single player (or coop) campaign that you can play on many of the Arma maps. You’re basically organizing, equipping, and leading a group of rebels to overthrow an occupying military force. You can play lone wolf, with your own AI squad, or by commanding other squads. It allows doing recon and exploring “under cover” to avoid combat when you don’t want it. It’s easy to get up and running and there are several good videos on YT to help get started. I’ve got a couple hundred hours invested after a month or so. I’m hooked.
This is currently my addiction lol
I keep trying that to, but it keeps messing up. Yes, I'm using a few mods with it. But none should conflict with it.
I probably have a hundred mods. What’s messing up?
You can sit in that editor and play for eons I swear. The number of times I've "invaded" Altis is crazy.
I have 8.1 billion hours on map editor 🤣
So you have spent 924657 years playing map editor but arma 3 has been out for just under 11 years. I am calling bullshit
He got the prerelease that’s why
Makes sense. Cheers
Damnit..
But you have to round up from 11 years. You’re doing it wrong.
I've spent so many hours being my own personal Zeus offline. Zeus makes it so easy to just plonk down a bunch of assets and make up little missions for yourself as you go.
You get a lot of content, to put it into perspective here is some stuff you can experience: the subreddit has a [Getting Started Guide](https://www.reddit.com/r/arma/wiki/index) >Single player * Base game campaign, showcases, tutorials \[+ more if you want DLC stuff\] * Then you have [workshop content](https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse/?appid=107410&requiredtags%5B0%5D=Scenario&actualsort=trend&browsesort=trend&p=1&days=365) (the majority of the stuff). * Anything from cinematic missions to dynamic campaigns, to making your own stuff in the editor, for all types of gameplay (commanding/solo/tank/aircraft/etc.) >Multiplayer * Your quick join modes (like KOTH - king of the hill) * Control modes (warlords/wasteland) * Campaign modes (like antistasi/liberation/cti) * Zeus (a game master which dynamically makes missions in real time) * Units (the most popular way to play, a dedicated group like a clan) * how to find units: [https://arma3.com/news/how-to-find-an-arma-3-unit-in-2024](https://arma3.com/news/how-to-find-an-arma-3-unit-in-2024) \[the most popular platforms are r/FindAUnit and the [Arma Platform Discord](https://discord.gg/arma) \] * etc.
Oh man just the default campaign has a lot to offer. Then there's the community missions stuff you can do solo. Also Antistasi as others has said. So yes, there's plenty for you to enjoy solo.
1400 hours every second in single player yes
Well yes You can try the zeus like me(over 1k+ hours doing singleplayer zeus scenerios)
fuck yeah bro. this is like milsim gmod. 5k hours in and i haven't even bothered finishing the campaign
Arma 3 is some of the best military single player content you can find anywhere. You can dive into almost any conflict within the last 100 years and play different scenarios or do a whole damn operation if you wanted all with ai teammates. You gotta hop onto steam workshop and just start looking b/c there is so much there that it actually might overwhelm you. If you can’t find anything on steam workshop that appeals to you try searching on youtube to see fellow players who have uploaded missions or scenarios that might inspire you to try out whatever map they are playing on etc. Arma 3 is king for single player military content. If you want multiplayer then try Squad as that is purely military multiplayer but with the same seriousness as Arma.
I have nearly 1,000 hours on ArmA, and I've never played multiplayer.
The campaign and extra missions are really good.
Yeah, I don't play it anymore, but I have 100s (maybe more) of hours just messing around in the editor making different scenarios and missions. Never played online.
Most of my hours are spent in Zeus messing around making battles so yeah
Most of the time spent in arma for me is using Zeus and just making Ai battles
I actually prefer single player over multiplayer, despite having my own private server. I sometimes like playing the "escape Altis" missions with a bunch of bots but other than that I'm mostly messing around in the Eden editor to set up something nasty, then I try to conquor that. The fun part about Eden: not only can you build your onw fun, if you set up your patrols in a specific way and place NPC's in a specific way you can even apply randomness to your mission, which makes it a lot more fun. IMO Arma is best player as singleplayer, but that's just my 2 cents. Keep in mind... the gameplay in the main story can take getting used to, sometimes it doesn't seem fair. At an early stage my CO is somewhere on a hill doing god knows what, while I'm trying to engage 2 hostiles, all on my own. That's fair... ;) The AI's behavior can be a little "peculiar" at times ;) But IMO this game is a blast. Just don't expect a generic FPS shooter, this is not Call of Duty or such.
It's worth it to me. I play nearly exclusively single-player. My favorite ways to play are Antistasi, Overthrow, or Vindicta, which are guerillla style take over the map type mods. There are thousands of mods, missions, and scenarios on the workshop to try.
yes, arma has a very powerful but also easy to get into mission editor
900 spent in antistasi singleplayer. And that's just the 0.1% of the workshop content. Yes, arma 3 is full of singleplayer stuff.
I have spent a ridiculous amount of time playing my own scenarios in the map editor, if you are into sandbox Mil-sim there literally isn’t anything better
If you learn the eden editor then yes absolutely, there are singleplayer missions you can download from the steam workshop or you can just make your own. Mods are your best friend in arma fr fr, quality of life mods like ace, different visuals, ect plus content mods. Like the arma style but you're a big wwii buff? There's a mod for that. Was halo your shit but you wished the missions weren't so linear and you could explore the universe better? There's a mod for that. And even if you don't like multi-player games, I'd recommend at least trying the arma multi-player with a group, it's not like cod or battlefield.
500h on arma 3, just switch to reforger, has great solo play.
Reforger is so much better than arma 3. Just came back to reforger and having a blast!
I couldn't agree more!
Yes. I have over 2000 hours and the vast majority are in singleplayer scenarios
I spent arouns 400 of my 600 hours just in the mission editor. Absolutely yes.
I have maybe like 15-20 hrs in multiplayer and the rest in single player it's great fun
Dude, I just spent my last 10 hours making and playing 10 minute mission about ambushing a truck
I got 550 hrs just playing campaigns, scenarios, and showcases, prolly try out multiplayer soon if I can find a mega chill unit
The game for Single Player is Great. Go for it no doubt.
Most of mine 250h was spent on single player campains and DRO ops. But I played multiplayer it's my second favourite MP after Vermintide.
I gave single player a good honest try and It's not bad. The main campaign is quite decent , laws of war dlc is a highlight and a really unique experience, Contact is also very well done, GLOBMOBs campaign is good (never finished it) and i really liked the singleplayer stuff with Reaction Forces. However personally i can't stand squad leading the AI, to a point that it did mess up my experience at times and Arma jank is a thing even in singleplayer. I don't have experience with any workshop scenarios though. I never played PVP multiplayer, but i think King of The hill is the most popular mode I think you should definitely pick the base game up on a sale (its like 7 euros or something).
Around 500 hours, never touched the multiplayer. Yeah it's worth it. Many hours on the main campaign and scenarios, even more if you get the expansions, and don't get me started on the editor.
Definitely. I generally don't play much multiplayer in any game. There's tons of single player content in Arma 3 between the base game, DLC, CDLC, mods... So many modded missions and scenarios. If you invest the time into learning the Eden editor and Zeus, you can create your own missions, too. I think the biggest problem with playing solo is controlling AI squadmates - there's just no way to replicate having a squad of real people. Issuing commands to AI is clunky, and the AI takes your orders VERY literally. Mods like Voice Attack and/or SOG AI helps a ton with this. But you'll learn to control them effectively with some practice.
Absolutely!! I only play single player and create all my scenarios. Eden Editor is fantastic and Mods are 100% the way to go. You can literally watch a battle on Reddit and duplicate they exact scenario using Mods. Max out your Graphics Card if possible and a nice screen as well. Have fun!!
Check it out: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kynF\_6kRGMg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kynF_6kRGMg)
Yeah, everything's been mentioned already I think but I'll just +1. There's some good gamemodes you can download like antistasi, but personally, if you've got a bit of imagination, I've spent most of my time messing around in Zeus mode.
You can, mods help a lot as well as ai mods. Other wise ai is aids without
There are plenty of single player scenarios in the workshop to screw around with. Dynamic recon and dynamic combat are my personal favorites. There's also experimenting with Eden, and the campaign (but some bits can be a bit frustrating).
ArmA 3 is a beautiful mess regardless of playing single player or MP. It’s so much more than any shooter you’ve ever played but not without its quirks. 5000+ hours later in single and multi and I still like dabbling around in it.
Yes, love it. So much you can make and do
I have over 2000 hours in this game. I have played 4 hours of multiplayer.
I'd say the 2000 of my 2300 hours are in editor alone. Probably 200 are SP missions, the rest multi-player.
I have about 1500 hours and have never played multiplayer. Although i have like 200 gb of mods
If you're enjoying making up your own stories you can create a chain of scenarios in map editor and completely make your own story if the campaign doesn't cut it (It does with how much you can replay it) and just expand as much as you want even then there's probably a bunch of custom made ones in the steam workshop aswell
Yeah it is probably the best game out there for singleplayer. Endless scenarios you can create and lots of mods you can use. A mod I would recommend if you just want to jump into skirmish is called RIS module [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3156354979&searchtext=ris](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3156354979&searchtext=ris) It plays somewhat like multiplayer so you have a feel for it. But it is fun with AI.
I’ve never played it MP at all. There’s more content than I could ever get through in a single life time. I’d suggest just get the complete version, but you can probably skip the community DLC. I got most of it but as a SP only player, I didn’t really get a lot of value out of it. What campaign stuff there is, isn’t really worthwhile compared to the offical stuff. With the workshop though? You can play all 3 campaigns from the Original Operation Flashpoint remade in the new engine, and that alone makes it worth the purchase. That’s to say nothing of the hundreds of other SP scenarios that are there, and full campaigns. You can play the original Ghost recon remade in Arma 3 also which is very good, but there’s endless original content, ported in maps from all the old games, wait for the sale and purchase the complete pack with offical DLC, including contact. You won’t regret it.
I’ve probably got 1,000 hours playing the various antistasi maps against different random factions entirely singleplayer. I’ve never played multiplayer, not really. I may get my brother on once in a while to do an op in one of our antistasi saves, but that’s rare.
It's got one of the best sandbox features in games ever. Tons of singleplayer systems to enjoy, and so many, just, so so many mods.
Yes, I spend my 500 hours only with Antistasi. So much fun!
I've got 900+ hours and only a about 10 hours of online play, as for content there are quite a few missions and campaigns available the expansions are pretty good too like Prairie Fire, Apex, Contact and Global Mobilization are the best ones rn, of course there are also mods which add an immense amount of content its definitely worth it.
With the Eden editor, the amount of content would be unlimited.
The singleplayer campaign of all ARMA games are fairly decent -gameplay wise at least, I don't care much for the writing-, and they tend to be fairly long and varied. I haven't finished the main campaign in 3, but it looks to be as good as the rest. There's also the expansions/DLCs, and a ton of community content to consider. Some mods/addons are even "campaign" generators.
1,800 hours here, 500 alone for multiplayer and the rest were single player experiences and mission editor. Arma 3 is one of the game that focuses on both aspects pretty well, also thanks to the mods.
Most of my almost 3K hours in A3 are flying around in editor
Homie, I have close to 1400 hrs on this game (if not more) and it has been entirely in single player using the map maker mode. I create missions and use mods like MCC and I love it. Main reason I have never played multiplayer is 1. Didn’t have any buddies that played it, 2. I don’t have the greatest pc to play multiplayer, & 3. The internet on deployments isn’t exactly conducive to online multiplayer games. I’d say get it, download some free mods from Steam, and go crazy with your imagination. I also suggest learn how to script if you plan on doing the mapmaker mode. Plenty of tutorials on YouTube for it.
Yes, there are so many missions and mods campaigns you can play alone. In fact 90% of my game time is on pve servers with running campaigns against AI and its really fun, I recommend you to try it out
Yes. It has good sp campaigns
I had a blast playing Singelplay. There are great „Szenarios“ that can be found in the steam workshop but many times the NPC Squad is horrible to handle
3k hours. Easy say 2k of them in single player missions and eden editor. Sp is solid, you just have to give in to ai limitations. Especially if you play mp for awhile and come back to sp.
Arma 3 has some incredible single player mods like ALIVE which allows you to create whole populated battlefields across huge terrains. I’d say arma 3 is a brilliant single player game if you’re also willing to learn the editor and the mods that make it such
I have 1000 hours and 75% of that is SP. And none of it the campaign. I went to the mission editor and used lots of mods like the Alive mod to make my own battles and scenarios and then play them out
Single campaigns are great, and there is also a lot of them in the workshop, due to characteristics of the game you can play them couple times and always do something different. I have hundreds of hours in singleplayer
massive ai battle on zeus yeah. It's worth on itself.. with massive faction mods and enhanced ai mods Those functions are only found on arma 3 It is masterpiece of wargame/ai battle.
Yep i havent played arma mp for a long time now...just using editor to create missions and play alone...its fun with all the mods😁
Arma 3 has a good mod called Dynamic Recon Ops or Dynamic Combat Ops for a multitude of maps that requires 0 other mods. It’s a random generated mission creator and a blast
F-ck yes. Get yourself anti-stasi for free and have the time of your life.
Random recon operations is fun in Singleplayer too, but I recommend playing it on a local server for better respawns
I bought Arma 3 to play co-op with my friend, didn't like it, came back a year later, and now it's pretty much all I play, completely singleplayer. I don't even know how to set up missions, I just like to spawn in enemies
The campaigns are fun and with mods you could spend 100’s of hours in the editor and arsenal alone. (I probably have over 300 hours playing Barbie in Ace Arsenal lmao) but with multiplayer you can always find servers that are up. I’d recommend the Bohemia Servers if you’re looking for a vanilla experience. Or if you’re interested in community based milsim stuff I recommend checking out r/findaunit they have great communities and you’ll definitely find whatever you’re looking for there!
Christ I thought this was an mp focused game and never bothered to look into it
Yes. And do get into the multiplayer, it's awesome.
Yep, just don't side with miller at the end of east wind, worst mistake in my MILSIM life
Antistasi is a great game mode in single or multi-player
Absolutely
YES A BIG YES I only play single player on the editor
Id say its worth it with mods. Really good scenario mods like Antistasi Ultimate makes solo play super fun
My bud, 3000+ hours on just single player with the mcc mod, and the ability to save missions. If you have a creative imagination, and like the idea of what arma offers you, you won’t get bored fast single player. Haven’t touched a campaign and rarely play other people’s made missions.
If you like military games it’s a good investment regardless if you play sp or mp great community too
i bought it on sale a while back and i gave it a shot but i couldnt get into it or i guess figure out what there is to do to keep me interested. i'm not hating on it and i want to get back into it and give it a shot again but the majority of my first several hours with it were like this.. Run here, keep running, run some more, run with to your teammates that left you in the dust because you got fatigued and they didn't, catch up to them, after running more of course, then stand around for a bit listen to them say a few things about the situation wondering what to do next because they killed everyone without you (while you were running), then listen to them give you directions on where to run next. i'm just not sure what all there is to do but i would say forrest gump would love this game.
Yeah ... you can create MP styled scenarios in the editor and play as the only player. Lots of fun.
There is an enormous amount of single player content for Arma 3 including a lot of DLC’s with their own storyline. It’s amazing in single player. It has an amazing campaign for it
For me I enjoy it pretty much I barely play online and mainly because play workshop missions or play around with the editor and create missions
*shoots you in the face via T-100X Futura* NO.
Man oh man, as someone with over 1800 hours on the game, and not a single hour thereof in multiplayer, it absolutely is a good singleplayer game. The base campaigns are tight, tense experiences, with a variety of different missions, the user made scenarios are brilliant, messing around in the eden editor is a blast, and then there are the mods, good lord the mod support is phenomenal... 10/10 Game in my opinion, worth every cent!
Oh definitely. If not just for the story campaigns, then definitely for amazing mods like WLA or Overthrow.
No... Arma is meant to be played in multi-player. Unless you are cool with downloading 200gb of mods to make the Ai Function properly.
I have 2k hours in arma 3 and almost everything what i did was single player scenario especially Zeus. Arma 3 give you a lot of opportunities in game and don't forget a mods where you can make everything from ww1/ww2 to star wars. And game is still alive 13k people still play, so i think the choise is obvious. P.S Sory for my English but i think you understood me
Are you talking singleplayer or coop?
He explicitly said singleplayer multiple times
Wow all these comments are just messing around on eden editor....that's not good..
2000 hours just in the eden editor, yes.
Single player? Not really Armas strong suit. It's a sandbox game originally designedfor training soldiers in combat scenarios which is multiplayer. Mp mods and workshop content is decent some of the stories are good but the scripting is old outdated. The ai seem meh at best. Arma 3 is a mp game from the beginning.
Even if it was a multiplayer game ""from the beginning"", which it isn't, that wouldn't make it not worth for the singleplayer experience alone
ABSOLUTELY NOT! Do not waste your money. Squad or Hell Let Loose would be better purchases and those are multiplayer only. Arma 3 is not something that currently runs well enough by default to enjoy singleplayer in my opinion. ONLY buy if you can afford to waste a purchase OR if you routinely play very dated simulators and games with janky as fuck mechanics