Just how big the continents are

TheDAWinz · 2012-07-31, 11:23 PM

I have seen people wondering how exactly big are the continents, and i have found a image to compare the map size from Arma 3, Indar, and Caspian border from bf3.

http://i.imgur.com/LvBaA.jpg

SkyMarshal Rax · 2012-07-31, 11:27 PM

You make me sad.....*starts making rope into noose* the republic is not pleased. Thanks for fixing the link, but the republic must take a strong stance in this unless there are red and black drop pods in your future. =p but cool image.

DaMann · 2012-07-31, 11:27 PM

Wow arma is around 5 times the size of ps2. But arma has square miles of nothingness. At least ps2 has a building/site within a couple hundred yards of each other.

PhoenixDog · 2012-07-31, 11:28 PM

Holy fuck Arma is huge. I think Indar has it just right. I don't really want to walk around for hours without fighting someone.

TheDAWinz · 2012-07-31, 11:31 PM

Originally Posted by DaMann

Wow arma is around 5 times the size of ps2. But arma has square miles of nothingness. At least ps2 has a building/site within a couple hundred yards of each other.

Arma 3 has the perfect simulation enviorment, especially with Limnos

Originally Posted by DaMann

Wow arma is around 5 times the size of ps2. But arma has square miles of nothingness. At least ps2 has a building/site within a couple hundred yards of each other.

that was a badass image eh?

I really think its good sized.

Pkay · 2012-07-31, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by PhoenixDog

Holy fuck Arma is huge. I think Indar has it just right. I don't really want to walk around for hours without fighting someone.

And those maps can fit but a fraction.of.the players

TheDAWinz · 2012-07-31, 11:48 PM

Originally Posted by Pkay

And those maps can fit but a fraction.of.the players

Eh?

Graywolves · 2012-07-31, 11:54 PM

I can't take between game scales seriously unless someone does a legitimate pace count in each for proper measurement.

Pkay · 2012-07-31, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by TheDAWinz

Eh?

Referring to bf3 player limits and sometimes being lonely on a map. Not as relative as player scale is much larger.

Old auraxis was fairly daunting on foot not so much via reaver

Otleaz · 2012-07-31, 11:55 PM

Size is mostly relative. If you want a proper comparison, you will need to look at footspeed and average vehicle speed.

With this in mind, ARMA3 will be much larger than you see in the image.

TheDAWinz · 2012-07-31, 11:55 PM

Originally Posted by Graywolves

I can't take between game scales seriously unless someone does a legitimate pace count in each for proper measurement.

Limnos is 305 km2, Indar is 8x8km 2, caspian is 1.2km

Originally Posted by Otleaz

Size is mostly relative. If you want a proper comparison, you will need to look at footspeed and average vehicle speed.

With this in mind, ARMA3 will be much larger than you see in the image.

nvrm its limnos.

NePaS · 2012-08-01, 12:31 AM

Fix the link or the OP.

Program · 2012-08-01, 12:34 AM

Arma 3, realism represent!

Edit: LOL, censored the caps lock.

Fligsnurt · 2012-08-01, 02:44 AM

I love ArmA excessively but its different gameplay, so the size of the map is built for that gameplay. I think the 8x8km continent should be just fine with how far apart objectives are spaced in this game, but not so close together that it feels overly cramped or their is to much going on to go for one objective. (based purely off knowledge gathered from pictures and videos)

cellinaire · 2012-08-01, 02:52 AM

PS2 will have 3 conts at launch.

PS2's conts are all heavily hand-crafted from scratch to finish. Random terrain generation? Nope.

The reason they decided to devide the 3 continents (I mean, loading screen. Not like Just Cause 2's 31km*31km open world) was because they didn't want a single continent to have 4000, 6000 or 8000 players shooting each other at the same time.

Has anyone ever played games like TES Arena, Daggerfall, or Dark and light? Of course, size/vastness is one of the most important immersion factors in a virtual world, but the attention to detail of these 3 games -compared to current terrain generation/art toolset- were just bad.