Arma 3
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Realistic firearm, vehicle, and explosive combat against human soldiers with blood effects and ragdoll deaths, but no dismemberment or emphasized gore.
Scripted campaign and radio dialogue includes occasional profanity from soldiers.
The setting is a near-future armed conflict with battlefield death and the toll of war as backdrop themes.
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What it is
Arma 3 is a large-scale, realism-focused military shooter set on fictional Mediterranean islands during a near-future 2030s war between NATO and an opposing coalition. Players fight on foot and crew a wide range of authentic-feeling modern weapons, vehicles, helicopters, and aircraft across expansive open terrains, in solo campaigns and cooperative or competitive online missions. Combat is deadly and grounded, with ballistics and recoil modeling; hits produce blood but the game does not dwell on gore or dismemberment. A large portion of play happens online with strangers over voice and text chat, and the game supports extensive user-created content — custom missions, mods, and maps via the mission editor and Steam Workshop.
How it's framed
The game frames combat as professional soldiering within a fictional conflict, emphasizing tactics, teamwork, and simulation authenticity rather than glorified spectacle; violence is directed at enemy combatants as part of military objectives, and the tone is that of a serious war sandbox rather than a story with an explicit moral stance.
Details
- Developer
- Bohemia Interactive
- Publisher
- Bohemia Interactive
- Released
- Sep 12, 2013
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