Great news for Malden town supporters! Bohemia teased about its new version of the map in their preview sessions and sent the world into a frenzy. The reactions have been just explosive.
What is Kolguyev? For those who might have even missed its nascent days, it is a classic setting from Operation Flashpoint, but the building of this island is presently happening in Arma Reforger. In terms of terrain, the concept of the map was entirely new, and as Jan Trecha from Bohemia recited, in spirit, the original has been paid tribute to by remaining faithful to the general outline of the island. Instantly, gamers like Toast (or CanaryToast) were out and asking if it still had that Tenerife silhouette; the answer is yes, but with much more detail.
It might just be an eye candy thing. The speculative thinkers are pondering what is next. T.F. (thick_igor) wonders if translations of other classics like Malden or Chernarus could be pending, while GrumpyLex begs the developers to respect the original lore around military bases and towns birthed from the Cold War period. Honestly, I would be all for the same.
Of course, not everybody was just waxing poetic about scenery. According to WavyyTyler, the ghillie wrap for M21 might have been spotted, and obunga1266098 thinks there might be some new tiger stripe camo, but GhostovichSSOT was considering how great it would be to drive Soviet army vehicles.
Some people were willing to congratulate the studio on some of the reactions, although there were others cast in a negative light: Joseph_No_Cap talked about freezing issues on consoles, and Scorch052 bashed Bohemia for the forums being supposedly down “like a year.” Then the Arma Platform account replied that they were trying to get it fixed but did not have a timeline for the fix. So… keep your fingers crossed?
Of course, here would come probably the most important question: when? BigSportsGuyfr just asked straight up if this was going in 1.5, and SRGshadow reckons we are probably waiting till November. In any case, it will be quite brutal to wait; and comments like “IIIIII CAAAANNNNTTTT WAAAIIIITTT” from Rexin2448 sum up the mood way better than I ever could.
Then comes the rather crazy demands that we made: rkdity begging for Cold War Assault running animation to come back. Priorities!
All in all, Kolguyev coming back is one big deal. The whole Arma community is enjoying it. Has anyone given a thought to, “Are we gonna have the new toys to play with or spend time fixing console crashing?” That is basically what all of us are thinking at the moment—now all we can do is wait.
Oh, and, if you’re still interested in that PS5 surround sound, Bim (11122X) still hasn’t gotten a reply, so maybe next update?
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