Arma 3is quite an interesting beast. When everything comes together, it grants users a hardcore experience that can’t be found in its contemporaries. There are also a healthy amount of mods for the title that help with aspects like the bloated UI or adds new content, liketheStar Warsmod from a few years ago. One such content mod aims to convert the game into a full-fledgedHalotitle, and the result looks pretty awesome.
TheArma 3mod is titledOperation Trebuchet, and is based around the period before humanity made contact with the Covenant. Instead of placing players in the boots of Spartan soldiers, the mod will instead focus on Marines, which the developers hope will show a more brutal side of theHalouniverse than what has been seen in the past.
For players that are hungering for grounded Spartan combat, the team is also working onFirst Contact, an expansion for theOperation Trebuchetmod that follows the story of the UNSC’s first encounters with the Covenant. TheArma 3mod’s developers do warn, however, thatFirst Contactwill take longer to develop and is mostly a fan service side project. However, major bugs and other glaring issues should be taken care of quickly. Both projects are currently in their alpha phases, so players shouldn’t expect a completely polished experience quite yet.
The mod is being developed under Microsoft’s “Game Content Usage Rules”, which should keep the project from being pulled down for legal reasons, so long as the developer doesn’t attempt to monetize the mod. This is an issue that has been a concern for things like theOcarina of Timefan remake.
Needless to say, the mod looks great. It should be a neat experience for anyHalofans with a gaming PC, especially those anticipating more information aboutHalo Infinite,the next entry in the franchise. Hopefully, theArma 3mod team is able to expand on the idea even further and include other aspects of theHalomythos. The series has a massive amount of lore, so there are certainly a ton of different things the team could do in the future.
Alpha versions ofArma 3’sOperation TrebuchetandFirst Contactare available now on the Steam Workshop.
