History Videogame / ArmA

** In ''Black Gauntlet'' campaign for ''ARMA 2: Private Military Contractors'', [[spoiler: China is revealed to be this as not only they're the one who supported the Takistani nuclear program but they also the who orders ION and Mark Reynolds to cover the discovery and assassinate the UN inspectors]].

* GreaterScopeVillain: CSAT in the III campaign. Most of the immediate fighting you do in the campaign is against the AAF, with only the occasional skirmish against CSAT.

*** Interestingly subverted in ''First Contact'' DLC campaign. [[spoiler: The tensions between NATO and LDF regarding what to do with the alien ship as well as Russian intrusions into Livonian territory seems to be building up for a three parties confrontation between NATO, LDF and Russia. However, when the whole situation goes completely FUBAR, both NATO and the Russians realized that they have to [[EnemyMine put aside their differences and work together]] in order to stop the LDF, which led to the final confrontation of the campaign with NATO ''and'' Russia on one side against the Livonians on the other.]]

*** Interestingly subverted in ''First Contact'' DLC campaign. [[spoiler: The tensions between NATO and LDF regarding what to do with the alien ship as well as Russian intrusions into Livonian territory seems to be building up for a three parties confrontation between NATO, LDF and Russia. However, when the situation goes completely FUBAR, both NATO and the Russians realized that they have to join forces in order to stop the Livonians, which led to the final confrontation of the campaign with NATO ''and'' Russia on one side and the Livonians on the other.]]

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Definitely the case for ''First Contact'' DLC campaign. The LDF are [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well Intentioned Extremists]] who are motivated by misguided beliefs to prevent alien incursion on their country. While the Americans [[spoiler: and Russians]] who knows better are trying to stop them from destroying the alien core that would potentially led to the devastation of a large chunk of Europe at best and the entire Earth at worst. While the aliens are mostly keeping by themselves and only retaliates against NATO and LDF forces after the latter mistaking the former to be hostile and shoots them.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Definitely the case for ''Contact'' DLC campaign. The LDF are [[WellIntentionedExtremist Well Intentioned Extremists]] who are motivated by misguided beliefs to prevent alien incursion on their country. While the Americans [[spoiler: and Russians]] who knows better are trying to stop the Livonians from destroying the alien core that would potentially led to the devastation of a large chunk of Europe at best and the entire Earth at worst. While the aliens are mostly keeping by themselves and only retaliates against NATO and LDF forces after they mistaking it to be hostile and shooting it.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: It's implied in one of the endings that [[spoiler:Stavrou's death by friendly fire]] was engineered on purpouse due to this trope. If you also play Tac Ops and Laws of War, it is pretty clear to see why.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: Definitely the case for ''Contact'' DLC campaign. The LDF are WellIntentionedExtremists who are mostly motivated by misguided beliefs to prevent alien incursion on their country. While the Americans [[spoiler: and Russians]] who knows better are trying to stop the Livonians from destroying the alien core that would potentially led to the devastation of a large chunk of Europe at best and the entire Earth at worst. While the aliens are mostly keeping by themselves and only retaliates against NATO and LDF forces after they mistaking it to be hostile and shooting it.

*** ''S.O.G. Prairie Fire'' (2021): Set in the Vietnam War, with focus on the MACV-SOG's operations in Indochina. Featuring the MACV, the [[UsefulNotes/VietnameseWithKalashnikovs Viet Cong]], and the armies of North and [[UsefulNotes/SouthVietnameseWithSkyraiders South Vietnam]]. The map "Cam Lao Nam", which loosely resembles the geography of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam combined. As well a co-op campaign following the MACV-SOG's operation in the Ho Chi Minh trail and a brand new multiplayer mode "MIKE Force", a counter-insurgency [=PvE=] mode.

* ''ARMA Reforger'' (2022): ''Reforger'' is a title using Bohemia's newest ''Enfusion'' UsefulNotes/GameEngine (also used in the standalone ''VideoGame/DayZ''), and the first to be released on consoles. Reforger serves as a TechDemoGame of the Enfusion engine and its new systems, meant to showcase what the new engine is capable of in terms of gameplay, modding, graphics, and more, with heavy focus on multiplayer, and also to set the foundations for ''ARMA 4'', as the game is poised to become a "creative platform", focused on [[GameMod modding]] and modularity. The gameplay gives emphasis to streamlining, refining and modernizing most systems while keeping ARMA's traditional tactical military simulation. The setting is a return to the original ''Operation Flashpoint'', set in the island of Everon during the Cold War in a conflict between the United States, Soviet Union and the FIA rebels.

** ''Operation Arrowhead'' (release date June 29, 2010): A standalone expansion pack set in a new country, with new locations and a new campaign; it can be installed into the ''ARMA 2'' directory (or run with ''ARMA 2'' through Steam) to allow for a "Combined Operations" install where both games' content are accessible through the OA client. It is set in Takistan, and the plot is a blatant copy of the UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror. Basically, the dictator of Takistan is said to have nuclear weapons, so the US invades and occupies it. It features the US Army (rather then US Marines from the base game), the Takistan Army, local Takistani militias and Insurgents, and United Nations peacekeepers (which is a slight reskin of the Chernarus Defense Forces from base game).

** ''Operation Arrowhead'' (release date June 29, 2010): A standalone expansion pack set in a new country, with new locations and a new campaign; it can be installed into the ''ARMA 2'' directory (or run with ''ARMA 2'' through Steam) to allow for a "Combined Operations" install where both games' content are accessible through the OA client. It is set in Takistan, and the plot is a blatant copy of the UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror. Basically, the dictator of Takistan is said to have nuclear weapons, so the US invades and occupies it.

* TooDumbToLive: The LDF in ''Contact'' probably put the AAF to shame in this department. [[spoiler: So very much so that the stranded US soldiers decided to allied with ''the Russians'' instead in order to stop them from detonating a core that will extinguish all life on earth.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: In III's ''Laws Of War'' DLC mission lampshades this: Inside an AAF-held town besieged by NATO and the FIA, [[AIIsACrapshoot an autonomous AAF drone vehicle goes haywire and guns down a car full of civilians]], necessitating the player to destroy it. Upon investigating the scene further, the player finds the operator's terminal, and realises that that the AAF operators have already been killed by a NATO artillery strike. The player then stumbles upon the corpse of an FIA guerilla holding a jammer. MissionControl at that point realises that it will now become impossible to conclusively prove who or what caused the drone to kill those civilians: the NATO strike killing its operators, the FIA soldier interfering with the signal, or the AAF operators themselves.

* AmbiguousSituation: In III's ''Laws Of War'' DLC mission features this as an EnforcedTrope: Inside an AAF-held town besieged by NATO and the FIA, [[AIIsACrapshoot an autonomous AAF drone vehicle goes haywire amok and guns down a car full of civilians]], necessitating the player to destroy it. Upon investigating the scene further, the player finds the operator's terminal, and realises that that the AAF operators have already been killed by a NATO artillery strike. The player then stumbles upon the corpse of an FIA guerilla holding a jammer. MissionControl at that point realises that it will now become impossible to conclusively prove who or what caused the drone to kill those civilians: the NATO strike killing its operators, the FIA soldier interfering with the signal, or the AAF operators themselves.

* AmbiguousSituation: In III's ''Laws Of War'' DLC mission features this as an Enforced trope: Inside an AAF-held town besieged by NATO and the FIA, [[AIIsACrapshoot an autonomous AAF drone vehicle goes haywire amok and guns down a car full of civilians]], necessitating the player to destroy it. Upon investigating the scene further, the player finds the operator's terminal, and realises that that the AAF operators have already been killed by a NATO artillery strike. The player then stumbles upon the corpse of an FIA guerilla holding a jammer. MissionControl at that point realises that it will now become impossible to conclusively prove who or what caused the drone to kill those civilians: the NATO strike killing its operators, the FIA soldier interfering with the signal, or the AAF operators themselves.

* AmbiguousSituation: In III's ''Laws Of War'' DLC mission, an armed drone vehicle belonging to the AAF runs amok and guns down a car full of civilians, necessitating the player to destroy it. Upon investigating the scene further, the player finds the operator's terminal, and realises that that the AAF operators have already been killed by a NATO artillery strike. The player then stumbles upon the corpse of an FIA guerilla holding a jammer. Mission control at that point realises that it will now become impossible to conclusively prove who or what caused the drone to kill those civilians: the NATO stroke killing its operators, the FIA soldier interfering with the signal, or the AAF operators themselves.

* ''ARMA Reforger'' (2022): ''Reforger'' is a title using Bohemia's newest ''Enfusion'' UsefulNotes/GameEngine (also used in the standalone ''VideoGame/DayZ''). Reforger serves as a TechDemoGame of the Enfusion engine and its new systems, meant to showcase what the new engine is capable of in terms of gameplay, modding, graphics, and more, with heavy focus on multiplayer, and also to set the foundations for ''ARMA 4'', as the game is poised to become a "creative platform", focused on [[GameMod modding]] and modularity. The gameplay gives emphasis to streamlining, refining and modernizing most systems while keeping ARMA's traditional tactical military simulation. The setting is a return to the original ''Operation Flashpoint'', set in the island of Everon during the Cold War in a conflict between the United States, Soviet Union and the FIA rebels.

* ''ARMA Reforger'' (2022): ''Reforger'' is a title using Bohemia's newest ''Enfusion'' UsefulNotes/GameEngine (also used in the standalone ''VideoGame/DayZ''). Reforger serves as a TechDemoGame of the Enfusion engine and its new systems, meant to showcase what the new engine is capable of in terms of gameplay, modding, graphics, and more, with heavy focus on multiplayer, and also to set the foundations for ''ARMA 4'', as the game is poised to become a "creative platform". The setting is a return to the original ''Operation Flashpoint'', set in the island of Everon during the Cold War in a conflict between the United States, Soviet Union and the FIA rebels.

* ''ARMA Reforger'' (2022): ''Reforger'' is a title using Bohemia's newest ''Enfusion'' UsefulNotes/GameEngine (also used in the standalone ''VideoGame/DayZ''). Reforger serves as a TechDemoGame and stress testing of the Enfusion engine and its new systems, and also to set the foundations for ''ARMA 4'', with heavy focus on multiplayer. The setting is a return to the original ''Operation Flashpoint'', set in the island of Everon during the Cold War in a conflict between the United States, Soviet Union and the FIA rebels.

* ''ARMA Reforger'' (2022): ''Reforger'' is a title using Bohemia's newest ''Enfusion'' UsefulNotes/GameEngine (also used in the standalone ''VideoGame/DayZ''). Reforger serves as a sort of tech demo and stress testing of the Enfusion engine and its new systems, and also to set the foundations for ''ARMA 4'', with heavy focus on multiplayer. The setting is a return to the original ''Operation Flashpoint'', set in the island of Everon during the Cold War in a conflict between the United States, Soviet Union and the FIA rebels.

* ''ARMA Reforger'' (2022): ''Reforger'' is a title using Bohemia's newest ''Enfusion'' UsefulNotes/GameEngine (also used in the standalone ''VideoGame/DayZ''). Reforger serves as a sort of tech demo and stress testing of the Enfusion engine and set the foundations for ''ARMA 4'', with heavy focus on multiplayer. The setting is a return to the original ''Operation Flashpoint'', set in the island of Everon during the Cold War in a conflict between the United States and Soviet Union.