The BROKEN ARROW DEMO is BACK! | Campaign Mission Gameplay

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Steel Balalaika decided to re-release the Broken Arrow demo on Steam till the 20th March so I decided to give it another go. This time I wanted to show off all I learnt from the previous times I've played the mission including some mechanics I missed or didn't fully utilise. Furthermore, I discuss some information the developers have given since.
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00:00 Intro
00:24 Briefing
02:58 Gameplay

[@VulcanHDGaming]

The developers mentioned a multiplayer beta this Spring. Are you excited? The demo is available till 20th of March. If you missed it first time, now is your second chance!

[@trumannihilist]

Very excited. Looking forward to playing as the Russian forces to see the differences in playstyle and unit features

[@dominicviner6619]

Would you still be able to play solo in the next demo

[@Nipplepotamus]

It would be awesome if one of these games would come out where each unit is micro managed by OpenAI, such as taking cover in appropriate areas and awaiting further orders, or coordinating flanking maneuvers with other units nearby while the player is distracted elsewhere, leaving you to deal with more of the macro elements to manage the army more efficiently... Like you could intervene if you see a better solution to the unit's situation, but largely the units would manage themselves in skirmish engagements leaving the player to coordinate their larger objectives like, set up here, deploy Lav here, marines support this LAV while it advances, etc. I really want something like this because these games are getting so beautiful with the details of the cinematic graphics, but it's rare that while playing you get to appreciate it up close...

[@Wolf-Nyan]

One detail I find great is that the projectiles can get intercepted by buildings instead of going through them. Also noticed the second tomahawk automatically flew upwards a little to avoid a building. I feel that adds a better dynamic of “anything VS arty” as you can actually use buildings/terrain as cover instead of the artillery going through it.

[@vaclavjebavy5118]

i wish mine flew upwards instead of ramming into my 20x marine stack

[@markswang8987]

The game is haven for a RTS fan as far as I concern, it combined warthunder's customization, Wargame title's game play style and the game mod from World in conflict it got everything you would ever want to ask for. Also it is the first game in years that throw away the cold war era setting and moved it into mordern era.

[@safe-keeper1042]

Yeah, it's like a wonderful Wargame/World in Conflict mix and I love it for it

[@mivo2600]

Don’t make the snail hear you

[@markswang8987]

@@mivo2600 What? am just acknowledge they did a great job in terms of Ammo customization and that's it. (The only part I like about warthunder sadly)

[@anthonymonterrosa6242]

The *only* thing it doesn't have that I enjoy is first person mode which I find quite enjoyable in Call to Arms. But overall this is a superior package and I can't wait until it comes out. Wargame should be scared lol

[@MR-JUSTINN]

I hope they add a first person 💀

[@Junkers_05]

I just realize the Harrier Strafing Run Ability description say, "My plane say "BRRRRRRRRRT" " XD

[@Grabacr]

hahaha yes! I liked that some of the descriptions are funny.

[@veterankasrkin7416]

T-72 just chilling. Tomahawk: How about no?

[@NotWhatButWho]

A taxi command would be great. Just select the vehicles and infantry and have the taxi command load them all up and unload them at the position of your choosing

[@thedarklord000]

I did notice a funny bug at 41:54 , you were able to bring in 3 squads of marines in one 26 seat osprey, and you can see your osprey at 43:12 has 39 of 26 seats filled. I wonder how high of a number you could bring in in one thing? Might be hilarious to have 60 men in a small helicopter.

[@VulcanHDGaming]

Yeah if you select multiple squads it automatically adds extra transports but then if you remove the extra transports they can all come in a clown car, or helicopter in this case 😂

[@AirSupportIncomimg]

They be sitting on top the osprey like Russians sitting on top of BTRs

[@astratan2238]

Tbf more than that has probably been stuffed into an Osprey before. When needs must the pilot is often willing to bust the tolerances.

[@safe-keeper1042]

Like a reimagined World in Conflict, love it

[@ashuggtube]

Nice to revisit the demo with lessons learned - thanks!

[@safe-keeper1042]

22:43 lol, missile took out the commander before he could finish speaking

[@One_Call_System]

They need a cooldown time on the voice chatter. Having them continuously yelling overtop of one another is annoying every time you click on a unit.

[@VulcanHDGaming]

They are planning to tone it down I believe.

[@ARescueToaster]

You can also have artillery fire in straight lines, which is great for smoke or creeping barrages! If you select an artillery unit it's right there on the abilities (unsure if there's a hotkey)

[@side-fish]

I really like how some of the lines are directly lifted from World in Conflict. And not just the lines, but like the delivery as well.

[@joshuajoaquin5099]

I miss Colonel Sawyer

[@side-fish]

@@joshuajoaquin5099 Yeah, and I still want a World in Conflict sequel.

[@michaeltran9582]

At 56:46 didn't the harrier explode due to having no fuel?

[@Nipplepotamus]

What's interesting is that when I played, I didn't have to worry about the enemy artillery because I used two groups of marines and 1 ATGM and a forced recon performing hit and run tactics on the vehicles... It would be better if they implement an alert system for the enemy to seek and destroy after units are discovered. I literally completed that first section with 3 mortar LAV's that the enemy did not react to to clear the buildings and the group of marines, atgm and recon with a stinger added later for the helicopter... The morter LAV's can just pick away at everything and you don't really have to risk your units because the enemy doesn't respond... Lol!

[@karrackhalcyon8826]

Only thing I see you lacking is infantry using multiple squads together. A force recon, marine, and smaw platoons will all fit together in the medium to large buildings and using them together as a fire team absolutely annihilates enemy forces

[@danielross7983]

Why doesn't the Arleigh Burke not have SAMs?? It's kind of known for it's AA ability.

[@JaredB47]

For some reason that's the biggest thing I noticed in all these showcases and it irked me so bad

[@banana6837]

Probably so there’s a reason for you to play around with the aircraft to defend the landing crafts as otherwise you’d just be sitting there watching so probably mainly for the player to have something to do.

[@Historyfan476AD]

Maybe it's been depleted from defending the fleet over the last so week or such. Who knows what has been going on beyond the demo time.

[@fortusvictus8297]

There must be a recognition of the arcade gaming element. If someone wanted to play a simulator they would play one of the big-name simulators. In reality that LCS would not be anywhere close to the land like that and those air-to-air engagements would occur over the horizon. But that's not much fun for an RTS.

[@yasserbencheikh2626]

@@fortusvictus8297 very true! Most if not all of those aerial engagements would have been at BVR ranges, what would be the point in doing that in an RTS like this

[@jarrodcostello9532]

What i really want is 24/7 radio chatter like mw2

[@alexanderemmanuel2580]

Hi Vulcan, I don't a PC to play but I'm a big time fan of yours and I love strategy games big time. Always love your content as it is the closest I get to playing the games. I think if they could leave destroyed vehicles on the battle field on broken arrow it will make the game more realistic. I notice they all disappear, unlike warno.

[@VulcanHDGaming]

Thanks for the sentiment. Glad you enjoy the content! I believe they are going to add unique wrecks in future.

[@trivixni435]

one thing that i saw on my gameplay is that a team of snipers and a squad of infantrymen can do well against 3 full squads of enemie infantrymen, my front squad were with only 3 guys holding it from the begining and the recon/sniper team were sniping the shit out of the 3 enemie squads, op. And more, the sniper squad on another gameplay put them in the bushes going north and they were eliminating the targets without any problem, thats what they were trained to do i guess

[@eternalmarksman88]

We don't really see what the enemy squads consist of currently, so they might be the cheapest infantry for the Rus. The AI doesn't always seek cover so they get slaughtered quickly vs a player. Another thing to consider is American Squads are generally larger than Russian Squads organically.

[@shawn7384]

Really love what I'm seeing from the Demo so far. I'd love to see more SF units... Delta Force and SEALs. Looking forward to the release.

[@marcell9333]

Delta Force , Navy Seals, DEVGRU, Green Berets

[@spinax22]

WOOO! missed the demo the first time, i won't make that mistake again!

[@rick1159]

Did they add some different units or it's a carbon copy of the first?

[@Whiitteeyyy]

I love this game so far. I really really hope they put other factions in it

[@Coffeepanda294]

Really looking forward to this, looking forward to a new World in Conflict, even if it's just a spiritual successor. Such a good idea to borrow from both Wargame and WiC, too.

[@videogames1407]

You're mad, the voicelines are the best bits

[@VulcanHDGaming]

It's the frequency that needs fixing 😂

[@Trumpen]

Those fighter needs some "FOX Three" action

[@betabilly]

The CB radio chatter makes this game sound like a Saturday morning cartoon.

[@4T3hM4kr0n]

Hey Vulcan, you might have failed the "hold the high rise" objective because you didn't have units in all 3 of the buildings within the capture square.

[@VulcanHDGaming]

I think it's just because I captured it before it tells you to

[@AirSupportIncomimg]

Nah, it’s because all the units in the high rise have been killed

[@Focusonbehind]

Looks sick

[@asafitshak]

Welcome arrow. Nice game

[@rpersen]

Yay 4th comment. Can’t wait for Broken Arrow! Not sure if the story can top World in Conflict, but looks great still! Oh and multiplayer for World in Conflict, I played the crap out if it… so addictive. It still has a small but active MP community if anyone is interested. Hopefully Broken Arrow can be the spiritual successor to WiC. Edit: Vulcan, do you know how many units each side will be able to have on the map? Don’t want it to be to micro-intensive.

[@Taihouchan]

I'm not expecting a WiC level (Or even WARNO level) after playing the demo. Also plays rather differently in the campaign demo compare to WiC given the bigger scale

[@adammullarkey4996]

22:30 Not really. The framing behind having to hold the high-rises is that they dominate the fort. You'd know that before the mission started.

[@pawtter_ink]

🤔 where are the scorched grounds, the pieces of things blown up on the ground and stuff like that?

[@Mad_Viking42]

I am very pleased from the first time you played this that you learned the game mechanics to better assist you. You are definitely my most favorite strategic game KZbinr. Thank you for your plays and content.

[@fastfolky]

Love the game, thanks for the video but those missiles appear to fly way to slow.

[@fortusvictus8297]

It's the scale, and for the record they are actually going rather fast. For example, a tomahawk is sub-sonic but in this game appears to cover miles in just a few seconds. The flight time on long range dragon shots can be as much as 10-12 seconds irl.

[@CrispyBakedPotato]

I really do love your content, but I wish you would do more cinematic close ups

[@DanieliMolar]

hell yeah i just saw a GIF of a city with smoke lol and narration whole video

[@TheActualJae]

My only real complaint is all the frigging screaming from the officers. Hopefully they have an option to just turn that sort of stuff off. This does look super good though, def has my interest.

[@vcolin]

Anyone knows the release date?

[@silviamorganti9782]

Boi It didnt get shot down It ran out of fuel

[@VulcanHDGaming]

I would have expected to leave when it gets low on fuel, not just spontaneously combust.

[@leightonscott3242]

@@VulcanHDGaming yeh, hopefully this is fixed in main game. but it looked like a fuel issue based on the draining bar in the lead up to the bomb run

[@n7gts12]

in the main menu there is a panel with control keys hotkeys, try it very conveniently so that you do not click actions with the mouse =) You can also call in helicopters to transfer supplies from one point to another, if there are some kilograms of supplies left there. well, equipment and marines can be transported on turntables. Ty for video content man!

[@jademonolith]

Love the game, but the performance is a bit rough. I can play Warno >60fps, but not this one though.

[@MadLadMartyMcFly85]

Be pretty good if there was abit where how much spending the mission costs

[@anonymousnelo]

from Eugene Systems?

[@VulcanHDGaming]

No, this is made by Steel Balalaika

[@nick4819]

Bro I have failed to hold to high rises and fort like 20 times.....lol I suck.

[@elbalazo5135]

The plane ran out of fuel thats why it was destroyed

[@TheSkogemann]

Was the game sound as choppy as it appears in the video? 🤔

[@VulcanHDGaming]

In what way? Do you have an example in the video?

[@TheSkogemann]

@@VulcanHDGaming All the audio except your voiceover is "clipping" or "choppy". Still enjoyed your playthrough though. Was just curious if it was the game or some rendering/recording issue.

[@VulcanHDGaming]

​@@TheSkogemann Turns out it's a recording issue on my end. Seemingly very difficult to fix.

[@TheSkogemann]

@@VulcanHDGaming Thank you for returning on this. Sorry to hear that you struggled with it, that wasn't my intention.

[@MiaMooreA]

How can it sound like bad voice acting and a AI at the same time?

[@Tigersbolto]

Artillery honestly looks so visually good in this game

[@kristianfischer9814]

Still got the Dragons in the game, huh? Twenty years after the US stopped using them.

[@warfarelooselet]

The game is from 90s to now

[@VulcanHDGaming]

Im led to believe the Dragons IIIs were prototype and this game assumes that they were brought into service because of war.

[@kristianfischer9814]

@@warfarelooselet Dragon and Osprey should not be on the board simultaneously. Or Dragon and F-35. But maybe all the Javelins were sent to Ukraine.

[@kristianfischer9814]

@@VulcanHDGaming :shrug: I’m interested in the game, but my military nerd brain is caught on this.

[@hatefulvengeance]

They are including prototypes from the 2000's, the Dragon 3 was in developemnt in case the javelin faced any setbacks. So it's in as a supplementary, the javelin is in the armoury, don't worry.

[@SavyJayy]

Controller friendly??

[@kendlerderival2333]

Never click so fast 😅

[@MasterSteve_117]

Sound design, explosions, physics are sooooooooooooooo good in this game. This is probably alpha, cant wait to see the full release of this game.

[@kaushikmitra28]

Anyone else facing memory leak issue?

[@J-dogd]

Hopefully that made it less crashy

[@deadmeat_0152]

woohoo got in at 39 seconds!

[@MegaUkrainian1991]

without env destruction looks unreal and a bit arcade

[@dyrroth3961]

How to download

[@VulcanHDGaming]

On their steam page

[@_THErunn1ngMAN_]

It’s a good video but you’re playing a little too fast to be able to actually demonstrate some of the details of the game. Have you done one where you go through it more slowly and thoroughly? Cheers

[@EgnachHelton]

I think being able to refill infantry units is a bit too cheesy. You shouldn't be able to refill infantry with just supplies. A better alternative is a merging function that allows you to merge multiple infantry units with casualties into full units, for a price and/or combat debuff.

[@boukm3n]

Nahhhhhhh

[@attilaabonyi8879]

Every time some youtuber tries the demo they always fuck it up in someway and it drives me up the wall.🤬

[@VulcanHDGaming]

And how did I "fuck it up"? 😂

[@attilaabonyi8879]

@@VulcanHDGaming you left the stinger squad on the other side of the river,making it possible for those aircrafts to bomb you. On the other hand you let the fa-18's go back to base instead of using them to help the ground forces landing on the beach,furthermore you let your initiall force fending for itself on the fortess/star shaped hill and in a sense let them die there. Another thing your deployments of troops on the battlefield were initially good until you came to the high risers,maybe thats "you fucked," because instead of choosing to provide for your soldiers,you essentially let them suffer,and that is why you drove me up the wall. Ps:shove that 😂 emoji up your arse,you narcissist.

[@attilaabonyi8879]

@@VulcanHDGaming but who am i to judge, right? Im just a lonely Hungarian living abroad in sweden,and your just probably a brexiting englishmen who hasn't realized that brexit isn't going so well.

[@Hellfire_Orange]

@@attilaabonyi8879 I assure you it is not that deep and is in fact just a game.

[@attilaabonyi8879]

@@Hellfire_Orange this is look i care!?

[@sdnnvs]

Auto-flare and auto-smoke??? What?? Manual flare and smoke is a skill gap... only mediocre RTS's uses it...

[@matthewhayes6806]

It would be cool to have a competitive mode where the people like you can play without them. Be kinda cool since everybody could get what they want

[@Jon-td4pv]

The graphics could be a lot better, No damage too foliage at all 👎 almost No damage too ground after impact of missiles or artellery👎 building damage graphics are the same over and over again👎and eksplosion graphics🤣🤣🤣👎👎👎