There are a few missions that let ArmA mechanics really shine, I think. First, you get beached with just a pistol, even without a map, and need to cross a warzone. I ended up finding a machine gun, eliminating a landing helicopter crew, and even finding a map along the way.
In another mission, you’re tasked with setting an ambush, but you’re not told how or where exactly, just the route of the convoy. I ended up blocking a road with my jeep, then setting a couple of charges in the bushes. Front APC tries to pass, gets blown, blocks the convoy, I shoot the truck driver, others hammer the closing APC. All that without any scripts.
Speaking of scripts and blowing things up. In another mission, you’re tasked with stealing a fuel truck. Once you do, Miller the SAS operative contacts you, and asks you instead of delivering it to the rebels, to let one of his men use it to blow an enemy general. If you agree, you can see the entire plan unfold. They could just end the mission there, but they actually decide to script everything, just in case someone like me decide to see the thing go boom.
At one point, you need to choose whether you want to sabotage a repair depot or a helicopter, but you can’t do both. I decided to go for the helicopter, because they are much more annoying. You are expected to lure it with a smoke grenade, then blow it once it lands. But I threw the smoke into the woods by mistake, it tried to land there, and blew itself.
