Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising’s Skira Island

@mzo: 8. 4 vs 4.

the AI will take over if a player is missing, but it's not 4 players + 4 AI vs 4 players + 4 AI, it's 4 "soldiers" vs. 4 soldiers. and 2 for coop (4 on PC).

also, I must correct myself, it seems the console versions will include some sort of mission editor.

salaminizer: Fact

@Lapoisse: its not kiska,kiska is in alaska but few days after v-j day when soviet russia entered the war they wanted to claim an island but gen. macarthur threatened to launch an amphibious operation against the soviets if they did claim the island

GrumpierGrunt

@salaminizer: Fact: 8 per side, or what?

mzo

@Lapoisse: ...during World War II STILL has plenty of oil.

mzo

I know this comment will look fanboy-ish, but remember that the multiplayer is limited to 8 players in the console versions. the cap is (officially) raised to 32 in the PC version and it will also include a mission editor for all modes (single, coop and multi)

salaminizer: Fact

@Eulatos:
@-MasterDex-: Thats is weird that my comment came out in such an odd form. And not replying to the proper comment.

Your commenting status is unapproved which means only star users and editors can see your comment. Star users had the power to approve comments but that's gone now so the best we can do is reply to unapproved comments and copy and paste your comments in.

-MasterDex-

"Skira Island has long been a place of turmoil. Luckily its real-life inspiration, Kiska Island, which was the scene of much strife during World War II."

I'm sorry, but .. I don't understand that second sentence at all.

Shouldn't it be along the lines of : "Luckily, its real-inspiration, Kiska Island, which was the scene of much strife during World War II, ( insert reason why Kiska Island was lucky )." ?

Lapoisse

they fitted all of that text into a dodgy powerpoint-esque animation that just killed all of the flow and meaning of the words in it.

RUSSIA REQUESTS

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assistance

mzo

Russia demand help from US?

Somebody send the video link to Putin

tingyu

@trigger_fr:
@-MasterDex-: After seeing a few gameplay videos of OFP2, I'm convinced that it'll only be a CoD-like FPS, (maybe) with an open environnement. The only and true OFP successor is ArmA (1 & 2), which is made by the same developer (BIS).

OFP and ArmA were quite buggy at release, just give ArmA 2 some time, a few patches (maybe wait for Operation Arrowhead), and I bet you'll have a good "military simulator".

Back on topic : I'll buy OFP2, but not as an OFP1 successor. Only as a (good?) modern action shooter.

Yeah, I knew what I was getting into with Arma 2 but I guess I had hoped that Bohemia had learned their lesson from OFP and ArmA. I know OFP:DR won't be at the same level as OFP1 and ArmA but if it's a good game, that won't bother me.

ArmA 2 will be unretired when it's patched to a playable form.

-MasterDex-

Hopefully the gameplay is as bad-ass as that trailer.

@Eulatos: said:

@Devilbless: Other than the fact that it predated Battlefield 1 in the kill everything go anywhere genre. Had something like 60 vehicles with sim like handling and maneuvering. Was one of the most realistic military simulators ever, i just cant really think of anything that made it great.

-MasterDex-

@Devilbless: OFP was a standout title for PC because it allowed for a new level of tactical teambased play that wasn't achieved anywhere else. In the main campaign you could control up to 10 AI subordinates over an open map that allowed for a multitude of different approaches to complete an objective.

The 3rd person and 1st person views as well as the command view also added to it's depth and uniqueness and the large amount of vehicles and waepons was, as far as I recall, at the time, unprecidented.

Multiplayer meant epic battles and struggles as dogfights raged overhead and infantry and cavalry fought on land.

I can't say this new OFP will recapture the essence of what made the first so great since Bohemia are no longer in control but if it even captures a small bit of what made the first game so good then it'll be worth a buy.

-MasterDex-

@-MasterDex-: Actually I did, but the fact that it was release in 2001, when I was quite young, makes it hard to remember much of it.

It had a nice concept and all, with the bird's eye and being a commander, but still, nothing too great.

I just dont quite see it as great as some others seem to think of it.

You know what, if you can enlighten me as to what was so great about it, I might just take what I said back.

@Devilbless: So you haven't played Delta Force then?

diebroken

@Devilbless: was a nice game and all, but really nothing out of the ordinary, except for the 1 shot 1 kill idea, which made it more realistic.

So you haven't played Operation Flashpoint then?

-MasterDex-

@Michael Dukakis for Senate!: Actually no, I dont.

Yes I've played Operation Flashpoint, was a nice game and all, but really nothing out of the ordinary, except for the 1 shot 1 kill idea, which made it more realistic.

@MrPaulJames: it has something which most games lack.......

a plot.

@Devilbless: Are you freakin' kidding me?

@-MasterDex-: it should run better, dunno about open world enviroments but it's the same engine they used in GRID and Dirt which runs extremely well and looks good at the same time.

For a second there I thought this might be an adventure game or RPG by the title, then I noticed it said Operation Flashpoint...

No more WWII shooters please, you know what? No more shooters.

@-MasterDex-: As am I.

Looks like somebody just got done reading The Bear and the Dragon

[www.amazon.com]

Very good book, btw. Tom Clancy has really gone downhill in the past decade, but this one ranks up there with Red Storm Rising.

Well that's quite an awesome trailer. Without any gameplay, I really want to buy this game.

I can't work out why :(

I'm really looking forward to this after Arma IIs disappointment. I hope the game is up to snuff and not a buggy mess. That alone will make it better than Arma II.

-MasterDex-

@-MasterDex-: I loved Operation Flashpoint and both of its expansions. I had very high hopes for ARMA and ARMA II, but was deeply disappointed by the complete lack of quality standards accepted by Bohemia Interactive once Code Masters was no longer part of the team.

Now it's Code Master's turn to advance what made Operation Flashpoint such a great game. Let's hope they don't fumble as badly as Bohemia did.

godot

That was really good.

I wouldn't call the behavior of the chinese government inaccurate in this trailer.

@salaminizer: Fact: That does not sound £40-worthy.

mzo

Very nicely done

Drogmir

Well that was a well put together trailer.

@GrumpierGrunt: I have no idea why you're giving me a history lesson when I'm pointing out a grammatical flaw :/

Lapoisse

...events occur in real time

Bokusatsu_Tenshi