Previous press for Operation Flashpoint 2 has been a little unrealistic. Lots of suspect-looking screenshots. But there’s no fibbing in this video, showing naught but the real thing.
Original Flashpoint developers Bohemia Interactive may be trying to (understandably) rain on Operation Flashpoint 2′s parade, but will that stop you from trying out a demo for the game? No, it probably won’t.
History lesson: Bohemia Interactive’s Operation Flashpoint was one of the most ambitious PC games ever developed. Its publisher, Codemasters, owns the name. And its original developers don’t like that somebody else is making a sequel.
Times have sure changed from when I was a kid. Back when I was growing up, Russia was an evil empire hell bent on my country’s destruction, but now I’ve grown up, and the rest of the world has grown up, and Russia is just another big area filled with potential gamers. Gamers Codemasters is planning on catering to as they announce full Russian language localisation for three of their biggest titles – Rise of the Argonauts, Damnation, and Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising. “Codemasters has targeted Russia as a front-line territory, key to our overall EMEA strategy” said Axel Herr, Senior VP Publishing, EMEA, Codemasters. “Localisation and tailoring of content is key to our emerging market strategy and Codemasters is keen to continue leading the charge in these fast-evolving markets.”
You know, we didn’t post the last bunch of Operation Flashpoint 2 screens we came across, because they were taking the piss. Too much Photoshop, not enough polygons. This latest batch, however, are a little better. There’s still plenty of shopping on show, but you can now see the slightly jaggy bits at the edge of the soldier’s uniforms, proving at least that it’s some kind of in-game videogame model and not some artist’s impression of an in-game videogame soldier.
Not a second of gameplay footage to be seen in this clip, which is a shame. While it doesn’t necessarily capture the look of the game – in so far as this is not what the game’s going to look like – it does, however, capture the feel of the first Flashpoint (ie death is everywhere, and it is final).
