Operation flashpoint-dragon rising

you're joking ? thats just kicked me right in the nads looks like ill be waiting for BF3 then, ffs why do they have to mess about removing stuff, what about calling in an air drop or air strikes? uke2:

 

I am hoping this game runs good on my rig, I am still too scared to get Arma II because of the performance I get from the demo.

 

Theres quite a good article here its a few months old now but its quite interesting if your wanting a good read.

http://pc.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=18416&newsletter=true

http://pc.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=18395&newsletter=true


Theres an interview there as well if anyones interested.

 

that interview was awsome, got me even more pumped up for the game

 

They didn't remove stuff. 1st OpF wasn't made by them and DR isn't a 'remake'. In fact i dunno what it is, but it looks like fun to me. Gonna buy as ArmA2 still runs & looks like an alpha version.

 

Great interview, I am really pumped for this game seeing that the engine ran like a beast on grid I have high hopes for it. Guess you can count me in on day one!

 

http://www.gamespot.com/showcases/flashpoint?sid=6230734

"Look and Feel" video, vehicles, weapons and the damage model.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SEtp25jvT0

Russian home-made video, some store sold early again.
(Seems to use SecuROM from that little spinning disc icon so it might have online activation, unsure though, just saying as some people really dislike that system.)

 

Man I am wondering if I can wait a week to get my GTX 280 and then get this game or if I will fold and buy it on Tuesday instead and run it on my old ass card I have in now.

 

Video's gone, too bad, I had no time to listen in when I first saw it, decided to leave it for later..oh well, it is almost here anyway.

 

Dragon Rising does look like it will have some potential and might have some more fun and quickpaced gameplay - but in comparison, the features that Arma2 offers make DR look like even the full release will be a demo.

Ive been a massive fan of both Arma1 and OFP and both offered different enjoyment. I agree with a previous poster that Arma2, while a bugged out Alpha whore on release, is starting to shape up REALLY well at the moment. The game did run like crap, even on my rig which i thought would handle it for sure. But the optimisation and performance improvements + bugfixes have made the world of difference. Game + multi is running smoothly and most of the glaring bugs have been resolved.

And let me tell you, there is nothing more fun and engaging : than being chopper dropped into a hot LZ to support an allied squad - while close air support slams an enemy position and your own armour shows up on the horizon

Needless to say that I am loving Arma2 with my clan at the moment. The ability to quickly design detailed and awesome roleplay scenarios week to week is just another feature of Arma2 that makes the replayability of this game immense...

 

That sounds awesome, but the performance from the demo has me too scared to drop $50 on it. I am getting another GTX 280 since I returned my first one. And I am still on the fence if I am going to get a 380. But at the moment I have the card in my profile to the left and it isn't the fastest. I would hope Arma II is better but dragon rising is looking very nice to me as well.

 

Love the ragdoll fx in OFR, wish they had those in ArmA2, too. Hardcoded death animations where ppl are half buried in a stairway or 1 leg disappears in a wall are so outdated.

I agree ArmA2 slowly gets better but it will still need some patience to finally get to good gameplay. And they should fix the bugs in all the dev tools, same old stuff than in ArmA1. It's a bad omen if long community mappers are leaving the ArmA forums because of buggy tools.

 

ARMA2 is shaping up into something awesome, but I'll be honest, I'm more than slightly disappointed with BIS, so many years of experience on their part and yet they can't release a stable and well running game. Yet they have resources to create elaborate copy protections (which are probably cracked just as fast). I have the game, but have shelved it till they patch it up. Meanwhile I'm really hoping DR will provide some fun and trouble free game play. I've followed every video they released and so far it does look quite nice in most regards.

 

seems like this flashpoint is nothing like good old flashpoints and arma 2 is more proper "sim" if you mind.

 

Exactly - and they both offer amazing content which is awesomeness.

 

go to the codemaster forums the game doesnt even come with a dedicated server massive fail not that im suprised.

 

IGN review of the X360 version.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/103/1031302p1.html

 

Nice review, I wonder if a lot of these issues with the commands are better addressed on the PC. I wonder if I should buy two to play with my son. But I need more range on my network to get him up to speed.

 

What does this statement mean ... "You can ease the search for enemies with the lower difficulty settings – which clearly mark their location on your compass and map "? I sure hope that this is a server option! What another run-and-gun-to-the-next-dot game?!