Operation Flashpoint : Dragon Rising
22 July 2009, 04:30 PM
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Operation Flashpoint : Dragon Rising
This is shaping up quite well!
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Video Game, E3 09: Developer Walkthrough Pt. 2 (Cam) | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com
I have had this on preorder for a while at shopto.net, but they have just pushed back the release date on the website and the "release date or compensate" thing does not apply, so i cancelled the preorder.
They have the Ps3/360 preorder versions at about 32quid, and the PC version is at 18 quid.
Not sure which version i will get now (had the 360 version preorderd) i have a funny feeling that the 360 crowd will pass it over for COD6/mw2 som the PC version might be a better bet?
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Video Game, E3 09: Developer Walkthrough Pt. 2 (Cam) | Game Trailers & Videos | GameTrailers.com
I have had this on preorder for a while at shopto.net, but they have just pushed back the release date on the website and the "release date or compensate" thing does not apply, so i cancelled the preorder.
They have the Ps3/360 preorder versions at about 32quid, and the PC version is at 18 quid.
Not sure which version i will get now (had the 360 version preorderd) i have a funny feeling that the 360 crowd will pass it over for COD6/mw2 som the PC version might be a better bet?
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22 July 2009, 04:41 PM
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22 July 2009, 10:32 PM
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not by the original developers mind, Bohemia. Codemasters bought them, then the team split up.
Absolutely loved the original - real gritty war game, that I stuck with right till the end. Getting shot was genuinely nasty.
Absolutely loved the original - real gritty war game, that I stuck with right till the end. Getting shot was genuinely nasty.
23 July 2009, 10:36 AM
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I have spent a few hours now on Arma 2 (ie made by the same team that did flashpoint 1), around 1 last night, and another this morning
The hour i spent this morning was multiplayer, i never saw a single enemy player, i saw 1 enemy AI chap, who i run over in my jeep, the rest of the time i spent getting killed
It could have been so good, but at the moment it feels like a quick Beta then a released game, i suspect they released it early to beat flashpoint 2, and plan to constantly patch it to work out all the bugs, rather then release it alongside flashpoint 2, which will undoubtedly have a lot more spent on polishing and marketing.
I am wondering if Arma 2 will become one of these "cult" games in the future, after it has been patched to death, maybe with some people bringing out some decent mods for it that get rid of all the unpolished stuff
The hour i spent this morning was multiplayer, i never saw a single enemy player, i saw 1 enemy AI chap, who i run over in my jeep, the rest of the time i spent getting killed
It could have been so good, but at the moment it feels like a quick Beta then a released game, i suspect they released it early to beat flashpoint 2, and plan to constantly patch it to work out all the bugs, rather then release it alongside flashpoint 2, which will undoubtedly have a lot more spent on polishing and marketing.
I am wondering if Arma 2 will become one of these "cult" games in the future, after it has been patched to death, maybe with some people bringing out some decent mods for it that get rid of all the unpolished stuff
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I have spent a few hours now on Arma 2 (ie made by the same team that did flashpoint 1), around 1 last night, and another this morning
The hour i spent this morning was multiplayer, i never saw a single enemy player, i saw 1 enemy AI chap, who i run over in my jeep, the rest of the time i spent getting killed
It could have been so good, but at the moment it feels like a quick Beta then a released game, i suspect they released it early to beat flashpoint 2, and plan to constantly patch it to work out all the bugs, rather then release it alongside flashpoint 2, which will undoubtedly have a lot more spent on polishing and marketing.
I am wondering if Arma 2 will become one of these "cult" games in the future, after it has been patched to death, maybe with some people bringing out some decent mods for it that get rid of all the unpolished stuff
The hour i spent this morning was multiplayer, i never saw a single enemy player, i saw 1 enemy AI chap, who i run over in my jeep, the rest of the time i spent getting killed
It could have been so good, but at the moment it feels like a quick Beta then a released game, i suspect they released it early to beat flashpoint 2, and plan to constantly patch it to work out all the bugs, rather then release it alongside flashpoint 2, which will undoubtedly have a lot more spent on polishing and marketing.
I am wondering if Arma 2 will become one of these "cult" games in the future, after it has been patched to death, maybe with some people bringing out some decent mods for it that get rid of all the unpolished stuff
Will keep an eye out for Arma.
25 July 2009, 07:38 AM
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I couldn't get on with ArmA2, whatbthe hell have they done to the graphics fora start!? It's like they've smeared vasaline over the camera. Trying to flyaway heli with the keyboard and mouse is hilariously difficult!
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25 July 2009, 04:59 PM
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The graphics are a bit strange, some of them look ok, some bits look bizzare, i found turning the post processing down helped sharpen everything up, it also seams like it is a bit of a beast as a system hog, at max everything, i was getting around 29fps on the demo benchmark.
Kind of related, i have just picked up a copy of Socom 2 for the ps2 as i was bored today at work seams ok, not played this one before, annoyingly i can not find a way to save during a mission, and i got killed right at what i suspect was the end of the first one 
Forecast for rain up here tomorrow so i will get stuck in properly
Kind of related, i have just picked up a copy of Socom 2 for the ps2 as i was bored today at work
seams ok, not played this one before, annoyingly i can not find a way to save during a mission, and i got killed right at what i suspect was the end of the first one Forecast for rain up here tomorrow so i will get stuck in properly
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ARGHHHH!
Console versions have had the multiplayer cut to 4 v 4 with "AI" team mates
I will try a 360 demo if it appears, but it is now looking like the PC version will be leagues ahead (16 v 16 players IIRC )
Spent 3.9 hours on the ARMA2 demo now according to my steam stats, and i am finally getting the jist of things, had an awesome co-op game yesterday, i basically did what ever the squad leader told me to do, until everybody else was dead, then i did a rambo and went mental (and died about 30 secs later )
Console versions have had the multiplayer cut to 4 v 4 with "AI" team mates
I will try a 360 demo if it appears, but it is now looking like the PC version will be leagues ahead (16 v 16 players IIRC )
Spent 3.9 hours on the ARMA2 demo now according to my steam stats, and i am finally getting the jist of things
, had an awesome co-op game yesterday, i basically did what ever the squad leader told me to do, until everybody else was dead, then i did a rambo and went mental (and died about 30 secs later )
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