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Tuesday, October 06 2009

Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising Launch Trailer  by Craig D at 15:48

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Here's a few new Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising screenshots along with the UK launch trailer for Codemasters sandbox military shooter, we can expect the game in stores this Friday.
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Mani
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06 October 2009 19:45
Who's getting this on PC then?
Maz
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06 October 2009 23:57
Me, Grant, Bri, Dave, Liam etc

All pre ordered afik

If play.com is right mine and Grants should be shipped tomorrow.. for thurs.
D3CYPH3R
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07 October 2009 12:39
Mine is coming from amazon, no eta on it tho
Mani
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07 October 2009 14:33
Maz
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07 October 2009 18:00
Slated, Kinda dislike the no jumping, not being able to kit out in the field, radial menus etc, but we will see for ourselves when it arrives i guess
D3CYPH3R
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08 October 2009 11:49
I did raise concerns about the fact it wasn't created by the original OPFP team (they made arma and arma2). But like maz said we will find out when it arrives on our doorsteps.
Mani
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08 October 2009 13:16
I was hoping it would be good, gaming as a group is much more fun.

I'm still tinkering with bf2 and 2142 though, knack all else to play.
D3CYPH3R
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08 October 2009 15:24
Will see what this is like for a bit, but have you tried arma2? it gets much better reviews, tho they do say it's still quite buggy
Midnight
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10 October 2009 10:30
Xbox port through and through. My first hour playing the first 3 missions without firing a single shot has put me off - literally not one shot fired. Not to mention the player hosted servers and xbox menu's. Why they can't make 2 versions of games for different audiencs I'll never know. Flying the choppers in multiplayer feels like you're on rails and just pressing forwards to slide around the sky. I'll give it another shot with friends but I'm not liking it so far.
D3CYPH3R
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10 October 2009 13:07
Yeah, first impression was clearly a console port. I did manage to fire a few shots tho probably not necessary. Squad commands seemed very poor and unless you can change how it's done will be very annoying compared to bf2. Looks nice, but doesn't flow like bf2 or other games of it's genre. Doesn't feel like Operation Flashpoint either.
Midnight
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10 October 2009 13:31
It's nothing compared to what they made it out to be. Look at the screenshtos they released and then look at how the game looks at max details. It's not even close to it. It's more like ghost recon.
Maz
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10 October 2009 19:58
Woo codemasters caved, dedicated servers coming soon!
Midnight
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10 October 2009 20:17
probably be shit with their shitty server browser and shitty game that's been released too early again
Maz
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11 October 2009 01:09
quiet you just because you can't join any co-op games
Midnight
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11 October 2009 04:20
Even though that's true, I don't feel like I am missing out on a single thing
Bri
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11 October 2009 10:50
well, you are. co-op rocks
Midnight
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12 October 2009 12:26
Managed to get a refund First game I've done that for.. in ... well forever. I can't remember a game I've got a refund on.
Bigbird
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12 October 2009 17:54
Ive got this on the 360 and im loving it although it is a bit buggy i can see why youd be a bit miffed at the pc version especially if its a console port. The Multiplayer is not too great on the 360 though and noone seems to know what they are doing so i just keep blowing up the objective without firing a shot
Midnight
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12 October 2009 18:20
It's less than a console version on the pc. Have you read the Codemaster forums ? check out the 140 page thread on all the bugs in it that stop you being able to play. There's not even any joystick support or anything in it. The console version is the pc version. Apparantly if you press the blue button on the options in the console version it brings up the pc resolution and AA/AF v-sync options etc.
Bandit
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13 October 2009 09:21
I played about 20 minutes this morning, mixed first impressions. The Xbox radial menus are too complicated, and not being able to selection on the run is annoying, but I like the intensity of the gunplay despite the awful voice acting and complete lack of a training mode! Talk about in at the deep end!
Midnight
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13 October 2009 21:14
Tssh Bandit, how can you like the gunplay ? It's rubbish ! You can't see anything unless you have a gun with a scope on thanks to the fixed FOV being set to about 70 instead of 90 like normal FPS games. Try walking into a building, it feels like your face is about 1cm from the wall at all times. I've never been disorientated walking into a room in an FPS game but I had it all the time here. There's only 11 missions too, 3 of which involve you running across some hills without shooting anything for about 20 mins each. Not to mention the AI never changes on any difficulty setting so you can run up and knife them in the face while circle strafing around them (try it in the mission editor if you don't believe me)
Bandit
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13 October 2009 21:26
Midnight. Quote: "I played about 20 minutes this morning"

I ain't done enough to review it properly yet!
Midnight
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13 October 2009 23:00
I hope you slate it and call them liars like they should be called. None of the screenshots are like the game and none of the functions from all the videos before release are even included. Slate them to hell and back and then stick pitchforks in their eyes
Bandit
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14 October 2009 09:24
See, I quite enjoyed my 20 minutes this morning, I was on mission 2, when it's all about stealth. First time I got killed by the attack chopper, then I realised I needed to use Guerilla tactics and keep striking from the treeline. I'm still undecided, but perhaps Mani should commission someone to write a PC review to accompany my Xbox one? Seems they might be a fair bit different!
Midnight
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14 October 2009 12:21
You could always read the pc forum on the website to see the posts about everyting they promised and didn't include and then add it to the botom of the review. Also the 360 forum is full of a lot of the same complaints, especially the multiplayer which doesn't work as their login servers have been down since launch and are really flakey at best.
Jammin
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14 October 2009 20:01
Hmm now i know why you didn't reply to my message grant! mine doesn't even work But i have to steal internet on a laptop so i had to nab this laptop to find out why it crashes!
Midnight
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14 October 2009 21:17
You probably have some virtual drive software installed Jammin. It hates that 'cause of the securerom it uses. Disable that and try.


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