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Post by [-44-] Pendragon on Oct 6, 2009 0:15:45 GMT
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is released later this week on the 9th. In a worrying sign Play and Amazon.co.uk have both discounted the game to £17.99. This is not a good sign for the game and it is selling well under the RRP of £34.99. We are used to these retailers discounting games to £29.99 or £24.99 but to have to sell the game for almost half price just to generate some sales is not looking good.
Some of us have been looking at this game closely as a possible game for the clan. It's sort of ArmA lite. A game with the big map play that some in the clan love with the immediate gratification and ease of play of a CoD like game. The issue has always been one of the dreaded "Console Port" would it be crap because it can run on an XBox? Big map in a small box?
Anyhow I know that Smoggie is getting it to test it out. I'll watch the forums and info sites to see if the dedi server software arrives. Fingers crossed!
We have CoD:Modern Warfare:2 coming in November That one better not be shit!
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Post by [-44-] smoggzilla on Oct 6, 2009 20:47:13 GMT
ive been really looking forward to this since the first screen shots were released ages ago. however those screenies compared to what we have now is quite a difference. however it still looks good and maybe just maybe it being on consoles means that the gameplay could be good. i mean can u imagine arma 2 on consoles? apart from mincing them up technologically the gameplay is just not what console owners want. (ask gaddo etc....). so im looking forward to this despite everything. could be a new BF2. only time will tell and i`ll let y`all know at the weekend (if it turns up)
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Post by [-44-] smoggzilla on Oct 6, 2009 22:06:04 GMT
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Post by [-44-] Pendragon on Oct 6, 2009 23:39:04 GMT
Already on the torrent sites...
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Post by [-44-] Hogan on Oct 7, 2009 2:34:04 GMT
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Post by [-44-] Pendragon on Oct 7, 2009 11:05:44 GMT
Yea they all do but then would they release a crap one lol. It would be so good if this was a great game.
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Post by [-44-] pip on Oct 8, 2009 7:15:13 GMT
I am picking up from ArmA forum that this game has bombed in the States and some are considering migration to ArmA 2. That might explain the pre-release discounting
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Post by [-44-] MaryPoppins on Oct 8, 2009 20:23:44 GMT
A puter m8 has tried it (not sure how) and was disappointed not to find dedicated servers and that co-op was peer to peer for 4 players only. Bad sign ?
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Post by [-44-] Pendragon on Oct 9, 2009 11:26:24 GMT
It would appear that our worst fears about nasty console port may be coming true. If we can't play it as a clan game, run a server I'll not bother getting it. I don't need another coaster to go along with MoH:Airborne!
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Post by smudge on Oct 9, 2009 19:24:06 GMT
Well I got OFP DR today and all I can say is I’m disappointed.. :-( I was expecting so much and well just got so little..
First what I like:
well I guess as a plus this game runs really well on my Laptop and still looks really good on medium settings so lower end machines will have no problem running the game.
The fire fights are ok the AI doesn’t do anything drastically stupid although your AI will usually find a way to walk in front of you just as your letting rip..
BAD BITS..
First of and this REALLY BUGS ME the radial menu in the game is shocking! It is totally crap! It takes forever to navigate and just makes no sense.. It’s suppost to be contextual (i.e. will change to the best option or tries to think what you want to do) but it's just crap.. to get your squad to do anything for instance heal another squad mate you have to find said squad mate press Q look at the squad mate then hit said button for heal if your not near your squad mate in question you have to use the map which takes you out of the battle and is slow to use find the UNMARKED icon of the teammate that is injured and then tell the medic to heal him. AND you cannot ask the medic to heal you using the radial menu, it has to be done on the map screen which gets really annoying.
the other thing that really bugs me is the enemy helicopters, they buzz around like hornets and whenever they see you they will rip you open but the worse thing is there is no way to kill them! You’re not given anything to get rip of a patrolling helicopter... AGAIN AND AGAIN I’ve been in a fire fight with the PLA and then a helo has just flown over and ripped my whole squad apart and you have to go back 1 or 2 km to the last checkpoint. I just did a mission where this happened 5 times! Nothing I could do to prevent it. Eventually I just sprinted right through the hot zone and made it to the checkpoint.
The AI is pretty good at finding you.. Not to the degree of ArmA but the second you open fire they know exactly where you are and will do everything they can to rip you open.. It’s usually a race as to who can kill you first, the ground troops or the helos above.
The last gripe.. I liked the way they advertised this as being a YOU DECIDE which path you take in the way will you do this mission or that but yet again FAIL this game is on rails your given your objectives and you have no choice but to follow the set path or you loose and if you do go for a wonder you just get ripped to shreds by YEP you guessed it helos..
All in all this is just a BAD modded version of crysis or call of duty it's a disgrace this game can carry the OFP name. I’ve not tried the MP yet but from what I’ve heard it's really unstable at the moment and limited to 4 players :-(
Over all I’m giving it a 4/10 below average, but I will say give it a try.. You CoD guys might get a Kick out of it.. But I’m going to stick to ArmA 2
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Post by [-44-] RazzorUK on Oct 9, 2009 21:49:11 GMT
ive got it i just d/l it and guess wat u dont need a cd key either to play m/p so y go out and buy it
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Post by smudge on Oct 10, 2009 11:21:42 GMT
Update: Today I tried the MP and well it's unplayabe at the moment.. I had a ping of under 100 and the LAG was unbearable not just players skipping about all over the place but the fact it takes 30 seconds for the server to figure out that you want to change weapon or even fire it! at the moment this game is BROKEN.
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Post by [-44-] Pendragon on Oct 19, 2009 19:11:27 GMT
Just played for the first time. BF2 with long draw distance.
It's all a bit brown! It plays well enough.
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Post by [-44-] smoggzilla on Oct 19, 2009 20:13:32 GMT
it still hasnt turned up
however it may have been intercepted by the missus as a birthday prezzie for me this saturday.
wont be best pleased as ive paid for the bloody thing and i wanted it 2 weeks ago when it came out
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