Well since Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising was the biggest FAILURE from Codemasters, I suggest switching to ArmA2 - htt://arma2.com
Since there won't be any news posted from me relating to OFP:DR, I suggest visiting http://www.armedassault.info/ and continue to follow ArmA2 and it's huge community.
However if a true Codemasters fan still believes that OFP:DR will live and would like to join ofp2.info team to continue posting news, then please contact Cervo.
As we can read in the various forum topics, a lot of people are quite angry about the game's difficulty which is considered by a lot of players as being far too easy! Enzian has even created this funny and a bit sarcastic OFP2 box artwork!
Of course, most of community members are OFP 1 veterans so their expectations are set very high, but hopefully we see that some mods are already out to drastically increase AI's performance, so if even Codemasters doesn't update the game, the community will do !
So what do you think about it? You can leave your comments if you wanna share your thoughts.
Members of the modding community are already doing a great work, here's the very first OFP2 addon, the Hardcore AI pack to add realism to the game and add more difficulty.
You can choose between 3 levels of difficulty: Improved, Difficult, Extreme
Unzip the file you want into your Operation Flashpoint installation MAIN FOLDER (choose yes to replace files/folders).
Uninstallation instructions: head into the DATA_WIN folder inside your Operation Flashpoint folder and delete the AI and DISPERSIONSYSTEM folder to return to the Original AI settings
Here's a video to see new AI:
Changes :
More view distance (Difficult and Extreme only) better accuracy faster recovery (Difficult and Extreme only) better detection range (Difficult and Extreme only) better hearing (Extreme only) larger "danger close" range (Extreme only) reduced shield no weapon damage reduction for shooting at player no accuracy reduction for shooting at player Morale and Experience of AI now taken into account when shooting at player
Tacticsboard has released their latest tactics pack and tacticsboard for Operation Flashpoint 2.
This pack includes: - Over 30 close up images of all locations on Skira island - Full suite of combat markers and tools allow you to create the perfect strategies in true realtime with your squad mates - 3 modes of Operations (Planning, Training and Matchplay) are available as standard. - Over 1000 close up images of Skira Island have been pulled together to produce this massive tactics pack:
Furthermore, we have put together a map pack for you to download if you want to play with the imagery yourselves in our downloads section. The pack contains all our images we created to produce this tactics pack.
You can even upload your own custom images onto your tacticsboards!
Introduction: Two short missions, based on the Chinese side. Extremely difficult, somewhat unrealistic, this project is meant to be an experiment with the mission editor. Rogue Star Rising as a whole campaign is meant for a far future release. For now, enjoy.
Please note! This is a beta. Many glitches and issues. If you have any suggestions or comments, please e-mail me.
To install: unzip contents into: C:\Program Files\Codemasters\OF Dragon Rising\data_win\missions
Operation Flashpoint Proves War is Hell, but Winning a CyberPower Gaming Rig is Worth It
BALDWIN PARK, CA (October, 2009) -- The battle lines have been drawn on remote Skira Island. To the victors go the spoils of war – CyberPower Gamer Dragon 9000 gaming rigs that include the latest AMD Phenom II processors and ATI graphics cards, a wide screen monitor, top of the line keyboards, and other cool prizes. The defeated will be lost and forgotten.
CyberPower is teaming up with online gaming community Xfire for its Operation Flashpoint Video Capture Contest, which features over $5,000 worth of prizes. And, all you have to do to keep the world safe and win these prizes is to record some grisly raw Operation Flashpoint game footage with the Xfire Video Capture application function and get your friends to vote for your video.
From October 9th to 20th, Xfire is holding an Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Video Capture Contest to coincide with the official launch of Codemaster’s much-anticipated tactical war game. To take home a CyberPower gaming rig and other sweet prizes participants need to record the most "Cool" votes on their Operation Flashpoint Video Capture Contest videos. You can start collecting votes as soon as your video is uploaded. So, lock and load, and take no prisoners to win a CyberPower system.
To enter the contest visit Xfire’s official contest site http://www.xfire.com/cms/xf_flashpoint/ , which details the rules and how to upload your videos. CyberPower www.cyberpowerpc.com will award the first place winner in each category a CyberPower Gamer Dragon 9000 PC, which features AMD’s Phenom II X4 955 CPU; 4GBs RAM; ATI Radeon HD 4890 graphics card and 1-terabyte SATA II hard drive.
Video capture prize categories include: Best Team Assault; Best Kill or Worst Death; and the General category for anything ultra cool and entertaining in Dragon Rising. Operation Flashpoint pushes the limit of authenticity of first person shooter games with its gritty depiction of modern infantry combat. You will need to rely on both your urban and field warfare training to survive.
CyberPower is even offering a Grand Prize Turbocharge whereby you are cordially invited to visit CyberPower’s forums, register, and post a link to your uploaded contest entry video in the thread. If posted on the thread and the video is the eventual highest vote getter, CyberPower will reward you an upgrade package worth up to $200 extra.
Helios gathered on codemasters forum all the review scores from pc magazines, games sites and other sources that reviewed OFP:DR. Here are the overall results...
Zoo Magazine (UK) - 5/5 CHIEF Magazine (NL) - 93% Games.ch (Germany) - 93% PC Zone UK - 90% and Classic Award Power Unlimited (NL) - 90% Gaming Heaven - 90% and Silver Award hrej.ch (Czech) - 9/10 Gamesradar - 9/10 Hardgame2.com (Spain) - 9/10 Electronic Theatre - 89/100 Gamersnet.nl - 88/100 PC Gamer Sweden - 87% Play.tm - 85% XGN (Dutch) - 8.5/10 Meristation (Spain) - 8.5/10 3D Juegos PC Review - 8.4/10 gram.pl - 5 out of 6 Pelit Magazine (Finland) - 83% Vandal.net (Spain) - 8.3/10 IGN UK - 8.1/10 Official Xbox Magazine - 8/10 Gameplayer (Swedish) - 8/10 Multiplayer.it (Italian) - 8/10 Now Gamer - 7.8/10 Gamestar (Germany) - 78% PC Games (Germany) - 77% Official PS3 Magazine - 7/10 Eurogamer - 7/10 Videogamer.net - 7/10 BonusWeb.cz (Czech) - 6/10 Doupe.cz (Czech) - 5/10 Eurogame.cz (Czech) - 4/10
LIKE GAMING HARDWARE, the balance of geopolitical power is always in flux. Back in 2001, when the first Operation Flashpoint* game was released, Cold War tension was still being shaken off. For that reason, its battlefields were fictional Northern European islands in the Baltic Sea where Communist hardliners threatened to overrun a small NATO garrison.
The PC-only game won many plaudits for its authenticity as a military simulator. It was also part of the first wave of first-person shooters to move beyond the run-and-gun corridor and involve the player in tactical squad-based decision making. Players quickly learned you couldn’t cross an open field with all guns blazing in a game that included real-world ballistics and one-shot kills. You wouldn’t even hear the shot that took you down, let alone see the shooter.
Throw in the ability to jump into jeeps, armored vehicles, and helicopters, and small wonder Operation Flashpoint went on to sell over a million units.
Fast-forward eight years, and the world’s focus has moved eastward, dominated more by pragmatic fears over the future supply of natural resources rather than ideology. So when oil and gas reserves are discovered on Skira, a sparsely populated Russian-owned island in the Sea of Japan, a resurgent Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is quick to take advantage of the situation. Once again acting as the world’s policeman, the U.S. Marine Corps is called into action to recapture the island.
66%
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