Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising...

[AstaLaVista]

Anybody getting it?

I will not until I read some reviews from real people (read: not paid magazines) so... speak up people

Oh and to those who will get it tomorrow, don't forget to throw us a bone and tell us how the SP Campaign is working out for you... that's what I am most interested in.

 

[AstaLaVista]

WOW... nobody playing it yet? :shock: That good huh!

 

[Everlong]

I picked it up yesterday. Not had much time to play it yet though, though the first mission seemed pretty fun. It's really easy to get the hang of, too. Like I tried the ArmA 2 demo, and I found it pretty complicated to understand, but this is much easier to get in to.

Will have more of a go over the weekend on it, I think.

 

[AstaLaVista]

Hmmmm, a friend who got it just called me and he says that he is having a hard time adjusting to all the different controls it has. for instance, how to command the teammates individually, also, there is no toggle for aim, he needs to keep the button press for it to work, nor there is a way to command the teammates to recon and not blast anything or everything they see.

Oh, he just asked me if I knew why there is an AIM and a Zoom option... do you know what is that all about?

he just started it as well so he's going to tell me more later but so far... he's got mixed emotions.

He did say that it seems not to be a run & gun type of game... that is a plus for me.

 

[Everlong]

It definitely isn't a run and gun game, and I dunno about the individual team mate commands. I've not got to a point where I need to do that yet. My opinions are just initial thoughts from the first mission on the game. AI seems a bit shaky, too. Like there was an enemy driving aimlessly around in a car, then just hit a wall and died...

I can't answer much in terms of aim and zoom options either. Need to have more of a play.

 

[Criminal Fetus]

I'm bout to have it in a hour lol i'll be online for sure, my buddy does have it and yeah he bought it and no complaints, in fact much better than Arma he says lol. Only thing he don't like is the servers for online, cuz apparently he's been havin problems with it but idk

 

[Criminal Fetus]

Works great from the start! But is anyone having problems using FRAPS with it? It works fine in game but when i watch what i recorded it screen flickers like a mofo and tracks all mouse movements and gives it a wicked trail effect. I can't figure out why! I tried turning off cursor tracking i changed the resolution, i tried the compatibility mode turning off visual themes, and still no luck. This is the only game i had the issues with

 

[Sneaker741]

I'm having a pooh time at the mo. just keeep getting a ctd after about 3-5 mins of gameplay.

thinking that it may be some overclock issue on my system.

knocked everything to default, system wise, and trying again.

does seem a very good engine though as i have max everything and seems to run fine 'when it runs!'!

 

[Sneaker741]

Nope still getting the crash :-(

I am getting teribly green attributes flashing all over the screeen too. gonna check out ATI for any updated drivers, as far as i know though i'm running the lastest (i'm ocd about it!).

beats putting the disk in an xbox and it working! he he

 

[marek100]

Well guys i playing for last two days and ill say game as game sucks but if you ar for some easy play go for it,personaly i pref. ArmA2 .

 

[AstaLaVista]

I am partial to the SP Campaign as I don't play MP so, I hope some of you guys will be able to shed some light on the subject once you have a bit more time with it.

@ sneaker, all I could suggest is that, aside from turning back your OC in your Bios, make sure you clear Cmos, unplug battery for good measure and restart your PC making sure your BIOS is at default everywhere.

Another thing is updating to the latest drivers for audio and video. If you have recently done this, go ahead and uninstall them, restart and install a fresh driver. This is not a perfect science but I have noticed that when I install a new game, sometimes, my drivers get corrupted (or something does) and this clears the problem up... most of the time that is.

@marek100, I tried ARMAII and I got to be honest, as much as I despise arcade-ish run & gun games, I was not able to get into playing the game. I guess that, aside from being old school, I am getting old and having to deal with a Gazellion mouse & kb buttons is just not for me. There are times that I just want to set the minimal amount of key and go play. I hate taking 2 hours to set/bind all those keys

 

[BugMeister]

I've had the game for two days now, and it's running fine via 64-bit W7
everything's up on max settings - smooth gameplay and good in-game gfx..

I'm only doing the single-player game at the moment - still getting used to the controls..

It plays a bit like Crysis Warhead, but the gadgets and gizmo's are different..
..and the plot is a bit more (..er) realistic..!!

-reckon I could really get to like this one, it certainly feels real and dangerous enough for a war-type shooter
- the sfx are brilliant, and you have complete freedom to explore the whole map area..

- I hear that an early patch is expected - to clear one or two minor glitches
- though I haven't found anything wrong with it yet..

 

[AstaLaVista]

I wish you guys would talk about the nitty gritty. You know, key binding mouse & keyboard, ease of play, AI (enemy & teammates).

The little I played over my friends house I didn't like. I had the same questions he did at the end (and already asked in one of my previous posts).

1. I couldn't understand why the Aim & Zoom buttons. What is the difference.
2. 3 teammates that move together? no way to make them move on their own
3. Couldn't find a Recon Only ROE so every time we got close to the enemy, (read: 100 to 200 meters away) my teammates would start blasting away.
4. Playing at max and 1680x1050 the grass looked to be a bit unreal, ai movement a little jagged but still, this last one is really no big deal
5. Putting the AI to drive the APC so I could man the mounted gun was a hassle an a half since he didn't stick to the road, he tried, as hard as anybody can, to stick to the most bizarre path ever considered by a human being

I know I am forgetting other things and I also know that I am not giving the game enough time and I really want to but, dang it... it needs so much.

 

[snappyuk]

Anyone help please ?

I am running windows 7 ultimate 64bit i have a nvidia 9800 GTX 4gb ram quad core proccessor etc, I have installed the game but can not get it to start, any ideas please?

 

[BugMeister]

Hiya, snappyuk

- what symptoms are you getting - does it just refuse to respond..??

 

[nemo17]

1. I couldn't understand why the Aim & Zoom buttons. What is the difference.
2. 3 teammates that move together? no way to make them move on their own
3. Couldn't find a Recon Only ROE so every time we got close to the enemy, (read: 100 to 200 meters away) my teammates would start blasting away.
4. Playing at max and 1680x1050 the grass looked to be a bit unreal, ai movement a little jagged but still, this last one is really no big deal
5. Putting the AI to drive the APC so I could man the mounted gun was a hassle an a half since he didn't stick to the road, he tried, as hard as anybody can, to stick to the most bizarre path ever considered by a human being

1. yeah i too dont understand the aim & zoom thing.
2. actually, you can make them move individually. i accidentally did it once, but idrk how. you have to do it somehow in the map page. i think you click their icon on the top left.
3. you can set the ROE to fire on my command or return fire. i think there's another one other than the fire at will where they actually just dont fire. but i mostly use fire on my command.
4. there was a bleep bloop review (from college humor) about the game and they said something about the grass. theyre pretty 2D-ish if you look at them at some angles.
5. ive never tried that yet lol


and now my comments about the game.

i play on low settings cuz i have a pretty sucky computer, but it runs fine (vista x86). i kinda like it but i find the second mission where you assault skira at night pretty hard.. i already blew up that truck thing forgot what it's called. then move to the next checkpoint but even tho i tell my team to stay down so we wouldn't be seen, we still get seen and get shot at. at one point my whole team except for the sniper died. so i ordered him to follow me and fire at will then i went cod4 on their a**es.. lol.. then my sniper died, so i had to go alone (i was rushing cuz i failed it like 15 times. and the cobras were coming) and i again rushed and i was doing great until i got sniped at the hill. any tips? lol

 

[gpruitt54]

OFP2 - Great game, Running great on Windows 7 64bit

First, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is running very well on my Windows 7 64bit machine. No compatibility mode nonsense.

For those of you who are war gamers, you may or may not like this game. Nearly all war games have a lot of arcade elements built-in like damage meters, instant switching between weapons, limited playable areas on the maps, unrealistic weapon capabilities, etc...

If this is what you are use to, and you like those things, then you probably will not like OFP: Dragon Rising (AkA, OFP2). This game is a SIMULATION. That means that the style of play you would being to an arcade shooter, will not work with this game.

OFP2 forces you to play like a real grunt, using real tactics. If any of you are airsoft players, you know what I mean. Let me put it this way... It’s like Flight Sim X for shooters. It's a Simulation. It ain’t for everyone. You have to enjoy sims over arcade games to appreciate it.

The game looks fantastic, sounds fantastic, and plays fantastically (On these three areas alone, it beats ARMAII hands down).
It has a mission editor which means that you and a whole lot of people can and will be creating missions that you can download and play. The maps are huge, which means you can use maneuver and flanking moves.
It has day/night cycle (night looks unbelievable).
There is no rain (that is too bad).
The terrain looks and sounds very real.
The weapons have realistic performance and loading times.
Projectiles actually drop over distance due to gravity (you hunters will know what that is about).
No dedicated servers for online play. They need to fix this shortcoming.

I hope this helps. I recommend this game. However, when “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare” comes out, I will buy it. Because, sometimes a good arcade game is required from time to time.

 

[AstaLaVista]

My rich friend who always buys games sight on see didn't like it at all so, the game is now installed on my computer. I have gotten to the same point I did when I played at his house and I have not wanted to continue from there.

It is very weird since I am usually the opposite way, I can't way to finish a game (Sim, Arcade or Crappy) but, that is not true with this one since a bunch of things annoy me a lot:

No toggle for Aim/Zoom
Horrible AI when driving APC...

I don't know, I guess I am going to wait and see if they make a patch for the toggle thing, I read somewhere that a lot of people had complained about it.

 

[AstaLaVista]

Can someone tell me if the latest patch help the Campaign Single Player in any way?

 

[Fumz]

I got this game when it first came out immediately after coming back from a trip. Because I was waiting for it, I failed to do any research on it whatsoever... big mistake.

SP is neat, but very short. Some of the custom maps are cool, but the SP experience just gets old, fast, for me. Multiplayer relies on a P2P network... which I would have found out prior to buying the game had I spent 5 minutes looking into things... and so play is just trash.