Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #30859 in Video Games
- Brand: Codemasters
- Model: 04-23188
- Released on: 2001-08-29
- ESRB Rating: Mature
- Platforms: Windows NT, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows 95
- Format: CD-ROM
- Dimensions: .25 pounds
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
Product Description
Stealth tactics or all-out assaultProduct InformationOperation Flashpoint Cold War Crisis is as close to war as you ever want toget. You are dropped in the path of the Red Army. Your objective isclear: take your men your weapons and your training; commandeer any vehicle youfind survive if you can but above all force them back! Includes richenthralling campaign single missions and multiplay. Create your ownstrategic challenges.Product Features Take command of a squad or just cover your own back. Stay alive and be victorious. Deliver liberation in Campaign Single Mission or Multiplay modes. Over 30 vehicles to drive or fly. From AH 1 Cobra Helicopter to M1A1 Abrams tank each visually accurate to its original spec. Create your own strategic challenges for solo and multiplay with the easy-to-use Mission Editor - limited only by your imagination. Conquer the battle zone in multiplayer missions across TCP/IP LAN or Internet.Windows Requirements Windows 95 98 Me XP (Home Edition) Vista Pentium 600 MHz processor 128 MB of RAM 450 MB Hard Drive space 3D Graphics Card with 16 MB RAM minimum DirectX 8 compatible 16-bit Sound Card Mouse Keyboard Optional: TCP/IP 56K modem and Microsoft DirectPlay supported
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
By A Customer
This game will come the defacto standard in combat simulators for years to come. The only thing that comes close in realism is the free U.T. Mod Infiltration (five stars also), but INF can't scratch the scope of what has been accomplished here with maps and vehicles.
You'll need a fast computer and some tweaking to enjoy it, but if you got the horsepower be prepared for some of the most intense action ever seen. The Quake style of maps has been thrown out the window, your now in a lush world where everything is scale including buildings, aircraft, anti-aircraft, lakes, oceans and vehicles. The town you need to get to is 1.5 km away, hop in the jeep and drive there via driving simulator! Not in the mood to drive? Try your hand at piloting the A-10 or Apache that's over at the landing strip. Perform strafing runs on enemy convoys. Don't worry about getting shot down, just hit the eject button to realistically parachute to earth where you can continue your assault.
Ground combat takes a while to get the hand of, they broke the arcade mold and went for realism. Don't expect to survive long if your used to Quake styles of fighting. You have to run, crouch and crawl like it's the real thing. The bots are not dummies, they're hiding in the bushes waiting to pick you off.
This is the closest thing to virtual reality ever. If you wanted to see what future game design would bring us, you don't have to wait any longer. If you got the horsepower, get Operation Flashpoint.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful.
By A Customer
I am currently in the U.S. Army and I must say that somebody at Codemasters/Bohemian interactive really knows what they're doing. As an avid FPS gamer I was drawn to the demo, but as a soldier I found it incredibly an deeper and more satisfying play than anything I've played previously (yes, Counterstrike included!)
My specific job requires me to know military equipment, and the models in the demo look like they came from right out of Jane's. This is real hardware, people; the T72 even has the fuel canisters in the back and the fording snorkel on the side. (I gotta try and shoot those fuel canisters one of these days ;))
The infantry in the game is also realistically modeled: you can't run forever with an M16, 4 magazines, 5 grenades, a steel helmet (we didn't have the kevlar helmet yet back then) and all your battle-rattle on and not run out of breath! Also, it may just be my imagination but I think you have to lead your shots ever-so-slightly for those long-range kills.
Don't let all this realism scare you; the game is still a blast to play. I've played it five times now (twice was all it took for me to pre-order) and it's never played out the same way twice. Sometimes the op's been smooth as silk, other times, it's only been me and one other soldier (usually the medic) who makes it to the pick-up at the end. You execute the op wondering what chance has in store for you, just like in real life. It's pure tension.
I was debating on giving the game 4 stars, due to the slightly longer but still forgiving learning curve on the game (particularly the clumsy menu-driven way in which you perform non-combat actions) However, seeing as how it's a pre-release demo, I decided to give it the beneift of the doubt. Hopefully the controls will be a little more intuitive with the final release.
P.S. A seemingly little-known feature that my fellow servicemembers haven't seemed to mention yet is the optics feature in the game: Press 'V' (default key) and you will actually look through the sights of whatever weapon you are holding, and you will see the REAL sight picture of an M16A2, PK7, what have you! It's a nice touch and it actually does make aiming easier.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful.
By A Customer
Why the mixed reviews? Well, for one Operation Flashpoint is not your typical first person shooter.Operation Flashpoint is a real time tactical simulation. Operation Flashpoint offers depth and realism thatno other war simulation can rival. Operation Flashpoint offers the experience of both the first personshooter and a real time strategy, much like Sacrafice.
Graphics : 7One of the more common complaints about Operation Flashpoint is the graphics. While the graphics are byno means poor, admittedly they still fall short of the breath taking Soldier of Fortune : Double Helix oreven Ghost Recon. The soldiers look a bit robotic at times and the vegetation is obviously several crosssectioned 2d images.
Sound : 6Operation Flashpoint doesn't feature the copious amounts of ambient noises of games like Ghost Recon. InOperation Flashpoint the sound effects can jump unexpectedly. One moment you hear nothing but thesound of nearly silent feet pattering through grass when suddenly you jump from the floor shakingexplosions of nearby M1A Tanks. The radio voices are loud, scratchy and annoying. The voiceacting/timing leaves more to be desired.
Realism : 10Operation Flashpoint features realism that even excels Ghost Recon. It would be impossible to list all ofthe realistic effects of Operation Flashpoint, but here are a few examples.
Weapons: The weapon physics are modeled with great detail. Everything has been accounted for including the correct open sites, magazine capacity, effective range, distinctive sounds (firing, reloading), bullet wind drift, bullet drop, and recoil. This makes skill a much larger component in the game. The sniper rifle can flatten an enemy half of a mile away, if `you' can compensate for wind drift and bullet drop. Just putting your cross hair on the target won't cut it anymore.
Vehicles: The vehicles feature excellent damage modeling and handling. If the front tire is flattened the vehicle pulls to that side. The airplanes and choppers respond realistically and require a great deal of practice to master. In the case of some tanks, helicopters and planes a crew is often required to operate the vehicle successfully. If the pilot of the vehicle is killed the vehicle spins out of control and/or crashes. Trying to get to your extraction point 5 miles away? Grab a civilian truck, car, boat or even a tractor.
Environment: Operation Flashpoint features a nearly limitless environment with hundreds of miles of varying terrain. In most missions you'll find it will be necessary to find an alternate means of transportation. The terrain ranges from valleys to mountains, from deserts to dense forests, from small cities to oceans.
Replayability : 10Operation Flashpoint sacrifices the eye popping graphics for playability and this is ultimately moreenjoyable. What do I mean? I'm sure you'll notice after playing games such as Soldier of Fortune :Double Helix, Return to Castle Wolfenstien, or Ghost Recon you'll begin to notice monotony of everymission. Don't misunderstand me, they are all great games in their own right, but the missions vary littleand are fairly linear. In Operation Flashpoint you're usually given an insertion point and a set ofobjectives, what happens in between is up to you. You might try sneaking into the enemy base, hijacking atank and taking the base by force. The next time you might try your hand at sniping the guards from thecliff bluff overlooking the base. The possibilities are endless.
Difficulty : 10This game isn't for the weak hearted or easily discouraged. Operation Flashpoint only allows one save permission and the missions are often long and very dangerous (One Shot, You're Dead).
Summary :Operation Flashpoint is a fantastic game that offers depth and realism no other game can match. If thatrealism and depth comes at the price of slightly sub-par graphics and sound, I think I can live with that.
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