Operation Flashpoint: Red River

By SimHQ on May 9, 2011 in _land3, hide

Overflight

Conclusion

Can I honestly recommend this game to my fellow tactical players? Just like the last one, Dragon Rising, Codemasters has made another great, fun infantry tactical game and have improved in a lot of areas like the join in progress but they also continue to take steps back from a great game. Limited missions, idiotic AI, and over the top characters ruin a lot of the fun in this game. But if you can join up with 3 friends, you will have fun and you have some great small unit tactical battles. The failure to include a mission editor, and limited missions make this game not worth full price. But again, if you have 3 friends to play with and can find it on sale, then I highly recommend it.

If you like the small squad size, fire team ran missions of SimHQ’s ArmA 2 Military Monday, the missions in Red River seem to be very similar, though a little more over the top. The Sergeant in charge gives the fire teams their orders; the fire teams carry out their orders, and if you don’t carry out the orders he will yell at you to the point of a tirade. But in the end, mission complete is very satisfying.

If you have 3 friends willing to get the game with you so you can play co-op, then this game is great. If you’re a single player only gamer, then the AI will drive you nuts and you might quit in disgust.

Here they come

A Note to Codemaster’s

You did well here Codemasters. Now keep it up and support the games you release without ripping off the gamer for $10, 5-mission pack DLC. And bring back the editor!

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