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Mixed or average reviews- based on 22 Ratings

  • Summary: Taking a small step into the future, Red River depicts a fictional conflict with contemporary geopolitical themes, which will unfold over three distinct acts in both single player and drop-in-drop-out co-operative play for up to four players online. Faced with new counter-insurgency combat and the returning threat of the Chinese PLA, players will feel the tension, brutality and carnage of modern conflict from the perspective of a marine fireteam on deployment in a hostile country, thousands of miles from home. Expand
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 64
  2. Negative: 0 out of 64
  1. Jul 5, 2011
    91
    Operation Flashpoint: Red River isn't the most accessible military FPS game out there, but it certainly is one of the most realistic you'll find on the console if you're up for the challenge. Obviously, sim purists will want to play on the PC where sharper graphics and finer mouse controls will prevail, but mission for mission, and for overall gameplay, both solo and co-op, Red River is a great ride for those with the tactical precision and patience to play.
  2. Apr 21, 2011
    83
    Red River may not be as hardcore as its predecessors, while still being not nearly as "cool" and "mass market compatible" as the CoDs and MoHs out there, but it's still is a pretty good game. Especially, if you manage to grab yourself three friends for some intense Coop-Multiplayer-Action.
  3. May 1, 2011
    74
    Friends of tactical shooters, who like to play online, will love Red River. Despite its dated technology, it delivers atmosphere.
  4. May 11, 2011
    73
    Ultimately, you have to admire Red River for at least attempting something with such a unique sense of character.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 17
  2. Negative: 5 out of 17
  1. An extremely underrated game. It does just about everything well. The missions are much more fun and definitely easier than OF: Dragon Rising. I don't know how anyone could think that this game is too hard. If anything, it is a little too easy at times. This game manages to avoid all of those really frustrating encounters a la Dragon Rising and provide the player with a constantly exciting and enjoyable experience. Almost every single mission is fun. The ability to customize one's weapon kits with various scopes etc. is what the tactical shooter market needs, and this game does it better than any console game yet. No one who is seriously reviewing this game could possibly give it less than 7 or 8 stars, unless they are delusional. Expand
  2. 8
    Very entertaining game, campaign is more realistic than cod but not quite as brutal as dragon rising only the abrupt ending is a let down. Online is fine, nothing special just a shame there is no adversarial modes (my personal preferance). Graphically its decent and ditto the sound. All in all a good package especially as you can now get it for less than £20. Expand
  3. 7
    I loved this game. We don't see many deep semi-realistic and tactical shooters these days, especially on console, its all run & gun CoD, Gears of War and other immature dumbed down for the casual audience / weekend warrior shooters. In this game one bullet can kill, and there is realistic bullet physics like bullet drop and weapon handling / recoil, the combat itself is really a lot of fun of you prefer the more realistic approach. And since we don't get ARMA on console this pretty much the most simulation like game you can find. One of the best things about this game is the size of the levels, it present an amazing broad play space, which allows for tones of re-playability in single players, especially with the load-out and persistent class system in which you can unlock new skills, weapons and equipment . Huge maps and environments, and it looks fantastic. If you like tactical squad game-play then you'll love this game. The A.I is very solid, much improved over OP: Dragon Rising, as are the controls which have been stream-lined but still give plenty of depth like switching fire modes and such. The game has lost a little bit of depth, like no searching dead bodies any more or alternate ammo types, and there isn't any scope wobble, instead the iron-sight remain dead still, but hopefully next time they can bring these features back since I really enjoyed them in Dragon Rising. One of the best features is the 4 player coop and especially the bite-sized MP scenarios which really are a tone of fun and some of the best multi-player coop gaming I have experiences to date. Easily surpassing Gears, L4D and even Borderlands.

    I want to give it a 8.5 / 10, but MC doesn't allow that so i'll give it a 9. Oh and btw Metacritic, this game has been out for months in non US countries, and yet the user reviews have only just been allowed? kinda sucks guys.
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  4. Playing this game play was frustrating, so much so that I returned it after a few days of attempting to figure out how to play it.
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