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.
Operation Flashpoint: Red River is a big step ahead for the console version of this popular franchise. The co-op multiplayer is really entertaining and the new squad control system works in a great way.
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.
Just bought this game today and i must say it is one of the many games of this year that has been put down because it strives to be different. This game is awesome!!! The AI on both sides is remarkably smart. The Taliban insurgents move to flank your positions and suppress your cover when they get a solid read on your range. As for your team they also prove to be fairly capable, whilst not the smartest they will do their duty and kill any enemy that comes within their sights. If you are a proper tactician and make smart orders you and your team will become death dealing machines. the graphics are impressive and dazzling at times when you realize the sheer scale of the world your in. Tajikistan is large and it really shows when the sun sets over the beautiful mountain ranges and you realize just how far you are from your objective. The last review that i read was from IGN who frankly cannot review worth **** They marked sound down to a 5.5 because your Sergent is annoying. Yes the Sergent is irritating at times but the story and dialog that occurs between your squad and Sergent is humorous at times. The guns sound perfect and powerful especially the snipers and the customization options are nice. explosions are beautifully rendered and feel large in scale and power. Airstrikes and Artillery bombardments are fantastically realized and very well done. This game is not for everyone however, This game IS first and foremost a tactical military simulator. Fights are scaled back but when the fighting breaks out the firefights are action packed and intense. Its also very nice that the heartbeat of your soldier is monitored by vibrations from your controller as well. Between levels and some fights long driving scenes full of dialog are put as filler and used for debriefing and mission briefing. Some people may find the game boring but it is tactical and requires as such. If you go gung-ho and try to be the solo killer you are in games such as COD you will get slaughtered faster than you can blink. Issuing commands requires thought and a bad order is nobody's fault but your own. Closing Comments: This game gets a 10 in my book its fun to play solo and amazing to play in Co-op. the only gripe i had which is not severe enough to degrade my review is the fact that unlike Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising the game is not free roam and wandering away to far will result in an AWOL insta-death. But they give you warning and the game still has freedom of approach to missions. You can choose how you want to complete your mission and you have freedom of choice to complete your objectives. If you want to be an invisible long range death dealer in the form of a sniper you can or feel free to go silent and be the assassin by equipping a silencer and sneaking into enemy compounds unnoticed. This game allows many choices and is fun for those who are fans of the series and the genre. If you expect the game to be like CoD its NOT. If you try to play like it is you will **** of story. All i can say is give this game a chance and you wont regret it. Happy Hunting
Some poor design choices and a sometimes awful A.I., truly destroy what could have been a great tactical shooter. Thank God for that interesting co-op mode.
This is the most underrated game yet. The graphics are excellent, the game play has excitement. The enemies are smart they do not just run out at you. CO OP will keep you on your toes just by holding down your bases. Weapons are excellent and you do have to earn them. Buy this game and you won't regret it. I give this game a 90
Ok, let's get this out of the way. The graphics are terrible. It looks like it was built for the PS2. The AI is terrible. They run around the battlefield like idiots but somehow still manage to have 90% accuracy. The game is glitchy almost to the point of being game breaking sometimes. However, something happened while I was playing that I didn't expect. I started enjoying it. Yes, in nearly every respect it's a terrible game deserving of a 2 or 3 for a score. But once you get a few levels in the gameplay grows on you and it starts being pretty fun. Commanding a squad actually works pretty well for a broken game and adds a fun touch of strategy to the gameplay. The levels are very long and sometimes repetitive but at no point did I ever not feel like finishing **** multiplayer is not bad because there are so many co-op modes. This is probably the games biggest selling point. I can't imagine people paid $60 for this when it was new, I only recommend it if you can get in extremely cheap (my new copy was $10) but also be prepared for the initial things I mentioned that will discourage you from playing it. Like I said though, give it a few horus and it should grow on you...
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 **** guys.
La VF est de bonne qualité et plutôt marrante, on est dans la caricature Full Metal Jacket / Aliens / Halo : quelles que soient les époques, ces gros débiles de Marines font toujours rigoler. Là où on rigole moins, c'est lorsqu'il s'agit de "jouer".. "jouer" entre guillemets, car tout est fait pour une injouabilité totale : interface à la rue, maniabilité à la masse, système d'ordres à la ramasse. Comme on dirait à l'armée : "vous êtes nuls à chier, les couilles de loup !!".
Graphiquement c'est certes présentable malgré l'utilisation de filtres pourris. Développé par Codemasters, on aurait pu s'attendre à quelque chose de plus arcade et jouable, au moins comme ces antiquités de Delta Force (repose en paix, Novalogic) mais non, on se coltine la même merde que les Flashpoint sortis sur PC. Inacceptable.
SummaryTaking 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, pla...