Operation Flashpoint 2

Metalangel...

IL-2 BOP.. I take it thats the console version of IL-2 Sturmovik ? The IL-2 Series is a good few years old now... the AI were always buggers as they would always kill you on the first pass.. or you always got shot in the head while flying past bombers with their first shots! Online multiplayer was always great though.. this is on PC though... 8 or 9 of us flying against each other with voice comms... them were the days...

Im itching to play ArmA 2 online... but will get my ass handed to me on a plate... as there are some serious squads out there that do the whole military tactics side of it... I'm not expecting much out of OFP 1 for the simple reason.. it has nothing to do with the first one appart from the name.

Arma 2 for me sucked butt. Looked like an amazing game but it's so full of bugs it would never display properly. So it gets a bit fat MEH rating from me.

Originally Posted by Lucas

wow, that must be super fast!! and you what to upgrade!? what programmes you run that needs so much power?

I do 3D work too, but the powerhouse stays at the studio

Its a Apple Mac Pro 8 core 2.26GHz, 6GB DDR3 with ATI HD4870 512MB, 2x19"LCD. it costed IT £2500 to buy, crazy money!

Mainly Maya, Max and Modo. The big power drainer is when you get whole scenes with squillions of polys. You can never have a fast enough rig in this game.

Originally Posted by valleyboy

Metalangel...

IL-2 BOP.. I take it thats the console version of IL-2 Sturmovik ? The IL-2 Series is a good few years old now... the AI were always buggers as they would always kill you on the first pass.. or you always got shot in the head while flying past bombers with their first shots! Online multiplayer was always great though.. this is on PC though... 8 or 9 of us flying against each other with voice comms... them were the days...

Yeah, it's an old series but the new one certainly has a modern engine - the detail is astonishing. The AI are good at killing on the first pass, and approaching a bomber from behind is suicide or at least an abrupt trip to try and land rough as they've shot our your engine. Enemy fighters also love to fake a death spin to lure you towards the ground, or pull a roll very near the ground in the hope you won't recover in time.

The missions are all scripted, though, there's no attempt at a dynamic battlefield at all. The multiplayer stuff is just simplistic dogfight, drop bombs or land on airfields stuff (why the hell not make the campaign co-op??) but so far it's entertained me but I have to concede it's just an arcadey game like Ace Combat but dressed up with a tough flight model.

Im itching to play ArmA 2 online... but will get my ass handed to me on a plate... as there are some serious squads out there that do the whole military tactics side of it... I'm not expecting much out of OFP 1 for the simple reason.. it has nothing to do with the first one appart from the name.

I take it you mean OFP 2, and yeah, I think you're right. They figured they'd have a bash since they own the name which is NOT the reason to make a game (think of all those awful Army Men games they made just because they still had the rights to the name). And all those lovely weapons and vehicles you'll probably barely get a sniff at in the dozen missions.

i don't think my flashpoint's gonna arrive for friday damn at least i get the extra mission when it arrive's i look forward to reading what people think about it.

My copy has not arrived yet!!!!

I'll write a review tonight when I have played it a bit more. Still not all that impressed, perhaps my expectations were too high based on the preview hype. I hate it when that happens.

give it a few days to soak in

I have just bought this, i think it is amazing

Originally Posted by Lucas

My copy has not arrived yet!!!!

tell me about it i pre ordered mine and it's only just been posted today what a **** take