like operation flashpoint but better?

[DessertStorm]

as above

[Chortles]

Depends, are you thinking of Dragon Rising and Red River?

[DessertStorm]

Red river, dragon rising was rubbish

[L3TUC3]

Here's a video to save everyone else the trouble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA06Z5e1ZFc

[Chortles]

Not like Dragon Rising or Red River, I'll say. When the original publisher and developer split, Codemasters got the Operation Flashpoint name, Bohemia Interactive got EVERYTHING else, so the Arma games are much more in the vein of the original Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis from before Dragon Rising, all the way back in 2001.

The shortest answer I could give to describe the Arma concept would be "Battlefield hardcore mode meets LittleBigPlanet." :P

More properly, I'd go with "open-world sandbox with by default somewhat-FPS-reminiscent controls* and a semi-modern military theme (hence the BF comparison), huge amounts of modding capability (the LBP comparison), and much more hardcore rules than most shooters' hardcore modes... at least for infantry." (Arma vehicles on the other hand aren't much more hardcore than Battlefield by default, minus a lack of regenerating ammo and health.)

* It's moreso in Arma 3 than in any of the prior Arma games, a lot of the controls are NOT intuitive because a bunch of them do stuff that doesn't exist in other shooters.

[DessertStorm]

Początkowo opublikowane przez L3TUC3:

Here's a video to save everyone else the trouble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA06Z5e1ZFc

um legitimate question mate, this is what these forums are for

[DessertStorm]

ok thanks chortles

[Relnor]

Początkowo opublikowane przez L3TUC3:

Here's a video to save everyone else the trouble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA06Z5e1ZFc

Someone doesn't know something I know - Time to be smug !

I was like this too. I believe it was 3rd grade.

[DessertStorm]

what an idiot

[Krukov]

As Posted above, the dev's of the Original Operation Flashpoint (Which was a GREAT game) split off in two. Years later, both companies released Dragon Rising and Red River, and the other ArmA. ArmA being far closer to the original OpF, while Redriver, trying its hand at being more arcade shooty.

To be fair to Red River, and Dragon Rising and Red River, both are unfinished, unpolished games. You can tell by simply playing the game that they were rushed. If the Developers were given the chance to finish Dragon Rising and Red River, the series may have been a better game than ArmA. Unfortunitely it was never given a fighting chance. A shame really.

-MAJ N. Krukov
http://www.435th.com/

[Chortles]

It was a split between the developer and the publisher, not between the devs.

[Relnor]

Początkowo opublikowane przez Chortles:

It was a split between the developer and the publisher, not between the devs.

Pretty much. Bohemia was the dev and ARMA is a continuation of the original Flashpoint even down to the controls and the way the characters move. And Codemasters was the publisher with unfortunately little experience in making this kind of game.

[DessertStorm]

I loved red river on ps3, it was more realistic than other shooters, but was still fun enough for casual gamers

[Manwith Noname]

Początkowo opublikowane przez GnomeOfFury:

I loved red river on ps3, it was more realistic than other shooters, but was still fun enough for casual gamers

And thus concludes this rather misguided and slightly inaccurate at times history lesson.

[DutyMaster]

who remembers a game similar to operation flashpoint but more light and not so old styled near 2000 that was americans vs arabs i think i dont know pls tell me name (and no its not command and conquer)

[Obliterated Train Cow]

Not even close to DR.