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I'm Shocked

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: October 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'm surprised to find good reviews for Operation Flashpoint. I played the demo and just from the game play this game stinked. Maybe I'm just spoiled with Half-Life's Counter Strike and SWAT 3, but the game play was very poor. Graphics weren't anything special. Kind of reminded me of Delta Force, which is a fun, but outdated first person shooter. Maybe you'll like this game. I recommend getting the demo first to test the game play. After all what good is a game if it has good graphics and bad game play? But this game in my opinion had neither. ;D

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE BUYING THIS GAME!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: February 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Reasons to buy this game.

1. If you like a game that is FULL of bugs, such as graphics disapearing, men walking through walls, game locking up.

Reasons not to buy this game.

1. If you like 1st persons shooters, this game is the WORST one that I have ever played.
2. The controls are HORRIBLE. The mouse moves very jerky in this game.

The reason I bought this game was because of all the good reviews I read on this site. This makes me think that the makers of the game were the ones writing the reviews. I wasted 40 dollars on this game, and I can not even play it (because it is so buggy). I have a nice system Athlon 1600, 512 MB Ram, 64 Radeon card, so I know that the problem is not my machine.

I am writing this so that I can save someone the frustration of spending good money on a worthless coaster.

Bad all the way around

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 5
Date: January 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I guess (RTCW) has ruined my expectations of what games are suppose to look like. Flashpoint is a poor game. You can run through trees and buldings. Graphics are weak to say the least. SLow response time on moving and you over run where you want to stop. Gun sights suck and you get killed with one shot but need half a clip to kill them. Save yopur money.

Way too Buggy

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I was quite excited about Operation Flashpoint after playing the demo. It seemed the most realistic portrayl of warfare yet on the PC HOWEVER, after a failed installation I went to various websites attempting to find a soloution. I read through 30 pages of people expressing problems with the patches, installation, textures and various other features of the game. I am sure that for those of you who can install it, it will be nice however, check out the...to see what the people who have problems are saying. I would not recommend a purchase of this game until you can be certain the bugs are fixed.

Horrible...Major let-down

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 15
Date: August 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This was the worst game I have ever played before. I gave it the benefit of the doubt, but after about 2 weeks I had to pack it up back in it's box, put it on my shelf, and go back to older games. Complete waste of time and money!

Horrible Game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: May 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am wondering if I played the same Operation:Flashpoint as the rest of the reviewers because this was the latest in a long line of terrible military 1st person shooter games. The graphics are mediocre, while the playability is absolutely horrible. I took this game back and exchanged it less than an hour after buying it. It ranks among the worst military shooters I have ever played along with the Delta Force games, the Clancy games(The Rainbow Six series that is), and others. Don't waste time or money on this ... game. It's disappointing that no one seems to be able to come up with a good 1st person military adventure shooter game. The only two decent ones I've seen recently were Medal Of Honor and Return To Wolfenstein. Again, don't waste money on this awful game.

Dull

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: January 26, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This is the worst. I want my money back. Klunky, lost, unplayable. I would give it a minus star if I could.

U.S. customer isn't too satisfied

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 9
Date: September 06, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I'm not much for writing negative review, but I had to put in my two cents for this one. The concept of this game is great as far as being able to interact with many of the vehicles, etc., but the product is far less than what you would expect from a first person shooter when comparing it with other titles such as Rainbow Six - Rogue Spear - No One Lives Forever (the best in my opinion). The movement in the first person perspective is choppy and the default controls are not the greatest. The ability to alter the keyboard/mouse controls is very confusing.
The graphics are not as good as what I have been used to seeing in FPS games in this day and age of realism. The verbal acting is also lacking to an extreme. If you are looking for a game to just go in and shoot-em-up, then this game is not for you. You will get killed very quickly. Very frustrating when you are trying to get rid of frustration.
If you are one who likes squad based FPS, then I would stick to games such as Rogue Spear, Rainbow Six, or even the very first Delta Force. All three of these games far excede this one in my opinion, even though they are somewhat dated by now. I pre-orded this game for its release in the U.S. thinking it was going to be great because of all the wonderful reviews it was getting from other "international" customers. I was wrong. Bottom line...Save your money and hold out for something better.

A dog is still a dog

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: December 19, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is like going on a blind date. Your friends tell you that she is cute. You talk to her on the phone, and she seems really nice. Then you pick her up, and she's a dog. Shallow, well maybe, but still true. It is a major letdown.

This game was the same for me.
1. Graphics are not up to par with current titles in the same genre.
2. The radio comms are horrible. I can't listen to them for very long before I shut down the game.
3. The voice acting (and scripting) is LAME.

My final verdict. I should have checked out the demo. And as for my last blind date, I should have demanded a photo.

Someday I will learn.

This is NO Ghost Recon

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: January 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I'm going to get straight to the point on this one. If you already own Ghost Recon, I highly suggest you don't waste your money on Operation Flashpoint. You are going to end up so disapointed you'll probably quit buying computer games for a month. Heres why:

The graphics are pretty impressive. However, you just don't get the same "feel" as you do in Ghost Recon. It's more "video game" graphics than realism. It's almost a glorified super mario brothers type graphics. Get the idea?

The sound is another issue. It just doesn't make you feel like your actually out on the battle field. The radio transmissions will give you a headache and confuse the heck out of you before you can actually understand them. Ever turn on the TV when the cables out? You know the white snow noise? Imagine playing a military game and 90 percent of the time that's all you hear.

The gun fights are boring. You get shot at by little dots that look like soldiers about 100 meters away. You don't actually feel like they are on top of you like in Ghost Recon.

The BOTTOM LINE is this...If you want a Realistic military infantry game, go with Ghost Recon. It's got the graphics, and the sound that you expect from a great military game. If you don't beleive me, play both of them, and you'll quickly see what I'm talking about. Take your money and go with Ghost Recon, you'll be VERY happy you did.

Take care.

**Update**

I currently put this on my new system (2.8ghz P4 Geforce 4 Ti 4600 etc) to see if it was any better, and same result. Decent game, but not up to par with whats out there. Its getting cheaper, and the price is getting closer to what its worth.

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