Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Publisher: Codemasters

Developer: Codemasters Studios

Category: Action

Release Dates

N Amer - 10/06/2009

Intl - 10/09/2009

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Steven Hopper - 06/04/2009

The latest title in the Operation Flashpoint series brings a high level of realism to consoles.

Interviews

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising's Tim Browne and Michael Smith on What it Takes to Make a Realistic Shooter
“When we set out to make Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, we made a decision at the start that authenticity was key to our game.”

News

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising 'Skirmish' DLC and Title Updates Announced
New 'Skirmish' video shows off explosive new downloadable content, available to view at www.flashpointgame.com

THE BATTLE FOR SKIRA BEGINS – OPERATION FLASHPOINT®: DRAGON RISING NOW SHIPPING TO RETAILERS
Operation Flashpoint : Dragon Rising is rated M for Mature and is available for $59.99 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation®3 and $49.99 for PC.

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising has Gone Gold
Explosive New Gameplay Video Reveals “Eagle Offense” Mission’s Deadly Airfield Assault

Fight And Flight With Hardcore Hardware In Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising ‘Vehicles’ Video
Modern military hardware in action in new ‘Vehicles’ video, now available

Codemasters Breaks Out the Big Guns at Gamers Day
Codemasters showcased some of the star players from its 2009 portfolio at its San Francisco Gamers Day event,

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Description

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is the complete antithesis of the on-rails, run-and-gun shooter. Players are empowered with the freedom to handle military crisis situations on their own initiative, deploying the weaponry, vehicles and equipment of a contemporary fighting force.

In Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising gamers play the decisive role in defusing a military flashpoint between two global superpowers that threatens the entire world. Players take the role of U.S. Marines and Special Forces operatives dispatched to take back the oil-rich Russian island of Skira from an invading force of Chinese PLA.

The 136-square-mile island becomes the ultimate open-world battlefield as players are empowered to make their own choices, deploy their own tactics and fight war on their own terms. Objectives are set – how they are accomplished is always up to the player who has the full resources of the U.S. Marine Corps at their disposal and the ability to attack from any direction. Intelligent squad and enemy AI, based on authentic military tactics, react in real-time to situations as they unfold to ensure that no two games will ever play out the same.

Players will become immersed in a stunningly realistic conflict with unprecedented levels of detail, freedom and authenticity. Every decision counts, every action has a consequence and every bullet can kill as Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising recreates the lethality, tension and adrenaline of real war like never before.

Features

Freedom of Play – Operation Flashpoint 2 will give players the freedom to handle military crisis situations on their initiative. Unscripted missions will task players with real objectives, such as laying down covering fire, covering a friendly unit’s retreat or conducting short-range recon patrol. Armed with cutting edge military hardware, players will need to balance brute force with intelligent use of tactics. Once players have completed the campaign, a Mission Editor enables gamers to create their own single player and multiplayer missions.

The most realistic modern military conflict game – Operation Flashpoint 2 features unparalleled levels of realism and variety of military forces, equipment, weapons and tactics. Fully loaded weapons and individual ammunition types will be simulated with detailed ballistic physics, based upon individually-crafted mechanics. Players will command and control a wide variety of multi-component, multi-weapon vehicles, including tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, APCs, attack and utility helicopters. The character damage system authentically depicts the terrible wounds and injury from modern weapons to communicate the reality of combat.

Platoon-Based Combat - As an epic campaign weaves the narrative, players will fight as infantry soldiers in battle, drive tanks in armored assaults, pilot helicopters in air strikes, and infiltrate the enemy in covert special operations utilizing a wide variety of realistic military weapons from knives and rifles to machine guns, grenade launchers and laser designators for air strikes. In whichever role the player chooses, they will experience the fierce and brutal reality of warfare and the shock and awe of contemporary firepower unleashed on the arresting scale of modern combat.

Redefines the Size of Battle - Immense play areas of more than 135 square miles give players a multitude of tactical decisions on how to best accomplish missions. Densely packed with environment detail and objects, valleys, mountains, coastlines, towns, villages and industrial complexes all combine to deliver a rich and challenging tactical environment. The world is persistent, so that buildings destroyed in one campaign mission will be destroyed in the next.

Stylized Cinematography - Operation Flashpoint 2 will model the environment, objects and people in realistic detail, but its visual styling will embrace documentary techniques. The camera work through cut-scenes will be heavily influenced by television war reports that are often shot under extreme circumstances delivering a unique look with incorrect exposure, severe camera shake and loss of focus.