Matthijs 40 Posted August 22, 2004 Saturday aug 22, Nova (Nederland3, Netherlands national television) featured a documentary about commercial off-the shelf games used for training by the Dutch military. Steel Beasts (the commercial version) was discussed as a training tool for the military. It is currently in use with the Dutch military for basic training of communications, for tank crews. Operation Flashpoint was also featured. For more info and a link to the report: http://llw.the-dropzone.net/main/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Confucius 0 Posted August 22, 2004 Hmmm.... the surname seems familiar... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matthijs 40 Posted August 22, 2004 Strange, the guy even looks like me, only 10 years younger. I wonder... ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Placebo 29 Posted August 23, 2004 Nova TV You can view the episode using RealPlayer (I use Real Alternative, much better) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gandalf the white 0 Posted August 24, 2004 Strange, the guy even looks like me, only 10 years younger. I wonder...;) lol, allmost as if he's your brother... naw, nice, i've seen it in MPG format (thank your brother) and it's on my PC, gonna show it off to everyone i know . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackdog~ 0 Posted August 24, 2004 Movie has footage of a man being shot by a helicopter gunship... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gandalf the white 0 Posted August 24, 2004 Movie has footage of a man being shot by a helicopter gunship... Link removed upon request. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
redface 1 Posted August 24, 2004 too bad ofp is shown in its "plain vanilla" 2001 CWC version, which I think is rather ugly (there's footage from "steal the car", the other missions on Everon I can't identify, and from soldiers collision bugging themselves out of a truck :-) the reporter says that it's hard to distinguish computer games such as ofp from real life, but the shot of the helicopter landing could do with some chopper dust effects OFP is compared with a rather arcade-looking tank shooter. The researcher concludes that games are just about individual high scores and don't teach you teamwork, thus completely missing the point about what makes OFP stand out ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gandalf the white 0 Posted August 24, 2004 too bad ofp is shown in its "plain vanilla" 2001 CWC version, which I think is rather ugly(there's footage from "steal the car", the other missions on Everon I can't identify,  and from soldiers collision bugging themselves out of a truck :-) the reporter says that it's hard to distinguish computer games such as ofp from real life, but the shot of the helicopter landing could do with some chopper dust effects OFP is compared with a rather arcade-looking tank shooter. The researcher concludes that games are just about individual high scores and don't teach you teamwork, thus completely missing the point about what makes OFP stand out ... *nodds* with today's graphical enhancements in OFP it would look so much better, real pity they didn't do a minute of research  i also noticed the soldier collision bug (repeated over and over) , it was on the mission Ambush Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matthijs 40 Posted August 24, 2004 OFP is compared with a rather arcade-looking tank shooter. Uh uh... wrong there. As OFP is THE infantry simulation of the present day, Steel Beasts is THE tank simulation of today. The detail in weapons systems makes OFP tanks look like something from an old arcade shooter game. You can view Steel Beasts in the same light as M1 Tank Platoon. (Too bad TP II never got to see the light of day ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hellfish6 7 Posted August 24, 2004 TP II saw the light of day - I still have it. It was TPIII that was cancelled, after Hasbro dumbed down Gunship! to the point where everyone hated it. Which is a damn shame, as the original plans were to have TPIII, Gunship! and one or two other games tied into a kind of total battlefield simulator. I guess it's all kind of moot now that we've got OFP anyways. Still... I'd like to see more M1TPII or Steel Beasts features incorporated into the armor system of OFP2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matthijs 40 Posted August 24, 2004 TP II saw the light of day - I still have it. It was TPIII that was cancelled, after Hasbro dumbed down Gunship! to the point where everyone hated it. Which is a damn shame, as the original plans were to have TPIII, Gunship! and one or two other games tied into a kind of total battlefield simulator. I guess it's all kind of moot now that we've got OFP anyways. Still... I'd like to see more M1TPII or Steel Beasts features incorporated into the armor system of OFP2. Of course, you are right. I have TP 2 too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
