FP : DR - News & Discussion

[ProfTournesol 956]

I like this vid, the game seems really interesting. I still wait to see a vid with AI in action

+1 :raisebrow:

[Litos 10]

God, it looks HORRIBLE!

[cross 1]

it looks disgustingly gamey :P

....thank god I'm in BI Forums :D

[SaBrE_UK 0]

Again it looks awful graphics-wise, but as always the gameplay might make up for it. A trailer like this won't ever give a proper indication of the gameplay.

[bravo 6 0]

New video and preview on IGN:

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/987/987329p1.html

Video:

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/901/901428/vids_1.html

I don't want to be negative.. but where exactly is the notion of realism there? So far it does not call my attention.

If CM really wants to sell this game against the competition they really need to work hard..

[froggyluv 2136]

I think they just like to show the high-octane stuff to wow the juniors. Honestly, I don't think it looks that bad but as usual I reserve all judgement until I see the AI in action.

[Zipper5 74]

I think DR beats ArmA II in terms of music, though. I still have yet to see ArmA II's music, but all the music from the trailers has already been used in OFP:E, ArmA and Queen's Gambit.

But otherwise, it looks really crap.

[Student Pilot 0]

CM posts new movie/screenshot, que several posts saying how much it suxors without giving a real reason why. *sigh*

Honestly, to my eyes it does not look too bad. Again, though, we did not see any AI, and that is really the key, isn't it? All of these posts railing OFP:DR's graphics make me laugh considering a few years ago everyone was defending OFP/Arma's poor graphics by saying it wasn't about the graphics. Nice consistency, fellas.

The one thing that struck me was the fluidness of the game. Right now I am leaning toward ArmaII, but honestly, if the ArmaII demo runs horribly on my machine while the OFP:DR demo runs smoothly, guess which one I am going to buy? Despite its shortfalls, I can have more fun humming along smoothly on OFP:DR than stuttering forward with ArmaII. I am hoping BIS doesn't disappoint me again after Arma, but I do understand that my comp is somewhat underpowered and they are not responsible for making their game fit everyone's dilapidated hardware.

-Student Pilot

[max power 21]

All of these posts railing OFP:DR's graphics make me laugh considering a few years ago everyone was defending OFP/Arma's poor graphics by saying it wasn't about the graphics.

Define 'everyone'.

You're laughing to yourself about a false premise. Is everyone here everyone in the forums? Is it even the same people? Consistency, yes, but I'm afraid you're probably not looking at a consistent sample of the forums population. I think you are pinning what a few people in the thread say on everyone in the forum, and what a few people have said previously about ArmA's graphics back on the people who dislike the graphics in DR. 'Everyone' doesn't make comments, individuals do.

It is also a matter of taste but I don't regard ArmA as having poor graphics.

[Student Pilot 0]

Someone is reading way too much into my comments... Really, there is not much need to get so defensive about what I said. You've been around since 2005, you should remember, if you were semi-active in the forums, that graphics has been an ongoing debate in the community. In general, when someone would compare OFP's, and to a lesser extent, Arma's, graphics to one of the newest shiny shooters, the defense would be that graphics did not make a game, but gameplay did. That is a very valid defense and still applies even now, though I do not see OFP:DR defended in anywhere near the same vigor as OFP/Arma. Quite the opposite, in fact. I just find it amusing.

But whatever, I really do not care about this debate, which is why I am not active in this thread. I just wanted to make a statement because everyone has an opinion on the internet and has to give it. I'll leave the debating to others, because I learned long ago that these pissing contests are not worth their trouble.

-Student Pilot

EDIT:

I agree about ArmaII's graphics. Very nice looking game!

[max power 21]

It's interesting that you call my comment defensive. I also wonder what you mean about me 'reading in' to what you are saying. I think when you say, "everyone is pissing on the graphics when everyone was defending ArmA saying the graphics don't matter a year ago" what you are saying is quite clear. Usually when you laugh at something like that it's because of a display of hypocrisy. I was simply pointing out that there's no contradiction here.

[Placebo 29]

Let's just get back on topic shall we ;)

If it solves the debate at all, I'd say yes people criticised ArmA 1 and 2's graphics early on as development progressed, but that's as much the curse of being honest and showing WIP pics rather than "pretend" images :)

[4 IN 1 0]

I fail to like the music, notthing beats OFP:CWC music :D

[MQ-9 Reaper 10]

There are some good and some bad things in the latest Dragon Rising trailers but it is interesting and has potential.

It looks a bit 'battlefield' though.

I fail to like the music, notthing beats OFP:CWC music :D

+1000

the music in the pre E3 trailer is awful . It is so cliché it is ridiculous, it has zero substance. I'd rather hear UI sounds instead of hearing music like this.

[Sugz 10]

erm cant say im at all affected by the 'bad' choice of Trailer music, Come on..

What bimbo goes onto a battlefield listening to Moby on the MP3... anyone?

So to me, Music is a tiny tiny molecular sized part of this game and has no effect whatsoever on 'how good it is'

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

Why are some people raving about the sounds in DR? They're terrible and sound like generic assault rifle sounds.

[Leopardi 0]

Why are some people raving about the sounds in DR? They're terrible and sound like generic assault rifle sounds.

They posted pics of some guys recording the vehicle engine sounds at a USMC base so it must have the best sounds evar.

[Zipper5 74]

It's so obvious by watching these trailers that CM heavily edited them, and without checking for stupid errors. One such example is that it appears that the M249 and the M4 have the same sounds, but it's obvious in the latest one that it wasn't recorded in game, but added in later. :j:

[sidhellfire 0]

I liked M249 fired while diagonally. I bet he's pro in aiming! Don't bother aiming with weapon in vertical for effectiveness, the cowboys are back in town :-)

[Clavicula_nox4817 0]

They posted pics of some guys recording the vehicle engine sounds at a USMC base so it must have the best sounds evar.

Yeah? Did they use one of these?

[[aps]gnat 28]

Not seeing recoil on any vehicles ......

[Murphe 0]

Some new screenshots of DR from E3:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29306805@N08/

There just seems to something dull about them, maybe it's just the grain effect they insist on adding.

[Sennacherib 0]

the grain effect destroys the pictures, really sad as the game seems interesting. I cannot wait to try a demo :)

the type-2000 is really cool

[Leopardi 0]

the grain effect destroys the pictures, really sad as the game seems interesting. I cannot wait to try a demo :)

the type-2000 is really cool

You should download the HD video from flashpointgame.com and see the grain effect in motion. It's double as bad in there.

[Sugz 10]

i really wish people would stop making such a fuss over the grainy effect. Personally i like it, it gives the game a more cinematic effect, that can enhance tension, look at Left 4 dead its great on that.

Yes i know Left4dead isnt a simulation, but it just gives the game a unique twinge. Same goes for OFP2, i think its a nice little feature.