Dragon Rising has been released

[xmongx 0]

There are no servers.

It does however have Hosts.

Its just like playing on LAN, but instead of using CAT5 you use string.

Edited October 31, 2009 by xmongx

[-RIP- Luhgnut 10]

There are no servers.

It does however have Hosts.

Its just like playing on LAN, but instead of using CAT5 you use string.

LOL... "string". LOL

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Sion Lenton shoving his foot in his mouth. (Or lying.)

Have to page over to next set of video's and then hit Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising Preview.

"Go anywhere, the whole island is wide open, do anything you want. Just like the Original, people like that."

"See that jeep over there, that helicopter, all of them are usable."

Sorry part is, he believes himself.

Here's another

This is where they say you can mod, the one Zipper5 was looking for. This was shot in September. and 9.5 hours to walk across the island. yep. And one shot in

stating you can go anywhere, a dude tapes and time lapses it. Showing where you can run to, and from. But proves you can't.

Edited November 1, 2009 by [RIP] Luhgnut

[Whiskey_Tango 10]

here is something on it, only the pc side of the cm forums seem to actually care about fov though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EXb4oY8Yho

enjoy

[Leopardi 0]

here is something on it, only the pc side of the cm forums seem to actually care about fov though

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EXb4oY8Yho

enjoy

console users play from the back of their living room, they wouldn't see the enemies far away without tunnel vision FOV.

[Whiskey_Tango 10]

console users play from the back of their living room, they wouldn't see the enemies far away without tunnel vision FOV.

its the same on pc along with no track ir

even console fps typically run 85 minimum at the same time...pretty much a standard for all fps if you think about it

[Alex72 1]

Best quote of the day:

"Operation Hands Up: Give Me Your Wallet!!"

:D

[bangtail 0]

Luhgnut;1477899']LOL... "string". LOL

---------- Post added at 08:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:01 PM ----------

Sion Lenton shoving his foot in his mouth. (Or lying.)

Have to page over to next set of video's and then hit Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising Preview.

"Go anywhere' date=' the whole island is wide open, do anything you want. Just like the Original, people like that."

"See that jeep over there, that helicopter, all of them are usable."

Sorry part is, he believes himself.

Here's another

This is where they say you can mod, the one Zipper5 was looking for. This was shot in September. and 9.5 hours to walk across the island. yep. And one shot in

stating you can go anywhere, a dude tapes and time lapses it. Showing where you can run to, and from. But proves you can't.

What can I say?

Bohemia can be assured that they will ALWAYS have my support (financial and otherwise) as long as they continue to produce the "one of a kind" products they are known for.

It's a pleasure to hand over $50.00 for their games and that's not something I can say for ANY other software house these days.

/nuff said

:)

[Zipper5 74]

Luhgnut;1477899']Here's another

This is where they say you can mod' date=' the one Zipper5 was looking for.[/quote']

Yeah, that's it. Funny, the description of the video says "What's it take to market Dragon Rising?" A lot of bullshit and lies, I think.

[sic-disaster 311]

So i just gave the game another try last night, because a friend insisted of seeing it.

We did a mission where you assault some houses that i suppose resemble something like a village, though you could have fooled me if they said it was a random generated village because there really was no logic behind the setup of the buildings.

Anyways, so i run into this 'village', and right away i again miss a leaning function. I had to step outside of cover to hit or see anything, exposing myself to fire while doing so.

Not that it matters that much with this stupid AI though, i guess that is Codemasters way of evening things out for having no lean ability.

I ran up to a soldier, of which i thought was a teammate, so i stood very close beside him, basically i could give him a hug. That was when i noticed he didnt have an American weapon, so conclusion: this was actually my enemy allowing me to give him a hug for 5 seconds!

That is no exaggeration, i really stood there for 5 seconds, this stupid soldier just crouches there, looks at me, turns around a couple of times, then decides to shoot me.

He misses while i'm not even a body-length away, so i decided to test if it really was possible to knife soldiers up close like in some Youtube videos (of which every CM fanboy claims has been altered to make the AI dumb. However, this is an official mission i was playing) and by god, i got shot in the leg after him emptying half a clip while doing so but i knifed him.

We were speachless, so i gave my friend a turn. Now take note: the only games he plays are Quake, Unreal Tournament and Skulltag, a Doom 1 modification.

So he runs up to the village unscaved, gets inside a jeep and starts barrelrolling chinese soldiers like there's no tomorrow.

And this was on highest difficulty, mind you.

I'm out of words to describe the ######tyness of this game, even if it hadnt used the OFP name it still would have sucked.

Codemasters definitely won the 'make retarded AI' contest.

[Alex72 1]

Sounds like an awesome game SiC-Distaster. :D

Dont get why people around the net still defends that game and say its awesome cause of its realism? Were those guys dropped on their head when young or just being plain silly?

[bascule42 10]

Were those guys dropped on their head when young or just being plain silly?

Both.

Dragon Rising - Newt Farting. Is there a difference?

[-RIP- Luhgnut 10]

Well, Codemasters has done the even more unthinkable. They have now deleted all posts on the negative side on their site, and locking and banning anybody that compares OFP/DR to Arma series. A couple guys told me on my youtube account, that they linked my video's into the CM forums and got banned within 15 min of posting. Nearly as soon as you type up anything "Pro-Arma" they ban your account within minutes.

To test, I made up another account, but couldn't post because now you have to have 15 posts prior to posting a link outside of their site. So I just posted that because I was so disappointed in DR, I checked out Arma and it's great. Within a half hour I was banned and post removed. Even the CM boyz flaming me had their posts deleted.

They are begging for a patch, and if you ask when it's coming out, or what will be fixed, they close the topic.

Fascism is alive and well, on the CM forums.

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Oh, and if anybody says that "Codemasters never said it was a "simulator"", here is the description on their main site of the game. And this is current.

About The Game

Taking gamers as close to war as they'll ever want to get, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is the much anticipated return of the genre-defining military conflict simulator. Set to deliver the total combat experience, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will challenge players to survive the chaos and rapidly evolving situations of modern warfare in a new contemporary theatre.

Players will experience the intensity, diversity and claustrophobia of a modern conflict from the unique perspectives of an infantry marine, a helicopter pilot, a Special Forces officer or a tank commander, each engaged against the full force of the Chinese PLA on a scale ]never previously experienced in a military action title. Gameplay simulates an immense conflict between advanced forces and provides unparalleled scope with different military disciplines, vehicles and equipment for players to utilize.

Edited November 1, 2009 by [RIP] Luhgnut

[pj[cz] 2]

Im actually starting to believe that this game wasnt made by codemasters, i think it was coded by hitler and marketed by goebels, the master of propaganda as this kinda feels like 2nd world war within gaming industry. Sorry for the nazi stuff but thats how i feel :S

[Zipper5 74]

It's quite enjoyable to watch Codemasters dig themselves a bigger and bigger hole. I have never heard of a game developer that does such things. If your opinion of the game is not "pro-DR" on their forums, apparently, they don't want you there. Not even if you have an issue with the game not working. So not only are Codemasters ruining the OFP name with Dragon Rising itself, but they're tarnishing it's reputation by making it synonymous with trigger-happy moderators and cheap marketing tricks that only the most desperate of companies would use. Given the rumors of a WB Games takeover of Codemasters, I wonder if that's the reason for such inappropriate conduct. They just continue to falsely advertise the game, and I only hope that someone ends up giving them exactly what they deserve.

[Whiskey_Tango 10]

its really quite sad...the bugs in the game are mainly blamed on lag but even the host experiences them, they do shut down numerous topics and the pc side of the forum is basically dead, console side is left by fan boys that jump on you about posting anything negative or spread lies to justify things in game...

i can see that company getting sued to be honest, they lied on the box itself about the game (for console users anyways)

there is hole is getting deeper and their grave will be dug upon the release of MW2 next week...

its foolish to even think that they could compete with bohemia but alot of them believe it does...how i dont know because its beat on all fronts except for maybe ragdoll phsyics and gore (minus full body explosions)

its just an unfinished, unpolished alpha test packaged and sold to consumers nothing more

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im hoping this a typo or just false information in general

http://blog.gameshadow.com/?p=1841

see for yourself...words cant even begin to describe

[Jackson006 10]

Can you blame him. Imagine you lived for Star Wars and pinned all your hopes on the Phantom Menace, waited patiently and once it finally came out it turned out to be... well... the Phantom Menace. That'd drive any nerd insane.

Talking of Polaris, I came upon this little gem the Heroes meeting Transcript

http://www.scribd.com/doc/16135178/Second-Meeting-Log

“[13:15] ZariF|McDo: Speaking of video.. polaris have you spoken to Shaz73?

[13:15] Sir_Polaris: Yep and it looks like things are good.

[13:15] ubermachtig: Yep, we should stay more polite towards people, although it's difficult

[13:15] Sir_Polaris: Agreed

[13:15] ZariF|McDo: yap

[13:15] Sir_Polaris: I looked back on a few posts and slapped my self.

[13:15] Sir_Polaris: The noobcakes got to me

[13:15] :ZariF|McDo: mm... noobcakes..

[13:15] Sir_Polaris: So decay is a big thing.

[13:16] ubermachtig: I won't deny I've also been an ass sometimes, not often, but I won't deny itâ€

“[13:27] Sir_Polaris: Basicly that right there Marxus and that ZariF|McDo is where it leads.

[13:27] ZariF|McDo: and we get increased sales in all our baby clothing range

[13:27] Sir_Polaris: It shows our power and inportance.

[13:27] ubermachtig: and eventually, we'll become more popular:)

[13:27] Sir_Polaris: and without it we can do nothing.

[13:28] Sir_Polaris> Why does CM care about us and not other groups?

[13:28] Sir_Polaris: why do we have a free server?

[13:28] ZariF|McDo: because we're official

[13:28] ubermachtig: THEY NEED US!

[13:28] Sir_Polaris: and will have a few more.

[13:28] Sir_Polaris: We are not official

[13:28] ZariF|McDo: i mean.. we're the official CM forums

[13:28] Sir_Polaris: See positioning is what we call this in the markeing world

:D

[13:28] someguywho: Because we're good

[13:28] ubermachtig: CM is nothing without us, and we're nothing without CM!

[13:28] Sir_Polaris: well, nothing without me

[13:28] Sir_Polaris: no offence

[13:28] ZariF|McDo: frowns

[13:29] Kakeshoma: haha

[13:29] ZariF|McDo: is now known as ZaRiF215â€

“[13:37] ZaRiF215: Build up loads of hype.. and then.... BANG! >>>>>>>> idea is in

my next messege

One word comes to mind with this fella!

Delusional

And some people think this bloke is a leader, the gaming world can do with out people like this. :at647:

2/4

[Grimnirsson 0]

Wtf???

[Maddmatt 1]

One word comes to mind with this fella!

Delusional

And some people think this bloke is a leader, the gaming world can do with out people like this. :at647:

2/4

I believe that all changed after he played the game and realised it wasn't what he had hoped for. Disappointed just like many of us.

[ArchangelSKT 0]

I have frequented the CM forums for quite some time and it is very sad to see that so many topics gets deleted because they critique the game, or compare it to ARMA II.

I wonder how the sales will pan out for CM compared to what they had hoped for.

[myshaak 0]

Oh my god, how old are they? :D Are they for real? Those were some serious management skills! :D

Yesterday the CM forums, today the CM itself and tomorrow... the WOLRD!

[Daddl 10]

Yeah, that's it. Funny, the description of the video says "What's it take to market Dragon Rising?" A lot of bullshit and lies, I think.

Never believe anything a marketing guy tells you if it's not backed up by a developer and the project manager. Being a software developer myself, I know what these guys make of the technical descriptions we give them... or how easily they start making promises that we'll never be able to keep within the available schedule. That's why we have a policy of always having a techi accompany the sales guys as soon as talks about a project start getting more definitive.

[Bulldogs 10]

I think they should put Sion Lenton in charge of marketing. It's funny that in each interview he's very cautious about saying the word "sim". In one interview he's asked if it's a sim and his response is "That word has been going around", and then in an interview shortly before release he says "it's not a mil-sim"

Then the PR department makes a bungle of it by pushing it as the most realistic mil-sim ever made.

btw, looked at that link about the sequals, if you click on the Dragon Rising link, this is the description you get

From Codemasters, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising sees the most realistic modelling of conflict scenarios in a new contemporary theatre of war. Gameplay will deliver warfare more realistic and intense then ever before, while an extensive multiplayer component will create battles on an incredible scale.

Quite funny.

You've also gotta remember that these people have been living off Call of Duty and such titles and never touched Operation Flashpoint or ArmA. So many times in random places around the net I've gotten into conversations with people and I've said, "It's not a too bad game, it's just not great and it's not a mil-sim, and I prefer mil-sims", and the general response is, "You just don't like it 'cause it's too realistic and too much like real life"

I guess, I can't expect that much. Most intelligent people in the world are smart enough to be making money out of their brains, while some of us are just too lazy :)

[Longjocks 0]

If your opinion of the game is not "pro-DR" on their forums, apparently, they don't want you there. Not even if you have an issue with the game not working.

I'm not going to carry on an argument about this to these forums as I don't want to disrespect W0lle's rule ("5. No discussion how the CM Forums are moderated."), but the quoted statement is false. I need to say this and reiterate that negative feedback is definitely tolerated (and from me personally quite welcome, but that's not to say moderators may not make the odd bad decision regarding a thread - I know I have). The game obviously has its problems on one hand and doesn't live up to expectations on the other. This is witnessed by all the negative threads/posts which are there for all to see right now.

I discuss our decisions openly in a few threads that have tackled this topic on our forum (please feel free to engage me over there and not taint this thread with further forum politics). The threads that are deleted are not done so because of negative opinion. If that were the case then our forum wouldn't be half as 'busy' as it is.

Addressing the ArmA vs OFPDR thread deletion/closure issue - yes, this has happened. The reason is that we have a ArmA thread in our main OT section (in a way you could call it this thread's sister thread ;)) and we also have a few other OFPDR vs [GAME X] threads. Like any forum we don't need an abundance of threads about this.

I'd like to finish by asking that you do please provide any and all feedback positive and negative. Just do it without resorting to trolling or otherwise posting immaturally. If you feel that you are flamed for delivering a negative opinion (there are plenty of pro-OFPDR trolls as well) then please report the flamers to us using the report button and we can hopefully prevent your thread from being closed or deleted due to it spiralling out of control.

Anyway, I'll weigh in with my thoughts (good and bad) once I get the game. I bought it through Steam but my laptop is the only PC I have that can come close to running it. Small monitor... crappy video card... not so good for a shooter. I won't have a new PC until early next year (fingers crossed), but in the meantime I've ordered the Xbox version which should be here in the next day or two.

[Rapier 10]

Oh boy...I just got this game as a Birthday present from my younger brother. He knows that I liked the first OFP.

I knew about the game is not for the faint heart, but he didnt...anyway, It's a free game for me and I didn't want to make him dissappointed with his gift so I just graciously took it.

OK...been playing it for 3hrs.. LOL...I kid you not, but Call of Duty 4 is more realistic than this. This is truly made for the console players..but even them..it has so many bugs it's incredible. First mission on the map, i got stuck in the ground hip down and sunk away like it's a quicksand...had to restart the entire mission and avoid that spot on the map.

Anyway, the best way to describe is that the game is like the old Delta Force, but delta force being done better. The graphics is about on the level of the 1st OFP.

Love the music, but I don't know why they used Tibetian/Tuvan throat singing , because it's definitely not Chinese music. Trying to bug the Chinese?

Edited November 2, 2009 by Rapier

[Whiskey_Tango 10]

Dragon Risings PR team should all become lawyers.

A lawyers whole career is based on how good of a liar he/she is and they have plenty of experience in that dept.

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Addressing the ArmA vs OFPDR thread deletion/closure issue - yes, this has happened. The reason is that we have a ArmA thread in our main OT section (in a way you could call it this thread's sister thread ;)) and we also have a few other OFPDR vs [GAME X] threads. Like any forum we don't need an abundance of threads about this.

last i checked (a few minutes ago) all those threads were locked