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Got it on friday, and despite some gamebalance issues, historical inaccuracys and technical problems, it's one of those games where you don't notice how fast time is flying when playing.

The Battlefield series (Demo: http://www.gamershell.com/download_139.shtml), Söldner (Demo: http://www.gamershell.com/download_6626.shtml ) and Joint Operations (Demo: http://www.gamershell.com/download_6191.shtml) would be closest to OFP, however these products do not have similar depth, play somewhat arcadish in comparison, and are geared towards online play. If it does have to be shooter, how about Vietcong  (Demo: http://www.gamershell.com/download_2037.shtml ) Raven Shield (Demo: http://www.gamershell.com/download_1456.shtml ) Americas Army (Full Game: http://www.gamershell.com/download_6114.shtml ) Hidden&Dangerous 2 (Demo: http://www.gamershell.com/download_5073.shtml ) SWAT 3 (demo: ftp://ftp.vugames.com/pub/sierra/swat3/demos/si_swat3tgoty_demo_us.exe ) or Ghost Recon (Demo: http://www.3dgamers.com/dl/games/ghostrecon/grdemo.exe.html ) There are plenty of other interesting titles out there, especially if you expand your search beyond the shooter genre. Â

A surround sound system should not be the first choice if  video/sound editing is what you want to do. For this task 2 quality speakers, hooked up to a quality stereo amp, are certainly the better and more cost effective option. Before buying rather expensive hifi equipment, arrange a proof hearing at your dealer for a desired combo. If it's a good dealer he will even ship the equipment to your door and let you try it out at home. To get you started, KEF Q1, Acoustic Research Helios B15 Executive, B&W DM303, Tannoy mX2 and Monitor Audio Bronze 2 are some good entry level speakers to try out for example. NAD C320BEE, Rotel RA-02, and  Yamaha AX-396 are some entry level stereo amps.

Did anyone try the game and have an AAR on it? I assume this is not a simulation like SB?

Foreign investment is a main element driving chinas economy, i don't see why they would harm economic growth by invading a NATO country and primary export partner, especially as bilateral relationships have improved considerably. China, as the US, is actively pursuing new energy strategies, a dispute between the US and China over natural oil resources seems rather unlikely. Aside from the economic POV, and although Chinas military is in the process of modernizing, it's military expenditures are only a fraction of the $370 billion (FY 2004 est.) the U.S. is pumping into a "high tech" army. The bulk of Chinas military equipment, in all branches, is rather low-tech and obsolete by todays standards, compromising mainly of copys of older russian equipment as already said.