Holliday

I am starting to think the HOTAS is too much. And in all honesty I was surprised that my rudder pedals worked in this game. I may try flying with the mouse/keyboard to see if that helps. But all that aside I still prefer crawling around in the dark.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (John_McClane @ Jan. 22 2002,02:32)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I found the tank and helicopter missions to be pretty realistic and fun. Sounds to me like someone didn't have the patience to learn how to properly control the tanks and helicopters. <span id='postcolor'> I am using a HOTAS to fly the helios with a total value of close to 300 dollars, so I have the gear. I am an avid flight simmer, so I have the skills. The helios are a joke, pure arcade. The tanks and trucks I can tolerate. I'd just rather be on the ground, on foot, because that is where this game shines.

It seems that moderation in opinion here is based almost entirely on personal level of maturation. PC Gamer was unkind towards Op Flashpoint because they review games as they come straight out of the box; no patches, no third party add-ons or hacks. I personally didn’t buy Op FP until it had been patched repeatedly and someone had provided the community with the ingenious save game program. One of PC Gamers’ biggest problems with the game will never be fixed with a patch. In the course of the campaign you can go from a brutally realistic infantry simulator to an arcade experience not unlike a game you’d find at Chucky Cheese. Of course I refer to the tank/helicopter parts of the game. I personally hacked the game so I can play all the other campaign missions and skip the Chucky Cheese crap. On the ground Op Flashpoint is superlative; the sapper and sniper missions are as good as it gets in any game. As for tanks and aircraft, they should have left it out, or made it optional. As far as Ghost Recon, it is a different game altogether. As a package it was more complete out the door and was reviewed accordingly. And of course the Tom Clancey license is huge, that helps. A friend came over a couple weeks ago to check out any new games I might have. I have almost unlimited funds for hardware and software so a visit here can be a lot of fun. I showed him the demo of MoHAA and he was very impressed. The flashy graphics and nonstop action is appealing, particularly to someone who had never bought a first person shooter. I also showed him GR, and Op Flashpoint. He is now a certified Ghost Recon addict, his first fps, not to mention his first tactical fps. He also owns a copy of Op Flashpoint and I have been showing him how to get the most out of both games. He has watched me painstakingly work through a sapper mission in Op Flashpoint and I am sure he will be spending hours in the future doing the same thing. So, bottom line, if you have reached the point in your life where you are intellectually capable of liking more than one example of any item (Ferraris AND Porsches for example) then buy both and have fun.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Antichrist @ Jan. 14 2002,22:37)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Nice work U should try doing it near the stonehenge<span id='postcolor'> I honestly don’t know the game that well. Where is the stonehenge? If you could tell me which map, and if it is marked on the map. Grid coordinates would help, or the nearest town.

I use a stitching program (there are a bunch of them) and Photoshop. I do this with real photos too, and like I said I just finished fifteen of them for a Ghost Recon site so I have a lot of practice. It’s easier with real photos because you have total control. It is real difficult to do this with video games; I have to do a lot of hand work to get them decent. I have done a few in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 that turned out pretty good. I may do more in Op Flashpoint. I will have to scout out good locations and play with the technique a bit.

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (PanzerGrenadier @ Jan. 14 2002,07:41)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">That doesnt do op flash justice at all ..... ive seen sum real special places in op flash which make that pic seem like a dead end .<span id='postcolor'> I admit this was not the best location for a screen shot. I spent maybe 15 seconds picking the spot as I was in a hurry. What makes this picture special is the fact that it is just under five feet long.

I just finished a whole series of panoramic screen shots from that other game (Ghost Recon) and thought it was only fair to give Operation Flashpoint the same treatment. Â This panoramic was shot in the first single player mission. Â There was someone shooting at me periodically as I was doing this. Â Art is hell.