StealthTiger

I don't believe that OFP2 has anything to compete with. The only thing it has to be, is better than the previous games and take into account what you fantastic MOD makers have done!.. IMHO. The markets/consumer audience is completely different to those mentioned above. Even 1.46 would be too difficult for them Â

BIS are not going to make a BF type arcade blast 'em up action thing. They've not made one before & with the experience & success they've had... I doubt they're likely too. If they were more concerned about making money than making a great game, hell we'd already have OFP2.. and it'd be shit. Look at what happened to BF:Vietnam, should've just waited, improved it and made it an expansion to BF2. However, I still wouldn't buy it. I'm confident in BIS's abilities to deliver the goods and provide us with the game we all want (well you can never please everyone!)... and if not, the ability to allow you to turn it into the game that you want.

Why the **** would they try and make it like BF2?!?! You've got the wrong idea big-time! Is there freedom in the BF series for a start? No. I suggest reading the conversation again maybe? You also have to look outside of OFP and see what's good in other games. HL & Unreal both have there good points (personally I'm not a fan of either), doesn't mean to say that OFP2 is going to be CS 2.5 or Unreal VII. Would you be happy if it was VBS1? Look what they've got already and what you've created yourselves, surely you don't think that they are going to go backwards?

I think most of you except Hellfish6 have taken the 'realism' aspect the wrong way. My impression wasn't that it was going to be a BF1942 clone, I mean c'mon OFP 1.46 is much more realistic than that anyway nevermind Resi and a next generation title like OFP2. They're starting from a much higher base with regards to realism already, are they not? Hellfish is correct and at the end of the day IT IS A GAME, there has to be some give and take. It needs to be playable otherwise you jump out of the helo without your safety on, hit the deck & accidently fire off your semi into your face...game over. The point I'm trying to make (possibly?) is that if it's too real, it ceases to be a game & ceases to be fun. As soon as it does that:Operation Flashpoint - The End. I think OFP2 will be harder than Resi, however not as hard as what they had previously had in mind after testing. I did forget to mention above that they have also said they have "been looking intently at both the HL & Unreal engines" so maybe we'll see much better player gfx etc. Guess we'll have to wait and see?....

Ok I had reason to visit Codemasters in an official capacity today & after my meeting I had a quick chat about OFP2 with the guys I was seeing. This is what they said (paraphrased)... "OFP2 is the most awaited title of all time for us and to date we still don't know when it will be released?" When questioned about a release they said that "it might be next year, it might be late this year, but we really don't know?" "OFP2 is in active development as we speak, it's being worked on right now. The whole game has been dumbed down slightly from what was originally developed, which was a full-on, as realistic as it gets simulation... which basically means if you got shot that was it, your dead, end of! It was incredibly hard, much harder than the current games" "They've really developed the whole 'freedom to go anywhere do want you want aspect further in OFP2 & it looks amazing....." ...And I'm afraid that's it, I can't tell you anymore!.. If nothing else, I hope it's renewed your enthusiasm for the very much, 'long-awaited' Operation Flashpoint 2?!

Personally I don't see the need to 3D model the iron sights & all it takes is practice to figure out the degree of 'WAG' needed at range.

I'm at Codemasters in Stoney Thorpe on monday (11th Jan) on an appointment... maybe I can get a scoop whilst there?!

... or if you don't want to buy Resi (although it's a superior game to CWC) you can install GameSpy Arcade and play with the people in there.

Good Work! Looks like this is going to be a worthy improvement over the original... Can't wait!!

Good Work! Looks like this is going to be a worthy improvement over the original... Can't wait!!