Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

 PlayStation 3
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6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 59 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 21 out of 59
  3. Negative: 14 out of 59

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  1. dickeldeedoodoo
    Jan 13, 2010
    3
    In short, the game sucks. Sure it looks nice and that but you'll just really have to like these type of games. While the game says: Walk around freely on Skirinka and fight everywhere you really find yourself dying or mission ending when you walk a click or 2 away from the objective. It looks nice that's a fact and there's plenty of vehicles you can board. Only to find your In short, the game sucks. Sure it looks nice and that but you'll just really have to like these type of games. While the game says: Walk around freely on Skirinka and fight everywhere you really find yourself dying or mission ending when you walk a click or 2 away from the objective. It looks nice that's a fact and there's plenty of vehicles you can board. Only to find your helicopter to be shot down by light machine guns and your vast vehicles to be blasted to pieces by an anti-tank guy about a 100 miles away. Team control is good and enemy AI is good but always shoot the guy you shot about a million and one times again when you walk by. For all you know he might go zombie and shoot you with a gun from which you just took all the ammo or stab you with a knife only to find yourself looking at a guy who misses his head chasing you around with a knife stabbed about a yard away from you but it somehow manages to affect you.… Expand
  2. johnnynumber5
    Oct 22, 2009
    3
    Simply put: This game is terrible. I was expecting so much based off the developers promises: open world, sandbox, no forced missions, fly helicopters, large environment, realistic, intuitive squad controls, great audio and graphics. Instead we got a complete turd of a game and in my opinion the worst game this generation on the PS3. The graphics are TERRIBLE The textures look muddy and Simply put: This game is terrible. I was expecting so much based off the developers promises: open world, sandbox, no forced missions, fly helicopters, large environment, realistic, intuitive squad controls, great audio and graphics. Instead we got a complete turd of a game and in my opinion the worst game this generation on the PS3. The graphics are TERRIBLE The textures look muddy and pixelated Framerate stutters and lags NPC AI is some of the worst ever Crippling in game bugs (freezing, glitches etc) Clunky menu interface Empty and desolate environments No helicopters as promised I could keep going on and on about this game. This game needs more than a patch - it needs to be refunded and redone from the start. Those expectinf something similar to the first Operation Flashpoint will be extremely disappointed. It's worse and has less content. The developers lied to us about the feature sets (go to the official forums for evidence) and delivered a game thats unfinished, unpolished, uninspired and completely unplayable. Good luck getting into a co-op match without getting booted within 5 minutes because the poor netcode. Don't buy this game at all ... if you areally want it I urge you to wait for the inevidtable price drop. This game is just terrible. The game deserves a complete ZERO. I'll give it a 3 to be nice but this game is one of the worst ever made and it's a sham that they sold people this mess and called it a game. I played it for an hour and turned it off ... took it back up to Gamestop the next day to trade it in for credit before it lose even more value and the guy at the store returned it as new because he also played and said he felt sorry that anyone would be stuck with that game! Go Ninja Gaiden Sigma and now all is good in the world.… Expand
  3. Tokyochuchu
    Apr 6, 2012
    4
    A realistic game doesn't necessarily mean a fun one. The strategic FPS Operation Flashpoint is a poster child for that statement. Graphically, it's descent with nice long draw distances, but gameplay wise, it's an over-complicated mess that's as fun as a knitting class. Definitely not one for the COD / Battlefield posse, then. That said, if you have a ton of patience and a masochist'sA realistic game doesn't necessarily mean a fun one. The strategic FPS Operation Flashpoint is a poster child for that statement. Graphically, it's descent with nice long draw distances, but gameplay wise, it's an over-complicated mess that's as fun as a knitting class. Definitely not one for the COD / Battlefield posse, then. That said, if you have a ton of patience and a masochist's desire for punishment, Dragon Rising might float your boat. Unfortunately, it pretty much sinks mine.… Expand
  4. TylerB
    Oct 13, 2009
    2
    If you are getting a chance to read this, and you are galled by Flashpoint 2, then read my post while there is still a chance, because although I am not swearing... I am guessing that this post shall not be retained for long. I am a long-time fan of Bohemia Interactive's Operation Flashpoint, and a former United States Marine reservist (Co B 4th Recon Billings MT 1987 - 1994). I If you are getting a chance to read this, and you are galled by Flashpoint 2, then read my post while there is still a chance, because although I am not swearing... I am guessing that this post shall not be retained for long. I am a long-time fan of Bohemia Interactive's Operation Flashpoint, and a former United States Marine reservist (Co B 4th Recon Billings MT 1987 - 1994). I started Flashpoint with the computer version, and eventually played the Xbox (Operation Flashpoint Elite version)... which for all of it's failings, I actually still LOVE. Bohemia Interactive tilled new ground by creating a military simulation which allowed the player a multitude of commands which were truly unique and quite difficult to master, which was FINE BY ME... and the rest of the real fans of the game out there. Being able to command your squad mates individually, by group, or in self-apportioned sub-teams to do things like LAY DOWN and stay the freak down, for instance... to "Scan Horizon"... or to pick up specific gear items and then click to a graphic menu and confirm that those gear items are in that AI Squad mate's inventory... ARE TO THIS DAY in my opinion what separated Flashpoint from other shooters. This sequel fails to deliver on all of the above mentioned points and dozens more that I don't have room to itemize. This sequel -- although graphically it looks alright (but should be better for HD) and sounds beautiful -- is unfortunately for at least me, an unmitigated disappointment. As we all know by now, there is no combat editor for the console gamer AND THERE WAS ONE FOR THE "ELITE VERSION" on the Xbox's old generation console. (huh ????) That's right, Flashpoint has negatively mutated in the evolution of it's console version. This lack of a mission editor shall be a constant thorn which will jab pesteringly into the side of the console Flashpoint 2 player who created his or her own scenarios on the old-generation console Flashpoint Elite. Even if by some miracle Codemasters were to produce a downloadable scenario editor, it would be too little too late. The map is a thorough-going disappointment... as has been pointed out by other reviewers. The old map had much better contour lines and bush and tree markings and a zoom-in on those contour lines which made it easier to work with. Although the new maps overhead 3D look has some merit, the detailing is weak. One thing that I can say surprises me that not one other reviewer I know of has mentioned about Flashpoint Dragon Rising is the fact that I can be in the prone and if I wiggle into a rock (often happens wiggling sideways), I make an INVOLUNTARY stance adjustment. (I go into a crouch or stand up). (?) (Is this why it's called Dragon... RISING?) Are you kidding me. (?) I "accidentally" stand up and "skyline" myself to enemy fire WITHOUT making a conscious (button) decision to do so??? Marines are trained as early as in their boot camp field training NOT to skyline themselves. Marines that go into the prone are in the prone because they want to be in the prone. They don't get out of the prone "accidentally". Not ever. Admittedly a grenade might take a Marine out of the prone against his will, but the odds are quite overwhelming that wherever (or "wherevers") that Marine lands... he'll still end up... "laying down" in some way.. Why not just warn the player perhaps with some controller vibration and not let them go any further into the rock? Why NOT just let me stay in the prone until I make a conscious decision to crouch or stand up -- you know -- like the way it works in real life? Flabbergasting is an old word which I think adequately describes this piece of ridiculous code. It needles me to mull over the fact that this decision could only have been made "on purpose" by the developers, and I shall not condone it. I am somewhat curious to hear the specious ratiocination which issued from the "sewer" of the designer who spawned this atrociously ugly little brain-child. It's not just Marines that know this. Nobody under fire and crawling prone into a boulder -- or anything else for that matter -- ACCIDENTALLY stands up! Get that? One other thing that is annoying as Hades is the automatic magazine changes, which SHOULD NOT BE THERE; which do not belong in this game. I snap off the the thirtieth shot on a sniper rifle, and suddenly make an INVOLUNTARY magazine change which yanks me out of scope view, obliterating my suspension of disbelief... and quite unrealistically preventing me from viewing through scope whether that shot was a hit. Magazine changes in military sims ARE NOT AUTOMATIC. Get that? People under fire forget sometimes to change magazines. Not until they've dry fired a few times do they realize that, and sometimes not even then. I've checked menu and I don't even think I can turn this turd off. Once again... are you kidding me? Automatic magazine changes are for run and gun arcade games and for freckle-faced bubble-gum chewing teens. Steaming excrement here. This game does not deserve to be considered a sequel to the original Flashpoint, because this game has utterly divorced itself from the the original game. "I don't think I have enough fingers and toes to even count them..." is a grotesque understatement. Sorry, guys... the game is -- in the immortal words of the drill instructor -- unsat! I'll play through the game for the HD graphics and the sound. It is just possible that IF the multiplayer server problems are fixed this might be not to bad of a "run of the mill shooter" on system link or web with a handful of other players. It is unequivocally NOT a military simulation, hence if it can be said to be a child of it's progenitor, one must wonder if it is a child of the mail man instead... an ugly little toad of a mail-carrier I must add. It is not at all the original game. It has become unrecognizable. I shall be driven into Bohemia Interactive's deserving "ARMA", and I will be more than willing to purchase the non-console hardware needed to run it. Goodbye Flashpoint. And to think I waited all this time for this?… Expand
  5. RajdadajR
    Oct 11, 2009
    1
    Just bought and tried to play the PS3 version - IT SUCKS. I really wanted a warsim and I suppose I got it, but the graphics are the worst I've seen in years!!! It's laggy as hell (~10-30 fps) and the shaders look like crap! It's so ugly I must say that I really hate this game! Don't buy the PS3 version. Go for the PC version if you really want it.
  6. mikeh
    Nov 27, 2009
    1
    This is by far the worst game i've played on ps3 so far. The game is supposed to be a very accurate war simulator which needs patience and tactical approach. But it's just plain frustrating and funless. In most battles you will be fighting from medium to long range, which means you will be trying to pick out opponents from 50+ meters. This would be okay if the sniping system This is by far the worst game i've played on ps3 so far. The game is supposed to be a very accurate war simulator which needs patience and tactical approach. But it's just plain frustrating and funless. In most battles you will be fighting from medium to long range, which means you will be trying to pick out opponents from 50+ meters. This would be okay if the sniping system worked and your teammates did' t die every 10 seconds. The friendly AI is very poor and they pretty much always find a way to die leaving you all alone against 30 angry chinese soldiers. The controls are poorly assigned (for example R2 is fire instead of R1, which is used to open the "give orders" menu, which has 2-3 more submenus that you have to navigate through using the d-pad ) and you cannot reassign the buttons the way you want from the main menu. The ONLY thing you can customize in this game is if you want a radar that shows direction of spotted enemies, so no choice of difficulty levels either. Some missions are timed, which means you will not be able to take your time and plan your attack. I have sincerely, 100% regretted my decision to buy this game and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.… Expand
  7. RobButler
    Oct 14, 2009
    2
    Absolute crap, worst FPS since BIA:HH. I have been looking forward to a realistic, proper tactical game for ages, but this isn't it. Multiplayer is beyond laughable. The vehicle handling is rediculous and from a company that produced Dirt 2. This game is seriously "amature hour" DON'T GO NEAR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  8. krisr
    Oct 16, 2009
    2
    Terrible AI, no custom load outs (Ghost recon and las vegas had it), not worth paying for on PS3, steam is selling it for forty what a joke. Buy uncharted instead.

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#67 Best PS3 Game of 2009
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#32 Most Discussed PS3 Game of 2009
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#88 Most Shared PS3 Game of 2009

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Metascore
76

Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 42
  3. Negative: 0 out of 42
  1. GameWatcher
    85
    The authenticity and attention to detail in Dragon Rising is to be applauded.
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  2. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    70
    It's definitely a brilliantly accurate recreation of real army life, but that's not always best for a great night's entertainment. [Nov 2009, p.106]
  3. IGN UK
    81
    If you like playing co-op, or you don't mind trading moments of frustration for a smarter, slower war experience, this is recommended.
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