Comments on: Strafe Left: The Formative Years #37

By: Tak

Tak — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:06:46 +0000

The player felt a bit…’stiff’, for lack of a better word. Your turning and position changes didn’t feel close to fluid. I understand them not being instant, but Rogue Spear, Ghost Recon and the likes did stance transition, leaning, turning, and such much better. I could be screwing up my dates, but I don’t remember the two being that far apart.

It felt more like I was puppet mastering a soldier about instead of playing a soldier, if that makes any sense. And that’s really my only compliant with OpFP.

I guess the only sure way to answer my question is to try to search for a demo when I get home :)

By: yxxxx

yxxxx — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:07:29 +0000

Worth it? yes!

clunky how controls? if so the controlls are pretty much the same.

By: Tak

Tak — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:26:20 +0000

Slightly OT, but:

Ok, so now that the patches are out and all, ArmA, worth it?

I played the OpFP for a bit briefly, but was turned off by it feeling a bit ‘clunky’ compared to other mil-sim shooters. So is the clunkyiness fixed?

By: PsyW

PsyW — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:23:17 +0000

Heh, I spent about 2 years playing around editing OpFlashpoint… I haven’t spent as much time playing with ArmA, but it definitely still resonates.

Anyone who hasn’t played ArmA recently should note that the latest patch kills the CD-check (you can play without having to dig out the DVD from wherever the hell you put it), and adds Warfare, made by the same guy who built MF-Capture the Island for OFP. I spent many happy hours lanning MFCTI in flashpoint, and Warfare is just as good but with an extra layer of polish through it being an ‘official’ BIS addition. I love the new stuff that BIS keep randomly throwing into the game every so often :)

By: Stranger

Stranger — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:42:13 +0000

:D Nice one!

By: Cigol

Cigol — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:04:47 +0000

As usual it’s quite subtle, look closer at the image. If you’ve played OpFlash/ArmA it should click – for those that haven’t; red = enemy, blue = neutral, green = friendly.

By: exedore86

exedore86 — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:07:51 +0000

One of the few comics I didn’t have to take a few seconds to think about… nice

By: nihohit

nihohit — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:10:07 +0000

I don’t see the funny.

By: Krupo

Krupo — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:50:56 +0000

Bwa-ha-ha – minefield. :)

By: TychoCelchuuu

TychoCelchuuu — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:02:22 +0000

Haha good stuff.

By: binary

binary — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:01:13 +0000

Aaawesome :D

By: Stupoider

Stupoider — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:51:17 +0000

Aaaah. I remember this one.

Loved it.