Comments on: Tanks For The Gunneries

By: JayeRandom

JayeRandom — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:45:03 +0000

There is no way an Abrams crew can reload the main gun in 2 seconds. 5 or 6 seconds at best.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:54:16 +0000

Oh those pics were from OF2, I remember them from a PcZone what seems like yeeears ago. But, it may well look completely different now for all I know!

By: Erlam

Erlam — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:15:24 +0000

Yes I did basically mean that. If I’m in Russia, I want to be Russian (and whomever they’re fighting – Chechnya, China, whatever). I’m tired of being the Worlds Police Force, I want to be the native army.

By: KP

KP — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 05:29:21 +0000

Erlam:
OFP2 will have China, Russia and the United States. ArmA 2 will have Russia, a contigent of the USMC, and a resistance faction. If you meant a singleplayer story from the “other side”, we’ll see.

Also, new crappy video.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/37951.html
CUT IT OUT, Codemasters.

By: Erlam

Erlam — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:52:18 +0000

I’d like to see actual in-game footage, and actual (non photoshopped) screenshots. It’s not that these aren’t nice and all, it’s that it seems like they’re saying I’m stupid, and can’t see that they’re pulling a fast one.

I’d also love to play a military shooter of pretty much any kind that allows me to be anything other than the American army/navy/airforce/whatever. Seriously, there are a lot of other places with armies in the world, people.

By: Web

Web — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:48:21 +0000

e3 presentation with at least a little bit of ingame stuff – the vid was available on gametrailers for a very short time:

the tank vid was part of this presentation.

http://www.operationflashpoint2.info//download/ofp2_e3_2008.rar

By: Dinger

Dinger — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:55:22 +0000

Sorry KP, I couldn’t resist going all Diablo III on that screenshot.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e347/DingerX/fanboischoice.jpg

By: KP

KP — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:39:41 +0000

I’m one of a whole lot of people tourqued at this snarkey marketing. Also, as an Armed Assault fan coming from a truely great group based around that game I can say that none of us want OFP2 to fail. From what has been said about the player count and what can be assumed about the editing capabilitys it would be imposible for it to replace ArmA 2 for us, as a group. BUT it could still be a fun game and a good influence on the genre. The render shit and wanking about realism and research dampens my hopes.

In other news, there is a lovely new ArmA 2 screenshot that could be put on the front page. :D
http://www.arma2.com/
Check out the metal shader on that rifle. Also note the wounded dragging: it has been mentioned that they are working on a more in-depth wounding and treatment system.

By: Dinger

Dinger — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:16:56 +0000

“True Operation Flashpoint Sequel”?
Who’s to say what that really would be anyway?
Let’s face it, your OFP is not mine, and neither of ours is the game that moved something like 1.5 million copies in 2001.
My OFP is the combined-arms military simulator with an impressive battlespace and decent-enough MP support to run squad-level cooperative games. The game supports mods and addons to the level that I spent a good part of my life working with field manuals and people with military experience to enrich the simulation with more realistic elements.
The OFP that’s still being played on the servers today uses a bunch of addons that make the game prettier, some of which have detrimental effect on game performance and quality, to repeat one of a handful of competitive play styles, none of which are very “realistic”.
The OFP that sold a whole bunch of copies was a game that was mediocre in many categories. Not bad, mediocre. But in each category, and as a whole, the sheer scope knocked us on our heels.
The artwork wasn’t stunning — it was somewhat pale (not unlike the natural surroundings of the Czech republic), but when you fired an RPG from the treeline into a BMP, then ran through the woods away from the distant gunfire of a patrol, getting lost and stumbling across a farmhouse – well, the art was pretty believable.
The vehicle simulations weren’t great. Come on, no gearshifts on any of the cars? The aircraft flew nothing like the real thing. The tanks’ vehicle models were approximate. But everything behaved closed enough, and when you were crashing across the plains with the platoon commander yelling orders in your ear, it was awesome.
The AI had more faults than I can name. But how many other FPSs feature company-level AI assaults?

Our friends at BIS are heading down the military simulation route, and we all look forward to ArmA2 and hope it works well.

If Codemasters can capture the scale and feel of OFP, then OFP2 will be a worthy successor, even if it’s not the “true sequel” for my OFP.

By: MeestaNob!

MeestaNob! — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:52:18 +0000

Looks amazing, but I’m very worried it will be army FPS for nuftys rather than an accessible and true OpFap sequel.

Please be good.

By: Sum0

Sum0 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:53:53 +0000

Whether it’s real or not, I am pleased to see that developers are going down the too-rarely-travelled route of giant guns on tanks going boom. There’s just something about it.

By: Jigglybean

Jigglybean — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:53:04 +0000

@ Commando.
Sorry to say that those screenshots are *NOT* Operation Flashpoint 2 screenshots at all. OFP2 has no desert.

Regarding this actual video. We have been releasing these teaser videos for fans on our OFP2 facebook page when reaching certain milestones. The E3 footage was recorded on a phone cam and pulled from GT(not by us I believe) as it wasn’t good quality.

There will be a full presentation, this coming Friday @ i34 for those who are attending.