Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Developer(s)	Codemasters
Publisher(s)	Codemasters
Engine	Ego engine
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
Release	May 26th, 2009
Genre(s)	First-person shooter, Tactical Shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Operation Flashpoint 2 (OFP 2) is a FPS game for PS3, X360, and PC. It is scheduled to be released on March 26th, 2009.

Gameplay

Setting

The game takes place on the fictional island of Skira (which is based off of the WWII national landmark, Kiska Island), a contested island off the Russian coast. Chinese and Russian forces are fighting over control of the oil-rich nation and the US steps in to avert World War Three.

• 220 square km (or 134 square miles) of land

Features

Many facts and features are confirmed for Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, these include:

• Damageable world objects.
• Damage done to world objects is permanent.
• Full environmental damage model.
• You will be able to enter any of the buildings on Skira.
• Buildings can be reduced to rubble.
• Firing sequences from lifting the object up, to placing it on your shoulder, to turning it on and arming to fire is all faithfully simulated, also reloading is faithfully simulated.
• Weapons can be modified and equipped with scopes, grenade launchers,laser sights and silencers.
• According to Game Informer there are over 70 real life weapons in game, all supported by a realistic ballistic system.
• There are usable helicopters, tanks, boats and APCs.
• There are over 50 different land, air and sea vehicles.
• There is a realistic tactical squad placement gameplay.
• Limb dismemberment has been confirmed to be in the game, as will night vision.

Multiplayer Gameplay

Multiplayer game types:

• Team deathmatch - (2 teams compete to acquire the most kills)
• Name Unknown - (A larger scale team with lesser quality equipment fight against a smaller scale team with advanced equipment)
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PC version will feature:

• 32 player (16 vs 16) in addition to the 256 NPC squad members (8 per squad per player)
• 8 player co-op in addition to NPC squad members
• 4 player Campaign + single mission co-op

Console (Xbox 360 & PS3) version will feature:

• 16 player (8 vs 8) in addition to NPC squad members
• 4 player co-op in addition to NPC squad members
• 4 player Campaign + single mission co-op
• No facility for creating user missions

Demo

A demo has been confirmed for the PC, Xbox 360 and the PS3

See also

• Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis - First title release
• ArmA: Armed Assault
• ArmA 2

References

Press Releases

External links

• Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising official site