Codemasters Details 2011/12 Launch Line-Up News

Added:Thu 26th May 2011 14:22, Post No: 13

The idea of forcing the player to go online to be able to save the game sucks. I wonder whose idea it was. Really hate to say this but Flashpoint series keep disappointing:(

Added:Mon 11th Apr 2011 17:27, Post No: 11

a sick game for sick young people in a sick world 

Added:Thu 07th Apr 2011 05:00, Post No: 9

So the game is very emotional and deep due to the connection with the squad, correct?  What exactly happens if you finish your mission full of regret that your 3 squad mates perished in combat?  I'm just curious, because every other game I have played in the last 10 years will have you starting the next mission with the same squad, ressurrected.  Is this game different somehow?  

I highly doubt that Codies would go to all the trouble of recording hundreds of lines of dialog for each of the 4 main, named characters, only to allow you to let them die in the first mission and play the rest of the game alone.  Not to mention the balancing issues of having to play the entire campaign alone if your mates are killed in the first 5 minutes.  If they ARE indeed resurrected after each mission, then how the hell does that give you a sense of attachment, emotion, and loss?  

Don't get me wrong, I would LOVE it if either a) your squad mates are replaced by new, green recruits (with less skills) after they perish, or b) you must push on alone.  THIS would give some real sense of consequence and loss, since you would genuinely miss their banter and skills on the battlefield.  This is something that would actually make the game possibly live up to its Flashpoint name in the same vein as the old Ghost Recon games.  However, after playing dragon rising and reading about "perks" and the like from Red River, my hopes as a mil-sim fan are extremely low.  Only a demo would possibly convince me to throw money at another OP:FP game.

Added:Wed 06th Apr 2011 16:14, Post No: 7

The games "Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood" and "Conflict: Vietnam" not only give names and distinct facial features to squadmates, but they have actual personalities. Their deaths evoke quite a bit of emotion. In fact, nothing has even brought me closer to crying than the end of the game "Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood."

Added:Mon 21st Mar 2011 21:05, Post No: 5

it must be totally free roam this time without restrictions like in dragon rising. if its not code masters will lose alot of support. last chance hotel im afraid.