Operation Flashpoint Red River Released

20 April 2011
Operation Flashpoint Red River is released today, and is looking to be one pretty sweet tactical FPS experience. The game developers have made a massive focus about squad play and co-op in all modes. The campaign is fully drop-in/drop-out co-operative play, as you lead Marine Fire Team Bravo through a fictional conflict in Tajikistan in 2013. Tajikistan itself has been rather beautifully recreated, and the engine for the game looks very smooth while providing great visuals. The multiplayer boasts 4 game modes, and rather than cut out parts of the single player campaign to re-use, they have made every map heavily influenced by a part of Tajikistan - so when you storm a village and rescue a hostage in Red River, it really is a realistic environment you are playing in.

As mentioned before the game is completely based around co-op, with the co-op modes reminding me very much of the save the hostage levels from game's like Rainbow 6, which was very popular across all platforms. You can play as a Rifleman, Auto Rifleman, Scout, and Grenadier, and as you continue playing these roles you gain exp to unlock new weapons and equipment. Best of all if one of your mates disconnects, the AI instantly takes over so the days where co-op games are ruined by a dodgy connection going off are but a thing of the past. Competitiveness between gamers online is assured as actions and speed result in an overall score being allocated at the end of each run through - so you can end all arguments of which clan has the best 4 man squad!

In conclusion this game is looking well worth a buy for any FPS gamer, especially those who prefer deeply tactical experiences, yet care not to go to the extremities of let’s say Arma. Red River looks sharp and the multiplayer modes are almost sure to be a hit with online gamers, and to me is a refreshing change from the crazy pacing of the more recent popular FPS releases over the last year.

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