Operation Flashpoint Elite

[chrisbard]

Look what I found in my mailbox this morning;

"I think if one were to look up “long awaited” in the dictionary, you might very well come across a reference to Operation Flashpoint for the Xbox. But now it’s not just near, it’s looming on the horizon like a mass of Russian T-80s in a bad mood - and it’s just over two months until you’ll see the game on the shelf.

The original PC version of Flashpoint is still considered to be the pinnacle of digital soldiering, and that acclaimed gameplay is fully-featured in this new version with no concessions to console-style arcade shooters. You’re going to have to keep your wits about you and fight with your head, not your trigger finger.

For anyone out there who’s new to the whole Operation Flashpoint thing, I’ll sum it up as quickly as I can. It’s basically as close to fighting a real war as you ever want to get - pretty much anything you can do in the army, you can do in the game. Want to peer out from the hatch of an M1A1 Abrams, commanding a squadron of tanks as they sweep across the countryside in a clash of heavy armour? You can do that. Pound the ground as an infantryman? Yep - got that. Take part in elite Special Forces operations, infiltrating enemy lines to sabotage enemy forces? Tick. Rain death from above piloting a helicopter gunship? That too. If you’re really lucky you might do all that in a single mission. And this all takes place across four massive islands, each 100 square kilometres in size. It’s a digitised war of a fidelity and scale that no game has ever really come close to.

Now we’ve got the new guys up to speed - what does Operation Flashpoint: Elite offer the seasoned Flashpoint veteran? Well people familiar with the PC version will feel right at home; the old neighbourhoods are all there, though the greenery is more lush and the grass thicker. But other than the chance to revisit old battlefields, you might think there’s not much for the gamer who knows Flashpoint like the back of his hand., but you’d be wrong.

Thanks to the wonders of Xbox Live and a ground-up rewrite of the network code, Operation Flashpoint: Elite is going to be the one of best online combat experiences on any platform. With voice communications and so much tactical freedom, matched with the unrivalled realism of the original operation flashpoint, it's going to be squad-based heaven for the serious virtual soldier.

So you know when, you know what, and you know why, and the final question is - how much? Operation Flashpoint: Elite will retail for £19.99, which is great value for what’s on offer - the most realistic all-round warfare experience you’re going to get without signing up for real." (CODEMASTERS)

For me it sounds like something similar to the greatest BF2. If I remember right I played Codemaster's OF and wasn't too impressed. Hope that they will made this a great one !