Operation Flashpoint (Codemasters): Difference between revisions

* [[Actionized Sequel]]: The ''Dragon Rising''/''Red River'' development team have stated in interviews that their goal was to take the core concept of ''Flashpoint'' and produce their own more mainstream, more accessible product in the form of an open-world shooter game rather than a straight "hard simulation" like ''[[Arm A]]''. The end product is more streamlined, has less downtime between firefights, and is somewhat more forgiving in terms of difficulty, with a similar feel to games like ''[[STALKER (Video Game)|STALKER]]: Shadow of Chernobyl'' (although this still makes the gameplay ''much'' more unforgiving than any other shooter aside from hardcore sims like ''ARMA'').

* [[Banned in China]]: ''Dragon Rising'' is, surprisingly, an ''aversion''. The game is noteworthy in China for the portrayal of PLA troops, gear and vehicles rendered nicely in current-gen graphics, with gameplay pitched as seeing the battlefield from the enemy's point of view.

* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Staff Sergeant Knox.

* [[Dueling Games]]: With the ''[[Arm A]]'' series.

* [[Chinese With Chopper Support]] / [[Red China]]: The PLA feature as adversaries in both ''Dragon Rising'' and ''Red River''.

* [[China Takes Over the World|China Takes Over A Resource Rich Island And Meddles In Central Asia]]

* [[Semper Fi]]: The Marines feature prominently.

* [[Shout Out]]: ''Red River'' has a [[Stargate SG 1]] reference in the opening cinematic of the final mission.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: The Chinese Army is described this way in ''Dragon Rising'', especially in the ending after they've safely been beaten. Yeah, like that's really going to stop it from being [[Banned in China]]... wait, ''what''? It really worked??

** Averted in the sequel, which takes a much more realistic, heavily jingoistic approach to the USMC's attitude towards the opposing side.