Tactical squad gameplay between CoD and ARMA
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“This is a good in-between point of those who can find no joy in either.”
Steam review · 11 h played ↗
Operation Flashpoint: Red River
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Mixed · 56%Mixed · 56%Codemasters Action StudioFPS · Action · Strategy
The verdict
A flawed but enjoyable console-style tactical squad shooter, best in co-op. Dead Games for Windows Live DRM often blocks launching or saving, so skip it if you want ARMA-level depth.
Great for
Fans of slower, semi-realistic tactical shooters who can tinker with fixes and want co-op with friends
Main risk
Games for Windows Live may stop the game launching or saving, and it is much shallower than ARMA or Dragon Rising
What players love
Fun co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“It is a GREAT if You play it with friends. Challenging, FUN”
Steam review · 43.5 h played ↗
Funny Staff Sgt. Knox and dialogue
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“SSgt Knox's take-no-prisoners leadership style and dialogue is absolutely EPIC”
Steam review · 40.6 h played ↗
Good campaign, scenery and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“You will actualy feel like your in tajikistan as you wade through country side on foot or in humve.”
Steam review · 24.9 h played ↗
Class progression and loadout customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Level of customization for different sets of classes. You can level them up and get new perks.”
Steam review · 14.3 h played ↗
Bullet drop and bleeding, no regen health
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“No health regeneration. If you get shot you need to stop the bleeding first then patch up”
Steam review · 14.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Games for Windows Live blocks launch and saving
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 negative reviews
“Requires old dead DRM to launch the game and save progress.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Not a real Flashpoint, dumbed-down and linear
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The gameplay consists of mindlessly shooting wave after wave of hostiles. No depth. No realism.”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
Poor controls and inaccurate shooting
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“There is also a substantial amount of mouse acceleration, making aiming extremely awkward and difficult.”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗
Dumb squad and enemy AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“your squadmates stand around you bleeding out like "Oh, shame for him, sometimes I can still hear him..."”
Steam review · 9.1 h played ↗
Annoying unskippable talk and cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“you get screamed at in military slang for what sometimes feels like 15 minutes by some racist black guy”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Dated graphics and bad console port
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“There are no graphical settings in the options menu so you're stuck with piss-poor texture resolution across the board”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown8 GB
Minimum
OSMicrosoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, Windows 10 not supported.
ProcessorDual Core 2.4Ghz
Memory1GB (2GB for Vista)
GraphicsATI Radeon X1800 256mb, NVIDIA 7800 256mb
Storage8GB
Recommended
OSMicrosoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7
ProcessorQuad Core 3.0Ghz
Memory2GB
GraphicsATI Radeon 3800 512mb, NVIDIA 8800 512mb
Storage8GB
OSMicrosoft Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7, Windows 10 not supported.
ProcessorDual Core 2.4Ghz
Memory1GB (2GB for Vista)
GraphicsATI Radeon X1800 256mb, NVIDIA 7800 256mb
Storage8GB
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