GameLuster: Operation Flashpoint – Dragon Rising Review

"Alright, I’d like to make this little something clear right out of the gate: This is NOT Operation Flashpoint 2. It should not be considered a follow-up to Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis. For that, one should go play the ArmA series. This is outright a more serious (in that there’s less ‘action film’ kind of situations), yet less realistic military shooter that bears the Operation Flashpoint name and has literally no connection whatsoever to the 2001 game aside from the moniker. A lot of people, it seems, have negative feelings on this game because it’s not a true sequel to Bohemia Interactive’s title. That, frankly, bothers the hell out of me. This game came a full eight years after the original game and two years after the success of Bohemia’s OpFlash follow-up, ArmA: Armed Assault. This game is its own game with its own merits. The OpFlash name is simply a way to attract more attention and, thus, more money. I’m not here to argue whether or not they should’ve given the game its own name, though. I’m just going to talk about the game in itself and its own qualities."