D+PAD Magazine: Operation Flashpoint: Red River – Reviewed

D+PAD Magazine writes:

This is going to sound rather odd, but we enjoy Operation Flashpoint: Red River for the exact same reasons why we don’t. We admire Codemasters for sticking to their well-simulated, one-hit-kill guns as opposed to venturing down the road which so many first person shooters seem to be going nowadays, that which we call the ‘One Man Army Syndrome’. Sure, it’s only natural that games deliver a sense of empowerment to the player, as that is one of their core functions, and will remain so. What is getting a bit out of hand, however, is how the pacing of shooters must remain at a white-hot breakneck dash through dozens – no, hundreds and hundreds – of enemies.