This is the opening sequence of Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising as well as part of the first mission as played by me, CandyStoreRock. It will give you an idea of the tactical gameplay and graphical style of the game. If you’re sitting on the fence as to whether to pop into GameStation and purcase OpFlash this Saturday morning, hopefully this will help you decide either way.
I absolutely loved the intro sequence, good video. Loved your grenade kill! 
I agree with Sam, I love the style of the intro! Here I was thinking I could hold of buying another game until Modern Warfare 2 comes out, now I’m not sure!
The intro was a beautiful marriage between history and typography. I’ve watched it a couple of times now and still enjoy it.
Rick, shame it was sold out. If you manage to pick it up we should definitely get the three of us involved in some co-op action. On Hardcore. YEAH!
I love the part where you are walking and a shot fires across you and then you decide running is the best option.
It looks a good game but I think tactical thinking would let me down. Modern Warfare 2 it is.
I was thinking about holding off until Modern Warfare 2 like Rick, but this looks interesting. I think I’ll pick it up after Brutal Legend (which is still no.1 on the list for now). Looks like hours and hours of fun
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I don’t mean to jump the gun here, especially as I only booted Alan Wake up this evening, but I’m pretty certain it has been worth the wait. In case you didn’t know, Alan Wake has been milling around the Xboxsphere since the launch in 2005, victim to many delays and a significant lack of updates.
Games that are in development for a long time are, in my opinion, typically underwhelming. Prey, which was in development for 11 years, was rubbish (IMO). It certainly lacked the quality you’d expect from a game that had been at the centre of such TLC for a long time, and it failed to grab my attention enough to even finish the game. Too Human, while I never played it, was released to a mixed bag of reviews after a decade in development.
It seems that games that have been in development for lengthy periods of time are naturally met with high expectations, but rarely live up to these expectations. I think Alan Wake is different.
I don’t have anything derogatory to say about Alan Wake. My advice to you? Spend a night in Bright Falls and soak up the eerie atmosphere. Alan Wake excels at thrilling you psychologically. Which is why it’s called a psychological thriller, I guess…
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