This is worse than the first flashpoint game, overall gameplay etc is rubbish, and the worst is the loading times.

Despite what Edwin Starr would have you believe; war (huh!) is in fact pretty good for inspiring all sorts of entertainment media. For every Oscar winning movie on the subject there is now a BAFTA award winning video game all based around the various awful conflicts that have plagued humanity since...

Operation Flashpoint has had a rather long and interesting history. What began as a PC-exclusive military simulator, developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio, that juggled infantry roles with vehicular mobility/combat, has evolved to a multiplatform infantry simulator with original publisher...

Operation Flashpoint: Red River is an FPS game with four-player drop-in drop-out coop throughout the entire 14-ish hour long campaign, a persistent leveling system across four different classes and system link coop for those who aren't rocking a Gold account.

Carolyn Petit reads a review by Joseph Barron for the latest tactical shooter in the Operation Flashpoint franchise, Red River.

Tactical missions with challenging objectives; Assists let you tailor the game to your abilities; Cooperative campaign is great fun

Poor AI often spoils the game's realism; Lackluster visuals

UK REVIEW--The challenge of creating a truly realistic battlefield is rarely attempted in video games, but Operation Flashpoint: Red River takes it on and comes very close to succeeding.

Tactical missions with challenging objectives; Assists let you tailor the game to your abilities; Cooperative campaign is great fun

Poor AI often spoils the game's realism; Lackluster visuals

Military shooter Operation Flashpoint: Red River is Codemasters' follow-up to 2009's Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising . For the uninitiated, the Operation Flashpoint series has traditionally strived to bring heightened authenticity and realism to the genre, and as such has always rather neatly...

While poor programming undermines the single-player, Operation Flashpoint: Red River offers an engaging and challenging cooperative experience for shooter fans of all levels.

In conclusion, Operation Flashpoint: Red River does what it says on the cover. This leans more towards the more realistic aspects of war, which isn't about running through swarms of enemies and hiding behind cover as you magically regenerate health.

Look away you weekend warriors, as Flashpoint is back! With a strong emphasis on realism over run and gun, authenticity over auto-aim and sophistication over spray and pray, Operation Flashpoint: Red River takes the now ubiquitous Middle Eastern modern warfare setting into much deeper tactical...