Operation Flashpoint (Arma) - a Nostalgic Review

Why Operation Flashpoint was (and still is) one of the best military sims out there, and a fun sandbox to boot.

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Operation Flashpoint was renamed Arma: Cold War Crisis after Bohemia Interactive split away from Codemasters. Interestingly, it doesn't include the Red Hammer campaign since they don't have the rights to it... but it was the weakest of the 3 anyway.

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[vaenii]

You know a game is old when a nostalgic review is almost 10 years old as well. 😄

[RichieSpeed]

When you're watching a nostalgic review which was posted 5 years ago and you start to feel nostalgic about feeling nostalgic and then you realise you're old.

[Holzturm]

THIS IS PAPA BEAR TO ALL SQUADS. YOURE APPROUACHING THE ENEMEY POSITIONS. CONTACT IS IMMINENT. GOT HELP US ALL. OUT

[NavidIsANoob]

As someone who played this as a child, can confirm I'm a military genius now.

[vortexmodeling]

Count with me:
- Non-linear game play
- Scalable and extendable in every way via modding
- Never crashes (unless some incompatible mods installed then it's your fault)
- Wide maps
- Everything can be operatble
- Simple but effective unit commanding style

I spent countless hours on this game, and I wish I have free time to spend more because this game is just enjoyable and you can tell how great it is by the success of its sequels.

[OneEyePI]

I was in the Army when it came out and remember thinking for the first time that this was the first thing even close to reality. For a start, you'd be under fire, and you couldnt see where it was coming from - that was exactly what we would encounter on exercise and its what really struck me about this being different to games like Delta Force etc. Also, that you didnt have to be some lone SF super soldier, you could be a machine gunner or medic as part of a squad. A real watershed moment in gaming.

[Xenoforge]

10/10 review. Extremely underrated game nowadays, and that campaign... I still remember the mission where you're stranded and need to get back to your unit... one of the most difficult missions of any FPS i've ever played. Took me a good three days to complete it... Heart throbbing as I hid in bushes hoping they wouldn't find me, then sprinting through the forest with gunfire ringing past me. The amount of satisfaction and achievement I felt completing it simply isn't going to be matched nowadays.

[jamstonjulian]

I have not and hopefully will not ever experienced War but I can imagine it alternates between extreme boredom and extreme terror, with plenty of confusion to boot. Operation Flashpoint captured this perfectly. One of the scariest and most tense gaming experiences I've had were when I had to hide out in the woods whilst being overrun by enemy troops. You wake up the next day to find your teammates dead and enemy troops heading towards you. You then have to traverse several kilometres of enemy territory without being killed, trying to make your extraction in time. Your heart is in your throat the entire time. It may have been largely scripted but it didn't feel that way.

[victorrizkallah]

The mission in the forest by yourself, enemy scouts tanks helicopters around you... That was next level, you could feel the fear flowing through your body

[Cayden]

Awhile ago, me and an old mate of mine were playing a zombie survival custom mission. Us two, some AI squadmates, and an island full of running zombies with a few vehicles and ammo to survive on. Only an hour into the game we were running for our lives, our AI squad mate was driving our only vehicle; a humvee. He crashed it into a power pole at night, injuring all of us, effectively taking out our legs. We crawled out of the crashed vehicle only to be jumped on by two dozen zombies momentarily. We all died shortly after, but that was certainly a great moment.

[naxoxz]

The introduction is exactly how I felt when I first played this game, it's like you took the words out of my mouth, couldn't describe it better myself. I recently replayed the game and it still feels great to play. What a legendary game.

[drothokkroc]

Opeartion Flashpoint is till this date on of my favourites games ever made! I like it even more than the newer ArmA games.

[Tonydaling]

Yes yes This game was my childhood. I played this game so much in every way possible. Making my own epic beach head missions, piloting and driving every vehicle. Oh my god what a great game. This should be a game that gets remastered. Seriously, remaster this.

[JoeBob]

Loved this game back in 2001. The most memorable points for me were: A panic run through a forest getting shot at, . Trying to decide how best to ambush a convoy in a valley. And sneaking into a Russian base stealing a helicopter to make the mission easier.

[MishaElRusito]

To this day this is my top favorite game out of all. The single player campaigns were impecable. Me and my school buddy used to play it on two PC's in my house for months. Creating random scenarios on different maps. The peacekeeper DLC was IMO the best one. I've played all of them for so many times over. Arma didn't really click for me, plus at the time (and still on my 2018 computer) it was not running well and required a super powerful computer. I have a semi-powerful gamers laptop now made in 2018 and still it won't run smoothly smh.

[JoeyJoJoJoestarJuniorShabadoo]

I own every Arma game and love them all but this still is and will always be my favorite. Not only does it have the best campaign of all the Arma games, but the gameplay perfectly captured the idea of "playing war" just like I did with my army men in the garden (I had tanks, helicopters, barbed wire, sandbags, the whole shebang)

[hakiajrula]

was going through my liked videos playlist, this video brought back all the memories of me and my dad playing this great game together, lucky to still have a copy of this game

[everonrailways]

An absolute spot on review of the game. I never left Everon because OFP has all I need in a game. And that Editor!, my god! The hours of fun that editor provides to this day. Not enough can be said of OFP. I fell in love with the scenery on Everon, and I'm in the process of modelling Everon in 1:160 scale. I'm running a railway through it to provide operational interest. Most of the buildings are constructed, I just need to update my channel to reflect that. Cheers!

[stiannobelisto]

Man the memories, 6 hours to complete certain missions, sneaking around in the forest at night while enemy soldiers walks right next to you, COD players would not even last 1 second playing this

[amciuam]

I agree with the review, OFP was the best thing that could happen to us military games fans. Back then it was a wonderful game that could bring joy for thousands of hours.