Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Overview

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a tactical shooter for Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, developed and published by Codemasters. Codemasters sold it as a tactical shooter that portrays modern infantry combat realistically. It is a stand-alone sequel to Bohemia Interactive's Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, but Codemasters made it alone after a falling-out between the two companies.

The story is set in May 2011 on the fictional island of Skira. After the 2008 financial crisis, China's People's Liberation Army takes the island and its newly found oil from Russia, and the United States steps in to retake it. Skira is based on the real island of Kiska in the Aleutians, and the developers copied its terrain to build a sandbox of natural landscape. You play as 2nd Lieutenant Mulholland or Sergeant Hunter.

There are more than 70 weapons with a ballistics system based on real specifications, and a single shot can kill the player at any difficulty. Difficulty levels change how much the HUD tells you, from showing spotted enemies at the lowest level to no on-screen information at all. The highest difficulty removes checkpoints.

In storyline co-op, up to four players can play the campaign together, each replacing a computer-controlled soldier. Multiplayer has four maps on the disc plus the Annihilation and Infiltration modes. The game has no dedicated servers. Seven bonus missions unlock with codes: two came from the game's Recruit website and five went to pre-order customers.

The game runs on a version of Codemasters' EGO Engine, shared with its racing games. Two downloadable multiplayer packs followed, and the Skirmish pack came out on PC on November 5, 2009, with Xbox 360 and PS3 versions later. On February 16, 2010 a Codemasters community manager announced that development of new content had stopped.

Metacritic's scores were generally favourable: 76 on PS3, 77 on Xbox 360 and 76 on PC. IGN said it was unique, fun and challenging but unpolished, and said it should not have been released on consoles. The sequel is Operation Flashpoint: Red River.

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Tactical shooter

Developer

Codemasters

Publisher

Codemasters

Series

Operation Flashpoint

Engine

EGO Engine

Composers

Christian Marcussen

Designers

James Nicholls

Producers

Sion Lenton

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

4 (campaign co-op)

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Trophies

Trophies37

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

3

Silver

19

Bronze

14

Total

37

Points

1350

• Platinum Trophy All Trophies Collected Platinum 2.16% of players
• Without Warning Destroy Radar emplacement Bronze 79.39% of players
• Saber Beats SAM Disable the SAM sites Bronze 42.4% of players
• Tide's Out Successfully hold the beachhead Bronze 32.65% of players
• Runway Relief Capture the airfield Bronze 30.96% of players
• Sandman's Saviors Extract the downed air crew Bronze 25.84% of players
• Fly Away Peter, Fly Away Paul Get to the extraction chopper Bronze 23.24% of players
• Resource Management Secure the fuel depot Bronze 20.54% of players
• Heroic Rescue Rescue the hostages Bronze 19.77% of players
• Uphill Struggle Eliminate the PLA mortar site Bronze 17.65% of players
• Bug Out Reach the extraction point Bronze 17.09% of players
• Ship It Assault the Naval base Bronze 14.28% of players
• Skirinka Island Tour Find the PLA helicopter and fly it around Skirinka Island in Dragon Rising Silver 6.97% of players
• Ghost Ops Eliminate the PLA Commander in Blinding The Dragon Silver 47.21% of players
• Get Creative Destroy the PLA APC at the top of the beach in United We Stand Silver 6.93% of players
• Hip Shooter Destroy the fleeing PLA transport helicopter in Eagle Offense Silver 7.26% of players
• Hitchhiker Destroy the PLA armored units around the village in Powder Trail Silver 9.9% of players
• Fuel the Fire Destroy all of the PLA fuel trucks in Hip Shot Silver 7.38% of players
• Ruthless Efficiency Eliminate the remaining troops on the second line with one mortar barrage in Bleeding Edge Silver 5.58% of players
• Perfect Rescue All hostages must survive in Looking for Lois Silver 12.94% of players
• Keep 'em Rolling Ensure all of the Abrams reach the supporting fire position in Trumpet's Sound Silver 11.94% of players
• Two Birds, One Stone Eliminate Han and the radio station with one JDAM in Decapitation Silver 11.05% of players
• Vertical Envelopment Pilot an MH-60S safely to the designated landing zone in Dragon Fury Silver 9.09% of players
• Dragon Rising Complete the campaign on any difficulty Gold 13.71% of players
• Dragon Rising - Hardcore Complete the campaign on Hardcore difficulty Gold 2.51% of players
• Shock and Awe Call in your first air strike Bronze 28.58% of players
• Hard Rain Call in your first artillery barrage Bronze 65.6% of players
• Low Blow Kill an enemy vehicle with an AT mine Silver 5.16% of players
• Scrap Metal Kill an enemy vehicle with an AT weapon Silver 35.65% of players
• Clear Skies Kill an enemy vehicle with an AA weapon Silver 19.15% of players
• The Sky is Falling Kill an enemy with a helicopter without using its weapons Silver 4.73% of players
• Squad Slayer Kill or incapacitate 25 enemies Bronze 46.91% of players
• Platoon Pounder Kill or incapacitate 50 enemies Silver 36.66% of players
• Company Killer Kill or incapacitate 100 enemies Gold 26.91% of players
• Unbloodied Hands Complete a mission without directly killing anyone yourself Silver 10.65% of players
• All Patched Up Apply a field dressing to an injured friend in Co-op Silver 8.98% of players
• Florence Nightingale Award Apply the field dressing to other wounded soldiers 20 times Silver 5.47% of players

Space and patches

Update patch01.02

These are the patches Sony still hosts for this disc ID. The game's real history can be longer.

DLC

Two multiplayer packs were released, and Skirmish was the first. Codemasters stopped making new content in February 2010.

Items

Name	Adds
Skirmish	Multiplayer game modes (PC release 2009-11-05, console versions later)

Playable today

Reception

Aggregates

Outlet	Platform	Score	Scale
Metacritic	PS3	76	100
Metacritic	Xbox 360	77	100
Metacritic	PC	76	100

Critics

Outlet	Score	Scale
IGN	7.8	10
GameSpot	7.5	10
Eurogamer	7	10
GameTrailers	7.1	10
VideoGamer	7	10
Official Xbox Magazine	8	10
Bit-tech	5	10

Staff and cast

Staff

Role	Name
Producer	Sion Lenton
Designer	James Nicholls
Composer	Christian Marcussen

Notes for collectors

• Skira is modelled on the real island of Kiska in Alaska, which Japan captured and US and Canadian forces retook in the Second World War.
• Seven bonus missions unlock with codes. Two came from the game's Recruit website and five were for pre-order buyers, and all seven codes are public now.
• Two trophies need co-op: All Patched Up and the Florence Nightingale Award.
• The North American and European discs have slightly different patch sizes, about 117.3 MB and 118.5 MB for version 01.02.

Credits

Region

US

Time to beat

about 11.5 hours