GREAT concept on top of a great game!!
351742
GREAT concept on top of a great game!  It is one of the best co-op games around and this makes it even better!
270871
X vs X ..... what a great idea. SNK never hit it real big in the states, but the mechanics of this game are awesome and you fall in love with it as soo as you start playing it!
4497491
This game is great! The only thing that gave me a bit of a problem was the defaults the game starts out with. You use both the mouse and the KB to play or a gamepad. Since the mouse is used to control you minions, the KB controls your character and certain other things you can do. It is set up for a right-handed mouse user. I'm a bit strange in this respect as I'm right-handed but use my left hand to control the mouse and my right hand to control my character's movement and actions. So having the A,S,W,D keys for moving my character around just doesn't work for me. I had to reset the arrow keys for movement and move the other action and target lock keys over close to the arrow keys. I left the space bar as is for action. This works out really well. I found that on my system, I had to adjust the default screen settings and sound settings as well. Since I don't have one of the more current graphic cards I had to change the resolution to get the game to run a bit better. It seems that 1024x768 is the default and that's what I use on my desktop but on this game it runs a bit slow so I noted that the game has a number of different settings that go all the way down to 640x480 which I decided on as it gave me the best blend of speed and it alllowed me to up the details a bit. I am very happy about the way the game was built with a way to adjust these settings and allow for a better game play experince. This was well thought out. Game play itself is a lot of fun and I found myself laughing out loud a number of times. A great game and just a lot of fun!!!
4865302
Couldn't wait to play and the game is crazy fun!!!!
4111682
Great game!
Own both in its series!
Fun cooperative play- just needs more levels!
Looking forward to the next release!
3962606
An amazing game! Had a blast playing it with my friends!
661536
A few years ago, I had lots of fun as one of the first testers for this game. This is what I wrote back then:
"So
I had the privilege to play a short test run of this game. Without spoilers, this is what I think:

a. Do you know the feeling when something hits all the right spots, and you got this light in your eyes which tells you  I have to watch this movie/play the game? This game does this. As I saw the character sheet and got the idea of the mechanics, all I could think of is I want to create a character and play it!.

b. The mechanics. Simple, elegant and promote the game easily and consistently with the core principles of the world. There were a few minor glitches here and there, but this is what the alpha is for, right?

c. The world. Being one of the players of the first campaign of City of Myst, almost 10 years ago, I missed this world very much. Even without the power of nostalgia, this setting is great for varied levels of super heroes campaign  from your street-level dude, to a much larger scale (believe me  it can get crazy).
In addition, the atmosphere is very film-noir-ish with a tinge of mystic. I love this.

All in all  had a great time, and looking forward to play again. Try it!"

What can I say? Waiting was worth it. The design of the book itself is amazig. The urge to pick up a few random people and start playing is just so much higher.
I did not finish reading the entire (500 pages!) book yet, but as far as I can see, the glitches from the early versions are gone. Instead of those you get a rich explanations and tips of how to play the game, and how to design and create the campaign.
All in all, can't wait to get the physical copy of the book and start solving some mysteries! (or mist-eries?).
313596
Operation Flashpoint has flown under my radar for far too long!  I was bored and itching for a new game a few weeks back so I stumbled onto Amazon to see what could wet my appetite.  I spotted Dragon rising and decided to give it a shot.  After a few frustrating hours with the strange control scheme and underwhelming graphics, I finally saw the true potential of this game.  I opened my map to see just where I was and slowly zoomed out, out, out, out, out, out, to see all of the glorious 223 squared Kilometers!  WOW!  Suddenly the underwhelming graphics were stunning for a game of that size!  An open world shooter!  Who would have thought it could be sooo fun!

My brother is a bit of a brainiac. Whenever I play xbox with him he is always like "why is every bullet a tracer?"  or sometimes he will mention "you know real combat takes place over hundreds of yards.  Not a dozen feet."
This game finally confronts those flawed shooter pillars so many games are built around.  I LOVE the fact that combat is long range.  When you fire shots downrange 300-400 meters and pull off a head shot you feel AWESOME.  Especially when using a red dot :)

The soundtrack is another part of this game that I wanted to mention.  Some people won't care for it, but I personally love it.  It just embodies what this game is, and I don't know... its hard to put in words.  You'll just have to listen to it.  Sometimes I will boot up the game just to listen to the music in the main menu!

Pro's
-Huge open world (very unique in the genre)
-Realistic combat, for example firing downrange, and only a few shots actually being tracers.
-Great graphics for a game of this caliber
-Full co-op campaign adds a great deal of replayability
-Unique missions and lighting during each mission

Cons-
-Sometimes glitch ridden, but not very much so than other great shooters are! (besides 90% of all bugs seem to have been fixed by now)
-Lackluster story (Its all sorta, Blah Blah, take out PLA.  Blah Blah, take out PLA)

All in all I think this game is a GREAT game and I eagerly await RED RIVER :)

Side note:  VERY excited to see what Codemasters has in store for the sequel Operation Flashpoint: Red River

For me:  9/10
14918
I am not a game collector so it is quite possible that some of the things that I love about this game have been done before. I do doubt however, that they have all been done as well. ...I love this game.

The best part of this game is that the side of the fight you are on really does matter. The two factions are not just mirror images with different names or colors. The entire strategy of each side is different, it almost feels like a different game. This really increases the replay ability of the game by tons.

In addition, each faction has multiple strategies it can employ and those strategies are not simply determined by rock-paper-scissors. Just because one faction is focusing on one strategy doesn't necessarily mean you 'must' deploy a specific defense.

Don't let the minis fool you...this is not a mini strategy game. It can be...but if that is all you do then I think you're missing half the game.

Like I said, I love this game.
991236
I guess that many of you don't know how to "Review" a product at all.  So here is an actual "Review" of this title.  The game is amazing!  It is adding something new to the genre by having the "glassbox" engine.  With this feature you can follow your simulated people (Sims) through their lives in your city and notice there problems they have and try to improve you city with that information.  It isn't the type of simulation that computes in the background mearly shows the people and the cars as representatives of what has been computed.  No -on this one every car, truck and sim will have when you click on them where they came from and where they are going.  This game will go down as one of the revolutionary games in simulations of all kinds.  This one takes simulations to antoher level. I've never had a connection problem, I did have to wait for the servers be updated, but it was back on in 5 minutes.  We've played this (me and my girls) for 132 hours!  So we can only look forward to the next 132!  I got this from amazon, and I would recommended this game not only because it's rated E, but also because I didn't expect much, and was blown away.  They've made and awesome title here.
2342122
Just take a look at the front cover of this game and you can think to yourself that this will be good and it was and still lives up to such a great game. Having been out for sometime I have still not lost interest. When you feel like a relaxing game infront of the computer then look no further but you may not need to relax too much as oyu been a bit of consentration. The battle scenes are so life like and are like you are actually controlling the commandos to complete the mission. When playing it you really think that you are there comtrolling the whole mission and how to get through it. The variety of weapons and types of characters are really superb but one thing that could be better is that they should be able to pick up any type of weapon that they can instead of having a certain set for each character. But you forget all this when playing as you get used to it and the different weapons that they all carry are so great anyway. Even being able to see where the enemy are looking adds a great touch to it. All the different locations make the game even more so realistic and great to play. All it needs is a bit more expanding and it will change from being a superb game to a amazing game. You will not be disappointed.
3364420
Such a fun expansion for one of the best games Ive ever played!!!
4519257
This game is so awesome!  Instead of writing a long review, I'll simply have you read my title again.  You won't regret it!!!
324468
WOW! This game has great graphics, great sound, and is jampacked with great gameplay! The franchise mode sticks out to me... its great and is complete with everything you need. Street is still there, but same the same courts are there. WHen playing street, you choose ur own players from any team! The weather can be changed and the time of day! The graphics are crazy nice!!! You can see sweat on them which determines the fatigue for each player. The sound is pretty good, Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound is key for good sound. So I say u get off the computer, run to any place that sells video games, and GET THIS GAME!!
1752453
Just got this game yesterday, so I'm no expert.  But so far, I can see this game has fantastic graphics.  If you are familiar to stragegy games, then the user interface and methods of play should be generally similar to what you are used to.  But this game adds so much more.  Like Homeworld, you can manage battles if you want to, but you don't really need to, as the AI is smart and can do most of the 'detailed' work for you.  But you will need to keep an eye on a battle and maybe build more ships, or send in more defenses from other planets.  Maybe even ask for help from an alliance or bribe pirates?

This game is great so far, and I've only completed 1 of the 4 tutorials and just had to jump into a single mission.  So, tonight I'm need to do another tutorial to better understand what to do.  But last night I was having so much fun, I didn't want to stop playing.

This game also allows for Mods and recording Replays, so the future looks pretty open for new ideas...
2528569
This game added some of my favorite features to an already awesome game! and at such a low price this was a complete steal! thanks amazon!
430670
This game is one of the best games i've played so far this year, I think it's a great 1 player game but it's even better if you play on the same-console with your room mate/sibling because it let's you select your own user when you're not the host and it saves what ever you get to your user if you're the host or not, and to top it all off you can play 1/4 player on-line! like a couple of days ago me and my sister played on the same console in the same room with another player from around the world!

I think the story mode is great too, you start off in a old kingdom U.K and travel all around the world to a car city themed america to a ninja warrior theme china and a lot more!

Bottom Line: if you love playing with you friends in the same room this game is definitely for you!
(p.s. check out my level "monkey montain")