Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands, a conflict that is in danger of erupting onto a global scale. The player takes the role of a US…

79 6 October 2009

Puzzle Shooter Simulator Strategy Tactical Action Open world

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a puzzle developed by Codemasters Southam, released 6 October 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a puzzle game developed by Codemasters Southam and released in 2009. It was published by Codemasters. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Ego Engine.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a tactical shooter video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 developed and published by Codemasters. Codemasters has advertised the game as a tactical shooter designed to represent modern infantry combat realistically. It is a stand-alone sequel to Bohemia Interactive's Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, but was developed entirely by Codemasters due to a falling-out between the two companies.

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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 61% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 12 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.4GHz Dual Core Processor, 1 GB RAM and Nvidia 7600GT 256mb or ATI X1800XL 256mb. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB.

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What it launched against

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising launched on 6 October 2009, within three weeks of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat and League of Legends. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat, League of Legends.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Quick answers

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising — frequently asked questions

When did Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising come out?

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising was released on 6 October 2009 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising?

At minimum, Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising needs 2.4GHz Dual Core Processor, 1 GB RAM, Nvidia 7600GT 256mb or ATI X1800XL 256mb graphics, 8 GB of storage.

How many GB is Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising?

The PC version needs about 8 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("8 GB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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