History VideoGame / OperationFlashpointCodemasters

* SequelDifficultyDrop: ''Red River'' is noticeably easier than ''Dragon Rising''. You have the ability to completely restore your health instead of merely stopping bleeding, you're able to choose your loadout for each mission and are also able to carry both a marksman rifle and an assault rifle at the same time, and for the first 1/3rd of the game your enemies are poorly equipped insurgents who lack vehicle support and can be killed with one shot from anything bigger than a pistol due to not wearing body armor.

* LittleUselessGun: Pistols in general. As with any shooter on the realistic end of the FacklerScaleOfFPSRealism, pistols are a RangedEmergencyWeapon (with a very short effective range, something that's not ideal to be fighting in in this game) that only see use when you run dry of ammo for your rifle. Though, with the lack of supplies, this will be the case unless you take weapons from the Chinese.

The [[ContestedSequel other]] SpiritualSuccessor series to the acclaimed ''OperationFlashpoint'' trilogy from 2001-2002. Developed and published by Creator/{{Codemasters}}, without any input or co-operation from the original developers of the franchise, Bohemia Interactive Studios.

To clear up and explain the situation a bit for troping gamers: After finishing their work on ''OperationFlashpoint'', the developer Bohemia Interactive Studios and publisher Codemasters had a major falling out and split ways. BIS took the rights to the engine, Codemasters got the rights to the name. BIS has since upgraded the engine for the sequel ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}}'' series, while Codemasters developed its own "official" sequel, ''Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising''. Essentially, the BIS sequels closely resemble the original, except they have much better graphics and improved gameplay, while ''Dragon Rising'' feels, well, different from the original OFP, and a lot of old veterans seem to think that it suffers from NewAndImproved Syndrome.

'''NOTE: Please do not list any entries related to the original ''OperationFlashpoint'' series here. They have their separate page.'''

* MadLibsDialogue: Attempted aversion (as this was a supposedly oft-cited shortcoming of ''OperationFlashpoint'' and ''ARMA''): ''Dragon Rising'' tries to [[SubvertedTrope backpedal]] by making sentences out of ''phrases'' instead of individual words.

* SpinOff: Best described as this towards ''OperationFlashpoint''. Unlike in ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}}'', there are no [[ContinuityNod references to the original series]]. Given how the devs seem to be steering the series to take place in more RealLife countries, it might even take place in its own separate AlternateUniverse.

* ActionizedSequel: The ''Dragon Rising''[=/=]''Red River'' development team have stated in interviews that their goal was to take the core concept of ''Flashpoint'' and produce their own more mainstream, more accessible product in the form of an open-world shooter game rather than a straight "hard simulation" like ''VideoGame/{{ARMA}}''. The end product is more streamlined, has less downtime between firefights, and is somewhat more forgiving in terms of difficulty, with a similar feel to games like ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}: Shadow of Chernobyl'' (although this still makes the gameplay ''much'' more unforgiving than any other shooter aside from hardcore sims like ''ARMA'').

* HealThyself: Downplayed. You are issued a field dressing for use on yourself and squadmates when shot. However, this will only stop you from bleeding to death and will not heal and damage done to body parts. In order to do so, you then need to either call for a medic to heal your wounds properly or wait for a checkpoint, where you are instantly healed.

* ChineseWithChopperSupport[=/=]RedChina: The PLA feature as adversaries in both ''Dragon Rising'' and ''Red River''.

* ActionizedSequel: The ''Dragon Rising''[=/=]''Red River'' development team have stated in interviews that their goal was to take the core concept of ''Flashpoint'' and produce their own more mainstream, more accessible product in the form of an open-world shooter game rather than a straight "hard simulation" like ''{{ARMA}}''. The end product is more streamlined, has less downtime between firefights, and is somewhat more forgiving in terms of difficulty, with a similar feel to games like ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}: Shadow of Chernobyl'' (although this still makes the gameplay ''much'' more unforgiving than any other shooter aside from hardcore sims like ''ARMA'').

* DuelingGames: With the ''{{ARMA}}'' series, particularly when ''Dragon Rising'' was promoted on the strength of the ''Operation Flashpoint'' name[[note]]the devs behind the the original game had kept everything except the name, and created a spiritual successor in the ''ARMA'' series took said promoting as an attempt to ride the coattails of their work[[/note]], though Codemasters essentially ceded the issue by closing down the studio that developed ''Red River'' and announcing Codemasters' withdrawal from the shooter genre.

* NintendoHard: Though it is somewhat more forgiving compared to ''{{ARMA}}''.

* SpinOff: Best described as this towards ''OperationFlashpoint''. Unlike in ''{{ARMA}}'', there are no [[ContinuityNod references to the original series]]. Given how the devs seem to be steering the series to take place in more RealLife countries, it might even take place in its own separate AlternateUniverse.

* YanksWithTanks

* CriticalResearchFailure: On one of the game covers, a Marine is shooting his rifle and shell casings are being ejected, while the dust cover is closed.

* NextSundayAD: Reflected in the fact that pretty much all American and Chinese equipment seen is of contemporary manufacture, without any futuristic trappings. Fitting, since the original series also didn't use any hi-tech gizmos (it was set in the 80s, but still used only standard army stuff instead of experimental ColdWar tech).

* ItsUpToYou: Generally downplayed in Sergeant Hunter's missions in ''Dragon Rising"; You're part of a larger force. However, an example that stands out is capturing the naval facility in the final mission. Your four man squad is expected to take the entire base by themselves and the friendly tanks that show up once you've taken out the Chinese AntiAir mysteriously disappears. If you assist the other marine fireteam in taking out the snipers, they will flank to the base's North entrance........and do nothing.

* LittleUselessGun: Pistols in general. As with any shooter on the realistic end of the FacklerScaleOfFPSRealism, pistols are an EmergencyRangedWeapon (with a very short effective range, something that's not ideal to be fighting in in this game) that only see use when you run dry of ammo for your rifle. Though, with the lack of supplies, this will be the case unless you take weapons from the Chinese.

* ShoutOut: ''Red River'' has a StargateSG1 reference in the opening cinematic of the final mission.

* DuelingGames: With the ''{{ARMA}}'' series, particularly when ''Dragon Rising'' was promoted on the strength of the ''Operation Flashpoint'' name[[hottip:note:the devs behind the the original game had kept everything except the name, and created a spiritual successor in the ''ARMA'' series took said promoting as an attempt to ride the coattails of their work]], though Codemasters essentially ceded the issue by closing down the studio that developed ''Red River'' and announcing Codemasters' withdrawal from the shooter genre.

* ChineseWithChopperSupport / RedChina: The PLA feature as adversaries in both ''Dragon Rising'' and ''Red River''.
* [[ChinaTakesOverTheWorld China Takes Over A Resource Rich Island And Meddles In Central Asia]]

The [[ContestedSequel other]] SpiritualSuccessor series to the acclaimed ''OperationFlashpoint'' trilogy from 2001-2002. Developed and published by Codemasters, without any input or co-operation from the original developers of the franchise, Bohemia Interactive Studios.

* DuelingGames: With the ''{{ARMA}}'' series, particularly when ''Dragon Rising'' was promoted on the strength of the ''Operation Flashpoint'' name[[hottip:note:the devs behind the [[VideoGame/OperationFlashpoint original game]] -- who'd kept everything except the name and created [[VideoGame/ARMA a spiritual successor]] -- took it as an attempt to ride the coattails of their work]], though Codemasters essentially ceded the issue by closing down the studio that developed ''Red River'' and announcing Codemasters' withdrawal from the shooter genre.

* DuelingGames: With the ''{{ARMA}}'' series, particularly when ''Dragon Rising'' was promoted on the strength of the ''Operation Flashpoint'' name[[note:the devs behind the [[VideoGame/OperationFlashpoint original game]] -- who'd kept everything except the name and created [[VideoGame/ARMA a spiritual successor]] -- took it as an attempt to ride the coattails of their work]], though Codemasters essentially ceded the issue by closing down the studio that developed ''Red River'' and announcing Codemasters' withdrawal from the shooter genre.

* DuelingGames: With the ''{{ARMA}}'' series.

* MadLibsDialogue: Attempted aversion (as this was a supposedly oft-cited shortcoming of ''OperationFlashpoint'' and ''ARMA''). ''Dragon Rising'' tries to [[SubvertedTrope backpedal]] by making sentences out of ''phrases'' instead of individual words.

* ActionizedSequel: The ''Dragon Rising''[=/=]''Red River'' development team have stated in interviews that their goal was to take the core concept of ''Flashpoint'' and produce their own more mainstream, more accessible product in the form of an open-world shooter game rather than a straight "hard simulation" like ''{{ARMA}}''. The end product is more streamlined, has less downtime between firefights, and is somewhat more forgiving in terms of difficulty, with a similar feel to games like ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}: Shadow of Chernobyl'' (although this still makes the gameplay ''much'' more unforgiving than any other shooter aside from hardcore sims like ''ARMA'').

* NintedoHard: Though it is somewhat more forgiving compared to ''{{ARMA}}''.