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Ten years ago today, the small, independent developer from the Czech Republic, Bohemia Interactive Studios, unleashed Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis on the world. No one could have anticipated the effect it would have. OFP immediately shot to the top of the PC sales charts, and garnered critical acclaim from reviewers world-wide, including Game of the Year from GameSpy. The Cold War-era weaponry and setting, combined with open battlegrounds, and the most hardcore realism of its time resonated with fans, creating the ever-amazing community we have today. Though there have been many imitators (some more... "directly" than others), there will ever only be one OFP in the eyes of true fans. Today, ten years on, we are releasing our demo for Cold War Rearmed² to celebrate this anniversary and take you back to the Malden Islands.

Just remember one thing: when you see the flash, it is already too late!

Cold War Rearmed² is the sequel to the popular Cold War Rearmed Beta. It aims to recreate the experience of the excellent Cold War Crisis and Resistance campaigns from Operation Flashpoint, taking advantage of Bohemia Interactives's modern engine and gameplay enhancements from Operation Arrowhead.

The Cold War Rearmed² Demo Release Celebrates the 10 year anniversary of the release date of Operation Flashpoint.

This release showcases the capabilities of the small but dedicated Mod team. It includes many kind donations from other amazing development teams, and serves as a collection of works from the who's who of the incredibly productive and generous Bohemia Interactive Community. Included in this Demo:

Everon Island completely revamped from scratch, including all buildings, fountains, and other objects from the original. This island features some of the densest forest ever seen in the RV 2 Engine- going into the woods is scary again!
A demo campaign made from a subset of the CWC Everon missions, plus bonus, community made, single and multiplayer content, including PvP missions by Celery.
Over 150 units, weapons, and vehicles, not including subvariants. The full complement of assets from Operation Flashpoint have been redone completely to ArmA 2+ specifications, or enhanced from source material. In addition, bonus weapons and vehicles have been provided to add diversity to your user generated scenarios!


Enjoy the demo and stay tuned for the Cold War Rearmed² full release, including all missions and islands!

This release is dedicated to James 'Planck' McNicoll. You will be missed and we're sure you would be happy with what we achieved.


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Downloaded, played and was disappointed.

Cold War Crisis 1985 was hands down my favorite release of the OFP/ARMA series, had the best story and campaign I've seen in a game EVER.

But I should have left it to the nostalgia sentiments, the 10 year old game is hardly playable now, especially when I'm already used to ARMA 2 CO/BAF/PMC standards.

I still dream that someone would make an OFP:1985 mod for ARMAII/ARMA III, I'd pay for something like that.
 
Why disappointed? They're simply remaking the campign(s) - as far as I understood it - just with the current engine. Where's the problem? I also played the mod for ArmA and it was exactly like the old OPF, just better because you had better graphics and more options.
 
Earl of Grey said:
Why disappointed? They're simply remaking the campign(s) - as far as I understood it - just with the current engine. Where's the problem? I also played the mod for ArmA and it was exactly like the old OPF, just better because you had better graphics and more options.
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That's what I thought would happen, but it's nothing like it...

I'm not sure what the changes are exactly, but I think it's just limited to making it playable on a more modern PC.

Graphics, sounds, playability etc. stayed the same as they were 10 years ago...
 
I admit I don't quite get what you mean - ArmA does look better than OFP. Overall, there hasn't changed very much, corect. But people liked OFP the way it was and everyone liked the old OFP campaigns exactly like they were, so this mod simply transfers everything to a new engine with better looks.

What did you expect? Apart from the fact that someone apparently heard your complaints, I saw a Merkava IV in an ArmA3 trailer a while ago... :tongue1:
 
Earl of Grey said:
I admit I don't quite get what you mean - ArmA does look better than OFP. Overall, there hasn't changed very much, corect. But people liked OFP the way it was and everyone liked the old OFP campaigns exactly like they were, so this mod simply transfers everything to a new engine with better looks.
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I think we have a serious communication breakdown.

Have you played CWR? it is nothing like you describe...no new engine, no better looks, nothing like ARMA (I wish it was...that was what I was hoping for) it's just OFP1985 that runs on windows 7, that's it.
Apart from the fact that someone apparently heard your complaints, I saw a Merkava IV in an ArmA3 trailer a while ago... :tongue1:
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I think I complained about CMSF, not ARMA :)

The back story around ARMA 3 seems like it's be mind boggling, I can't understand how they squeezed IDF equipment for one side...let alone BOTH sides...
 
Golani said:
I think we have a serious communication breakdown.
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It seems we're talking about two different things here if you ask me. :biggrin1:

Golani said:
Have you played CWR? it is nothing like you describe...no new engine, no better looks, nothing like ARMA (I wish it was...that was what I was hoping for) it's just OFP1985 that runs on windows 7, that's it.
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I have played the old ArmA version, yes. And the original OFP for all it matters. But unless you play with the absolutely lowest settings, this mod on the Arma/ArmA2 engine is a far cry from the original OFP. Is it possible there's actually two mods out there calling themselvs 'Cold War Rearmed'? Becasue how can ArmA or ArmA2 look like the original OFP?

Golani said:
The back story around ARMA 3 seems like it's be mind boggling, I can't understand how they squeezed IDF equipment for one side...let alone BOTH sides...
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You know: If I could, I'd also take a Merkava any day. Not that the Leopard is a bad tank, but I just think your design is more efficient. Besides, the background story of games doesn't need to be realistic at all, just fun... :tongue1:
 
Earl of Grey said:
I have played the old ArmA version, yes. And the original OFP for all it matters. But unless you play with the absolutely lowest settings, this mod on the Arma/ArmA2 engine is a far cry from the original OFP. Is it possible there's actually two mods out there calling themselvs 'Cold War Rearmed'? Becasue how can ArmA or ArmA2 look like the original OFP?
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Crap.
I thought this thread was about "Cold War Assault" or rather thought CWA and CWR are the same thing...:(
I'll go sit quietly in the corner now...
You know: If I could, I'd also take a Merkava any day. Not that the Leopard is a bad tank, but I just think your design is more efficient. Besides, the background story of games doesn't need to be realistic at all, just fun... :tongue1:
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The one thing that separates ARMA from other games is it's authenticity, the background story doesn't have to be "real" (never heard of Everon, Chernurus or Takistan before...) but at least viable...
 
But how viable is a COld War conflict gone hot remaining so small? No NATO, no other Warsaw Pact forces, no nukes... There's always a big dose of incredibility. And nowadays, almost anything seems possible when aremd conflict is involved.
 
Are we talking OFP or ARMAIII now...?

IIRC the explanation of OFP was that it's a rouge Russian general and not a Russian assault (and it had a nuke, final mission was you as an SF operative set to blow up a nuclear armed Scud launcher).

ARMAIII's background, if I understood it correctly, is that most of Europe was overrun and you're a part of a team dropped deep behind enemy lines.
 
Well I gave it a try, looks nice bur doesn't like my XP SP3... or my graphic drivers ? Although Arma 2 runs fine, I had a go at the first mission in the campaign ( Flashpoint, we all started in Morton !!) got down from the helo, but after the chief's briefing in the woods...CTD ! Will stick it aside until I change my rig and upgrade to Windows 7...
 
Golani said:
IIRC the explanation of OFP was that it's a rouge Russian general and not a Russian assault (and it had a nuke, final mission was you as an SF operative set to blow up a nuclear armed Scud launcher).
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Ah, I forgot. Been a long time since I played it - the ArmA remake didn't completely work for me, so I had to stop somewhere in the middle... I hope I can play through the new one without any problems!

ARMAIII's background, if I understood it correctly, is that most of Europe was overrun and you're a part of a team dropped deep behind enemy lines.
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Yes, apparently. But that doesn't seem so inplausible - in fact a lot of people in Europe are afraid the Russians are gonna try that sooner or later and finish where Stalin failed...
 
Arma: Cold War Assault is just a rerelease of the original Flashpoint, for the 10 year anniversary. Only difference between them is just the name because Codemasters owns the rights to the Flashpoint name(and have completely ruined it with two shitty Flashpoint titles). Bohemia never claimed that the Cold War Assault was anything else.
 
This is not Arma : Cold War Assault but a mod made by an independant team called Cold War Rearmed 2 and based on the Arma2 OA engine... and up to now still in demo state !
 
I know, but I was rather responding to Golani's comments about his dissappointment with Cold War Assault. Should have propably quoted one his posts to avoid further confusion.
 
And we cleared that one up already - he's sitting in a corner and being embarassed. :biggrin1:

Anyway, I very much hope they get the thing properly finished this time - still one of the nicest shooter campaigns around!
 
I still have my OFP discs and the last mods FFUR 2007 / SLX must be burned somewhere on a DVD !
 
Vartuoosi said:
I know, but I was rather responding to Golani's comments about his dissappointment with Cold War Assault. Should have propably quoted one his posts to avoid further confusion.
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Sorry, misunderstood !
 
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