stupid me in first mission|first impressions

nomisum · 14-10-2009, 06:02 PM

today i finally received my copy of OFPDR (imported version, therefore a bit late) and started to play the campaign. hardcore of course. the first two or three attempts i just played around a bit. then i restarted and wanted to accomplish all objectives.

i always spawned looking north, so i though there might be the main objective, as i could not make out any significant objective marker on the map (oh well, maybe its the circled 1, but i didnt recognize it).

moving north-east i first destroyed the anti-ship-missile, then headed west and took out the guys at the helicopter. i then moved north searching for the damn radar and found some tower on the north-west which i destroyed. no reaction from mission panel whatsoever.

meanwhile it was getting dark and i headed south to check whether i overlooked something. the chinese in the hut / with the jeep managed to kill all my beloved men during their assault on the building. i had to clean the mess up and move on alone.

moving south i suddenly became some radio-information about reinforcements and a helicopter dropped 2 squads. i headed towards them hoping i could fill up my fireteam

but one squad just stand there in the dark waiting for something to happen. the other slowly moved down the hill to the village and i assisted them to kill all the enemies down there. once cleared, the first squad still stand motionless on top of the hill. (BUG?)

i began to understand that the first objective must be the two radio towers on the hill south-east and began to climb. shame on me i died when entering a hut trying to clear it of 2 PAL-guys. mission failed. damn.

what i want to express with this report: it doesnt feel like theres a combat going on around you if you dont do whats expected by the mission maker. if i didnt remember the hill/village out of all the vids i still might be clearing the whole island without artillery support

other things which where already mentioned 1000 times here in the forum:

not being able to move while giving commands was really annoying
the FOV is quite narrow especially when driving vehicles
no freelook for driver was really bad too
my mousewheel stopped working in the middle of the mission (maybe because of switching to WIN though

btw the game is playable on my 3800+ dualcore w/ 7600 GT which i didnt expect. new rig already planned though.

noobiachi · 14-10-2009, 07:56 PM

The game is scripted,if you dont follow the set sequence you get strange gameplay results.
It is NOT a sandbox game,im surprised you didnt end the mission prematurely because of straying to far off the set paths.

14-10-2009, 06:02 PM	#1 (permalink)
nomisum Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Berlin, Germany Posts: 212	stupid me in first mission\|first impressions today i finally received my copy of OFPDR (imported version, therefore a bit late) and started to play the campaign. hardcore of course. the first two or three attempts i just played around a bit. then i restarted and wanted to accomplish all objectives. i always spawned looking north, so i though there might be the main objective, as i could not make out any significant objective marker on the map (oh well, maybe its the circled 1, but i didnt recognize it). moving north-east i first destroyed the anti-ship-missile, then headed west and took out the guys at the helicopter. i then moved north searching for the damn radar and found some tower on the north-west which i destroyed. no reaction from mission panel whatsoever. meanwhile it was getting dark and i headed south to check whether i overlooked something. the chinese in the hut / with the jeep managed to kill all my beloved men during their assault on the building. i had to clean the mess up and move on alone. moving south i suddenly became some radio-information about reinforcements and a helicopter dropped 2 squads. i headed towards them hoping i could fill up my fireteam but one squad just stand there in the dark waiting for something to happen. the other slowly moved down the hill to the village and i assisted them to kill all the enemies down there. once cleared, the first squad still stand motionless on top of the hill. (BUG?) i began to understand that the first objective must be the two radio towers on the hill south-east and began to climb. shame on me i died when entering a hut trying to clear it of 2 PAL-guys. mission failed. damn. what i want to express with this report: it doesnt feel like theres a combat going on around you if you dont do whats expected by the mission maker. if i didnt remember the hill/village out of all the vids i still might be clearing the whole island without artillery support other things which where already mentioned 1000 times here in the forum: not being able to move while giving commands was really annoying the FOV is quite narrow especially when driving vehicles no freelook for driver was really bad too my mousewheel stopped working in the middle of the mission (maybe because of switching to WIN though btw the game is playable on my 3800+ dualcore w/ 7600 GT which i didnt expect. new rig already planned though.

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14-10-2009, 07:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
noobiachi Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 63	The game is scripted,if you dont follow the set sequence you get strange gameplay results. It is NOT a sandbox game,im surprised you didnt end the mission prematurely because of straying to far off the set paths.