Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising Review

The most realistic combat game of the decade is here! But is it fun?

The short answer to this is: Hell no. It is a bad game. But let's point out the good of it first,
Good: This game will be great for some who want the true army experience. They want to feel like you're in a dangerous situation, that you could die at any moment. Well, the game does that fairly well, making you feel like you could get blown away within seconds of your respawn. This is a game for the tactical men of video games. But I'm ready to move onto the bad because that's really all I have good to say about the game.

Bad: Lets start with the controls. They are CONFUSING AS SHIT. You hold down LB to bring up the commands menu, (can't move while doing this) and it brings up four commands. Two of them branch into 4 MORE commands, and those four branch into four OTHER commands. JESUS CHRIST, just explain to me how to use this stuff, please! If you're really into the feeling of being in control of a unit, you've found your game. Or not. Because the AI is some of the most unresponsive I've seen in a LONG time.
The shooting is fine, as it should be. There's nothing new about it, but hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? The shootouts can be fun for the 10 seconds before you get shot and have to run back thirty feet, apply field dressing for another 10 seconds, and run back just to die in 5 seconds. Was this game made for the military? I'm beginning to think so.
Let's talk about the AI. I stood in front of an enemy for 15 seconds, 3 FEET AWAY and they didn't fire. Alternately, I was about 3 miles away from an enemy on my stomach in tall grass and somehow he spotted me. I can't decide whether the AI is mentally unstable or genius! It gets really annoying. They have extremely erratic and confusing behavior that would make absolutely NO SENSE in an actual battle.
How about the graphics? Good? Bad? Bad. The interiors of the buildings shouldn't even be called interiors because they have nothing in them. LITERALLY. NOTHING. No furniture, nothing. The characters look fine far away, but up close their outfits are really badly pixelated. Basically, this game has 0% polish.
Glitches. So many goddamn glitches. In my first 30 minutes I think I encountered maybe 5 or 6 glitches, which is a sh**load. I got stuck in a doorway, shot a guy LITERALLY 30 TIMES IN THE FACE and he didn't die until one of my men shot him once, I threw a grenade through a window, the glass shattering, and somehow it ended up back exactly where I was standing (there were no enemies around), I drove a car into a rock and it stopped working, etc. etc. This game should've been bug tested for maybe another 5 months.
This game had so much potential to be great, but it was ruined. Fu**ing horribly ruined. This game sucks. Hands down, sucks big fat balls. The end.

Final Rating: 4
This makes me re-evaluate my previous ratings. I'm gonna change my score for bionic commando.