Well there was a bit of a loophole in our system at the buster so I was able to get Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising early for free! Well so far my thoughts are positive. First thing I want to mention is the sounds of the game, they are very realistic and let me tell you there is nothing more spine tingling than hearing bullets whiz past your head. Explosions rock the entire screen and so far the combat has been intense. It is hard to explain the intensity, it is not ultra fast paced like COD4 was but just as intense in the fact that one mistake can get a bullet to the brain. In COD4 if you made a mistake you can just find some cover and regenerate your health and jump right back into the fray. In this game you are forced to move at a deliberate pace which can be off putting to some but the satisfaction you feel after executing a mission without taking a bullet is immense. From what I noticed you do have body armor so you can take a fair amount of damage to the torso section and still come away unscathed. If you are shot up enough though it will fail and you will die. You can also die from taking a wound in your arm or leg because you can actually bleed out, so applying a bandage is key to surviving. The only thing I see that is kinda weird is sometimes the enemy A.I. is spotty, like they will stop and try shooting at you in the open before trying to find cover first. It is not bad though because when they do shoot at you watch our because they can hit you and kill you from immense distances. Last night I was headshot from 300 meters away walking through underbrush! I saw the guy but I didn't think he would be able to hit me, well I was proved wrong in an instant. I have not had a chance to play the multiplayer yet so no word on that but when I do I hope to tell you guys if this is going to be a worthwhile purchase for your collection.

So far I give this game an 8.5/10, close but no cigar. Great but not quite to the point where this should be considered a must buy for anyone that owns a PS3. maybe the multiplayer will bump the game up slightly, who knows?