It’s Brad’s Game of the Year!

There is a new and much coveted title amongst the piles of games at UCHG HQ. A game so great that not only has it got Brad ending every phone call with “Solid copy on all. We are Oscar Mike!”; it has become his Game of the Year! Brad is away, but has managed to transmit a picture back from the front line –

Ladies and gentlemen, may we present Brad’s Game of the Year 2009:

1001 No.38: ‘Operation Flashpoint 2 Dragon Rising’ (2009)

Now considering that Hitman Blood Money has been Brad’s game of the year for the past 3 years, Dragon Rising has got to be something pretty special to have swayed his narrow and violent mind!

Codemasters have gone all out with this game, taking all that was great about the original Flashpoint and inserting it neatly into everything that Far Cry 2 should have been. The end result is a gritty realistic tactical shooter that allows you to wage all kinds of war over a truly breathtaking open-world environment.

It really is a game of biblical proportions, and proudly proclaims to take the gamer as close to war as they’ll ever want to get! It will have you on the edge of your seat as you sneak past an enemy that greatly outnumbers you; it will place you on the verge of an adrenaline induced heart attack as you fight through villages as part of a large armoured force; and it will also make you shout at people from everyday life in the style of US Marine fire team leader!

One of the games major boner-inducing tools is the option to, when available, call in Fire Support! That’s right, you’re able to call in the big guns or order up an air strike, all at the click of a mouse, and it is nothing short of outstanding in every way. The only draw back is your enemy also has access to the heavy weapons and being mortared is an experience likely to make you wet yourself.

Operation Flashpoint 2 Dragon Rising has even retained the co-op mode that made its older brother so great. So when your done beating the hell out of the Chinese in the single player mode, and the blood has returned to your head, you can do it all again with your mates!