Thursday, 3 December 2015

Blast from the past....OFP Demo 0.36

I'm a person that holds onto a lot of "stuff". In software terms for games I hold onto most of what I get and keep my "lots" of saves and settings files and make sure they are backed up. Aaaaaaanyway while having a look through some older files I came across my Operation Flashpoint folder. It's a series (Flashpoint, Resistance & Elite) that I really liked.
I had a lot to look through as I had spent many an hour with modding, maps and mission scripting. Hidden in the back was the original demo, version 0.36 from around May 2001. The demo that sparked in me a love of the game despite it's "pre alpha" looks and flaws. The game did for the time take a lot of steps forward. The demo needed no installation and could run from the folder so I unzipped it and took a look. I could see that I messed about with the files of the demo, adding in reworked missions and changing the in game assets. Ah fun memories!

The gif below is a small clip from my first playthrough after rediscovering it.


Not much to show but a lot of feelings on this demo; The game is very nostalgic driven but I am surprised that it still "felt" the same when playing it. The graphics the same now as they were then so no wonder about the nostalgia feels.

The video below from YouTube will give a better view of the overall demo....

  

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