Conflict: Denied Ops (PS3)

The product is in perfect condition.

good product

Great game from the conflict series

still playing at moment but good game

i know its an early PS3 game but i have seen better graphics on a ps2 plus the gameplay is not what i expected

The first hour of Denied Ops is enough to demand a refund. The graphics are some of the worst on PS3. The cut scenes are absolutely terrible. But it does have some moments if you can stomach how ugly the thing is.The ability to fail objectives and still complete missions does remove frustrating sections, especially ones requiring stealth or protection.Most of the earlier missions can also be played in random order. However, some missions follow on directly from another and it isn't always clear which one that is. This can make the plot seem an even more jumbled mess. Squad commands are also complex and sluggish. Characters do shout helpful tips in situations, and commands work eventually, despite watching Lang shoot a brick wall first. Glitches happen far too often.Graves' primary weapon, the sniper rifle, is desperate for another level of magnification. Headshots rarely count either, taking 2-3 shots to put down. This makes playing him feel like the weaker option; having to crouch to even take steady aim. Lang on the other hand, fires a massive, inaccurate minigun. Both agents earn upgrades by completing missions, like rocket launchers and shotguns, which are screwed onto their weapons!It's a strange idea, original at least. But it does seem odd when enemies weapons cant be picked up.The battles themselves drag out much longer than necessary. They nearly always finish on clearing a landing zone so the escape chopper can land. A helicopter or fighter jet usually needs destroying first. It all gets very boring, and despite some excellent later levels (the diamond mine in particular) the majority are below average. The duo; Graves and Lang, are almost hatable, and the graphics absolutely horrifying. Larger areas suffer most, empty looking with jagged edges. The whaling station level a laughable example.Think long and hard before buying this.

Not having played any of the previous Conflict titles, I started the game with a clean slate and no expectations, just hoping for a good time and good old fashioned, shooting fun. And I got just that.There's no innovation here. The graphics are weak for a next-gen title and the story is almost non existent. You just blast your way through the level, destroying everything in sight and killing everybody, with Lang, armed with the heavy machinegun, telling jokes and Graves sniping bad guys while being the serious one. Both guys are cool in their own way. Lang is the shoot first; ask later, the classic American badass, the cowboy. Graves is the older one, calm and always grumpy. They don't get along, but a friendship develops along the game quite nicely. They're charismatic and I liked them. You can switch from one character to the other and give orders, to suppress fire, take out a target or to move to a position. Both characters get upgrades for their weapons, but the sniper riffle and the machinegun are the only weapons you can ever hold. You can't pick up weapons. You just have to analyse the situation and see which style is better suited. If you go into a room to clear it, you should use Lang. If you're pinned down outside, by guys on a building at the end of the street, you should use Graves to snipe them. There is also the option of going "loud" or being stealth which is a nice addition.The controls are ok. The sniper controls could be more precise but they are hardly broken.You can destroy everything in the environment, which is very cool. In every level you can shoot gas cans and watch everything blow up. Bad guys run around in flames, screaming. During the game you'll have to destroy choppers with Lang, using the rocket launcher, tanks and even hovercrafts. The locations go from a convent in Venezuela, to battles in the streets of Rwanda to Siberia.The game is never dull. There's always something happening. Bad guys are everywhere and some fights are truly intense. The levels are huge and well designed.The game can be difficult at some parts, playing on normal. Still, it never gets cheap or frustrating. The single player lasted about 7 hours and really should have had at least two more missions.Conflict: Denied Ops wont win any awards or be remembered in ten years. It probably won't be remembered next year, even! It's just a simple game, with lots of shooting, explosions, snipping and a lot of testosterone and adrenaline.And if you play with a friend, offline or online, its loads of fun. It's not CoD4 but it doesn't try to be. It's just a good time waster

Single player, this game is a nightmare. There's nothing worse than having a computer controlled team-mate to worry about while you're trying to shoot bad guys and i'm not really a fan of the whole squad based control thingy anyway. I used the heavy gunner (Lang) for 90% of the missions and my orders to the sniper (Greaves) consited of 'Stand there and dont get shot' most of the time, Every now and again i'd use him to pick off one or two enemies before charging in with Lang. I would sooner just have one character and be able to switch between a machine gun and a sniper rifle than mess about ordering another character around.On the other hand, i had tremendous fun with the co-op campaign mode. You realise there is a lot more to some of the missions that a human team-mate provides as you can tell them exactly what to do, instead of some ambiguous squad command. I cant vouch for the online mode as i played it split screen.If you happen to have a mate who'll play this with you, i can highly reccomend it, it's great fun. But for the love of god don't buy it for the single player campaign, if you're into the whole squad thing buy Rainbow Six or something. (Or if you really, really, really like first person sooters.)