Red Hammer campaign

[Leopardi]

Alright, I want to play the Red Hammer campaign again, but it doesnt work. The intros, conversations are not timed, why? I'd like to play it but it is unplayable, awful intros. How can I fix it?

[void_false]

I believe there's some patch for resistance. I know it is on flashpoint.ru but site is down for me http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/sad_o.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/banghead.gif

[CameronMcDonald]

Bah, don't play Red Hammer. I recommend you try Peacemaker: Retaliation (using the FFUR 2005/1985 mods, either one is fine). It gives a much more realistic, rounded, better scripted and less biased view than the original Red Hammer - though all due respect to those guys work. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/thumbs-up.gif

Peacemaker: Retaliation (though only one part of the campaign) is what the Soviet missions should be like, IMHO.

[Ti0n3r]

Am I the only one who actually enjoyed the RH campaign? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wow_o.gif

[wheitmann]

Am I the only one who actually enjoyed the RH campaign? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wow_o.gif
Yes. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

[Beatty]

No.

[CameronMcDonald]

I enjoyed Red Hammer too - it was good to play as a Soviet. However, I just enjoyed Retaliation much more, as it seemed the Russians were just a tad more... sane.

Oh, and welcome to the forums, Beatty. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/welcome.gif

[void_false]

Am I the only one who actually enjoyed the RH campaign? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/wow_o.gif
No.
PPL here dont like Red Hammer because they dont like Codemasters because they had some troubles with BIS.

[J W]

No, really play Retaliation.
Some1 said it whats Red Hammer should have been, wich is as right as you can get...

[456820]

ideed read hammer camapign was a bit of a let down i was expecting much more but i still enjoyed it and Retallation camapign is magnificant definately worth the 120 odd Mb download

[ade_mcc]

Retaliation is a worthwhile download, I agree.

I didn't like Red Hammer, mainly because I found sections of it incredibly hard, despite attempting them in a manner of different ways. The missions were also a bit lack luster and it just didn't have the charm of either cwc or resistance. But this is just my view.

[mp_phonix]

download retaliation, better campaign then "Red Hammer" I'd say . .even the best there is http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

Red hammer is nice, but i expected more when i played it . .some of the missions there are really dumb ! http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/pistols.gif

[ryankaplan]

red hammer was a load of bollocks, typical of czechs to never right or create or draw anything good about russians (understandably, given their history with them). I enjoyed the missions, but hated the hollywood story.

[oyman]

red hammer was a load of bollocks, typical of czechs to never right or create or draw anything good about russians (understandably, given their history with them). I enjoyed the missions, but hated the hollywood story.
codemasters made it not BIS i think http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/confused_o.gif

[Placebo]

red hammer was a load of bollocks, typical of czechs to never right or create or draw anything good about russians (understandably, given their history with them).
Please check your facts before slinging mud.




red hammer was a load of bollocks, typical of czechs to never right or create or draw anything good about russians (understandably, given their history with them). I enjoyed the missions, but hated the hollywood story.
codemasters made it not BIS i think http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/confused_o.gif
Indeed.

[Ti0n3r]

I felt I had to stick my noise in here and give you my opinion.

I think RH is a very good campaign, just as good as the best usermade ones. I enjoyed all the missions. Sure, the story was a bit stupid. But the missions were quite different from CWC, in a good way. CWC and Resistance focused on realism and story, whilst RH was more about the challenge. I guees you could call it arcade.

Anyone who hasnt played RH should do so right now, even if you think Codemasters are nothing more than a bunch of Ł€$ lovers. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif (and they are)

I hope this wont qualify as spam. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/help.gif

[XCess]

Red Hammer was a terrible campaign. The pauses between speech were too lomg, and it was simply boring, not to mentioned developed by the enemies of OFP. The only good thing about Red Hammer was that it provided Russian accented voices over radio instead of american.

[Jakerod]

I always enjoyed the mission where you got to set up defenses in Montignac.

[oyman]

I always enjoyed the mission where you got to set up defenses in Montignac.
ya I think thats the only good mission in the whole campiagn http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

[-Grenadier-]

I thought Red Hammer was a good campaign. It's not quite as good as the BIS ones, but it's definitely well-made and professionally done (even if some of the cutscenes are messed up on the current version of OFP)

I thought some of the missions were quite creative, too. Especially the last one.

And those complaining about difficulty, have you actually tried that Retaliation campaign!? Yes it's very well done but it was so impossible I gave up on the second mission (where you have to escape from about 50 armed guys on your own. Seriously...) Meanwhile, I finished Red Hammer although I did have trouble on a few missions, "Rage" in particular.

[CameronMcDonald]

Ah, Rage. Also known to me as Operation Steal The Chopper. Seriously, in every OPF mission where there was a helicopter to blow up, I stole it, killed everything in the whole level, then landed it and blew it up with RPGs or LAWs. Gave me a score in the 100,000 area or thereabouts.

Hehehe! http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/biggrin_o.gif

[stegman]

I enjoyed RedHammer too.

While it was harder than the other two campaignes i always managed to rack up hugh kills (when you view the mission stats for past missions.)

Also I can no longer play it, the cut scenes are are played at funny speeds and the last level, when you capture or kill the two officers, crashes to desktop every time get near them! http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/banghead.gif

Also, talking of other campaigns; When i was young and dumb, i actually bought (yes i paid money for) what i thought was an official expansion called 'Between the Lines'...Hard as nails it is. I still have not finished all three campaings. (in truth they're all a bit poo.)

[echo1]

Also I can no longer play it, the cut scenes are are played at funny speeds and the last level, when you capture or kill the two officers, crashes to desktop every time get near them! http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/banghead.gif
I used to get that problem too, just ended up shooting them http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif Red Hammer was good, but in hindsight, the missions were a bit basic, and the storyline was a load of shit: Guy gets kicked from Spetsnaz for not following orders (which would IRL probably landed Lukin a bullet to the back of the head, not demotion to private) then becomes an officer, saves Guba's girl, gets suddenly re-promoted to Spetsnaz, where, he doesnt follow orders AGAIN! But this time they ignore it, he then bumps into an old friend, and he turns against the Russians where he kills, loots and plunders, and then returns to Russia; a hero.....double-u tee eff? http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/crazy_o.gif

About Retaliation: It looks like a good campaign but I just kept on getting killed on first mission http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/banghead.gif

[Balschoiw]

Quote[/b] ]Retaliation
I loved Retaliation. Good reminder ! Will play it again.

RH was pffff http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/whistle.gif

[mp_phonix]

I always enjoyed the mission where you got to set up defenses in Montignac.
Best level of RH ineed http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

its very fun to play it with FFUR {I played it with ffur 2005

[Ti0n3r]

Retaliation is OK, but the skill of the enemy soldiers is a bit too much. It takes away the fun http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/help.gif

[13021J]

On all those missions where the easiest way was to steal a helicopter and destroy everything, did anyone else simply eject over the mission end point and enjoy the view as you parachuted to the mission end point?!

[CameronMcDonald]

Nah, I landed nearby and LAW'd the chopper, for those extra points - I'm a points junkie. http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/tounge2.gif

[MattXR]

I liked Red Hammer  http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/smile_o.gif

Ive never played retaliation ? anyone got a link?

edit: OFP.info [Retaliation Campaign] (http://ofp.gamepark.cz/index.php?showthis=6179)

[Big Boss]

Red Hammer is a good campaign , the only downthing of Red Hammer is Lukin

Spoilers!:
In the end , when he says something like: "ahhh another great day" and then he start to kill the rebels . or in the mission when you must repair the tank , he acts like a lunatic without any sense.

and Retaliation is an excelent campaign but after the 3 firsts mission , it become very easy a good ex is the airport mission or the last one which i think it is there only to show us an old friend.

tip for Retaliation: first mission) hide until your superior tell you to destroy the truck , after that drop your weapons and wait.
in the second knock the guard grab the gun and start to run ,and in the third after you capture the guy , wait for two rebels and kill them after that just look for a long way back to the camp , not a short one the short way (main road) are full of enemys.

[Matt714]

Red Hammer is a great campaign. Cold War Crisis and and Resistance were as corny when it came to the storyline department anyway.

What I especially liked about RH is the fact that it is not a walk in the park compared to most CWC and RES missions, if we don't consider Search & Destroy of course. (was lucky that the A.I pilot of the AH-1 noticed the Scud when there was 4 seconds left before launch)

One of the negative things of Red Hammer is the poor voice acting, which Cold War Crisis and Resistance also somewhat suffered. But apart from that it's a fun and challenging campaign with a lot of innovative missions.

[Lord Archer]

Red Hammer is a great campaign. Cold War Crisis and and Resistance were as corny when it came to the storyline department anyway.
Red Hammer storyline was ridiculous!

Fight to control Everon with Russians, become Spetznaz
Change mind, fight against former countrymen with help of Americans
Defeat Russians, Return to Russia a hero?!?

wtf?

[XCess]

Guba was a traitor to the Russians, as the Soviet government was going through some severe changes, he wanted to start a war between America and the USSR which would stop any planned changes by the Soviets.
Guba's force was in no way condoned by the USSR, so anyone working to defeat him would have been praised by the Russian government.

[Thomas Ryan]

RedHammer was by no means a terrible campaign, it was just a different style from the others. Much more un-realistic and arcadish. Although, as a lot of the others who play OFP, I don't like the campaign at all. OFP's meant to be realistic and RedHammer doesn't show it. As I'm sure you've all heard countless times before, play Retaliation. It's an amazing campaign, extremely well made and allows you to play a different side with a much more realistic story.

I have nothing against Codemasters, they trademarked "Operation Flashpoint" and thus BIS can no longer use it due to their "contract issues". So really, I don't hate RedHammer because it's made by Codemasters, without them OFP would never have been published. I just hate RedHammer because of it's lack of realism, nothing else.

Not sure about the others though... http://forums.bistudio.com/oldsmileys/whistle.gif

[456820]

I like the Red hammer campaign surely much can still be improved but overall i enjoyed it.
Cant say its my favourite campaing ever nor would i recomend playing it over Retaliation as Retaliation gives you what Redhammer really should have been IMHO.

[Lepardi]

So... I gave it a try in version 1.46 and then in 1.30, but it just doesn't work, what the hell?

[LoLL]

I always enjoyed the mission where you got to set up defenses in Montignac.

I liked this mission too and i guess thats the only mission i realy liked in RH Campaign. :D

I also liked the mission called as Rage..I have it in my mission editor tho..

Myself i liked Cold War Crisis the best.I must say Resistance will be the second one and Red Hammer last.

I have never downloaded extra campaigns from NET and i guess i am not going to do it anyway.

[CameronMcDonald]

I enjoyed fighting the militia in the first couple of levels; that was good fun, picking targets and trying not to waste ammo.

[riffleman]

my favourite campaign is cwc

[Marc Shepard]

Red Hammer is a great campaign but I think it's more difficult than Cold War Crisis or Resistance...

[DerGreif]

I liked all three campaigns. It is a great game. I am a huge fan of realism in the games I play and OFP does this well.

But in contrast to the other posters here I found Red Hammer the easiest of all three. One of my favoruite mission is "Rage" (I think that is the title). I do love to move stealthiely, to kill silently and to plant loads of satchel charges and then watch in safe distance how the whole camp blows up in one huge explosion. :)

In contrast to others I think the story line in RH is not that bad or unrealistic or at least more so than the other two campaigns. Especially the development of Lukin. He is a loyal Soviet comrade. He does not want to shoot civilians which would be against official soviet doctrin, too. When he meets an old friend who was with the Soviet military and changed sides because Guba is not following orders from Moscow it is only natural that he changed sides, too. Moscow will not be pleased about what Guba did, since this could have sparked a world war. There was a reason why there were no direct military conflicts between the USSR and the USA. So any direct conflict could only be rogue forces engaging or like in resistance "supporting" a third party.

Kind regards,
G.

PS: Please excuse any writing mistakes I make. English is not my native language.

[Borilius]

Agree with DerGreif - RH is one of my favorites, once i finished CWC i was eager to play as russian and kill some yankees /no offense here/. Great Campaigns, all of them, great game.

[riffleman]

But remember CWC provide great story.for me CWC is great game,not RH or Resistance.i like modification but...

[Rahul]

Red hammer is not good for me,not propely maked by maker.

[OFP3]

I like all Campaigns.

Red Hammer was the hardest and second hardest for me was Resistance.
Cold war Crisis is my favorite. :yay:

[echo1]

Red hammer is not good for me,not propely maked by maker.

Yeah, it was made by Codemasters not BIS.