Unlike other games, where you feel like a one-man army, Red River takes pains to make you feel like part of a much bigger operation. Putting you in the boots of a fireteam leader called Kirby, the game tasks you with taking on the insurgents of Tajikistan – and eventually the might of the People’s Liberation Army of China – as part of a whole: the US Marines. Set shortly after the previous game, and now in the real-life locations of Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Red River is a brilliant military squad shooter that manages to pull off both military realism and gaming fun in one fell swoop. Yes, this time the Codies bunch got it right. So, after Codemasters fluffed Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising (and I quote myself: “a buggy, underwhelming and thoroughly mediocre shooter which falls flat on Codemasters’ promises.”), it was somewhat liberating to find that Red River… kicks ass. It’s even more fulfilling when those changes turn what was a pretty standard game into something extraordinary.
It’s always somewhat fulfilling when a game development firm listen to critics and gamers at large.
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