Cold War Assault Remastered
Shares rank 48 of 78 video games by recommenders
People recommend this free, open-source remaster of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Assault for its depth, fun online play, and the clean source release by Bohemia Interactive.
People recommend this free, open-source remaster of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Assault for its depth, fun online play, and the clean source release by Bohemia Interactive.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Clean open source release by developer
“This is great, I wish more studios would do the same with their games, and also under the GPL3.0”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub” “they cleaned it up and ported to Windows x64 and Linux x64”
Comment from 23 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub” “I applaud BIS for doing such a clean open source release.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub” - Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub”
Depth and fun online play
“even now im amazed how much depth this game has , many many fun nights online”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub” “I thought it was fun/interesting as well!”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub” “this was the best of the lot IMHO”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub”
Other video games people recommend
The four most recommended other video games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helldivers 2 | 50 | 34 | 60% | 10 | 1.9 yrs3 owners | — |
| GPU building game | 49 | 16 | 75% | 2 | — | — |
| Triple-A Minesweeper | 40 | 25 | 62% | 1 | — | — |
| Quake II | 33 | 8 | 80% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Cold War Assault RemasteredThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I thought it was fun/interesting as well!”
“This is great, I wish more studios would do the same with their games, and also under the GPL3.0”
“even now im amazed how much depth this game has , many many fun nights online”
“120bit RSA (readily broken with a graphing calculator at the time of release)”
“this was the best of the lot IMHO”
“I applaud BI for doing such a clean open source release.”
“I applaud BIS for doing such a clean open source release.”
“they cleaned it up and ported to Windows x64 and Linux x64”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.