Operation Flashpoint
Shares rank 11 of 14 simulation games by recommenders
Recommended for its mission editor and scripting tools, which taught several players to code. One critic found the controls frustrating.
Recommended for its mission editor and scripting tools, which taught several players to code. One critic found the controls frustrating.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: 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 2 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
Mission editor and scripting tools
“I learned HTML thanks to Operation Flashpoint so that I could write mission briefings in the editor”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub” “The community was great about having tutorials for the scripting engine and mission editor.”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub” “the mission editor was incredible with infinite possibilities”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub” Taught people to code
“Operation Flashpoint was the reason I learnt to code and ended up having a career a software engineer”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub” “I learned HTML thanks to Operation Flashpoint so that I could write mission briefings in the editor”
Comment from 25 Jun 2026 in “Bohemia Interactive: Cold War Assault Remastered Source Code on GitHub”
Other simulation games people recommend
The four most recommended other simulation 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwarf Fortress | 74 | 29 | 72% | 12 | 11 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Airport Simulator | 41 | 8 | 84% | 1 | — | — |
| Firewood Splitting Simulator | 32 | 11 | 74% | 1 | — | — |
| RollerCoaster Tycoon | 21 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Operation FlashpointThis page | 6 | 1 | 86% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“something like Operation Flashpoint would be quite frustrating, though more often due to controls rather than graphics”
“The community was great about having tutorials for the scripting engine and mission editor.”
“the mission editor was incredible with infinite possibilities”
“I learned HTML thanks to Operation Flashpoint so that I could write mission briefings in the editor”
“this was the best of the lot IMHO”
“Operation Flashpoint was the reason I learnt to code and ended up having a career a software engineer”
“Which made it fun if I had just succeeded at something and needed to complete a mission”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.