[OFP] Operation LoJack by toadlife

Review by SFG

Overview

Good clean picture; nothing wrong here.

Intro

Nice views, and very dramatic.

Briefing

Good information tells you how to use the tracker and the story behind it.

Mission

It starts out with a bang, but I won't tell you why. That would ruin some of the mission's great atmosphere.

The tracking device is very nice and nicely scripted. Really helps find the missing officer. While this mission takes some time to complete you won't find any bugs or triggers that don't activate. It's very clean, and you can tell it took quite a long time to make sure everything runs as planned. What's unique and cool about toad's tracking device is the closer you get to the prisioner the higher the pitch is on the beep. Also the way you're looking also affects it. Which makes finding him the more easier.

He also included the mission to have 3 points of rescue. Meaning where they hold the officer might be of 3 places. There is a lot of special effects. Including the prisoner who really looks like crap :D But he also had the prisoner sound like crap. Which really adds to the atmosphere.

It ends nice and smooth no problems to report there.

Outro(s)

The outro is very movie-like and nicely done. It also tell whose voices were used and for which character. Along with the beta testers, and some of the great people from OFPEC and the news sites. Who have done a great job in the OFP community!

Special

There is a lot of scripting in this mission. You can tell it's very complicated and very thought out.

Overall

(Review Date: Jun 2002) If you don't try this mission your losing alot. It's one of the best missions I've played, and probably will for a while.

Edit by Walter_E_Kurtz -
This version of the mission does not run perfectly with the Resistance expansion. The Intro and Outro are fine, but the mission itself starts with a cutscene that it never breaks out from - a circling UH-60.
To get round this: play the mission until the introductory credits have finished. Once it is obviously stuck, press Escape and choose to 'Abort'. Now go back to the Mission menu and select 'Resume' - you should now be aboard the UH-60. Eject yourself and instruct your team to do the same. It's a long way down, but you should now be able to continue the mission.