Red Orchestra (2) : Heroes of Stalingrad

I reviewed this game when it was released - I really, really, really wasn't impressed with a lot of the mechanics or the quality of the single player campaign (I know it's mainly a MP game but it advertises a SP campaign so I expected one) and I ended up lowballing on the final score, although it was a duo-review with another reviewer countering my negative points with his positive ones so it didn't come out of it too badly.

Happy to see that it's been sorted out over the last year and I may have to give it another chance.
 
I felt it was the most solid shooter for years, so can't wait to give the patch a go when it comes.................

bf3 demo came out at around the same time and i remember playing it and shooting people and you get that crosshair pulse with everyshot, and you can hit them so many times without them going down, that pulse was only thing that made you feel like you were hitting but with little effect, where RO2 feels meaty and deadly and its bullets will kill you in one hit.

But really it comes down to what style you like, run and gun go play cod/bf3 etc want some slower more thoughtful, careful with your life play RO's/arma's.


I do think RO2 should make you feel your soldiers life is more important, when there is risk of dying for some time it makes everyone play differently. People who have played in clans in mohaa/cod obj/s&d will know what I mean. You are much more cautious and I think that makes the game much more intense and enjoyable, much like how DayZ makes you feel.
 
Hank_Marvin said:
I do think RO2 should make you feel your soldiers life is more important, when there is risk of dying for some time it makes everyone play differently. People who have played in clans in mohaa/cod obj/s&d will know what I mean. You are much more cautious and I think that makes the game much more intense and enjoyable, much like how DayZ makes you feel.
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This is true although there is a fine line between the optimum gameplay feeling you are talking about, and the risk of promoting excessive camping play by tards, as happened when RO2 was first released as many of the playerbase didn't know what they were supposed to be doing and just camped for kills or k/d. It is a tricky balance.
 
What are people's initial thoughts on th patch then?
I havent played RO2 for ages after finding it a bit dissapointing, but reading through that changelog, it looks like they have fixed some of the worst issues, and Classic mode looks promising. Im at work at the moment, so will have to wait a while until I can play.
 
Marshstyles said:
Is this ready to be bought yet?

Been looking for a new shooter to replace BF3 as it's going a bit stale now.
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The game is not to everyone's taste, but it's worth a try for £6.24.

If you want an FPS that plays different to BF/CoD I suggest giving this or Tribes Ascend a go, purely because these are one of the few 'unique' FPS shooters on the market atm.
 
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Been trying to play a game for the past hour with no luck :( Every-time i join a server the game either freezes up so I have ctrl Alt Delete or the players run on a spot and I can't enter the game?


I have tried port forwarding, verified the game files, and downloaded the MasterServer.vdf files still no luck :( any ideas?
 
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oh bloody hell they still havn't fixed the server issue that i used to have, even though i have changed routers since then and tried every other fix going :(

*edit the issue i have is no actual servers show up, thats with filters reset filters applied every combination nothing will show.

Although i left it on the server screen before and went away for 5 minutes when i got back the servers appeared so i actually got in a game.
 
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