Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

[517Houston]

I bought this the other day and like it alot....

Don't bother with Red Orchestra 2 if you're looking for a single-player experience. True to its roots as an Unreal Tournament mod, Tripwire's realistic take on the World War II first-person shooter is meant to be played with others. As a multiplayer game, Red Orchestra 2 can be brilliant. It's tough to find a more intense, rewarding style of play than the full 64 player games of Red Orchestra 2's territorial control mode. The emphasis on authenticity, from the way you're forced to use iron sights for aiming to how one bullet is often enough to kill, means you need to take extreme care during every second of online play if you want to score points and survive. When working properly, Tripwire's shooter is challenging and deeply satisfying.

Set in and around the battle for Stalingrad during World War II, Red Orchestra 2's single-player campaign serves as a kind of extended training for the online game. Through the opening Axis campaign you control Nazi soldiers as they vie for control of Stalingrad's rubble and occasionally take part in tutorial missions, then wrap up the action on the Allied side with very similar challenges. If you're a new player these tutorials are helpful to get accustomed to all the nuances of control as well as get some practice time in with the commander class and tank combat. Despite the campaign's value as a learning tool, I can't recommend anyone bother playing alone.

 

[Sodalover]

Looks awesome. Wish my computer could run it though.

 

[HIBred]

Dang 517,great commentary,you should be writing for a magazine..comprehensive and to the point..kudos ..i may have to try it now..thx a lot.

 

[517Houston]

lol.. I copied and pasted an article..

 

[HIBred]

still thx i had this in my hand today..got crysis instead but i'll give it a go

 

[DamageINC]

Crysis is deff. the better choice IMO, especially to push that new GPU you have. I got from 18-25 fps with my 6950 on Crysis maxed out with 8xAA. It should run at 2 or 4aa on max np on your machine. It will look great and the game is very fun as well.

 

[Ethan]

I need a new computer before I can run any of these new games looks fabulous though.

 

[HIBred]

yeh im about to have a mid life Crysis2