PC Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT|

[Necrokiller]

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Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad has its roots in the Red Orchestra Combined Arms mod for UT2003/2004 that won the Make Something Unreal competition. Tripwire used their Grand Prize to make Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45, released in 2006. Five years later TWI returns to the Eastern Front once again for a re-imagining of the series. For the first time there is a singleplayer campaign, although supposedly this is more or less a glorified training mode for the core of the game: multiplayer.

System Requirements

Minimum:
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Dual Core 2.3 GHz or better
RAM: 2 GB
Graphics card: 256 MB SM 3.0 DX9 Compliant NVIDIA® GeForce 7800 GTX or better ATI® Radeon® HD 2900 GT or better
Sound: Windows Supported Sound Card
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
Hard Drive: 8 GB free hard drive space

Recommended:
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
Processor: Quad Core 2.6 GHz or better
RAM: 3 GB
Graphics card: 512 MB SM 3.0 DX9 Compliant NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 260 or better ATI® Radeon® HD 5750 or better
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy or better
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
Hard Drive: 8 GB free hard drive space


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First review from GameSpy - 9/10

The kind of shooter that can live only on the PC. It's far deeper than console shooters, and makes no concessions to accessibility to appeal to a casual audience. This is as hardcore as first person shooters get, and if you're prepared to put the time in to learn how to play it well, you'll be rewarded with a level of satisfaction that team deathmatch will never deliver.

Pros:

• Truly innovative
• amazing player control scheme
• stunning authenticity
• the thinking person's shooter
• mod support
• stellar audio visual presentation

Cons:

• Very buggy at launch
• not enough tools to facilitate teamwork
• only 10 maps

Couldn't have come at a worse time. I'm saving up for BF3 =(

 

[Optimus]

Downloading as we speak, i'm sure it won't be disappointing.

 

[its Me]

First review from GameSpy - 9/10

really? :| its 9/10 game? i was looking at the screenshots of the game, the graphics just felt OKAY to me...
tell me ur impression guyz... if it is good, i might download it after Hard Reset (sm1)

 

[Solid Monki]

i downloaded based on the gamespy review and i am totally underwhelmed. either Gamespy ppl were paid for a high score early review or i am missing something here.

 

[faraany3k]

I have Pre-ordered RO2 basically, cuz Tripwire interactive are a dedicated gamers turned modders turned developers for the PC. Currently I have only 300mb Left to download. Game itself has a great premise with 32v32 player games. But unfortunately it has loads of performance bugs as I read about them on forums. But as Tripwire is a great studio this game will be supported to death with lots of mods and full conversions. Cant wait to play this game.

P.S. Don't download the game if you are planning on playing single player only. Its a multiplayer game and has basically no single player component besides some maps with bots for practice.

---------- Post added at 01:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:53 AM ----------

i downloaded based on the gamespy review and i am totally underwhelmed. either Gamespy ppl were paid for a high score early review or i am missing something here.

Actually this game is not your arcade shooter, like Call of Duty or BF. It takes a little time to adjust to its learning curve. Game is spankigly difficult. If you are a regular COD player you might not like it.

 

[Solid Monki]

You are probably right but still the game seemed pretty dull to me. and whats with those ugly graphics.

 

[XzQshnR]

Does it have a multiplayer crack :$

 

[LIUYONG520]

Hello,everyone!I'm new here.I want to tell you a funny story:

A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast.

For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide. Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion.

In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture. As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain. There was no sign of the lion.

"What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?" asked the chief.

"Forget the damn lion!" he howled. "Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?"


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[XzQshnR]

Hello,everyone!I'm new here.I want to tell you a funny story:

A small village was troubled by a man-eating lion. So its leaders sent a message to the great hunter, Jonesie, to come and kill the beast.

For several nights the hunter lay in wait for the lion, but it never appeared. Finally, he told the village chief to kill a cow and give him its hide. Draping the skin over his shoulders, he went to the pasture to wait for the lion.

In the middle of the night, the villagers woke to the sound of blood-curdling shrieks coming from the pasture. As they carefully approached, they saw the hunter on the ground, groaning in pain. There was no sign of the lion.

"What happened, Jonesie? Where is the lion?" asked the chief.

"Forget the damn lion!" he howled. "Which one of you idiots let the bull loose?"


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*facepalm*

 

[NaveedBangash]

Its a big disappointing I don't like it :chair:

 

[Omyakha]

How's the online? Anyone tried it out yet? I've been drawn to this game ever since I heard it isn't everyone's cup of tea.

 

[Necrokiller]

It certainly isn't everyones cup of tea. I downloaded it to check the game mechanics in SP and it makes CoD and even BF3 seem like childs play. It draws the perfect line between realism and accessibility.

This is definitely worth buying if more PG'ers are into it.

 

[faraany3k]

I am playing this game for like 10 hours for past few days. Here is a little summary

Firstly this game is absolutely not for COD and BF kids. Remember how you love some bullet drop in BC2. Yeah right! Every shot in this game has a bullet drop mechanic. Tons of recoil. If you open a burst of PPSH (Russian machinegun with round magazine chamber) your aim just loses control. WHY, cuz Russians were not trained well to control weaponry in WW2. Realism here is so immense that game effectively has poor weapons for Russians. That can be compensated with a larger reinforcement or spawn points for Russians.

- Its buggy, pretty buggy but developers will fix it soon.
- You don't only need to AIM. But DIAL your aim. Its like at which angle you wanna shoot.
- Graphics are a hit or a miss. Either you like it or you hate them. Its about taste. But certainly they are no where near BF3 level.
- Sound design is way to cool for a multiplayer game. Gunshots are powerful and even multiplayer is filled with some awesome ORCHESTRA music tracks.
- Ambiance is great though map design leaves some creativity to be desired.
- There is a whole squad based gameplay mechanic.
- RO2 is the best FPS shooter i have played that has the best cover mechanic. Remember when you play a FPS game that has cover like VEGAS 2 your camera pans out in 3rd person view. This is not the case here. Youy stay in first person, can blind fire, blind nade and can suppress.
- There is a suppression mechanic . Like if you are suppressed by an enemy you will aim poorly and your vision shakes and blurs.
- Three game types Territory, Firefight and CTD.
- You like Aim down sights. Yeah but what about aim down sights and then focus into super ZOOM.
- Crouch
-Tanks, these are not your average tanks like BF, you need a crew to drive, aim and shhot effectively all done by a full team separately inside a detailed tank.

 

[Radical]

Compare it with ARMA or something! Why compare with BF or COD? =|

It's like, comparing a racing game like Rfactor or GTR with Burnout & NFS!

 

[faraany3k]

Compare it with ARMA or something! Why compare with BF or COD? =|

Most of the FPS crowd here is COD, BF. How many of them have ever played ARMA. Although you are right it is no where near COD or BF.

 

[Radical]

Yes, it is nowhere near in the league of those behemoths!

 

[faraany3k]

Yes, it is nowhere near in the league of those behemoths!

Yeah those ARCADEY yearly updates that kids love to play.

 

[Radical]

Yes, those behemoths that sells millions & millions every year!

 

[faraany3k]

Yes, those behemoths that sells millions & millions every year!

I believe SUPER MARIO games on WII sell a ton aswell.

 

[Radical]

OK, you are welcome to contniue this pointless comparison, Mario just shoots fireballs from his finger, it doesn't make the game an fps to be compared with this particular game!

You are missin' the point! *sigh*

P.S Mario for a WII/Nintendo gamer is a behemoth in it's own! :lol: