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Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| You're already dead... by friendly fire
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I'm really regretting buying this game, such a mess. Performance is still pitiful 1 month after launch.
The Australian community is dying, there is only 1 or 2 servers with people playing. The only thing that will save it is a free weekend and a sale. Keep in mind I'm not talking about other countries here.
The Australian community is dying, there is only 1 or 2 servers with people playing. The only thing that will save it is a free weekend and a sale. Keep in mind I'm not talking about other countries here.
That's the result IMO of a relatively small developing group and budget, but this game has a lot of love poured into it, and so, they will fix it as much as they can, with a little help from the community. Ultimately, they have delivered a great product, un-polished as it may be.
IMACOMPUTA
Member
It's a pc ass pc game.
Support that! We need more of these..
Support that! We need more of these..
Phife Dawg
Member
Dakota47 said:
That one has been bothering me a lot. Good it's fixed now.
Performance is better now with the new AMD drivers for me, although the beta still performed better for reasons that escape me. Try fiddeling with flip queue size (render frames ahead), that helped me quite a bit. Also try setting occlusion in the menu to high. Strangely enough it performs better for me at high. Disable AO and turn down the shadows - you will gain a lot of FPS but only lose a marginal bit of graphical fidelity.Gez said:
As for the community dying in Aussieland, maybe try joining oversea servers? You can still be useful with a high ping.
old manatee
Banned
I gave it a whirl for the first time since it was released last night, thinking it had to be better after the 10 or so patches that came out. It still runs bad, looks bad, and has one of the worst ui's I've seen on a multiplayer shooter. going prone and into cover are still glitchy as hell, which is inexcusable in a game where 1 shot kills you.
But at least it came out before Battlefield and Call of Duty.
But at least it came out before Battlefield and Call of Duty.
BobsRevenge
I do not avoid women, GAF, but I do deny them my essence.
This isn't a game for everyone, but the love did make the game good. At this point I don't even plan on getting BF3 or MW3 because they wouldn't be as satisfying to play (well, tbh I'll probably get pressured into MW3 by friends like I always do with CoD games).markot said:
The game is going to have a dedicated player-base for a long time too, just like the first game (I've played on and off for something like 7 years, and not once did I have trouble finding people to play with). This isn't the kind of game the core fans migrate from. No other game offers what RO does.
edit:
The non-retardedness of the community for the first game was one of it's best features. RO2's was mad retarded around launch on some servers, so I'm actually glad those people stopped playing.3chopl0x said:
With respect, these small communities(in most cases) are full of trolls who think they know everything, and they hate everything(because according to them they know what players should play, and COD / BF are things of capitalism and have nothing new and are for the mentally retarded)
I enjoyed the game, after the update of 3GB +...but i regret buying the game
I enjoyed the game, after the update of 3GB +...but i regret buying the game
BobsRevenge said:
I'm a long-time RO1 player(since mod times, around 2005) with thousands of hours combined. I think TWI screwed up big time with RO2. I absolutely adore the feature base; the cover system, weapon and player animations, ballistics are top-notch. Maps look amazing, and the game runs great for me.
The problem with RO2 for me is that it's kind of stuck between appealing to masses and appealing to it's core fanbase. They tried to speed up the game by adding more automatic roles, prototype weapons everywhere, faster ADS, much less weapons sway, fatigue having no effect on weapon handling at all, lockdown but they also destroyed the subtle things that seperated RO2 from other shooters.
Now it's too hardcore for the "wider audience" they want to reach, and the royal playerbase is just pissed off because of the sped up gameplay and degraded authenticity. We were given promises by TWI right up to the release that the "realism" setting would be the end of our concerns, but it's just normal mode with less HUD clutter.
To be honest, TWI lost all my trust and If I had known the state of the game before, I wouldn't have bought it. Though, I can see it appealing to players who had no idea what RO1 was.
I agree... I looooooooooved RO. But this is just a mess. Buggy, broken, crappy leveling system, awful engine with so much pop in, terrible voices, useless single player.....
Feh.
Most disappointing game in awhile. I loved RO but this is just a terrible sequel.
Im not a 'this isnt for you' person, RO was for me, I loved it.
Feh.
Most disappointing game in awhile. I loved RO but this is just a terrible sequel.
Im not a 'this isnt for you' person, RO was for me, I loved it.
XANDER CAGE
Member
Relax.MX said:
childplease
Banned
Any gaffers care for some RO2 tonight ?
If so message gibonez on steam and feel free to join my game.
If so message gibonez on steam and feel free to join my game.
childplease
Banned
kamspy said:
Addicting isnt it.
The maps are getting tiring already though. Good news is the sdk is out and people are cracking away at maps already.
childplease
Banned
subversus said:
Really rocky launch, and the game is unforgiving it doesn't hold your hand like BF3 or COD.
No kill streaks, no squad on any member spawning, no 0 recoil.
You work for every kill and it makes it that much more satisfying.
Danne-Danger
Member
Yeah, 2600 players are online right now, that's a very healthy amount. And there will ALWAYS be someone playing this for a very long time to come, it's that kind of game. All the talk about it dying is poppycock.subversus said:
childplease
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Danne-Danger said:
Future steam sales + Free to play weekends on steam and I can easily see this number grow quite a bit.
A Rising Storm trailer has been released
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KRM12CR2VU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I like the idea of having foliage everywhere. For anyone who doesn't know, RS is a Pacific Front mod that has been in development since before RO2's release with ongoing support from TWI
I think its by the mod team who did Darkest Hour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KRM12CR2VU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I like the idea of having foliage everywhere. For anyone who doesn't know, RS is a Pacific Front mod that has been in development since before RO2's release with ongoing support from TWI
I think its by the mod team who did Darkest Hour
Phife Dawg
Member
Looks great! Will be interesting how they balance it.Max said:
childplease
Banned
Phife Dawg said:
Yup especially considering the Japanese were so horribly equipped during ww2.
Semi auto M1 garands vs bolt action arikas
Also did anyone catch that booby trap or land mine .
The_Player
Member
Sadly Rising Storm will not be free, there was a post about in on the TWI forum, they said all DLC will be free EXCEPT for Rising Storm.subversus said:
BattleMonkey
Member
Hows the game now, did they get their crap together? With how things are sounding wondering if I should wait for eventual sale.
Phife Dawg
Member
Yeah, I hope they go all out with booby traps, hidden encampments and sniper perches etc. Can't wait to banzai charge into my death eithergibon3z said:
.Danne-Danger
Member
Kar98k - lvl 10, 176 kill points, 120% accuracyUriah said:
SVT-40 - lvl 10, 512 kill points, 234.24% accuracy
Seems... accurate?
I have an above 100% accuracy with my MN9130 (lvl 50) as well, strange. I'm on 200/-1600 or so kill points, too. Guess the value wrapped around or something? There's got to be a better way to do that, but that can be said about all the games' menus.
I liked to play with the PPSH + drum magazine pre-stat fix as well, but mine is only at level 4 right now. I almost exclusively play rifleman, so it'll be a while until I can use it again.
Also, server related question: Did anybody else notice the 'Aryan something something' server? What is up with that?
I liked to play with the PPSH + drum magazine pre-stat fix as well, but mine is only at level 4 right now. I almost exclusively play rifleman, so it'll be a while until I can use it again.
Also, server related question: Did anybody else notice the 'Aryan something something' server? What is up with that?
I just played the Fallen Fighters map just now, first time I've seen that map. And no wonder I never see that map in rotation it is really shitty. Half the server emptied out and admin was forced to change map. That map forces everyone to just camp it becomes an endless stalemate, I wonder what Tripwire was thinking.
vazel said:
That only happens with crappy teams that would rather permanently camp than advance.
I never get a huge number of kills on FF due to mostly capping the central points but have never lost a round due to my HQ being taken over. I have though, won several by taking over the hostile HQ and really get the impression that a lot of people just don't care to play the map 'properly'.
Pinning the other team down with a tank can also work beautifully.
I mean, I get why people hate on the map, to advance you have to expose yourself to the elements and hope you don't have your face blown off at 200 meters while crawling through the snow on your belly or hiding in a sewer. It's not an action map, it's an 'oh shit, was that bullet meant for me?' map, and I love that tension that can be lost on some of the more vicious close combat maps.
...though I've also only ever really played Russians on FF, so it might just be that it totally sucks for the German team and that's why people hate it.
Uriah said:
My SVT is level 29, so I get to gaffer-tape a knife to the end of it.
Phife Dawg
Member
Even if played properly it sucks imo. The Russians have much better overlook over the central area and can just pick you from afar. At the same time a German tank sitting between the German spawn building and the adjacent one on the Russian right flank can effectively shut it down. Resulting in boring stalemates and the occasional fight on the Russian left flank.Nickiepoo said:
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My MP40 is level 18 I think.
Danne-Danger
Member
... if you are in Mexico. I figure that's pretty good overall?Relax.MX said:
http://www.abload.de/img/abloadsun7.png
Danne-Danger said:
Maybe is another bug for the game, is not a strange thing(I think it's normal right now, is not a surprise new bugs, every day). Most of those servers I see them empty right now,
Note: Im from Mexico, but i live in Tijuana(on the border with california) i dont have problems with other game..just with this...
Someone had this problem?:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/relaxmx/screenshot/559796680954174986
Danne-Danger
Member
This is what I can find:Uriah said:
My friend came to my place today and he played this game for the first time. He loves shooter (mainly COD in SP) but he is also a WWII geek and played Operation Flashpoint back in the day.
He was better in this game than me in the first hour. It was very natural. He didn't mind camping, he actually embrace it as the only actual strategy like there is no other shooter on the market. He was looking for spots deliberately moving around the map and he found some really good ones. He flanked Vermacht on Fallen Fighters and picked out like 12 dudes from behind. It was glorious and VERY tense.
After he left I sat and played the game like it was new. I mean I was camping before that, but I felt a bit ashamed given my experience in other games. Now I'm not. This game is not a twitch shooter.
Also I like cinematographic filter, it hides UE3 flaws very good.
He was better in this game than me in the first hour. It was very natural. He didn't mind camping, he actually embrace it as the only actual strategy like there is no other shooter on the market. He was looking for spots deliberately moving around the map and he found some really good ones. He flanked Vermacht on Fallen Fighters and picked out like 12 dudes from behind. It was glorious and VERY tense.
After he left I sat and played the game like it was new. I mean I was camping before that, but I felt a bit ashamed given my experience in other games. Now I'm not. This game is not a twitch shooter.
Also I like cinematographic filter, it hides UE3 flaws very good.