So you're right. Development did restart, in 2016. You have to acknowledge that this still looks pretty rough for a game 7 years into its development and supposedly coming out in the next 9 months (was supposed to come out last year).
The latest footage is also labeled 'pre-beta', which I assume means this is more or less the build they're now calling beta internally. Obviously they're going to be polishing this before launch this year, but it's still in a rough state for a game that is supposedly 6 months out.
I also don't know if their original pitch of this being a based on a real mission is enough of a draw still.
Yea I can see that movement isn't the smoothest but honestly when I play FPS games of this tactical nature I don't need it to feel like butter. A lot of people conflate slow and heavy/rougher animations with poor development and jank. Just look at how much people complain about the slow animations in Red Dead 2 which I think compliment the atmosphere in that game.
If you've ever worn any kind of equipment, web gear or plate carriers with a weapon in your hand (I've played airsoft for over 12 years so I've personally worn all combinations of equipment) you understand how hard it actually is to perform any kind of movement smoothly. Now exemplify that to real life where a Marine is carrying actual heavy ammo and life sustaining equipment and I for one can understand why the devs may actually be animating things this way purposely to some degree.
I'm not sure where you've seen that game is coming out in the next six months? For all I know this game doesn't have any kind of relative launch date yet and I follow it pretty closely.
As for the overall theme and story of the game, that is a HUGE selling point for me. Games like Ready or Not already exist but that doesn't interest me bcause it's based on SWAT teams and active shooters not the Marines kicking in doors in Fallujah.
The only other game that takes on a non fiction story in the Middle East is Medal of Honor 2010. That game is based around the events of Operation Anaconda, The Battle of Takur Ghar and Robert's Ridge (Niel Robert's was a Navy Seal that got killed on the peak and is the one of the characters you play as in the game by the name of "Rabbit") in 2002. It's the only footage of a Medal of Honor recipient, a man named John Chapman being captured on video performing the actions that got him awarded the medal posthumously.
The last missions especially is honestly pretty scary how accurate it is. You actually play the whole thing out more or less as a fictional character named Dante Adams.
But anyway, the Chinook door gunner gets shot in the head, the helicopter crash lands, 3 rangers that jump out the back and get instantly killed, then you call in an airstrike on the enemy bunker but because you're so close to the enemy (inside danger close) the two F-15 jets overhead are forced to use their 20mm nose cannons while flying at 500mph instead of dropping bombs. All of this actually happened in real life and it's fucking insane.
Sorry for the tangent haha, but bottom line is that there is so much room for stories like this to be told and we've only ever got one other game like it. So I'm in full support of this game 110%.
The video is a gameplay of Six Days in Fallujah.
The gameplay shows a team entering a building to clear it of enemies.
The building has two windows on the right and a door on the left.
The team splits into two groups, with one group providing cover while the other approaches the door.
The building has lots of windows and is buttoned up pretty tight.
The team uses vines on the left side to climb up to the roof for a top-down approach.
The video is accompanied by an article that explains different tactics for entering buildings in urban combat, focusing on the "fatal funnel" problem.
Marines and soldiers use specific tactics to avoid the fatal funnel, such as climbing to rooftops or entering through windows.
The article references the OODA loop methodology used when house clearing.
Top-down clearing method suggested by Sergeant Anutai to defeat enemy defenses oriented towards the bait floor and catch insurgents inside by surprise.
