

Have you had a chance to check out Rising Storm? What do you think of the game? It may not be for everyone, but Rising Storm will certainly find a solid fan base. There's a lot to be said about a shooter that can give gamers the opportunity to approach large-scale multiplayer battles with some semblance of strategy, and Red Orchestra appears to be one of the best examples. Overall, I came away from my short experience with Rising Storm impressed with the game's potential, even if it never really clicked with me. As Counter-Strike has proven, if a shooter is fun gamers will hardly care about graphics. Items included (2): Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad with Rising Storm, Rising Storm Game of the Year Edition Red Orchestra 2 focuses on the Battle of Stalingrad and the surrounding operations, both German and Russian, from July 1942 to February 1943. There's also vehicles in the game, but we never encountered one while playing online.įurthermore, Rising Storm doesn't have the flashy visuals of a Battlefield 3, but it's certainly not an ugly game. Rushing out into the heat of battle - a tactic I employed in the hopes of recording some exciting firefights - just isn't viable. Having a limited selection of certain roles (sniper, mortar, etc.) helps keep things fair, but also encourages players to stick together. While it's a bit of a struggle to jump into Rising Storm without having played any of Tripwire Interactive's other Red Orchestra games, it's easy to see the franchise's appeal.Ī multiplayer-only shooter that is about patience and teamwork doesn't lend itself well to a short gameplay video, but hopefully you get the idea. In the video featured above, Andrew Dyce and myself take Rising Storm for a spin inorder to see what the expansion has to offer fans and newcomers. Tripwire essentially took the foundation that was Red Orchestra 2, and built a relatively new game on top of it.

Stunning graphics and sound along with the engine Unreal Engine 3, as well as new features and sustained realism create a terrific tactical.
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Rising Storm is a standalone expansion for Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad - set in the Pacific theater of World War 2 - but it's also a total conversion modification. Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad - the leading tactical multiplayer shooter about World War II on PC, which carries the famous series of the Red Orchestra in a series of new generation of games. While a lot of multiplayer shooters are about close quarters skirmishes, Red Orchestra puts tactics and strategy first. Rising Storm (World War II Pacific War), Iron Europe: 1914-1916 (World. Tripwire Interactive's Red Orchestra series is not for the Call of Duty crowd. Tripwire released Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad in September 14th, 2011.
