This is a game you're likely to enjoy if you give it enough time.

User Rating: 9.5 | Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 PC
Red Orchestra was originally a mod based on the Unreal engine and later on sold on retail and through Steam.

This game is set in the eastern front of WWII, which is incredibly underused compared to the western front, revisited so many times it doesnt interest anyone anymore.
Red orchestra separates itself from the rest of FPS by endeavouring towards as much realism as possible, albeit you'll probably at times feels it's too much.
Unlike most FPS you cant just run straigth at the enemy with the primary fire button pressed an hope to kill anyone, RO is about taking cover and aiming carefully to hope to take down someone you're aiming at. Mostly this game is one-shot kills wiht the exception of guns like the Luger pistol or it's soviet counterpart the TT33, meaning that you have to keep your head down and make sure you have cover while slowly crawling from one spot to another, all the while hearing MG fires streaking above you. That being said the sound effects are awesome, you'll hear artillery falling down, bullets whistling right next to you, and every weapon makes a different sound when you're firing it, you'll very quickly come to recognize MG fires for instance, and separate them from assault rifles.
Maps in this game are huge and some even when playing 25 vs 25 (as some servers allow it) you'll still have plenty of sneaky ways to get to a place where you can shoot you're foes from the flank or the rear.
There's a practice mode that comes with the game but all it's good for is getting a quick understanding of basic mechanics before you dive right into the bloody internet version of the eastern front.
The amount of different maps is staggering as often more are released by the community, which helps bring the game to a whole new level.
Many gameplays elements separate Ro from most other games, such as the lack of health bars, or the system implemented on games like call of duty 4 (where if you take damage all you have to do is wait and you'll be back at full health). In RO if you get shot you'll see a part of your body turn red in a picture of the soldier located on the bottom left side of the screen, reflecting the place where you got shot. There's a few separate parts of a character that can be hit, such as torso, arms, legs , feet , hands and head. Getting shot in the hand will make you loose your gun which the firts time it happens is really confusing, getting shot in the foot means that for a few secs you'll be MUCH slower (basically it's a death sentence unless you're lucky).
Tank battles are very different from other games as controlling a tank in RO takes a considerable amount of teamwork between the gunner and the driver, for instance the gunner has very little chance of hittinh a target if the driver doesnt stop to allow him to get a clear shot.
This game is class based meaning that classes like sniper, tank crewman (only guys with that tank commander who can ride a tank) are immediatly taken so if you dont have a good comp it's likely that by the time you join the battle all that's left is rifleman, which does take some of the shine off the game.
However the fact thats there can only be so many snipers or tankers means that there's always enough players to fill the cannon fodder role (yes the attacking side must be willing to die much more than they kill.) and that there's no rush for the tanks or vehicles like the ones in Unreal Tournament.
It does come with some drawbacks however if your Anti-Tank soldiers and your tankers suck it's likely that your team will loose because they're the only ones who can take out enemy armor. This can be really frustrating when you loose because incompetent players take the most vital roles, but luckily enough it doesn't happen all that often.
As the gamespot review said, this isnt the kind of game that will suck you in from the start, at first i found it boring, but as i kept playing i understood better some of the finer mechanics of the game and started enjoying it a lot.
A few mods were released for this game , basically only one is played sadly, it's the one introducing the western front, Darkest Hour(who didn't see THAT coming?). The others despite considerable work just are ignored , it's the Mare Nostrum, introducing the battles in North Africa and the Carpathian Crosses introducing the Romanian Army with new maps, weapons and vehicles.

The learning curve in this game is steep most begginers are likely to fail at killing anyone in their first game, but it makes the first kill all the sweeter. So like i said give this game a chance to win you over, if you like FPS games you'll end up liking RO.