Any one that loves realism will love this sweet but slightly nasty WW2 shooter

User Rating: 8.9 | Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 PC
By DJosephE | Review Date:
Now then, if your a realism nut you must try this game. I must admit that the graphics are slightly dated, but still rather good. No matter, the level of realism quite easily draws your attention away from the graphics. Just think about this: whats more important ? Looking for faults in the graphics or trying not to get your brain blasted from your skull by that German sniper !

This game is similar to Battlefield 2, but not quite. You can still capture flags, get into and drive vehicles, play online, and go on a killing spree.
But I did say it is similar, NOT the same. Because you alone can not capture a flag, it has to be a team effort ( about 5 men or more ). For a tank to operate correctly it must have 3 men in it, a driver, a commander and a gunner. And for going on a killing spree ... well ... you can but not for long.
Say if you saw a hand full of Germans and you run over to them with guns blazing you will kill most of them. But you probably didn't see that guy with the light machine gun did you ? So by the time you do see him, you may as well lie down and zip up the body bag your self. One big difference to BF2 is that it isn't so nice. Take for example; if a tank shoots you on BF2 you would fly about 100 ft in the air, the same happens on Red Orchestra but that you fly 100 ft in the air in 20 different directions. Also you can now stick a knife on the end of your primitive wooden gun and poke people with it.

The learning curve of this game is very steep. You soon get tired of having to keep respawning. So by 30 minutes into the game your beginning to get the hang of it.

The game is fantastic online, but as normal virtually every server is full of idiots. As I said befor a tank needs 3 men to work correctly. So when you do manage to get into a tank with 2 other men in it you can set off on you tank crusade. But I also said virtually every server is full of idiots, so the tank normally end up getting wrapped around a tree in about 2 minutes. So if possible play online with a group of friends that know how to play properly.

So to end this little review; Red Orchestra is a fine game although the graphics could by updated and if the company can ( but I doubt ) make every online player magically become mean fighting machines, then red Orchestra will be an even better game.

Thanks for reading

Also its my first review I'v ever done.

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