Well I really tried to play this game and like it, but I just couldn't...

User Rating: 5.7 | Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 PC
Well Red Orchestra is an online WWII game where you can play as either the Germans or the Russians in different maps. What makes this game so special is that it painstaking tries to make everything in the game as realistic as possible. Unfortunately this makes for a very slow paced experience.

Gameplay: The gameplay is kinda fun, but not really. It can be pretty cool when you work with your teammates, but this isn't something that happens very often. You get your weapons based on your class. Automatic guns seem to dominate though. Using a rifle is pretty difficult. You have no reticle to aim and have to bring up the iron sight to get an accurate shot. This would be ok, but the controls are so terrible. You have to press the I button to bring up the sight. This really can slow down being able to react to enemies up close. I also would sometimes bring up the chat menu instead of my sight too. I would accidently press Y or U instead of I. This game is really hard to get into. There's just a lot of different things you can do, but the controls really make it difficult. The "realism" in the game makes for tedious sniper games, and just pretty slow infrantry combat. Also the game can be pretty laggy at times too. I doubt WWII was this unintense.

You can drive tanks in the game. This is alright. You have to get an entire crew to work one of these things. This can cause a lot of miscommunication, especially in pub servers.

Graphics: The graphics are pretty unimpressive. The models look pretty bad, and the terrain looks muddy and doesn't have much detail. The models also have pretty ugly running animations. The first person view of the gun models look really nice though, and the reload animations are as realistic looking as you can get.

Sound: The sounds are good in the game. All the gunfire sounds realistic and the explosions sound pretty good.

Value: Well for me this game has no value to me, as once I played it I never wanted to come back to it again. If you can get into it though, you'll probably end up playing this game for years since there's just so much you can do.

Overall: Overall this game was not appealing to me. I guess I just prefer more fast paced arcade like shooters. Also the loading times are painfully long, and the server browser is pretty bad with freeze ups and disconnections. If you are a fan of tactical games like this, with a lot of time on your hands, then you probably should check this out, but if you're a casual guy like me who just wants to get into a game quick and have some fun right away playing every now and then, then I can't recommend this to you. I would recommend Day of Defeat instead.