Top-Addon of Red Orchestra 2

First, I will not go into here explicitly on Steam and the associated online duty. It remains one hand, a matter of taste and on the other hand you are well aware about it, if you even a little information concerned before purchasing. So bad or good to talk a product, the quality of the game is simply not fair.

SCOPE

It is performed in the Pacific War in 1942 between Americans and Japanese. Maps are included as famous battles like Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Okinwawa or Peleliu. Who watched the series "The Pacific", will recognize the locations quickly. The maps are of course greatly reduced and very typical (almost cliché for each battle) rebuilt, but at the same time provided with detail and variety. Depending on the number of players are each map a different feel.

Who knows what I'm talking the predecessor:
- Small number of players will force a cat-and-mouse tactics, where you have to hold his head still down and each opponent feels like a sniper. The respawn times are clearly noticeable, because after turning off some enemies you have to move forward immediately and should seize the opportunity. Creativity and surprise play in the pathfinding a strong role, because the map is sparsely populated with a few players. The team is known almost personally, you know who is the machine gunner, commander and the sniper.

- Large number of players creates a stronger atmosphere, take in large group movements rooms and defended it against numerous opponents. The battle expands and the respawn times are no longer to feel strong, as always, a number of enemies waiting for your team. One must expect that is attacked from several directions and hidden paths are also used en masse. The team hardly knows a few exceptions (usually the best and most noticeable players), but it creates a team feeling to be involved in something big.

I must admit that the number of maps (6 to be precise) has somewhat surprised me at the beginning. The predecessor had felt a dozen more. But the developers are 100% more new added, sometimes through contests of players. Tripwire Interactive is one of the developers companies who keep their word, albeit belatedly.

GAME MODES

The game offers 3 different game modes plus an online campaign. Territory is standard game type on most servers, you have to take a line of dots, the defender wins after the time (about 20 minutes) as the aggressor.
Firefight is Team Deathmatch, actually inappropriate for Red Orchestra. 2
Countdown is like territory, but without re-entry and after each point conquered all be resurrected. The attacker team has 2 reinforcement waves throughout the round and must take 4 points. So take the attacker team the 1st point with 90% of losses (or on all opponents), all to be revived before the attack on the 2nd item starts. Opponents of course. Once the time runs out or both reinforcing waves have been used in an attack, the sides are changed. The team that has won more points than the other wins, tied score wins the faster team.

The online campaign starts on an overview map. Each team starts with the same number of resource points and selects whether attacking or defending a territory. Each team has first half of the card. An attack costs more resources than defense, but remains the only way to take areas at all. Who conquers the entire map or the resources of the enemy (eg through consistent defense, ie forcing the opponents to costly and unsuccessful attacks) is the winner of the online campaign. The team that previously attacked decides whether it is attacking or defending on. A simple majority is needed internally so. If defense is tuned, the opposing team attacks automatically. Then retuned over the target area and the Map. The gameplay remains the same, it will only create a connection between the games to virtually missing the whole campaign a small storyline.

GAMEPLAY

For gameplay itself can be read much at the reviews of Red Orchestra 2. It first selects the team, then the class. Simplistic illustrated:

- Gunner (majority of the troops, the most suitable in long-range combat, but not to be underestimated: a shot usually fatal)

- Storm (limited to 1/5 of the players, not available on every map Wearing a MP for close combat.)

- Machine gunner (limited to about 1/10 of the players, high capacity ammo for cover fire and constant fire MG-running can overheat and then must be replaced A MG magazine can each player hand over the machine gunners..)

- Sniper (limited to 1-2 players, quasi-gunner with a telescopic sight with deadly precision in long-range combat, but hardly suitable for melee This class is the most overrated of own players, they want to play from envy you and underestimated by opponents.. the hold it only for a gunners)

- Squad leader (limited to 1 player per squad, is a re-entry point for the players in the squad, has great weapon selection A small leader when it is respected Can artillery coordinates pass on group leaders..)

- Group leader (limited to 1 player on the team, is re-entry point for Squad, has large weapon selection may request the radio aerial reconnaissance and various artillery strikes.)

Significant differences to RO2:

- Two different teams with different strengths. The Americans have all weapons categories abundant as the Soviets and Germans in RO2. Every soldier is significantly better armed than a Japanese soldier (the most "only" with rifle and bayonet rumläuft), because it has at least one M1 Garand (semi-automatic 8-shot rifle). The noise of automatic weapons is identified for 90% of the American team. As a Japanese one has except as ruling class do not have access to automatic weapons. The gunner has only a 30-Shot "MG", which he can not precisely crouched, let alone shoot from the hip. It must be for or investing in a cover.

To compensate for this disadvantage can put booby traps with their shells, the Japanese and they have hand mortar (as a pioneer class). In addition, they can perform a Banzai attack that forces all opponents in the cover as if just come upon them an earthquake. This one has a fantastic in a group very quickly a distance, then turn off the enemy in close combat by bayonet. The precision of the participating American troops is reduced to that of a drunken shooters, because they are as suppressed by covering fire.

- More open Maps, hardly building. Urban warfare is not announced, but it covers the vegetation from large areas, so the map does not appear openly. Nevertheless, I myself often had the feeling that you must move much more careful because the machine gunner on the other map End already can cover me with Barrage. Although not all the maps to play in the woods, me, the term jungle warfare is often occurred subconsciously. Green act the Maps definitely.

- No tanks, the battle focuses on infantry combat. There is neither pure nor mixed armored Maps Maps with much of infantry and a few vehicles. Would have been difficult to implement in my view.

- Attacker and defender role defined clearly. The attacker team starts on each card with even any point and have to take anyone else. In RO2 there were many maps where half the points belonging to a team and held the fighting in the middle.

Finally, I want to devote myself to the UK version. The only difference is that this game remains uncut. If you buy a cut version of Rising Storm 2 can cut even the main game Red Orchestra later. Who has never played RO2, can get the main game for free now with Rising Storm. In the package, a code is also available, which adds the game on the Eastern Front.