ABOUT THE GAME. Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, the leading tactical multiplayer WWII shooter on the PC, will take the award winning Red Orchestra. Red Orchestra 2 will be free today for a full 24 hours, though at the time of writing it hasn't shown up. So long as you add it to your library before the promotion.

•: 13 September 2011 •: 15 September 2011 •: 16 September 2011, Mode(s) Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is a -themed developed and published. It is a sequel to. The title focuses heavily on the.

The game was released in September 2011. The developers have stated that the game is a Windows exclusive and have no plans to bring it to consoles. The game contains many new features, including a new first-person cover system combined with blind firing, first person collision detection, as well as an entirely new system of statistics tracking and player development. Contents • • • • • • • • Gameplay [ ] Red Orchestra 2 is a realistic first-person shooter. Guns behave realistically, with bullet drop and spin taken into account. The game also takes away many of the elements of a traditional, like an ammo counter, forcing players to remember, or manually check, the approximate number of rounds that are left in the gun's magazine.

When reloading a weapon, the character checks the weight of the new magazine and determines if it is heavy (full or close to full) or light (empty or close to empty). The game's first-person cover system allows players to hide behind all objects in the world to avoid gunfire. While in cover, players can peek out to take more accurate shots or fire blindly.

However, the shape, size, and composition of the object changes its effectiveness at protecting the player. Smaller objects may not cover the player's entire body, and some may not stop bullets. Health does not regenerate over time or by use of medical equipment, but non-fatal wounds must still be bandaged so no more health is lost through blood loss.

There are tanks in Red Orchestra 2. The interiors of each tank are fully recreated with either a human or AI manning each station. The level of detail was described by Tripwire's president John Gibson as rivaling or exceeding tank simulation games.

Because of the extensive work required to recreate each vehicle, which Tripwire estimates to take three months each, the game launched with two tanks: the German and Soviet. In April 2014 the Game of the Year addition was released with a new game mode search and destroy, new maps and two armored personal carriers were added into the game for the German and Soviet sides respectively. These are the German and the British with a mounted machine gun used by the Soviets. These additions gave infantry more protection and a quick alternative for moving around the battlefield. Two more tanks, the German and the Soviet along with the German machinegun were added in the Armored Assault free DLC.

Development [ ] In June 2011, Red Orchestra 2's developer, Tripwire, announced they would be taking an aggressive, three-pronged approach to proactively deal with cheating. Red Orchestra 2 would be using a combination of three anti-cheat services; along with and a related service called PBBans. Server operators can choose to use any or none of these services. Tripwire later clarified that Punkbuster for Red Orchestra 2 will have three levels of protection so server operators can optionally make it more or less aggressive in kicking players. A Beta was initiated early on the development process with several phases.

First, the Family and Friends Beta for family members and friends of the staff. Then the Beta moved on to include long time clans from and clans new to the game. After this stage, the Beta was opened for anyone that had pre-ordered the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game, which gave the added bonus of participating in the final stage of the Beta. Mods [ ] Some mod teams were given early access to the Steam Development Kit (SDK) and have been developing mods.

These mods include, set in Western Europe during the campaigns of 1944 and 1945, and Aufmarsch: The Great War 1914-1918, which includes maps set on both the and of. There is also the mod that adds classic gametypes such as and Search & Destroy to the game. The full SDK was made available in January 2012. The SDK has allowed modders to create many custom maps for the base game, for Rising Storm, and for the game's mods. These maps expand the variety of locations represented in game, adding battles in places like Ukraine, the Caucasus, and various Pacific islands. Main article: Rising Storm was released on May 30, 2013.

An optional Digital Deluxe edition is available, and a Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad ownership bonus discount of 25% are available on the Steam store. A 15% preorder discount was also available.

Owners of the original Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad received free access to the rifleman class, whilst buyers of Rising Storm were given the original game as well. Rising Storm features in context of the Pacific war between the U.S.

Both sides have distinct weaponry and abilities so as to create an asymmetric gameplay. The Americans have access to high firepower weapons such as semi-automatic rifles, machineguns and flamethrowers. The Japanese are instead equipped with bolt-action rifles, hand-held mortars, mines, katanas and the ability to banzai charge: causing the enemy to be suppressed for the duration of the charge. A sequel,, was released in May 2017. Reception [ ] Reception Aggregate score Aggregator Score 76/100 Review scores Publication Score 8/10 7/10 7.5/10 7.6/10 8/10 78% 8/10 Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad received 'generally favorable reviews' according to the website. Tripwire Interactive.

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Retrieved 3 July 2011. Beyond this we have added a whole new level of functionality and interaction to the tanks. The first thing that we’ve done is what we call a virtual interior. The player can actually look around in the interior and very easily interact with the interior.

Want to look out of a view slit, just look at the slit and press a button. Want to stick your head out of the hatch, look up and press a button. It is all very streamlined and allows the player to do a lot of things but very simply. We’re actual giving players very near to a tank simulation’s level of functionality, but streamlined so it is easy to use and accessible.

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