I love the game
I love the game
i played RO1 and DH for many years and enjoyed it because it was not a run and gun FARB Fest!
i played for four years and then felt RO1 needed an upgrade.
i started to play CoD World at War, but the only way to play somewhat realistically was to play on crouch only servers. Yep, some folks instituted a rule that you could only move crouch to stop the running and gunning Farb Fests and bring some realism to the game.
Well i got tired of that because it was not RO. Then i heard the new game was coming out. I waited two years for it and could not wait to get it.
I for one am puzzled at all the negative comments, although i do remember such comments about RO1 when it first came out not being true to the Unreal Tournament original.
Believe me, this game in no way shape or form COD! Nor an arcade game.
You cannot run and gun and live long in this game.
You do not carry with you an endless supply of ammunition. If you change magazines simply to get full loads, you will end up coming back to your original magazine with only the amount of rounds that were left when you changes. There is no meter to tell you when you are out, as i have found out the hard way many times.
You still have to have team work to win, and the game is in no way just about scoring individual kill points. (have been playing as a SL and been getting a hell of a lot more points by trying to lead than any kills i made).
You still have combined arms.
Suppression is better played in this game.
The cover system is better although a little tricky to use.
You can shoot through walls and structures as oppose to being behind a bullet proof picket fence in RO1.
Still able to employ smoke.
More options for indirect fire - mortars, rockets, and artillery. Although would love to see stukas.
YOu do not have an endless supply of reinforcements.
You have to employ different techniques for attack and defense to win. And yes, being stationary in a good location if your mission is to defend is realistic and NOT camping. That is what defenders do in real life as well as counter attack. And it is funny that some say the game is to fast and run and gun and then complain about people stationary and "camping". Perhaps it is just a good balance for attack vesus defense.
The graphics are a hell of alot better for those who want the immersion feel, and if you do not want this, would you play a game with stick figures? No, of course graphics matter.
RO1 was great for its time, but now looks almost cartoonish. RO2 is magnitudes higher in quality: The artillery, the uniforms, the equipment, the way the bodies drop when hit in many ways that are realistic, the way the soldiers run carrying their weapons, the blood, tank interiors (although we need more tanks and infantry carriers). , dirt kicking up when i shoot in front of someone, damage to buildings from explosions, wounding system, the maps very detailed modeling of many areas in Stalingrad (although we need more maps and cover the entire war period, not just stalingrad).
Troops talking makes you feel like you are part of a unit and not a cartoon figure walking around with other cartoon figures.
You still have objectives that need to be taken that are not some stupid flag pole standing in the middle of some location as is the case with the arcade games.
You now have a better command system than RO1, although the SL commands need some tweaking to ensure the Fire Teams know when they are told to move and the location they are to move. Additional tweaks and the system will really allow for platoon operations with combined arms. But the same system works for tanks as well as infantry and really has TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL TO ENABLE PLATOON COMBINED ARMS OPERATIONS!
People still rush from the spawn to get back up into the action just like i remember they always did in RO1. There are still folks who try to work as a team and still lone wolfs, and Farbs playing, just as it always was in RO1. Still fast pace, but not run and gun.
IT IS STILL HARD for me to get kills. So maybe it is because i am an old Ranger, but i do not know what folks are talking about when they say the weapons are too easy to get kills.
There are still more bolt action rifles than other weapons.
There are still many options for taking down all the objectives. So teamwork and a good leader makes all the difference in the world as is the case in real life.
I like the progression of the maps where the Germans first start moving into Stalingrad and things appeared bright that they would soon take the city, to the maps of the nightmare they found themselves in the winter surrounded and fighting in the factory. I
I think there are certainly some tweaks to be made, and i am sure TW will make them.
And those saying the game has not lived up to its potential, its potential will be achieved through the Mod community. The Mod community will MAKE this game the same way it was the Mod community with new content that made RO1.
So by all means, get the SDK fixed and out there so the Mod community can go to town!!!! It was the constantly new maps and content that really kept your interest in RO1. Lets start seeing some new content since it was promised that TW was developing the game with the Mod community so new content would show up SOON after the release!
Bottom line for me is that the game is still fun as was RO1 and the MOST realistic WWII FPS out there.! Name a better one. There is not one out there? The other games are not covering WWII.
I love the WWII period because there is so much history and you can then immerse yourself into the game after reading. I loved the book Enemy at the Gates, and Hilter Moves East, as well as the Forgotten Soldier. And as for Mods, i really am hoping for DH to upgrade to this version. I loved the Ardennes maps!!!!!!
The Glass is more than Half Full and the MOD community will fill it the rest of the way andmake this game great as they did before!
So lighten up and enjoy the game, i certainly plan to be on the battlefield enjoying my German beer