Yeah he goes through the entire review and then at the end says "the game has a multiplayer component" as if the SP campaign is the focus. LOL?I don't know if I should laugh or cry. This "review" is only about single player and apparently he is absolutely overwhelmed by the sheer complexety of the gamecontrols. I mean the controls are pretty standart for a fps, right? Or is it just me beeing so used to complex controls because I spend hundreds of hours in Arma 2 and its editor that RO2 controls feel easy?
Reading this and I think why did he even buy the game? One of the main features is that it has no crosshairs... I for one would never buy a game without research btw. Be it playing a demo, watching videos or reading about it.
If it were not for the bugs, I would highly recommend this game to everyone who is tired of the current state of shooters. This is not just another Call of Duty, Battlefield, or Medal of Honor. As it is right now, the game has enough bugs and glitches that you might want to wait a bit before you jump in. Don't write it off, or ignore it for too long, though -- you might miss out on one of the best shooters in some time.
Nice. Considering how harsh metacritic can end up being, I think that's a pretty awesome score. Tons of games I thought were damn good often get way lower than that.metacritic now has a metascore, 80/100
CONCLUSIONWAFFE: Red Orchestra 2 is a bold, frightening, stumbling beast of a game. It is laden with mod heritage, some good some bad, making only a nod to newbies and sending frustrated bug-suffers to lay face down in the blood-streaked swamp of annoyance. Some people are already spitting out their own teeth in frustration at crash bugs and performance jitters, and will continue to do so at least until they’re ironed out, and that’s a shame. Those that can get away with smoother experiences, however, are feeling much happier. (I am one of those. My tech troubles have been limited to some jitters with the browser. and a single crash in the beta) Further, it’s not going to worry Battlefield 3′s visuals, or any other FPS’s single-player for that matter, because despite the attempt to package the bot-play as single-player, that aspect can be all but jettisoned as an irrelevance. That’s reflected in the price.
Red Orchestra 2 rides on its attempt to push classical FPS game modes towards a sort of limited realism, and it excels at that. Yes, despite all the quibbling I still can’t help feeling that this is one of the most laudable games I’ve played this year. Get hold of it if you are even vaguely inclined towards more serious multiplayer combat, it’s quite the game.