I bought Red Orchestra. It is HORRIBLE. It runs smoothly but the graphics are unreal 2004. The maps are huge and you spawn like miles away.
There is not enough detail, making the enemy hard to see. You have to toggle crouch and prone to stand and run and that is BAD! There don't seem to be many players interested and although i know its pretty new, i think it will die. The combo of older graphics (exact replica weeds and such) lack of detail combined with HUGE maps may make it a campers/snipers/vehicle lover game, but i am disappointed. There is a problem with balancing vehicle and infantry combat. If a map is huge, players just drive around with infantry in the back, while tanks have all the fun.
There are no crosshairs, so you shoot from the hip and hit nothing or toggle. This is not a big problem, UNLESS YOU ARE IN A HUGE MAP and have to fight vehicles and tanks with peashooters.
The infantry only maps are better, but expect to get blown away by snipers who are familiar with the maps.
I would suggest Call of Duty 2. It looks awesome, the sound, weapon design and feel, and gameplay is as good as it gets. Its a graphics monster, so RO may run better if your rig isn't last gen high end.
Don't expect DOD or CS.S like detail and definition in Red Orchestra.
Who knows, you may love it. I don't
In a nutshell. It gives someone else too much "say" over how and when I play a product that I paid for.
Bear with me while I tell you a long sad tale of woe.
I loved Half-life. I followed the news and events leading to HF2 closely, I was one who pre-ordered the collectors edition, plunked down my hard earned $80.00 it and waited through the delays and like, you know things happen. Finally the store calls me, its here! I took the day off, drove 200 miles and got it home with high expections. For three days I tried to load it up and waited for "Steam" to do its thing. Seventy Two hours waiting for someone else to give me permission to "play". I gave up. It took me less than 30 minutes to find it on the net. Three days to download it and 15 minutes to load and start playing, Finally. Loved the game! It did seem short but it was great.
Time goes by. Months later I want to replay it. I again tried to load my original that I bought and paid for. Went alot smoother this time, only took hours to get my account set up and start playing. Ok, days later I want to continue and "Steam" says I need to update. Ok, it took two days, connected 24/7. Life happens, I don't get back to it for a few days and again, "Steam" wants to "update". Again it took 48 hours! This is bull! After the fouth time of this I gave up. Snapped the DVD in half and trashed it. :twisted: Loaded my bootleg edition I had downloaded months earlier and was playing in minutes, no problem.
Now I am against priacy. I want to buy games that I like so these folks will create more. I have read that "Steam" was very effective in controlling "bootlegged" copies. I laugh! I have HL2, Counterstrike Source, and the rest that I've downloaded from the net. It has not stopped it. Its only pushed me to the "dark side" so to speak. I will not purchase ANY game that requires a third party to "give" me permission to use a product that I lawfully paid for. Copy protections like Starforce, Securom, and the like I have no problem with. At least I can play the game. No internet connection required, (unless its like multiplayer.)
I really felt for the folks on dial-up. :roll: