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Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

Description

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is a multiplayer first-person shooter set in World War II, more precisely the fights in the area of Stalingrad from 1942/43. In comparison to most other games of its genre it tries to create a more realistic atmosphere: the most prominent example would be that almost every hit is an instant kill. And if not, the wound has to be bandaged to avoid bleeding to death. The weapons react more realistically (it is hard to keep a machine gun steady) and have no crosshair. Additionally there is no in-game indication besides the uniforms which player is on which side and there is no announcement of kills. All this creates the need to progress carefully at a slower pace.

There are also other areas where Red Orchestra 2 differs from regular multiplayer shooters: only a certain amount of every class type are allowed on a map to keep the balance and respawns are not instant - instead the game waits until a few people are ready to spawn to simulate reinforcements. Other features are the morale system which improves the performance when players with a high rank are nearby, and a cover system.

However, no experiments are made with the ranking system. Players receive points for helping the team (e.g. for kills or giving out ammo) which eventually results in a better rank. Practically the player can receive more stamina and better weapons this way, even if slower than usual. The commander can give out commands and order air attacks. There are three multiplayer modes: countdown, territory and team-deathmatch; the former two are variants of the known "conquer and defend certain areas" kind. The two singleplayer campaigns are basically just multiplayer games with bots.

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: UnrealEngine3
• Historical conflict: World War II
• Red Orchestra series

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The Press Says

Gamepyre	Sep 14, 2011		90
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Sep 28, 2011	86 out of 100	86
GameStar (Germany)	Sep 16, 2011	85 out of 100	85
Jeuxvideo.com	Oct 18, 2011	16 out of 20	80
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Sep 29, 2011		80
Level	Nov, 2011	8 out of 10	80
Thunderbolt Games	Oct 13, 2011	7 out of 10	70
Gamekult	Sep 19, 2011	6 out of 10	60
Calm Down Tom	Oct 04, 2011	5 out of 10	50
GamingLives	Oct 03, 2011	4 out of 10	40

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Trivia

German version

In the German version, limbs are not cut off after explosions and all references to Nazi Germany during the singleplayer campaign were removed. A detailed list of changes can be found on schnittberichte.com.