Insurgency

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8.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 643 Ratings

User score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 71 out of 643
  3. Negative: 48 out of 643

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  1. RelicRuined
    Jul 1, 2014
    4
    This game has the worst animations ive ever seen in a game. You can barely hear the footsteps. And you dont feel you are actually running/walking. The controls are so slow. And the game is way laggy. I feel bad for paying for what it feels like cheap mod, instead of a real professional game. The performance is poor too, my PC is good yet i cant have this Source made game runningThis game has the worst animations ive ever seen in a game. You can barely hear the footsteps. And you dont feel you are actually running/walking. The controls are so slow. And the game is way laggy. I feel bad for paying for what it feels like cheap mod, instead of a real professional game. The performance is poor too, my PC is good yet i cant have this Source made game running smoothly.

    The gunplay, shots sound and tactical gameplay are good, but i just cant get into it because of the slow/clunky controls. I cant recommend this game.    … Expand
  2. kolera
    Mar 13, 2014
    2
    Another bad game. This one has been advertised as some kind of realistic game for those who are tired of Battlefield and similar shooters and their shortcomings. Through various Youtube channels this message has been hammered. However, it fails in exactly the same regards as its big brothers: poor netcode, tons of hackers and haphazard gameplay that does not reward skill. Here we have aAnother bad game. This one has been advertised as some kind of realistic game for those who are tired of Battlefield and similar shooters and their shortcomings. Through various Youtube channels this message has been hammered. However, it fails in exactly the same regards as its big brothers: poor netcode, tons of hackers and haphazard gameplay that does not reward skill. Here we have a floating camera type of game with one-shot kills and "realistic weapons". Footsteps are close to impossible to hear, even if a player is running on a concrete floor next to you. Accordingly, the gameplay quickly becomes the blind chicken-gameplay Battlefield and COD are so famous for, albeit with much more camping. And just what is with one-shot kills that is supposed to be "realistic"? Would you automatically fall unconscious/die after being hit by 5.56 round? Really? Is this how reality works?

    Insurgency provides a fair amount of weapons and attachments for these weapons - clearly inspired by Battlefield - and the weapons admittedly have a great feel to them. But the contrast between the "realistic weapons" and the rubberbanding players running around at a speed that is anything but realistic, leaves me unimpressed.

    At best this is a better version of Counter-Strike:Source.    … Expand
  3. bullfrog83
    Apr 26, 2014
    3
    Hacking is very common in this game. Combined with the complete lack of footstep sounds and no proper surround, this makes for a frustrating gaming experience that ends up being just run, aim & gun like the rest of the shooters out there. Totally overrated, if you ask me.

    Very few people are playing it also - usually around 500 with a peek at 850 or so. This means servers and game modes    Hacking is very common in this game. Combined with the complete lack of footstep sounds and no proper surround, this makes for a frustrating gaming experience that ends up being just run, aim & gun like the rest of the shooters out there. Totally overrated, if you ask me.

    Very few people are playing it also - usually around 500 with a peek at 850 or so. This means servers and game modes are very limited.    … Expand
  4. supahdupah
    Apr 14, 2014
    2
    Horrible game. Not realistic at all. Bad netcode, frequent rubberbanding/desync, can't hear footstep sounds. A floating camera game basically. Most servers are empty most of the time, I wonder why since this has so many good reviews.

    The gunplay is well done, but that is all. The rest of this game seems to be neglected.
  5. carnivorCactae
    Dec 15, 2014
    3
    This game is a mod with more wishfull thinking and another product of "be thankful because we don't have many of them!" than most Greenlight or Kickstarter games could hope for.

    If you are willing to spend actual money for a mod, be warned: There are flaws that will kill your enjoyment for this game faster then you can say "tactical FPS"! First of all: Be prepared to get killed by    This game is a mod with more wishfull thinking and another product of "be thankful because we don't have many of them!" than most Greenlight or Kickstarter games could hope for.

    If you are willing to spend actual money for a mod, be warned:
    There are flaws that will kill your enjoyment for this game faster then you can say "tactical FPS"!

    First of all: Be prepared to get killed by your team-mates "just for fun". Or kicked...
    Get frustrated when some trolls enter your cooperative-session and ruin the fun for all of you by shooting yo in the head.

    Get this: There is NO OPTION TO HOST A PRIVATE MATCH!
    You are forced to cope with random people on the internet!
    (yes, of course you can create a match after some port forwarding and console commands... but seriously?!).
    Or you could do what the devs were too lazy for:
    create a steam-server-tool via Steam, rewrite some configs and hope for the best!

    The game itself:
    Pretty intense firefights! The will get your heart rushing!
    BUT:
    The bottleneck leveldesign doesn't allow for much tactical approach.
    The game-mode is getting repetitive very fast:
    secure checkpoint
    defend checkpoint
    rince and repeat....
    and hope it doesn't lag or crash!

    It seems the devs spent more time creating detailed weapon-models and recreating some kind of CS instead of fixing bugs and integrating a simple server-tool!    … Expand
  6. Sepoquro
    Aug 5, 2014
    2
    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME (TL;DR version at the end)

    So today there was an update to the game "Insurgency" and I went on the comments and said something bad about the game. Admittedly, it wasn't very constructive criticism because I basically just insulted the game, but regardless, it is simply an exercise of freedom of speech that I most certainly deserve because I actually bought the game.    DO NOT BUY THIS GAME (TL;DR version at the end)

    So today there was an update to the game "Insurgency" and I went on the comments and said something bad about the game. Admittedly, it wasn't very constructive criticism because I basically just insulted the game, but regardless, it is simply an exercise of freedom of speech that I most certainly deserve because I actually bought the game. What came next completely surprised me. They deleted my comment (yes, the developers did it; it specifically said that when I received a message) and then permanently banned me from ALL discussions for the game. This is absolutely ridiculous. No wonder all the comments are filled with fanatical reverence for the developers... they simply delete and permanently ban anyone who doesn't agree with them.

    Please, boycott this game -- do not support con artists like these who don't respect people's freedom of speech, and who block out any criticism to make themselves look better. In this respect they are basically on par with the developers of the WarZ. They don't deserve your cash and if you support people like this you will end up with a North Korean world.

    I know that freedom of speech only pertains to the government and private companies have no legal obligation to let you say whatever you want on their forums, but this is more a matter of respect for your paying customers. By barring all criticism, they are showing immense disrespect. It also says something about the quality of their game. If their game is that good, quality would have been self-evident and there would be no need to worry about what people are saying.

    THAT SAID, the game itself isn't that good either, although it isn't horrid. It is basically a copy of Call of Duty 4, and for some reason they dub it as innovative and new when the "modern warfare in the middle east" model has been used who knows how many times already. There are literally ZERO innovative mechanics in the game. Everything in it is a mashup of things in other games, mostly from Call of Duty, Counter Strike, and Battlefield. The quality is worse, however, than that of the games it copied. Graphically speaking, the game is subpar. There is also a lot of lag, and map design is immensely questionable. There are very few servers, and those few servers also have very few players. Do yourself a favor and don't buy this game. Even if you find the concepts interesting, just buy the games this copycat title stole from -- namely, Call of Duty 4, Battlefield 2/3, and Counter Strike Global Offensive.

    I am still going to give this game 2 points despite all of the aforementioned flaws and the **** developers just because I did have fun with this game for a few hours, but only just for a few hours.

    TL;DR
    This game's developers are cheap scammers that ban you for criticizing their game. But even if you disregard that fact the game is still subpar and you would be better off buying the games it copied from -- namely, Call of Duty 4, Battlefield 2/3, and Counter Strike Global Offensive.    … Expand
  7. Alpacalypse
    Aug 9, 2014
    0
    Insurgency is **** pathetic. Between crashes every 10 minutes, broken and glitchy gameplay and an EXTREMELY confusing GUI, this game made me think Call of Duty was good. The kicker? You can't even quit the game through Task Manager. I had to manually shut down my computer and wait 10 minutes for it to reload. Even during the 5 minutes it DID work, gameplay was clunky and the controls areInsurgency is **** pathetic. Between crashes every 10 minutes, broken and glitchy gameplay and an EXTREMELY confusing GUI, this game made me think Call of Duty was good. The kicker? You can't even quit the game through Task Manager. I had to manually shut down my computer and wait 10 minutes for it to reload. Even during the 5 minutes it DID work, gameplay was clunky and the controls are idiotic. This makes for a pathetic game that doesn't deserve to be on Steam.
    TL:DR: Insurgency was the worst FPS I've played in 2014 by MASSIVE amounts, with the runner up being Air Control. It's that **** bad.
    If you want a good FPS, play Titanfall, and avoid this pile of ****    … Expand
  8. kroflin
    Aug 11, 2014
    0
    The game is full of bugs and has problems with server-disconnects. It isn´t worth buying every single new little FPS wannabe where the devs just try to suck out some money and will leave the gamers with a broken piece of what could´ve been a good game.
  9. Ghoster
    Jun 14, 2014
    0
    Can't tell much about this game because it doesn't work at all. Servers are crashing all the time, so it's not really possible to play full round. It looks like early alpha state! Avoid that in all costs for now. Maybe few updates will fix something.
  10. kaizerin
    Nov 10, 2014
    0
    This game has major problems with lack of players/servers and consequently heaps of high ping players playing on servers across the pond. Facing players with 245 ms ping in a game that is primarily based on reaction times (the avg. human reaction time is something like 180 ms) is a *huge* problem.

    The game also plays more like a mod than a full game. It's basically the old Source engine    This game has major problems with lack of players/servers and consequently heaps of high ping players playing on servers across the pond. Facing players with 245 ms ping in a game that is primarily based on reaction times (the avg. human reaction time is something like 180 ms) is a *huge* problem.

    The game also plays more like a mod than a full game. It's basically the old Source engine from 2005 (?) with some new cosmetics.

    Do not buy.    … Expand
  11. JonatasA
    Jul 11, 2016
    3
    Don't buy this game if you don't like to play games like Counter Strike. This game made me want to create an account just to warn you about it, unfortunately I bought it before the refund system but I'm still going to ask for a refund.
    Also there isn't a lot of players available, so if you're going to play by yourself think twice. Also Some players of the the community are kinda weird (or    Don't buy this game if you don't like to play games like Counter Strike. This game made me want to create an account just to warn you about it, unfortunately I bought it before the refund system but I'm still going to ask for a refund.
    Also there isn't a lot of players available, so if you're going to play by yourself think twice. Also Some players of the the community are kinda weird (or maybe I didn't find too many online playing to be able to socialize with).
    The gameplay is also sluggish at some parts and can drive you mad.    … Expand
  12. Baltifru
    Apr 19, 2020
    4
    Tedious controller support.

    Unclear menus for newcomers. No simple option to play as a group VS AI, except playing with other unknown players. And... The game design is such that you spend most of your time dead. You usually spend 5 minutes waiting for your partners to win or die, for one or two minutes of playing. Not to mention you have to install a third party anti-cheat    Tedious controller support.

    Unclear menus for newcomers.

    No simple option to play as a group VS AI, except playing with other unknown players.

    And...

    The game design is such that you spend most of your time dead. You usually spend 5 minutes waiting for your partners to win or die, for one or two minutes of playing.

    Not to mention you have to install a third party anti-cheat module.

    What the hell is that game ?    … Expand
  13. Hooded1
    Mar 16, 2023
    0
    Awful gameplay mechanics
    Settings don't save
    Impossible to play on controller
    Lack of content
    Ruining the game by adding overpowered AI
    You either go molasses slow or super sonic fast, no in between settings for movement or aiming

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#33 Most Discussed PC Game of 2014
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#28 Most Shared PC Game of 2014

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Metascore
74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 24
  3. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. GameSpew
    Apr 9, 2016
    70
    Insurgency was made by someone who’d experienced warfare for people who wanted to get as close to experiencing it as they dared.
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  2. Pelit (Finland)
    May 9, 2014
    80
    Insurgency is great in what it does, being like expanded Counter-Strike for competitive players. Unfortunately Battlefield has already corrupted me with is unlocking and achievements and... [May 2014]
  3. PC PowerPlay
    Apr 15, 2014
    60
    Fun enough, but hardly anything new under the shooter sun. [May 2014, p.58]
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