Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

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8.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1300 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 144 out of 1300
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  1. StewartP.
    May 10, 2006
    3
    The glitches that remained unresolved; slow loading maps, unfixed kicks out of the game, poor animation make a a great 1990's game - the game has a nice gritty feel and is OK to play but the frustration it produces just trying to get online to play it (and to stay online) aren't really worth the effort. Had it been tested more thuroughly and put out first as a demo I The glitches that remained unresolved; slow loading maps, unfixed kicks out of the game, poor animation make a a great 1990's game - the game has a nice gritty feel and is OK to play but the frustration it produces just trying to get online to play it (and to stay online) aren't really worth the effort. Had it been tested more thuroughly and put out first as a demo I wouldn't have purchased it. This game in itself has make me very apprehensive about purchasing any games from STEAM without first being able to try a demo.… Expand
  2. GregB.
    Aug 3, 2006
    0
    This game sucked, the only fun thing about it was killing team mates. Tanks are totally outranked as the nazis are nearly impossible to destroy, and every time someone wins a battle you have to wait forever for the new round to load.
  3. RadoslawCzyzewski
    Sep 9, 2006
    1
    W porownaniu z Day of Defeat (nawet starym) wypada blado. Gra jest pozbawiona akcji i realizmu (rozwalanie jednym strza?em czo?gu Tiger z 2km - jakim? ruskim szrotem... smiechu warte). Pozatym jak za t? cen? spodziewa?em si? czego? wi?cej jak tylko multiplayer... no i engine Unreala... pozostawia wiele do ?yczenia. Ta gra powinna kosztowa? najwy?ej 10$.
  4. RekitR.
    Jan 12, 2007
    3
    The game has its merits, but is really lacking. It does not even begin to use the game engine anywhere near its capability. Brings nothing new to gaming, not original, not basic either.
  5. christian
    Jan 3, 2007
    0
    grad gekauft, installiert, ne stunde auf steam gewartet um updates zu ziehen und letztendlich festgestellt dass es mit abstand das dümmste spiel is was ich seit langen gekauft hab. wer behauptungen aufstell es sei eine gekonnte mischung aus battlefield 42 und sonst irgendwas, merkt ihrs noch
    is nicht im ansatz mit dem niveau von battlefield 42 zu vergleichen obwohl battlefield 42 um    grad gekauft, installiert, ne stunde auf steam gewartet um updates zu ziehen und letztendlich festgestellt dass es mit abstand das dümmste spiel is was ich seit langen gekauft hab. wer behauptungen aufstell es sei eine gekonnte mischung aus battlefield 42 und sonst irgendwas, merkt ihrs noch
    is nicht im ansatz mit dem niveau von battlefield 42 zu vergleichen obwohl battlefield 42 um jahre älter ist, nee so ne scheiße, wenn ich nicht battlefield 2 hätte würd ich lieber battlfield 42 spielen als den dreck    … Expand
  6. RobC.
    Jun 3, 2007
    3
    Nice. An attempted effort. Good graphics, extremely discouraging gameplay, players must travel several kilometres before the are in a gunfight with an opponent. OVERALL: IT SUCKS Get BF1942/DoD/CoD instead, much better, or any other WW2 video game but not this one!!!
  7. Annoyed
    Apr 18, 2006
    0
    Only five critics bothered to rate this game, and none of them rated it higher than 85. Also, the metascore is 80, not 81, as Steam claims. As for the game itself, what's the point? Save your money for some other, better prepared game.
  8. LPoolboy
    Aug 4, 2006
    3
    I tried this game for the free trial, and boy am I glad I did, if I was to sum up this game in 3 words they would be: 'Dark', 'Laggy', 'Boring'. The enthustiasts of this game will try tot ell you that by 'Dark' I actually mean 'Gritty, atmospheric, WW2-Esque', no, I mean dark, I honestly couldn't see a thing, enemy's are I tried this game for the free trial, and boy am I glad I did, if I was to sum up this game in 3 words they would be: 'Dark', 'Laggy', 'Boring'. The enthustiasts of this game will try tot ell you that by 'Dark' I actually mean 'Gritty, atmospheric, WW2-Esque', no, I mean dark, I honestly couldn't see a thing, enemy's are constantly ot of reach and everybody wears the exact same uniform, so you can never be sure if you have spotted an enemy or not. They'll tell you that the game does not lag and that I must have a poor connection. I am running a 10mb download conn and I have a pretty good pc, the load times are horrendous and the graphics are so poor yet it still lagged. They'll try to say that when I say it's 'boring' I am being unsophisticated and very uncouth, but I am not, the maps are badly designed. There's nothing wrong with them being so big but you should always have something to do, some sort of challenge, I don't consider travelling for minutes on foot then dying at the end and having to do it all over again. As I said you ahrdly ever see the enemy. The guns are clunky and slow, you don't ever feel in control, the models lack any dexterity. The keys are mapped poorly, the class sytem is done poorly, hell even the sound is average at best. For me this game seems to be one which will have a very strong tight knit community but it will also be very small and very hardcore. A bit like the online community of Swat 3 or other cult games. I would steer well clear, the learning curve is extremely steep and you never feel dangerous ingame due to the stupidly high recoil of the guns and the fact that you can never see the enemy. Poor effort, poor game.… Expand
  9. Van
    Aug 4, 2006
    0
    This game is more than likely the absolute worst FPS game played in recent history. It's glitchy, your character moves extremely slow no matter what, the graphics are only a little better than DOD 1.6, Terrible sound quality, Whacky physics, Way too much recoil, It feels like it takes you 5 minutes to reload, maps and models are aweful and it's just plain boring. I'm glad I This game is more than likely the absolute worst FPS game played in recent history. It's glitchy, your character moves extremely slow no matter what, the graphics are only a little better than DOD 1.6, Terrible sound quality, Whacky physics, Way too much recoil, It feels like it takes you 5 minutes to reload, maps and models are aweful and it's just plain boring. I'm glad I never wasted any money on this game but I really, really regret downloading it for free. If you were into E.T. for the atari then this game is right up your ally. Honestly, i'm embarrassed for the developers of this slow paced drooling.… Expand
  10. JerryB.
    Aug 7, 2006
    0
    problem #1- It takes way to long to connect to servers. problem #2- There are no crosshairs so you can't aim what your shooting at. problem # 3- Game play in general SUCKS !!!!!!!
  11. FAISALM
    Jan 1, 2009
    3
    Its so bad it didnt play it more than 4 times.
  12. MTatonka
    Apr 8, 2006
    0
    I have to agree, this game is horrid. What are you other people looking at? Weapons behave like an out of control firehose, player moves (from first person) with no fluid action. Your stance changes and you have to reset your iron site every time. There has to be some intuitive design to the player, i.e. reload your weapon when its empty or re-chamber a round after you have taken a shot.I have to agree, this game is horrid. What are you other people looking at? Weapons behave like an out of control firehose, player moves (from first person) with no fluid action. Your stance changes and you have to reset your iron site every time. There has to be some intuitive design to the player, i.e. reload your weapon when its empty or re-chamber a round after you have taken a shot. The sound is deplorable, you cannot differeniate where a shot is coming from or where someone is walking or running.
    The maps are nice and the I enjoy the teamwork necessary to complete the objectives.
    Go back to the drawing board with that and make it better.    … Expand
  13. BrianS
    May 9, 2009
    2
    This game was total crap! All people do in this game is grab a PPsH, camp, and dominate. Thats all you need! Russians are seriously over powered and as said before, this game is nothing but a total camp fest.
  14. AnonymousMC
    May 24, 2006
    0
    People who believe this is realistic warfare obviously have not been in war. If you want that sort of game ditch the mouse and keyboard and get yourself conscripted. For those of you who like war with a mouse and keyboard, dont bother with this, an overengineered slow action lacking debacle
  15. ManV.
    May 7, 2006
    3
    Oh...My...God... these were the words that came out of my mouth when I first saw the game ads all over steam. I was astonished, only by the idea of a modern game that gave you the opportunity to play as a soldier in the WW2 eastern front...Oh...My...God were the words that came out of my mouth when I first played the game...but it was NOT for a good reason... First of all: The game is Oh...My...God... these were the words that came out of my mouth when I first saw the game ads all over steam. I was astonished, only by the idea of a modern game that gave you the opportunity to play as a soldier in the WW2 eastern front...Oh...My...God were the words that came out of my mouth when I first played the game...but it was NOT for a good reason... First of all: The game is slow,really slow (I even had to reduce the graphics' detail levels and resolution but no improvement). The graphics did not annoy me, but they surely were not modern-day graphics. The animation was tragic,unrealistic...almost robotic. The sound was OK. These aspects, I could easily cope with. IF!!! If the gameplay produced what every gameplay's target is...FUN. This game is surely not fun... I was sooooo dissappointed. The interface is unreasonably complicated (even if I reallocated the keys,I was still confused) There are literally 1000 commands out there, you have to familiarize with. I agree with the absense of live map, i agree with the amount of damage caused by a shot... but i totally disagree with the absense of crosshair...now, you can call me noob and underskilled, but if there was any fun in fighting with my own self, just to put an enemy in my ironsights, believe me, I would sit down and eat my keyboard to learn how to do it properly...but...there is no joy in it...no fun...the point of a game is this. FUN. If I wanted to live a totally real warfare, I would enlist myself in an army to go to a front in real life.Now,there is another thing.Maybe less importand...some of the maps are huge to walk around...it doesn't help at all. Don't get me wrong...I was eagerly anticipating this game to come out and I pre-ordered it as soon as it came out as an ad and this is the reason I am furstrated...I personally find it promising,as an idea but...unplayable. Do something for us underskilled noobs who want to play as digital soldiers in the eastern front....… Expand
  16. Sgt.Rockski
    May 7, 2006
    3
    Game is using an old engine that is clunky. In steam, this game was 25 bucks, promised a lot and delievered a lot of crashing. I run a fairly state of the art system and this game still fails. The forums on steam are filled with complaints from users, I practically don't even play this anymore because they are not fixing teh bugs in it and teh game is a drag when it is rebooting or Game is using an old engine that is clunky. In steam, this game was 25 bucks, promised a lot and delievered a lot of crashing. I run a fairly state of the art system and this game still fails. The forums on steam are filled with complaints from users, I practically don't even play this anymore because they are not fixing teh bugs in it and teh game is a drag when it is rebooting or crashing your system all the time. Thumbs down until they work it out. But something else is my advice, and researcxh this game through what the players are saying on teh steam forums about it. It is definitely not even close to an 8 rating.… Expand
  17. Anacro
    Jun 29, 2006
    3
    The screenshots looked good but the game isn't very good if you compare it to Battlefield 2. The maps are poor, the gameplay isn't fun. It may well be trying to simulate vehicles, weapons and the feel of battle 100% etc but this is at a cost to the fun factor and yes you can have a game which tries to simulate things and still be fun but this game lacks it. The only good thing The screenshots looked good but the game isn't very good if you compare it to Battlefield 2. The maps are poor, the gameplay isn't fun. It may well be trying to simulate vehicles, weapons and the feel of battle 100% etc but this is at a cost to the fun factor and yes you can have a game which tries to simulate things and still be fun but this game lacks it. The only good thing about this game is you don't tend to get spawn killed as soon as you spawn. I've played Battlefield 2 for over 600 hours and still continue to play it, why? Battlefield 2 finds the middle ground between realism and fun, there are also personal goals in Battlefield 2 like medals/ribbons/badges/promotions which can take months to get and yet still fun. Red Orchestra I played for 2 hours of utter frustration, completly boring too. It staggers me some of the ratings other players have given Red Orchestra, I can obly assume they haven't played BF2.… Expand
  18. MikeL.
    Jun 5, 2006
    1
    Cant say its a great game because its still loading, and loading, and loading, and verifying etc. Bought this as a non-online game, figuring it could do both and I would ignore the online half. Cant get to or find the single player mode, nor does the box indicate that this isnt a suitable game for the singles like myself. I just bought it and already am ready to throw in the garbage. Cant say its a great game because its still loading, and loading, and loading, and verifying etc. Bought this as a non-online game, figuring it could do both and I would ignore the online half. Cant get to or find the single player mode, nor does the box indicate that this isnt a suitable game for the singles like myself. I just bought it and already am ready to throw in the garbage. Better wording on the box and I would have never bought it.… Expand
  19. AdrianC.
    Aug 11, 2006
    4
    The load time is of 5 minuts and is desesperable and in a online game that the server change the maps each 20 minuts shouldn't wait 5 minuts to charge each map.
  20. DexterP.
    Aug 3, 2006
    1
    Boring, too clitchy, long loading times, nothing new, poor movements, you have to be 'qualified' to use vehicles so you just get owned by everyone else who uses tanks, crap maps, terrible recoil even when in short bursts and lying down, worse than Day of defeat (yes really that bad), just another poor attempt to nock Call of Duty of the top of the ladder glossed up with Boring, too clitchy, long loading times, nothing new, poor movements, you have to be 'qualified' to use vehicles so you just get owned by everyone else who uses tanks, crap maps, terrible recoil even when in short bursts and lying down, worse than Day of defeat (yes really that bad), just another poor attempt to nock Call of Duty of the top of the ladder glossed up with supposively 'amazing graphics'. Bought it for £25 played it for a day sold it to a friend for a tenner the very next… Expand
  21. AledM>
    Aug 5, 2006
    3
    Good visuals, poor game play, too many controls and way too complicated. A bad attempt at a good game idea!!
  22. JackH.
    Aug 6, 2006
    1
    As someone already related, most of the gaming community will sit and scratch their heads, wondering how to use unknown controls. Realism, schmealism. Give me a good FPS any day, and keep your 4-person tanks and anti-tank weapons that won't fire, no matter what you do. I hate to say it but this one rates a limburger.
  23. DragonsR.
    Sep 1, 2006
    3
    This game absolutley sucks!!. No manual included, no ID code and I stuck here d-loading something I don't want on my PC just to play it?? nope hell no it's going back where it came from!
  24. RobA.
    Feb 1, 2007
    2
    Boring and fantastical ballistics. Great game if that's all you do. Every server has one third of the players with high scores and everyone else is fodder. How many times can you stand running back from spawn? If you play this game my advice is to camp every time on every server...you might have a bit of fun.
  25. ZachB.
    Oct 20, 2008
    1
    I wouldnt recommend this game to anyone but those who have an extreme like of realistic WWII game play. The AI is horrible and unbalanced, while the graphics are pretty shoddy. Some of the maps have glitches such as tanks getting stuck and etc. Multiplayer is somewhat alright but bots are hideously bad on both teams while objectives often leave you wondering what you actually have to do I wouldnt recommend this game to anyone but those who have an extreme like of realistic WWII game play. The AI is horrible and unbalanced, while the graphics are pretty shoddy. Some of the maps have glitches such as tanks getting stuck and etc. Multiplayer is somewhat alright but bots are hideously bad on both teams while objectives often leave you wondering what you actually have to do to beat the game. At one point on a map involving capturing areas the game decided to glitch and make it impossible to capture the enemies points, yet even after they managed to capture our points we still won. Bottom line, the game feels like its in beta, and plays like its in alpha… Expand
  26. PhilE.
    Jun 13, 2008
    2
    This game is too realistic for it's own good. I would strongly advise you think before buying. The concept is good, but I am disappointed at how hard the gameplay is, and how slow it is. I may be abandoning this game.
  27. GamerTrust
    Feb 10, 2009
    0
    worst game ever
    controls are terrible as compared to the popular games like counter strike source or Day of defeat source which is a much better wwii game. The game provides no crosshair or whatsoever and its wayy to slow paced, lack of sniper classes.
    0/10 only thing that was good about it was its maps.
  28. KenPrussing
    Oct 13, 2006
    0
    Total garbage. We have been unable to download the game from Steam even after numerous calls to them. There answer is Call Steam it is not our problem. Promises of return call backs have not happened. This is the worst game my son has ever purchased.
  29. danielpatten
    Nov 5, 2006
    1
    ive had the game for monthsand its still not updated enough to play, 24 hours to wait on download of update is retarded. i wish i could get my money back, never buy from this company again, looks cool. but so what if your unable to play in a reasonable amount of time, guess critics didnt have to download the piece of junk
  30. SergeyS.
    Dec 20, 2006
    4
    Wow, what a disappointment. I was so wrong thinking this was another Brothers in Arms. Single player mode, e.g. "Training" is awful: AI is dumber than my hamster, no realism whatsoever. Multiplayer mode is a bit better, but you have to get up pretty early to get a good weapon, otherwise you're stuck with a bolt-action rifle that is awkward to use at best. Damage mode is very Wow, what a disappointment. I was so wrong thinking this was another Brothers in Arms. Single player mode, e.g. "Training" is awful: AI is dumber than my hamster, no realism whatsoever. Multiplayer mode is a bit better, but you have to get up pretty early to get a good weapon, otherwise you're stuck with a bolt-action rifle that is awkward to use at best. Damage mode is very realistic, too realistic if you ask me: a hit in a leg slows down your movement, a hit an an arm - you can't use your weapon. But now the question is, how the heck are you supposed to heal if the game has no medics and there's a fortified machine gun nest in front??? Pointless. The only thing I REALLY enjoyed, though, is being a machine-gunner myself: those tracers and ricochets, and plumes of dust when you hit a cement wall are impressive.… Expand
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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22
  1. CPUGamer
    80
    I absolutely love the attention Tripwire has given to the small details in the game.
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  2. IGN
    85
    There's very little gameyness in RO and a whole lot of gritty crawling along the ground so you can flank over to that machine gunner and allow your team to advance to the next spawn point objective.
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  3. GameSpot
    79
    Red Orchestra is an enjoyable, team-based online shooter for those who like the Battlefield-style games but want a more technical and realistic experience.
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