Red Solstice 2: Survivors

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5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12

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  1. joshbreviews
    Jun 23, 2021
    5
    I really, REALLY wanted to like this.

    There's just something great about watching a squad of space marines mow down a bunch of aliens. HOWEVER, This game is mediocre at best. It totes itself as a strategy game, but it's really not. It's a mindless shooter where you spam your abilities. It's fine to have a game like that, but be honest about it. No WASD control! What? How?? Who    I really, REALLY wanted to like this.

    There's just something great about watching a squad of space marines mow down a bunch of aliens.

    HOWEVER,

    This game is mediocre at best. It totes itself as a strategy game, but it's really not. It's a mindless shooter where you spam your abilities. It's fine to have a game like that, but be honest about it.

    No WASD control! What? How?? Who greenlit this decision??? It's the FIRST thing I went looking for when I fired up the game. Don't tell me that "well the first game wasn't like this" blah blah. No excuse for such a rudimentary feature to be missing.

    Braindead story and voice acting. I'm just noting it, but personally these things don't bother me too much if the gameplay is good.

    Uninformative game. There are MANY things the game doesn't tell you when it should.

    This one for me is the worst - arbitrary restriction of 3 AI followers only. There are a max of 8 slots, so you're missing out on an additional 4 AI followers to help you. This makes the game unbeatable on Hard Mode (Normal Mode is not beatable as well). What makes things worse is that player counts are poor, meaning you'll never be able to fill up 8 slots to beat a hard mission. It makes me sad cause this random restriction is very obviously a thinly-veiled ploy to make you engage in multiplayer. (EDIT: It's like they're forcing you to make your friends buy it too just so you can beat the campaign.) But it's not working. The devs should know that by now, given that this is a very niche game.

    This game should've been a twin-stick shooter. The X-COM overmap is fine, but the core gameplay isn't engaging enough. You just run from point to point auto-shooting anything that gets close. Not good enough. Very disappointing cause this game could've been awesome.    … Expand
  2. rotTheim
    Apr 2, 2022
    7
    An interesting mix of Dawn of War 2, Doom & XCOM with fun difficulty modifiers that pulls it all off; mostly. It's biggest flaw being a drip feed of content that makes the game feel easier & more anemic from the get go than it actually is
  3. Whisperers
    Jul 31, 2021
    8
    Red Solstice 2 is a unique experience. The atmosphere, the characters, and the gameplay are what they need to be. The game is only a few months old and the team is still updating to fix many of the errors from launch. There is a plan in place for development and the plan has been executed rather well so far.

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Metascore
65

Mixed or average reviews - based on 17 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. Softpedia
    Jul 5, 2022
    75
    Red Solstice 2 is a game that requires at least another friend to deliver a decent experience. The strategic and tactical layers work, from a purely mechanical point of view, but everything is too focused on repetitive actions to keep the game fun when playing solo. The limited immersion does not help. Gamers who can get together a group of four people and manages to coordinate sessions will have a very different experience. Four humans who work together to deal with the hordes of monsters, especially on the higher difficulties, can create impressive heroic moments. Red Solstice 2 shows the limits of a solid set of gameplay mechanics but also reveals the excitement that only cooperative play can generate.
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  2. Jeuxvideo.com
    Jul 25, 2021
    70
    Although the whole remains a bit generic, both in its gameplay and narration compartments, Ironward provides us with most of what he wants us to experience: a good run-down of strange creatures, alone or with friends, against the background of the survival of the human species.
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  3. PLAY! Zine
    Jul 10, 2021
    50
    Red Solstice 2: Survivors is a game that wants to be an RTS, Twin Stick shooter and XCOM but does all three poorly. The game was clearly designed for 8 player co-op, and it plays best in that way, but the solo, single-player campaign is not worth it. The AI is troubling sometimes and the little control you have over your marines makes this a dull experience.
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