THE BORE

General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Eel O'Brian on September 13, 2011, 02:41:33 PM

Title: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 13, 2011, 02:41:33 PM: Game's out in a couple hours, you can preload. Picked it up on preorder from www.getgamesgo.com yesterday for $24 (they haven't changed the price yet as of this posting, regular price is $30, still $10 cheaper than Steam, key works fine). Anyone* picking this up? I am gonna try to play some tonight, hit me up on Steam. You can hear me go all Tourette's when I get killed for the 500th time.

*tumbleweeds
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 13, 2011, 02:50:08 PM: 24 bucks?

i'll buy it.
hopefully it's still that price later tonight when i get home from work.
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: Herr Mafflard on September 13, 2011, 03:53:14 PM: bought, preloading now. thanks for the link!
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: Joe Molotov on September 13, 2011, 04:29:41 PM: I'll be on, that is if I'm able to pry myself away from the dev version of CoJ: The Cartel. :drool
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 13, 2011, 07:00:01 PM: bought
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 13, 2011, 09:06:37 PM: i was at 13 percent and decided to play dead island
done with that and now it's at 0 percent... weird
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: Joe Molotov on September 13, 2011, 09:12:08 PM: I left it downloading while I went to eat, came back thinking it would be finished, instead Steam decided to crash while I was gone, 17% complete. :*(
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 13, 2011, 10:16:29 PM: yeah, lots of launch day probs according to the gaf thread

maybe tomorrow, then, i think i want to try some SP to at least get a handle on the controls anyway
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 14, 2011, 09:47:21 PM: the thread title is accurate.

in a 20 minute game i didn't see a single enemy

but i died 10 times

edit: i tried single player but couldnt get by the tutorial. i couldn't hit the sniper target at the farthest distance. no matter what distance i dialed in it never hit.
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: pilonv1 on September 14, 2011, 10:35:35 PM: This is one of those games I love the idea of but would put my fist through my screen within an hour. Better off I stay away.
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 15, 2011, 12:27:47 AM: it's certainly one of those "get killed a dozen times but those don't count because woohoo i finally got you, fucker" kind of games
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 15, 2011, 10:31:20 PM: i am bad at this game :(
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: fistfulofmetal on September 17, 2011, 04:55:17 PM: i'm getting better at this game :)
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 08, 2011, 10:12:06 PM: so, i finally get online with this game after practicing a bit in sp and getting familiar with the controls

i figured hey, it's a tactical, unforgiving fps, should be a better crowd than the usual xbl/psn fps bunch of slobbering mongoloids

nope, within five minutes i heard some shithead say "you feggits suck"

so, off goes the voice chat!
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: cool breeze on October 08, 2011, 10:23:17 PM: was he on the German team? he could have been role playing

also, I saw this on gaf: Heroes and Generals
[youtube=560,345]5QrUZSEw4wk[/youtube]

another semi-realistic Euro WW2 multiplayer shooter!
...
I want a new single player WW2 shooter with this type of atmosphere :'(
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 08, 2011, 10:38:49 PM: i think i'm just kind of over multiplayer games altogether - i don't have the time anymore to get good enough at them to the point where i'm actual having fun, the "asshole" to "people just having a good time" ratio has tipped more and more towards "asshole" over the years, and every fucking jabroni with a mic thinks he's general patton

i'm even thinking about skipping battlefield 3
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: Stoney Mason on October 08, 2011, 10:43:47 PM: I just play with friends in a party and honestly I never hear anybody else other than who is in my party. The reality is that I'm not looking for some hardcore clan experience. So just playing with friends is fine and it means I don't have to hear anybody I don't want.

Just making a general comment about voice chat in mp. I haven't played Red Orchestra 2.
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: fistfulofmetal on October 08, 2011, 11:15:42 PM: in my 30 or so hours of playtime i've barely every heard people speak on voip. one time i did however, it was a small group of dudes coordinating their attacks. it was pretty impressive and we were always winning due to that communication.

so i think you experienced an isolated incident.
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: chronovore on October 09, 2011, 09:35:11 PM: Quote from: Dr. Feelbad on October 08, 2011, 10:38:49 PM
i think i'm just kind of over multiplayer games altogether - i don't have the time anymore to get good enough at them to the point where i'm actual having fun, the "asshole" to "people just having a good time" ratio has tipped more and more towards "asshole" over the years, and every fucking jabroni with a mic thinks he's general patton

i'm even thinking about skipping battlefield 3

This is me, too. There's also always a guy who has a cold or allergies, and is hacking, coughing, or sneezing into his mic. There are now people who bought Kinect, don't realize or care that its mic is on, and are treating the entire lobby to a conversation with their family.

The long-held standard guy-rapping-or-whistling-for-us-all is actually easier to deal with, because it's a constant stream. They're easier to identify and actively Mute.

I keep thinking this XBL problem would be less prevalent on Steam. Is it?
Title: Re: Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad |OT| Poke Head Out, Die, Repeat
Post by: Eel O'Brian on October 09, 2011, 10:45:47 PM: The Modern Warfares and such are just as crammed with fucktards as XBL since voice chat is a universal thing now - but, it's easier to jump out and go server browsing until you hit a decent one instead of just rolling the matchmaking dice.

I think I'll have a much better time if I just go with the old reliable "mute all" from now on. I've played enough FPS games to pretty much know what I am supposed to be doing without having constant "commands" screamed into my ear from some rageaholic anal retentive micromanaging mouthbreather. Hell, I rarely ever used text chat for BF1942 and got along just fine.