7/30/13 Steam Midweek Madness: Red Orchestra games 75% off, Zeno Clash games 60-80% o

[KaOTiK]

Red Orchestra Ostfront 41-45 $2.49 75% off
Red Orchestra 2 Heroes of Stalingrad GOTY
Rising Storm $4.99 75% off

Zeno Clash $1.99 80% off
Zeno Clash 2 $7.99 60% off

 

[EDUSAN]

damn, zeno clash 2 80% already?

i liked zeno clash 1 pretty much but i couldnt get into zeno clash 2...

 

[KaOTiK]

Typo on my part Zeno Clash 2 is 60% off

 

[darkewaffle]

Picked up Zeno Clash 2 during the summer sale, looking forward to it. ZC1 was a pretty bizarre but enjoyable trip.

 

[Craig234]

Nice, Rising Storm is getting called 'the best WWII shooter', so I was looking for it on sale. Not sure the digital deluxe is worth it though.

 

[Dankk]

Rising Storm is the tits. Easily the best WWII shooter I've ever played.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

Nice, Rising Storm is getting called 'the best WWII shooter', so I was looking for it on sale. Not sure the digital deluxe is worth it though.

I like Red Orchestra more than Rising Storm, mainly because I like the German's Loadout/maps better.

It's completely up to you. Bayonets are pretty nice

 

[Dankk]

I like Red Orchestra more than Rising Storm, mainly because I like the German's Loadout/maps better.

It's completely up to you. Bayonets are pretty nice

I'm the other way around. While Red Orchestra 2 is a good game, it's maps are pretty weak IMO. The maps in Rising Storm feel way better. Then again I also prefer the weapons in Rising Storm.

 

[rivethead]

Rising Storm is the tits. Easily the best WWII shooter I've ever played.

I found the game to be very hard, even on the easiest setting. I guess I'm just used to the CoDs and the MoH's which are less tactical and more forgiving.

 

[Dankk]

I found the game to be very hard, even on the easiest setting. I guess I'm just used to the CoDs and the MoH's which are less tactical and more forgiving.

What do you mean, easiest setting? I wasn't aware there was a difficulty slider, unless there's a singleplayer mode I'm not aware of (I haven't booted up the game for a few weeks so I can't remember, lol).

I know RO2 had a singleplayer, but it was basically just multiplayer with bots. Red Orchestra has always been a multiplayer-centric game.

 

[WiseUp216]

Rising Storm is great. Definitely worth a fiver for some good WWII action.

 

[BlitzPuppet]

I found the game to be very hard, even on the easiest setting. I guess I'm just used to the CoDs and the MoH's which are less tactical and more forgiving.

I LOVE free weekends on Red Orchestra. I got up to level 50 on the MG34 just because I'd set up in one spot (Apartments was a good map for this) and mow people down that ran out in the open/crossed the bridge.

If you run out in the open/don't use cover efficiently you WILL die. Slicing the pie is paramount in this game.

 

[rivethead]

What do you mean, easiest setting? I wasn't aware there was a difficulty slider, unless there's a singleplayer mode I'm not aware of (I haven't booted up the game for a few weeks so I can't remember, lol).

I know RO2 had a singleplayer, but it was basically just multiplayer with bots. Red Orchestra has always been a multiplayer-centric game.

Just to be clear: I only play single player games. I can't stand multi-player games due to all the cheaters and 14 year olds (like my son) who have 24 hours a day to practice vs my 1 hour a day.

On single player, I believe there was "Easy", "Normal", and "Hard". I could be wrong, however.

Regardless, I found the game hard. Hell, it took me 20 minutes just to get through basic training with the rifle. You had to hit 5 targets and 2 of them were way, way, way out there. Didn't matter how I adjusted the sight, I couldn't hit those targets. And yes, I know about bullet drop. I was aiming above the target. I finally got past that, but it wasn't skill....just luck.

I tried the first mission (storming that church) and got my ass handed to me a lot. I gave up in frustration. The game is beautiful. And I love WWII shooters. But it's just on another level compared to the CoDs and MoH's that I'm used to. All IMHO.

 

[obidamnkenobi]

Just to be clear: I only play single player games. I can't stand multi-player games due to all the cheaters and 14 year olds (like my son) who have 24 hours a day to practice vs my 1 hour a day.

Baseless generalizations FTW

 

[Dankk]

I can't stand multi-player games due to all the cheaters and 14 year olds (like my son) who have 24 hours a day to practice vs my 1 hour a day.

That's a pretty sweeping over-generalization. From my experience in RO2/Rising-Storm, I can confidently say you won't find many hackers, if any at all (the game uses three different layers of anti-cheat protection). You shouldn't find many 14-year-olds either. It's a shooter targeted toward a mature audience that enjoys strategy, tactics, and realism. Not your standard dumbed-down MoH/CoD teenage fare.

You're right though; if you can't survive the singleplayer, then you most certainly won't survive multiplayer.

 

[gothamhunter]

BTW - if you don't own any of the RO2 set, buy regular RO2 and then Rising Storm for the cheapest route.

 

[rivethead]

Baseless generalizations FTW

Not at all baseless - my stated opinion is based on my limited experiences with MP - which have been punctuated with cheaters and people way, way, way better than me (how it is even "fun" for them I don't know).

But to Dankk's point - yes, it was an over-generalization and not necessarily specific to Red Orchestra. BTW, Dankk....I think they're maybe more 14 year olds playing this game than you think....my kid and his group of friends regularly play this game (and Rising Storm - they like the Banzai charge). But they also are regulars at ARMA.

 

[obidamnkenobi]

Not at all baseless - my stated opinion is based on my limited experiences with MP - which have been punctuated with cheaters and people way, way, way better than me (how it is even "fun" for them I don't know).

But to Dankk's point - yes, it was an over-generalization and not necessarily specific to Red Orchestra. BTW, Dankk....I think they're maybe more 14 year olds playing this game than you think....my kid and his group of friends regularly play this game (and Rising Storm - they like the Banzai charge). But they also are regulars at ARMA.

I've played CS since it was a mod in 1999, and bunch of other shooters. I suck (1.0 k/d, maybe) and have less than 1 hr/day on average according to steam. And somehow I still have fun.. Only a few times have I been bothered by cheaters and/or 14 year olds. That's why I called it a generalization. If "every" game is full of them, why have I seen so few in over a decade?

RO is best described as COD for dads. I can't imagine that 14 year old ADD kids will enjoy that game.