I expected people to say it was awesome, but I'm not reading that on here or the mod's forums. I also read about USMC rarely winning. Battle of the snipers?? Bah! I guess I'll try it tonight still.
It sounds like it could be an amazing game if you get a good server with some decent players. If you get a server full of noobs, then it sounds like it could be a disaster.
I think it definately has potential, however, and from the screenshots it looks like the graphics are great. I'm downloading right now.
I think it definately has potential, however, and from the screenshots it looks like the graphics are great. I'm downloading right now.
I really like it despite its being super hard. The graphics are quite impressive for a mod especially. Better graphics than many games out today made by pros, which is another story.
This is really an amazing game once you know what you're doing and get a good game going. The gameplay is very impressive and is probably the most realistic game out there. I don't think there's a game that really brings home war as well as this does.
The graphics are very good, although there are some performance problems (when outside, things sometimes slow to a crawl... apparently it's a bug that will be fixed.) The animations and voice acting aren't the best, but what can you expect from a mod.
The biggest problem with Insurgency is getting a good game, with a good team and good commanders. I've found that less is more in terms of players; the best game I've played so far had a total of 8 players. The gameplay is a lot more tactical and realistic with less people. However, this game can really suck if you get bad teammates/and or a bad commander. You TRULY cannot do it all by yourself in this game; you need to work as a team, and if you don't work together and listen to your commander, you're going to be in trouble. If you get a lot of people who don't know what they're doing or don't want to work together, the game is not much fun.
Overall it's a very impressive mod; there's some bugs and a few issues, but this is a better game than a lot of retail games.
The graphics are very good, although there are some performance problems (when outside, things sometimes slow to a crawl... apparently it's a bug that will be fixed.) The animations and voice acting aren't the best, but what can you expect from a mod.
The biggest problem with Insurgency is getting a good game, with a good team and good commanders. I've found that less is more in terms of players; the best game I've played so far had a total of 8 players. The gameplay is a lot more tactical and realistic with less people. However, this game can really suck if you get bad teammates/and or a bad commander. You TRULY cannot do it all by yourself in this game; you need to work as a team, and if you don't work together and listen to your commander, you're going to be in trouble. If you get a lot of people who don't know what they're doing or don't want to work together, the game is not much fun.
Overall it's a very impressive mod; there's some bugs and a few issues, but this is a better game than a lot of retail games.
I would really like to try it out. For some reason every time I download and install it the file has some kind of error.
schneiderguy
Lifer
- Jun 26, 2006
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Play the map with the trains and the coal mine (Karkas?), the marines almost always win on that map in my experience
I still think the insurgent team is unfairly advantaged though. I very rarely encounter a winning US Marine team. Insurgents have speed, tactical and possibly aiming advantage, but perhaps it will begin to even out.
In my experience I would say out of about 35 games, 5 won by marines 30 won by insurgents
In my experience I would say out of about 35 games, 5 won by marines 30 won by insurgents
novasatori
Diamond Member
- Feb 27, 2003
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lots of times it winds up with marines getting spawn killed, the one with the cliffs overlooking the marine initial spawn is a insurgent camping dream...
overall though its awesome, I die a ton but I can't stop playing
overall though its awesome, I die a ton but I can't stop playing
The graphics are a lot more sophisticated than CSS.
It runs great, solid 60 fps with all high settings/full HDR 2x AA 8x AF on my rig.
LCD @ 1440x900
X850XT
X2 3800 @ 2.4
2gb DDR480
DLed it, played it, MAN is it hard. Red Orchestra is as hard as it gets, and this one is even harder. I think lacking any on-screen map is the biggest factor on the difficulty. I have no idea where I was heading or where I was.
novasatori
Diamond Member
- Feb 27, 2003
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yeah, I found the biggest help though is playing both sides often, switching as much as you can
gives you an idea of where to hide for both teams and it helps a lot, I originally started playing USMC mostly. I don't really care for the insurgent guns, and I love the red dot.
Go play the Baghdad map and tell me you're getting solid 60 FPS.
Baghdad is unplayable for me, and I have an 8800GTS and 2GB of RAM.
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: Extelleron
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: wazzledoozle
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: matas
insurgency mod does not allow my machine to play with same visual settings as css. Even with lowest graphical settings I get low fps(~15). Avg is like 25.</end quote></div>
The graphics are a lot more sophisticated than CSS.
It runs great, solid 60 fps with all high settings/full HDR 2x AA 8x AF on my rig.
LCD @ 1440x900
X850XT
X2 3800 @ 2.4
2gb DDR480
</end quote></div>
Go play the Baghdad map and tell me you're getting solid 60 FPS.
Baghdad is unplayable for me, and I have an 8800GTS and 2GB of RAM.</end quote></div>
I've played all the maps, they all run excellent. You are probably encountering some bug in the game, I've heard from a lot of people that their performance is severely impacted when going outside on maps.
(Yay for this new quote system :frown
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: wazzledoozle
<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: matas
insurgency mod does not allow my machine to play with same visual settings as css. Even with lowest graphical settings I get low fps(~15). Avg is like 25.</end quote></div>
The graphics are a lot more sophisticated than CSS.
It runs great, solid 60 fps with all high settings/full HDR 2x AA 8x AF on my rig.
LCD @ 1440x900
X850XT
X2 3800 @ 2.4
2gb DDR480
</end quote></div>
Go play the Baghdad map and tell me you're getting solid 60 FPS.
Baghdad is unplayable for me, and I have an 8800GTS and 2GB of RAM.</end quote></div>
I've played all the maps, they all run excellent. You are probably encountering some bug in the game, I've heard from a lot of people that their performance is severely impacted when going outside on maps.
(Yay for this new quote system :frown
schneiderguy
Lifer
- Jun 26, 2006
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- 91
M0oG0oGaiPan
Diamond Member
Finally got to play it for about 15-20 minutes. Pretty good. Well really good IMO for the first release, and it being a free mod. Graphics, levels, models, and animations are very good. I had a feeling that Valve doing episodic releases that take so damn long isn't gonna be a good idea as Source is from 2004 as it is (especially with games like Crysis that will raise the bar so high), but its obvious that Source can product some pretty amazing graphics given the hardware required to run it.
I only played the coal mine level with about 13-16 players, but it ran very smooth at 1680x1050, 4x AA, 16x AF, and every detail on/high. I suspect that more players, other levels, are intensive scenes in general will slow down too much with these settings, so I'll probably have to turn down AA to 2x or something. But relative to DoD:S, which I use the same settings with, this runs about the same, but that is likely due to playing DoD:S with more players than I just did with Insurgency.
2.7ghz Opty 165
2GB DDR @ 150 MHz
7800GT @ 465/1110
I got owned though. I probably only got 3 kills for like 8 deaths. I didn't like that level either. It was a bit hard at first to find where the hell to go. I don't mind the no crosshair and realism aspect too much... it's nice to have a change, but I did bad the whole time. There were a few deaths I had where I had no idea at all where the shots came from. You just sort of die.
I don't see much use for the RPG class, but that is my opinion for just that little bit of time and that level. I guess city levels might have more of a use for it. In DoD:S, there were quite a number of people who were really awesome with the RPG class, and the carbine type weapon they had was more useful than a pistol. I probably did the best while playing rifleman with the AK. The bipod mode was pretty cool. I tried sniper for a little bit and couldn't hit jack. Sniper is very easy in DoD:S, too powerful even, but maybe this one just has a higher learning curve. I hope the games don't turn into sniper battles/where the hell did that shot come from that killed me.
Overall, very nice job by the devs. Source engine rocks... superb, clean graphics with minimal hardware, lots of modding, and awesome network code (tho I swear my ping is often underestimated in Source games... 15-30 ping on a Chicago server that is 8+ hours away?).
I only played the coal mine level with about 13-16 players, but it ran very smooth at 1680x1050, 4x AA, 16x AF, and every detail on/high. I suspect that more players, other levels, are intensive scenes in general will slow down too much with these settings, so I'll probably have to turn down AA to 2x or something. But relative to DoD:S, which I use the same settings with, this runs about the same, but that is likely due to playing DoD:S with more players than I just did with Insurgency.
2.7ghz Opty 165
2GB DDR @ 150 MHz
7800GT @ 465/1110
I got owned though. I probably only got 3 kills for like 8 deaths. I didn't like that level either. It was a bit hard at first to find where the hell to go. I don't mind the no crosshair and realism aspect too much... it's nice to have a change, but I did bad the whole time. There were a few deaths I had where I had no idea at all where the shots came from. You just sort of die.
I don't see much use for the RPG class, but that is my opinion for just that little bit of time and that level. I guess city levels might have more of a use for it. In DoD:S, there were quite a number of people who were really awesome with the RPG class, and the carbine type weapon they had was more useful than a pistol. I probably did the best while playing rifleman with the AK. The bipod mode was pretty cool. I tried sniper for a little bit and couldn't hit jack. Sniper is very easy in DoD:S, too powerful even, but maybe this one just has a higher learning curve. I hope the games don't turn into sniper battles/where the hell did that shot come from that killed me.
Overall, very nice job by the devs. Source engine rocks... superb, clean graphics with minimal hardware, lots of modding, and awesome network code (tho I swear my ping is often underestimated in Source games... 15-30 ping on a Chicago server that is 8+ hours away?).
Inspector Jihad
Lifer
- Apr 17, 2005
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- 3
- 81
i have to try this. how does it compare to bf1942 and css? those are my two favorite online shooters and was looking for something with a little more strategy but at the same time on some decent sized maps.
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