Red Orchestra 2 : Heroes of Stalingrad (PC)

cherryghost · 10-09-2011 7:53pm

There's a Red Orchestra 2 channel on Boards.ie Teamspeak if anyone's up for a bit of banter tonight

Gonzovision · 10-09-2011 8:19pm

cherryghost wrote: »

There's a Red Orchestra 2 channel on Boards.ie Teamspeak if anyone's up for a bit of banter tonight

I'll be on, liking the new maps

Dcully · 10-09-2011 8:34pm

cherryghost wrote: »

There's a Red Orchestra 2 channel on Boards.ie Teamspeak if anyone's up for a bit of banter tonight

arghhh!! cant do tonight mate,will do tomorrow sometime.

Meanwhile yet another great preview http://ironhammers.org/?p=7238

jackoire · 10-09-2011 10:18pm

cherryghost wrote: »

There's a Red Orchestra 2 channel on Boards.ie Teamspeak if anyone's up for a bit of banter tonight

I'm on ts now, up late for some game!

cherryghost · 11-09-2011 1:12am

Game has gotten even worse for me now. Crashing and terrible performance on highly populated servers. Got a PC more than able to handle a lot of rendering (i7, gtx570, 8gb RAM), so something's up. Lot of network issues too. Lag spikes everywhere. Pity. Game was good when it works but I might just wait until they fix the major issues before I play again

Meirleach · 11-09-2011 2:27am

cherryghost wrote: »

Well each to their own but the simple fact is that the game isn't 100% finished. Some people report its fine, most people report its not. It's based on a god damn 4 year old graphics engine, how the hell can there be performance issues still?

Not that I'm bashing the game for gameplay. It's an excellent game but I fear for the patience for some of community in the coming weeks with regards to patching and support.

Have to agree with you, when the game works it's amazingly fun, but Tripwire are running the risk of scaring off their newer players with the bugs and performance issues.

A big part of the problem seems to be optimization, my current machine has problems with it (1100t+6850), my older machine which I keep around for friends to play can't play the game at all. Borderlands? Yup fine. Bad Company 2? Perfectly playable. Ro2 on the lowest settings(where it looks far far worse than even RO1) manages around 10-15fps, and god help you if any arty gets dropped.

The sad thing is, after getting used to this, playing RO1 just doesn't feel the same.

tl;dr Love the game, hope tripwire can get it all fixed up for release, but have my doubts.

Dcully · 11-09-2011 12:18pm

Just played a few maps this morning and everything was stutter stutter, really jerky framerate.
Its the worst ive see it, official forums are offline too,people whining on the servers so im guessing the forums are similar.

cherryghost · 12-09-2011 2:44pm

Was playing again last night. Dunno if they updated it or not but was a lot smoother than in recent days. Enjoyed it until I got teamkilled 4 times in a row.

Dcully · 12-09-2011 3:29pm

cherryghost wrote: »

Was playing again last night. Dunno if they updated it or not but was a lot smoother than in recent days. Enjoyed it until I got teamkilled 4 times in a row.

Yeah im definitely experiencing a smoother framerate for sure,dont think there was an update but im getting 60-80 fps with ultra settings.
Still not what my rig should get compared to other games but perfectly smooth nonetheless.
I tried to play BC2 yesterday after playing nothing but RO2 and i was bored silly in minutes.
Killing people in RO2 is infinitely more satisfying than any fps on the market in my opinion.
When your playing with people that understand the game its up there with the best tactical teamplay games ive played.
Cant wait for release day now.

Some gameplay videos for anyone wondering what its all about.

Tank and MG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX7N3lVDMHI

Infantry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMEipKwTJfc

Sniper

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGWQjJr85M

Gonzovision · 12-09-2011 5:18pm

I would imagine there was a server side update.

cherryghost · 12-09-2011 6:39pm

Thank god! I'll be on this evening anywho!

Gonzovision · 12-09-2011 7:14pm

Wouldn't get your hopes up, no improvement for me

grizzly · 12-09-2011 8:42pm

I pre-ordered on Steam but went and got a refund (was offered a refund on my credit card (3-5 days) or immediately to my Steam Wallet). I'll probably wait until a price drop and after they've cleaned out bugs.

Dcully · 12-09-2011 10:19pm

Lads its Tripwire here, they will sort the bugs faster than any dev out there.
Whether tomorrows release will be bug free or not i really dont know but id be shocked if we didnt see a big difference.
Either way the game as it is to me is alot more enjoyable than anything else on the market therefore m happy to keep my pre order also because im 100% sure TW will address the issues.
I played for 90 minutes tonight and never had a single performance issue or crash at all.
Most games are far from perfect for final beta not to mention release.
I recall BC2 had terrible performance issues with the final open beta and never got fixed on release and indeed wasnt fixed until well after release.
Looking forward to see how the unlocking and stats system will work.

Sephiroth_dude · 12-09-2011 10:49pm

Is anyone gonna do the single player campaign?:D

jackoire · 12-09-2011 11:12pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Is anyone gonna do the single player campaign?:D

Nope, multiplayer all the way and ill play Co-op when they patch it in later. Looking forward to the full release.

Stev_o · 12-09-2011 11:33pm

As someone who has enjoyed RO but not put 100rds of hours into it is it worth getting this sequel? Notable improvements over the original?

cherryghost · 13-09-2011 1:26am

Big patch this morning. Big jump in performance for me now. Ping is no longer an issue, on 64 player servers anyway :P The broken cover system is for the most part fixed now. Still some issues such as blurry 3rd person etc but it feels like for the most part that the majority of issues have been ironed out. Release day is tomorrow!

cherryghost · 13-09-2011 1:30am

Stev_o wrote: »

As someone who has enjoyed RO but not put 100rds of hours into it is it worth getting this sequel? Notable improvements over the original?

When RO2 is working I find it much better and enjoyable and tactical than RO1

Spunge · 13-09-2011 2:11am

Pre-load is there, apparently.
Im just downloading the rest of the beta patch

Meirleach · 13-09-2011 3:25am

Spunge wrote: »

Pre-load is there, apparently.
Im just downloading the rest of the beta patch

Pity there's no way to convert the beta data into preload, some of us have slow internet connections :P

Dcully · 13-09-2011 10:05am

Stev_o wrote: »

As someone who has enjoyed RO but not put 100rds of hours into it is it worth getting this sequel? Notable improvements over the original?

Yes yes and yes

In my opinion atleast its vastly superior to RO ostfront.

Gonzovision · 13-09-2011 1:11pm

Preload started yet?

Spunge · 13-09-2011 1:16pm

gonzovision wrote: »

Preload started yet?

Yeah, i downloaded it last night.

Cant wait to play some grain elevator again.

Dcully · 13-09-2011 2:12pm

Spunge wrote: »

Yeah, i downloaded it last night.

Cant wait to play some grain elevator again.

Just to tease you

The games representation next to the real life image.

Gonzovision · 13-09-2011 10:48pm

Hows it looking? Won't get to play until tomorrow night.

VenomIreland · 13-09-2011 10:49pm

gonzovision wrote: »

Hows it looking? Won't get to play until tomorrow night.

Still not out, should be out in 10 minutes.

Maximilian · 13-09-2011 10:50pm

Still not released.

This sums up my feelings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raTts-iGixU

Dcully · 13-09-2011 11:04pm

Its now released, mine is unlocking as i type

K3v · 13-09-2011 11:05pm

@ 90% d'loading. Looking forward to this one.

Red Orchestra 2 : Heroes of Stalingrad (PC)

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