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However, each class tends to have limited individual capabilities. (Take out those machine guns before you go shouting “banzai!”)īoth sides have unique and purpose-driven character classes that occur in variety throughout the game. The Japanese force’s knee mortars are equally versatile, while its team-empowering banzai charge can mean swift victory used well-and devastation if mistimed. American troops’ superior firepower can be a boon either way, as with the flamethrower which can clear an objective or rebuff an enemy. The battle’s historical scenario determines attacker and defender, and either role puts each team’s unique abilities to use in interesting ways.
Each map is large and complex, constantly giving players opportunities to try new strategies without bogging down in the same handful of chokepoints.Īmong several game modes, the most popular is “Territory”: one team attacks a linear series of objectives defended by the other. Rising Storm is set in the Pacific, amid lush jungles, debris-choked beachheads, and cities peppered with shadowy interiors set on a sweltering landscape. Excellent environments, asymmetrical warfare, and emphasis on circumspection and teamwork make this standalone expansion a sweeping, well-made adaptation. Rising Storm, a shared effort of developers and fans of Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad, is among the very best multiplayer first-person-shooters set in World War II for the PC. You can be part of the team that brings Red Orchestra’s tactical FPS gameplay to the Pacific – AND earn some money while doing it.WWII Review: Rising Storm | Historynet Close For more information on the opportunity for developers, visit the official website.
The Rising Storm team is recruiting now for more developers, preferably with suitable skills in UE3. As the lines between developers and modders blur, we feel this type of synergy could be a great thing for the games industry.”
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We decided that we wanted to try this experiment where we would work closely with a mod team, give them early access to the development tools, and give them an opportunity to make some real money from their work. “We’ve always been impressed with the quality of work coming out of the mod teams for our games. “We’re very excited about this new concept in game development,” said John Gibson, President of Tripwire Interactive. This “All-Star” mod team will be will be sponsored by Tripwire Interactive, with the potential to earn real money for their work.
The Rising Storm team will be made up of the best developers from the Red Orchestra modding community and the mod community at large.
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Rising Storm will be created in a first-of-its-kind collaboration between a mod team and a professional game development studio.
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The player will be able to take the part of either side – American or Japanese – playing through the Campaign Mode alone or with friends, or battle it out online in full player versus player multi-player. Featuring some of the most brutal fighting in the Pacific theater, players will be able to experience beach assaults, jungle fighting, close quarters cave fighting and more across Corregidor, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima and many other historic locations. Rising Storm will cover the famous island-hopping campaigns in the Pacific from 1942 to 1945 as the US Army and Marine Corps fight it out with the Imperial Japanese Army and Special Naval Landing Forces.