Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad

Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is a WWII themed first-person shooter video game developed and published by Tripwire Interactive. It is a sequel to Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. The title focuses heavily on the Battle of Stalingrad. The game was released on 13 September 2011. The developers have stated that the game is a PC exclusive and have no plans to bring it to the consoles. The game contains many new features including a new first person cover system combined with blind firing, first person collision detection as well as an entire new system of statistics tracking and enabling player development.

Gameplay

Red Orchestra 2 is a realistic first-person shooter. Guns behave realistically, with bullet drop and spin taken into account. The game also takes away with elements of a traditional HUD like an ammo counter, forcing players to remember, or manually check, the approximate amount of rounds that are left in the gun's magazine. When reloading a weapon, the character checks the weight of the new magazine and determines if it is heavy (full or close to full) or light (empty or close to empty). The game's first person cover system allows players to hide behind all objects in the world to avoid gunfire. While in cover players can peek out to take more accurate shots or fire blindly. However the shape, size and composition of the object changes its effectiveness at protecting the player. Smaller objects may not cover the player's entire body and some may not stop bullets. Health does not regenerate over time or by use of medical equipment, but non fatal wounds must still be bandaged so no more health is lost through blood loss.

There are Tanks in Red Orchestra 2, with more vehicles added in after the game's launch. The interiors of each tank are fully recreated with either human or AI controlled characters manning each station. The level of detail was described by Tripwire's president John Gibson as rival or exceeding tank simulation games. Because of the extensive work required to recreate each vehicle, which Tripwire estimates to take three months each, the game launched with two tanks. The German Panzer IV and Soviet T-34. Two more tanks and two troop carriers are in production and will be added to the game for free shortly after launch.

Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU: Dual Core 2.3 GHz or better
RAM: 2 GB
GPU: 256 MB SM 3.0 DX9 compatible NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX or better ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT or better
DirectX: DirectX 9.0c
Harddisk: 8 GB free
Sound: Windows Soundcard
other requirements: Broadband Network

Recommended System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista/7
CPU: Quad Core 2.6 GHz or better
RAM: 3 GB
GPU: 512 MB SM 3.0 DX9 Compliant, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or better, ATI Radeon HD 5750 or better
Harddisk: 8 GB free
Sound: Sound Blaster Audigy or better