RUNNING WITH RIFLES

[h2]Gameplay: Exactly what it says on the tin[/h2] This may very well be the most honest game that is being sold on Steam. You spawn in as a soldier, there is no story beyond your faction being at war with other factions and then you run off with your rifle. Soon enough, you will be using that rifle to generate dopamine. In-game, "dopamine" is called "experience". Seeing how the developer is from Finland, minor translation errors are perfectly understandable. The more dopamine you accumulate, the larger your arsenal becomes. Selling enemy drops will grant you cash. Use the cash to buy more effective ways to end lives. Also, more and more NPC soldiers will start following you as you bathe in the blood of your enemies. At some point, you will be using vehicles, both the ones of your own factions and captured ones... provided you can capture an enemy vehicle, of course. Sounds simple, but some tactics are involved. Cover is a thing, the 3D environment is not for show. As the weapons have a certain spread pattern, taking cover will make it harder for enemies to hit you. Rushing an enemy head-on will get you capped, having an ally cover you while you flank is effective. The AI is not brilliant by any means, but it isn't frustrating and puts up enough of a fight for this game to be played co-operatively with no PvP involved. Ironically, the only part that's servicable at best is the menu. It takes way too many clicks to get basically anywhere and it's subjectively unintuitive. [h2]Sound: Decent[/h2] The weapons have punch, but they don't mess up your ear drums. Engines sound like engines and it all is very helpful in telling you where to head for maximum killing enjoyment. Also, there's a tune playing in the main menu or something. [h2]Graphics: Nice and performance friendly[/h2] The graphics have a cartoonish artstyle to them, which complements the speech bubbles used for combat chatter. I find the game to be very pleasant to look at and it runs buttery smooth even on low-end machines. [h2]Assorted nonsense[/h2] I don't own any DLCs, so I cannot say if they are worth it. It does sound like they add new settings to the mix, which would make sense and work nicely. The workshop is RIPE with extra content, from maps to entire conversions. Overall, I can wholeheartedly recommend RWR. It's a wonderful game that lends itself for having a couple hours of fun now and again, there's nothing quite like it out there.