demo was fun, but this is NOT a modern Cannon Fodder

[TARTrazine]

I can't review the game without buying it, so instead I'll post here to say that RWR seems fun, but it's not a modern Cannon Fodder. There's a similar feeling of danger because any stray bullet or grenade can kill your soldier, but there's no humor, bullets and grenades are too small and hard to see (is it too late to slap some major cel shading on?), the fancy terrain makes it too difficult to tell if your soldier has line of sight to the enemy you're trying to shoot, and guns don't have Cannon Fodder's extremely short range so it's very easy to get killed by someone you didn't even notice.

The game's fun and I'll probably buy it in the summer sale if it drops to five bucks or less, but if you're old enough to remember Cannon Fodder, don't expect this to be like it.

[ComJak]

This game isn't marketed as a modern cannon fodder, not sure where you got the idea that it was trying to be cannon fodder.

[harrified]

OP is right, game demo is too fun to be some 20-year-old demo game.

[JackMayol]

We never meant RWR to be some sort of "modern Cannon Fodder" as both games are different in many ways, even though we can't deny that we didn't take the basic idea of a military top-down shooter as an inspiration. But at the end, there is no need to make any comparison at all anyway :)

[TARTrazine]

I saw at least four reviews compare RWR to Cannon Fodder. One review in particular called it the sequel we never got. Many of your players *have* felt the need to make the comparison, which made me feel the need to point out the important differences.

[Opt_0™]

For your line of sight while firing issue, may I suggest: Adjusting the Sight Helper settings in the menu. I use the middle setting.

Also you may try increasing "Bullet Trails" in the visual settings. This might help with know where the shots are coming from.

And for the rest of the "review", I have to say Running With Rifles is very much its own game.

[JackMayol]

Tartrazine の投稿を引用：

I saw at least four reviews compare RWR to Cannon Fodder. One review in particular called it the sequel we never got.

Everyone is allowed to write whatever they want in their reviews and some might need to be handled with care as they could be misleading. You will even find reviews claiming RWR is a RTS or a FPS from above lol.

About the grenades, it's like most things in RWR; you get used to it and at the end most people agree with the way it's done. If not, then we would make some changes like a lot of things in the past. If they are too small for your taste, you can just make a new grenade model (Voxel). Even if you aren't used to modding, you should be able to do that in a couple of minutes.

About Steam Summer sales, we most likely won't take part of any sales as long as the game is not released in his final state anyway.

[Opt_0™]

^ Lol. I commonly think of RWR as an RTS combined with an FPS.

[General Chaos]

I compared RWR to Cannon Fodder (among other games) in my review, and I apologize if that misled anyone. Having said that, I do see some similarities - chiefly the perspective and just the "feel" of the game in terms of the character movement and mouse aiming. There is humor in RWR (pay attention to what soldiers say when idle or traveling and take a look at some of the dropped items). Cannon Fodder has also been described by some as an antiwar game and while I don't think either it or RWR are trying to make any type of statement, they both give me a similar vibe in terms of expressing the futility of war.

In any case, the reality is there isn't anything that is directly analogous to RWR, and that's a good thing in my book.

I did amend my review to give a clearer explanation of why I compare RWR to the games that I do. Hopefully that will help future readers understand where I'm coming from.

[Quickhand69er]

I just played few hours of the demo and it was great fun.

[Mr.Cuddles]

this game was ment to be played for fun. What the f$%ck is up with people? Games need to stop being compared to other ones, or have this checklist of what games need.
if you dont like the game, dont play it. But down spread your idiocracy on us.