Is this another arcade shooter or finally something authentic?

[legendary pair of shoes]

It is advertised as authentic war experience but from the gameplay it looks very aracadey? People change directions like Hedgehog.

How big is the player count right now?

Thanks guys!

[Epic Fail Spy]

this game and the last were never marketed as a mil sim like arma or squad. if you've ever played hardcore mode servers on battlefield it's more like that except with more realistic gunplay, no kill feed, minimal hud, etc.

player count is always around 1000 but matches are always found in less than a minute for me.

[Salazar]

Originally posted by Epic Fail Spy:

this game and the last were never marketed as a mil sim like arma or squad. if you've ever played hardcore mode servers on battlefield it's more like that except with more realistic gunplay.

+1

[Lt. McDonalds Nuggy]

Squad or Arma are a mil sim, Sandstorm is a mix between arcade and a hardcore shooter. If you want "authentic" with weapon modding and magazine and inventory management I recommend Escape from Tarkov

[Tactical Testicles]

The worldwide player count is usually under 1,000.

The acceleration speed and changing direction speed are very arcadey.
You can strafe left and right very fast, and strafe shooting doesn't raise much reoil.
You can run&gun a LMG through a map without stoping.
Footsteps are not loud, which benefits run&gun play style.
I think run&gun is far more effective than the other play styles in this game.

There are also serious tk and optimazation issues in this game.

[Epic Fail Spy]

Originally posted by INSS: I don't feel so good:

The acceleration speed and changing direction speed are very arcady.
You can strafe left and right very fast, and strafe shooting doesn't raise much reoil.
You can run&gun a LMG through a map without stoping.

agree with all this and hope they will change. on the last dev stream Mike even said the LMG is not playing how he would like so expect a nerf to that.

[Barry McCaugner]

more realistic than battlefield and less arcadey than CoD, its got a good formula and fun modes, theres only like 3 in the beta but the original title has like 5 or 6, and this game is just as good as the original if not better, obviously needs work but its damn well getting done

[kungfupunker]

its pretty arcady to be honest i mean you can sprint slide...nuff said rite. saying that though it is still alot of fun. If you want a WAR experience get yourself rising storm 2 vietnam or red orchestra 2.

[pr0x]

It's very arcadey.

[Spectator6]

Originally posted by neiio:

Squad or Arma are a mil sim, Sandstorm is a mix between arcade and a hardcore shooter. If you want "authentic" with weapon modding and magazine and inventory management I recommend Escape from Tarkov

Fair warning: Once you understand EFT's gameplay loop, its amazingly detailed weapons and **SUPER** intense gunfights will ruin every other FPS gameplay experience for you.

[Ludus Aurea]

Clearly you've never played an FPS.

This is PC. Everything always is fast.

And no. Rising Storm 2 is terrible. It is worse than Insurgency in every way. There's a reason the original creator of Red Orchestra left Tripwire to work on Insurgency.

Acceleration problems in movement are because Unreal engine is trash and always has been. Red Orchestra had these exact same issues for years and still does, actually, where you go to vault into a window and bounce off the wall 3 times before getting it right.

And no. You can't run and gun with an mg without stopping. It literally doesn't work that way. In INS it did, if you were good, but not in Sandstorm. Hipfire is extremely inaccurate with MGs even with a laser sight and even rifles cant hit half the time hipfire at pointblank WITH a laser.

Stop talking ♥♥♥♥ about games you don't own and haven't played.

[Wumpus, Bringer of Death]

Originally posted by Grenadeh:

And no. You can't run and gun with an mg without stopping. It literally doesn't work that way. In INS it did, if you were good, but not in Sandstorm. Hipfire is extremely inaccurate with MGs even with a laser sight and even rifles cant hit half the time hipfire at pointblank WITH a laser.

As a Gunner main I can confirm this is true.

[Shamo]

compared to other similar games it is more realistic, but only in the right places. there is definitely a focus on competitiveness and accessibility without sacrificing too much of the realistic feel. Basically, you die very quickly, hitting things is hard, you can shoot through lots of obstacles and the maps are more open and less linear. Also your aim and vision is affected by suppressing fire.

[Lightspeed]

Arcade/sim

[legendary pair of shoes]

thanks

[Chop Suey]

So far, I think the maps are too big for the player count, but that's just me.
I hope they add a some small maps, just to see if they work better. The devs need to experiment a bit more so they can figure out what works.

edit:

I hope they add some smaller maps, to see if things work better. Maybe vehicles should have a wider area they can move around before being "out of bounds".
(I don't think all of my ideas are good, but the beta could be an opportunity to take risks and impliment features that could make/break a game at release. )