How exactly bad is Insurgency: Sandstorm?

[cheeky pete]

I feel like people are saying that it's worse than what it actually is.

[RadBrad217]

Its not bad. I have a lot of fun, its just the issues you encounter can bring you down.

[RadBrad217]

I like to think DayZ but less worse.

[markymark]

Actually an overall great game.

[::OG:: Whiskey]

Quite fun, you just have to live with a few bugs. :)

[Uncle64]

Nice game, can go fast or slow. And dont read those pesky nagging treads.

[[T.W.O] Sishi Santana]

People are only mad about Sandstorm cause they think it's just "Insurgency the update"

[-ExiLe`]

Its really a nice game, as of now in 2020 still the only of its kind which is quite surprising. Still there are smaller but also bigger issues that holds back the enormous potential this game has. Personally I still wished it was a bit more like the original insurgency.

[hobbicon]

People are mad (including myself) because they know I:Sandstorm is a great game, but the developers do their best to water down the game.

[Jare]

Most people called it worse mainly because its often buggy and has worse performance.
While some because of decisions/features that the devs implemented/added.

[Uncle64]

If players could stop comparing it to Ins14 that would be nice.
2 different games on 2 different platforms.
They are similar.

The game is nice, but have its issues that I beleve that they will fix.

[Sequoia]

It has definitely seen some downgrades, but I still like playing. It's got the best gun mechanics and the best sound of any shooter I own, hands-down.

I am not the biggest fan of their reducing texture quality, blood effects, shadow effects, removing vehicles from co-op, removing popular game modes, and making modding their game a nightmare compared to Insurgency 2014, but it's a step too far to say the game itself is "bad" IMO.

If they keep removing *cough* "optimizing" *cough* things that I like from the game, at a certain point I won't be a fan. But we're not there yet.

[hobbicon]

Originally posted by Sequoia:

If they keep removing *cough* "optimizing" *cough* things that I like from the game, at a certain point I won't be a fan. But we're not there yet.

Let's hope it doesn't look like Minecraft at the end of their optimization process.

[-ExiLe`]

Originally posted by Uncle64:

If players could stop comparing it to Ins14 that would be nice.
2 different games on 2 different platforms.
They are similar.

The game is nice, but have its issues that I beleve that they will fix.

It carries the title so its only logic people have expectations (the bigger and better version of what they already loved.) There always will be happy and unhappy ppl if concepts get changed with a new (or post) release.

[Uncle64]

Originally posted by ImTimK:

Originally posted by Uncle64:

If players could stop comparing it to Ins14 that would be nice.
2 different games on 2 different platforms.
They are similar.

The game is nice, but have its issues that I beleve that they will fix.

It carries the title so its only logic people have expectations (the bigger and better version of what they already loved.) There always will be happy and unhappy ppl if concepts get changed with a new (or post) release.

Logical yes.
As I understand it is it one sequel.

[cheeky pete]

Originally posted by Sequoia:

It has definitely seen some downgrades, but I still like playing. It's got the best gun mechanics and the best sound of any shooter I own, hands-down.

I am not the biggest fan of their reducing texture quality, blood effects, shadow effects, removing vehicles from co-op, removing popular game modes, and making modding their game a nightmare compared to Insurgency 2014, but it's a step too far to say the game itself is "bad" IMO.

If they keep removing *cough* "optimizing" *cough* things that I like from the game, at a certain point I won't be a fan. But we're not there yet.

Yeah, i don't like that they're reducing textures and removing stuff that don't need to be removed, I just wish it was more immersive.