評論

• gamedeal user

  Sep 7, 2018

  [h1] Thoughts on Pricing [/h1] I spent a whole lot of time playing the Kongregate version of RC2 back in the day. I loved that game, so you can imagine my happy surprise when I saw this pop up on my feautured page. My excitement turned to suspicion after I saw the $20 price tag that was attached to the game. However, as a faithful fan to the game I felt I had to give it a try, so I paid for the thing, installed it, and played it. My suspicions were confirmed. It's Red Crucible 2 just as we remember it. Same gameplay. Same sound effects. Same bugs. Same poor netcode. Same slow-as-molasses progression (more on that in a bit). Nothing new! I guess that could be a selling point for some of us, after all who doesn't love a good nostalgic foray, but games have advanced since 2012! Red Crucible: Reborn just doesn't stand up to the other casual fps games of today. Especially when you consider the relatively hefty price for what this game is: a [b] FREE, basic, unity-built, browser-based fps. [/b] I don't think I can emphasize that enough. This was a free browser-based game back in the day. Now it costs [i] $20 USD [/i] or your regional equivalent. It just isn't worth it. Red Squad Reborn is the same concept, an unadultarated rerelease of RC2, except it is totally free. Perhaps it would be worth it if Rocketeer lowered the price or if you bought it while steeply discounted, but otherwise the value for the money just isn't here. Now, the proponents of this game and its price might say something to this affect: "Rocketeer removed the microtransactions! How can you expect them to make any money if they sell the game for free!" I'm not advocating for this game to be made into a F2P title. I agree, the developers need a paycheck, and the game being paid has the added benefit of keeping hackers away. What I'm saying is that the devs need to strike a better balance between profit and enticing new players to buy the game. The current pricepoint does not strike that balance. At $20 this feels like nothing more than a lazy cash grab and I can't imagine that this game will have any kind of populated playerbase a few months from now. [h1] The Progression [/h1] When this game was a F2P title the progression was slow, but this was balanced by the player's ability to buy "Honor" (the main currency) and other premium currencies which could then be spent on better weapons, armor, and XP boosts. The problem with Red Crucible: Reborn is that the progression system is the same as it was in the old RC2, but now there are no microtranscations. This creates a progression system that feels very [b] grindy and slow. [/b] It's a progression system that feels at home in a F2P title, but [i] not [/i] in a game that costs $20. The developers could fix this by giving more XP for every kill the player gets, and for awarding more XP on match victory and match loss (currently when you lose the match you get nothing). [h1] Verdict [/h1] Red Crucible: Reborn is simply not worth your time or your money in its current state and at its current price. If the price is lowered and the progression system altered for the better I will absolutely revisit this game and this review. To Rocketeer: I loved RC2 back in the day. I hope you can make the changes necessary for this game to be a longterm success.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 6, 2018

  Just like the original rc2, it's amazing and brought back a lot of nostalgia! The only things we need is servers based on regions because I'm getting high pings(370+Ms) while playing from Asia. Please make more servers and not only just in the US.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 7, 2018

  So they bring back the game which was cool back in 2012... Was it good? Yes. Is it good? No.
• AJSiopao333

  Aug 21, 2023

  I LOVE THIS GAME IM GLAD ITS STILL ALIVE GUYS CMON PLAY IT PLEASE
• gamedeal user

  Sep 13, 2018

  [h1]My Opinion[/h1] Ok so, coming from someone who has been playing RC since it was on the web browser, I would say that this is a must buy for veteran fans. It feels just like the original, but without the $20 per premium gun microtransactions. Because there are no microtransactions, every gun in this (even the premium ones) use honor points (in-game currency) instead of gold coins (premium currency in the original version). I would highly recommend grinding for the Groza-M (10k honor points) assault rifle and then the Wolverine (6k honor points) secondary smg. If you have extra points to spare, buy the assassin outfit bundle (1k honor points). [b]Suggestions[/b] - Add more methods to earn honor points because once you get to level 10, the grind gets ridiculous (You get honor points for each kill and by winning matches). When you first start the game, you might think its really easy to earn a bunch of honor points, that's because you level up fast due to the low exp requirements for rank up. Once you get to around level 10, the amount of exp required for rank up skyrockets. I would recommend the devs adding something like daily challenges (Example: Get 15 melee kills and earn 100 honor points, you have 24 hours to complete this) because it takes hours upon hours to grind points later on (and thats if you know what you are doing) - Reduce the amount of spawn protection time (at least for Free-for-All). This is not that much of an issue on TDM because the spawns are relatively the same each time, but on FFA, people are spawning god damn everywhere. I was playing on Kiev and I can't tell you how many times I spawned behind a guy after I died and got a cheap kill from him (and vice versa). When I spawned in, the dude would shoot me for a trillion years and I would still have spawn protection. In the meantime, I went to Taco Bell and ate a big ass burrito and then took a massive shit (The janitor did not have a fun time). I came back and then I killed the dude with 1 shot to the head, thats how long spawn protection is in this game. Spawn protection should only be like 2 seconds long, there's no reason for it to last as long as it is right now. - Eventually merge all level gaps into 1 group. I know this would probably be a pain in the ass to new players, but seeing how there's only 300 players on average throughout the day playing this game (From my observations), eventually we need to have all the levels playing together to avoid empty servers in the future. [b]My Rating:[/b] 4/5 - A must buy for players who are experienced Red Crucible fans [Note: Sorry in advance if there are any spelling, punctuation or grammar errors, I'm too lazy to reread/edit this lol]
• gamedeal user

  Oct 2, 2018

  Played it for 1 hour and got 1 kill, why? everyone is on level 35 and when you first start on level 1 you have to play against all level 35 players and there is no way you will even get 5 kills and a match, the Devs as usaul don't seperate the low level players from the vast 35 plus players who will just wipe you out, i have waisted $30 AUD and i am disapointed about this. I would not reccomend this game to any newbies because you will just becomer target practice..................
• gamedeal user

  Sep 6, 2018

  The game brings back the old memories, looking for more updates <3
• gamedeal user

  Aug 21, 2019

  I played RC2 since 2012 until it died in 2015. It's good to see finally RGS brought it back but there are many problems. 1. They just copy&pasted the game without making any improvement. Hell, they did not even fix the damn bugs. Everytime I open the game, it enters the basic training and loads endlessly, which is annoying as shit. I had this problem back in the 2015 too. Only way to escape from this is browse the matches and choose join the servers. It wont even let me choose my weapons from inventory. 2. Why tf all basic assault rifles and SMGs have 20 rounds again? I remember they did that update in 2015 for "balancing purpose" because they thought only premium weapons must have 30 rounds. This is stupid. RC2 was huge pay-to-win trash then, but it makes no sense all guns have 20 rounds now. I miss the good old days when all assault rifles and SMGs had 32 rounds. 3. Why I must unlock every tier 1 weapons with my honor points? There is already M-16 in my inventory, why I must buy it again to unlock AK-74? 4. There are very few people playing this game, its like 20-30 players per day. Also I barely find someone speaking english, the servers are filled with brazilians and russians. Overally this game is pure nostalgia-bait. I dont think it is worth 20$, but rather 5-6 dollars because of its very bad quality and low playerbase. Fellow old RC2 veterans, you MUST NOT buy this trash. It is not worth 20$, if you already bought it you should request refund. What to do else with your 20$? Well Hired Ops just became free-to-play, the successor of Contract wars. Insurgency is 15$ on steam, and Battlefield 3 is 20$ on Origin. Last time I checked there were 1300 players playing BF3, not high number but still better than RC2's pathetic daily 30 players. There are tons of cheap but good FPS on steam so make your choice wisely.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 15, 2021

  BRUH, it used to be called Red Crucible 2 and it was for free on Facebook