Hey peoples, I just wanted to help make everyone aware that the rather hardcore (though you can play it in "Action" mode but why would you want to) PC WWII Eastern Front multiplayer FPS, Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad is totally free today (that's April 23rd until April 24th 10AM PST according to the announcement page) on Steam. This isn't a standard Steam Free Weekend deal though, as long as you install it today it's part of your Steam library forever.
There's an old classic Drew 'n Dave Quick Look you could check out, though since it's 2 years and change on now, things have been refined quite a bit since. In fact, a new update just came out this week to finally add APCs and a host of other changes, which prompted this whole free thing.
I've been meaning to make up a little blog post on here about why I feel like this game is kind of the multiplayer FPS Dark Souls, in that it is extremely uncompromising and will kill you dead repeatedly if you don't play smartly, but is all the more satisfying when you do well. Maybe I'll get that done sometime soon, but if you need further help getting your head around what this game is, it might help to think of it as bridging the gap between the very large scale, somewhat overwhelming sim level of Arma, and the fast-paced action of a Titanfall or CoD. You're generally never more than a corner or two away from a potential bullet in this game, but it also rewards (really, demands unless you're just destroying the enemy) smart positioning and careful maneuver.
Anyway, if you have Steam and the bandwidth to spare, why not give it a shot? It's not for everyone, but if you like it you might really like it, and I just want more and more different people to shoot at from a few hundred meters away.
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