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Last spring the Mac AppStore was in the budding process and we were excited to see where it was heading. Part of the budding process was releasing games that would otherwise not be available on the Mac. One of these games was Red Crucible, an affordable online shooter that delivered a good experience for its price tag. Now nearly a year later after reviewing Red Crucible, we see its sequel Red Crucible 2.
Normally when a sequel is released it’s a new game right? Duh, hence the “2” in the title…like come on. You would have to be a complete idjit to think that someone would release the same exact game but slap a “2” on it right? Well guess what, that’s exactly what Red Crucible 2 is. Same stages, heck you name it and it’s all there with nothing new except for the addition of one vehicle: a helicopter. Shouldn’t this just be an update rather than being called a sequel?
Oh wait, I see what’s new with Red Crucible 2! They took away the one time purchase option and instead created a “free” app that uses an overabundance of IAP. While I normally don’t support IAP, I’m fine with it as long as it doesn’t corrode the gameplay balance. Now with a multiplayer experience, unbalanced IAP is unacceptable. If you do not purchase IAP, try having fun using your dinky handgun against someone with a rocket launcher (IAP weapon). With Red Crucible 2 going down the route of IAP along with being an almost exact replica of the original, I highly recommend purchasing Red Crucible for a one time fee that brings a much more balanced experience. What? They removed it from the AppStore? Sleazy? Yes.
The Bottom Line:
While we originally gave Red Crucible an 8/10, times have changed and you can now purchase over a handful of shooters that’ll cost you much less. Plus they’re that much better. Or better yet, wait until Red Crucible 3 is released that’ll be a clone of Red Crucible but with the addition of bunnies! Wait my psychic abilities just kicked in: the bunnies will need to be unlocked via IAP.
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Well you may hate it, but its the top free game on the Mac App Store. Seems like thousands of people are downloading and playing it.
I like it
- 7/10
Are you stupid Kinko 2007?! I played the first R.C. and thought it was alright. This plays the exact same but now comes across out dated. Now I don’t know if I would have given RC a 4/10 but the game is still bad. Maybe 5/10
What I don’t get is your argument “Seems like thousands of people are downloading and playing it.”
Do you want review sites to be like oh a lot of people are downloading this so it must be good! And top free? Come on it’s a shooter and free so of course people will download it. Will they still be playing it after a day or two though is the question.
Get a brain and start thinking for yourself.
“everyone’s jumping off of a bridge so it must be good” **
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i got this game for myself its the second best game on it and i got some good games:D
2nd best game? I would say this is my least favorite OSX game so far this year lol! I was shocked because I love FPS games!
My friends are split on this one as well. Some love it and some hate it!
Anyways thanks for your comment! Cheers!
Two words: Counter Strike, they have been releasing the same game for over 10 years now.
Dude, you have just proven that hate the game (never really said why, but what ever). I for one really like this FREE game and so do a lot of my friends. Sure you can buy stuff but you don’t really need to, you can still have a ton of fun. In my view it’s all about fun, graphics are not as important as long as the game is fun.
Its easy to compare RC2 to MW and BF3, and to point out how inferior it is. But keep in mind that this is an indie game made by just 2 guys, not a big ass team at a big ass corporation. So let’s give the little guy a break.
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This is 9.6/10 for me.
Well, at first, I hoped to find finally a good free FPS. And it was even compatible with Mac, so I had a lot of hopes. So I downloaded it… First though : configuring keys is AWFUL with this game. You HAVE to do it if you have an azerty keybord like me, because it will work badly. It’s already their second Red Crucible game, and they didn’t solved the azerty problem. Come on, even flash games on kongregate can be compatible with azerty and qwerty keyboards !
Then I play the game… First thing I notice : they are really proud of their weapons, it’s even an argument to download the game. But NO WEAPON is free, except the basic ones (For the US army : M16, M60, M16 Sniper (Woooh, ORIGINALITY ! A M16 with a scope is now a sniper !) and AT4 or something like this – and for the… terrorist-like dudes : AK47 (Naturally, the terrorists default weapon choice), RPK (because terrorists only buy AKs like), AK sniper (Same as for the M16 Sniper : An AK with a scope is a semi-auto sniper now ? Woooh, didn’t knew that…) and I never looked on what was their rocket launcher, but they are TERRORISTS, so I guess it’s the RPG…) you’ll have to buy with real money (or rent them with 10% money and 90% honor points you obtain by making killing streaks and winning games)
I was willing to test it at least a few days, but after 2 days I gave up. First, when you are against someone who has a weapon he bought (so not a default one), you have a big chance to be killed. You know why ? Because it obeys the law this game has. A law that can be defined in 3 words… A law that kills the pleasure in free to play games…
PAY-TO-WIN !
Yes, Red crucible 2 has really powerful weapons you can only have by buying them. Good weapons you buy -> you win -> Pay to win. That’s what kills a free to play game and make it really awful.
But how is the gameplay ? The controls are pretty bad, even after having reconfiguring them to my azerty keyboard. So it means it’s the same for qwerty keyboards, because I just configured it to have EXACTLY the same controls as them.
The maps ? Don’t make me laugh ! I have NOT seen a single map that didn’t reminded me another game.
Oh, hello, Call of duty Modern warfare 2′s airport !
Oh, hello, Wolfenstein ennemy territory’s snow map !
Oh, hello, Arma 2′s sand map !
Etc…
Not to remind that the “background” (I don’t think we can call it like that) is resumed to “Good guys” VS “Bad guys”. AKA : Terrorists VS US Army.
I wonder where I saw that already… Hmm… Oh, wait, yes, Counter strike ! Yaaay ! So this game takes Counter strike-like armys fighting on Call of duty-like gamemodes. Not to say that team deathmatches are averagely peopled, but some gamemodes like free for all are oftenly deserted… I tried to figure out why, and I easily guessed…
PAY TO WIN !
Weeell, then after even a couple more games, I began to take the thing, I even made a 12 kills rampage. Then I discovered why it wasn’t so hard until now…
He was putting me on low level games. Then I leveled up, and… *Suspens* Guess what ?! *More suspens… !*
PAAAY TOOO WIIIN !!!
Yes, now the Pay to win is even more visible with more ancient players !
Now I absolutely can’t kill anyone, even while my skills are decent, because they have absolutely overpowered. It’s just like attacking a pitbull with a plastic fork with an arm tied on the back…
To resume ? Red Crucible 2 is a joke. A big, not funny, expensive joke. Weapons are expensive and required to make more than “newbies” games, except if you’re a robot from space who has an internal computer for tracking ennemies in FPS. Even some other free FPS are better, like the rough Counter strike-like on Kongregate. This one has only 2 weapons with same stats, is badly designed, no iron sights, but at least there is no pay to win and it’s still fun to play. Not as much as the real counter strike, but he’s enjoyable.
Not like this piece of garbage… If you’re looking for a funny FPS that you’ll enjoy, don’t play it. If you’re looking for a game that will make you so angry that you’ll just begin to look AVGN’s episodes in loop, then play this.
Oh, and a last word… The interface sucks and is even worse than the interface of most flash games. Just look on some good ones like Last Stand : Union city, Sonny 1 & 2, etc… Or even less famous.
My final note is 2.5/10. Maybe I was kinda angry when writing this review… But this game kinda pissed me off. Actually, the graphics aren’t that bad, and the servers are pretty steady. But the kinda required pay to win (if you’re not a PROGAMERDURR who plays nearly always – and free games are usually pretty casual). Even while NOT comparing it to other games, this one takes too much from others. It takes counter strike elements, call of duty elements, a lot of maps are really reminding maps from other games… Either this is because a huge lack of ideas and the developers should have taken a bit more time, either it’s pure lazyness. But from what I saw, it was more a lack of ideas… Still, some really, really hardcore gamers with a strong patience COULD find some fun… But beware : if you don’t pay to win, you’ll have to play for weeks or month before being skilled enough… maybe. That’s why my note is kinda personnal, because I don’t like to have to play something like 1 month to master the basic weapons averagely enough to rivalize against pay-to-winners.