This game is not for the impatient or the twitch shooters who like mindlessly running and gunning down whatever moves near their randomized spawn. Skill is not the be all, end all of this game. It plays a large role but ultimately boils down to: The smarter team ALWAYS wins.

If you like first person shooters that are challenging, i recommend this game. It will make you an extremely efficient player in other fps shooters if you invest some time into it. With 1 or 2 bullets killing you, it forces you to really learn the maps for camping spots and how to properly use cover/concealment. Also, players learn your strategy from the previous rounds so you have to be adaptable and unpredictable. The developers put an emphasis on teamwork and it shows. The scoring system is based more on playing the objectives and less on the k:d. It is also extremely rewarding if you win after a long round with evenly matched teams.

The workshop is one of the reasons why I really enjoy this game. It is completely customizeable. You can change the weapons, optics, reticles, scope reflection colors, gun sounds, player skins, music, and even environmental details just by hitting a subscribe button (for free). The community is also amazing. You have a ton of players making quality mods including the developers themselves posting weapons. You know it will be top notch.

If pvp isn't your thing, there is a coop setting with many fun game modes where you play against bots. There are even many custom servers.

As for how the game runs, it is very smooth. Even if you have a lower end rig, there is very little compromise and still looks friggin awesome. There are, however, minor bugs here and there and sometimes crashes happen but it is still a solid game.

One thing I noticed is that the developers did their homework with the guns and are very detail oriented. You can see smoke trailing off the end of the barrel after shooting for extended periods. Blood splatter patterns of your teammates can indicate the direction of the shooter. Each mag contains the correct number of rounds after you reload (no fairies sitting in your pockets recombining your ammo in this game). The suppression is so intense that it scares the crap out of you the first time you pick this up. Changes in tone can tell you what type of grenade was thrown. And the audio direction cues are spot on. You can pinpoint exactly where someone is sneaking up on you, based on the footsteps or gun sounds. I've noticed a lot of fps shooters have sounds indicating the general direction of players and then you have to search a little to see the enemies. In this game, you hear them, you shoot them.

Cons:

1) Crashing to desktop can be a major buzzkill
2) Some custom servers override your mods and can cause conflict making parts of the gun invisible until restart
3) Spawn camping (until you learn to avoid certain areas altogether, it's not fun)
4) You will probably suck for a loong time in this game in the beginning
5) This game is hardcore so there is no crosshair (ever) or kill indicators on some of the servers. So if you're used to having them, you're gonna have a bad time...
6) Teamkillling and spam kickers can get out of hand very fast and ruin the experience sometimes.
7) Your character can be pretty stupid. When you are trying to be sneaky behind some enemies and a teammate happens to die within your line of sight, your guy might yell out, "♥♥♥♥ THEY TOOK OUT OUR SQUAD LEADER!!" getting you completely massacred. Can't tell you how many times I've died from the stupidity of my character announcing my presence.

Still a great game though and I highly recommend it if you have the grit to take it on. (I have some friends who refuse to play this game because it was too hard for them. Especially on the sniper heavy pvp maps)

> Drop into the game for the first time with a few of my friends
> Get killed early on
> Decide to Spectate my friend
> Each of our teamates are shot and incinerated around him
> It's just him now
> He's cowering in the corner of a villa somewhere in the middle east waiting for the end
> Terrorists swarm into the room
> Screaming Commences
> Hot lead follows
> Terries drop like flies as he stands in the center of the room shooting like an autist on speed
> Watch in horror as bodies are piled around the entrances to the room
> Teamates are silent
> Screaming continues as he runs out of bullets and knifes the remaining enemies to death
> One last turbanmin rounds the corner to finish him
> Covered in blood and viscera, he stabs the man twice before shooting him with his handgun
> Screaming ends
> Everyone respawns
> "Dude holy ♥♥♥♥."

when i first played this i felt like its two games mashed together, Battlefield and CSGO, though its not bad, what i mean is the gamemodes remind me of CS in some ways but ofcourse its not the exact same as it, just similar, this also ties into the bf part aswell, like the mode where you capture flags reminds of rush in bf3 same goes for the attachments but here the attachments are FARRRR Better than BF can ever hope to dream of, i get BF Is going WW1 soon but this games attachment are very similar to bf3, but in many ways better, same for the gamemodes, if you like battlefield and cs then try this out, hell even if you like FPS games in general, and by no means am i trashing this or anything, i've only played a bit but i love it, fits my tastes perfectly :DD

(thx to Capitalism for gifting me this aswell :D)

looking for something thats realistic like squad,or arma but dont want the large learning curve and intricate controls, look no further especially for the price this game delivers awesome medium map sizes found in most fps and the controls are all familier but the damage realism is where this game thrives it is a very fun and realistic fire fight with your friends and if you play offline it is just as fun and real with the ai bots. 5/5 one of the best realistic military shooters with the easiest learning curve

Brutal? Check.
Realistic? Check.
Solid Controls? Check.
Balanced? Check.
Dev support? NWI has provided an incredible amount of support and free updates for this self-published indie game. If you wish more games did near Valve level patches for years after release then please support this developer. Triple Check.

"Ronald has put too many hours into this. Forget hard drugs, he is addicted to killing terrorists."

In one game i met Neo-nazis,ISIS and KKK members,Somali pirates,african drug lords,Al-Qaeda supporters.....
I have never felt more unsafe in my life.

100000 Nazi/Allah

~Mission 1 Log~
"Okay, guys. Stealth is the answer. Silencers and knives only." "Understood."
Belly Crawl. Belly Crawl. Belly Crawl. "ARR PEE GEE!!"
~Insurgents have wiped out your team~

~Mission 2 Log~
"All right. That didn't go so well. Let's keep them at range. We can see them coming and deal with them before they have a chance to deal with us. It looks like the enemy is carrying mostly mid-range assault rifles, so we'll have the advantage. Stick to uneven terrain and windows. Expose as little of your body as possible."
*Thwip!* Headshot.
~Insurgents have wiped out your team~

~Mission 3 Log~
"All right. Forget it. We're going in guns blazing. Assault Rifles, Incendiary Grenades, Machine Guns. Let's show these cleverly undefined and politically ambiguous opposing forces what for!"
Molotov Cocktail.
~Insurgents have wiped out your team~

~Mission 4 Log~
"Got any 2's?" "Go fish.."

This game is just amazing, sorce really made the movements and rangdolls perfectly.
Co op mode is my favorite, its joyable and it doesn't get tiring.
The game is great, 10/10

And i also wanna thank Enki, for gifting me this. Enki your great :3

Genuinly the best FPS out there. Good team based action, plenty of workshop mods to customize, and a solid userbase.