Basic Information

Title: insurgency
Developer: New World Interactive
Publisher: New World Interactive

General Impression

This game is a really actionpacked combat game for you all military or gaming nerds out there. The game is based on the wars down in Iraq from what I´ve noticed playing the game. The game is fully worth all it´s money, even tho It can be really frustrating learning the commands and etc.

Strong Points

• Good Price
• Has Tradingcards
• Co-op Missions
• Multiplayer and Singeplayer
• Many Maps To Play On
• Really Realistic

Weak Points

• Some Maps Are To Small
• The Music Is Not That Good

General Ratings

Graphics: 7.9/10
Atmosphere: 9/10
Audio/Music: 6.7/10
Gameplay: 8/10
Story: N/A
Engines/Mechanics:9.8/10

Personal Rating: 8/10

I bought CSGO, then at the last moment of the sale, I hesitantly bought insurgency, initially regretted it, but played for a while, then regretted buying csgo, this game is this awesome, in a fair world this should be more popular game than cs. absolutely recommended

Insurgency is, for my money at least, the best shooter currently on the market. I've put nearly 100 hours into it and my main thought is why didn't I buy this game earlier. I'd seen it on the store before and just passed on it cause it seemed like some bog standard FPS that i'd spend 20$ on play for a week and never touch again. I couldn't be more wrong. I picked it up while it was on a 3$ sale, my god was it a steal.

There are two sides, Insurgents and Security. Two different styles of games, COOP or Multiplayer. Personally I don't really play COOP much so I don't know much about it. But the one match of survival on tell I did with about five friends was incredible. Made it to wave 63 in about an hour n a half. Bloody amazing fun.

As for multiplayer you can play in three different types each with a few different modes, except for competitive. In Sustained Combat you can choose from: Strike, one team tries to destroy three weapons caches while the other team defends. Occupy, both teams try to capture and hold one point in the middle of the map. Push, where one team tries to capture a series of three objectives then destroy a weapons cache at the end. And Skirmish where both teams fight over three objectives each while simultaneously defending their and destroying their enemie's weapons cache. In tactical operations you can choose one of three modes however this one everyone only has one life except for firefight. In ambush one player is the vip and must be escorted to one of two zones and the other team has to stop him. I've honestly never played elimination before so idk what it's about. The last is firefight where there are three objectives, however you only can respawn if your team takes an objective while you're dead. The last game type, Unranked Competitive is a 5v5 version of firefight.

Now onto the guns n ♥♥♥♥. Well for starters it's asymetrical balance that actually ♥♥♥♥ing works. Security can only use Security guns and the tererrists can only use tourist guns. Weapons range from the AK-74U to the MP5K to the ♥♥♥♥ing M1 Carbine. Each class has different loadouts however it stays fairly simple. MGer get MGs, riflemen get M16s or AKs, snipers get bolt actions and semi auto battle rifles, and engineers get shotguns and SMGs. Now there are a lot more roles than the ones I listed and there is overlap but that's basically it. All of the guns are useable unlike many other games. I've seen people go ham with the MP40 as much as I've seen amazing killstreaks with the UMP-45. You can choose from ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥s of different attachments, optics and ammunition types. You can also choose from 4 different grenades, C4/IED or RPG/AT4. You can also take light, heavy or no armor at all. Most everything will be a one burst kill so it pays to be accurate.

Now for the maps. Holy ♥♥♥♥. There are some absolutely amazing maps: Ministry, Embassy, Verticality, Panj, Kandagal, Siege, Tell, Station. The list goes on and on. Maps range from complete urban combat like Ministry to entire rural like Panj and many have a mix of both. Maps are also asymmetrical. Certain maps Insurgents get to this objecive faster or this map Security gets there four seconds faster. Still all of the maps are very well designed and I haven't found one that I absolutely dislike, even Buhriz which this community for some reason loves.

Random ♥♥♥♥ about the game. Currently the game is run on Source so it's a bit dated but works very well for potatos. Next year the Devs are planning on introducing Insurgency Sandstorm which will be on Unreal 4. The community is rather small which is the biggest problem. It's not so bad that you can't find a match but if you have a group of say 6 people and are looking to play a specfic mode with a populated server it may be a challenge. The community quality is about as good as you'd expect. I've met some really nice people, but honestly, it's 10$ there's lots of idiots around and lots of people who really don't have much FPS skill. There are also two announcers one for each side. The Insurgent one is okay, a bit bog standard. But the Security one, oh man. He's ♥♥♥♥ing hilarious. Actual quote when you're the last guy alive and you clutch it "Man I thought he was just gonna ♥♥♥♥ing die."

TL;DR
♥♥♥♥ you I spent a long time writing this go ♥♥♥♥ing buy this game.

Play this if you want a game that is not about getting aroused by a $12,000 dollar knife.
Play this game if you want a game where 13 year olds dont f**k you mom verbally.
Play this game if you want a game where you don't need to shoot someone 30 times to kill them.

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>Be me, playing Insurgency.
>I decide to download Day of Infamy (the mod for Insurgency).
>Join a game.
>A while later I'm on the German team as a Machine Gunner.
>Entire team is awesome. One of them is a sniper pro (Let's call him Swagger) who constantly dies by rockets (one of the rockets landed right next to me. I survived, he died and he was further away) and we had it as some sort of gag. We become good pals for the game.
>Fast forward to near end of game.
>It was a close match, but eventually Americans push us backwards so we have to protect our last point.
>One by one, my team dies with no reinforcement waves left.
>Swagger shot me with his pistol as a joke.
>He gets penalized and dies. Poor Swagger.
>We start hiding. Me, another soldier and a man named "Major" were left.
>The other soldier dies.
>Major plays sad music during the game.
>He rushes out and dies.
>He plays more cheerful music for me, as I'm the last guy left.
>My team cheer me to run out and do my best.
>I'm not filled with confidence, but I do it for my team and Swagger.
>One enemy soldier and I face eachother.
>We both fire eachother with pistols. I was pretty sure I was gonna lose. I thought he had more men with him.
>I killed him.
>"VICTORY" is displayed in big letters.
>I find out that he was the last one left.
>Entire mic chat goes wild.
>My team is happy.
>I am happy.
>I leave the game after saying my goodbyes to my team.
>This game's battles were so intense that I got PTSD.
>Writes this review.

10/10 War is heck.

Insurgency is the most realistic shooter / FPS I have ever played.

- Takes 1 bullet to kill someone unless they have heavy armour, If they have heavy armour it takes 2 or 3.
- No jump packs / No jetpacks.
- 15+ Guns.
- 30 maps / Night and day maps.
- Great gamemodes.
- 10+ Classes.
Worth every penny.

Quite possibly the most fun and challenging game I ever played. Excellent gunplay, The adrenaline rush you can get in this game is just insane. Imagine this; You're the last one alive on your team, the only way to get them to respawn is to capture a point on the opposite side of the map. Just you, your gun, and a sea of angry NPCs between you, who won't even hesitate for a second before filling you with lead. You run room to room, across streets, through alleyways. Bullets ricocheting behind you, shooting anything that moves in front of you. You finally make it to the point, your gun low on ammo, you grab a nearby dead terrorist's RPK and set yourself up in the room, waiting as that bar fills, capping the point. Just when you think you're home free, terrorists start pouring through every direction, firing everything they got at you, to stop you from capping that point, you keep firing, mowing them down, hoping for those magic words to resonate through your headphones. "Charlie has been secured", and then. nothing. A terrorist gets a lucky headshot on you, killing you instantly, losing the round, but no one is mad, not your team, and definitely not you. You may have lost, but god damn that was fun.

Its moments like these that sets Insurgency apart from other shooters. The only other shooter I can think of that can give you this kind of rush, is Arma. Speaking of which, in some ways these two games are quite similar. While yes Arma is a open word milsim, and Insurgency is a closed map FPS. Both still are the same in quite a few ways. First off both games feature a leaning mechanic, both allow you to deploy a bipod for better aim, and both let you customize your weaponry. Unlike most shooters. Insurgency tries to give you as less info as possible. Essential things like your teammates and points are present, but things like health and ammo aren't. The only indication of how much ammo you have is a number in the corner. Showing how much magazines you have. Though, that doesn't mean they're full. You could leave 1 bullet in each mag, and still have the game tell you that you got 5 magazines. As for health, lets just say. typically no armor is a one shot kill from most weapons, light armor is 2 shots, and heavy armor allows you to survive up to 3.

I highly recommend Insurgency to anyone, and also recommend Day of Infamy, originally a mod for Insurgency, like Insurgency originally was a mod for Half Life 2. Now a stand alone early access game that takes place during the European WW2 theatre,

Oh, and lets not forget the weapons themselves, American soldiers are granted access to all the typical US armed forces rifles. M4A1, M16A4, M14EBR, the M249 and many more.
The Insurgents on the other hand get more typical weapons of a middle eastern faction, weapons like the AK74, AKM and RPK, but also featured surplus WW2 weapons like the M1 Carbine, MP40, Sterling, and the Mosin.

All in all, amazing gunplay. pretty good selection of firearms, pretty decent though small community, and very easy to get immersed into and have fun, even when failing the same mission over and over.

Honestly, this is one of the best and most fun (realisticly) tatical shooting game/engine I have played...

If I had to start this review off anywhere,
I would start with the graphics!
The graphics in this game aren't at all that good but I would say they are realistic enough to make you feel as though you are acctually fighting in a war! Truthfully, you need a good PC to run this game at high graphics levels! High Graphic = Amazing.

Secondly, This game is supposed to feel real and is made for realism. If you are buying this game as a "Run 'n Gun" game then I MOST DEFINATLY do not suggest this game for you! This game is aimed for realistic gameplay and makes you feel like you are in war!

Thirdly, gameplay in this game is amazing (for me, and most people). If you are being shot at and have already been shot once in the leg, you are probably going to die, if you get spotted and are facing an enemy in close quaters, you need to react fast because it takes only one or two rounds to the body/head to kill someone. This is what makes this game amazing and unbeleivably hard for people (this makes it fun). This makes the gameplay not as hard for snipers as they probably will get the kill in one shot!

Overall this is an amazing game and I have only spoken about a few aspects! It really makes you feel like you are at the event in real life and the crazily scary and chilling sounds of the bullet flying your way!
I rate this game a 10/10 (Would rate again, lol jk) and this is AMAZING!

but PLEASE, on most servers team killing is on (for realism) so do NOT be minge and shoot your mates on purpose xdd!

Thanks for reading and I hope you consider trying out this AMAZING game!

It's like someone took CSGO and said "F**k it, let's make a game that doesn't focus all on aim."

And that is what this is.

A CS:GO for people who want more than aim.

Though it lacks content-wise, the gameplay is really, really solid.


|★★★★☆|

- ½☆ For lack of content, though it is only $9.99CAD.

- ½☆ For mediocre graphics, they are great, but with the Source Engine, aren't anything special.