Running With Rifles is a game in which you start out as a simple grunt in an army filled with hundreds of people. It's a simple looking game that can run even on my toaster. You start out as a Private in either the Greenebelts (BOOO) Graycollars (BOO YOU STINK ASWELL) or the Brownpants (YEEEEEEEEEAH!) Depending on what faction you choose when creating a new campaign, you'll be sent to one of the vast, diverse maps. Soon, if you're doing what you should be, you should get into a huge, bloody firefight trying to capture a sector, watching your comrades fall before you, and maybe even dying yourself. But don't worry, death isn't permanent. There's a lot I can say about this game, but to keep it simple I'll just list what I like, dislike, and want in the future.

What I like:

- The ranking system. Start out as a private, kill enemies and capture objectives to get XP, rank up. When you become a corporal you get a mobile radio that allows you to call in mortar salvos, which can be useful if you need to unwedge some pesky Graycollars.
- The radio. You expend RP (resource points, which you get from trading in weapons and collectables) to call in support, such as mortar salvos, reinforcements, and eventually as you rank up even more, artillery salvos and tanks.
- The weapons. Weapons are taken from real life (M16, AK47, LAWs, etc.) and add to the immersion of the game
-Firefights. The firefights you get into in this game are amazing. Watching as a bridge that had nothing but Jersey barriers and abandoned cars turn into a battleground with blood spilled everywhere, corpses strewn about and wrecks of cars is just, ohhh it's so amazing.
- Day-to-night cycle. It's not always daytime in a battle. I dunno if this happens or not, but it'd be interesting to see both sides pull back during night to recuperate and resume fighting the next day.
-The maps. Maps are all varied, some big, entrenched sections of land, some small coastal cities, some tiny peaceful isles caught in the middle of a bloody war. My favorite has to be Black Gold Estuary
- The graphics. Nice and simple, not too demanding. Hope they never change.

RWR is a pretty great game, but there's still some things that I don't like.
- The AI is a bit wonky while driving. Sometimes if you hop in a car with them driving they may turn back and not go to the objective, but other than that they're fine.
- Lack of naval assault/ land assault vehicles. You get APCs that have an autocannon turret, a tank, and sometimes a Humvee, but most of the time you'll get jeeps. For naval assaults you get a rubber boat which doesn't offer much protection, and on Black Gold Estuary you get a badass patrol boat that is armored and armed to the teeth. More on these next.
- The Squad AI is pretty bad in my opinion. If I tell them to move to a position, they should seek out the nearest cover, because most of the time I'm behind sandbags and my squad is hovering around behind me getting picked off by Graycollars.
- 3-faction maps. ♥♥♥♥ those, they're fun the first time playing them but after awhile they get stale, boring, and frustatingly hard. Especially Power Junction. The smallest map in the entire campaign is a King of The Hill map, that's fine. But three ♥♥♥♥ing factions? On the smallest map going for one point? No, it's just too hard to enjoy.

So there's not that much wrong with the game besides wonky acting AI, and the lack of boats. There's some other things I'd like to see in the future of this game.

What'd I'd like to see:
- Halftracks. A mix between a tank, a troop transport, and an APC.
- Higgins boats/ AAVs (Assault Amphibious Vehicles) , just to give landing forces a bit more protection.
- More banter between the soldiers, it'd add to immersion.
- Limited ammo as a toggleable feature. You don't have unlimited ammo for your rifles, and when you run out you either scavenge for weapons or you go back to the armory to resupply. I think it'd make the mobile armory more importance.

Overrall a 9/10, fun game.

Modern day successor to the Army Men games, highly recommended.

Intense battle on a bridge lasting 10+ minutes. Enemy jeep coming from rear, turn to face it, pull M2 LAW. Fire.

Explodes, turns and flips, killing all four occupants. Flaming remnant rolls onto seven friendlies, just as one is throwing a grenade, which then kills me. We lose the bridge, then the game.

I torrented the 0.98.6 beta, then bought it within 15 minutes. This ♥♥♥♥ owns, buy it.

Traded in a porn mag for weapons & grenades. 9/10

People might say,"Running With Rifles ? Why would anyone want to play this game when you've got Battlefield ?". I say "♥♥♥♥ BATTLEFIELD!!"

If anyone dare to compare this masterpiece to Butlerfart, I will saw their ♥♥♥ in half...

This is a top down, open world shooter that combines the aspects of ArmA with current gen modern military shooters.
It may look like a spunkgargleweewee but I assure you, this is one of the more tactical military shooters I've played.

Why ?

- You die really easily. A single hit from any kind of bullet can instantly ragdoll your butt.
- Getting Vestments is extremely vital to your survival on the field.
- Running and gunning may work... Only for a few seconds.
- Flanking works really well in this game as it is Open World. Can't push up the middle ? Why not take a different route.
- Spraying usually works... If you're suppressing the enemy...
- There's Belts, Collars and Pants!
- Now I'm just typing down random crap
- #HoxtonBreakout
- It's already out
- O really ?

Thank you, Modulaatio Games.

Running With Rifles is currently available as Early Access
Yeah, I expect more from this game when it's fully released, and I will put on my Brown Pants when that happens!

I absolutely love this game. It is something new, yet does it really well. The multiplayer lacks players so if you have some money you are willing to spend I highly recommend this game if you are into/willing to try:

-Military Shooter
-Top Down Shooter
-Massive Multiplayer

The only 2 downsides I can really see thus far with this game is:

-Possibility for lengthy load times
-Lack of multiplayer serverss, possibly as a result of the game not having much player support (?).

I hope this game picks up as it has so much potential.

Seems some controls are not functional yet, particularly zoom levels. and I'm hoping workshop/custom content will be implemented eventually, but otherwise a fun game, Reminescent of the old "Army Men" series from 3DO in the 1990s

Running With Rifles is an amazingly complex, yet deceptively simple top down shooter. I would recommend to the hard core strategist as well as the casual player.

Fallout Faction Wars mod when?

Amazing fun.. Imagine Soldat + Battlefield :D Pretty tactical too.

This game is amazing and I love it

Didnt even play the demo 5 minutes and i bought it.

I give this game a "HELL YES out of 10"

This game is great and you should definetly pick this game up on a sale. The combat is good and variety of maps, weapons and enemies makes it even better. What I would say is add a cheat for infinite RP. I get anoyyed not being able to get alot.

Welp, this game is amazing. Fun gameplay, (sometimes) requiring strategy and teamwork to defeat the enemy. The only problem i can find is that there isn't very many gamemodes, but I know they'll add more later. 8/8, GR8 game M8S.
Seriously though, buy this game now. Not enough people know about it.

Field	Rating	Review
Graphics	7	The graphics definitely aren't anywhere near top notch, but they chose a style and went with it, and it works darn well. Animations are fluid and satisfying as well.
Gameplay	8	With a unique style of gameplay being offered, running with rifles sets itself apart from other games by providing a top-down war experience. You live, you die, you come back as someone else and continue the fight. A constant game of tug-of-war across multiple HUGE connected maps with hundreds of units and three armies at war. Prepare to die a lot, and love every minute of it. There are still however some drawbacks with the AI, and some minor frustrations with combat here and there. But they are still being fleshed out, and as of right now it's wonderful.
Story	N/A	No story to be found here, so far.
Multiplayer	8.5	An absolute blast with friends. Easy to pick up a game and go. Rank up together, command your own squads, and take back the territories. Watch each other be mowed down by enemy gunfire, or get tactical and flank the enemy together on a stealth mission. Play it how you will, you'll enjoy it either way.
Replayability	7.5	Worth coming back to over and over. The game could use some more diversity to keep gameplay from getting dull in the long run, but overall you'll find yourself wanting to play this one with friends every chance you get.
Overall	7.9/10	I've been playing Running with Rifles since it was first announced and released, and my they have come a long way. Years since it began they've added several new huge maps, dozens of new weapons and gameplay elements, vehicles, and a third army to fight for. If you don't pick this one up now, keep your eye on it. It's going very, very good places.

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EDIT: Some typos fixed.

Pros.
1. You run, a lot.
2. With your rifle.


Cons.
1. Other players might try and shoot at you, to keep you from running with your rifle.

This game is truly a work of art.


It's very easy to sink hours into this game whilst being completely oblivious to time. This is not the sort of game where you can enter a battle with a gameplan. You have to stay with your team and work together to overthrow the massive opposing armies and slowly conquer the battlefield. 'Going rambo' is about as feasible as it would be in real life--you die right away--and this is done intentionally. The whole point of the game is that "The war goes on without you" and it really makes for an innovative and amazing experience in doing so.

The game features singleplayer and multiplayer, and I find multiplayer to be where this game really shines. You can communicate with other players to devise tactics to capture key points on the map, sneak behind enemy lines with a few friends to destroy enemy communications, or just lead the assault on the main front. All of this can be done on singleplayer too, and it's still enjoyable mind you, but multiplayer is definitely the strong suite of this game.

Most modern games involving guns make you the most important person, but this game takes a step in the opposite direction and forces you to work with your team. Your player has no 'health bar' and the chance you will die from a bullet is based on percent. For instance, a sniper rifle bullet may have a 90% chance to kill you, whilst a submachine gun bullet might only have a 70% chance. This may sound a bit quirky at first, but it really does it's job in keeping you with your team and makes you be very cautious in any situation.

The feeling you get knowing that you mean almost nothing in a match is a new experience, and also a very comforting one. I'm not saying this at all in a bad way, this game feels fresh and new and is certainly worth picking up for a humble $10.


But like all games, there are a few downsides you might want to consider: The game features plenty of maps and weapons to keep you occupied for potentially hundreds of hours. You might sink 2 hours into a skirmish game and not capture a single area. In my own experience, this has a postive and negative effect. On the postive, this can feel awesome. You go to bed after an hour of playing in an online match, only to wake up the next day to find players are still on the same map and you can pick up right where you left off! On the flip side though, this can be frustrating in skirmish modes, because too long of a standstill and you may be inclined to just quit and start a different map.

In addition, the game devs have implemented rare weapons, which is a great idea, except for the fact that no one ever wants to use them because they are, for all extensive purposes, extremely difficult to find and dependant on RNG, which makes them feel utterly useless because once you die holding one, you're probably not getting it back. More weapon varities that can be easily obtained would be an amazing, and debatebly a neccessary update.

Also, the title is aptly named. You will be doing a lot of running. There are vehicles on each map, and you have the ability to call in your own as well, but they are somewhat scarce and can be difficult to control. The level up system is another thing that could use some tweaking because it is very harsh to new players, forcing you to use one gun until you slowly level up to unlock more.


Keep in mind that while this game has both positive and negatives, this game is still in early access and is getting updates every few weeks that adds more content and balances plenty of things.

This game is definitely worth a try if it looks intriguing at all to you. If you're still having a hard time deciding if it's worth the purchase, try downloading the free demo off of the dev's site. It only has one map but it really allows you to get a feel for the flow of battle and how the game works.

Overall this game is truly a fresh experience. While it has a few flaws here and there, I imagine everything will be ironed out by the game's full release date. I hope this game gets more recognition because it really is fun, and most people don't even know it exists. PLEASE spread the word about this game!


:)

You might download the demo thinking "Oh, this looks like a decent arcade game" Only to spend the next hour sitting behind a rock with a machine gun, afraid to stick your head out untill friendlies make an assault due to sniper fire. This is no arcade game. There are no bullet sponges, one hit and you're out of it. No automatic reloading, You'll have to keep an eye on your ammo or risk running dry right when they begin an attack. The AI is not a bunch of clueless morons. They are smart little buggers, down to making a feint retreat to draw your forces into an ambush.

The maps differ very well, for example you could die in a hail of bullets in a snowed in forrest. Die in a hail of bullets in a large city. Die in a hail of bullets on a beach... Yes, you will die a lot.
The weapons... You have riot shields, which work well unless they put down suppresing fire and send a squad to flank you. (The AI is not stupid), rifles and sub machine guns, which work well in any situation except the one you are in, machine guns, where unless you are set up behind a rock, well... Rocket launchers, which are as usefull killing vehicles as they are sending a well dug in enemy flying. And deployable weapons... Mines, check, mounted machine guns, check, mortars, check. Supports? Artillery, armored vehicles, airborne troops, and good ol' fashioned mass infantry charges. Don't take my word for it though, download the demo and check it out. If you like it, the game is worth supporting.

This game is bloody brilliant. For those of you old enough to remember Cannon Fodder you'll recognise the humour.

For those that don't just realise that it looks simple and basic, but it is far from easy, its hard and you will die, alot. As it should be.

Fantastic fun, especially in Co-Op mode. I paid £6.99 for this, and i would of happily paid twice the amount.

Occasionally Steam Early Access throws up a game thats done right, and this is definately one.

Get it today and play a game with a smile on your face.

Army Men Top-Down Shooter on Steam

Pros:
Loadout customization
Calling artilerry support
Squad system
Big map
Use tactics to win, not just bratatata win
Vehicles
Mods :D
Comic-Strip Chatbox


Cons:
Hard difficulty
Some cover fire still bugs
Vehicle movement is really need to fix
Lots of ♥♥♥♥♥ ai, only some ai doesnt go camp and rush instead.
Still on early access
Hope there is asia server, lol

Worth Superly if u like Army Men and That Kinda ♥♥♥♥, Super Dope. also u can quickscope here m8.
Lots more to adds, so stay tune every update :D