Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

Commonly described as a great balance of arcade and realism with damn good reason. It's brutally intense and easy to get into.

Graphics show their age particularly with draw distance, but overall it stands up well and is a blast to play.

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Keep this game alive at all cost (Best Vietnam war game ever! SERIOUSLY! *plays California dreaming* )

Perfect balance between hardcore milsim and casual fun.

very good multiplayer fps with cool interesting gameplay

Very fun with friends but can become boring and repetitive, other than that helicopter gameplay is great and the realism is very good

imagine having fun. Now imagine a bomb dropping on top of you while you're having fun.

"That's fine, I was having fun. I'll do it again!"

imagine having fun again. Now imagine another bomb dropping on top of you while you're having fun.

"Aww shucks, I was having fun. I'll do it again."

imagine having some fun for the third time. Now imagine....

repeat until you are bored.

if you do not pilot an assault aircraft then you are officially NOT the main character, or even a character at all. you are an ant. and you will always be an ant until the kindergartner that walked past you pours soda down your ant hill. Now you are a dead ant.

As with many multiplayer shooters, most of how much fun you have with this game depends on if you're winning. Not many matches I have played ended in a close draw or a similar state. Therefore, you're either cruising along destroying the enemy team, or you get pummeled.

Attention to detail and awareness are key in this game, and that's why I liked it for so long. I bought this game when it came out, and play every now and then.

Unfortunately, it's tough for me to completely recommend this game. The game is simply buggy, and has always been. Getting stuck on terrain is a big one that has happened to me multiple times. The hitreg has always been just alright. Crouching behind cover and *then* getting shot in the head is a common happening. The performance of the game seems to have degraded over time, even though I have upgraded my PC. Many of the newer maps are pretty bad, and I despise the night maps.

Lastly, cheaters have been more rampant since I started playing again a few weeks ago. Encountering cheaters is never fun...when you shoot someone and it doesn't register at all, only to have their next animation frame zip to you and blast you away...feels pretty terrible.

My memory is probably failing me, but many years ago I don't remember all these negative things about the game. Just know what you're walking into.

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is a unique game that explores the territory between casual and simulation shooters while focusing on a brutal and gritty scene. The outcome is an addictive and refreshing shooter.

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The game kind of sucks... lots of goofy game design choices that are extremely miserable to try and learn as a new player. That being said, i paid $1 for this game and there's 100's of active players... which is pretty cool.

Its a good game however, voice chat is an absolute abomination I still cant figure out how you mess something up so bad.

I find the game very fun. I was very hesitant to get it. I saw a couple of videos on YouTube about it and thought wow that looks cool know I own the game and it's fun.

this feels like red orchestra 2 mixed with Military conflict vietnam(another goated vietnam war game thats sadly underrated),
It Is pretty fun and requires you to think first before shooting, Its not like call of duty, so dont expect to drop a tactical nuke,
Its pretty cheap on sale, I recommend the game

It's extremely fun, but the insane amount of crashing makes the game unplayable. It crashes on startup, it crashes when you join a server, it crashes when you select your roll, and it crashes randomly mid match. Save yourself the money and pick up something else.

Appaling game, avoid at all costs. My system is between 2-3 times above the recommended spec, and I can't even run at the lowest graphics options. It's literally unplayable with constant stuttering. Most of the multiplayer experience is being flown into the ground in a helicopter by your squad. Don't even buy it on sale, it's a complete waste of time... Additionally, the game poses a security risk by allowing servers to run with exploits and malware.

probably one of my favorite fps games (was playing on epic but rebought on steam), lobbing grenades at vc never gets boring, and so is running at gi's screaming HEIGH HOOOO with the mattock

Great game! Too fucking bad the servers are run through a potato and 9 out of 10 times it glitches.

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam challenges you in ways other games can't due to its unconventional play style of 'accept repeated deaths as being normal' and a steep learning curve which tests your map knowledge, pattern recognition and game sense more than your typical aim and reaction times.

The variety of weapons on offer means that if you can get the class you want to play, there's plenty to experiment with to ensure combat never becomes stale. Be it using an RPG to explode through a wall, a Mosin to pixel click people 200 meters away or a simple pick-axe to bury into someone's back, you have a grand panoply of the instruments of war to destroy your enemy. After playing for a few hours, you'll soon learn that there is nothing more enjoyable than barbecuing camping players in a bunker with your flamethrower, hearing the subtle snap of a tripwire blasting life from limb, whilst seeing an artillery strike on twelve hapless soldiers running into the fray screaming as 75mm hell rains down upon them. It's moments like these that make the game great.

But don't assume you can be a Rambo figure racking up kill-streaks. You will read in negative reviews complaints about the game being infested with 'cheaters' - I disagree. There are a small number of players who will get 100+ kills each and every match, whilst the average is 10-20. Primarily, this is due to map knowledge and skill gained from hundreds if not thousands of hours of play. Good soldier placement can help you rack up the kills, especially when you're equipped with a rapid fire MG, but getting even one or two kills per match will be hard for a newbie. Of course, there are a handful of cheaters who make the game unplayable and EAC doesn't seem too keen on removing them. Whilst this is disappointing, no game is free from such people.

However, like all great multiplayer games the community can make it or break it and herein lies one of the unfortunate truths of the game; the generous server hosts make it, but the racists try to break it. Racism has always been the first and last reserve of the ignorant and you will see and hear that ignorance whilst playing. The game seems to attract a small, but vocal minority of types who would only be happy under the cowl of a white hood with burning torch in hand. Reporting them seems to do little to resolve the issue and although these people are already on the wrong side of history soon to be reduced to nothing more than a collection of faded photographs long forgotten in some discarded shoe box, you have to experience their vitriol in game. Again, it's disappointing, but their idiocy is a reality of life.

If you can accept that the game is hard, that it has a vertical learning curve and also mute the game chat, then you'll realise Tripwire made something special and there's a reason I've played it for over seven years. It simply scratches a specific itch with other games can't.

If the community can band together to kick out the racists and ban the cheaters, RS2 would be up there with the classic games of yore that were and remain to be a true joy to play.

Very tactical, and team based game

Too hard for me, it's not a BattleField like game, it's more like Arma 3 Vietnam.

Good classical shooter, better than most modern slop.

good game except you get stuck in place 95% of matches and have to restart/rejoin the game to make it go away.

This is one of the best multiplayer shooters I've ever played. It's a perfect refinement of what the Rising Storm/Red Orchestra team learned earlier, and is a game that values deliberation and thoughtfulness rather than raw reflexes. I just wish it was bigger. Hopefully we get Rising Storm 3 in the near future.

Could of been a great game but with all the cheaters its not worth playing....

Doesnt load for me, even after deleting and reinstalling multiple times.

Really good, realistic, like squad but a bit more fun because smaller scale but not much. Attacking is fun.
Needs smaa from reshade to look good though

Best Game I have ever played 10/10 everything is perfect and I LOVE IT!! 10/10 very positive

Multiplayer works but friend join doesn't, server reloading is buggy as hell, game sucks

I believe in this game. Its one of the best mil-sim experiences I've had playing a game. Its the perfect balance between battlefield and squad. Just casual enough to understand, but complex enough to incorporate teamwork and strategy on a large scale. Every role is fun to play from rifleman to commander. My only gripe with this game is that its old enough to where the player base is still there, but its a skeleton of what it was. If you live in US-West, you'll have a really hard time finding a server with ping less than 150. It's still playable with that much ping, but you can feel it for sure. I would love for this game to have a serious revival, but if you want to play it, you really have to want it.

honestly just a bad new player experience. not worth it even at 95% sale. not worth my time

If you wish for ptsd this game has you covered.
There is:
Punji Pits
Tripwires
AP Mines
Artillery
Napalm
Apache Attack Heli
Loach Recon/Attack Heli
UH-1 Huey Transport Heli
AC-47 Gunships
Gore that makes you feel like your in Hell Let Loose

Several full servers hosting up to 64 players, the action is intense and immersive. It's the only Vietnam War game I've found with a active multiplayer community.

Others may deserve to play this game and keep playing it, but I am not so sure about that personally.

For those that do, here is how to make it Easy Mode and potentially more palatable for you:
1. Never ever use Game Type matchmaking. Only the Server Browser.
2. The Server Browser has a Ping Limit filter of 200ms by default. You must clear this manually by setting it to All and Applying to be able to load the true full list of servers in-game.
3. Gameplay settings. Turn off Enable Reload When Check Ammo is Low to avoid a forced retention reload on MG belts and more if they are low, but not empty. Also enable Advanced Flight Model here.
4. Player View & HUD settings. Set a wide FOV to Display Teammate Names to be able to see them more often, and not have as many friendly fire incidents. Also turn off Display Friendly Team as Blue and Enemy as Red, and Turn On Enable Developer Console here.
5. Video Settings. Turn off Depth of Field to see clearly no matter your sightlines. You will need this to be Off to pixel hunt. Also, Instanced Rendering can be disabled to preference; I prefer it to be Off. Authentic Postprocessing is Unfiltered map lighting, and more colorful than it was in Red Orchestra 2. Enhanced is more like documentary footage; washed out, and heavy on greens, blues, and brown-oranges.
6. Learn how to prime your grenades with the mouse. Manually select grenades with Number Keys to equip. LMB Overhand, Scroll Wheel Click Underhand. After holding to prime a throw, tap the other bind to pop the safety and cook as a South team member.

That is all. Good bye.

Fun game even today.
Was ahead of its time when it came to portraying chaos.

Gameplay is intuitive, relatively easy while hard to master.

Still many people play.
It's worth to buy even today.

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is a very solid FPS in the rather unique setting of the Vietnam war. While player-count is not as high as it used to be (nor is it close to what it actually DESERVES to be), there are several dedicated servers and a tight-knit amount of players dedicated to playing, so finding a full server to join is still very possible.

This game does have a fairly stout degree of a "learning curve", as it is not akin to the likes of COD or Battlefield. It takes more actual effort, thought, & tactical-action to firstly stay alive, and secondly, take down enemies & capture objectives. Truly sticking to the bushes, staying off paths & open fields, moving slow & methodically, and keeping LOW - crouched & crawling often - are staples to survival here.

The gunplay is very satisfying; wherein, to me, weapons actually have the (illusion-feeling) of there being weight to them. Sort of like another really solid shooter, Insurgency Sandstorm, guns act well within their capabilities... Getting shot through walls, cars, and all manner of objects is going to occur... since, y'know, bullets do pierce things! On the counter, one is of course, able to blast through such things oneself.

Now, one rather common forum posting I see, & wanted to comment on is sayings that are basically, "when does this get fun, how are you having fun, i just die, i cant ever learn the maps," and similar sentiments.

To be perfectly clear, majority of these postings are faults that fall solely on the person playing. Skill issue, mad cause bad, that sort of thing, is actually the answer. Lol. On the flipside; there are many empty servers, where on can join and "stroll" through the maps at leisue, if one needs to learn maps that way.

But guess what the BEST way to learn maps AND get better at the game is?

- Playing the game. Yep, that's right! As you play, (if one has some basic brain power), one can observe and adapt their play-style accordingly. Note what methods work, which ones dont, and go from there. Tis a basic manner of doing things for many things in life.
- Also, to the posts about "when does it get fun"... THIS is an issue with YOUR/ONES OWN mindset & perception. If one is approaching / going into (anything really) with a preconceived set of feelings/viewpoints, such as, "this game isnt fun cause its too hard", you're already setting thyself up for a bad time.
- Instead, be neutral; go with the flow. Allow oneself to experience what is being presented, not what one is desiring/wanting. People too often have expectations of just about any & every-thing, and generally, expectations that are far-out / absurd. Do away with expectations, be open to what is offered, and flow/adapt from there. This approach allows for a lot more fun / uniqueness to occur in an experience...

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Also: Long Campaign gamemode is my personal favorite, it really adds another "tactical" feeling layer to the game, and I highly suggest playing through some campaign modes.

⭐ Not Recommended (but with respect for the concept)
“The only thing more tragic than the war this game portrays is how it runs on modern hardware.”

I really wanted to love Rising Storm 2. I respect its dedication to historical warfare, its sound design, and the heart the devs clearly put into the world. But unfortunately, the gameplay experience hasn't aged well — and that's me being polite.

I’m running an RTX 4080, i7-14700K, 80 GB DDR4 RAM, installed on an SSD… and somehow, I was still getting stuttery, choppy gameplay — while hosting a local match with bots. I hit over 150 FPS, yet it felt like I was moving through molasses. That’s frame pacing and engine bottlenecking at its worst.

I’ve played Cyberpunk 2077, Battlefield V, Assassin's Creed Shadows — all gorgeous and demanding games — and they run smoother, faster, and better than this. Which is wild, considering RS2 came out in 2017.

Pros:
✅ Fantastic atmosphere and immersion
✅ Great voice acting
✅ Intense firefights when it works

Cons:
❌ Outdated Unreal Engine 3
❌ Poor multithreading — CPU-bound even on top-tier rigs
❌ Terrible frame pacing despite high FPS
❌ AI bots tank performance in local matches
❌ No DLSS, no Frame Generation, no love for modern setups

I respect the community and what the game stood for in its heyday — but as of 2025, it’s a rough ride unless you’re on a potato and don’t know any better.

Battlefield V loads faster, plays smoother, and looks better — and that’s with full multiplayer. I’ll be playing that instead.

exciting game, please update the game again

listen to running through the jungle and you've experienced how the game feels, still play it though i love this game.

Runs like ass but it's one of the best fps shooters there is.

Best Vietnam War milsim game out there still quite a few alive servers overall very fun andd ususally quite cheap

This is a realistic game about the Vietnam war. It's super fun and is beautiful. My only issue is that I can't find servers anymore...

This is a decent game and very much aligned with the Red Orchestra family of games. There are some interesting maps, new game modes and the gameplay overall can be fun.

However, the game has some serious shortcomings:
1) The sound design in this game is horrible. Gunshots from nearby will sound like they are far away. Enemy infantry will run right up to you without making a sound. Some sound effects just sound totally out of place for their assigned weapon (rocket-launchers). In general, the sound design arguably hinders the player's ability to fight and stay alive, rather than help.
2) A lot of re-use of assets and maps from Rising Storm Pacific. Some maps literally have the same exact layout as WWII maps. THere is also voice-acting reuse (voice lines from burning Japanese was reused as ane example).
3) Uniforms and camouflage are haphazardly implemented. The default uniforms are fine, but there is grind (or paid DLC) to unlock better uniforms (which offer better concealment). Same issue for camouflage body/face paint. The issue is 2-fold:a) grind/pay to get better concealment is stupid and unnecessary and b) many of the unlocked uniforms are confusingly similar to the enemy faction. The dev's should have created some standard uniforms with minor deviations; the current approach is absolute crap...to much confusion, too much grind/pay to win, and a lot of uniforms break the immersion of the time period.

The game is fun enough, though there are some sweaty players who will rack up god-like K/D ratios; map knowledge and bush-camping tactics are of prime importance in this game. The battles are deadly, but the gunplay (weapons handling and recoil) is very similar to Battlefield. New players will die easily and often; it takes time to become proficient within this game.

Bottom line: buy this game if it is on discount. DO NOT PAY FULL PRICE.

Pretty fun game but a lot could be done to improve it. The graphics kinda suck for the date it was released but this was published by a small studio so you kinda have to give them some credit. The only playable vehicles are the helicopters which the US gets. The recoil and accuracy of the AK feel over exaggerated, which makes playing a vietcong soldier feel like a being a rice farmer who has never shot a gun in his life. This really sucks considering it's the only good gun grunts get. Weapon diversity sucks, 80% of the time you will be stuck with an AK or an M16. Bushes don't move when someone is in them which is a massive pain in the ass because it means bush campers are almost invisible a lot of the time, and when you are in a bush it's difficult to see shit because the bush will always be in your face. The balanced is skewed toward the South Vetnam/US forces. Overall 7/10 for the unique simulated experience.

Spent 10 minutes to get into a queue because either every server is full, or empty, no in between. Once I finally did get into a game, it sweatier than enlisted.

Fond memorie, of jungle
Gun blazing in jungle
Go go go soldier keep the fire up on charlie!
I remember croing but the soot keep me dry
No sire I aint no pinko, when that helicopter flies it flies with the rockets red glare and Jimi Hendrix
Ah sarge' got his blown off like a melon at the LZ, it glistened in the sunlight
My ticker gets going when I saw those planes dropping the red, white, and blue on all that jungle, those kids aint never going to look like
This isnt a game Jack, Ive got thousands in war bonds and a girlie in saigon, if you dont stop voting Saigon on campaign Ill break your fingers off with those little crab leg breakers theyve got at the seafood joint at the wharf
If I hadnt been shot half a dozen times I wouldve known better than to stick by barrel in any dug out, but here we are, getting legs blown off by grenades and charlie bayoneting me up the rump

Overall pretty fun game, lieked it a lot in its heyday, these youngins wouldnt understand

Ok, but Red Orchestra 2 was better

Helis are fun but not that fun gameplay-wise

A semi-hardcore shooter game. It doesn't play casually like a normal arcade shooter but it doesn't require much time, skill, and training for it to be considered a hardcore milsim. Progression system isn't half bad, focusing primarily on actually grounded cosmetics (none of that barbie looking BS). Graphics are outdated but let's be honest, no one cares for that

You know you're in the right game when teamkilling is not only permissible but also encouraged.

The game is good.

I would recommend this game to anyone who enjoys the Vietnam era of war be it film or games. This is THE Vietnam game. From gun play to soldier customization it has it all. Vehicles, local chat, cover elements, CCR. This game truly is amazing. No kill notifications or fortnite skins. This is real warfare. You may not even see the enemy through the trees.

10/10 would (and have for friends) buy this game again.

You ever watched a really good Vietnam
like the first part of Apocalypse now or platoon, or full metal jacket and wished
"Damn i wish i could do that"
well now you can
the guns are great and varied (RPG, M60 and SKS my beloved)
the tool and wonderful
the helicopter are the perfect mix of fun and complex
the team killing is constant
you even get to play as the ANZACs and south Vietnamese
and the cosmetics are the best in any game ever, both varied, perfectly accurate and fun to use and customize
this is a 10/10 game
and its like $2 on sale
its a great tactical realistic shooter