Tactical Shooter Insurgency: Sandstorm Pulls the Trigger on PS4 Release Date

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by Sammy Barker Wed 26th Feb 2020

Tactical first-person shooter Insurgency: Sandstorm is closing in on a PlayStation 4 launch, with publisher Focus Home Interactive attaching a 25th August release date to the title. “[The game] invites console players to prepare for a hardcore depiction of combat with deadly ballistics, destructive artillery, and unprecedented audio design that puts the fear back into the genre,” reads the press release.

It continues: “Death comes fast, ammunition must be carefully managed, and the environment must be tactically navigated at every step towards victory.” There’s a new trailer embedded above.

[source youtube.com]

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OmegaStriver
Wed 26th Feb 2020

I like games with scarce ammo and you have to make your shots count. The Last of Us MP was this way.

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Flurpsel
Wed 26th Feb 2020

I remembr Insurgency as a half life 2 mod from long ago. Was kind of fun but nothing revolutionary. Basically counter strike.

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nathanSF
Wed 26th Feb 2020

It's a bit risky having the enemy in Arabic militant masking. Sure, being a recognisable differentiation of who the enemy is works well. But the problem is that just as many Arabs fighting on the Allies side against terrorists wear the same gear - so this portrayal tarnishes them all with the same brush.
The choice of enemy is more controversial and less clear cut than WW2, sci-fi enemies or specifically identified factions or groups like we find in Modern Warfare.

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Jaz007
Thu 27th Feb 2020

That’s a generic name for sure. It looks interesting, but I’d rather it be a SP game with some co-op than a MP game. Limited Ammo doesn’t work as for MP games, just becomes “I need to find more because I’m playing well.” Shame.

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SinisterPledge
Thu 27th Feb 2020

@nathanSF Most of the customization options for the "allies" are based around middle-eastern ethnicity, with most of the names for the different premade faces being Arabic. So it's very much a setting of arab forces (Allied trained and with Allied equipment) fighting against terrorists in their own country. But nice woke take I suppose...

@Jaz007 You can resupply if you have a teammate with an ammo bag nearby. Teamwork is much more important in this game than say CoD or Battlefield.