Insurgency Reviews

Great game! Like some of the other recent negative reviews I also recently came back around to play this again. The last time i had played previously was Dec 2021. Issue only seems to happen on Win 11 After several soft and BSOD crashes i found the following solution https://www.reddit.com/r/insurgency/comments/1hypu1n/insurgency_2014_battleye_issue_causing_blue/ Replacing the BattleEye folder with the BattleEye folder supplied and running the game from the local .exe worked for me. This should not need to be resolved with 3rd party solutions. Devs should resolve. Update or remove BattleEye.

Unplayable due to battleye not being compatible with windows 11.pls fix this

battleye can not run on Windows 11 24H2 version :((. Fix this pls.

PEAK gaming, much ahead of its time, surprising realism, runs on a potato. SOURCE engine still does wonders. 11/10

Battleye Anticheat does not work on Windows 11. BSODs every time.

Nice and interesting gameplay btw my first match was super stupid(i die from easy bots lmao)

This worked well on my old machine but now BattlEye doesn't let me play it in my new windows 11 machine. Please fix it!

I have not been able to play this game with Windows 11 24H2. No update for fixing the anticheat software, it just makes my computer unusable and have to force reboot it.

⭐ Rating: 9/10 📜 Overview Insurgency is a tactical, team-based first-person shooter developed by New World Interactive. Unlike traditional arcade-style shooters, Insurgency focuses on realism, teamwork, and strategic gameplay. It offers intense close-quarters combat, limited HUD elements, and a hardcore approach to gunplay, making it a standout title for fans of tactical shooters. 🌟 Pros ✅ Realistic Gunplay – Weapons feel authentic, with high recoil, no crosshairs, and realistic bullet penetration. ✅ Tactical Team-Based Gameplay – Success relies on communication, strategy, and teamwork rather than solo play. ✅ Hardcore Immersion – Minimal HUD, no kill indicators, and lethal combat create a truly immersive experience. ✅ Varied Game Modes – Includes cooperative and competitive modes, catering to different playstyles. ✅ Active Community & Mod Support – Modding capabilities allow for custom content, keeping the game fresh. ⚠️ Cons ❌ Steep Learning Curve – New players may struggle with the hardcore mechanics and lack of hand-holding. ❌ Dated Graphics – While the gameplay is excellent, the Source engine shows its age compared to modern shooters. ❌ Limited Content – The base game offers fewer maps and weapons compared to other FPS titles. ❌ No Matchmaking System – Finding balanced games can be difficult without an official matchmaking system. 🗣 Player Sentiment 📈 Positive Reviews: Players praise Insurgency for its immersive, realistic combat and rewarding team-based gameplay. The emphasis on communication and strategy makes it a favorite among hardcore FPS fans. 📉 Negative Reviews: Some players find the difficulty curve too punishing, and others mention issues with balance or lack of a proper matchmaking system. 🎯 Target Audience ✔️ Fans of tactical shooters like Squad, Arma, and Escape from Tarkov ✔️ Players who enjoy realism, teamwork, and strategic gameplay ✔️ Those looking for a hardcore alternative to mainstream FPS games 🏆 Rating Breakdown 🎯 Gameplay: 9/10 – Tactical, immersive, and rewarding, but challenging for newcomers. 🔫 Gunplay & Mechanics: 10/10 – One of the best in the genre, offering realism and depth. 🎮 Multiplayer & Community: 8/10 – Active but lacks proper matchmaking. 📺 Graphics & Sound: 7/10 – Immersive audio but slightly dated visuals. 🛠 Customization & Mods: 9/10 – Strong modding support and varied loadouts. ⚖️ Overall Experience: 9/10 – A must-play for fans of tactical FPS games. 🎯 Final Verdict Insurgency is an exceptional tactical FPS that prioritizes realism, teamwork, and intense gunplay. While its steep learning curve and aging graphics might deter some players, those who enjoy strategic, immersive combat will find it incredibly rewarding. If you're looking for a challenging and tactical alternative to mainstream shooters, this is a must-play.

Insurgency is a strange animal - a blend of various ideas characterized by other games like Counter-Strike, Red Orchestra, and the cult classic Firearms mod - that manages to do a very good job at providing a tactical, hardcore shooter experience. On paper, Insurgency seems very normal - two teams, the classic push/conquest/objective style game types, and guns. However, that's pretty much all Insurgency has in common with its modern military shooter bretheren. Insurgency is mechanically a very different beast. Let's start with spawns - instead of having reinforcement pools like Battlefield or Red Orchestra, Insurgency uses spawn waves to regulate gameplay flow. It sounds weird, sure, but it works extremely well in practice. Let's take a basic game mode, Skirmish. Five objective points, conquest style. Each team's closest points to defend are objectives that can be destroyed, which removes them from the map and tightens up the cap order. Each team starts with 2 spawn waves. These spawn waves kick in every 60 seconds or so. Anyone alive by then stays alive, anyone dead by the end of this timer comes back. Every time an objective is captured, another spawn wave is added to the capping team. This means that players are not only incentivized to do objectives in order to extend their own playtime, but it also increases the team's overall effectiveness. It also means that rounds can take a while or be over extremely quickly depending on the degree of teamwork and individual player ability to stay alive. The other thing that this game does very well mechanically is its gunfights. In other tactical realism games like Red Orchestra or ARMA, an average engagement is a sniper fest - whoever sees 'em first ends it pretty much instantly. Now don't get me wrong, Insurgency has its share of ingloriously quick deaths and sniping corridors, but an average medium-range gunbattle can often devolve into a stand-up fight involving suppression, repositioning, and grenades, much like a real fight. Part of this is enabled by the fantastic sound design and particle effects - guns are spectacularly loud, a blinding amount of smoke and dust gets kicked up from fully automatic fire, and suppression effects seriously mess with a player's accuracy. Ducking away from a window to have a burst of automatic fire rip up where you were just seconds ago is quite unnerving. Insurgency also seems to be one of the few games that really understands that shooting a real firearm often results in a sort of almost-blindness from the muzzle blast and recoil, which makes attempting to shoot enemies less of a "line-up-and-click" moment and more of "frantically fire in their general direction and hope they don't shoot back". tl;dr: the guns feel realistic and meaty, and getting shot at is freaky. With that said, however, I must be clear with you - Insurgency is NOT a game attempting infantry combat simulation like ARMA or Red Orchestra. The accuracy and damage dealt by the game's large selection of weapons is on par with those kinds of games, but this is also a game tuned for balance and fun. There isn't any superflous mechanics like changing the zeroing on your ironsights or wounding (like RO2 does), but it does make thematic concessions, like fully animated fire selector switches. The inventory and loadout system also emphasizes that it's still very much a game . The end of rounds gives your team Supply Points, which you can then use to build your character's weapons kit. You can equip armor to hopefully increase your survivability by a shot or two, attach a 4x scope to your SKS to plink at range with it, or shunt your points into a slow-handling rocket launcher, which is good for objectives and heavy suppression. There is no grindy metagame progression system like Call of Duty. It's just the loadout and inventory - all based on your team's performance in and out of rounds. Kind of like Counter-Strike! As someone who cut their teeth on games like Red Orchestra, I can say this about Insurgency: it is NOT the most hardcore, realistic shooter I've played, but it is most definitely the most FUN I've had with a realistic team-based shooter! For an early access game, they have a very good product released as of this date (12/29/13). I haven't had a single crash yet, it looks amazing, and runs like a dream! They also have quite a selection of maps and well-balanced gameplay to top it all off. If what I've said sounds good at all to you, go on and get this game, even if it isn't on sale. It's worth it.