Easy Red 2: The Best WW2 Game I've Played in YEARS

[@cundan0484]

Today i played on the pacific maps and honestly i love how they are open and flat bc beaches irl are like that... One cool moment was when i saw a soldier lying wounded i healed him as an american medic and it turns out he is a japanese soldier... He said arigato and surrendered! No game have this cool feuture besides easy red 2!

[@gangsterHOTLINE]

Haha that is a freaking awesome feature. Can't say I've ever heard of that implemented anywhere else.

[@NotEvenDeathCanSaveU]

I like you can play as the good guys.

[@FeatheredDino]

I want to add that this game does AI squads better than any other AI squads in any other game I have ever played. They actually fire at the enemy, they're actually valuable, they aren't fucking braindead. They don't just stand in the open for no reason when there's cover nearby, they actually take cover, sit in windows, behind sandbags, in a trench etc. They will also pick up guns from dead soldiers if they run out of ammo, and they generally just make their own decisions. Like if you aren't playing as the squad leader, the AI takes over and will order artillery strikes that actually hit the right locations, and direct the squad where to go. Your AI medic will actually revive you if he gets the opportunity. AT gunners will engage tanks. Flamethrowers will advance aggressively to the front and roast the enemy. It's absolutely beautiful. The AI is just fantastic.

[@Stellar289]

It’s honestly kinda crazy how low budget indie games somehow manage to be better than most modern games. Great game suggestion and very informative 👍

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching. I think it's because the indie devs have work ethic and passion. It's not just about making loads of money to them.

[@RandomFurry07]

Gameplay over profit

[@nicksiegfried4906]

It's not really crazy at all. These games are created from passion just like games like halo was. Games have always been a business but the difference is that passion doesn't sell anymore

[@drdoomsday007]

I got so confused by this video, he is ranting about AAA games and naming features that he thinks are amazing and then i look at AA or AAA games and they all have the same features. Not to hate but its confusing to see him getting hyped about stuff modern and better looking games also have...

[@BaxterAndLunala]

​@@drdoomsday007Okay, tell me any game in WW2 where you have to actually input the coordinates for an artillery strike by a AA or AAA studio.

[@joshb2047]

One of my favorite details of the game are the dog tags you can take from dead soldiers you either find or kill! Sometimes I'll be blazing around with my M1 Garand and yank a dog tag off a dead German and realize I just killed an 18 year old. I'm almost 21, and seeing that age makes me stop and just think, 'If I was him, I'd already be dead.' It sorta makes me reflect on how young these soldiers were, and how short a life really can be. Even if these are just AI bots, once you give them a name and an age, it humanizes them. And whenever you get killed in game it flashes up on screen what your solder's name was and the years they lived and died, like how Battlefield 1's intro did (which I love). You actively played out the last minutes of a man who's whole life lead up to that point, and now boom, one mistake or sheer bad luck and he's dead. It may not impact as much on others, but it certainly does on me as a history nerd. It actively shows how young men like myself fought and died in their millions, and the soldiers I played are apart of that mass slaughter. I could easily imagine myself as one of those men, joining with bright youthfulness and naivety only to be killed in Normandy, Stalingrad, Guadalcanal, Monte Cassino, any part of the war. And the game ties that in rather well. War is Hell.

[@SaRkAsMuSoNe-]

Hear me out, what if the names are ACTUAL names from people who died? Someone should ask the developer…

[@christianbethel]

Some of them are. The gold dog tags are based off real soldiers (e.g. Vasily Zaytsev, Iakov Pavlov, Ronald Speirs, etc).

[@hazmatt3250]

Easy Red’s strength is the fact it doesn’t focus so much on one thing and forget others. It does most things “good enough” and doesn’t try to oversell a certain feature. But as you said, it can be fairly janky at times. It reminds me of the older shooter sandbox games of the early 2000s and has a certain charm to it. The ability to take POWs (or not 😳) is also a really cool feature.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Yes I agree. It's a fun little game that isn't too expensive but yeah the clunkiness can be its downfall sometimes.

[@QuorroVR]

As a long time player you forgot to mention how to revive both wounded allies and enemies you drag them behind cover or risk getting shot yourself. A very realistic feature. Also the fact in this game you can take prisoners some virtually no game does at all. If you are surrounded by enemies your character will surrender on their own which is cool. And the third thing is how you can take not just weapons and ammo but full on uniforms from dead enemies and allies. This means in multi-player you can ecieve enemy players by dressing as one of them and sabotaging them before they realize you ain't one of them. A feature not seen since commandos strike force on the ps2

[@novauviolon]

Battlefield V, a game made by a billion-dollar publisher with a bloated budget: markets being able to drag wounded allies in all its initial trailers, says it will come post-launch, continues to say it's coming for months before finally scrapping the concept due to "no tech." Easy Red 2, a game made by a small team on a shoestring budget: oh yeah no problem.

[@RandomFurry07]

Hell, you can even recapture an ally that surrendered

[@belowsubparcontent]

This is unironically one of the best shooters on the market, it’s is like every single good fps like Verdun and enlisted and combined into a beautiful amalgamation while getting rid of the negative elements. The devs also have a Mac port, which is incredible as there are basically no shooters for Mac.

[@RandomFurry07]

I think there's gonna be an Xbox release as well

[@belowsubparcontent]

@@RandomFurry07 It already came out! It also has crossplay too I think!

[@NextGenGaming360]

i cant believe how underrated this game is the gameplay is incredibly fun and unique

[@Brad-lt2re]

Such a good single player game the replayability is crazy. Never tried mp as there is no Aus servers

[@eldo5023]

meanwhile Enlisted

[@swissarmyknight4306]

@@eldo5023 I tried it. It seemed like it could be fun but I'm not going through that insane grind just to get from equipment from the 30's to the classics.

[@Moeflyer6213]

Easy Red 2 reminds us what the Battlefield series should be.

[@deadliftyournan3293]

This game looks like a hybrid of Hell Let Loose couple switch the retro shooter vibes of early Call Of Duty games (Big Red One, CoD 2 and 3 etc) which was the.golden period of my childhood. Looks worth picking up

[@Samsara_Jack]

This is actually great, i was getting tired of the infinite wave of "Realistic Milsim WW2 Simulators" i just miss the more arcadey vibe of the early 2000s multiplayer WW2 games. I actually appreciate they included the Pacific Campaign, despite being such an important part of the conflict it's not often depicted in media as the western front was, nice review bro.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching!

[@histhoryk2648]

Yes, me too. I don't get why every WWII shooter has to be a simulator. It automatically turns me off

[@nate-otero]

No offence my friend but in recent years there has only been 3 prominent ww2 “mil sims” (hell let loose,post scriptum and red orchestra2/rising storm) in the last 10 years and really only Post Scriptum(now called squad 44) is a mil sim, hardly an infinite wave 😂

[@nate-otero]

@@histhoryk2648I don’t know for me I found the realism refreshing after most of my life playing bombastic off the wall ww2 games.

[@the7A7dude]

@@nate-otero it feels like an infinite wave because larpers never shut up about them

[@BaxterAndLunala]

In the case of regional differences involving the Manji being replaced by the Iron Cross, that was true in Germany up until a few years ago, when it was decided by lawmakers that video games are a form of art, which means they can have something many Germans consider offensive and be protected by law. Thing is, that happened just months after the release of Wolfenstein II The New Colossus.

[@sunbather1576]

True but you left out half of the story. You still have to apply for a "test" at your own cost at the respective German "youth protection" institution and they will decide whether the symbol serves historical purposes or is part of an artwork or it is just an exploitation. You can just not do that but risk getting your game banned in Germany. Hence, the cheaper version is to just not show the symbol.

[@histhoryk2648]

Remember, game is also on Switch. I don't know but I guess they can't show it otherwise the game could be delisted by Nintendo

[@BaxterAndLunala]

​@histhoryk2648 I know, but that doesn't explain why a Manji wouldn't be shown in the PC version. Keep in mind, he said it wasn't in the PC version, not just the Switch version.

[@RadioJammor]

It is not just Germany. Other countries where it is outright banned or otherwise restricted in its use are numerous, meaning that you should indeed use an alternative symbol, such as the Iron Cross or Balkenkreuz in order to avoid any such issues. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bans_on_Nazi_symbols

[@sp4cepigz174]

This looks like Star Wars battlefront in WW2 an automatic buy with the dlc

[@crimson6397]

Yeah man. Easy Red 2 is basically what I always wanted out of Battlefield 1942. I've been playing it since early 2021 and just bought it on a whim, but I've been hooked since and I've seen how much progress has gone into this game. Marco (the developer) is planning to revamp the AI in 2024 and also the Kos map. So that it won't feel as open ended and sparse. Also, I don't know anything about Italy's laws regarding the swastika, but the developer Marco is Italian and I think he lives in Italy, so maybe he had to censor it due to some sort of law? Similiar to Germany. Idk. That seems like something that would happen in an ex-Axis member country. Also I don't think you mentioned the workshop support!! This alone is why I can't stop playing Easy Red 2. Some of the modded maps and campaigns are actually better than the ones created by the developer! I'd say that Utweiler, Germany is probably my favorite modded map so far. It basically features a large scale U.S. offensive to take the town with armor and mortar support. You can absolutely level the town, but once you take it there is a twist with a massive German counter offensive including a particularly tough Tiger 1 which absolutely wrecks. I think last time I played the map it took 3 Shermans to take out. Felt like something out of old school Call of Duty. But yeah the mods are definitely what keeps it alive as you basically have unlimited content.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching and commenting. I did forget to mention workshop. I kinda made this video in crunch time. I'm super busy right now and made 2 videos this week one of which is set up to go live next week.

[@PierreMiramont-x4r]

If you want, one player has created a Market Garden map with several missions. Another with the Battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. And yet another with the Battle of Tobruk.

[@BrokenCircle1]

@@PierreMiramont-x4r That sounds cool.

[@andreamarino6010]

@@crimson6397 yes in Italy you cannot expose symbol of "nazi-fascism" otherwise you can be sued pretty easily, same goes for gestures and so on. Of course actual fascists are never takrn to court but swastica in game? Hell nah

[@dard2240]

About the paid DLC's. I brought the game just for Stalingrad DLC. While buildings are ok at most representing a real one in USSR they sometimes mashed together creating a windows or doors that blocked by a wall of other building since assets are just put beside each other. Another one is already mentioned voice acting. In Stalingrad DLC voices indicate what happend and if you got hit or enemy and sometimes soviet soldiers will scream that they got shot after hitting an enemy. It's not much problem for people that don't speak russian but it can be confusing hear it and find that you ok. I'm not sure if this problem exist in other factions languages. But in overall yeah, it's still enjoyable.

[@BrokenCircle1]

I did not know that about the voices.

[@uberlags7022]

It has been reworked

[@Clementinewoofwoof]

Just got it today because it showed up in my Xbox recommended, this is an extremely underrated title, and I think that this is what all World War II game should aspire to be, realistic, and faithful to the source material of history, for such a small dive team they’re doing a fantastic job and if I could recommend this game more than five stars, it would be 100 stars

[@K_Balu]

Fun fact, that red Italian hand grenade, the SRCM Mod. 35, was one of the most feared hand grenades in WWII, it was nicknamed as the "Red Devil" by the allies

[@BrokenCircle1]

Why was it so feared?

[@عماد_البدري]

@@BrokenCircle1 It wasn't feared by the enemy, rather feared by the allies and the Italians for its malfunctions From Wikipedia: In the SCRM 35 Italian ordnance designers created a compact grenade that was designed to explode on impact, but it also gained a reputation for being spectacularly dangerous. The Red Devil earned its nickname for two reasons- the Italian ordnance colour code for High Explosive was red and when Allies found the grenades unexploded, they sometimes had the habit of going off after the fact.

[@CheriShin21]

This game is even better now. It's amazing how much love the devs has poured into it.

[@ujer55]

Been having a ball with this game. Didn't know it existed until last week and it's exactly the sort of modernised BF1942 I've always wanted (and even has a sort of NPC swapping featire like the in the console version of BF2!). Two downsides not mentioned in the video that could (and hopefully will!) Be addressed by the dev: 1) The UI is atrocious. Plain text with super awkward justification over transparent grey rectangles for the most part. It would do wonders if the dev contracted a UX person to come and clean things up, because it really brings down the presentation a lot and makes it feel cheaper than it should. 2) Zero context or historical descriptions. It would be nice if the campaigns had at least a little paragraph explaining what's going on and who's involved. Even better would be briefings for each mission. Just the barest of context like in BF1942 wpuld make the experience more coherent and a tiny bit educational. (Bonus extra - let me pilot ships like in BF1942! Let me ram aircraft carriers into each other you cowards!) All the postives mentioned in the video far outweigh the negatives though. It's a lovely game that picks up a torch that's been dropped for far too long.

[@tuffsheddweller]

9:54 to view the "alternate German flag" the current game version has an option to check/uncheck "enable ensitive content."

[@BrokenCircle1]

@tuffsheddweller Yes I saw that. I have enabled it. At the time this video was made it didn't have that.

[@GravityKills997_II]

A good game that costs a couple dollars where you can commit war crimes and everything!

[@CandarianGaming]

Its my favourite single player shooter and the fallout style gameplay mechanics make it even more addictive in my opinion

[@sgwigglysquid230]

Hey man really love the review you made for this game. I have been following and playing this game since 2021 and the game now is almost unrecognidable to what it was before. This is also my all time favorate ww2 game and there is much more to come including the upcoming xbox release, map reworks and more 😎

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching. Yeah I just got into it myself its pretty amazing.

[@Russell970]

Thank you so much for covering my favorite WW2 game and I agree with you, Luckily the cons you mentioned are in their roadmap plus more improvements as well

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching.

[@Russell970]

@@BrokenCircle1 you're welcome

[@shreksnow1918]

I haven’t played a lot of WW2 games so I’m just going to list CoD WoW as the best WW2 game I’ve played. In addition to Zombie mode my favorite thing was how half of the game focuses on the Pacific Theater. Too bad more games don’t focus on that aspect of the war. There’s plenty of stories that can be adapted into some cool campaigns.

[@totallynotthesovietunion]

I love easy red 2. I've had some real intense moments in the game. like a tank slowly turning its turret towards me as I am rotating an anti-tank gun towards said tank. Or hearing the sound of a stukas sirens as it barrels towards my squad to drop a bomb.

[@blackoutlol2857]

Honestly I looked at this game for two minutes and I can already tell I love it just watching the trailer it’s actually my dream game you can really tell it was made by someone who actually cared for what they were making I can’t begin to tell you how long I’ve waited for a game that cares more about gameplay than fancy graphics this appears to be that so many features I and others have been wanting for years are in this game e.g. destruction, medical system, map making, playing as ALL factions not just one it’s simple stuff really but when it’s done right and put together it makes the game so much better than their soulless triple a counterparts already on my wish list almost certainly gonna get it.

[@CandarianGaming]

The community has been very vocal with the game since it launched on PC in 2020 so the dev has constantly made the game better everyday. The gameplay loop is also very addictive. It has the survival/looting aspect of fallout but the game doesn't pause while you're looting dead bodies, so there's constant tension.

[@blackoutlol2857]

@@CandarianGaming yeah sure enough I got the game been very fun and at times surprisingly terrifying the moment you go from peace or at least a normal gunfight to the entire street you were in being decimated by artillery is certainly one to remember!

[@Dan420Bro]

5:03 you can drag allies?? Sold

[@BrokenCircle1]

And enemies I think.

[@Hopeful_Skeptic]

Sold ! Ty for a great review, I went from wondering if it was a good game to excitedly watching the download progress bar.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoy the game!

[@someguyontheinternet68]

Great video! I love to see that this game is finally getting the proper attention is deserves. I looked at your complaints at around the 8 minute mark and i can pretty happily say that the campaign problem is actually being worked on as of now, and for the other problems: the American voices just suck, not defending it but its likely not going to change sadly. The nazi symbols: the main dev for this game is from Italy so it could either be banned, has had bad family experiences with it, or simply just feels uncomfortable adding the proper things into the game, this was in easy red 1 (2017) aswell and there was even a message on the discord server where he said that nazi symbols like the SS symbols will not be added or associated with the getmans in game

[@christianbethel]

PSA: Marco is releasing a patch where players can display 'sensitive content' in the game. That means we get swastikas boys! The patch is currently in beta and only available on Steam. Once it clears it'll release to consoles, as console players receive the same updates as PC players. Update: The patch enabling the swastika is out on PC! It will take ten to fifteen days for Xbox/Nintendo to review it before it gets released to console players.

[@jaybeeonyt]

This is one of the most fun games I've played in years, makes me feel like a kid again. The game also has a very active modding community on steam adding hours of replayability, thanks to map creators like Ramp and Sentry.

[@BrokenCircle1]

I haven't gone too far playing the mods myself but I will say it certainly is active.

[@D.O.CanMusic]

This game deserve a lot, I hope one day full online servers or servers with people playing cause the game mode is so red orchestra / rising storm style and is a potential new ww2 hardcore game

[@thejarljbj5263]

Imagine these devs with the budget of cod or Bf, could bebthe best war game ever created ever

[@willi6952]

I was thinking, as you were talking about your major gripe at the end. I completely agree👌 and also hate it when currently in World War II media and games choose to censor the “infamous symbol”. I was wondering though if someone could make a mod that adds in the correct flag and adds the symbols back to the German uniforms, if that would be possible? Therefore it wouldn’t affect different regions of the world that aren’t allowed to show that symbol.

[@BrokenCircle1]

I already checked. I didn't see any mods like that. Would be cool if someone added it though. Thanks for watching.

[@D.O.CanMusic]

Society trying to delete history so can act like evil without past evidence lol

[@sunbather1576]

See my more detailed answer to BaxterAndLunala below. I don't like it either but it is not that the devs "chose" to "censor" the symbol but they basically have to do it to be in accordance with the German law or risk getting their game banned.

[@D.O.CanMusic]

@@sunbather1576 the game have already the distort flag, a suggest can be to add an option to hide or show element that can may disturb the audience. Btw German law is ridicolous, in my country you can still find some mussolini statue and we all agree that is for remind to us dark pages of our history

[@DootguyDoot]

Unfortunate you didn’t bring up the insanely cool workshop if your not into ww2 this game has a load of modern mods and other war mods

[@Brad-lt2re]

Absolutely love this game as I work away a lot in remote areas in Aus so this is my go-to laptop game to play single player

[@tsunderemerc2963]

Definitely impressed by the game, even as a guy that's not a big WW2 nut (so some of the details can go over my head). It was a little jarring to see some of those more simulated aspects (like a minimal HUD with no ammo counters), but that's more a symptom of me not playing simulation games as often and simply needing to adjust. Maybe they could keep it more generalized like they are in the inventory with "mostly full" and stuff. I just hope they don't push the mil-sim aspect too hard and make it Arma WW2. I do like that you can play as both factions for battles as well, to get an idea of what it was like for both sides. Though it is a shame that *that flag* isn't present for the Germans despite this aiming for realism, even more odd since as stated before, you can even play as them and get immersed in their side of things but that censorship is still present. I'm not suddenly going to become a sympathizer upon seeing it or something, and the iron cross as a stand-in would by proxy hold the same meaning anyways.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching!

[@rustyshackleford8390]

Will this game finally fill that hole in my heart that Heroes & Generals left?

[@steelzepplin2012]

Yes it should, I miss that game dearly too and now I play this. I like it better than enlisted as well.

[@bennymaster4439]

Hey friend, great video! I might’ve missed it, but I don’t think you mentioned two great features of this game - Mission Editor and multiplayer. Mission editor you can literally make your own map and missions and use mods. Multiplayer you can join others games or host your own, even on your custom maps/missions. Try them out!

[@Haddedam]

Finally a good video on easy red.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching, I appreciate the kind words.

[@MV-bay]

they did say that anzio and kwajalein are gonna be revamped soon so they wont feel to empty, hopefully

[@1KiloDepartment]

I can't wait for the modding community to pop off, with whatever fun stuff they can think of! My wish being fictional factions, as being restricted to accurate WW2 representation gets a little boring when one has the better equipment or position at times (I wonder how fun it would be to play as the Ravens and Eagles from Ravenfield?) Or I'm just nitpicking, as I'm still having an absolute blast, even with the Italy campaign (highly recommend starting with pilot, to go destroy the nearest ship that is providing artillery to your enemy. Then going with Tankers whenever they become available)

[@FlyingEagle41]

Easy Red is better than most shooters out there right now and its not very expensive. You can fly planes, drive tanks and the best part about it, its an open world sandbox game. We need more games like this. I give Easy Red 10 stars.

[@Midwahjul]

looks interesting. Love the ww2 era feel in games.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching.

[@M1GarandMan3005]

I agree, gaming journalists are unappreciative assholes.

[@rudedude1686]

Imagine this game remade with proper funds in Unreal engine 5 ..or something

[@Russell970]

Maybe for Easy Red 3 who knows

[@Swattii]

I kinda prefer this. We would have less content if the graphics were any better.

[@zoomerjack.6608]

Will definitely try sometime, can't remember if I've seen playable France particularly in a WW2 FPS, only Vichy France as a enemy faction in one of the old school COD games.

[@BrokenCircle1]

What COD is that? Sounds cool.

[@zoomerjack.6608]

@@BrokenCircle1 I think Big Red One, it was definitely that COD 2 era.

[@dude_indeed_on_the_internet]

this is actually my favorite game lol the only ww2 game i know of that has Canadians in any capacity

[@ChronologicalGamer]

BUZZA! A MAN OF QUALITY

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks I think

[@ChronologicalGamer]

@@BrokenCircle1 I don't know if you noticed this, but as a medic you can also save enemy soldiers lifes as well.

[@BrokenCircle1]

@@ChronologicalGamer Yes I've done it.

[@BaxterAndLunala]

​​@BrokenCircle1 "I must show you my collection of WW2 games. I hope you will find it... *diverting."* -Some English Toad He quoted Flushed Away.

[@OperatorMax1993]

I hope that we get to see other settings in Easy Red 2, like the Sino Japanese war

[@BrokenCircle1]

That would be cool.

[@RandomFurry07]

East Africa would be dope, Aleutian Islands? Manchuria and Korea? Burma? Middle East?

[@BrokenCircle1]

@@RandomFurry07 An Aleution islands campaign would be so cool

[@RandomFurry07]

​@@BrokenCircle1we get Tunisia

[@BaxterAndLunala]

​@@BrokenCircle1I hope Operation Torch is among them.

[@colinbloomer2259]

This game with battlefield graphics would be incredible

[@jasonhubbard5422]

This g game is great! The amount of vanilla content is amazing. Let's not forget Workshop content too! Man oh man there's so much. This game is in my rotation of WW2 games, I like them all. They all serve their purpose. When I have hours to spare I'll jump in to HLL and now PS. When I just need a quick fix I'll jump in to Enlisted. And when I want my offline fix I jump in to this game.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching.

[@justryan6480]

I thought i was the only one who wanted the voice lines to be a bit better. Tbh i never noticed the lack of Swastikas, so this isnt an issue for me. ER2 is a fun game, i enjoy it, cant wait to see what the devs do with it in the future.

[@steelzepplin2012]

bought it after watching this video and it is also my favorite ww2 game. Thanks and subbed!

[@gamingmoment1061]

It’s crazy that almost everything you had to say that was negative about the game has been fixed in the almost year since this review was posted. They’re even planning on redoing the Italy and pacific campaigns just like they did Stalingrad, and the new Tunisia campaign is very good considering it is free.

[@BrokenCircle1]

@@gamingmoment1061 agreed

[@abelramirez7320]

Ive been really wanting to play a single player ww2 game thats not cod or moh. I think im going to buy this on sale.

[@BrokenCircle1]

I know alot of fps games on Steam are on sale right now. Not sure if this is though but good chance of it.

[@AutumnThe_Toaster]

Based on what I'm seeing this game definitely has potential. Give it a few years and it'll probably be amazing only complint I have (based on videos I'm researching on this game about) is the 360 level graphics and the animations. But overall it has potential.

[@BrokenCircle1]

The graphics I like but the animations could use some work.

[@SaRkAsMuSoNe-]

Loving the game. I paid £8 for base game and £5 3x dlc. Absolutely worth it. And the fact I can play this alone and still feel like I am in a good online game is amazing “PRO TIP: change the plane controls to the other one, you’ll thank me later (bf4 plane controls)”

[@westheking12]

Yeah I played this first time today. And my gosh is this a dream kind of game. Literally takes me back to the good days of WW2 shooters. Like Cod 1 and 2 and Finest Hour. BF 1942. And MoH Frontlines. This is pretty much a mix of all of those. This is meant for players who played those and want it in a more modern take even tho it’s indie developed. The fact one person and now a few ppl made this and it has way more then AAA studio games, just tells you how poor the industry is right now.

[@ShouldHaveStoppedAt3Dogs]

Just an under rated jem. Weather u wanna be a captin, sniper, tank commander or even a kamikaze it all plays so well. Wish devs would do what Blackmill did with Isanzo so can get more players n the love it deserves.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching, I agree. Great game.

[@corndogfilms]

Great video man i heard that they were going to rework some of the old free campains don't know when tho

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@tzeffsmainchannel]

4:52 Red Orchestra 2 has this feature too! About a decaders ago!

[@mrsillywalk]

What engine does it use?

[@Russell970]

Unity3D

[@rogersgatty3644]

Yes the best ww2 game original and all dlcs . All Marco's updates make the game better more and more . Just little problems for the sound (reworked sounds planes and mg) and the game be perfect . I've played 385 h . The game is just fantastic

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching.

[@Pfandflasche]

The swastika flag can get your game banned in germany for example. No sales there then.

[@RandomFurry07]

I really hope they add an option to turn on the authentic Hakenkreuz and SS symbols Just to level up the authenticity a bit

[@Russell970]

Would you do a revisit? game received many big updates and a lot of content

[@dedsec91]

it's a good video, Keep it up

[@BrokenCircle1]

@@dedsec91 Thanks for watching!

[@Mewmew-y4m]

That Soooo true i been playing this game for months now i really like it. It's remind me of bf 1942 and bf 2 best 20 usd i ever spend.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Thanks for watching!

[@keenanorourke7659]

I like what you said at the end about the Swastika, CoD had done it in at least one of their WW2 games but they had them in the campaign... my issue is that you should want historic games about real events to be historically accurate.

[@MV-bay]

in the next few updates a sensitive content filter will be added so they will be in the game soon

[@KingofAmerica97]

You mention how Australia and Poland are playable factions. What map? Because I can't find them anywhere.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Poland is only a few I think in the Italian campaign and Austrailia is all over.

[@KingofAmerica97]

@@BrokenCircle1 But on what campaign are Australians a playable faction?

[@Russell970]

@@KingofAmerica97 Anzio campaign, you can literally see their flag too

[@MV-bay]

aussies are in one misson in normandy

[@coolfaiq8057]

I love this game,it really give me some enlisted and bf1942 vibes.

[@donlad]

When you were praising the animations there's a dude shooting his mate in the helmet lol 4:35

[@RandomFurry07]

That's the AI problem The AI in this game ain't super great

[@donlad]

@@RandomFurry07 rip

[@RandomFurry07]

​@@donlad at least they're reworking the AI after completing the TPS animations Edit: also the Kos rework

[@haz-dog4411]

Have you ever played ww1 isonzo? Also an indie shooter absolutely Epic!

[@titan_tanker]

6:41 ooookay I never knew this lol I thought it's milsim by default and cannot be changed. Although where's the fun in having a single crew to operate them all? I'll just stick with the default then 😂

[@Ovaljoke]

Does it have modes like conquest???

[@MV-bay]

no that would be stupid

[@Ovaljoke]

@@MV-bay how would it be stupid

[@MV-bay]

@@Ovaljoke for a historical and semi-tactical shooter it would be

[@michaelmiddlebrooks358]

I first played easy red 2 today and I am addicted and extremely impressed I'm on switch and even though the graphics aren't the best I'm still very impressed

[@BrokenCircle1]

@@michaelmiddlebrooks358 It is a good game. Thanks for watching.

[@PROPHYZ]

did you ever play day of infamy ? If not do it, got mod/bot support too.

[@Russell970]

Day of Infamy is good and all but its more like a CS WW2 themed game than anything, the maps are too small and the bot count is very low, other than that the gunplay is actually very good, I just wish it had bigger maps like Insurgency and a similar gameplay loop to Insurgency, It's abandoned by the developers now which is sad.

[@jamessweeney6428]

Have you tried Enlisted? I mainly play that but have been hearing a lot about East Red 2 and am curious how it stacks up to Enlisted. I love the idea of smarter AI

[@BrokenCircle1]

Never played it.

[@RandomFurry07]

It's not very comparable Multiplayer game Vs singleplayer game

[@WhatsUp-fe8jc]

@@RandomFurry07ER2 has multiplayer love it especially when the server is 10+ people it’s so intense

[@clover4522]

Easy Red has WAY LESS grind, it's just drop in and play. Easy Red is more like a single player bot match game that also happens to have multiplayer, Enlisted is a multiplayer grinding free to play shooter. They're not really comparable

[@joshuapowell2516]

What's the multiplayer like looks really good but im a bit worried if the multiplayer is dead?

[@MV-bay]

its pretty dead. only like 10 player servers

[@Patryk128pl]

Welp, apparently the Battle of Kos is being reworked, so maybe they'll rework the Pacific ones too in the future.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Yeah they both could use a rework. Thanks for watching I appreciate it.

[@Mrchungus11C-OIR]

Never played the multiplayer but I love hoping into that single player.

[@knicks_yanks]

Any plans for a PS5 release?

[@MV-bay]

yes they are

[@DanteDMCSparda]

Its the game i always wanted a realistic yet simple ww2 solo game i don’t like the turn modern multiplayer game have took, the grind bla bla skin packs bla bla having to do 20 challenges to get one pistol bla bla man i just want a fun game and that is exactly it

[@BrokenCircle1]

Yes. The thing I love about ER 2 is you can binge it for two months, put it down for a year and it will be the way you left it. No FOMO. No grind. Just fun.

[@PhoneGuy1122]

The first time I played this game Ive got it by pirating them, BAD Idea, the game literally got updates like one time at the week, or big updates come in a months, literally, the game updates every time, and every time get better, the creators hear the community, and for 20 bucks, or 13 Lucas, (I'm from. Chile) It's literally, the best Ww2 game that you can buy right now

[@mitchkupietz]

How is it compared to HLL?

[@clover4522]

A lot more action packed, way more shooting and combat than running

[@johndarkorlean8308]

Just got done trying enlisted and hell let loose, they were free. But this one I feel might be better. So I paid the small amount.

[@IliziahBurks]

So you can play as any country?

[@MV-bay]

yes but certain countries are for certain missions

[@Halluci44]

Downloading rn. I just randomly clicked in my xbox store ans saw this in new games.

[@pvtdraco]

I’m buy it rn

[@RMSW20]

I was randomly looking up red dead on Xbox, and I saw this game and I was so confused where I’ve been not to see this game

[@vex9596]

4:33 "Even the animations are details and realistic" - meanwhile there's a guy shooting at a friendly's head from point blank in the background 😂

[@Russell970]

Friendly fire is disabled for bots between themselves, however you can kill your teammate bots if you wanna be crazy.

[@vex9596]

@@Russell970 I noticed, I just found it funny. Thank you for the video!

[@Gr4ntTheBoss]

Hey, Broken Circle, do you know what Enlisted is? It's pretty much this game but with more arcadey infantry mechanics and uses the War Thunder models for the vehicles in the game (and it's multiplayer only unfortunately). It's got a lot of problems in comparison to be fair, but the game is also pretty fun if you can get past the premium stuff and the grind. That's actually how I found out about Easy Red 2 a while back, and bought it on Steam for myself, was through an Enlisted KZbinr.

[@shreksnow1918]

My favorite thing about War Thunder is how people from different countries CONSTANTLY leak classified documents on the forums to win an argument, or prove the devs wrong in how they’ve balanced the game🤣

[@Gr4ntTheBoss]

@@shreksnow1918 It was hilarious to be sure. But Enlisted isn't War Thunder. It's being developed by a different studio. Yes, Gaijin is the publisher, but Enlisted is it's own game in a way. You don't have to pay repair costs (thank God) unlike in War Thunder. It just has the War Thunder vehicle models in the game. A lot of people in the War Thunder and Enlisted community value historical accuracy, and there's a lot of toxicity surrounding that idea. It was bound to happen. But back on the topic of Easy Red 2 and Enlisted. Easy Red 2 is a lot like Enlisted to be honest. Both have squad mechanics, both have authentic vehicles and settings, and both games try to recreate the atmosphere of WW2 with a mix of arcade-gameplay and realism. I do believe Easy Red 2 does a few things better than Enlisted like the reload animations, certain elements of map design and the fact you don't have to grind years to get one item... but Enlisted has the benefit of a larger budget for it's development, so a lot of the maps and environments are pretty well-made and designed for the most part (aside from the gray areas on the map, or the "no fun" zone). If anyone where to play Enlisted, I'd recommend the Moscow campaign, as I think that's the purest form of Enlisted we got right now. Easy Red 2 has the potential to beat out Enlisted right now though if development on the game continues as planned, since Enlisted still hasn't done the merge yet. But yeah, historical accuracy purists I think would love both Enlisted and Easy Red 2, or someone just looking for a fun game to play.

[@WhatsUp-fe8jc]

Would love a new video on ER2

[@nagiaoe2434]

Have you tried trepang 2 yet?

[@BrokenCircle1]

Never heard of it.

[@shreksnow1918]

@BrokenCircle1 Trepang2 is this spiritual successor to FEAR where you can enter slow motion, the enemies are smart and try to flank you, and there’s a bunch of particles and other things that fly all over the place during combat. Halfway through the game you get the ability to dual wield every weapons AND IT’s GLORIOUS! Unfortunately, there’s not as much enemy variety as in FEAR, and the story is pretty lackluster. The gameplay is super good, but it could’ve had more substance. Also, as far as I’m aware there is no Trepang1. Trepang2 was just a code name they used during development, and they couldn’t change it later because it was part of the branding at that point. It’s super cool.

[@bilalkhichi6554]

Is single player included?

[@RandomFurry07]

It's the default

[@bilalkhichi6554]

@@RandomFurry07 means!

[@clover4522]

​@@bilalkhichi6554he means it is single player by default

[@sazerx5741]

Online or offline story mode??

[@CandarianGaming]

There's no story mode however it's a single player focused game, even though multiplayer is available. Tons of missions/campaigns available and the workshop has endless content also. You can play offline but you need to be online for the workshop maps/missions to work.

[@ryleeculla5570]

For some reasons Italian grenades go off on impact

[@MV-bay]

they are impact grenades

[@GuszkaErvin2000]

is it multyplayer?

[@corndogfilms]

Yes

[@gabs7756]

its like enlisted but better and not pay to win

[@BrokenCircle1]

How is Enlisted P2W? I never played it...

[@gabs7756]

@@BrokenCircle1 premium accounts get the best weapons and progress extremely fast, imagine facing a t-34 and the only thing you could counter it is with a pz II

[@gabs7756]

@@BrokenCircle1 also the gunplay is actually worse in Enlisted

[@MrDoBerek]

As a Red Orchestra 2 veteran , I think it's neat, but still needs some work until it "feels" and looks good.

[@BrokenCircle1]

Yes it is a bit rough around the edges.