Thoughts on Hell Let Loose?

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Not really one you can solo easily

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well shite.

nice. I might give it a try tomorrow and get a steam refund if I decide it's not for me. I definitely don't mind jumping into a random squad if they're communicating.

Are the controls relatively easy? I couldn't get the hang of Arma's controls when I tried it a while back.

I've got over three hundred hours in it. As has been mentioned, this isn't a game you can solo or you're not going to enjoy it. You join squads and each squad has set roles, i.e. rifleman, officer, engineer, anti-tank etc. You level up each class to unlock different load-outs for said class.

HLL requires teamwork and communication to get the most out of it, if you have a squad that works together and communicates, it's alot of fun. If you just want to run and gun cod style, you probably aren't going to have a good time.

Yea it's a different game. Snipers are in two man recon squads. Each team can only have two recon squads so it will be difficult to play sniper starting out. The game takes a bit to get the hang of it but it becomes pretty satisfying when you get good at it.

It's an incredible and very complex game.

Like others above have said, 100% a team oriented game. There's different levels of communication. You and your squad can all talk and communicate, and your squad leader can talk and communicate with other squad leaders and the commander, who has some special abilities like airstrikes and dropping supplies/spawns. There's no kill streaks or extras from the other games...the commander abilities are as close as it gets and even then requires a lot more strategy than other shooter games.

There's lots of different ways to play the game...if you're coming in as a first timer, just go rifleman and go try to get a feel for things and get some kills. Gotta play much much slower than COD or BF as you will get one shot from clear across the map and never have a clue from who or where. Later on, I'd suggest getting into Support or Engineer and start feeling out the build mechanics in the game for putting up defenses and stuff. Very fun and rewarding play style. The Machine Gunners are fun to just go get tons of shots/kills but are very important if you are in a defensive mode and don't want them wasted on a first timer. Medic is good for a new guy too...get some kills and save some teammates. They'll appreciate that. Sniper and Recon are very fun, but takes a lot of luck and timing to end up in that spot, especially the sniper. I personally enjoy the recon squad leader more than the actual sniper. DO NOT try to be a squad leader until you know what the hell you're doing and have mastered basic mechanics and concepts. Everybody in your squad and the command chat thanks you for not doing so.

Save the tanks for experienced tankers...hop in to that once you've figured out the basics...most of the tankers don't mind having a new guy onboard and sort of teaching as long as you don't mind being a driver or spotter at first. Don't expect to hop in and be given the gunner. Feel free to hop in a transport truck, but DO NOT take the supply truck til you know what's going on with it and intend to be an engineer and do some building.

As far as guns, each class has about 3 different load out options and you don't customize the guns or anything...you just roll with what they come with. M1 Garand is a great starting spot, find a class with it. 8 rounds of semi-auto with 1 hit kill ability. Kar98 is same if you're on German side except its 5 rounds of bolt action. M1 Carbine and some of the other semi-auto weapons are pretty decent with less one hit kill power at range than the M1. The SMGs are good and pretty easy to control up close but they're hell to use outside of very close range. Pistols suck...period.

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Hilarious when drinking with friends and a really good time if you got the time for it as matches last about 1 hour 30min.

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I think i'm gonna give it a shot today if anyone's gonna be on.

I love the game. Friendly fire is turned on so I often find myself suiciding beside guys on my team with grenades.

Holy shite…..

Played two games so far and yeah it’s pretty fun. First match no one in my squad talked but they did a little on the second game. Helped a lot for sure.