Darkest Hour 5.0 (a free Red Orchestra Mod)

[N1ghtmare]

Darkest Hour 5.0 released.

Darkest Hour, a mod for Red Orchestra Ostfront, which takes the player to the battlefield of Western Europe during WWII, has received a major update.

Website:

http://www.darkesthourgame.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=53

Trailer:

[M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JIlYZ8ScYM&feature=player_embedded[/M]

Mortar Operation Tutorial (mortars introduced with this update):

[M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QC5xvVrOSyI&feature=player_embedded[/M]

Changelog (it is VERY long):

http://forums.darkesthourgame.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8145

Podcast (created before release):

[M]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJq5n0zg3XE&feature=player_embedded[/M]

Some Pics:

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Personally, I never played much RO until I downloaded DH4.0 when I saw the ad on the front of BUF. I was instantly hooked and I have played it every week since I started.

This game (along with RO) takes a very realistic stance to infantry and tank combat. This is not COD/BF. Beating your opponent will require more than shooting quick.

 

[tomcat ha]

ro veteran here.
I think DH is pretty good for a mod but the maps are too linear and too much grindfests. I prefer the stock RO maps. DH does ad some neat features.

 

[N1ghtmare]

ro veteran here.
I think DH is pretty good for a mod but the maps are too linear and too much grindfests. I prefer the stock RO maps. DH does ad some neat features.

The tanking is a lot more cutthroat and unlike RO 'ping pong' matches.

I will agree though if you do not have a good team the infantry/Combined arms matches may degenerate into stalemate. Gotta yell at your officer to get that smoke up.

But the community in DH is generally very mature/helpful and you do not get very many 13 year olds screaming into their mike.

 

[Polychron]

A mod for a mod?

 

[Zxanphorian]

A mod for a mod?

We must go deeper.

 

[Jacks:Revenge]

A MOD WITHIN A MOD WITHIN A MOD...

...WITHIN A DREAM.

 

[Vaskadar]

We must go down to the fifth level!

 

[Manticore]

I used to play RO back in the day when it was strictly a mod and not a stand alone. It might be worth picking up a copy of Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 and checking this out.

 

[tomcat ha]

The tanking is a lot more cutthroat and unlike RO 'ping pong' matches.

I will agree though if you do not have a good team the infantry/Combined arms matches may degenerate into stalemate. Gotta yell at your officer to get that smoke up.

But the community in DH is generally very mature/helpful and you do not get very many 13 year olds screaming into their mike.

i remember liking the tanking aspect the most. Its not about maps being stalemates that i have a issue with. Its that most infantry maps are so incredibly linear and undynamic. I take koitos over pretty much every DH infantry map ive played so far.

A mod for a mod?

not sure if troll

 

[Festering Anus]

I just want to play RO2.