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Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is a multiplayer action game set in battles between the forces of South Vietnam and the North during the era of automatic rifles, grenade launchers and other modern weapons. Up to 64 players fight as the United States Army and Marine Corps, the Australian Army, the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), the North Vietnamese Army (PAVN) or the National Liberation Front (Viet Cong). The game features realistic weapon handling and an authentic look and feel.

Southern forces

The Southern forces rely on firepower and mobility, with different supporting arms for each army. The US Army and Marine Corps can call in airburst artillery, the Spooky gunship and napalm strikes; the Australian Army has Canberra bombers and heavy artillery; and the ARVN can use medium mortar barrages and napalm strikes from A-1 Skyraiders.

Southern squads can use helicopters for transport and combat. A squad can spawn at its leader’s position while the leader is alive and in a suitable location. The four flyable helicopters are:

• UH-1 Huey: rapidly transports a squad across the map.
• OH-6 Loach: serves as a spotter and airborne command post, as well as a fast gunship equipped with miniguns.
• AH-1G Cobra: a heavily armed gunship flown by a pilot and weapons officer.
• Australian Bushranger: a Huey equipped with dual M60 machine guns, a minigun and rockets.

Southern weapons range from older equipment to more recent arms, including the M1 Garand, M2 Carbine, M3 “grease gun”, BAR, M1919 .30-cal LMG, M14 Battle Rifle, M40 and XM21 sniper rifles, M60 LMG and M16 automatic rifle. Heavier weapons include the M79 grenade launcher and M9A1-7 flamethrower; explosives include M61 frag grenades, M8 smoke grenades, C4 and M18 Claymore mines.

Northern forces

The PAVN, also called the NVA, is the regular, disciplined and better-equipped Northern force. The Viet Cong are guerrilla fighters of the NLF who use a variety of weapons passed down from Russia and China. The PAVN can call in heavy artillery, use surface-to-air missile defenses and receive rapid reinforcements via the Ho Chi Minh trail. The NLF can call in heavy barrages using mortars, rockets and white phosphorus.

Northern squad leaders can place spawn tunnels across the maps, letting their squads spawn closer to the fighting or behind enemy lines. NVA and VC fighters crouching or prone in cover cannot be spotted by Southern helicopters or aircraft. Their commander can call in SA-2 missiles against Southern air assets, activate the Ho Chi Minh Trail to speed up team respawns, or use Ambush Spawn to bring waiting teammates to the commander’s position.

Northern weapons include AK-47 and Type 56 assault rifles; Russian SKS-45, US M1 Carbines and Mosin Nagant 91/30 rifles; MN 91/30 and SVD sniper rifles; PPSh-41 and French MAT-49 submachine guns; the IZh-58 double-barrelled shotgun; DP-28 and RPD light machine guns; and the RPG-7 rocket launcher. Traps and explosives include MD-82 toe-popper mines, tripwires and Punji traps.

Battles and equipment

The game has more than 20 maps, over 50 weapons and three game modes. Its asymmetric warfare pits VC traps and tunnels against Southern napalm and helicopters. Proximity VOIP lets players communicate nearby, and hundreds of character customization options are available.