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Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

Fight in the theatre of war that changed the world forever. Battle alongside your compatriots on some of the most inhospitable environments of the Eastern Front in Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45. Red Orchestra…

83 14 March 2006

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a shooter developed by Tripwire Interactive, released 14 March 2006 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 is a shooter game developed by Tripwire Interactive and released in 2006. It was published by Avanquest Software Publishing. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 2.5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41–45 is a 2006 multiplayer tactical first-person shooter video game based on its predecessor Red Orchestra: Combined Arms. After winning the Make Something Unreal contest, the team behind the original Red Orchestra started the game studio Tripwire Interactive and developed Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41–45 as their first project.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. There are 44 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.2 GHZ or Equivalent, 512 MB RAM and 64 MB DX9 Compliant. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 launched on 14 March 2006, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II and Daxter. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Final Fantasy XII, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, Daxter.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 — frequently asked questions

When did Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 come out?
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 was released on 14 March 2006 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45?
At minimum, Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 needs 1.2 GHZ or Equivalent, 512 MB RAM, 64 MB DX9 Compliant graphics, 2 GB free hard drive space of storage.
How many GB is Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB free hard drive space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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