Rising Storm 2: Vietnam

Moderate overall intensity

Highest flag: Violence — graphic & gore

HistoricalShooterSimulation

What's in it

Violence graphic & gore

High

Realistic Vietnam War firefights with rifles, machine guns, explosives, and flamethrowers/napalm against human soldiers, producing blood spray and bloody death.

Language moderate

Moderate

In-game soldier voice barks and radio chatter include profanity amid the combat.

Substances referenced

Low

Indirect references to smoking, drugs, and alcohol appear in the wartime setting; no player use.

Dark themes mild

Low

Depicts the killing and death of the Vietnam War, with propaganda broadcasts and the grim tone of soldiers dying in combat.

Spending cosmetic purchases

Low

Optional cosmetic and content DLC is available for real money.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatChat with strangersUser-created contentReal-money spending

What it is

Rising Storm 2: Vietnam is a large-scale (up to 64-player) online tactical first-person shooter set during the Vietnam War, pitting US, Australian and South Vietnamese forces against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong factions across jungle battlefields. Combat is realistic and gritty: players use era-accurate rifles, machine guns, explosives, mines, traps and flamethrowers, and can pilot helicopters, with blood, wounds, death, napalm burns and explosive violence against human enemies. The setting carries grim war themes and propaganda, and there are indirect references to smoking, alcohol and drugs. Because it is played online with open voice and text chat, players may encounter profanity and, on some community-run servers, racist or hateful comments from other players.

How it's framed

The game frames its violence as authentic, unglamorized depiction of the Vietnam War, emphasizing grit, teamwork and the brutality of the conflict rather than heroism; enemy propaganda broadcasts underscore themes of betrayal and futility, and killing enemy players is the core scored objective.

Details

Developer: Antimatter Games
Publisher: Tripwire Interactive
Released: May 30, 2017

Metacritic 81critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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