Recent reviews by Zapatista

This game is pretty unique in how it feels. The guns have a nice feeling to them. Gun play is hardcore. Taking down an enemy also feels great. I find myself coming back to it time and time again.

You usually die in a single shot from whatever weapon unless you are wearing heavy armor. This does a couple of interesting things. You can easily get wallbanged through objects. (Almost everything is wallbangable). You can also get taken out easily if you are running around in the open. These have the effect of constantly keeping you on your toes. It's like the "hardcore mode" you can find in other shooters but basically the whole game is like that. I strongly suggest watching some gameplay footage on YouTube, you'll see what I mean.

It also has a good competitive scene. I have a lot of hours in this game and most of it is playing in competitive mode at the Pick up Games or Scrimmages. These PUGs are held in several discord channels (mostly "The Gym" nowadays) and are the next level of gameplay if you have mastered pubs. I strongly suggest trying them if you are slowly getting bored of dominating in public servers. It almost resets all your knowledge and presents a new level of improvement.

Basically you join up, teams are picked and you play a 5v5 in Firefight mode - 20 rounds total, first to 11 wins, you capture the OBJ to spawn dead teammates and have majority control. Analogous to ESEA in CS:GO but more of a community and less organized. Don't worry as people will teach you the map callouts and point you in the right direction. For those who are already familiar with competitive gameplay from other shooters, come try this one, it's sort of unique in it's little ways with plenty of fun.

With the new game Insurgency: Sandstorm coming out, the scene will probably migrate there but it's still active as of yet. There are even two tournaments that are going to be held in Summer of 2018 - probably the last events for Insurgency 2.

Whether you like pub stomping or more structured competitive gameplay, this game is really fun and worth it at the low price range it's usually offered at. You won't be disappointed. And who knows, maybe it'll be your gateway to Sandstorm.