Insurgency: Sandstorm Critic Reviews

Insurgency: Sandstorm isn’t the prettiest shooter of 2018, but the places where it excels are the places that matter most. Its gunplay is superb, its arsenal is exemplary, and the maps and modes are serviceable enough to facilitate its memorably frantic and immersive FPS combat.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is one of the most surprising games of this generation. With amazing sound design, solid gunplay and original ideas, it has become the perfect game for FPS gamers.

Somehow in this most well-travelled of multiplayer FPS paths, Insurgency: Sandstorm feels fresh and innovative at every turn.

If you are looking for an online multiplayer shooter that is much more realistic than Call of Duty or Battlefield, but is not pain-in-the-ass realistic like Arma series, then Insurgency: Sandstorm is your choice; and with the promise of constant support and free DLCs from the developers, I expect that Insurgency will soon become a big player in this genre.

Insurgency: Sandstorm’s slower, more realistic approach likely won’t win over any Call of Duty fans, but then again it’s not really trying to. Sandstorm was made with a very specific type of player in mind, and if you fit that mold you’ll likely get dozens if not hundreds of hours out of the game. And even if you don’t fit that mold completely, there are enough ancillary incentives to make Sandstorm an excellent pick-up-and-play game, especially if you have some friends to recruit.

A tense as well as challenging online shooter that manages to strike a balance between simulation and fast paced action.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is a convincing online FPS. It's not for everyone, but the hardcore gamers will find a satisfying tactical shooter where a good coordination with the team members is vital for success.

It needs more content, but apart from that, we can’t really say anything bad about this demanding, challenging, realistic and satisfying experience.

Extremely demanding, extremely intense. But to be a hardcore success, Insurgency: Sandstorm still needs optimization and bug fixing.

This game from a small independent studio managed to one-up triple-A series like CoD and Battlefield. Insurgency: Sandstorm has a very clear understanding of what kind of experience it wants to deliver, and it doesn’t waste effort on timesinks like lootboxes or unlocks.

Insurgency: Sandstorm is an excellent tactical shooter, very well refined and with simple yet convincing mecanichs.

Difficult, tough, hardcore. Insurgency: Sandstorm is certainly not a FPS for everyone, but for the hardcore fans of the tactical line it's a good title.

Overall, Insurgency: Sandstorm has very few bugs, improved graphical quality, a new game engine, and a large array of weapons to use in battle.

The lack of a single player campaign is counterbalanced by the reduced price (€ 29.99); so we can also recommend it to all those who simply want to tack on an experience different from the most successful titles.

In spite of a small lack of content, Insurgency : Sandstorm is a very good multiplayer FPS which offers a feeling between the simulation or ArmA and the arcade of a Battlefield. Moreover, the community is welcoming with noobs which is nice.

Performance issues aside, Insurgency: Sandstorm nails the fundamentals of a great shooter. Weapon handling is tight and empowering. Strategy and perception are rewarded. It electrifies the senses like a hit of amphetamines, and is just as moorish. While it may not become as big of a hit as its mainstream contemporaries, Sandstorm is a potent alternative worth checking out.

One of the best simulation FPS on the market right now.

In spite of some technical issues and a lower graphic quality when compared to the competition, Insurgency: Sandstorm still is a realistic and hardcore experience.

Insurgency: Sandstorm may be spartan, but its limited package can still deliver memorable moments.

A very good game that needs some amount of balancing and polishing to really shine.