History YMMV / RedOrchestra

** The jungles are full of booby-traps and landmines, underground tunnels allow the Viet Cong to pop up behind you with alarming regularity, playing as the North Vietnamese saves you from the terrors on the ground but the Americans own the skies and have filled it with gunships, attack helicopters, and napalm which scorches entire sections of the map at the whim of their commander. Welcome to the Rice Fields, ''[[PrecisionFStrike motherfucker]]''.

* MemeticMutation: "PTSD Simulator" as a FanNickname for ''Heroes of Stalingrad'' and ''Rising Storm''. (see below for why)
** It has only gotten worse (Or better, depending on your temperament) with Rising Storm 2.
* NightmareFuel: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57mICfWeAVg The screaming.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldNSMnEeKio Good]] ''god'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_1089341283&feature=iv&src_vid=ldNSMnEeKio&v=r5Dk0dyziXY the]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQijsMoNKbk screaming]].
** And that's before the flamethrower was introduced.
** TearJerker: Foes often call out for their mothers as they collapse and die in agony, [[WarIsHell making their deaths seem all the more tragic and cruel]].

** WarIsHell: The jungles are full of booby-traps and landmines, underground tunnels allow the Viet Cong to pop up behind you with alarming regularity, playing as the North Vietnamese saves you from the terrors on the ground but the Americans own the skies and have filled it with gunships, attack helicopters, and napalm which scorches entire sections of the map at the whim of their commander. Welcome to the Rice Fields, ''[[PrecisionFStrike motherfucker]]''.
* ShoutOut: ''[[https://steamcommunity.com/stats/418460/achievements Rising Storm 2]]'''s Steam achievements ''just don't stop'' with the {{Shout Out}}s. It starts with the obligatory famous Vietnam War media references, just goes on from there...''LiveActionTV/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', Music/JimiHendrix, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', the list goes on.

* AwesomeMusic: ''Rising Storm 2'' has Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival's "Run Through the Jungle" as its main menu music.
* ContestedSequel: ''Rising Storm 2'', probably inevitably considering the time period difference causes a lot of gameplay difference too. Plenty of fans just didn't find being out of World War 2 is the same.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: Attempted to be an AvertedTrope in ''Heroes of Stalingrad'' for territory mode, as there are restrictive limits on each class, with the exception of the unglamorous rifleman class having a limit that is equal to an entire team. This was carried over from the original, where most classes had a limit of one or two units at a time, but rifleman had no limit at all.
* ContestedSequel: ''Heroes of Stalingrad''. The concessions toward new players, constrained setting, messy launch, balancing complaints, and various other issues caused a divide between those satisfied with the game and those feeling it missed what made the original so great.
** ''Rising Storm 2'', probably inevitably considering the time period difference causes a lot of gameplay difference too. Plenty of fans just didn't find being out of World War 2 is the same.

* ShoutOut: ''[[https://steamcommunity.com/stats/418460/achievements Rising Storm 2]]'''s Steam achievements ''just don't stop'' with the {{Shout Out}}s. It starts with the obligatory famous Vietnam War media references, just goes on from there...''LiveActionTV/ItAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'', Music/JimmyHendrix, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', the list goes on.

* AwesomeMusic: ''Rising Storm 2'''s closed beta has Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival's "Run Through the Jungle" as its main menu music.

** WarIsHell: The jungles are full of booby-traps and landmines, underground tunnels allow the Viet Cong to pop up behind you with alarming regularity, playing as the North Vietnamese saves you from the terrors on the ground but the Americans own the skies and have filled it with gunships, attack helicopters, and napalm which scorches entire sections of the map at the whim of their commander. Welcome to the Rice Fields, ''[[PrecisionFStrike motherfucker]]''.

** WarIsHell: The jungles are full of booby-traps and landmines, underground tunnels allow the Viet Cong to pop up behind you with alarming regularity, playing as the North Vietnamese saves you from the terrors on the ground but the Americans own the skies and have filled it with gunships, attack helicopters, and napalm which scorches entire sections of the map at the whim of their commander. Welcome to the Rice Fields.

** TearJerker: Foes often call out for their mothers as they collapse and die in agony, [[WarIsHell making their deaths seem all the more tragic and cruel]].

* MemeticMutation: PTSD simulator (see below)

** TearJerker: Foes often call out for their mothers as they collapse and die in agony, making them seem all the more human.

** TearJerker: Thier cries of anguish can tug several heartstrings too. Especially when they all started to cry out for their mothers.

** And that's before the flamethrower was introduced.

* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: Attempted to be an AvertedTrope in ''Heroes of Stalingrad'' for territory mode, as there are restrictive limits on each class, with the exception of the unglamorous rifleman class having such a high limit that it is ensured it will at most make up over half of the team. This was carried over from the original, where most classes had a limit of one or two units at a time, but rifleman had no limit at all.

* NightmareFuel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57mICfWeAVg The screaming.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldNSMnEeKio Good]] ''god'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Dk0dyziX the]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQijsMoNKbk screaming]].

* NightmareFuel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57mICfWeAVg The screaming.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldNSMnEeKio Good]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5Dk0dyziXY god]] the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQijsMoNKbk screaming]].

* NightmareFuel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57mICfWeAVg The screaming.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldNSMnEeKio Good]] ''god'' the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQijsMoNKbk screaming]].

* NightmareFuel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57mICfWeAVg The screaming.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldNSMnEeKio Good]] ''god'' the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQijsMoNKbk screaming]].

* PlayerPreferredPattern: Attempted to be an AvertedTrope in ''Heroes of Stalingrad'' for territory mode, as there are restrictive limits on each class, with the exception of the unglamorous rifleman class having such a high limit that it is ensured it will at most make up over half of the team. This was carried over from the original, where most classes had a limit of one or two units at a time, but rifleman had no limit at all.

* NightmareFuel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57mICfWeAVg The screaming.]] Good ''god'' the screaming.

* NightmareFuel: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57mICfWeAVg ''The screaming. By god the screaming.'']]

* PlayerPreferredPattern: Attempted to be an AvertedTrope in ''Heroes of Stalingrad'' for territory mode, as there are restrictive limits on each class, with the exception of the unglamorous rifleman class having such a high limit that it is ensured it will at most make up over half of the team. This was carried over from the original, where most classes had a limit of one or two units at a time, but rifleman had no limit at all.