Seven years have passed since Rising Storm 2: Vietnam launched. The game had its golden age, moved to the Epic Games Store with a disastrous patch that broke the in-game voice system, and then fell into abandonment as co-developer Antimatter Games closed shop.
This story should have ended there, with Rising Storm 2: Vietnam leaving behind a mixed legacy of fun and unfulfilled potential.
Today, however, it looks like the specter of Vietnam is haunting the gaming shores, dragging thousands of players along with it.
It has been three years since the last update, and Tripwire released a surprise patch that fixed the VoIP issues introduced in 2021 as part of the Epic Games Store integration patch.
This bug had turned off waves of experienced players for whom the cooperative aspect was the bread and butter of Rising Storm 2.
If the patch enticed veteran players to give the jungles of Vietnam another change, an insane midweek deal on Steam hooked a lot of new players in.
Rising Storm 2 is on sale for $1.24 on Steam, a whopping 95% off, and the discounts run until November 18.
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