History VideoGame / RunningWithRifles

* WeirdHistoricalWar: In the "WW2: Undead" campaign of the ''Edelweiss'' DLC, you play as American troops in late May 1945 Germany and have to fight against German troops and zombies that have been reanimated by the Nazis.

In October 2017 a new campaign taking place in the Pacific theater during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII was released, with players able to play as either US Marines or IJA soldiers.

In December 2020 another DLC this time set on the Western Front was released, with the UK, US, and Germany as playable factions.

* ArtificialBrilliance: The A.I., though simple, is excellent for the game. Troopers under fire take cover before shooting back, they can tell where gunfire comes from with extreme accuracy, and low ranking solders group together under a superior officer freely. If pushed, the A.I. can even call in Artillery strikes almost as well as a human player.
** They also have a nice stealth mechanic, based on line of sight, time of day, level of alertness, and stance of the player.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Any A.I. troop of First Lieutenant or higher can take six shots before going down and needing to be revived. Contrast to everyone else who can only take one before dying.
** This may be due to the fact that A.I. soldiers get access to vests, just like the player.

* BoringButPractical: There are multiple rare weapons in the game that allows for players to get one up on the AI or even other players. However, despite that, the default faction weapons are just as useful (and cheaper as well!) and in the right hands, are just as deadly as any of the rare weapons.

* OptionalStealth: While the game focuses on massive battles, you are perfectly able to don a ghillie suit and sneak past enemy lines.
** Averted for Final Mission I and Final Mission II. Stealth is mandatory in both but for different reasons.

* WarIsHell: A very subtle example; the game utilizes ShowDontTell to depict war as pointless slaughter. The best example is when you receive orders with no explanation to assault a wide open street. After forty minutes of battle, no one holds [[CorpseLand the corpse-strewn, blood-covered street]].

* WalkingArmory: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Carry just two primary weapons and your accuracy and movement speed will suffer greatly.

* TakeCover: Pretty much necessary if you want to survive in any sort of firefight. [[DeployableCover Bringing along your own sandbags]] or a [[ShieldsAreUseful shield]] is often a good idea.

* TakeCover: Pretty much necessary if you want to survive in any sort of firefight. [[DeployableCover Bringing along your own sandbags]] or a [[ShieldsAreUseful shield]]is often a good idea.

''Running With Rifles'', or, to use the proper title ''RUNNING WITH RIFLES'' in a top down isometric shooter that takes a point of view similar to that of Operation: Flashpoint.

Unlike some military shooters you are a nobody, a random soldier with a combat life expectancy of thirty seconds who is simply sent to a war zone with minimal equipment and instructions to head to a rally point and muster for an assault on an enemy strong point.

In October 2017 a new campaign taking place in the Pacific theater during WW2 was released, with players able to play as either US Marines or IJA soldiers.

* ForeverWar: You never actually find out ''why'' any of this fighting is going on. Can also occur when fighting on one map without making any progress for long enough.

* LastStand: Happens if the enemy is inside of your last sector; no more soldiers can spawn in until the area is cleared. Also happens if you overextend yourself or don't notice all of your buddies dying/fleeing from the impending hordes.

* TakeCover: Pretty much necessary if you want to survive in any sort of firefight. [[DeployableCover Bringing along your own sandbags]] is often a good idea.

** Final Mission II shows this quite well when the player has no idea how to complete that mission, the snow in front of their holdout will get turned completely read from the sheer number of bodies.

'''Running With Rifles''', or, to use the proper title ''RUNNING WITH RIFLES'' in a top down isometric shooter that takes a point of view similar to that of Operation: Flashpoint.

* AwesomeButImpractical: any mass infantry charge without some sort of support, even from something as small as a Humvee, is going to result in hundreds of deaths. But damn if it doesn't look cool to have fifty men charging a position.

* WarIsHell: A very subtle example, best shown where you receive orders with no explanation to assault a wide open street. After forty minutes of battle, no one holds the street.
** Conversly, the upbeat music and cartoony style lend to WarIsGlorious.

* AwesomeButImpractical: any mass infantry charge without some sort of support, even from something as small as a Humvee, is going to result in hundreds of deaths. But damn if it doesn't look cool to have fifty men charging a position.

Running With Rifles, or, to use the proper title ''RUNNING WITH RIFLES'' in a top down isometric shooter that takes a point of view similar to that of Operation: Flashpoint.

Running With Rifles, or, to use the proper title RUNNING WITH RIFLES in a top down isometric shooter that takes a point of view similar to that of Operation: Flashpoint.