Since its inception over 8 years ago, Project Reality has built a large, dedicated community which has watched the mod evolve from a single forum post into one of the most successful and decorated modifications of its time. As Project Reality has continued to grow and branch out onto multiple game engines, one question has been continuously asked; Will Project Reality ever produce an independent game?
Well, today we are pleased to finally answer that question. The Project Reality team is proud to officially announce that we are currently developing a completely standalone PC game, Project Reality 2!
Project Reality 2 (or simply "PR2") will be a free to play multiplayer FPS PC game, based off of the critically acclaimed Project Reality modifications for Battlefield 2 and ARMA 2. Unlike our previous projects, PR2 will be a completely standalone game that will require no retail game to play. Our mission is to create the most realistic, immersive and demanding shooter within a virtual combat environment, focusing on encouraging teamwork through tactical gameplay.
Current Status
Project Reality 2 began in mid 2012 and is being created completely from scratch using Crytek's next generation game engine, CryEngine 3 SDK. This powerful engine provides tools able to create many stunning features to recreate and improve upon what you as Project Reality players have become accustomed to.
We are currently developing an initial Alpha build, which will hopefully be ready for internal testing within the next two months. Since Project Reality 2 is a standalone game, everything must be built from scratch, thus requiring more production time than PR’s previous projects. A public release is still away off, but don’t worry; during the entire development cycle we will be updating the community with as much news and media as possible.
Features & Content
Initially, Project Reality 2 will be a small scale, infantry based FPS with a comprehensive weapon handling system that will aim to be as realistic as possible. Map sizes will be 1km and 2km with an Advance and Secure (or "AAS") style game mode, similar to that seen in the Project Reality: BF2 and Project Reality: ARMA 2 modifications.
Maps
The internal Alpha will have the Fools Road map which has been beautifully recreated in CryEngine, a true to life representation of the eastern part of Laskar Gar, Afghanistan and a basic training map available for players to familiarize themselves with the controls and other in-game aspects of PR2. Also under development is an amazing recreation of the Spanish city, Sant Elm, which will be featured in a future update.
Factions
What factions can you expect to see in Project Reality 2? Well, currently we plan on implementing the British Armed Forces along with a Rebel / Insurgent Force. The United States Army faction is also currently under development.
Weapons
The PR2 team has been working around the clock to utilize CryEngine 3’s enhanced performance to create the highest quality models and textures ever produced by Project Reality. Listed below are just a few of the numerous weapons and equipment that will be at your disposal.
Join the PR2 Team
The Project Reality 2 team is actively recruiting talent! Would you like to be a part of an established development team with experienced developers and many more contributors? Do you have a skillset with CryEngine 3? If you'd like to help out then please don't hesitate to submit an application. Whatever your skill, we want to know. We are always recruiting.
As you can see, these are exciting times for Project Reality! For further information please feel free to browse the Project Reality 2 Forums and become more involved. Also, be sure to connect to Project Reality 2 through social media to stay informed and receive up to the minute updates, the occasional leaked bit of information and more! We thank you all for your continued support.
Hell Yeh!
Lock and load +1 Tracking!
Im starting to be crazy now.
Damn, there is rainbow puke all over my screen...
awesome
OMG ! NECESITO UNA PC NUEVA !
Wow!
Can the crytek engine netcode even handle such large scale cooperative missions with AI? I haven't seen it done successfully yet, but of all teams i would think you guys might be able to pull it off.
why with ai? it's much better to play against and with real players
Most likely for training
training against AI is wasted time. just join a squad on one of the servers, this is the best training you can have ;)
Not everyone can afford jumping straight onto a MP game all the time.
And a lot of people dont have internet connecton avalible all the time eighter so AI is still very important. PR for BF2 is also the best SP mod.
Are you kidding me???? Best news I could have gotten on my birthday. I still play PR:BF2 like ever 2 weeks. I am so excited!
Unless you can solve the horrible texture pop-in issues with CE3 this is going to fail miserably.
Based on their work with the original Project Reality, I believe they'll overcome it. They're far too detail-oriented to let that rather important detail slip through!
I know that there is no way in hell that my computer can run this game, but hey; who gives a ****; TRACKING!
Awesome!!!
good luck guys!
This will be like a titanic work!
tracking :D
WOW would it realy be possible to pull that of an that engine with all the helicopters,planes and a squad system would be awesome! Def. tracking!
That is an awesome sounding idea! I wonder though, as it is a standalone now, will you charge for any part of the game?
It will be free, because for CryEngine 3, you need a license to profit from the engine. If you release the game for free, you don't have to pay anything and it'll still be legal. There is more information on the CryTek website.
I am aware about the CE3 liscences. That doesnt mean the dev team could make an entire full game about it, and sell it!
What about vehicles? :D ..aside from that wrecked civilian car and boat from the map screens..
What about the FIST?
I wish good luck to developers! I will look forward!
1 and 2 km maps? you should be wrong, pr has atleast 4 km maps and vehicles
The key word in the original statement is "initially"....
Well... I have to be more attentive
aka project "better than that disappointing one core using pos called arma3"
WOW! Amazing news! Would love to join the dev team and help with this one.
I hope you do, the more people joining in the faster it will be put out and the higher quality of work!
This is unreal. I can't believe this is actually going to happen.
oh yea look like good game ;) track !
Wow great years are to come... for games all on the CryENGINE 3
Traction Wars... One of the most promising WW2 FPS coming up.
PR2... Well it says it all, it is going to look awesome on it!
Oh man, I really wanted be a level designer for Traction Wars, now I don't know..! xD
Sorry for double posts. ;)
Questions:
Will there be fixed wing aircraft/Ospreys?
How is the game going to play? (More like arma or more arcade like bf2?)
Will there be any kind of customization options to the player?
Will the map feature the MEC and China faction? Will there be any other imaginary factions?
Will there be a singleplayer campaign, mini campaign, bot mode, or co-op campaign?
How many players will the game support? How big will our squads be?
What will mumble be like?
I'm really happy that this idea is taking off- best of luck, and I'd be happy to help in any way I can!
Looks amazing! Tracking now.
great, fallowing, looking forward to this!
Cool, played this mod once in the days that BF2 was still cool. It was kind of cool, but hard to understand for newbies like me. I shall give it another try anytime soon. Has this stand-alone good populated servers? Can it still run on a less-modern computer these days?
Holy Delicious Beef Steak! Gotta Watch!
Singleplayer aswell?
Played Project Reality before and it was awesome! Can't wait for this.
Interesting. Yeah, since you have tons of assets ready, why not use a superior engine?! Are there gonna be several maps, or is it possible to stream as large an area in CrySDK as Arma II's (Real Virtuality?) Engine can?
**** is there a way that is not reading to don't track this?
Tracking !
Tracking, you should add the Australian military aswell
**** YES.
I got the most weirdest boner.