Talk:Receiver 2

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Receiver 2 Steam Box Art Release Date: April 14, 2020 Developer: Wolfire Games Publisher: Wolfire Games Platforms: Microsoft Windows MacOS Genre: First-Person Shooter

Released in 2020 as a sequel to 2012's Receiver, Receiver 2 is a first-person shooter with an emphasis on realistic firearms handling published and developed by Wolfire Games. The player, a "Receiver", is given a random weapon and tasked with navigating a procedurally-generated urban environment while evading hostile Killdrones and collecting cassette tapes. As in the first game, Receiver 2 has a complex weapons handling system where each function of the weapon (hammer, safety, slide release, slide, magazine release, ect.) is mapped to a different button, which effectively requires the player to execute long series of inputs to reload a firearm. To further complicate gameplay, the player's firearms can also experience various malfunctions, such as double-feeds and failure-to-ejects, and the magazines/cylinders of their weapons can be partially blocked off, restricting their capacities.

The following weapons appear in the video game Receiver 2:

Automatic Pistols

Automatic pistols (or, alternatively, self-loading pistols) in Receiver 2 have a different set of pros and cons compared to revolvers. Their greatest advantage is their superior magazine capacity, as all of the game's automatic pistols can hold more (sometimes much more) than 6 rounds. Reloading is also a somewhat streamlined experience; a player with multiple loaded magazines can reload extremely quickly, while a player with just one magazine still has the benefit of not needing to worry about cylinder rotation or blocked chambers. Automatic pistols, unlike revolvers, can experience numerous malfunctions, however. Stovepipes, double-feeds, handicapped magazines, and failure-to-feeds can range from mildly annoying to crippling, depending on the player's current level and situation.

Beretta M9

The Beretta M9 appears as an available handgun in-game. With its generously-sized 15-round magazine and toggleable safety (which also functions as a decocker), the M9 is both an effective and relatively safe option. The design of its safety allows the player to manipulate the slide to chamber a round or perform a press check, for example, without having to put the firearm in a condition where it could potentially fire, which both wastes ammunition and risks personal injury.

Beretta M9 - 9x19mm Parabellum

The Beretta M9 in the help menu.

Standing just outside an apartment, the player holds the M9 (with the safety on) and one of its magazines. If the witness holes are to be trusted, this mag has approximately 11-12 rounds in it.

Working to clear a hallway with the Beretta in their hands, the player breathes a sigh of relief that the ceiling turret in their peripheral vision has already been put out of the fight with a clean shot to the motor, which prevents it from rotating.

Press-checking the service pistol. Gold means go!

The player takes the safety off their Beretta, manually pulling back the hammer as they do so. This provides a shorter trigger-pull, which in turn grants better first-shot accuracy.

Taking aim at a drone...

...and striking it down with the power of a small piece of metal moving really fast.

Back inside the apartment, the player experiences an unfortunate failure-to-eject (stovepipe) malfunction.

A quick tug of the slide fixes this issue, thankfully.

Back in the Compound, the player takes a look at the left side of the M9.

Colt M1911/A1 Hybrid

The Colt M1911 featured in Receiver 2 is a hybrid of the M1911 and the M1911A1. The weapon notably features the checkered grips, larger hammer spur, and markings of the M1911 while possessing the larger ejection port, curved mainspring housing, shorter trigger, and trigger frame cuts of the M1911A1. It holds only 7 rounds per magazine, which is low for an automatic pistol, but its relatively simple operation and manual safety make it an easy weapon to use effectively.

Colt M1911 (dated 1913) - .45 ACP

World War II Colt M1911A1 - .45 ACP

The hybrid 1911 in the help menu. Note the combination of M1911 (diamond grips, larger hammer, slide markings) and M1911A1 (short trigger + cutaways, curved spring housing, larger ejection port) features.

Desert Eagle Mark XIX

The Desert Eagle Mark XIX in .50 AE is the most powerful of the game's firearms. Holding 7+1 rounds, the Desert Eagle is capable of dealing immense damage to turrets and drones, frequently destroying multiple components or completely disabling the machine with just a single shot. Shot placement still matters, however, and the Desert Eagle is dead last in the "ease of making a quick follow-up shot" department. Its magazine size, joint worst in the game, also leaves a lot to be desired.

Magnum Research (MRI) Desert Eagle Mark XIX, current production model with Picatinny railed barrel and different safety catch - .50 AE

The Desert Eagle Mark XIX as it appears in the game's help menu.

Finding themselves tucked away in the back corridors of a dead industrial zone, the player holds the Desert Eagle, hammer down and safety engaged, at a low ready.

Even a Desert Eagle is useless without ammunition, however, so the player holsters the handcannon and loads some .50 AE rounds into the weapon's magazine. The red "X" indicates that this magazine is partially "blocked", meaning that it holds only 4 rounds instead of 7.

After inserting the magazine into the weapon, the player brings a round into the chamber.

Performing a press check, which is met with satisfactory results.

Having completed the Deagle's reloading process, the player holds the locked-n'-loaded handgun in their not-hands. Attempting to holster the weapon in this state is generally inadvisable, as hesitating for even a fraction of a second when holding the "holster" button will cause a negligent discharge. Unlike the game's other weapons, the Desert Eagle offers no second chances to a player that shoots themselves in the leg - it only takes one self-inflicted .50 AE round to end a run.

Receiver 2's firearms handling system allows the player to perform actions not seen in other flatscreen first-person shooters; for example, by holding the "hammer" button, pulling the trigger, and releasing the "hammer" button, the player can safely lower the Deagle's hammer without firing the weapon. The hammer can then be re-cocked to fire, but letting your finger slip off the hammer button too quickly (before it is fully cocked) will cause it to fall, firing the handgun.

In a different area, the player holds a new fully-loaded magazine in one hand and a locked-open Desert Eagle in the other.

Aiming down the Mark XIX's iron sights at a turret.

A fraction of a second later, the player pulls the trigger. In response, the Eagle's slide shoots backwards and a fireball erupts from the muzzle.

The handgun at full recoil, which demonstrates an oddly octangular spent casing in the midst of being ejected.

A frame or two later and the handgun feeds the next round. The spent casing tumbles through the air, its job completed.

Revolvers

Revolvers have their own advantages and disadvantages when compared to automatic pistols. The greatest point in favor of the revolvers is their simple method of operation; they cannot experience malfunctions, and clearing a misfire or blocked chamber is as easy as pulling the trigger again. The DA/SA revolvers can also be fired in single-action by pulling back on the hammer, giving them a very light trigger pull and comparatively good first-shot accuracy. The greatest disadvantages of the revolvers, however, are their small and unexpandable cylinder capacities as well as the need to manage cylinder rotation (when dealing with blocked chambers).

Colt Detective Special

The player can unlock the Colt Detective Special by completing the first level for the first time (check this?). Its cylinder rotates clockwise, so any blocked chambers are best aligned to the right of the barrel. Its short barrel makes the revolver faster to pull from a holster but makes longer shots less reliable.

Colt Detective Special 1st Gen with Round Butt - .38 Special

Colt Single Action Army

The Colt Single Action Army is unlocked by completing the fourth level for the first time, making it the last weapon the player can unlock. As a vintage single-action revolver, the SAA is significantly harder to use than any other weapon in the game. Time-consuming reload notwithstanding, the Single Action Army's greatest shortcoming is its lack of a transfer bar safety, which means that the hammer either needs to be at half-cock or resting over an empty chamber to safely holster. Failing to do so can result in the revolver misfiring (directly into the player's leg) after a fall.

Colt Single Action Army with 5.5" barrel - .45 Long Colt

Smith & Wesson Model 10

The Smith & Wesson Model 10 is one of the weapons that the player can spawn with. In contrast to the Detective Special, the Model 10's cylinder spins counter-clockwise; this means that any blocked chambers should be placed to the left of the barrel. The Model 10's long barrel gives it superior accuracy but makes it slower on the draw.

Smith & Wesson Model M&P Revolver with 5" Barrel - .38 Special