I don't know if this game really nails the balance between arcade and tactical.

Rising Storm is probably my favourite online shooter series, and while it also has serious problems, i consider it to do a few things better than I:S

The shooting in this game is great however. Guns feel punchy and responsive. The loadout system is fun and in depth and the modes (mostly) feel appropriate for the mechanics. I think this game suffers the most from it's tight maps and small scale, it almost feels like a tactical CS instead of a sim shooter

Regardless, very fun. I've put a lot of enjoyable hours into the game, and don't regret a minute of it