![]() The Brothers in Arms series is completely different from the other WWII shooters out there and I highly recommend you check them out if you haven’t already. It took a while for my eyes to focus on the low res textures, but once I got past that, I was really enjoying myself. I think the sequel came out at a time when I didn’t have an Xbox and my PC couldn’t handle it, so I simply never played it. I hadn’t actually played that one yet, but absolutely loved the first in the series. ![]() But last night I had a wicked craving to play a WWII FPS and remembered that I had Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood on my Xbox. I’m still having mass problems connecting to games and have pretty much given up in that department. I’ve popped it in a few times to replay some missions but always get frustrated and end up shutting it off before the end. Now that I have everything opened up, I find that I’m tossing it in just to do a few races here and there on a pretty regular basis. Need for Speed Carbon has definitely grown on me. The sequel has been announced for end of this year. Like I said – this game is incredible on so many levels. You are able to turn it on if you want – but I think it cheapens the game and chose to keep it the way the developers wanted me to play it. By default, there’s no crosshair! You can’t imagine how strange it feels to play without a crosshair until you do it. I don’t remember running out once – but maybe I’m just used to conserving since playing Half-Life 2 and Halo 2 a couple times each. So cool! The other cheat I unlocked was infinite ammo – which I think is useless. ‘Old Movie’ mode is awesome! As you would imagine, they’ve stripped most of the colour leaving you with a grainy, sepia toned image. I just beat it on normal mode and I’ve been given a couple cheats as a reward. I nearly dropped the controller and shat my pants all at the same time. He tapped his comrade on the shoulder, pointed in my direction and they both fell back to a position where they were covered from both angles. I snook around to the left side to flank them but one of them spotted me before I had a chance to shoot. Totally caught me off guard and actually gave me this very uncomfortable feeling.ĭuring the first mission that you have someone under you, I had him suppressing the enemy who were pinned behind a wall. As if that wasn’t bad enough… the voice over that immediately followed is Matt Baker (your character) screaming at the top of his lungs “ How did this happen? Why did he leave them? Fuck!“… and so on, for about 30 seconds. By the time you get to him, he’s on his knees in tears with your squad mate’s dead bodies lying around him. screaming your name and various other things. At the end of the mission you hear the other Sgt. During one mission, half of your squad is left under the command of another Sgt. But there’s this one that keeps coming back to me and giving me chills. He often mentions his family, more often his father and things he remembers being taught. Most of the time, it’s off topic banter relating to other squad mates and your past history with them. A voice over plays as you await the battle. Not that I’m a WWII expert or anything – but they’ve included lots of ‘extras’ that you unlock as you play – which include ‘then and now’ photos of various locations used in the game as well as structural recreations that are mind blowing.īefore each mission, there’s a black screen with the title of your next mission and the date. It’s based on a true story with the highest level of accuracy and authenticity I’ve seen in a game. BIA is such a unique experience that it soars above the rest in a place all it’s own. You can’t even compare the dozens of other WWII FPS to it – there’s simply no comparison. I’m not gonna beat around the bush here… Brothers In Arms: Road To Hill 30 is one of the best games I’ve ever played, hands down.
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