Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: Video Game
Brand: UBI Soft
EAN: 3307211614277
Label: Ubisoft
Manufacturer: Ubisoft
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 216 months
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 132 months
Platform: Windows XP
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release Date: October 03, 2008
Studio: Ubisoft

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Editorial Review:

Amazon.co.uk Review:


In a nutshell:
After a successful tour of duty on the current gen consoles Brothers in Arms returns in the ultimate WWII squad based shooter, set during the closing months of the war as you take part in the crucial Operation Market Garden in the Netherlands.



The lowdown:
Although there were many astonishing looking games at the recent E3 event this was for most people the most graphically amazing next gen game seen so far. The levels not only look near photorealistic but the game world is huge and almost completely interactive. The gameplay works in the same basic way as before, with an easy to use onscreen cursor enabling you to direct your men with a single button press. New movement types now exist though, allowing you to specify stealth or patrol postures depending on what you’re doing and how fast you need to move. The only problem is the enemy have the same abilities and their artificial intelligence is advanced enough to make proper use of them.



Most exciting moment:
Not only are the enemy intelligent but they’re also well trained, reacting just as a real German soldier would. They’ll hide in doorways, ambush at road junctions and even, in one memorable encounter, hide behind a washing line – where your only warning is from a Dutch civilian at a window above.



Since you ask:
Everything in the game is as realistic as possible with streets and house copied exactly from photos taken at the time, while all weapons and vehicles are modelled to work exactly as they did in real life.



The bottom line:
The most realistic WWII game ever – in terms of history, tactics and graphics.
HARRISON DENT






Rating: - not Hidden & Dangerous
Nice graphics, shame about the game play. It still feels as if it is on rails. I could not make sense of the story line, probably because I did not care too much about it. What was the point of the bit that involved running through a burning building?

The hospital part was almost silent hill; for a few seconds, then just got boring, walk down corrider, hide behind sofa, shoot germans, walk on a bit, repeat, etc. I was hoping for something like Hidden & Dangerous.

Overall ... Read More

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Rating: - pedestrian
I hoped this would be a supplement to CoD but I'm afraid it don't cut it (at least not compared to CoD4), and the game does seem to be several years behind in terms of execution.
Game play is totally linear with single paths through most maps - very minor variations in a couple of places but you are otherwise herded by ridiculous barriers. Only specific things appear to be jumpable.
Interactivity is dismal; you can't shoot anything much other than enemies (the "Sam Peckinpah" slow-motion ... Read More

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Rating: - The Problem with Narrative
The progress of this series reminds me of the `Medal of Honor' franchise, which began with two excellent Playstation titles, but then changed for the worse when it moved to the PS2, becoming pre-occupied with narratives of heroism, with bugles and flapping flags, a pre-occupation which has overtaken exciting gameplay as the signature of the series. `The Brothers in Arms' games have always had narratives, but in earlier games the focus on individual characters was offset by really challenging level design ... Read More

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Rating: - A great game
No doubt great gameplay, great graphics, got Far Cry 2 at the same time & hardly played it, online side is pretty poor & the worst part for me is how short the game is, I hardly get a chance to play & yet completed it in what seemed only a few visits to the pc, great game so 5 stars for fun but very short so only 3 stars overall.

Long cinematic scenes that really did my head in, they start, you can go to the loo, make a tea, eat your dinner, come back & it will only be halfway through one, yawn, ... Read More

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Rating: - Joy stick playable
I am sincerely hoping someone has a heart and can help me. I suffer from MS and find games using keyboards difficult. Can you play Brothers in Arms with a joystick/Gamepad if not can someone recommend a great game similar to this one

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