Audience Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Binding: Video Game
Brand: UBI Soft
EAN: 3307210331144
Label: Ubisoft
Manufacturer: Ubisoft
Manufacturer Maximum Age: 216 months
Manufacturer Minimum Age: 132 months
Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release Date: September 26, 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: - Don't buy new for £35 buy second hand, thats all its worth.
I certainly agree with the first review above. It is a dated game. The trailers make it look great but shows no resemblance. Ubisoft get your act together.

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Rating: - The biggest anticlimax ever!!!!
Considering the amount of time that this game has been in production and the hype over the past few years, I was expecting great things. As a fan of the original games in this series, I purchased an Xbox 360 primarily for this game.

However, that was almost 3 years ago. During the wait, I burned out 4 Xboxes and eventually defected to the PS3 camp.

When the game was finally released, I had it pre-ordered from Amazon. It arrived on launch day, and within 10 minutes I was ... Read More

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Rating: - Good fun
Brothers In Arms Hell Highway, is more of a tactical game as opposed to the COD series, which is a shoot 'em up. Although good, COD rarely gives a true feeling of war as you run around aimlessly at times. BIA is very different to this, the enemy, are intelligent and will take cover and in Authentic mode they will try to flank you, so a bit of awareness does help. The cut scenes are great, no matter what the above reviews say, once watching the cut scenes you do genuinely feel bad when a comrade bites ... Read More

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Rating: - Band of Brothers
I never bought this game myself and from what I read in reviews of previous BIA I wasn't going to but my long suffering girlfriend did buy it and I thought it was great. Yes it has it's niggles regarding the fact you can only go certain areas etc etc but I found this a great game. The AI of the troops is good and at first the controlling of your squads is a pain but it sure is satisfying calling in your bazooka boys to take out a MG42 position and I NEVER got tired of the slo mo pieces with bodies blowing ... Read More

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Rating: - Good but not great
I have recently completed BIA and read several of the reviews and can understand the mixed feelings. I have always been a fan of the Brothers in Arms series and enjoyed the genuine innovation and tactics of the original PS2 games - but feel in some ways they are still superior to their PS3 counterpart.
On reading some of the reviews saying "a poor shooter" "not as good as COD" etc these individuals are missing the point - it is NOT a shooter, and is not in competition with the likes of COD, Medal of Honour ... Read More

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