A good enough game that I don't even mind it's set in WW2.
Pros
Cons
World War 2 games have been done to death, but as sick of the setting as I am I can't help but appreciate it a tad more in Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway.
It utilizes the setting in a more interesting way, putting more focus on characters instead of the war which is something a lot of other games don't do or at least do as well as BiA, which does it with a great deal of cinematic flair.
The game play itself isn't anything especially original.
You could strike up accurate comparisons to say Rainbow Six or Gears in the utilization of cover, the switching from first person to third person when using said cover.
But what it does it does well.
Game play consists of a lot of issuing orders to your squad.
Mainly to give suppressing fire on the enemy whilst you sneak around the side and try to flank them. Some parts of the game you have a squad with a man armed with a bazooka that can be useful in taking out enemy cover or machine gun emplacements as well as some of the heavier artillery.
One nice touch is the amount of gore in the game.
A lot of war games don't feel like accurate representations of war so much as virtual reenactments. You guide your character around, point a gun at another guy - say bang - and he falls over. Not in especially messy fashion. A lot of games make war feel cleaner then it is.
In BiA there is quite a bit of blood splatter when you shoot a guy, all the more evident when your shots deemed good enough to trigger an action camera - it'll zoom in on your shot to watch the guy fall over and see the blood spray as it should.
Explosions - whether from grenades or tank cannon also blow guys to bits, sending appendages flying every which way.
I haven't touched the multi player yet and I'm not really planning too, so I won't comment on that.
Even without taking multi player into account the game is pretty damn good.
It climbs a pile of generic WWII shooters and breathes a tiny bit of life into a stale setting.
- Pretty intense action that utilizes cover mechanics well.
- A story less about the war and more about a handful of the people in it, which gives it a more personal touch then some other games provide.
- More blood and gore then the average war game.
- Hands achievements out like candy, so if you like seeing your gamer score go up then this is a great game for it.
Cons
- Sometimes rather then hide in the position you tell them too the AI members of your squad will stand dumbly in the open, getting shot.
- Some minor texture pop in issues.
World War 2 games have been done to death, but as sick of the setting as I am I can't help but appreciate it a tad more in Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway.
It utilizes the setting in a more interesting way, putting more focus on characters instead of the war which is something a lot of other games don't do or at least do as well as BiA, which does it with a great deal of cinematic flair.
The game play itself isn't anything especially original.
You could strike up accurate comparisons to say Rainbow Six or Gears in the utilization of cover, the switching from first person to third person when using said cover.
But what it does it does well.
Game play consists of a lot of issuing orders to your squad.
Mainly to give suppressing fire on the enemy whilst you sneak around the side and try to flank them. Some parts of the game you have a squad with a man armed with a bazooka that can be useful in taking out enemy cover or machine gun emplacements as well as some of the heavier artillery.
One nice touch is the amount of gore in the game.
A lot of war games don't feel like accurate representations of war so much as virtual reenactments. You guide your character around, point a gun at another guy - say bang - and he falls over. Not in especially messy fashion. A lot of games make war feel cleaner then it is.
In BiA there is quite a bit of blood splatter when you shoot a guy, all the more evident when your shots deemed good enough to trigger an action camera - it'll zoom in on your shot to watch the guy fall over and see the blood spray as it should.
Explosions - whether from grenades or tank cannon also blow guys to bits, sending appendages flying every which way.
I haven't touched the multi player yet and I'm not really planning too, so I won't comment on that.
Even without taking multi player into account the game is pretty damn good.
It climbs a pile of generic WWII shooters and breathes a tiny bit of life into a stale setting.
