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| GAME INFO publisher: Ubisoft developer: Gearbox Software genre: Action MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS PIII 1000, 256MB RAM, 5GB HDD, 32MB video card |
ESRB rating: M homepage: www.brothersinarmsgame.com/ release date: Mar 08, 05 (released) |
| » All About Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 on ActionTrip | |
One of the most appealing aspects of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 is the thorough approach used to design and recreate war-stricken regions of Europe. Most areas were reconstructed according to old photographs that were taken during this turbulent period. The lovely greenish landscapes of Normandy appear to have been conveyed with an impressive amount of details in background and enough textures and polys to make it look genuine. Most of the missions take place throughout huge outdoor levels which aren't bound by irksome loading times. All these areas look good too, featuring things like soft shadowing and dynamic range lighting. Slight blurriness and a smooth glow effect ensue depending on the position of the sun. Such visual techniques seem to be catching on fast in modern-day shooters and should come off well in this game.
Multiplayer fans won't be disappointed. Both console and PC versions of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 will ship with online MP support. Gearbox and Ubi have limited this one to accommodate 16 players on screen at once which certainly seems enough, seeing as each player commands a squad of four characters (many technical and performance issues have been considered here as well). Playing the Xbox version will allow you to compete online or against four players in a split screen variant. Most modes are objective-based, so tactics and teamwork remain the focal point of gameplay, similar to the single-player experience.
Considering what Gearbox and Ubi have revealed so far, there's absolutely no reason to doubt the success of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30. Every unveiled detail shows the making of a top-notch FPS. Take our word for it when we say all four-eyed geeks out there (this editor included) should keep an eye out for this title when it comes out later this year. More levels, characters and other content are to be exposed at the upcoming E3 in May, so we'll be offering you a closer inspection then.
| 2lions | [STAFF] [mail] Apr 22 2004, 02:15 pm EDT | |
| Hey, I'm sure... seeing how it's 2004 now! I don't think you'd be saying that if it was 1940. | ||
future man: It's 2004? What?! Vanilla Ice is still cool right? | ||
| future man | [mail] Apr 22 2004, 02:25 pm EDT | |
| Awesome read. I'm actually looking forward to this one. | ||
| NiteX | [mail] Apr 22 2004, 02:46 pm EDT | |
| The visuals on this game are really nice. I like the glow effect. | ||
| MenDAKE | [mail] Apr 22 2004, 02:50 pm EDT | |
| I'm really looking forward to this one. Good article. Here's a rather insignificant correction: Faracry doesnt allow you see through gun sights. It just sort of zooms in a bit like BF1942 or something -- maybe a bit more than usual. I'd love an iron sight feature in Farcry, though. |
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| 2lions | [STAFF] [mail] Apr 22 2004, 11:42 pm EDT | |
| You're right, we'll change that to Call of Duty. | ||
| WhoGivesARatsAss | [mail] Apr 23 2004, 03:21 am EDT | |
| whats iron sights.. this word has been splattered all over the forums more than trustkill's wild ideas of blowing hoe's heads off or something! | ||
future man: It's the sights you align your shot through before you disch... Killer Klown: Basically, it's the 'default' sights on a firearm - the ones... | ||
| 2lions | [STAFF] [mail] Apr 23 2004, 04:54 am EDT | |
| Me. | ||
| 2lions | [STAFF] [mail] Apr 23 2004, 04:54 am EDT | |
| I just couldn't understand what all the "most realistic WWII game evar!!" hoopla was all about. | ||
| Latham44 | [mail] Apr 23 2004, 09:50 am EDT | |
| yeah I forgot my password before, Yup definitely a member, nope not a guest. | ||
| MASTER CHEAF | [mail] Apr 23 2004, 01:47 pm EDT | |
| Wow I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE WWII ACTION! |
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future man: ID REALLY LIKE TO SEE LESS CAPS ACTION MASTER CHEAF: NEVVVER! aaAAAA (BANG! BANG!) | ||
| traffy | [mail] Apr 28 2004, 12:57 pm EDT | |
| HEY LOOK AT THAT..Its Call of Duty..wait no its MOHAA..wait no its another shitty world war 2 game..yup thats about right..maybe the gaming should stop milking the world war 2 cow...LEAVE THE COW ALONE ITS DRY...MAYBE THIS GAME IS DIFFERENT...NAAA...its just a crappy rip-off of COD and MOHAA with improved graphics.. | ||
anonymous@70.29.74.250: The WWII genre isnt shitty. If you got better ideas for a ga... | ||
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