Brothers In Arms: Earned in Blood

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $4.55

Features:

• Delve deep into an authentic WWII experience with this military action game
• Command 2 squads of American paratroopers with easy 1-button command system
• Compelling story; close-quarter urban environments; next-generation A.I. system
• Skirmish mode; challenging and dynamic combat; new weapons and vehicles
• Single-player narrative, new cooperative multiplayer missions

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Nice Game-Loads Easily When Using DVD ROM Drives [Posted on 2007-06-09]
Brothers In Arms: Earned in Blood is a friendly game. It plays well on my old 1.5 GHz AMD machine with 512 MB of RAM using Windows 2000 Pro. I run it at 800x600 using an old ATI 9600XT graphics card with 128 MB of video RAM. It does take a bit more horsepower to run than Brothers In Arms: Road to Hill 30, only because of the better and more realistic graphics.

You will enjoy it if you like nostalgic WWII games.

Anti piracy issues [Posted on 2007-08-11]
This is a review for all those guys that give this game a bad rating for antipiracy software ubisoft puts in. The reason you're having a problem more then likely is because you're using a DVD RW drive to load the game, you need to use a normal CD or DVD combo drive for installing the game. Ubisofts antipiracy software reads you have the game put into a DVD RW drive and it thinks you're trying to bootleg it, which in most cases people probably are. Farcry had the same thing and even most DVD movies have that to now a days. If you're a seriose desktop gamer you should have a primary CD/DVD drive and SECONDARY DVD/RW drive anyway, if you don't get one and stop crying about it.

This game has so so graphics, I wasn't blown away as much as I was with farcry when it came out but it was alright, I was mainly in it for gameplay and story. The voice overs leave little to be desired but watch Band of Brothers if you want an all star well scripted thing to watch. I'm into brothers in arms for the action and the squad control aspect which is really nice and innovative.

Kudos to ubisoft for making a secure and innovative game

Awesome! [Posted on 2007-12-08]
Far better than any other game series out there. The realism and authenticity all the way down to the sounds of the weapons while you reload, this game just continues to improve and impress.

Key Features:
basically the same features found in the first Brothers in arms. This game however improved a bit by adding new weapons and increased the difficulty right off the bat at the beginning of the game. It is not recommended anyone attempt this before playing the original. The storylines tie together exactly and the gameplay is virtually the same, I highly recommend this series for anyone out there but you must please play them in order!

Cons:
NONE!

In fact this game improved on the replayability too! The first one was storyline only and proved to be boring after youve beaten the game multiple times on all difficulty settings. Whereas this sequel has been improved in that, there is an optional skirmish mode that allows different types of play when you just wanna have fun and shoot Germans rather than listen to storyline in between each chapter.

Overall:
EXCELLENT!

Good game. [Posted on 2008-03-26]
Played the Road to Hill 30 demo, so I had to get this game. It was alright don't care to have to play through game multiple times just to unlock another difficulty level. Overall liked it.

Dang Tasty!  [Posted on 2008-06-30]
This is my first experience with the Brothers In Arms series, and I'm pleasantly suprised! I'm probably only about a third into the single-player campaign portion of the game, but can already tell it's a solid, enjoyable piece of work. Here's why:

- Beautiful graphics & seemingly bug free! I can run the game fine on my old clunker of a laptop with lowered settings, and it still looks and runs splendidly!
- Good music, SFX, voice acting!
- Surpisingly cinematic & immersive single player experience, with a likable protagonist and strong storyline.
- Fun & exciting gameplay! You usually have limited control over a group of your fellow soldiers, which help you out on missions. The AI is really good, too!

A lot of people are complaining about the combat and stupid nerd stuff like that, but I don't see the problem. The combat seems very realistic, with occasionally challenging weapons. Unlike every single action movie and the majority of FPS games, you're not gaurunteed to hit the target every time you shoot at it. Just like in real life, right? If realism frightens or irritates you as a gamer, then you may want to leave this one behind. Your character also reacts realistically to getting injured...so, shock of all shocks, if you let a german shoot you three or four times at close range you'll die. Duh.

There is a strong tactical feel to this game. You can't just charge blindly into combat and blow everything up. You'll have to actually think things through and use the abilities of your allies, which makes for a much more enjoyable and interesting FPS game, as far as I'm concerned. There is also a very useful 'tactical view' type of thing, which allows you to pause combat, pull back and examine the battlefield and plan your attack. Nifty!

It's action packed! It's fun! It's gorgeous! Overall, it's a solid piece of warfare game-r-y! Despite the sometimes repetitive nature of the game, and a few minor annoyances, it's totally worth Picking up!

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