Not a lot of App Store games come in around the $9.99 price point. If you compare this to the other two major mobile platforms, this is quite a steal for any AAA title. Brothers in Arms Hour of Heroes is definitely a top notch title with its graphics and sound, but is it worth the money?
Gameloft has been in the mobile gaming business for some time now, so it’s no surprise that they are bringing the big guns to the show. Brothers in Arms has been a great war shooter in all of its iterations. The App Store has been in need of some big name titles and when you add a shooter to the mix, it creates a fairly tasty treat.
Before I type anything, I must first say that I have never, before a week ago, played a single Brothers in Arms game. I think the main reason is because when the first in the series came out, there was already a large influx of WWII games out (Medal of Honor, Call of Duty… Wolfenstein) so it kind of got put into the generic stack. Playing this game, though, makes me feel very, very awful for not taking a deeper look into this game. I am a huge WWII buff, so I can say the authenticity of this game is verging on erotic. So, without further adieu, let’s cut the bullshit and get to Nazi slaughter.
You’d like to think that a trip to Holland would be peaceful, but in the iron grip of Nazi Germany, a stroll through the park was liable to get you hung. The Dutch countryside is absolutely vibrant, the houses detailed and very war torn in some cases. Gearbox did a phenomenal job on recreating the small farms and mills dotting the landscape. When pressed into cities later, the detail does not let up. Cracked sills, broken dining equipment, decimated homes are all part of the visual tour in wait for you. Of course, some of the textures are reused, but show me a game that doesn’t redo some odds and ends and I’ll show you a game where the creators probably did blow the whole way through. Comical drug references aside, you really don’t notice any texture redux while capping Der Nazis. The rest of the game is just as gorgeous as the landscapes – mechanical textures have very nice lighting effects of the metal, faces are human and very weathered, you can see the pain and dirt etched into every crevasse. This level of detail continues again into the firearms used – everyone sounds and looks like it’s real life counterpart. If you ever wondered what it might sounds like to have an MG42 provide suppressing fire right next to your head, this is the game to find out. Strangely, they provide realism in some aspects, and not in others. For example, you can fire a gun at a window and it won’t crack, but mortar shells and bazookas leave craters in the ground.
Brothers in Arms was a revolutionary squad based shooter when it first came out, but has not thrilled people in its latest installments. WWII is really over done and its going to take a hell of a game to make us go back there. Check out the latest trailer and see how war is truly hell.
There are more WWII games than Girls Gone Wild Videos. Most of them are meh, but some are worth playing over and over. The Brothers in Arms series brought tactics to the shooter market and it was my favorite squad based shooter on the Xbox. BiA:HH looks like it could kick some serious ass, especially with a multiplayer mode. Check out the latest trailer.
Considered one of the best squad based shooter series in terms of realness and gameplay, Brothers in Arms finally comes to next gen. The game has a new cover system as well as using the Unreal Engine. The game looks great and must play even better in order to get people’s attention due to the fact its still in the WW2 genre.
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