Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood is another installment in a tactical shooter game series set in the World War II. After a huge success of the first game, entitled Road to Hill 30, the developer Gearbox Software decided to continue the series. The sequel came just a few months after the original.

The story of Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood once more focuses on an American soldier taking part in Allied operations in the Normandy in 1944. This time, however, the protagonist is not Matt Baker, but Joe “Red” Hartsock. The fresh sergeant takes command of a small military squad and takes part in a series of operations near a French town of Carentan.

Most of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 scenarios were set in countryside. This new game, on the other hand, sends your brave soldiers to urban areas. During the missions you get to explore houses destroyed by the war and fight the Nazis in narrow alleys. This environment gives you even more tactical possibilities, e.g. you can send your soldiers into a ruined building to fire at the enemy from above. As promised, the authors made improvements to tactical gameplay, although the changes are far from revolutionary. Players who got used to the combat style from the first Brothers in Arms (opening suppressing fire and trying to flank the enemy) are going to feel at home.

Opponents actively react to players actions – retreat when compromised and adjust their tactics to the situation on battlefield. It is clear that programmers from Gearbox Software improved enemy Artificial Intelligence, in answer to the criticism of passivity of the Nazis in the first game.

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood features brand new multiplayer for up to several people. The authors created really big maps with an impressive number of objectives (in the course of one mission the squad can pursue even 80 objectives). In multiplayer you can command not only Allied troops, but also the Germans.

Last updated on 25 June 2015