The sound of the airplanes overhead, the guns cracking as they fire, the bullets wizzing by your ear all while you're stuck behind a car trying to find out where they are and where you need to be. You finally realize you're in WWII as a sgt trying to guide your troops through nazi filled europe. Brothers in arms is, in short, an extremely impressive game filled with guts and glory. I gathered up the money and headed to the store with a huge grin on my face as i was about to face WWII in different light. Not following orders, not aim and shoot...no....more then that, now i have control of the troops with me and god willing they come out with me and not without me. Brothers in Arms, based on graphics, is an awesome looking game though it does have its little issues. The graphics of your soldiers look rather nice just like in Call of Duty but the area has a interesting look to it. While approaching buildings, walls, fences etc. everything looks beautiful but once you get up close they begin to look "alright". This game certainly isn't a 10 when it comes to graphics but they still look really nice and don't make you look away in shame. The gameplay is a little tricky it will take you a while to get all the controls down for there is a lot to know. The keys are pretty scattered and you can't really mesh them too well around the keyboard. I believe in this area they, Ubisoft, could have put more thought into because you really get confused sometimes when it comes down to you taking fire and trying to give fire, all the while you're trying to get your men in place to kill the nazi's. The sound as expressed earlier, is just amazing. I have always said that a good sound base is key for a great game because it can put into the theme. This game has done that, it makes you feel immersed in the time and the war that you're taking part in. I am playing off of a 4.1 sound system and it just makes the game so much better rather then my brother's 2 speaker system. Ubisoft really did well on this aspect and made you feel like you were right there giving orders on a battlefield. Now aside from the obvious categories this game has a good way of letting you give orders and see where to go. In my opinion, this game does it a lot better then Full Spectrum Warrior did it. Though it does have its drawbacks. You can pause time and get a birds eye view of the battle you're in at the moment, though i must say the bird you're looking from is pretty damn close. This aspect does not have a free moving camera the only thing you can see is the positions of your troops and then, if you move the arrow keys, the position of the enemy troops. Though the drawback is that if you haven't made sight of the enemy at ground lvl you're not gonna be able to pick them up on the bird's eye view which makes it really hard to really tell where they are. Even though this part of the game is supposed to make it easy on you, it really doesn't. Though once you have gotten sight of the enemy on ground lvl you can bring them up on the bird's eye view, then its a little easier to see the whole battlefield. Now to push aside the critiquing this game is a must have for anybody who likes the WWII genre, first person shooters or commanding your own troops. Brothers in Arms is a great game and deserves the score that gamespot gave it. Well, i must report back to my men, REVIEW...DISMISSED!
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