One of the best, if not the best, WWII fps ever. No issues with Win Vista, no crashes or glitches. Squad AI is better than before as there was no stupidly standing in front of cover and getting shot. Great game, I highly recommend............

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Let me start out by saying that this games storyline is one of the best out there. The graphics are in my opinion just as good as they need to be. Gamplay is also very fun and is a mix of Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 and Call of Duty 2. Unless you have no variety in your life you should give this game a try, but of course download the demo first.

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i was in best buy and i pick it up for 20 bucks and it came with a little toy and comic ...besides for that i have read the requirements and it says only Vista SP1 and XP SP3....i have XP but SP2 ...i bought it due to price...i decide to give it a shot see if it will run on my pc....it did and i was happy looks great gameplay nice theres a story to it...graphics looks amazing on my PC...im still playing it so cant give anymore about it because i havent went deep into it...

Windows XP Pro SP2

AMD Phenom 2 X3 720

2.81 GHz

4 gigs of Ram Ocz

Asus Motherboard

Hitachi Hard Drive

Geforce 9800 GT Card

using onboard soundcard no special card yet...

(but most of time on my DJ headphones sounds amazing)

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I really enjoyed this game. I don't spend much time on the PS3, but this is the best game I have bought so far. I didn't really rate COD World At War, it felt rushed and basic, but I loved COD4 Modern Warfare. Although this is a different style of play, I think this game surpasses COD4 due to the need to think about the game, not just run and gun. The graphics are great, the story is good, the gameplay could be improved by more involvement in picking your teams specialities and your own weapons, but I would still rate this a 5!

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Like you, I read these reviews to get an idea if this game is worth while. My initial pass was NO, especially at $59.99, but as time passed and the price came down to less than $20 I thought why not, previous Brother in Arms games were outstanding so lets order it from AMAZON (free shipping) and give it a try.

THIS REVIEW IS FOR SINGLE PLAYER ONLY!!!

BOTTOMLINE: FORGET the NEGATIVE REVIEWS and give this "HELLS HIGHWAY" a try. I just finished it in about 25 hours and I loved it. I will replay at finding all the; RECON and GILROY perks. Trust me if you want a very realistic view in World War II tactics and combat this is it, PLUS a very good storyline with you being the Squad Leader having up to 4 specialty teams (bazooka, assault, fire base and MG (machine gun) assigned to you (up to 3 at a time). The cut scenes are cleverly used to establish and move the personal and tactical story along.

WHY THIS GAME IS AWESOME - 1.) Great tactical mapping system to plan your siege. 2.)Iron site (aiming down the site) and Dig-In (the only way to survive this siege) this technique has you under cover for max protection. DIG-IN, FLANKING and SUPPRESSING tactics used by your assigned Teams AWESOME. You must be very careful and methodical to succeed.

NOTE: This is a complete getting ambushed game. (historically accurate since "HELLS HIGHWAY" was the only road the ALLIES had to spearhead a fast advance and end the war by Christmas 1944! THEY KNEW WE WERE COMING!!!!!) So every inch is hard fought and costly! So you must be patient and organizing your teams effectively by "FLANKING and SUPPRESSING while DUG-IN" (the proven successful tactics of WWII).

Brothers has 18 scenario levels with a definite personal attachment made with your teams in "Brothers in Arms". Levels include; 1.)Solo to include TANK Commander and Sniper (fun stuff), 2.) 1 Team, 2 Teams and 3 Team attacks. (Bazooka Team against MG nests, Bunkers and Tanks, MG Team against advancing troops and another WWII tactic "SUPPRESSING FIRE" (keeping the enemies head down) for your FLANKING the enemy successfully. Assault Team your major FLANKING Team and BASE FIRE TEAM another FLANKING TEAM (for right and left flanking maneuver (very effective tactic with SUPPRESSING FIRE)).

This PLAYSTATION3 version has OUTSTANDING GRAPHICS, SOUND and supports the RUMBLE pack controller.

Join WWII and get involved with your men and shoulder to shoulder march up "HELLS HIGHWAY" and experience that very up close and personal combat in "BROTHERS IN ARMS". Enjoy.

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I have played many World War II games, and this one is near the top. Outstanding game play is supported by an intriguing story line and amazing graphics. I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I loved the shamelessly gory violence. The action is thrilling and the game is longer--more scenes and screens to negotiate--than most others. Only one drawback: the enemy AI isn't so great. If you stay behind cover, the enemy will never come after you. Also, although I suppose it's the same with all others, why does the enemy always fight to the death? Wouldn't it be better if they sometimes tried to surrender or simply ran off? Anyway, I highly recommend this game. I bought if for $11--it's worth five times that.

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I have been waiting a long time for Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway to come out. There have been numerous delays and the game was supposed to come out sometime last year. Well it finally came out and I picked up the game yesterday from my local Game Retailer.

The game follows up the first two Brothers in Arms games that came out earlier. You play the role of Sergeant Matt Baker who leads squads of men through Holland during Operation Market Garden in September 1944 during World War II. Operation Market Garden was the last German victory in Europe during the war.

I think the game has a great story line. The game in my opinion is very well done and acted out. It really shows what I think every soldier has to endure and go through during wartime. It is very emotional and gripping. You find out that soldiers have to make life or death decisions that can effect them the rest of their lives. This game shows not only soldiers struggling through this conflict, but also Dutch civilians who were caught in the crossfire between the Allies and the Germans.

If you are looking for a game where you make tactical decisions about how to fight battles during Operation Market Garden, this is it. Your decisions can decide the life's of your soldiers under your command.

The AI is very good in this game. I read some game reviews from other gaming websites where the game reviewers were complaining about German Soldiers who were just standing around when you shoot at them. First of all, you can now sneak up on German Soldiers to plan an attack without them knowing your there. In other words, you can set up an ambush. You set up you and your squads where you want them to fight the Germans. Of course the Germans are going to stand around if they don't know that you are there hiding. Second you can now set up you and your men where the Germans are caught in a cross fire when you fire at them with your weapons. The Germans get confused because there is no where to run and hide. So of course a lot of them are going to stand around because of the crossfire. That happens in real life too.

The graphics are real good in this game. I understand the developers of this game went to actual locations around Holland and took thousands of pictures to make the game looked like Holland during World War II. That is very impressive.

I think the game has a lot of replay value to it because the Germans react differently every time you play the game again. Each time you try to figure out how you will fight different battles throughout the game. I recommend buying this game especially if you like playing World War II games like me.

October 5, 2008

UPDATE: I just finished playing Brothers in Arms: Hells Highway and I noticed a couple of things I wanted to update about this game. I'm a true gamer who likes to give honest opinions about the games I play. The above opinions were given when I was only half way through the game. Here are the updates.

1. The graphics are great at the beginning of the game and toward the middle, but not at the end. It seems like the game developer got into a big hurry to finish this game and just threw in graphics from the "Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood" game into the end of this game. The trees and buildings at the end of game just look dull and not very detailed like at the beginning and the middle of the game. The game was already a year behind schedule and I'm sure the game developer got pressured into finishing the game as soon as possible. I was wondering why I never saw any game trailers that show any missions that were at the end of this game. Now I know why.

2. None of the mission maps you play through are very big throughout the game. You play a little way through a mission and then you get a cut scene. That scenario plays over and over again throughout the game. Too many cut scenes and not enough playing time. If you want a comparison in map sizes, try playing Battlefield: Bad Company and you'll see what I'm talking about as far as map sizes go. Battlefield: Bad Company maps are a lot bigger with less cut scenes.

3. Operation Market Garden was all about the Allies taking and holding major road bridges along Hell's Highway throughout Holland during World War II before the Germans could blow up any of the bridges. Well in the game I didn't see one major bridge shown in any missions. There is one small bridge in the game that goes over a small canal but I don't count that. I'm talking about big huge bridges over major rivers. I didn't see any at all. I was really disappointed. Why were there no major road bridges shown in the game? That is what Operation Market Garden was all about.

4. There were lots of different vehicles used during Operation Market Garden by both the Allies and the Germans. In the game, I only saw one kind of Allied tank (Sherman Firefly) used in the game and one kind of German tank (Panzer IV) used. I didn't see any German Panther tanks, Tiger tanks, German Halftracks, German Volkswagen Kubelwagen, etc. I also didn't see any other American tanks or any British tanks of any kind. What is up with that?

5. Not every mission in this game has you play with squads of men. In fact in some of the missions, you fight alone against the Germans. And in some missions you don't fight at all. Running through a building that is on fire is one of them. There is no shooting at all. I thought in every mission I would control squads of men.

This game reminds me a lot of Medal of Honor: Airborne. That game could of been awesome too if it had of been done right. I remember that game went through a lot of delays just like Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway did and it came out about a year later than it was suppose to. Medal of Honor: Airborne was great the first few missions and then it went downhill the last couple of missions. This game is the same way. After playing the game, I'll have to change my rating from 5 stars to 3 stars. Sorry. I just feel this game could of been made better.

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WWII-based shooters seem like a cliche at this point, but Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway stands above the rest. The tone is more like the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, and the game's story follows this same method. This is the first WWII (or any for that matter) FPS that actually doesn't glorify war and doesn't dumb down the entire experience to a one-man-army taking down Nazi Germany by himself. Your squad actually does things. Tactics are actually rewarded while run-and-gun checkpoint racing (like Call of Duty or Medal of Honor) styles are punished severely. The cut-scenes throughout the missions and between the missions provide the depth that is often not in other FPS titles. The game does an excellent job of showing the stresses of war on your character, going as far as to show elements of post-traumatic stress through the game. The tone is hardly positive, which goes with the setting of Operation: Market Garden. Characters die, and there's a feeling of chaos through certain sections of the game. So far, this is one of the best single-player games I've played this year.

The single player mode alone is worth playing through. The multiplayer, however, is not. There's only one mode, and I don't think I've ever seen a full room. While the single player is mindblowing and amazing, this game won't have the legs that other shooters (Call of Duty, Halo, Gears of War, etc) will simply because of the lack of players.

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Received the game in a timely manner. The game was great. Lots of action. Worth the money.

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I have been an avid FPS fan since the days on Nova Logic's Delta Force. I have played pretty much all except the Brothers in Arm series.

I was not expecting much and maybe that added to my delight. This game has the tactical feel of Hidden and Dangerous and Ghost Recon. It feel plenty real. Graphics are beautiful. I keep calling my wife into the room to show her the scenery and dismembered bodies.

While not anywhere near as frantic as the COD games, this one has had me glued to the computer. If you run and gun here you will die quickly.

Runs fine on Vista. Nvidia 8600 something card.

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Great Game! Most WWII shooters are rather iffy, toggling between monotony and action. This game provides well thought out combat situations and an authentic feel. Throughout the game you are given more squads, hence more responsibilities and more men to keep alive. Tactical play is mandatory. Especially on the harder settings. Trying to "master chief" it will only get you killed very quickly. Suppress, flank, own. For call of duty and previous BIA fans, its a great purchase for many hours of intense combat and strategy.

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The story line is deep. The tactics are awsome. Very hard and long. Some textural issues, but dont take away from gameplay at all. This is not like call of duty where your a uber soilder who can take boat loads of damage withought dying, this is more conservative. Controlling many teams is just awsome. Best part of all there is going to be another one.

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WOW. One word to explain this game, this is by far the best BIA game I have ever played out of the series. The story mode is 1000X better then the first two, it has more of a dark story to it including the cursed gun that Baker has. The graphics are freakin' awesome, also the destructible cover is a great new feature, makes you think more about when you should set your guys up and where you should position yourself on an assault. If I had just one guy die in my squad, I would restart because I didn't want to get through the level with even one casualty. Although the campaign might seem to be short, the levels itself are pretty long, having about six or seven parts to complete in each chapter. Also, the new dig-in cover system is a nice feature too, if you don't know what it is, it's like the feature in Ghost Recon where you are dug in under cover or behind walls and you can lean over and shoot the enemy.

The only thing that bothered me was it's more easy to run up on enemies and shoot them, it only takes one shot to kill you, but the danger system makes it easy, it just means if your screen is getting too red from the gunfire then you need to take cover otherwise you'll die, so your not actually being shot by enemy fire. So once you complete the game and you get the authentic mode, I recommend completing the game on that mode for a challenge.

***SPOILER***

You also get to finally find out what exactly happened to Allen and Garnett back in Normandy and how Leggett caused their death, and why he decided to basically get himself killed on Hill 30 because he felt guilty for what happened to them, his ghost also haunts Baker throughout the game because Baker refused Leggett to tell people how Garnett and Allen died. Also in a few levels you see some visions of Leggett, in one level on a cemetery you see a white ghost ahead of you shooting a pistol yelling "Take me!", well it's Leggett then you see the Ghost fly back from the tank shell, also on one level when you're looking for Franky in the hospital, a green sighting appears and a green lit soldier, that's Leggett too, he just looks at you then walks away.

This made more of a suspense story mode which I enjoyed alot. I thought I was playing a horror game for a couple of seconds lol, if you're a fan of the first two, this is a must get.

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I enjoyed the hell out of this game. It was cheap and I had lots of fun on the story/single player game play.

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enjoyed the story line and IA response to movement. i recommend this game to all FPS players.i hope they continue the story and detail other wars WWII,WWI,Korea and Vietnam main events.

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