Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Brothers in Arms: War Stories review at DS-x2.com

"WWII shooters are incredibly popular and, ever since EA's original Medal of Honor, developers and publishers have all wanted a piece of this very lucrative market. Out of all this three front-runners emerged: Activision's Call of Duty, Ubi Soft's Brothers in Arms and (the already mentioned) Medal of Honor. These have always been very successful on the PC but bringing them to a handheld audience has not been without its problems as PSP owners learnt this year. We've had two such offerings for Nintendo handhelds, both of which featured MoH. The first of these: Underground, was less than successful at bringing the excitement of the FPS alive and featured bland visuals and uninspiring missions. Infiltrator was the next where the developers were more accepting of the GBA's limitations so they went the top-down route. Think WWII Cannon Fodder. It's this recognition of platforms strengths and weaknesses which can make or break a game and, with that in mind, Ubi Soft have employed Gearbox to produce a third person shooter based on their classic series. Well, it's here at last. You've seen the screens, you've heard the hype, but what is the game actually like."


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