Brothers in Arms Earned in Bloodis another installment in a series of tactical shooting games set in World War II. After a huge success of the first game, titled Road to Hill 30, 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 again focuses on an American soldier who participated in Allied operations in Normandy in 1944. This time, however, the protagonist is not Matt Baker, but Joe "Red" Hartsock. The new sergeant takes command of a small military squad and participates in a series of operations near a French town of Carentan.
Most of the scenes in Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 took place in the countryside. This new game, on the other hand, sends your brave soldiers into urban areas. During missions, you can explore war-destroyed houses and fight Nazis in narrow alleys. This environment gives you even more tactical possibilities, e.g. You can send your soldiers to a ruined building to shoot the enemy from above. As promised, the authors made improvements to tactical gameplay, although the changes are far from revolutionary.
Players who became accustomed to the combat style of the early Brothers in Arms (opening fire to suppress and attempting to outflank the enemy) will feel right at home.
Minimum requirements:
OS: Windows 2000 / XP (ONLY)
Processor: Pentium III at 1 GHz or AMD Athlon (Pentium IV at 2.5 GHz or AMD recommended)
Memory: 512 MB RAM (1 GB recommended)
Graphics: Graphics with 32 MB and compatible with DirectX 9.0c (64 MB recommended)*
DirectX version: DirectX 9.0c (included)
Hard Drive: 3.5 GB free space
Sound: 16 Sound Device compatible with DirectX 9.0c