Brothers in Arms

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A World War II squad-based first person shooter series loosely based on a true story.

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Overview

The main character from the series, Matt Baker, as in "Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway"

The Brothers in Arms (Franchise) games are a series of squad-based first person shooter games loosely based on true events that occurred during World War II (Concept). The main focus of the gameplay centers around leading up to three different squads with one usually being a fire team used to suppress the enemy and the other bring an assault team used to flank the enemy. The series is known for its authenticity; a small amount of well placed firepower can go a long way in eliminating either the player or enemies.

Traditionally, World War II (Concept) games had put players in the feet of seemingly indestructible super soldiers capable of killing entire armies singlehandedly. In the Brothers in Arms (Franchise) series, this is not the case as individual characters are comparatively fragile. The player must use their squad effectively to exploit weaknesses in the enemies' defense to flank them and then destroy them. At various points throughout the series, the player will also gain control of new units, such as tanks, mortars, bazooka squads and machine gunners.

Storytelling

A major feature of the series is its focus on storytelling. In stark contrast to games such as Call of Duty 2 (Game) and Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and similar to Call of Duty 2: Big Red One, there's a strong emphasis on the individual members of the squad and how the events within the game affect each person. The deepened development of the interpersonal relationships within the squad serve to heighten the level of drama, tension and individual responsibility in every one of the player's actions. 

Departure from Realism

 Brothers In Arms: Furious 4

At E3 2011 (Concept), during Ubisoft'spress conference, Randy Pitchford (Person) came on stage. He started by saying that the development team was tasked with approaching World War II from a different angle, since the realistic shooters set during the time period had already been done. What they came up with is Brothers In Arms: Furious 4, a game with a much less serious tone that focuses on four crazy soldiers who are out to destroy Nazis.

Games

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

1 March 2005

Platforms/PCPlatforms/PlayStation 2Platforms/XboxPlatforms/Wii

Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood

4 October 2005

Platforms/PCPlatforms/MacPlatforms/PlayStation 2Platforms/XboxPlatforms/Wii

Brothers in Arms: D-Day

5 December 2006

Platforms/PlayStation PortablePlatforms/PlayStation Network PSP

Brothers in Arms DS (Game)

8 June 2007

Platforms/Nintendo DS

Brothers in Arms: Double Time

5 August 2008

Platforms/MacPlatforms/Wii

Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway

23 September 2008

Platforms/PCPlatforms/Xbox 360Platforms/Xbox 360 Games StorePlatforms/PlayStation 3

Brothers in Arms: Hour of Heroes

2 December 2008

Platforms/iPhone

Brothers in Arms 2: Global Front

22 February 2010

Platforms/iPhone

Franchise details

Name

Brothers in Arms

Features

9 games

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First game

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Aliases

Characters

• Has characters: Franklin Paddock (Character), Joe "Red" Hartsock (Character), Matt Baker (Character), Samuel Corrion (Character), Greg "Mac" Hassay (Character), Larry Allen (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Germany (Location), Europe (Location), France (Location), Cemetery (Location), Beach (Location), Rail Yard (Location), Windmill (Location), Normandy (Location), The Netherlands (Location), Eindhoven (Location)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Blood (Concept), Profanity (Concept), Villain (Concept), Collector's Edition (Concept), Havok Physics (Concept), Non-Player Character (Concept), Games on Demand (Concept), Online (Concept), War (Concept), World War II (Concept), Cutscene (Concept), Third-Person Perspective (Concept), Crouch (Concept), First-Person Perspective (Concept), A.I. Companion (Concept), Aim Down Sight (Concept), Close Quarters Combat (Concept), Explosion (Concept), Flanking (Concept), Full Body Awareness (Concept), Gun Smoke (Concept), Heads Up Display (Concept), Melee (Concept), Military (Concept), Reload (Concept), Sniping (Concept), Squad (Concept), Shaved Head (Concept), Exploding Head (Concept), Nazi (Concept), Enemy Reaction (Concept), Loading Screen Advice (Concept), Animal Cruelty (Concept), Cover System (Concept), Guerilla Warfare (Concept), Dismemberment (Concept), Vision Obstruction (Concept), Gore System (Concept), Achievements (Concept), Health (Concept), Destructible Cover (Concept), Destructible Environment (Concept), Automated Grenade Throw (Concept), No Scope (Concept), Polygonal 3D (Concept), Unreal Engine 3 (Concept), Flashback (Concept), Artificial Intelligence (Concept), Unreliable Narrator (Concept), Elevator Ambush (Concept), High Definition Graphics (Concept), Suppressive Fire (Concept), Headshot (Concept), Morale (Concept), Alone With A Pistol (Concept), Squad Based Shooter (Concept), Squad Tactics (Concept), Death (Concept), Tutorial (Concept), Uncanny Valley (Concept), Digital Distribution (Concept), Voice Chat (Concept), Sheep (Concept), Cooperative Play (Concept), Southpaw (Concept), Off-Camera Death (Concept), Xbox Live (Concept), Hitbox (Concept), PlayStation Network (Concept), PlayStation Trophies (Concept), Zoom (Concept), Chest-High Walls (Concept), Disgruntled Subjects (Concept), Bink Video (Concept), Camera Shift (Concept), Crosshair (Concept), Direct2Drive (Concept), DNAS (Concept), E3 2004 (Concept), E3 2005 (Concept), E3 2006 (Concept), E3 2007 (Concept), E3 2008 (Concept), Expanding Crosshair (Concept), Fog of War (Concept), GamersGate (Concept), High Dynamic Range (Concept), Late Title Card (Concept), Multiple Gameplay Perspectives (Concept), Original Soundtrack Release (Concept), Over-the-Shoulder (Concept), PAX 2008 (Concept), Persistent Bullet Hole (Concept), PhysX (Concept), Planes Flying Low Overhead (Concept), Rail Shooting Segment (Concept), Ranked Match (Concept), Realism (Concept), Realistic Magazine Management (Concept), Recoil (Concept), Record Breakers (Concept), Screen Splatter (Concept), Secret Achievements (Concept), SecuROM (Concept), SpeedTree (Concept), Split-Screen Multiplayer (Concept), Steam (Concept), Texture Pop-in (Concept), Unreal Engine 2 (Concept), WASD Movement (Concept), Weapon Slot Loadout (Concept), Xbox 360 Controller Support for PC (Concept), Xfire (Concept), Zero Point Achievements (Concept), Get Games (Concept), Fact-Based Shooter (Concept), Unreal Engine 2.5 (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Tank (Object), Cigar (Object), Scope (Object), Grenade (Object), Gun (Object), Helmet (Object), Sniper Rifle (Object), Jeep (Object), Machine Gun (Object), Pistol (Object), Bicycle (Object), Submachine Gun (Object), P08 Luger Pistol (Object), Walther P38 (Object), Airplane (Object), Haystack (Object), Ammo (Object), Cigarette (Object), Fence (Object), M1 Abrams (Object), Lightning (Object), Turret (Object), M1911 (Object), M3 Submachine Gun (Object), Drum Magazine (Object), M1 Carbine (Object), M1 Garand (Object), MP40 (Object), Karabiner 98 (Object), M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle (Object), Battle Dress Uniform (Object), Model 24 Stielhandgranate (Object), Anti-Aircraft Gun (Object), MG42 (Object), Crate (Object), Cart (Object), FG-42 (Object), Panzerschreck (Object)

People

• Has people: Gideon Emery (Person), Troy Baker (Person), Michael Neumann (Person), Randy Pitchford (Person), Robert McCollum (Person), Aaron Cole (Person), Alessandro Zurla (Person), Brian Martel (Person), Chris Pickett (Person), Cyrille Artaux (Person), Dale Dye (Person), David M. Carter (Person), Emmanuel Garijo (Person), Evan Birkby (Person), Evan Nikolich (Person), Fabien Briche (Person), Francesco Mei (Person), Frank Pape (Person), Jeff Wofford (Person), John Roberts (Person), Jorge Saudinós (Person), Landon Montgomery (Person), Laurence Buisson-Nollent (Person), Luis Bajo (Person), Mark A. Rein (Person), Martial Le Minoux (Person), Matthew VanDolen (Person), Mike Wardwell (Person), Patrick Borg (Person), Renier Baaken (Person), Rob Heironimus (Person), Roger Hanna (Person), Scott Swearingen (Person), Serge Thiriet (Person), Shawn C. Green (Person), Stephen Bahl (Person), Steve Jones (Person), Thierry Kazazian (Person), Thomas Friebe (Person), Xavier Fagnon (Person), Jim Veevaert (Person), Christian Schneider (Person), David Doran-Marshall (Person), Éric Tremblay (Person), Hung Pham (Person), Joshua Noble (Person), Ken Lobb (Person), Laurent Detoc (Person), Markus Ludolf (Person), Thomas Krause (Person), Laurent Bertrand (Person), Tony Kee (Person), Jordan Walker (Person), Brian Thomas (Person), Tim Wilson (Person), Corrinne Yu (Person), Jim Foronda (Person), Mark Petty (Person), Rosalie Kofsky (Person), Rick Johnson (Person), Aaron Nations (Person), Adam Klemens (Person), Adam May (Person), Arthur Hugot (Person), Ben Burkart (Person), Benny Wilson (Person), Brian Burleson (Person), Brian Hess (Person), Calen Brait (Person), Carl Kam (Person), Carl Shedd (Person), Chad Cline (Person), Chad Lovell (Person), Charles Kostick (Person), Chris Burnett (Person), Chris Guthery (Person), Daniel Algood (Person), David Avery (Person), David McGarry (Person), Delete (Person), Derek Manns (Person), Ding Dong (Person), Don Eubanks (Person), Dorian Gorski (Person), Eli Luna (Person), Erik Avalos (Person), Erik Doescher (Person), Evan Gill (Person), Fred Echols (Person), Jake Hernandez (Person), James Farmer (Person), Jason Reiss (Person), Jasper Foreman (Person), Jeff Broome (Person), Jennifer Burris (Person), Jennifer Canada (Person), Jennifer Wildes (Person), Jeramy Cooke (Person), Jimmy Sieben (Person), Joe Espinoza (Person), John Zagorski (Person), Jonathan Day (Person), Josh Jeffcoat (Person), Josh Rearick (Person), Justin Taylor Miller (Person), Karen E. Conroe (Person), Keith Burlison (Person), Kevin Calloway (Person), Kyle Pittman (Person), Lee Amarakoon (Person), Marc Tardif (Person), Mark Forsyth (Person), Mark Leon (Person), Matthew Armstrong (Person), Matthew Graham (Person), Matthew Stock (Person), Mike Davis (Person), Nathan Overman (Person), Nathan Reinhardt (Person), Neil Johnson (Person), Patrick Deupree (Person), Patrick Hook (Person), Patrick Krefting (Person), Paul Caparotta (Person), Paul Nettle (Person), Philip Hebert (Person), Richard Jessup (Person), Ryan Conlon (Person), Ryan Lee (Person), Scott Jordan (Person), Scott Velasquez (Person), Sean Cavanaugh (Person), Sean Reardon (Person), Sean Slayback (Person), Serge Hascoët (Person), Shannon Dees (Person), Stephen Daniels (Person), Stephen Palmer (Person), Steven Jones (Person), Tam Tu Bui (Person), Ted Anderson (Person), Troy Tavis (Person), Yann Le Tensorer (Person), Yves Guillemot (Person)