They was what we called today an indie studio, wirh a high kick. Beyond brothers in arms, based on the famous serie that I can't remember the name from HBO, they didn't do norhing "relevant to the spot" and since the main subject was behind a real veteran telling a story and trying as much as if can to make the "game look real" with the new change of air of the games of thst time, they couldn't do much, but cod asnf bfv returned so I think they saw or planned bad. Maybe most of the talent of the studio quited
Seeing Randy Pitchford smiling as he announces that they want to disrespect the historical roots of Brother in Arms makes my skin crawl.. I hate that guy so much
Gearbox can go out business for Aliens Colonial Marines alone. Thanks to that giant dumpster fire of a lie, I don't think we'll ever get another great single player Colonial Marines game. Thanks Randy...
Played numerous ww2 shooters as a kid. Brothers in arms was by far the darkest one. Unlike other shooters which were much more heroic as ww2 was the most glorified war. This was very dark, it was all about you and your squad, and a lot of moments are just grim.
Played the entire series last year and really enjoyed it. I miss WW2 shooters, and it was really nice playing a more tactical and authentic one like this. We need a sequel to Hells Highway
Thank you for covering Brothers in Arms! I am a huge fan of the series. I found them to be refreshing takes on the WW2 genre. At the time, most WW2 shooters focused on the individual hero, Brothers in Arms added grit and weight to the genre. The combat was ruthless, lethal and rewarding. The storytelling is great and improved with each entry. By the third game I thought I was playing an HBO mini series. I really want a forth game as they have a conclusion to make. It saddens me that Gearbox abandoned this series.
Fingers crossed that the 'new, authentic brothers in arms game' becomes a reality! Would love to play one made with today's tech and the narrative they can fit in!
BiA has to be, even today, one of my favorite WWII FPS shooters of all time. Don't get me wrong, I love RO2 and other more "realistic" ones. But BiA just had this perfect mixture of story, gameplay, and realism to really tie it all in and make for a genuinely enjoyable gaming experience (in my opinion).
The fact that so many people were getting killed in other games and we didn't care and in BIA 1 person was getting killed and we felt like we failed the mission. We knew the name of that 1 person, we had him in all our missions, we knew how he looked like without him having even a story and that made us play the game to protect that team rather than go out there and just kill Germans. Rip brothers in arms
It always puts a little ache in my heart to see GVMERS review all the games of my childhood, and hear how they toppled to the ground. The characters I once thought invincible, have slowly crumbled and faded, their memories nothing more than a nostalgic brush in the minds of those who remember. It makes me sad to think one day they may be totally forgotten. Even the PS2 version, which I played, with its issues, was an experience I couldn’t forget. God bless those old games we once thought the work of magic.
I remember after the hells highway ending I couldnt wait for what I saw as a "remake" of mohaa bastonge campaign. I felt betrayed by EA at this time, they had fucked over BFME and just forgotten it seems they owned the rights to lotr. then Command and conquer my other childhood game series that was broken by EA, bioware isnt all that great either anymore
BAAAAKKKKEEEERRRRR!!!!!!!! Seriously though, Red and baker were some of the first video game characters that I actually felt were real. I was attached to these guys.
Troy's not home, he had apparently an accident with a golfing accident some kind of possibly got ran over by a golf cart I don't know we just know that golf was involved and he's at the hospital right now and we don't think it's going to make it.. it'd be a damn shame if that shit got taken out of context and blown up into a big deal in a fictional setting.. fucking gamers right.. fucking gamers what are you going to do.. avoid them that's what you're going to do I've never seen one in real life though so I think it's okay they might only come out during the daytime...
Despite my love for Road to Hill 30, Earned in Blood, and Hell's Highway, I almost don't want a new Brothers in Arms made in this generation. Lord knows what they'd do to it. . .
J. McKerch I loved the game over all, I remember first playing it on my brothers xbox when I was about 7 and it made me fall in love with just everything ww2 I found myself replaying all the missions over and over again just because I thought the game was so cool.
The jump scare in that game still haunts me. Dead kid flashbacks are just too much, going down the mental side of things with Baker slowly losing it was really good but the main part of Market Garden and the going from victory to defeat and then flight was incredible.
Road to Hill 30 was probably the first game that ever really scared me. I tried playing when I was 6 and the swears and violence kinda scared me even though I'd been playing SOCOM and GTA. When I tried playing 3 or 4 years later and knowing more about WW2 this game scared me because of how real and mature this was. I would sit in my room with the door open and you really felt the connection between everyone, not many war games give you that feeling now.
Same, It was a very different game and much darker in tone than even Call Of Duty in some areas. The main issue unfortunately is Sgt Baker has PTSD which is very real for soldiers especially in WWII due to the horror and atrocities of that dark era, Even releasing Brothers In Arms today would be a major problem because of the antisemitism going on with neo nazis out there
I still get chills to this day when I think about the scenes with Leggett screaming "take me"! as he fires at the Germans with Matt's M1911. It definitely changed my focus from the glory of combat to the emotional and psychological suffering that those men had to endure. Also Frank N Beans
I remember watching that moment at E3. I wanted to throwup and cry at the same time. It made me sick that they would even consider disrespecting their own games like that. Just imagine Brothers in Arms: Battle of the Bulge on Unreal Engine 4. "Tell me Baker, how do you feel about snow?" "I can handle snow."
Imagine now in Unreal 5 or in my dreams the Decima engine, the power of the new consoles, both the PS5 and XBSX (Series S is a bargain for 250 but it's a PS4 Pro on meth and crack) would make this look near real as their specs are highly impressive for 450, then our PC's, I've just ordered my graphics card a NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 48gb GDDR6, I can't wait, I paid a lot more than 4 XBSX's or PS5's and tbh I need my head checked, it should last me 4 years though, I prefer playing on console tbh so don't know why I bother.
I remember beating Hell's Highway, I was excited to go to Bastogne and maybe see Easy company in the next Brothers in Arms.... Im still waiting for that game.
@@rachaeldangelo1337 yeah, it’s been confirmed in september 2021 by one of the Gearbox guys that they are working on the 4th Brothers in arms game which is good news but ngl it’s taking a bit long tho.
@@lambn25 unfortunately not, if they won’t tease anything in a year then I will believe that Randy Pitchford is trolling us. He has been teasing the 4th game for like 10 years and still no new info.
@@yourfriendlyjacob1171 God I hate that guy. They want to shove borderlands down our throats so badly while ignoring one of the best FPS games ever released. We got so many BIA games not related to the core 3 games and yet we still dont have the last god damn game in the main series to finally finish the story
Had the most realistic gameplay and story telling for it's time, truly blessed to have had these games in my life as a kid. I'm very proud of my gaming past because of games like this
Cody Carden Gearbox stated that they are not developing it with Ubisoft anymore I order to make a more authentic brothers in arms game that’s more true to the franchise. Ubioft wanted to take the series in a new route. If you look up that brothers in arms trailer furious four the. You will know what I’m talking about. But we haven’t heard anything since this announcement a year ago.
it’s been confirmed in september 2021 by one of the Gearbox guys that they are working on the 4th Brothers in arms game which is good news but ngl it’s taking a bit long tho.
absolutely. it says something that this channel creates such fantastic videos and yet they get few views in comparison to such utter crap pop shows. they dont rely on clickbait or factory trash. im glad GVMERS are still going well and please if you're not a broke SOB like me do hit them up on patrion or wherever cause theres just nobody like them.
I remember that i always try to go solo charging in this game so that my squad will survive, unfortunately, i keep dying since its not your typical run and gun game. And this is why i fell in love with this game uniqueness.
It's quite easy to run and gun if you can work around the weapon sway, but if you don't supress them quickly before moving, it's hard even on Easy mode.
BIA was so ahead of his time. While other FPS games were action heavy and the story was a second thought,. BIA was a coherent emotional story from begin to end. Hopefully they revisit this IP someday.
I was 12 when I got Hill 30. I was already a huge WW2 fan and I fell in love with the series... the only series to this day that holds a big place in my heart! I was 12 years old but holy hell, I felt every single death in the games like I knew the characters all my life. And man... that soundtrack was gorgeous.
Unfortunately, even if it releases, expect the survivors to be killed in the end. The Battle of the Bulge was a brutal campaign, both for the Allies and the Axis.
I would also like to see the Holocaust touched upon too, Maybe Baker's squad comes across a Concentration Camp and find the horrors of the Nazi genocide like in the show Band Of Brothers
Its 4:30am and I have work in a few hours! Why am I up watching a documentary about a game I never played? I'll tell you why. Because this channel is so damn good and informative that my need for knowledge is literally being taken advantage of! And I have no regrets! Its 100% worth the sleep deprived work day just sonic can learn more.
Now more than ever a Brother in Arms or Medal of Honor game with emotion planted throughout the story is what we need. It will take over what Call of Duty has recently lost.
These games are so good, they deserve remakes and new releases. Considering those games are very old now, it is still highly recommended to play them even today.
Brothers in arms was a big inspiration for me to join the Army. Granted, I found that real life was nothing like the video games, but I still used the idea of fight, fix, flank, finish (though now it’s suppress, flank, and destroy)* and occasionally I have a smile when I remember games like this. Also, video games didn’t prepare me for doing pointless training, SIRs, and picking up private’s from the MPs for drunk driving.
I don't know, Titanfall 2, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare's campaign, Red Orchestra 2/Rising Sun, and a chosen few others are nice. Of course, I still admit that there are more great 90s/2000s FPS games than there are 2010s ones.
Every time i heard the soundtrack of BIA i get chills to the bone... I hope it comes back to saves us from the generic WWII plague of games! Awesome documentary definitely subscribing.
When I sit down and play Brothers in arms from Road to Hill 30 all the way to Hell's Highway I can actually put myself in the boots of the main characters, i feel every little victory of a firefight to watching Doyle die right in front of me as Red it showed that people put a lot of care into making the game feel real. I wish they'd carry on the series whether it's following Baker's story or even perhaps seeing it through the eyes of Sam Corrion as he goes on his own journey or even him following Baker's orders for example. B-BA-BAKER!!!!
Words cannot properly convey just how much I loved this game, especially Earned in Blood. Lots of FPS games dabbled with squad mechanics but Brothers in Arms was the only one to truly give you command. You know a section attack is done right when you spend more time giving out orders than shooting. When you truly suppress the enemy who can suppress you. Enemies who pepperpot and cover each other between reloads. And Earned in Blood introduced AI that would displaced when they were at risk of being flanked. And that's what made these games (save Hell's Highway) truly special - it was a thinking man's FPS. It wasn't about accuracy or reflexes, it was about tactical acumen and grasping the flow of the battle. A lot of my friends struggled to coordinate the two fireteams and most could only coordinate one. It's also why I hated Hell's Highway. A 3rd person view allowed you to issue commands, view the terrain, etc all while under cover. It defeated the whole point of suppression. I hope one day we'll see another FPS such as Earned in Blood.
I’m pretty sure they literally said you could switch to a 3d point of view to command your troops in other brothers in arms games (like the first two) and not only in hells highway which apparently why you hated it.
We will, it’s been confirmed in september 2021 by one of the Gearbox guys that they are working on the 4th Brothers in arms game which is good news but ngl it’s taking a bit long tho.
2000-2010 the golden era of gaming i'm so lucky i was active user during this decade . No social justice,no dumb toxic weaboo squickers in online games no twitch ,Game publishers had respect for theimselves and the gamers the communities was smaller in numbers and more mature and they was selling better quality games with out playing tricks on their customers with fees and dlc shit also game critics was honest about their rates .
There's no need to worry with time travel possibly being real we will go back to this era and reappraciate the hard work and dedication that developers had then.
@mysteryman2024 That actually exists. It's called Postal 2, and there is indeed a level where you do get to slaughter SJWs (given they're in the form of anti-violent video game protesters, but still cathartic non-the-less).
As much as I'd like to see a return of BiA, Randy Pitchford's involvement as this point pretty much guarantees a shallow, falsely marketed cash-grab which hides its laziness behind nostalgia. Furious 4's reveal wasn't just disappointing, it was repulsive, a misguided travesty on the level of Metal Gear Survive and Silent Hill Pachinko.
DrIvanRadosivic Gearbox botched ACM's development and shamelessly lied to their customers. They did the same thing with DNF, taking a long-awaited game and using its hype to sell a quickly scrambled unpolished mess.
DrIvanRadosivic We'll probably never know the exact series of events, but it's very likely there was some mismanagement of funds and development time in favor of Borderlands. Gearbox didn't need to pick the unfinished game up, they weren't pressured from the start into a rushed development. They used the already existing hype because they knew a lot of people would buy those games anyway. Troubled development is not an excuse when a different company takes the project over knowing all the attached baggage. They were the ones showing false gameplay videos, promising absolute bullshit mere weeks before the game's release. Pitchford still refuses to take responsibility for the disaster, even calling the barely playable and laughably bad game pretty good and whining about critics who rightfully tore it apart. A:CM wasn't fixed with patches, they just turned absolute garbage into slightly tolerable garbage which can technically be finished. You'd need to rework the AI, lighting, level design, storyline, voice-acting and key campaign moments to make it anything close to a good game.
DrIvanRadosivic I don't understand why you keep defending them. Randy Pitchford has shown time and time again that he'll do anything to sell his shit, be it straight-up lying, refusing to accept responsibility, reacting to criticism like a childish brat, cynically misusing other people's IPs, milking a franchise to the bone or sharing fan porn of his game. The man might've been passionate once, but right now he has no dignity and doesn't deserve anyone's trust. And yes, sometimes it's better for projects to just die. Maybe you're fine with paying 5$ for the game (I don't think it's even worth pirating, there are many games and devs much more deserving of that money), but the asking price was 60$. I didn't imagine that atmospheric gameplay trailer with intelligent buddies, terrifying xenomorphs and beautiful graphics. Gearbox showed it and it was in no way representative of the final product. It's not just a matter of wrong expectations because you'd have to expect a low-budget bargain bin shitshow to be impressed by anything in this game.
@@matman000000 Sega took Gearbox to court over misappropriation of funds they gave them specifically for Aliens Colonial Marines that Pitchford used instead for Borderlands.
I’m having the most difficult time trying to understand how anybody could smash the dislike button on productions like this. Genuinely excellent top to bottom, well done guys! 🍻
I love the Brother in arms series so much, they are my all time favorite WWII games. I wish they would continue with that series, or at least make all the games in HD for the current consoles or better yet, make a remastered version of ever games! I miss those games so much, the stories, the gameplay, the graphics, the sound, everything was so great about these games, the best WWII games ever made imo
Thank you for such a good video on one of my favorite series! I think that Rendroc's mod collection deserves a mention, however. They are a series of mods that drastically improve both Road to Hill 30 and Earned in Blood on PC adding new contextual orders, new abilities such as vaulting (not that they always work), improving AI, and authentic sounds for the various weapons. So not only is this mod important for the full realization of the game and gameplay but it really highlights the things that the community feel are important in the game and the devotion to it.
if gearbox is watching this or reading this, when i first saw brothers in arms on 2020, i was amazed of the gameplay and on how to rely on your allies and the tacticalness of the game, it was the first time i feel that the ingame characters was real, when i first played Brothers in arms earned in blood just this year i was surprised on how they made the game it was amazing the gun play the gameplay etc, a long time ago i was call of duty fan and i was trying to find a game like this so... i played brothers in arms 3 well.. it did worked but it did not gave me the same feelings as what Brothers in arms RTH30, EIB gave me... it changed everything so.. if gearbox if your reading this, i hope you continue the franchise, i wont make you all work faster i will be waiting for the next brothers in arms game... all of us are excited. and God Bless. FROM: a brothers in arms fan ( take us much time btw, dont rush the game )
Brothers in arms was such a brilliant series! I loved how it was pretty much dedicated to the history of ww2, more specifically the normandy invasion and operation market garden with the help of a fictional squad of soldiers in a non fictional parachute regiment. It was brilliant and was a game that needed no multiplayer. When they released hells highway in what was then current gen graphics i was so amazed at how beautiful it looked and played, the graphic body dismemberment too was good. The characters made you care for them too. I wish they made a 4th in todaya generation if gaming, be like a band of brothers 2 but in game form. To this day at certain times you can find a dedicated group of people playing multiplayer on hells highway but they treat it like a clan sort of thing. Try it, if you find them you will know what im talking about.
DrIvanRadosivic dont bullshit! I didnt know they are developing a new band of brothers? And i dont like battleborn if im honest, im more into shooters, racing games and flying games. Especially if they are historical or star wars.
*shudders* I really hate it when we play as Allied soldiers fighting in Arnhem and Njimegen. Really makes me hesitate watching "A Bridge Too Far" every single time. However, I was somehow happy when I was pinning down the Brits on Company of Heroes' Axis-centered take of Operation Market Garden. Still not sure why.
There's no numbered BIA titles. They all have a description. BIA1: road to hill 30, 2: Earned in Blood, 3: Hell's highway. In fact I see earned in blood as expansion. Same engine, same graphics, same time frame, same battles. Only thing that changed is perspective of a different character.
I was 6 or 7, and it was my first FPS game ever. So after I found other FPS games, I was like "Where's the realism? Where's my squad to help me? Why is it just me gunning down everyone?" I'm not saying modern WW games suck now, *Cough* Battlefield 1 *Cough* I just wish more FPS games set in WWII could be as realistic as Brothers in Arms.
same as all the rest. you're the most underrated channel on youtube for games. absolutely fantastic videos EVERY SINGLE TIME. thank you for your devotion to content and quality. Theres no-one quite like you and thats just incredible in this day and age on this medium.
The narration before each mission in road to hill 30 and earned in blood can still give you chills, the voice actors were so perfectly casted, I think with BFV going so Fucking crazy on the spectrum we really need a reality check and just want something super realistic, difficult and grounded in reality, a game for adults that can appreciate the hardships and sacrifice every single military veteran gives.
That's... actually a nice and logical title. It can also make some sort of bookends with Road to Hill 30, provided the series theoretically ends in SoB. Wait a minute... SoB?!
They weren't just the AI. they were my men, my boys. And I'm not ashamed to say I cried everytime one of them died. I never wanted to waste them in battle.
Road to Hill 30 hit different, seeing the Battle of Carentan through a very very unique perspective made it surreal. The characters and their stories are timeless. A truly perfect game.
I honestly think you're the best gaming channel on youtube. youre the David Attenborough of gaming history. its not lost n all of us and if I was a rich man id be throwing you money. wish I was. thank you GVMERS for being a genuine and quality channel. huge love from UK. im sick of your lack of subs while idiots with no passion waltz around making bs videos. im gonna promote your stuff absolutely everywhere as much as I can.
DrIvanRadosivic Well too bad!!! The game got cancelled and theres no chance to get Furious 4 back since Gearbox only milking money on Borderland series..
The.Best.Trilogy ever made. The.Best.War.Trilogy ever made. Man, I so felt for Baker. I really liked Red too. Leggett was such a great person and oh dont forget about Allen and Corrion, so sad they had that argument with Leggett about those comic book heroes. Those were the days... Brotherhood lived.
Have to agree I know RtH30 and EiB have their places in a lot of peoples hearts, HH really delivered in what i think is dying in the FPS segment of games these days. The story was hard hitting, and enjoyable. Unfortunately Gearbox let it end on such a "there will be a sequel" note, and nothing to show.
I didn't play this much but now that i grown older i got interest in world war 2 and see how difficult the war against the germans was and after watching brothers in arms i fell in love of it! too bad like my most of my favorite games delayed or destroyed by greedy leaders who don't know how to make games anymore
I just remember that, i soilder is a vivid person ,who has his own temper and his unique story, not simply a number . This documentary is a mourn of it , i will always remember this dramatic game
Hell's Highway didn't have regenerating health, it had a system where the screen would go red indicating that you were about to get hit. It only took one hit to kill you. Also, Hell's Highway was the first FPS where you could look down and see your own legs and it was the first FPS where you could vault over a low wall.
"First shooter where you could look down and see your own legs." Halo 2 had this visual element, and that game came out four years before Hell's Highway. So technically? It's not.
I was Just a 10 yo kid Who was amazed by the game and loved every moment of it... Now.. 21 years old, still waiting for that „to be continued" to finally Come... I dont even know what to say... 11 years flew so fast..
This is one my best loved game series ever. I was a teenager then and this series signaled the tactical shooter era of my gaming life. I remember playing the entire campaign and skirmish missions on the hardest difficulty with no casualties allowed. I uploaded gameplay videos to what was RU-vid in its infancy then. Around this time, Rainbow Six Vegas and Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter came around, too. I saved my school allowance to buy copies of the OG Ghost Recon games and completed all of them just the same. There was a short-lived wave of tactical shooters mid-2000s. Brothers in Arms also jumpstarted Troy Baker's voice acting career in gaming. Troy started out voicing this niche game, but is now a household name. I'm sad to see this series in limbo. I doubt it'll survive today's gaming landscape, but I sure still dream of seeing it again one day.
Loved BIA on the x-box. Earned in blood was a fantastic game, with a lot of the problems of Hill 30 sorted. I loved the way that half of the game was about killing the enemy (as with any FPS), but with actual squad tactics, whereas the other 50% was about making decisions as squad leader that didn't get your buddies killed. Try playing the game from start to finish without losing any of your squad - it's bloody hard. Pretty much my favourite game on the MK-1 x-box.
Hill 30 was such great experience. A guy who was my boss served in Europe during WW2--he told me of the horrors he experienced. I didn't want to offend him when I told him about this game. He came over to my apt and I played a segment. I thought he would become bored or thought it was silly. Instead, he sat there quietly observing me play Baker; then after a mission or two he started telling me how to approach a position. It was one of the most amazing experiences playing a vid game I ever had. I was recently told by his son that he passed away.
we need something like this again! i'm sick of futuristic games and those multiplayer only videogames, most of developers care more about a masive multiplayer instead of a good story
I really wish you made "The Rise and Fall of Quake", even though most people overlook Quake 2, even Quake 4 is remembered for screwing over the franchise, people forget Quake 2 had tons of mods before Half Life became the focus of mods. It's possible to say Action Quake 2 was one of the influences that created Counter Strike.
6:30 to the defense of the devs, they explained that soldiers would spend hours pouring over all topographical data of the area, and would therefore have that kind of knowledge. As players, we are not privy to this nor do we care to commit such memory to things at that level of detail, so we get the overhead map. Awesome vid, btw. BIA was my favorite fps right up until the 360 version killed it.
