Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway brings the critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and sound, new cutting-edge gameplay features and a totally redesigned online component.
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Very Positive (476 reviews) - 92% of the 476 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: 8 Oct, 2008

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Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway brings the critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and sound, new cutting-edge gameplay features and a totally redesigned online component.

Delivering on the franchise's compelling story, unrivaled authenticity and intense squad-based action, Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway drops you into Operation Market Garden, the largest paratrooper operation in World War II.

  • Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway — next generation: The classic authentic, squad-based combat series explodes on next-generation hardware, offering unprecedented graphics and features.
  • New story, new setting: Join Matt Baker, Joe Hartsock and the rest of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation Market Garden as they fight to open the infamous Hell's Highway in a daring bid for a quick end to the war.
  • Live the life of an enlisted man: Get orders from HQ, go on patrol, spot the enemy and set up a devastating ambush. For the first time, finding the enemy before they find you is part of the challenge.
  • Unprecedented character design: Lifelike characters look, talk, move and think with incredible realism. Game characters interact with the player and each other like true brothers in arms, trading ammunition, helping wounded allies and civilians, working together to man team-operated weapons, and more.
  • Rich cinematic experience: As the squad leader, you interact with and get to know your brothers. Each character has his own distinct personality, unique story and background, and grows throughout the game.
  • Powerful new units under your command: Players can use or command combined arms teams — machine gun crews create intense fire, bazooka crews destroy buildings and tanks, and mortar crews pound the enemy from a distance.
  • Play your own way: Players can choose to use their squad to execute a tactically elegant flanking maneuver or charge in with guns blazing.
  • Destructible cover: Keep your men moving and choose your cover wisely — modeled using real physical properties and behaviors, weapons will damage, dent, scorch and destroy the world around you.
  • Completely new multiplayer experience: Fight major multiplayer battles with dozens of players on each side, combining all the intensity and accessibility of Deathmatch with the squad-based gameplay that helped make Brothers In Arms famous.

System Requirements

    Recommended:

    • Supported OS: Windows XP SP3/Windows Vista SP1 (only)
    • Processor: 2.6 GHz dual-core (3 GHz for Intel Pentium D 925)
    • Memory: 1 GB (2 GB Recommended)
    • Graphics: 128 MB DirectX 9.0c compliant, Shader 3.0–enabled (see supported list*)
    • DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0
    • Sound: DirectX 9.0 or 10.0 compliant
    • Hard Drive: 8 GB free hard disk space
    • Multiplay: Broadband internet connection with 384 Kbps upstream
    • *Supported Video Cards at Time of Release: ATI RADEON X1600/1650–1950/HD 2000/3000 series, NVIDIA GeForce 6800/7/8/9 series.
    • Laptop versions of these cards may work but are NOT supported. These chipsets are the only ones that will run this game.
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Very Positive (476 reviews)
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Sparta
13.1 hrs on record
Posted: 14 August
No idea what was going on in the story, since this was my first and only Brother in Arms game...

Besides that, the gameplay was alright. It became stale overtime but for an older game like this, it runs well and the graphics still hold up.

The worst part has to be the AI.. they run into oncoming fire to take cover, and die... and they get stuck in walls, caught behind doors, etc..

Love the headshot camera, though.
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INSTANTKARMA
11.8 hrs on record
Posted: 8 August
Amasing. I wish there would be a new game but ig that the game didnt get the best reviews. :( i loved this game.

Pros:
Fun and great graphics
great stratagy
all around amasing.
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Vollodo-CZ
1.0 hrs on record
Posted: 7 August
Too console-friendly clunky controls, weird AI, terrible cover system (not that bad, but who was used to gameplay from previous BiA could be dissapointed as me) and bad hit register.

Overral really not a bad game! But the controlls and other little details just ruined my experience for me.
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Gran Wuuf
0.9 hrs on record
Posted: 6 August
Not the best game.
For me it was the controls, and terrible AI.
Felt too clunky at parts, and the AI would seem to get stuck on anything.
Command system was a definite Meh, glad I got a refund.
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=DRK=TheKingJupiter
4.4 hrs on record
Posted: 19 July
Good Game goood ww2 shooter and those damn sauerkruats killed me
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RIOT
10.9 hrs on record
Posted: 17 July
Sgt. Paddock is the best soldier i ever killed krauts with.
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White Limo
9.0 hrs on record
Posted: 14 July
you will cry manly tears.
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sKratchy
4.2 hrs on record
Posted: 4 July
"I never asked to be a squad leader" - Sergeant Matthew 'Matt' Baker

Side note
I abused the summer sale to finaly purchase the Brothers In Arms Series over Steam as I already own the DVD versions of it. I did it in order to review it for you guys, not to mention the fact I am tired of the discs. This series is the most authentic World War 2 video game you can find out in the video games market, it's the best World War 2 video games series out there. Unlike any other kinds of games, you are really leading your men during battles and their faith in the battlefield is in your hands.
Now, to the point, Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway review.

Introduction
In Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway you are playing as Staff Sergeant Matthew Baker also known as Matt.
You are leading your men through Holland during Operation Market Garden, an Operation that had the idea of punching through the German lines in order to open a highway to give a quick end to the war and be home by Christmass.
After Normandy (First 2 BiA games), Baker's platoon is folded into a brand new Reconnaissance platoon. The recon platoon relies on their jeeps for fast
movement through the battlefields to recon and harass enemy positions. The squad is broken up to two teams assigned into jeeps.

Gameplay
  • Movement - Movement animations are greant and realistic. Whether you are walking, running or getting behind cover it feels like you are really in the battlefield. - GOOD

  • Engaging An Enemy - Your squad has two modes of engagement. If the Squad is in stealth mod, which means the enemy didn't notice them - They would move quietly and whisper and would not engage the enemy
    unless you order them to or the enemy has opened fire at them. The other mod is if they are seen and they are during a battle they will open fire at engaging enemies even if you won't order them to. - GOOD

  • Grenades - Why its not in Engaging An Enemy you are asking? Well that's because theres something not good about it. Your squad will throw grenades at an enemy if they are close enough. But the enemy will
    never throw a grenade at your squad, even tho they are equipped with grenades.
    - BAD

  • Recoil - The recoil of the weapons in the game is as realstic as it gets with most weapons. Just enough to keep the game enjoyable but still making your life hard to get a kill on enemy that is far away from you. - GOOD

  • Tanks and 88s - Feels like the enemy tanks and 88s are just waiting for you to destroy them. No huge effort is in order to destory them. I didn't like it. - BAD

  • Sounds - The game has awesome sounds when it comes to the weapons and the area that sorrounds you. - GOOD

  • Destroy Em! - Plus, unlike the first two games, in this game you can actually destroy objects. For example you can destroy sorts of covers and get your enemy out in the open and kill them.

Storyline
Unlike the first two games, this game has taken the cutscenes to the next level. Almost feels like you are watching a movie and you are the lead actor.
The game has great writing. The cutscenes are adding alot to the game and to the emotions you feel while playing it. Almost feels like you are there and not Baker.
The dialouges during Battles are amusing and it feels real. Unlike in other games where when your teammates die you don't feel anything because they were 'Badass', here
you are connected to the chararcters emotionaly, you care for them and you are conecered about them during battles. When a fellow team mate gets killed, it feels like
someone has just kicked you in the stomach and it brings up feelings, almost to tears at some points. In addition to what I said, in this game Baker suffers from guilt as a result of the deaths of his friends during the battles in Normandy and you can see its affect on him through out the game. The locations of fights in the game are re-created real battles that took place in the real world, they were worked on by the developers team and historians to make the game more authentic and realstic.

Graphics
The game has amazing graphics. The areas that sorround you in the game are just beautiful and mind blowing at the same time.
The uniforms of the Allied and of the Wermacht are just beautiful to look at, the weapons look way more authentic and more. There are beautiful locations in alot of occassions in the game.

My Opinion
In my opinion the Brothers In Arms Series is the best World War 2 series to exist. Its the most authentic world war 2 series and most realstic. It has great gameplay and storyline and brings
alot of features that other games don't. No other game made me care for my team like Brothers In Arms did. I replayed every and each one of the games for so many times, I just can't get enough of it.
I am still waiting for Brothers In Arms: Battle Of The Bulge, or what ever the name of the next Brothers In Arms is going to be. The Brothers In Arms Series needs to have a closure.
I suggest to you to buy the game, but also consider playing the first 2 games first to get a better idea of whats going on with Baker in this game and understand the game more deeply.

Thanks for reading my review.
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CharlesB
8.9 hrs on record
Posted: 3 July
alot of cutscenes but a hell of a game
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HarleyK11
8.4 hrs on record
Posted: 1 July
Still a great game love the way you control your squads and wish they would make another game.
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Recommended
13.1 hrs on record
Posted: 14 August
No idea what was going on in the story, since this was my first and only Brother in Arms game...

Besides that, the gameplay was alright. It became stale overtime but for an older game like this, it runs well and the graphics still hold up.

The worst part has to be the AI.. they run into oncoming fire to take cover, and die... and they get stuck in walls, caught behind doors, etc..

Love the headshot camera, though.
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8.9 hrs on record
Posted: 12 August, 2015
prepare for:
JASPER I NEED YOU OVER THERE!
JASPER MOVE IT!
I WANT HEAVY FIRE ON THAT POSITION!
Get the bazooka over there.
GIVE THEM ALL YOU'VE GOT!
I want the MG over there.
THAT'S IT, KEEP THE FIRE ON THEM!
SURPRESSING FIRE!

Underrated game 10/10
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Recommended
7.1 hrs on record
Posted: 19 May, 2015
I genuinely hope they release the sequel sometime in the near future. A modern WW2 game during the Battle of the Bulge sounds rad.
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Recommended
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Posted: 29 November, 2014
Band of Brothers.
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47 of 51 people (92%) found this review helpful
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Recommended
1.0 hrs on record
Posted: 22 August, 2015
This is it.
THIS is the Brothers in Arms game that still holds up to this day.

Easily one of the best cover shooters to EVER exist, the grim, mortifying atmosphere is only made more authentic by the immersive, tantalizing sound design, the (finally) accurate gunplay, and beautiful visuals.

Absolutely worth picking up and replaying after all these years.

WE NEED MORE SHOOTERS LIKE THIS!
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54 of 62 people (87%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
8.2 hrs on record
Posted: 27 January, 2014
With its very interesting story, additions like MG team and bazooka team, and just overall better level design all around, it truly is the best in series. Hell, it's the best game Gearbox made this gen (not that it's hard to be one, but still). Where is the sequel set in Bastogne, Randy? Huh?
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62 of 76 people (82%) found this review helpful
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Recommended
11.5 hrs on record
Posted: 1 December, 2015
-Baker, get to cover!
-Baker, are you trying to get shot?!
-Baker, that was a close one!
-You're out in the open Baker!
-they're not all going to miss Baker. Get down!
-You're a lucky man sarge!

10/10 (Insert one liner here.)
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50 of 61 people (82%) found this review helpful
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Recommended
17.4 hrs on record
Posted: 24 October, 2014
What an amazing game , 10/10 without any question

Great story , amazing gameplay , beautiful graphics (YES MORE THAN THE AAA GAMES OF TODAY AND THIS GAME IS FROM 2008) seriously couldn't ask for more , for sure worth the full price even for today , if you want you can get the "Brothers in Arms Pack" , will save you 10$ if you want to experience the full Brothers in Arms (Even though I only played this Brothers in Arms and it didn't seem to have any story continuation from the last game)
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48 of 59 people (81%) found this review helpful
Recommended
9.5 hrs on record
Posted: 30 December, 2013
I say its one of the best FPS games i have played in a long long time and i give it a 10 out of a 10
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38 of 43 people (88%) found this review helpful
Recommended
7.6 hrs on record
Posted: 28 June, 2014
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway was an amazing experience and an example on what modern military shooters should do nowadays, yes, looking at you, Call of Duty and Battlefield. At thing which bugs me about modern shooters is that every single one of them has its focus on the repetitive multiplayer where as today most of them play essentially the same, just as the campaign.

We need more games like Hell's Highway which are not glorifying war but show the human side the soldiers have instead of how many times they can yell "♥♥♥♥ YEAH, AMERICA!" while pulling out the flamethrower to "burn them, burn them all!!!"

The men you fight along in Hell's Highway feel human and just as in the older Brother's in Arms games, the main focus lies in the single player. If you want to buy this game for a killstreak loaded multi player to "pwn scrubs", you are wrong here.

A roughly about 10 hours long campaign (I played on Veteran difficulty) will keep you motivated with a nice tactical component to command different squads such as the MG squad or the assault team as Matthew Baker, to surpress the enemy and use the element of surprise to flank clueless and somtimes dumb acting enemy soldiers. The commanding barely gets old and as you hop around different hubs of the hot areas during the war. Those range from wide fields to close battles in troubled cities and villages as well as asylums and collapsed buildings.

The thing which does get a little repetitive are the objectives you have to achieve using those methods of commanding. Most of the time you find yourself having to destroy 88 cannons and sometimes drive a tank around in which you are mostly safe even on the higher difficulties. Really annoying did those things only become in the end to me, as the game finally came to a closing, during the last hour of gameplay. The story itself kept motivating as protagonist Matthew Baker's mind started to crumble and he realized more and more and war is insanity.
The "To Be Continued" in the end was a huge bummer to me though, especially because Ubisoft doesn't seem to care at all about this amazing series which could definetly standout amongst "Call of Boredom" or the recent development of the"Battlefail" games.

It doesn't need amazing graphics to make a good game. While Brothers in Arms may looked fine back in the day it is quite outdated for the modern standards. Second to none facial animations, horrible lip-synching at times but nice destructability of cover and physical correctness of the debris look damn fine as well as gore and ragdoll of fallen enemy soldiers.
Also the sound design is great and as the bullets fly over your head in cover and the enemies speaking correct German, which is a rare thing to see to be honest. The atmosphere is really great and makes you feel as if this was an episode of the critically acclaimed "Band of Brothers"-TV show. The developers really did a great job in capturing an unique and equally terrifying experience.

Overall Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is a technically and gameplay wise far from flawless but also an unique and tactical game which definetly gets a recommendation for me, even if solely for the atmosphere and the long campaign.

Grab this game if you are sick of modern shooters and/or glorification of war.
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