Brothers in Arms: WTF?! (aka "Furious Four")
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That was...outrageously retarded. The trailer, that is. At least they're not butchering the characters in the series though, so a future sequel can continue the story and pretend this new spinoff never happened.
The Brothers in Arms series focuses on realism though. Not just graphic realism, but emotional realism. There are games like Battlefield Bad Company, and there are games like Brothers in Arms. Gearbox just shat on its fanbase.cainx10a said:Tired of WW2 games and the usual oh-look-at-me-i'm-the-closest-thing-to-the-real-thing, how about we add things that games are missing? The fun! Yep, i am loving what I see so far
Next will be a huge head, little car Brothers in Arms racer a la modnation. They could have avoided alot of rage by not adding Brothers in Arms to the title.dyre said:That was...outrageously retarded. The trailer, that is. At least they're not butchering the characters in the series though, so a future sequel can continue the story and pretend this new spinoff never happened.
The Brothers in Arms series focuses on realism though. Not just graphic realism, but emotional realism. There are games like Battlefield Bad Company, and there are games like Brothers in Arms. Gearbox just shat on its fanbase.cainx10a said:Tired of WW2 games and the usual oh-look-at-me-i'm-the-closest-thing-to-the-real-thing, how about we add things that games are missing? The fun! Yep, i am loving what I see so far
Spin-off suggests it is somehow related to the original product, a spin-off would be more like a brothers in arms game focusing on the eastern front. This game is so alien that I only know its part of the Brother's in Arms franchise because it told me so.cursedseishi said:
It looks interesting, maybe, if it doesn't turn out being some sad pathetic attempt to mix team fortress 2 into a singleplayer campaign reminiscent of Inglorious Bastards.
But the fact they apparently branded it "A Brothers in Arms" game in order to give it more marketability doesn't give me much hope.
I will admit I never had the 'time' to touch the campaign when I had the game eons ago, only played the survival/skirmish mode (which as far as I remember, were fun as hell) with my brother at the time.dyre said:That was...outrageously retarded. The trailer, that is. At least they're not butchering the characters in the series though, so a future sequel can continue the story and pretend this new spinoff never happened.
The Brothers in Arms series focuses on realism though. Not just graphic realism, but emotional realism. There are games like Battlefield Bad Company, and there are games like Brothers in Arms. Gearbox just shat on its fanbase.cainx10a said:Tired of WW2 games and the usual oh-look-at-me-i'm-the-closest-thing-to-the-real-thing, how about we add things that games are missing? The fun! Yep, i am loving what I see so far
Seriously, that's just the thing. It actually looks fairly interesting and fun on it's own merits. But I'm never going to play it because Gearbox has basically told me to go fuck myself. ALL THEY HAD TO DO was pick a different name.Sober Thal said:
Honestly, I think that it is just because of Gearbox's new image.Neverhoodian said:
Think about it, when all the other BiA games came out, they were "Those guys who made the Half-Life expansions." Now they are known for making silly FPS games.
Its pretty obvious they stopped trying to be every other game out there with some bland (wannabe) hyper realistic shooter and instead decided to take their established brand and use it to release something that is essentially a new, unique IP that is more financially secure than an actual new IP.
Considering the Brothers in Arms games have all been underwhelming at best and painful at worst until now I'm willing to give this one a shot.
Considering the Brothers in Arms games have all been underwhelming at best and painful at worst until now I'm willing to give this one a shot.
The campaigns are quite good. I was skeptical about it at first, because "emotion" in video games tends to just be a cliched mess, but the series puts a lot of effort into making you care.cainx10a said:I will admit I never had the 'time' to touch the campaign when I had the game eons ago, only played the survival/skirmish mode (which as far as I remember, were fun as hell) with my brother at the time.dyre said:That was...outrageously retarded. The trailer, that is. At least they're not butchering the characters in the series though, so a future sequel can continue the story and pretend this new spinoff never happened.
The Brothers in Arms series focuses on realism though. Not just graphic realism, but emotional realism. There are games like Battlefield Bad Company, and there are games like Brothers in Arms. Gearbox just shat on its fanbase.cainx10a said:Tired of WW2 games and the usual oh-look-at-me-i'm-the-closest-thing-to-the-real-thing, how about we add things that games are missing? The fun! Yep, i am loving what I see so far
That is quite an odd direction for them to take that franchise. Though it does look kind of interesting >.>
How about they make a new IP then, instead of re-working an existing one until it's unrecognizable?cainx10a said:Tired of WW2 games and the usual oh-look-at-me-i'm-the-closest-thing-to-the-real-thing, how about we add things that games are missing? The fun! Yep, i am loving what I see so far
NO NO NO!! Baker and his men are supposed to be going to the Bulge in the next game. You can't leave us hanging with their story line. I'm effing mad Gearbox pulled this shit. This had better be a joke otherwise I'm gonna lose it. This game looks like crap.
But then they wouldn't get people making post about it. Therefore less publicity.Dense_Electric said:
Fixed.Kevlar Eater said:
But seriously, this is not Brothers in Arms. I completely agree with the OP, this is insane. I have nothing against the game itself, by all means have a crazy boom fest where you kill nazis in any way you want with as much humor as possible, but don't devalue the name of one of the most moving, emotional and artistic experiences I've ever had with a video game. Road to Hill 30 was a masterpiece, and this is like making a pointalism re-make of the Last Supper with Clown noses. And a cock in Jesus's mouth.
The way I see it, the BiA series WAS unique because they actually made me give a crap about my allies. Instead of being little more than expendable human shields, each squad member in the game was a fully-fleshed out person, with their own unique personalities and backstories. Because of this, I genuinely cared for their well-being. This gave the deaths emotional weight, as it felt more like the loss of a human being instead of "nameless redshirt #47."bob1052 said:
These buffoons just come across as psychotic nutjobs with no redeeming qualities whatsoever.
when i saw it, i lol'd
seriously, what's wrong with NOT taking a straight-faced approach to world war 2? in my opinion, those kind of games are a dime a dozen
but to take an extreme, over the top approach like Inglorious Basterds did? now THAT'S pushing the medium forward and taking the risks that everyone on this site complains the industry doesn't take.
seriously, what's wrong with NOT taking a straight-faced approach to world war 2? in my opinion, those kind of games are a dime a dozen
but to take an extreme, over the top approach like Inglorious Basterds did? now THAT'S pushing the medium forward and taking the risks that everyone on this site complains the industry doesn't take.