Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
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…
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is a shooter developed by Gearbox Software, released 23 September 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $3.99 at GOG. The main story takes about 6 hrs to finish.
What Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is a shooter game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2008. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Recently promoted Staff Sergeant Matt Baker is haunted by the deaths of men under his command during the fighting in Normandy. As World War II grinds on, Baker and his squad, alongside his best friend Staff Sergeant Joe Hartsock, prepare for Operation Market Garden, a high-risk airborne assault meant to end the war by Christmas. Bolstered by fresh replacements, including the green Private Franky LaRoche, the unit drops into the occupied Netherlands by glider and links up with the Dutch resistance and fellow Allied paratroopers. As they push to seize key bridges and towns from entrenched German forces, Baker must lead his brothers through brutal urban combat while wrestling with the weight…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway holds a critic score of 78 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 92 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 6 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $3.99, that works out to about $0.67 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.6 GHz dual-core (3 GHz for Intel Pentium D 925), 1 GB (2 GB Recommended) of RAM and 128 MB DirectX 9.0c compliant, Shader 3.0–enabled (see supported list*). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $3.99 at GOG, 60% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway launched on 23 September 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Dead Space, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut and World of Goo. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Dead Space, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, World of Goo.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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