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Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Based on a true story. Set during the famous airdrop before the invasion at Normandy, where Sgt. Matt Baker and his squad of 101st Airborne Paratroopers were scattered over the French countryside. As the story…

92 1 March 2005 from $3.99

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 is a shooter developed by Gearbox Software, released 1 March 2005 on Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox and Mac. It currently starts at $3.99 at GOG.

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What Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 is

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 is a shooter game developed by Gearbox Software and released in 2005. It was published by Feral Interactive. It is available on Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by Ubisoft for Xbox, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 2. It is the first game in the Brothers in Arms series. The game takes place during World War II and focuses on tactics. It was ported to the Wii in 2008, as part of the Brothers in Arms: Double Time compilation.
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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: Road to Hill 30 holds a critic score of 92 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 3,306 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 25 points above the year average. Players rate it 82, 10 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™ (2.5 GHz Pentium IV or AMD recommended), 512 MB (1 GB recommended) of RAM and 32 MB DirectX® 9.0c compliant (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 5GB.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $3.99 at GOG, 60% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 launched on 1 March 2005, within three weeks of God of War, God of War I, Tekken 5 and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: God of War, God of War I, Tekken 5, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 — frequently asked questions

When did Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 come out?
Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 was released on 1 March 2005 for Wii, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
How much does Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 cost?
The cheapest current price for Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 is $3.99 at GOG, which is 60% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30?
At minimum, Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 needs 1 GHz Pentium® III or AMD Athlon™ (2.5 GHz Pentium IV or AMD recommended), 512 MB (1 GB recommended) of RAM, 32 MB DirectX® 9.0c compliant (see supported list*) graphics, 5 GB of storage.
How many GB is Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30?
The PC version needs about 5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("5 GB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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