Comments on: Brothers In Arms: “Realism”

By: mister slim

mister slim — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:41:04 +0000

It’s convenient how the body parts always detach at the same exact place.

By: MetalCircus

MetalCircus — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:14:07 +0000

the reason this game isn’t realistic is because it would largely involve huge amounts of time sitting doing nothing, interspersed with shocking, gut wrenching horror and destruction, blood, guts, screaming and death. Thats why.

The gore thing is admirable, but the way their limbs soar through the sky is a little too cartoony for my liking. Can’t we just have them flopping off, as the bodies crumple to a heap realistically like in GTA 4? (but with added dismemberment of course)

I also think it’s a bit wierd how the Gearbox team seem to masterbate at the mention of gore, despite it looking rubbish and that. Still, I love the BiA series, and it seems as though they might get it just right with this one.

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By: Weylund

Weylund — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:06:43 +0000

What about that game looked even remotely realistic? The environments that fall apart in giant Lego chunks? The bodies that fly apart at the slightest explosion? The sentry who doesn’t notice a pair of soldiers with a bazooka ten yards away? Or that the soldiers waste a precious bazooka round on… yes… the sentry?

And the faces were very, very bad. CoD4 had better faces.

Corinne’s pretty.

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:12:52 +0000

“Realism in a VIDEOGAME what will they think of next!”

Well, what? Don’t leave me hanging!

By: Aubrey

Aubrey — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:47:44 +0000

Realism is a very important part of ensuring your game isn’t fun*.

Verisimilitude, fine. Realism can go suck it.

*Okay, okay. Subjective.

By: EyeMessiah

EyeMessiah — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:10:02 +0000

EDIT: I too love Corinne.

She’s so hot she’s making me sexist.

Also, the slow mo gore cam looks a bit tiresome.

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:35:25 +0000

I just noticed… Yu says ‘chunkawaw’ :D

Also, when he’s cutting the fence to pieces with the Tommy, the dead german drops his gun in mid-air, which then floats to the ground. The original BiA did that!
Realism my ass :)

By: EyeMessiah

EyeMessiah — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:21:27 +0000

Yes, coop is the new single player, they are clearly out-of-the-loop. Coop is the only thing I have ever played a BIA game for.

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:10:43 +0000

Am I the only one that thinks all of the visual elements look really cartoonish?

By: Joshua

Joshua — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:13:34 +0000

I don’t even know why they bothered to finish this game. The first two game out when WW2 games were at the height of popularity, and they offered surprisingly fresh and complex action, a good story and characters, and great authenticity.

Then they went right into this and, well… WW2 games are yesterday’s news, and nobody is excited about this game. I hope its good, but I simply don’t care anymore.

By: Rii

Rii — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:10:28 +0000

“It bodes very well indeed for their other title, Borderlands.”

Don’t forget Aliens: Colonial Marines. =)

By: Bhlaab

Bhlaab — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:49:02 +0000

Notice that every time they show the woman they have to pull out the camera for a full body shot