This is a collection of two Brothers in Arms games that are adapted to the Wii. But neither one of them are adapted to fun. It's games like these that make me think that I should be spending my money on a used car on Facebook yard sales instead.
The beginning and end of these two games for me, is boredom. This is one of the most cardinal of video game sins. The other being that a game is unplayable. That is the one thing that you can't forgive of a video game. Not that I beat either game. Couldn't bring myself to play more than 4 hours total of both games. Maybe that will piss someone off that I didn't give them a fair shot, but if you don't grab my attention before the 4 hour mark in literally anything, then I'm out.
The box says that the games are based on a true story, but that really doesn't matter. What you have here is a couple of story driven, ww2, squad based games. That would be perfectly okay with me if there was tons of raw shooting and action and every scene made my toes grip the inside of my shoes even harder, but it doesn't play out like that. It's just uninteresting and archaic feeling. I don't play video games to learn about history, I play them for fun. If someone recommends you this game, it's because they are sadists and probably work as student loan officers because they are obsessed with authority but aren't fit enough to be a cop.
Now I am the guy that said that he had fun playing Far Cry: Vengeance. So take this and all my reviews for what they are worth. But these two games just are not fun. I am obsessing over that quality because that's all a game should be, fun. I am aware that I am obsessed with finding real love, while still employing Tinder as my primary means for meeting women. I'm complex, what can I say?
I wish that I cared about the story and characters in this game. But I don't and maybe that's something that I should think about. All the games that have less story to deal with that I've played recently have been my favorites. I've seen more interesting twitter feuds than the story of these games and way more action in Pokemon battles. If you can't make your all out war game more gripping than Pidgey vs Pikachu then you have a problem.
I've saved the important details for evaluating a game for the last paragraph because I'm cheeky like that. The action is slow paced, the gameplay is archaic and the sound is weak. If you're totally obsessed with WW2 stuff then give this game a shot, it is cheap. But keep your expectations low. I could only see myself ever playing this again on accident. Like someone tricked me into playing it by telling me that it was something else.
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