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Brothers In Arms (series)
''Brothers in Arms'' is a tactical shooter video game series by Gearbox Software, consisting of ten individual games. The core series consists of the first-person shooters ''Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30'' (2005), ''Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood'' (2005), and ''Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway'' (2008). The storyline is set against the backdrop of the liberation of Western Europe during World War II. It has mainly been released for Microsoft Windows, Windows and MacOS platforms as well as Sixth generation of video game consoles, sixth and Seventh generation of video game consoles, seventh generation consoles and some mobile devices. Games ''Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30'' (2005) Developed using Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 2, ''Road to Hill 30'' was Gearbox Software, Gearbox's first game after a series of expansions and ports to other games, such as Half-Life (series), ''Half-Life''. It received highly positive reviews from critics. ''Brothers in Arms: Earned in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tactical Shooter
A tactical shooter is a subgenre of shooter games that cover both the first-person shooter and third-person shooter genres. These games aim to simulate realistic combat through slower-paced and punishing gameplay. This makes tactics, planning, and cooperation more important than quick reflexes, thus lending the tactical shooter subgenre its name. The tactical shooter genre originated in the late 1980s, but was first popularized in the late 1990s with the releases of several successful tactical shooters. The popularity of the genre lasted until a decline in popularity in the mid-to-late 2000s, following the discontinuation or reboots of some tactical shooter franchises, and the successes of "arcade-style" action shooters that eschewed traditional genre aspects in favor of cinematic or audience-accessible gameplay. In the mid-to-late 2010s and early 2020s, traditional tactical shooters saw a revitalization following the successes of numerous titles. Though they are often associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GameRankings
GameRankings was a video gaming review aggregator that was founded in 1999 and owned by CBS Interactive. It indexed over 315,000 articles relating to more than 14,500 video games. GameRankings was discontinued in December 2019, with its staff being merged with the similar aggregator Metacritic. Rankings GameRankings collected and linked to (but did not host) reviews from other websites and magazines and averages specific ones. While hundreds of reviews may get listed, only the ones that GameRankings deemed notable were used for the average. Scores were culled from numerous American and European sources. The site used a percentage grade for all reviews in order to be able to calculate an average. However, because not all sites use the same scoring system (some rate out of 5 or 10, while others use a letter grade), GameRankings changed all other types of scores into percentages using a relatively straightforward conversion process. When a game accumulated six total reviews, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |