Nearby enemies will also seek to flank you if you remain static too long and they are not under fire. Furthermore, enemy soldiers will actively displace and find a new position very quickly and efficiently if they’ve been compromised. Enemy soldiers are spread across the map and equipped with vision cones and audio cues to activate them. Call of Duty made use of invisible trigger lines, and enemy soldiers would keep coming unless you killed a specific target, again triggering another event.ĮIB is different. Medal of Honor spawns new enemy soldiers to replace casualties, and if you can lay the crosshairs on your enemy, you can kill them. While a simple and logical step for EIB to take, it makes a huge difference in the game, especially in skirmish and multiplayer modes.Įvery shooter makes the claim that they’ve improved enemy AI over prior games and that enemy soldiers will "seek cover" or "flank" or "call for reinforcements." Personally, I don’t see it. If you do not make use of the space, you’ll find yourself hurting fast. BIA was built around area maps that were large, although each map was limited in how you could successfully approach it. Each area is a larger map that has several cuts, paths, openings and plenty of cover that you can use creatively to get a good flanking fire. What’s different between EIB and BIA? To start off, EIB is bigger. It all seems simple, doesn’t it? Well, the nature of small unit tactics is pretty much centered on two elements, maneuvering and firing, and EIB captures these elements just as they are in actual combat. I recommend playing with the icons off (especially if you’ve played BIA), as it makes things a whole lot more frantic and realistic. You can turn off the icons for a more realistic view, and your troopers will call out to let you know that they’re moving, firing, or assaulting if the Germans are suppressed and exposed.
A little circle over the Germans’ heads will go from red to grey when grey, the Germans are suppressed, and you can move safely to a new position. Hold the cursor in place, and you’ll issue a suppressing fire command. Thanks to context-sensitive scripting, your cursor changes from a maneuver icon to a fire icon if you move the cursor over enemy positions.
The commands are so simple that it’s stupid. Through holding down the right mouse button, you order your two sections into position, where one can lay down suppressing fire and the other can flank and fire or assault, depending on the terrain. Paratroopers survive through their aggressive tactics, and EIB exemplifies this mindset perfectly. Paratroopers, by the nature of their mission, fight in small teams cut off from friendly forces, which explains the old Airborne saying, "They’ve got us surrounded, right where we want them." Because of this, Paratroopers have to make sure their tactics are sound, employed without hesitation, and under the best sort of leadership. The game only takes place over the course of a few days, but it is an eventful few days. You are a squad leader in a World War II Parachute Infantry platoon duking it out with German forces behind the beachheads of Normandy. As opposed to going on to a new campaign or continuing where Baker’s story left off, EIB goes back and tells Red’s story and how he assumes a leadership role over men he used to be peers with, hence the name Earned in Blood, an apt title since command is earned, not given.ĮIB builds off of the same gameplay design concepts. Perhaps Call of Duty had a more exhilarating multiplayer game, but BIA was all about maneuver and fire tactics, true to how the American armed forces operate.Įarned in Blood picks up right where BIA left off, with Sergeant Matt Baker being promoted to platoon leader however the perspective changes to newly minted Sergeant "Red" Hartsock, Baker’s trusty fire support section leader. The squad control was sublime and the missions taut, despite a linear design. Brought to us by the good folks at Gearbox Software, BIA brought a sense of authenticity, narrative style and grittiness that made Call of Duty and Medal of Honor look like arcade games. Ruck Up Troop, You’re in the Airborne Nowīrothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 has one of the longest names is gaming history, but that was fine by me because it was Game of Year pick for 2004-2005.
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