Its a start...
User Rating: 7.5 | Brothers In Arms DS DS
Well, this game's shown what can be done on the DS (graphically). And it really is the best DS shooter out there... But I'm pretty sure the COD4 for DS will be much better than this. Graphic wise, its great. Not amazing, but what can you expect from a DS game. Its detailed, and not awful to look at like some DS "3D" games... like Age of Empires. Sound. Explosive! Intense! Those two words sums it up. Turn the ds volume full blast and play it on the train. Itll make all the 'NAM hobos jump and hide under chairs. I joke, but really. Its good. Controls. SOOOO good. These are some of the most simplistic and easy to use controlls on the DS.... unlike Metroid which cramped your hand. Move with D-pad, shoot with L, and camera look with stylus. Switch weapons and select actions on the ds touch screen too. Camera angle does get twitchy, AT PARTS. Listening to some of these reviews, the people rag on how they keep getting stuck behind walls... trust me, its the least of your worries in this game. Gameplay. Linear. Extremly. You are given a task, and if you die by getting shot at from a tank, or if an enemy you didnt even notice blows up your tank without you noticing, or even if you feel like exploring... you FAIL. You either do as they tell you to (aka scripted bullcrap missions) or fail... and having to restart isnt always the greatest. I mean, you get alot of checkpoints, so its not all bad if you fail. Fail... hmm. It seems that this game didn't really fail that much as a game right? Oh, but it has. Its short. Ever so short. Its supposed to be played 5 minutes at a time. You beat one mission, shut it off. Go back the next day. You shouldnt whip through this game in 7 hours straight... cuz your hand will cramp and you'll feel unsatisfied. Play in portion sized spurts. But even if you do play portionally, once you beat it (even on the Veteran mode)... your done. If only it had single card download play. Or Wifi. Wifi would of done wonders for this game and I don't know why its not WIFI abled. All in all, you want to know if you should buy this game. And I say yes. If only you play it in small amounts. And promise you won't diehard it and then expect for from it.
