Aching for some new World War II FPS action? Aren't we all. Fortunately, Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway is just around the corner and Eurogamer has a new hands-on preview to share.
The preview is two full pages of more answers than questions. If you were wondering about what to expect from the game, Eurogamer does a good job laying it all out on the line.
Graphically, Hell's Highway is shaping up to be a bit of a mixture, with great art direction - a moonlit fight through a bombed-out hospital is a particular highlight - alongside often slightly limp textures and some fairly unconvincing foliage. And while your cast of comrades are engagingly human, the identikit Germans who pour out from cover at you are not. The lack of enemy character models is an understandable limitation, certainly, but it's also all the more noticeable because of the care lavished on your own team.
At least that means Gearbox is putting the emphasis in the right place, though. In-game chatter means that your team-mates never revert to being mere tools in the heat of battle, and the cut-scenes, filled with mess-tent banter and stoic camaraderie carry a surprising emotional weight.
The preview is two full pages of more answers than questions. If you were wondering about what to expect from the game, Eurogamer does a good job laying it all out on the line.