<s>
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
:	I-Application
Road	I-Application
to	I-Application
Hill	I-Application
30	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Gearbox	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
in	O
2008	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
:	I-Application
Double	I-Application
Time	I-Application
compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
:	I-Application
Road	I-Application
to	I-Application
Hill	I-Application
30	I-Application
was	O
used	O
to	O
recreate	O
scenarios	O
in	O
a	O
2005	O
History	O
Channel	O
special	O
,	O
titled	O
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
most	O
levels	O
of	O
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
given	O
command	O
of	O
one	O
or	O
two	O
separate	O
1-3	O
man	O
teams	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
several	O
sections	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
not	O
in	O
command	O
of	O
any	O
unit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
is	O
notable	O
for	O
its	O
intuitive	O
command	O
system	O
;	O
teams	O
and	O
tanks	O
can	O
be	O
ordered	O
to	O
move	O
,	O
lay	O
suppressive	O
fire	O
,	O
rally	O
,	O
find	O
cover	O
,	O
and	O
charge	O
the	O
enemy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
models	O
weapons	O
with	O
erratic	O
accuracy	O
,	O
and	O
enemy	O
fire	O
can	O
interfere	O
with	O
a	O
player	O
's	O
aim	O
to	O
simulate	O
the	O
effects	O
of	O
suppressive	O
fire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
securing	O
a	O
landing	O
field	O
for	O
Glider	O
Infantry	O
reinforcements	O
,	O
the	O
502nd	O
is	O
then	O
tasked	O
with	O
clearing	O
the	O
town	O
of	O
Vierville	O
on	O
D-Day	B-Application
+1	O
,	O
with	O
assistance	O
from	O
an	O
M5	O
Stuart	O
light	O
tank	O
whose	O
commander	O
happens	O
to	O
be	O
Baker	O
's	O
best	O
friend	O
,	O
Sergeant	O
George	O
Risner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
D-Day	B-Application
+2	O
,	O
Baker	O
and	O
the	O
regrouped	O
502nd	O
assault	O
Saint-Côme-du-Mont	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
D-Day	B-Application
+4	O
,	O
Baker	O
links	O
up	O
with	O
Cole	O
to	O
secure	O
a	O
causeway	O
leading	O
to	O
Carentan	O
,	O
a	O
crossroad	O
town	O
linking	O
Utah	O
and	O
Omaha	O
beaches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
uses	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Unreal	O
Engine	O
2.0	O
with	O
various	O
effects	O
such	O
as	O
motion	O
blur	O
,	O
colored	O
and	O
lighting	O
,	O
anisotropic	O
filtering	O
,	O
rag-doll	O
physics	O
,	O
realistic	O
ballistics	O
,	O
surround	O
sound	O
and	O
dampening	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
behind	O
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
missions	O
that	O
were	O
conducted	O
by	O
the	O
502nd	O
Parachute	O
Infantry	O
Regiment	O
,	O
of	O
the	O
famed	O
101st	O
Airborne	O
Division	O
,	O
behind	O
enemy	O
lines	O
during	O
D-Day	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
researched	O
and	O
analyzed	O
other	O
tactical	O
and	O
strategy	O
shooters	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
unique	O
gameplay	O
in	O
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
15	O
,	O
2005	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Application
,	O
PS2	B-Device
and	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubisoft	O
Shanghai	O
assisted	O
in	O
porting	O
and	O
releasing	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
:	I-Application
Road	I-Application
to	I-Application
Hill	I-Application
30	I-Application
was	O
Gearbox	O
Software	O
's	O
first	O
independently	O
owned	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
Pitchford	O
made	O
sure	O
to	O
protect	O
its	O
license	O
from	O
other	O
publishers	O
who	O
want	O
to	O
buy	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
:	I-Application
Road	I-Application
to	I-Application
Hill	I-Application
30	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
selling	O
1.7	O
million	O
copies	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
March	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
computer	O
release	O
received	O
a	O
"	O
Silver	O
"	O
sales	O
award	O
from	O
the	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
Leisure	O
Software	O
Publishers	O
Association	O
(	O
ELSPA	O
)	O
,	O
indicating	O
sales	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
100,000	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
:	I-Application
Road	I-Application
to	I-Application
Hill	I-Application
30	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
"	O
reviews	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maxim	O
gave	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
versions	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
8/10	O
and	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
gamers	O
with	O
short	O
attention	O
spans	O
will	O
likely	O
find	O
all	O
the	O
squad	O
management	O
tedious	O
,	O
but	O
we	O
think	O
it	O
adds	O
a	O
much-needed	O
dimension	O
to	O
a	O
very	O
stale	O
genre	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Detroit	O
Free	O
Press	O
gave	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Application
version	O
3	O
out	O
of	O
4	O
stars	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
could	O
have	O
been	O
a	O
four-star	O
game	O
,	O
were	O
it	O
not	O
for	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
things	O
that	O
do	O
n't	O
work	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
:	I-Application
Road	I-Application
to	I-Application
Hill	I-Application
30	I-Application
is	O
considered	O
by	O
many	O
to	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
video	O
games	O
and	O
tactical	O
shooters	O
today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gaming	O
sites	O
and	O
critics	O
praised	O
the	O
innovation	O
in	O
gameplay	O
that	O
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
brought	O
into	O
the	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
video	O
game	O
genre	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
already	O
becoming	O
stale	O
and	O
unpopular	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gamerant	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
#7	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
9	O
Best	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
Video	O
Games	O
"	O
list	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
whereas	O
most	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
shooters	O
tend	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
mindless	O
action	O
,	O
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
:	I-Application
Road	I-Application
to	I-Application
Hill	I-Application
30	I-Application
is	O
all	O
about	O
smart	O
strategy	O
and	O
tactics	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
greater	O
focus	O
on	O
character	O
development	O
than	O
other	O
games	O
of	O
its	O
ilk	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
emotionally	O
mature	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
video	O
game	O
narratives	O
available	O
for	O
gamers	O
to	O
experience	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
that	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Call	B-Application
of	I-Application
Duty	I-Application
and	O
Medal	O
of	O
Honor	O
,	O
were	O
Hollywood	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
War	O
,	O
and	O
described	O
Brothers	B-Application
in	I-Application
Arms	I-Application
as	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
equivalent	O
of	O
Saving	O
Private	O
Ryan	O
and	O
Band	O
of	O
Brothers	O
by	O
being	O
an	O
"	O
authentic	O
and	O
emotional	O
portrayal	O
of	O
war	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
