Is there a "Band of Brothers" computer game?

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And is it any good?

It’s been suggested that I should get this as a gift for someone who is into the HBO program “Band of Brothers”. Suposedly it’s “just been released”.

However, when I went to look, all I can find is

Brothers in Arms. Note that it was released 10/06/2005.

That’s not really the same thing, is it? Is my informant the victim of similar-title confusion?

I’ve noticed several franchises of WWII “first-person-tactical” games, particularly

Call of Duty
Medal of Honor
Brothers in Arms

Does anyone have any opinions about the relative merits of these franchises, from a player’s perspective?

Thanks,

Sailboat

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The missions in Call of Duty were based on those of Easy Company.

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Rather, the missions from the American perspective were based on those of Easy Company. You also get to experience the war as a Brit and a Russian.

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If I’m not mistaken, though, you have to get through the Russian and British missions to get to the American missions on CoD.

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Just fired up my Call of Duty to check and it starts in a Georgia training camp.

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Kind of vague…

I was watching a video game TV show the other day (don’t remember which one… Electric Playground, I think) and I saw a preview(?) for Call of Duty 2: The Big Red One.

Anyhoo, they actually used most of the actors for the game, including voices, and even motion-capturing those specific actors from Band of Brothers to use in the game.

It’s only for the X-Box though… I’m not sure how different it is in comparison to the computer version of CoD2… And a quick google tells me “this sequel follows the gritty realism and desperate comradery of the PC edition in an entirely different console game, with unique characters, gameplay and missions.” So, unless your friend has an X-Box too, they may be out of luck… Though many of the first Call of Duty games (and it’s add-ons) have missions pretty much lifted directly from Band Of Brothers (not to mention Saving Private Ryan, Enemy at the Gates, and myriad other war movies)

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Bah! Ignore the “kind of vague” in my post… It was originally quite vague (I’d forgotten the show’s name, the game’s name, and what system it was for) But I did a little research to fix that.

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Nope, your first campaign is as a private in an American company, the second campaign has you as a sergeant in a British commando squad (starting with the Pegasus bridge glider attack from The Longest Day), and the third campaign is as a Russian conscript (you rise in the ranks until you become a sergeant of some sort)

Then there is a bonus campaign where you play one mission each as American, British, and Russian points of view towards the end of the war.

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Call of Duty, at least the American campaigns, is heavily influenced by Band of Brothers. Particulary the add-on pack, United Offensive.

The Attack on Foy in the American campaign is ripped straight from BoB, and Brecourt Manor is pretty close as well.

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Sorry, I was speaking of “Call of Duty: The Finest Hour” for the PS2. In that game you start in Russia.