Brothers in Arms: D-Day
{{Short description|2006 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Brothers in Arms: D-Day
| image = Biadd box.jpg
| developer = Gearbox Software
Ubisoft Shanghai
| publisher = Ubisoft
| engine = Unreal Engine 2
| series = Brothers in Arms
| platforms = PlayStation Portable
| released = {{Video game release|NA|December 5, 2006|AU|December 7, 2006{{cite web|url=http://palgn.com.au/6011/updated-australian-release-list-27-11-06/|title=Updated Australian release list, 27/11/06|website=PALGN|date=26 November 2006|access-date=25 October 2024|last=Jastrzab|first=Jeremy|url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090829231708/http://palgn.com.au/6011/updated-australian-release-list-27-11-06/|archive-date=29 August 2009}}|EU|December 8, 2006}}
| genre = First-person shooter
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Brothers in Arms: D-Day is a first-person shooter video game in the Brothers in Arms series for the PlayStation Portable. It uses the Unreal Engine 2 as its technology base. Though labeled as a spin-off, the game's plot is actually a crossover/compilation of Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 and Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood from the main series.
Gameplay
Brothers in Arms: D-Day takes the player through the Normandy campaign and like its predecessors follows Sgt. Matthew Baker and Cpl. (later Sgt.) Joe Hartstock through actual missions that took place in Normandy during June 1944 from the June 6th airborne invasion to St Sauveur-le-Vicomte. Also like Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 and Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood it gives the chance for the player to take control of a squad allowing the player to issue orders and decide the best way to assault the enemy. BIA: D-Day also offers a wide range of both German and American authentic World War II weapons.
Much like the first two Brothers in Arms games, D-Day heavily focuses on commanding a squad to suppress then flank an enemy force with head-on assaults usually resulting in disaster. The game additionally uses intelligent opponents who will try to outmaneuver the player, although the AI in D-Day is not as advanced as the earlier PC/console versions of the game.
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Reception
{{Video game reviews
| MC = 65/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/brothers-in-arms-d-day/critic-reviews/?platform=psp |title=Brothers in Arms: D-Day for PSP Reviews |website=Metacritic |accessdate=October 30, 2014}}
| EuroG = 7/10{{cite web |last=Rossignol |first=Jim |date=December 22, 2006 |url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/brothers-in-arms-d-day-review |title=Brothers in Arms: D Day |website=Eurogamer |accessdate=November 10, 2014}}
| GamePro = 2.75/5{{cite magazine |author=DFS |date=January 17, 2007 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psp/games/reviews/93908.shtml |title=Review: Brothers in Arms: D-Day |magazine=GamePro |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120202026/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psp/games/reviews/93908.shtml |archivedate=January 20, 2007 |url-status=dead |accessdate=November 10, 2014}}
| GRadar = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last=Grisham |first=Richard |date=December 13, 2006 |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/brothers-in-arms-d-day-review/ |title=Brothers in Arms: D-Day review |publisher=GamesRadar |accessdate=November 10, 2014 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304132719/http://www.gamesradar.com/brothers-in-arms-d-day-review/ |url-status=live }}
| GSpot = 5.9/10{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=Aaron |date=December 20, 2006 |url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/brothers-in-arms-d-day-review/1900-6163530/ |title=Brothers in Arms D-Day Review |website=GameSpot |accessdate=November 10, 2014 |archive-date=April 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429001151/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/brothers-in-arms-d-day-review/1900-6163530/ |url-status=live }}
| IGN = 6.4/10{{cite web |last=Castro |first=Juan |date=January 17, 2007 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/01/17/brothers-in-arms-d-day-review |title=Brothers in Arms D-Day Review |website=IGN |accessdate=November 10, 2014}}
| OPMUK = 6/10{{cite journal |title=Brothers in Arms: D-Day |journal=Official UK PlayStation 2 Magazine |date=January 2007 |page=88}}
| PSM = 5.5/10{{cite magazine |title=Review: Brothers in Arms: D-Day |magazine=PSM |date=March 2007 |page=87}}
| XPlay = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Marriott |first=Scott Alan |date=January 30, 2007 |url=http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/1393/Brothers_in_Arms_DDay_.html |title=Brothers in Arms: D-Day |publisher=X-Play |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315111305/http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/1393/Brothers_in_Arms_DDay_.html |archivedate=March 15, 2007 |url-status=dead |accessdate=November 10, 2014}}
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Brothers in Arms: D-Day received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.
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- {{moby game|id=/psp/brothers-in-arms-d-day}}
{{Brothers in Arms series}}
Category:Brothers in Arms (video game series)
Category:First-person shooters
Category:Gearbox Software games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation Portable games
Category:PlayStation Portable-only games
Category:Unreal Engine 2 games
Category:Video games developed in China