Perhaps the most profound element of the game is its refusal to offer the traditional catharsis of victory. The battle for Hill 30 is a pyrrhic victory at best. The final moments are not a celebration of flags raised and enemies vanquished, but a quiet, devastated stand in the mud. The game ends with Baker alive, but spiritually hollowed out. The "RIP" applies to the innocence of the squad, the lives of the specific men whose names we learned and whose stories were cut short.
Those were the last words they heard. And they are the last words we will remember. -PC GAME- Brothers in Arms Road to Hill 30 -RIP...
The RIP version is the purest expression of that ethos: a game stripped to its absolute essentials, ready to deploy from a USB stick onto any machine. Perhaps the most profound element of the game
And then the game dumped me back to Windows. The game ends with Baker alive, but spiritually hollowed out